3822 lines
73 KiB
JSON
3822 lines
73 KiB
JSON
{
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"bower":{
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"to surround or cover closely":{
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"examples":[
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"bowered by a canopy of grapevines, we enjoyed a serene and very private picnic"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bosom",
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"circumfuse",
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"cocoon",
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"embosom",
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"embower",
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"embrace",
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"enclose",
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"inclose",
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"encompass",
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"enfold",
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"enshroud",
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"enswathe",
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"envelop",
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"enwrap",
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"invest",
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"involve",
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"lap",
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"mantle",
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"muffle",
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"shroud",
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"swathe",
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"veil",
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"wrap"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"curtain",
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"drape",
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"embed",
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"imbed",
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"encase",
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"swaddle",
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"blanket",
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"overlay",
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"overspread",
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"camouflage",
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"cloak",
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"disguise",
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"mask",
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"circle",
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"encircle",
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"enlace",
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"enwind"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bare",
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"denude",
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"expose",
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"strip"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in pergola , arbor":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arbor",
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"pergola",
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"awning",
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"canopy",
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"ceiling",
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"cover",
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"roof",
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"tent",
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"dome",
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"marquee",
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"pavilion",
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"screen",
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"shade",
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"shelter",
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"shield",
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"sunshade",
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"umbrella",
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"canvas",
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"canvass",
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"fly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bowing out":{
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"to undergo defeat":{
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"examples":[
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"quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"falling",
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"losing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"faltering",
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"tanking",
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"throwing",
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"forfeiting",
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"bombing",
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"collapsing",
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"cracking (up)",
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"failing",
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"flopping",
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"flunking",
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"folding",
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"foundering",
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"missing",
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"striking out",
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"washing out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"flourishing",
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"prospering",
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"succeeding",
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"thriving"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"conquering",
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"prevailing",
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"triumphing",
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"winning"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bowl (down or over)":{
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"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
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"examples":[
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"the exuberant dog bowled over several children"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"down",
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"drop",
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"fell",
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"floor",
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"knock down",
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"knock over",
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"level",
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"mow (down)",
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"prostrate"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"kayo",
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"knock out",
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"KO",
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"overthrow",
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"throw down",
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"topple",
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"bang",
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"bash",
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"belt",
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"bludgeon",
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"clobber",
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"hammer",
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"hit",
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"jab",
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"paste",
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"poke",
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"pound",
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"punch",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"slog",
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"slug",
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"smack",
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"smite",
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"sock",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"thump",
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"thwack",
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"wallop",
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"whack",
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"whale"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bowl over":{
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"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
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"examples":[
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"she was bowled over to learn that she had a long-lost sister"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amaze",
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"astonish",
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"astound",
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"dumbfound",
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"dumfound",
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"flabbergast",
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"floor",
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"rock",
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"shock",
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"startle",
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"stun",
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"stupefy",
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"surprise",
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"surprize",
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"thunderstrike"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"befuddle",
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"bewilder",
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"blindside",
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"blow away",
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"confound",
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"confuse",
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"daze",
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"discomfit",
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"disconcert",
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"dismay",
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"jar",
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"muddle",
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"nonplus",
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"perplex",
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"shake up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bowling":{
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"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
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"examples":[
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"bowling along in my spiffy new car"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breezing",
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"brushing",
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"coasting",
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"cruising",
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"drifting",
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"flowing",
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"gliding",
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"rolling",
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"sailing",
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"skimming",
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"sliding",
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"slipping",
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"streaming",
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"sweeping",
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"whisking"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flying",
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"racing",
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"rushing",
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"speeding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"limping",
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"lumbering",
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"plodding",
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"stumbling",
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"trudging",
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"shambling",
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"shuffling",
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"stamping",
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"stomping",
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"stumping",
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"tramping",
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"laboring",
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"toiling"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"floundering",
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"struggling"
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]
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},
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"to proceed or move quickly":{
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"examples":[
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"bowled through the test and was the first one to hand in the booklet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barreling",
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"barrelling",
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"belting",
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"blasting",
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"blazing",
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"blowing",
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"bolting",
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"bombing",
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"breezing",
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"bundling",
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"bustling",
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"buzzing",
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"cannonballing",
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"careening",
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"careering",
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"chasing",
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"coursing",
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"cracking (on)",
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"dashing",
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"driving",
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"flying",
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"haring",
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"hastening",
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"highballing",
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"hotfooting (it)",
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"humping",
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"hurling",
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"hurrying",
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"hurtling",
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"hustling",
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"hying",
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"hieing",
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"jetting",
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"jumping",
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"motoring",
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"nipping",
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"pelting",
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"racing",
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"ramming",
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"ripping",
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"rocketing",
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"running",
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"rushing",
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"rustling",
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"scooting",
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"scurrying",
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"scuttling",
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"shooting",
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"speeding",
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"stepping",
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"tearing",
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"traveling",
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"travelling",
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"trotting",
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"whirling",
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"whisking",
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"zipping",
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"zooming"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beetling",
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"darting",
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"flitting",
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"scampering",
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"scudding",
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"scuffling",
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"stampeding",
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"streaking",
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"whizzing",
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"galloping",
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"jogging",
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"sprinting",
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"accelerating",
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"quickening",
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"stepping out",
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"catching up",
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"fast-forwarding",
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"outpacing",
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"outrunning",
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"outstripping",
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"overtaking",
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"arrowing",
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"beelining"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dallying",
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"dawdling",
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"dillydallying",
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"dragging",
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"hanging (around or out)",
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"lagging",
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"lingering",
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"loitering",
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"poking",
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"tarrying",
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"ambling",
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"lumbering",
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"plodding",
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"sauntering",
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"shuffling",
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"strolling",
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"decelerating",
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"slowing (down or up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"crawling",
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"creeping",
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"poking"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bowel(s)":{
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"as in intestine(s)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"intestine(s)",
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"entrails",
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"gut",
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"innards",
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"inside(s)",
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"inwards",
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"viscera",
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"vitals",
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"chitterlings",
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"chitlins",
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"giblet(s)",
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"variety meat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bowered":{
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"to surround or cover closely":{
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"examples":[
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"bowered by a canopy of grapevines, we enjoyed a serene and very private picnic"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bosomed",
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"circumfused",
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"cocooned",
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"embosomed",
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"embowered",
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"embraced",
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"enclosed",
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"inclosed",
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"encompassed",
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"enfolded",
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"enshrouded",
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"enswathed",
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"enveloped",
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"enwrapped",
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"invested",
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"involved",
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"lapped",
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"mantled",
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"muffled",
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"shrouded",
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"swathed",
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"veiled",
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"wrapped"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"curtained",
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"draped",
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"embedded",
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"imbedded",
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"encased",
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"swaddled",
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"blanketed",
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"overlaid",
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"overspread",
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"camouflaged",
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"cloaked",
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"disguised",
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"masked",
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"circled",
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"encircled",
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"enlaced",
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"enwound"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bared",
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"denuded",
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"exposed",
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"stripped",
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"stript"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bowdlerizing":{
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"to remove objectionable parts from":{
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"examples":[
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"a bowdlerized version of \"Gulliver's Travels\" that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"censoring",
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"cleaning (up)",
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"expurgating",
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"laundering",
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"red-penciling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cleansing",
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"purging",
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"purifying",
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"abbreviating",
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"blue-penciling",
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"editing",
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"shortening",
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"bleeping",
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"blipping",
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"cutting (out)",
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"deleting",
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"excising",
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"expunging",
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"gutting",
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"x-ing (out)",
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"x'ing (out)",
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"blacking out",
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"repressing",
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"silencing",
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"suppressing",
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"censuring",
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"condemning",
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"denouncing",
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"examining",
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"reviewing",
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"screening",
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"scrutinizing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approving",
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"authorizing",
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"sanctioning"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bowled over":{
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"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
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"examples":[
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"I was bowled over when the appraiser told me what the painting was worth"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amazed",
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"astonished",
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"astounded",
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"awestruck",
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"awestricken",
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"dumbfounded",
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"dumfounded",
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"dumbstruck",
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"flabbergasted",
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"shocked",
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"stunned",
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"stupefied",
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"thunderstruck"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blindsided",
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"startled",
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"surprised",
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"surprized",
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"aghast",
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"appalled",
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"dismayed",
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"horrified",
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"bewildered",
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"confused",
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"dazed",
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"overwhelmed",
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"agape",
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"awed",
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"awesome",
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"openmouthed",
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"wide-eyed",
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"widemouthed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blas\u00e9",
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"blase",
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"casual",
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"nonchalant",
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"unruffled"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
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"examples":[
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"she was bowled over to learn that she had a long-lost sister"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amazed",
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"astonished",
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"astounded",
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"dumbfounded",
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"dumfounded",
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"flabbergasted",
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"floored",
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"rocked",
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"shocked",
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"startled",
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"stunned",
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"stupefied",
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"surprised",
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"surprized",
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"thunderstruck"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"befuddled",
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"bewildered",
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"blew away",
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"blindsided",
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"confounded",
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"confused",
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"dazed",
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"discomfited",
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"disconcerted",
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"dismayed",
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"jarred",
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"muddled",
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"nonplussed",
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"nonplused",
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"perplexed",
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"shook up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bowled (down or over)":{
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"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"downed",
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"dropped",
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"felled",
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"floored",
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"knocked down",
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"knocked over",
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"leveled",
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"levelled",
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"mowed (down)",
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"prostrated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"kayoed",
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"knocked out",
|
|
"KO'd",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"threw down",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowed":{
|
|
"bending downward or forward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bowed branches of the weeping willow offered some protection from the rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"pendulous",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"stooping",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"upright"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"directed down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with bowed heads the mourners recited a prayer for the repose of her soul"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downward",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally bowed to the judge's insistence that she change her outfit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"gave in",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"deferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowed to the craving for fresh coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"gave in",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"conceded (to)",
|
|
"buckled (under)",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"gave over (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"stifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the river bows gently to the north before it reaches the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"fell off",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"trended",
|
|
"wheeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curlicued",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"veered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to gently bow the strip of wood in order to fit it in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"swerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"incurvated",
|
|
"incurved",
|
|
"inflected",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"kinked",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"enrolled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"dimpled",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"sloped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowing (to)":{
|
|
"as in submitting (to) , succumbing (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"capitulating (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"succumbing (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)",
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"conceding (to)",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"shouldering",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"sweating out",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"dissenting (to)",
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"fighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowls (down or over)":{
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"prostrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoes",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"throws down",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowls":{
|
|
"a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new bowl for the football team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuses",
|
|
"coliseums",
|
|
"colosseums",
|
|
"stadiums",
|
|
"stadia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballparks",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"gymnasiums",
|
|
"gymnasia",
|
|
"gyms",
|
|
"spas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"hippodromes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowling along in my spiffy new car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"toils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowled through the test and was the first one to hand in the booklet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowering":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowered by a canopy of grapevines, we enjoyed a serene and very private picnic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoming",
|
|
"circumfusing",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"embosoming",
|
|
"embowering",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"enwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bow (to)":{
|
|
"as in submit (to) , succumb (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"capitulate (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)",
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"shoulder",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"dissent (to)",
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowed out":{
|
|
"to undergo defeat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"cracked (up)",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowl":{
|
|
"a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new bowl for the football team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circus",
|
|
"coliseum",
|
|
"colosseum",
|
|
"stadium"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballpark",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"gym",
|
|
"gymnasium",
|
|
"spa",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"hippodrome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowling along in my spiffy new car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"toil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowled through the test and was the first one to hand in the booklet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowwows":{
|
|
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bowwow coming from the store's returns desk on the day after Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babels",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"bruits",
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"decibels",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"discordances",
|
|
"katzenjammers",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"roars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"dissonances",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"serenities",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bows out":{
|
|
"to undergo defeat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"loses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"cracks (up)",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bow out":{
|
|
"to undergo defeat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"lose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crack (up)",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowie knives":{
|
|
"as in daggers , machetes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"bodkins",
|
|
"bolos",
|
|
"cutlasses",
|
|
"daggers",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"jackknives",
|
|
"machetes",
|
|
"pocketknives",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"sheath knives",
|
|
"stilettos",
|
|
"stilettoes",
|
|
"stylets",
|
|
"switchblades",
|
|
"switch knives",
|
|
"yataghans",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"knives",
|
|
"shanks",
|
|
"shivs",
|
|
"cleavers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"rapiers",
|
|
"sabers",
|
|
"sabres",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"swords",
|
|
"scalpels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowmen":{
|
|
"as in oarswomen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oarswomen",
|
|
"oars",
|
|
"oarsmen",
|
|
"rowers",
|
|
"scullers",
|
|
"coxswains",
|
|
"crewmen",
|
|
"pullers",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"jack-tars",
|
|
"mariners",
|
|
"navigators",
|
|
"sailors",
|
|
"salts",
|
|
"sea dogs",
|
|
"seafarers",
|
|
"seamen",
|
|
"shipmen",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"tars",
|
|
"kayakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowie knifes":{
|
|
"as in daggers , machetes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"bodkins",
|
|
"bolos",
|
|
"cutlasses",
|
|
"daggers",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"jackknives",
|
|
"machetes",
|
|
"pocketknives",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"sheath knives",
|
|
"stilettos",
|
|
"stilettoes",
|
|
"stylets",
|
|
"switchblades",
|
|
"switch knives",
|
|
"yataghans",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"knives",
|
|
"shanks",
|
|
"shivs",
|
|
"cleavers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"rapiers",
|
|
"sabers",
|
|
"sabres",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"swords",
|
|
"scalpels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowman":{
|
|
"as in oarswoman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oarswoman",
|
|
"oar",
|
|
"oarsman",
|
|
"rower",
|
|
"sculler",
|
|
"coxswain",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"puller",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"jack-tar",
|
|
"mariner",
|
|
"navigator",
|
|
"sailor",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"sea dog",
|
|
"seafarer",
|
|
"seaman",
|
|
"shipman",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"tar",
|
|
"kayaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bow":{
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally bowed to the judge's insistence that she change her outfit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"defer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowed to the craving for fresh coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"buckle (under)",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"give over (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"stifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"resist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the river bows gently to the north before it reaches the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"fall off",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to gently bow the strip of wood in order to fit it in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"swerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"incurvate",
|
|
"incurve",
|
|
"inflect",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"dimple",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her full lips form a pair of perfect bows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curvature",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curlycue",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"flexure",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bows (to)":{
|
|
"as in submits (to) , succumbs (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"capitulates (to)",
|
|
"gives in (to)",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"succumbs (to)",
|
|
"surrenders (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)",
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"concedes (to)",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"shoulders",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"sweats out",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"dissents (to)",
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"holds off",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"fights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowling over":{
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was bowled over to learn that she had a long-lost sister"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"dumbfounding",
|
|
"dumfounding",
|
|
"flabbergasting",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"stupefying",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"thunderstriking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"blindsiding",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"shaking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowled":{
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowling along in my spiffy new car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"toiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowled through the test and was the first one to hand in the booklet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowers":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowered by a canopy of grapevines, we enjoyed a serene and very private picnic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosoms",
|
|
"circumfuses",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"embosoms",
|
|
"embowers",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"encases",
|
|
"swaddles",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overspreads",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"enwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pergolas , arbors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbors",
|
|
"pergolas",
|
|
"awnings",
|
|
"canopies",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"tents",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"marquees",
|
|
"pavilions",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"sunshades",
|
|
"umbrellas",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"flies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowie knife":{
|
|
"as in dagger , machete":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"bodkin",
|
|
"bolo",
|
|
"cutlass",
|
|
"dagger",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"jackknife",
|
|
"machete",
|
|
"pocketknife",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"sheath knife",
|
|
"stiletto",
|
|
"stylet",
|
|
"switchblade",
|
|
"switch knife",
|
|
"yataghan",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"shiv",
|
|
"cleaver",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"rapier",
|
|
"saber",
|
|
"sabre",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"sword",
|
|
"scalpel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowdlerizations":{
|
|
"a shortened version of a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this bowdlerization of \"Moby Dick\" simply eliminates all the chapters on whaling and cetology"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviations",
|
|
"abridgments",
|
|
"abridgements",
|
|
"condensations",
|
|
"digests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"aper\u00e7us",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"overviews",
|
|
"pr\u00e9cis",
|
|
"recapitulations",
|
|
"recaps",
|
|
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"resum\u00e9s",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"summaries",
|
|
"summarizations",
|
|
"summations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"syllabi",
|
|
"syllabuses",
|
|
"synopses",
|
|
"tabloids",
|
|
"wrap-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifications",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"expansions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowdlerized":{
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bowdlerized version of \"Gulliver's Travels\" that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"red-penciled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"cut (out)",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"gutted",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"scrutinized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowdlerize":{
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bowdlerized version of \"Gulliver's Travels\" that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"red-pencil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"bleep",
|
|
"blip",
|
|
"cut (out)",
|
|
"delete",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"x (out)",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"scrutinize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowed (to)":{
|
|
"as in submitted (to) , succumbed (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"capitulated (to)",
|
|
"gave in (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"succumbed (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)",
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"conceded (to)",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"ratified",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"shouldered",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"sweated out",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"dissented (to)",
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"fought"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowls over":{
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was bowled over to learn that she had a long-lost sister"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazes",
|
|
"astonishes",
|
|
"astounds",
|
|
"dumbfounds",
|
|
"dumfounds",
|
|
"flabbergasts",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"stuns",
|
|
"stupefies",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"thunderstrikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddles",
|
|
"bewilders",
|
|
"blindsides",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"shakes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowels":{
|
|
"as in intestine(s)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intestine(s)",
|
|
"entrails",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"innards",
|
|
"inside(s)",
|
|
"inwards",
|
|
"viscera",
|
|
"vitals",
|
|
"chitterlings",
|
|
"chitlins",
|
|
"giblet(s)",
|
|
"variety meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowdlerizes":{
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bowdlerized version of \"Gulliver's Travels\" that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"red-pencils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"cuts (out)",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"x's (out)",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"scrutinizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowlers":{
|
|
"as in helmets , turbans":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
"casques",
|
|
"castors",
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
"helmets",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"high hats",
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
"miters",
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
"picture hats",
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
"tams",
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"toques",
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
|
"hats",
|
|
"headdresses",
|
|
"headgears",
|
|
"headpieces",
|
|
"lids",
|
|
"warbonnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowing":{
|
|
"bending downward or forward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bowing blossoms indicated that the petunia plant desperately needed water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"pendulous",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"stooping",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"upright"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally bowed to the judge's insistence that she change her outfit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinking",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"giving in",
|
|
"knuckling under",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"succumbing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"deferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"withstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowed to the craving for fresh coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"giving in",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"succumbing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"conceding (to)",
|
|
"buckling (under)",
|
|
"knuckling under",
|
|
"giving over (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"stifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"resisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the river bows gently to the north before it reaches the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"falling off",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"trending",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curlicuing",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"veering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to gently bow the strip of wood in order to fit it in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"swerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"incurvating",
|
|
"incurving",
|
|
"inflecting",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"kinking",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dimpling",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"sloping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncurling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowdlerization":{
|
|
"a shortened version of a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this bowdlerization of \"Moby Dick\" simply eliminates all the chapters on whaling and cetology"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"condensation",
|
|
"digest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"aper\u00e7u",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"outline",
|
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"overview",
|
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"pr\u00e9cis",
|
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"recap",
|
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"recapitulation",
|
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"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
|
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"resume",
|
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"resum\u00e9",
|
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"review",
|
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"sketch",
|
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"sum",
|
|
"summarization",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"summation",
|
|
"survey",
|
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"syllabus",
|
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"synopsis",
|
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"tabloid",
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"elaboration",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
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"expansion"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
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|
]
|
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},
|
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"bows":{
|
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"something that curves or is curved":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"her full lips form a pair of perfect bows"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"angles",
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"arches",
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"arcs",
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"bends",
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"crooks",
|
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"curvatures",
|
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"curves",
|
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"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curlycues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally bowed to the judge's insistence that she change her outfit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"gives in",
|
|
"knuckles under",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"succumbs",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"defers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"holds off",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"withstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowed to the craving for fresh coffee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"gives in",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"succumbs",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"concedes (to)",
|
|
"buckles (under)",
|
|
"knuckles under",
|
|
"gives over (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"stifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds off",
|
|
"resists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the river bows gently to the north before it reaches the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"falls off",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to gently bow the strip of wood in order to fit it in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"swerves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"incurvates",
|
|
"incurves",
|
|
"inflects",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dimples",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowling (down or over)":{
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"prostrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"KO'ing",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"throwing down",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowler":{
|
|
"as in helmet , turban":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowwow":{
|
|
"loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bowwow coming from the store's returns desk on the day after Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"bruit",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"decibel(s)",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"discordance",
|
|
"katzenjammer",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"roar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissonance",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"silentness",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowl (down":{
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exuberant dog bowled over several children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"down",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"prostrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"throw down",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |