10702 lines
205 KiB
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10702 lines
205 KiB
JSON
{
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"float":{
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"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
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"examples":[
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"a canoe floating down the river",
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"particles of dust floating in the air"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drift",
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"glide",
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"hang",
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"hover",
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"poise",
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"ride",
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"sail",
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"swim",
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"waft"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bob",
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"dangle",
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"suspend",
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"buoy",
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"balloon",
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"raft"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dive",
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"lunge",
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"plunge",
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"dip",
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"immerse",
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"submerge",
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"submerse"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"settle",
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"sink"
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]
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},
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"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
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"examples":[
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"lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bat",
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"cruise",
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"drift",
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"gad (about)",
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"gallivant",
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"galavant",
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"kick around",
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"knock (about)",
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"maunder",
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"meander",
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"mooch",
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"ramble",
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"range",
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"roam",
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"rove",
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"traipse",
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"wander"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amble",
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"saunter",
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"stroll",
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"dawdle",
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"mope",
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"gypsy",
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"hobo",
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"tramp",
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"vagabond",
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"mill (about or around)",
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"straggle",
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"stray"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
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"examples":[
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"the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dock",
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"jetty",
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"landing",
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"levee",
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"pier",
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"quai",
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"quay",
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"wharf"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berth",
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"mooring",
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"slip",
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"embarcadero",
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"dockyard",
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"marina",
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"quayage",
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"shipyard",
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"wharfage"
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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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"floats":{
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"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
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"examples":[
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"a canoe floating down the river",
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"particles of dust floating in the air"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drifts",
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"glides",
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"hangs",
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"hovers",
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"poises",
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"rides",
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"sails",
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"swims",
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"wafts"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bobs",
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"dangles",
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"suspends",
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"buoys",
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"balloons",
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"rafts"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dives",
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"lunges",
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"plunges",
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"dips",
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"immerses",
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"submerges",
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"submerses"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"settles",
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"sinks"
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]
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},
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"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
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"examples":[
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"lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bats",
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"cruises",
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"drifts",
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"gads (about)",
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"gallivants",
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"galavants",
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"kicks around",
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"knocks (about)",
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"maunders",
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"meanders",
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"mooches",
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"rambles",
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"ranges",
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"roams",
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"roves",
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"traipses",
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"wanders"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ambles",
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"saunters",
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"strolls",
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"dawdles",
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"mopes",
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"gypsies",
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"hobos",
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"tramps",
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"vagabonds",
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"mills (about or around)",
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"straggles",
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"strays"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
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"examples":[
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"the crew put the cargo on the float before heading back down the river"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"docks",
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"jetties",
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"landings",
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"levees",
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"piers",
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"quais",
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"quays",
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"wharves",
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"wharfs"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berths",
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"moorings",
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"slips",
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"embarcaderos",
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"dockyards",
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"marinas",
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"quayages",
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"shipyards",
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"wharfages"
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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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"flog":{
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"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
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"examples":[
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"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birch",
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"cowhide",
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"flagellate",
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"flail",
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"hide",
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"horsewhip",
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"lash",
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"leather",
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"rawhide",
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"scourge",
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"slash",
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"switch",
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"tan",
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"thrash",
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"whale",
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"whip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"knout",
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"quirt",
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"strap",
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"cut",
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"flick",
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"touch up",
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"blackjack",
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"cane",
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"club",
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"cudgel",
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"fustigate",
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"pistol-whip",
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"bang",
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"bop",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"clap",
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"clip",
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"clobber",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cuff",
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"hit",
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"knock",
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"lam",
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"paste",
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"punch",
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"slap",
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"slug",
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"smack",
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"smite",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"thwack",
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"wallop",
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"whack",
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"bash",
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"baste",
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"bat",
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"batter",
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"beat",
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"belabor",
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"belt",
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"bludgeon",
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"buffet",
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"bung",
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"drub",
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"fib",
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"hammer",
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"lace",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lather",
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"lick",
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"mangle",
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"maul",
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"paddle",
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"pelt",
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"pommel",
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"pound",
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"pummel",
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"rough",
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"slate",
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"slog",
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"thresh",
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"thump",
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"tromp",
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"whop",
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"whap",
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"whup",
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"work over"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bash",
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"baste",
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"bat",
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"batter",
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"beat",
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"belabor",
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"belt",
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"birch",
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"bludgeon",
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"buffet",
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"bung up",
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"club",
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"curry",
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"do",
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"drub",
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"fib",
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"hammer",
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"hide",
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"lace",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lash",
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"lather",
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"lick",
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"maul",
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"mess (up)",
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"paddle",
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"pelt",
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"pommel",
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"pound",
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"pummel",
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"punch out",
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"rough (up)",
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"slate",
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"slog",
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"switch",
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"tan",
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"thrash",
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"thresh",
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"thump",
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"tromp",
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"wallop",
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"whale",
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"whip",
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"whop",
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"whap",
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"whup",
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"work over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assail",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"beset",
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"box",
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"bust",
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"chop",
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"clobber",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cudgel",
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"cuff",
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"descend (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jump (on)",
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"knock",
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"lam",
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"lay on",
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"paste",
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"pounce (on or upon)",
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"punch",
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"raid",
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"rush",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"smack",
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"smash",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"storm",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"thwack",
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"whack",
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"wham",
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"whomp",
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"blackjack",
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"cane",
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"cowhide",
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"flagellate",
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"fustigate",
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"horsewhip",
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"leather",
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"pistol-whip",
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"rawhide",
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"scourge",
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"strap",
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"gore",
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"lacerate",
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"wound",
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"maim",
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"mangle",
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"mutilate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move heavily or clumsily":{
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"examples":[
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"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barge",
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"clump",
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"flounder",
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"galumph",
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"lumber",
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"lump",
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"plod",
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"pound",
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"scuff",
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"scuffle",
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"shamble",
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"shuffle",
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"slog",
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"slough",
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"stamp",
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"stomp",
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"stumble",
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"stump",
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"tramp",
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"tromp",
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"trudge"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drag",
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"flop",
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"haul",
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"blunder",
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"careen",
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"dodder",
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"lurch",
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"reel",
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"stagger",
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"sway",
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"teeter",
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"totter",
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"waddle",
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"weave",
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"wobble",
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"wabble"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drift",
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"float",
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"hang",
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"hover",
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"poise",
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"waft"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"breeze",
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"coast",
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"glide",
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"slide",
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"waltz",
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"whisk"
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]
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},
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"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
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"examples":[
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"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"bumble",
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"flounder",
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"limp",
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"lumber",
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"plod",
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"struggle",
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"stumble",
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"trudge"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"jog",
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"shamble",
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"shuffle",
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"wallow",
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"welter",
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"falter",
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"lurch",
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"reel",
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"stagger",
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"sway",
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"teeter",
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"totter",
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"fumble",
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"muddle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coast",
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"fly",
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"glide",
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"kilt",
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"sail",
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"zip",
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"zoom"
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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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"flogged":{
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"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
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"examples":[
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"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birched",
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"cowhided",
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"flagellated",
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"flailed",
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"hided",
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"horsewhipped",
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"lashed",
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"leathered",
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"rawhided",
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"scourged",
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"slashed",
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"switched",
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"tanned",
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"thrashed",
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"whaled",
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"whipped"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"knouted",
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"quirted",
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"strapped",
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"cut",
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"flicked",
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"touched up",
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"blackjacked",
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"caned",
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"clubbed",
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"cudgeled",
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"cudgelled",
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"fustigated",
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"pistol-whipped",
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"banged",
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"bopped",
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"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"clapped",
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"clapt",
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"clipped",
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"clobbered",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"cuffed",
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"hit",
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"knocked",
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"lammed",
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"pasted",
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"punched",
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"slapped",
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"slugged",
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"smacked",
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"smote",
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"socked",
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"spanked",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"thwacked",
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"walloped",
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"whacked",
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"bashed",
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"basted",
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"batted",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"belabored",
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"belted",
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"bludgeoned",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged",
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"drubbed",
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"fibbed",
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"hammered",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"lathered",
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"licked",
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"mangled",
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"mauled",
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"paddled",
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"pelted",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pounded",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"roughed",
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"slated",
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"slogged",
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"threshed",
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"thumped",
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"tromped",
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"whopped",
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"whapped",
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"whupped",
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"worked over"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"bashed",
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"basted",
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"batted",
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"battered",
|
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"beat",
|
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"belabored",
|
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"belted",
|
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"birched",
|
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"bludgeoned",
|
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"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"punched out",
|
|
"roughed (up)",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laid on",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whammed",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"sloughed",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"weltered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"muddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"kilted",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flogs":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"quirts",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"touches up",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"muddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"kilts",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flood":{
|
|
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flood nearly wiped out the town",
|
|
"a flood of messages on my computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvion",
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"Niagara",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"torrent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"inflow",
|
|
"influx",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"blizzard",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"waterfall",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drought",
|
|
"drouth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lowlands were completely flooded",
|
|
"angry calls flooded the radio station"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flood tide":{
|
|
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flood tide of criticism that the company received"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvion",
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"Niagara",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"torrent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"inflow",
|
|
"influx",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"blizzard",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"waterfall",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drought",
|
|
"drouth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floods":{
|
|
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flood nearly wiped out the town",
|
|
"a flood of messages on my computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvions",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"Niagaras",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"blizzards",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"waterfalls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"droughts",
|
|
"drouths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lowlands were completely flooded",
|
|
"angry calls flooded the radio station"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flop (down)":{
|
|
"as in lie (down) , doss (down)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"doss (down)",
|
|
"lie (down)",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"perch",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drop off",
|
|
"lie up",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"bed (down)",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"turn in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll out",
|
|
"turn out",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"bestir",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"wake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flophouse":{
|
|
"as in dorm , dormitory":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"room(s)",
|
|
"rooming house",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"encampment",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"residency",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"fireside",
|
|
"habitation",
|
|
"hearth",
|
|
"hearthstone",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residence",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"cantonment",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"garrison",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"post"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flow":{
|
|
"to move in a stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stream"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"disembogue",
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"trickle",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"back up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in flood , overflow":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"inflow",
|
|
"influx",
|
|
"inpouring",
|
|
"inrush",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flowed":{
|
|
"to move in a stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"disembogued",
|
|
"effused",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"fountained",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"guttered",
|
|
"riffled",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"sheeted",
|
|
"trickled",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backed up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flowers":{
|
|
"the usually showy plant part that produces seeds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flowers are always a thoughtful gift"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"florets",
|
|
"flowerets",
|
|
"flowerettes",
|
|
"bouquets",
|
|
"nosegays",
|
|
"posies",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"boutonnieres",
|
|
"corsages",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"leis",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"wreaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the skiing season is usually in full flower by Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"florescences",
|
|
"floruits",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumns",
|
|
"Indian summers",
|
|
"efflorescences",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"grandeurs",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"belles \u00e9poques",
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
"comebacks",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"revivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without exception, the flower of this year's graduating class will be going to prestigious colleges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-lists",
|
|
"aristocracies",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"illuminati",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"priesthoods",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"royalties",
|
|
"upper crusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"gentries",
|
|
"nobilities",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"top drawers",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"upper classes",
|
|
"caviars",
|
|
"caviares",
|
|
"who's whos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"rank and files",
|
|
"unwasheds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"effloresces",
|
|
"unfolds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"opens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flogger":{
|
|
"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a horseman who believes that floggers should be used sparingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"whip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"blacksnake",
|
|
"bullwhip",
|
|
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"knout",
|
|
"quirt",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flood tides":{
|
|
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flood tide of criticism that the company received"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvions",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"Niagaras",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"blizzards",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"waterfalls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"droughts",
|
|
"drouths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floruit":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the floruit of Greek art and literature in the fifth century b.c."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"florescence",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumn",
|
|
"Indian summer",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"efflorescence",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"belle epoque",
|
|
"belle \u00e9poque",
|
|
"golden age",
|
|
"silver age",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"revival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flock":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flock of obstreperous reporters at the press conference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"logjam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flock of sheep crossing the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"herd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"covey",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"pod",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"infest",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"plug (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floundering":{
|
|
"as in struggling , failing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"unprosperous",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"insolvent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"boomy",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do",
|
|
"comfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"weltering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"muddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"kilting",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barging",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"galumphing",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"sloughing",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floury":{
|
|
"consisting of very small particles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shelves of old books covered with floury dust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"powdery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"ultrafine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"unfiltered",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"gravelly",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"pebbly",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"stony",
|
|
"stoney",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"mealy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"grainy",
|
|
"granular",
|
|
"granulated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flouts":{
|
|
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slurs (over)",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flounder":{
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"muddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"kilt",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"galumph",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"waft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"waltz",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flopped":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they lazily flopped themselves onto the couch to watch the game",
|
|
"flopped the bag of groceries onto the counter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flumped",
|
|
"planked",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plumped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the attempt to run the ball into the end zone flopped , and our team lost by five points"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fish flopping around on the dock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flapped",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"whipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"palpitated",
|
|
"pulsed",
|
|
"throbbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floor":{
|
|
"the surface upon which a body of water lies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discovered a new species of crab living on the ocean floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"bottom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"riverbed",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basement",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"surface"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that you would say such a rude thing to someone floors me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appall",
|
|
"appal",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"shock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astonish",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dumbfound",
|
|
"dumfound",
|
|
"flabbergast",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"stupefy",
|
|
"affright",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"frighten",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"scare",
|
|
"scarify",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"terrify",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"nauseate",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"sicken",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"scandalize",
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"emasculate",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"unstring",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"cushion",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"tickle",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"reassure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as you might expect, winning the lottery simply floored us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astonish",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dumbfound",
|
|
"dumfound",
|
|
"flabbergast",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"stupefy",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"thunderstrike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"blindside",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"shake up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer floored his opponent in the second round, winning the fight by a knockout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pushing and shoving at the clearance sale absolutely floored me, and I had to leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"grind (down)",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmaster",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"whelm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"florescence":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the florescence of Mayan art in the seventh century a.d."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"floruit",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumn",
|
|
"Indian summer",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"efflorescence",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"belle epoque",
|
|
"belle \u00e9poque",
|
|
"golden age",
|
|
"silver age",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"revival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"florilegium":{
|
|
"a collection of writings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a florilegium of ancient alchemical writings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"album",
|
|
"anthology",
|
|
"collectanea",
|
|
"compendium",
|
|
"compilation",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"reader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"almanac",
|
|
"ana",
|
|
"analects",
|
|
"chapbook",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"casebook",
|
|
"sourcebook",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"corpus",
|
|
"library",
|
|
"miscellanea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flopped (down)":{
|
|
"as in lay (down) , dossed (down)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"dossed (down)",
|
|
"lay (down)",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"bunked",
|
|
"perched",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"catnapped",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"dropped off",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"napped",
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"slept",
|
|
"slumbered",
|
|
"snoozed",
|
|
"bedded (down)",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"turned in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"rolled out",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"bestirred",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"woke",
|
|
"waked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floss":{
|
|
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used cotton floss to simulate Santa's beard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"down",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"lint",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"pile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floodlighted":{
|
|
"as in highlighted , spotlighted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sunlit",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"lightproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in illuminated , glowed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"beaconed",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"illumed",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"enhaloed",
|
|
"haloed",
|
|
"brightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floppiness":{
|
|
"as in looseness , laxity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laxity",
|
|
"laxness",
|
|
"limpness",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"slackness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"tautness",
|
|
"tenseness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"tightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floozie":{
|
|
"a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speakeasy frequented by bookies, boozers, and floozies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chippie",
|
|
"chippy",
|
|
"doxy",
|
|
"doxie",
|
|
"fancy woman",
|
|
"hoochie",
|
|
"hussy",
|
|
"Jezebel",
|
|
"minx",
|
|
"quean",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trollop",
|
|
"wench"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"grisette",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"trull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floated":{
|
|
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a canoe floating down the river",
|
|
"particles of dust floating in the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"swam",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"dangled",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"rafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"lunged",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"gadded (about)",
|
|
"gallivanted",
|
|
"galavanted",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"knocked (about)",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"roved",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"gypsied",
|
|
"hoboed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"vagabonded",
|
|
"milled (about or around)",
|
|
"straggled",
|
|
"strayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floorwalker":{
|
|
"as in clerk , salesman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clerk",
|
|
"salesclerk",
|
|
"salesman",
|
|
"salesperson",
|
|
"salesgirl",
|
|
"saleslady",
|
|
"saleswoman",
|
|
"shopgirl",
|
|
"pitchman",
|
|
"pitchwoman",
|
|
"salespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flourish":{
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that plant flourishes in cool, wet weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"luxuriate",
|
|
"overgrow",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"shoot up",
|
|
"germinate",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sprout",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the arts program flourished once it received adequate funding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"excel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fail"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wave , beckon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beck",
|
|
"beckon",
|
|
"shrug",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"gesticulation",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"body language",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"sign language"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ruffle , flounce":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fal-lal",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonry",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"emblazonry",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"froufrou",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"enrichment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"beautifier",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embellisher",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"garniture",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"setoff",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"embossment",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"fancywork",
|
|
"bedizenment",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floodlit":{
|
|
"as in highlighted , spotlighted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sunlit",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"lightproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in illuminated , glowed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"beaconed",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"illumed",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"enhaloed",
|
|
"haloed",
|
|
"brightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flows":{
|
|
"to move in a stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"disembogues",
|
|
"effuses",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"riffles",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"trickles",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"coagulates",
|
|
"congeals",
|
|
"gels",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backs up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in floods , overflows":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"affluences",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"incomes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"inpourings",
|
|
"inrushes",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"exoduses",
|
|
"flights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flotilla":{
|
|
"a group of small ships":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a colorful flotilla of boats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argosy",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"navy",
|
|
"armada",
|
|
"caravan",
|
|
"cavalcade",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"motorcade",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"cortege",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ge",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"procession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floodplain":{
|
|
"as in basin , pothole":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"kettle",
|
|
"pothole",
|
|
"canyon",
|
|
"col",
|
|
"couloir",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulch",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"kloof",
|
|
"linn",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"saddle",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crevasse",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"cwm",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"combe",
|
|
"coombe",
|
|
"coomb",
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"shut-in",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"gully",
|
|
"gulley",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"nullah",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"wadi",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in grassland , upland":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"campo",
|
|
"champaign",
|
|
"down(s)",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"llano",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"pampa",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"savanna",
|
|
"savannah",
|
|
"steppe",
|
|
"tundra",
|
|
"veld",
|
|
"veldt",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lowland",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"upland",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"meadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flocking":{
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowding",
|
|
"mobbing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"infesting",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"plugging (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flown":{
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aviated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"winged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"wafted",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"helicoptered",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"stooped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you must fly to safety immediately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"broken out (of)",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"gotten out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"run off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"sallied (forth)",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"taken off",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"come back",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flew down the concourse to catch his flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"driven",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"torn",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtaken",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"hightailed (it)",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"skedaddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"got (away)",
|
|
"gotten (away)",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"gotten out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"made off",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped (out)",
|
|
"skirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease to be visible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the morning mist had flown , and a sparkling sea lay before us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dematerialized",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evanesced",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanked (out)",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"died (away or down or out)",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"dimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"broken out",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"loomed",
|
|
"shown up",
|
|
"showed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"materialized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the familiar \"Because I said so!\" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"stood up",
|
|
"washed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gone down",
|
|
"gone over",
|
|
"gone through",
|
|
"got through",
|
|
"gotten through",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floppy":{
|
|
"not stiff in structure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my basset hound is always tripping over her long, floppy ears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"semisoft",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"stretchy",
|
|
"supple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tense"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flocked":{
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"mobbed",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"thronged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"infested",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"plugged (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flowered":{
|
|
"of or relating to flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pretty tablecloth with a flowered border"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"floral",
|
|
"flowery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"abloom",
|
|
"blossomy",
|
|
"floriferous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"blossomed",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"effloresced",
|
|
"unfolded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafed",
|
|
"leaved",
|
|
"budded",
|
|
"opened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floors":{
|
|
"the surface upon which a body of water lies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discovered a new species of crab living on the ocean floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"bottoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"riverbeds",
|
|
"basements",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"surfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that you would say such a rude thing to someone floors me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appalls",
|
|
"appals",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"shakes up",
|
|
"shocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astonishes",
|
|
"bowls over",
|
|
"dumbfounds",
|
|
"dumfounds",
|
|
"flabbergasts",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"stuns",
|
|
"stupefies",
|
|
"affrights",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"frightens",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"scares",
|
|
"scarifies",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"terrifies",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"nauseates",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"revolts",
|
|
"sickens",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"displeases",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"scandalizes",
|
|
"amazes",
|
|
"astounds",
|
|
"awes",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"emasculates",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"unstrings",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"weirds out",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"cushions",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"tickles",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"reassures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as you might expect, winning the lottery simply floored us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazes",
|
|
"astonishes",
|
|
"astounds",
|
|
"bowls over",
|
|
"dumbfounds",
|
|
"dumfounds",
|
|
"flabbergasts",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer floored his opponent in the second round, winning the fight by a knockout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
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"levels",
|
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"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pushing and shoving at the clearance sale absolutely floored me, and I had to leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"grinds (down)",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmasters",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"prostrates",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"whelms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flouting":{
|
|
"as in defiance , challenge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"brush-off",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"contravention",
|
|
"infraction",
|
|
"infringement",
|
|
"nonobservance",
|
|
"transgression",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"violation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abidance",
|
|
"adherence",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"conformance",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slurring (over)",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flouted":{
|
|
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slurred (over)",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"used"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floruits":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the floruit of Greek art and literature in the fifth century b.c."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"florescences",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumns",
|
|
"Indian summers",
|
|
"efflorescences",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"grandeurs",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"belles \u00e9poques",
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
"comebacks",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"revivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floored":{
|
|
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that you would say such a rude thing to someone floors me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"shook up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"frighted",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"scarified",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"nauseated",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"revolted",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"scandalized",
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"awed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buffered",
|
|
"cushioned",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"reassured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as you might expect, winning the lottery simply floored us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"thunderstruck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"blindsided",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"shook up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer floored his opponent in the second round, winning the fight by a knockout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"prostrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoed",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pushing and shoving at the clearance sale absolutely floored me, and I had to leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ground (down)",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmastered",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"whelmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flosses":{
|
|
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used cotton floss to simulate Santa's beard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"lints",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"piles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flourishing":{
|
|
"having attained a desired end or state of good fortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flourishing actor in the early years of the talkies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"triumphant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"runaway",
|
|
"socko"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"futureless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing-out",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"kerflooey",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flourishing market in sports memorabilia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aboil",
|
|
"abubble",
|
|
"abuzz",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"populous",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thronging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"sleepy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flourishing community that has become a major beneficiary of the high-tech boom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"boomy",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do",
|
|
"comfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"insolvent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"unprosperous",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in flowering , blossoming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"evolvement",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"coming-of-age",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that plant flourishes in cool, wet weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"luxuriating",
|
|
"overgrowing",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"shooting up",
|
|
"germinating",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"sprouting",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"fruiting",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"seeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the arts program flourished once it received adequate funding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"excelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floweriness":{
|
|
"as in pretension , grandiosity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jabberwocky",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordiness",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"fustian",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floodlight":{
|
|
"as in lighting , flashlight":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrum",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in light , illuminate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incinerate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"enhalo",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"brighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obfuscate",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flounce":{
|
|
"a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge and used as trimming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a prom dress with small flounces along the hem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"ruffle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"pleat",
|
|
"ruff",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mince , traipse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"sashay",
|
|
"stalk",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"tiptoe",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"promenade",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"stride",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lace , frill":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fillet",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"smarten",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"impearl",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"accessorize",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trick (out)",
|
|
"redecorate",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"adorn",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"beautify",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"bedizen",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"emboss",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fancify",
|
|
"fancy up",
|
|
"festoon",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"glitz (up)",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gussy up",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"pretty (up)",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"uglify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flopping (down)":{
|
|
"as in lying (down) , dossing (down)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"dossing (down)",
|
|
"lying (down)",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"bunking",
|
|
"perching",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"dropping off",
|
|
"lying up",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing",
|
|
"bedding (down)",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"turning in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling out",
|
|
"turning out",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"bestirring",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"waking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flown off the handle":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"flipped (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"snapped",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"fumed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"flared (out)",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"maddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quieted (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"simmered down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"flotsam":{
|
|
"the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dispirited family picked through the flotsam of their possessions after the hurricane, looking for anything that could be salvaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floorwalkers":{
|
|
"as in clerks , salesmen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"salesclerks",
|
|
"salesmen",
|
|
"salespeople",
|
|
"salesgirls",
|
|
"salesladies",
|
|
"saleswomen",
|
|
"shopgirls",
|
|
"pitchmen",
|
|
"pitchwomen",
|
|
"salespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floozy":{
|
|
"a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speakeasy frequented by bookies, boozers, and floozies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chippie",
|
|
"chippy",
|
|
"doxy",
|
|
"doxie",
|
|
"fancy woman",
|
|
"hoochie",
|
|
"hussy",
|
|
"Jezebel",
|
|
"minx",
|
|
"quean",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trollop",
|
|
"wench"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"grisette",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"trull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flounders":{
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"muddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"kilts",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flocks":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flock of obstreperous reporters at the press conference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bikes",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"logjams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flock of sheep crossing the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"herds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"coveys",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"swarms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"infests",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"plugs (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floggers":{
|
|
"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a horseman who believes that floggers should be used sparingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"blacksnakes",
|
|
"bullwhips",
|
|
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"quirts",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flourishes":{
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that plant flourishes in cool, wet weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"luxuriates",
|
|
"overgrows",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"shoots up",
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sprouts",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the arts program flourished once it received adequate funding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins",
|
|
"excels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fails"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in waves , beckons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beckons",
|
|
"becks",
|
|
"shrugs",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"gesticulations",
|
|
"gestures",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"body languages",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"motions",
|
|
"sign languages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ruffles , flounces":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fal-lals",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichis",
|
|
"emblazonries",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fineries",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fripperies",
|
|
"frostings",
|
|
"froufrous",
|
|
"frou-frous",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"enrichments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"beautifiers",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"embellishers",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"garnishments",
|
|
"garnitures",
|
|
"ornamentations",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"setoffs",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"embossments",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"fancyworks",
|
|
"bedizenments",
|
|
"gilts",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flogging":{
|
|
"as in whipping , thrashing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turbulence",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"strong-arming",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
"mutilation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pacificism",
|
|
"pacifism",
|
|
"nonviolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouting",
|
|
"quirting",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was fined heavily for flogging a horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for most of the night, searchers flogged through the marsh, crying out for the lost child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barging",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"galumphing",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"sloughing",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ignoring the groans and catcalls that his speech was provoking, the backbencher flogged away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"weltering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"muddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"kilting",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floodlights":{
|
|
"as in lightings , flashlights":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamps",
|
|
"arc lights",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrums",
|
|
"candelabras",
|
|
"candles",
|
|
"chandeliers",
|
|
"dark lanterns",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flashbulbs",
|
|
"flashcubes",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flashlights",
|
|
"fluorescent lamps",
|
|
"gaslights",
|
|
"gasoliers",
|
|
"girandoles",
|
|
"headlights",
|
|
"incandescent lamps",
|
|
"klieg lights",
|
|
"kleig lights",
|
|
"lanterns",
|
|
"light bulbs",
|
|
"lighthouses",
|
|
"lightings",
|
|
"sconces",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"streetlights",
|
|
"sun lamps",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"illuminants",
|
|
"lamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lights , illuminates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"emblazes",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"beats (down)",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"enhaloes",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"brightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obfuscates",
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floodgates":{
|
|
"as in sluices":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"milldams",
|
|
"stanks",
|
|
"weirs",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"canals",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"breastworks",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"earthworks",
|
|
"ramparts",
|
|
"breakwaters",
|
|
"jetties",
|
|
"seawalls",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"dikes",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"levees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floor-throughs":{
|
|
"as in garden apartments , duplex apartments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bed-sitters",
|
|
"bedsits",
|
|
"bed-sitting-room",
|
|
"cohousings",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"condos",
|
|
"duplex apartments",
|
|
"duplexes",
|
|
"efficiencies",
|
|
"efficiency apartments",
|
|
"flatlets",
|
|
"garden apartments",
|
|
"granny flats",
|
|
"maisonettes",
|
|
"penthouses",
|
|
"railroad flats",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"studio apartments",
|
|
"studios",
|
|
"triplexes",
|
|
"walk-ups",
|
|
"apartments",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"tenements",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"apartment buildings",
|
|
"apartment houses",
|
|
"tenement houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flown into a rage":{
|
|
"to become very angry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The kids worried their parents would fly into a rage when they saw the broken television screen."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blown up",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"flipped (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"snapped",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"fumed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"flared (out)",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"maddened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"cooled (off or down)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"quieted (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed (down)",
|
|
"simmered down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flowing":{
|
|
"capable of moving like a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flowing silk scarf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"liquid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumfluent",
|
|
"circumfluous",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"semiliquid",
|
|
"semisolid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"gelatinous",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"gluey",
|
|
"glutinous",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"gummy",
|
|
"viscous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"nonliquid",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move in a stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water was flowing over the dam at a tremendous rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"disemboguing",
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"fountaining",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"guttering",
|
|
"riffling",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"sheeting",
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"coagulating",
|
|
"congealing",
|
|
"gelling",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backing up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as everyone relaxed, the conversation really started to flow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"speeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"toiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flown at":{
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The batter flew at the pitcher, thinking the beanball was thrown on purpose."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"bushwhacked",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"descended (on or upon)",
|
|
"gone in (on)",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"pounced (on or upon)",
|
|
"raided",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sicced",
|
|
"sicked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"stricken",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"turned (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bum-rushed",
|
|
"ganged up (on)",
|
|
"mobbed",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"mugged",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"ambuscaded",
|
|
"ambushed",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"waylaid",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"barraged",
|
|
"cannonaded",
|
|
"cannoned",
|
|
"banged away (at)",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"forayed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"flanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flowerets":{
|
|
"as in buds , florets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"florets",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"bouquets",
|
|
"nosegays",
|
|
"posies",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"boutonnieres",
|
|
"corsages",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"leis",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"wreaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floodplains":{
|
|
"as in basins , potholes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"kettles",
|
|
"potholes",
|
|
"canyons",
|
|
"cols",
|
|
"couloirs",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"gills",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gulches",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"kloofs",
|
|
"linns",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"saddles",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"cirques",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"crevasses",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"cwms",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"combes",
|
|
"coombes",
|
|
"coombs",
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"shut-ins",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"arroyos",
|
|
"barrancas",
|
|
"barrancos",
|
|
"coulees",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"gullies",
|
|
"gulleys",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"nullahs",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"wadis",
|
|
"washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in grasslands , uplands":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"campos",
|
|
"champaigns",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"llanos",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"savannas",
|
|
"savannahs",
|
|
"steppes",
|
|
"tundras",
|
|
"velds",
|
|
"veldts",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"lowlands",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"uplands",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"meadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flout":{
|
|
"to ignore in a disrespectful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an able-bodied motorist openly flouting the law and parking in a space reserved for the disabled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slur (over)",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flooded":{
|
|
"as in inundated , drowned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lowlands were completely flooded",
|
|
"angry calls flooded the radio station"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"gulfed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"florid":{
|
|
"elaborately and often excessively decorated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a florid , gilded mirror that took up most of the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"gingerbread",
|
|
"gingerbreaded",
|
|
"gingerbready",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdecorated",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arabesque",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"rococo",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"bedaubed",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"lacy",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sequined",
|
|
"sequinned",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unadorned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"full of fine words and fancy expressions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave a florid speech in honor of the queen's visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aureate",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"purple",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"fancy-pants",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"learned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"unpoetic",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man with a florid complexion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bronzed",
|
|
"brown",
|
|
"suntanned",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"bloomy",
|
|
"blowsy",
|
|
"blowzy",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pinkish",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"cherubic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"whey-faced",
|
|
"white-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floodways":{
|
|
"as in spillways , sluices":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"sluiceways",
|
|
"spillways",
|
|
"millraces",
|
|
"millstreams",
|
|
"swashes",
|
|
"tideways",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"aqueducts",
|
|
"canals",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"racecourses",
|
|
"raceways",
|
|
"watercourses",
|
|
"waterways",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"rivulets",
|
|
"streams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floodlighting":{
|
|
"as in lighting , illuminating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"incinerating",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"beaconing",
|
|
"emblazing",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illuming",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beating (down)",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"enhaloing",
|
|
"haloing",
|
|
"brightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"obfuscating",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flowerettes":{
|
|
"as in buds , florets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"florets",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"bouquets",
|
|
"nosegays",
|
|
"posies",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"boutonnieres",
|
|
"corsages",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"leis",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"wreaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flotillas":{
|
|
"a group of small ships":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a colorful flotilla of boats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"navies",
|
|
"armadas",
|
|
"caravans",
|
|
"cavalcades",
|
|
"fleets",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"motorcades",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"corteges",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ges",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"processions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flooring":{
|
|
"to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that you would say such a rude thing to someone floors me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"shocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"bowling over",
|
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"dumbfounding",
|
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"dumfounding",
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"flabbergasting",
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"freaking (out)",
|
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"stunning",
|
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"stupefying",
|
|
"affrighting",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frighting",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"panicking",
|
|
"scarifying",
|
|
"scaring",
|
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"spooking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"scandalizing",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awing",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"daunting",
|
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"demoralizing",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"emasculating",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"unstringing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"cushioning",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"tickling",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as you might expect, winning the lottery simply floored us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"bowling over",
|
|
"dumbfounding",
|
|
"dumfounding",
|
|
"flabbergasting",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer floored his opponent in the second round, winning the fight by a knockout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pushing and shoving at the clearance sale absolutely floored me, and I had to leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"grinding (down)",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"prostrating",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"whelming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flops":{
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie is such a flop that theaters showing it are the loneliest places in town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"shipwrecks",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"washouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"also-rans",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"has-beens",
|
|
"near misses",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevents",
|
|
"nonstarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"winners"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they lazily flopped themselves onto the couch to watch the game",
|
|
"flopped the bag of groceries onto the counter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flumps",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the attempt to run the ball into the end zone flopped , and our team lost by five points"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"self-destructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fish flopping around on the dock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flaps",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"undulates",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"palpitates",
|
|
"pulses",
|
|
"throbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floret":{
|
|
"as in bud , floweret":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"floweret",
|
|
"flowerette",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"nosegay",
|
|
"posy",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"boutonniere",
|
|
"corsage",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"lei",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"wreath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"florescences":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the florescence of Mayan art in the seventh century a.d."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"floruits",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumns",
|
|
"Indian summers",
|
|
"efflorescences",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"grandeurs",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"belles \u00e9poques",
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
"comebacks",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"revivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floral":{
|
|
"of or relating to flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bedroom wallpaper with a floral pattern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"flowery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"abloom",
|
|
"blossomy",
|
|
"floriferous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flowerings":{
|
|
"as in efflorescences":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"efflorescences",
|
|
"autumns",
|
|
"Indian summers",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"florescences",
|
|
"floruits",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtimes",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"grandeurs",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"belles \u00e9poques",
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
"comebacks",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"revivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in growths , developments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"elaborations",
|
|
"evolutions",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"betterments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"perfections",
|
|
"refinements",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"supplementations",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"evolvements",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"incubations",
|
|
"maturations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"regressions",
|
|
"retrogressions",
|
|
"reversions",
|
|
"backslides",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"degradations",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"devaluations",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flourished":{
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that plant flourishes in cool, wet weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"luxuriated",
|
|
"overgrew",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"shot up",
|
|
"germinated",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"sprouted",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"fruited",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"seeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the arts program flourished once it received adequate funding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"excelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floodgate":{
|
|
"as in sluice":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"milldam",
|
|
"stank",
|
|
"weir",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"canal",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"breastwork",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"breakwater",
|
|
"jetty",
|
|
"seawall",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"dike",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"levee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flophouses":{
|
|
"as in dorms , dormitories":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"boardinghouses",
|
|
"dormitories",
|
|
"dorms",
|
|
"lodging houses",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"rooming houses",
|
|
"rooms",
|
|
"penthouses",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"countryseats",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"manor houses",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"mansions",
|
|
"McMansions",
|
|
"palaces",
|
|
"villas",
|
|
"apartment houses",
|
|
"apartments",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"condos",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"tenement houses",
|
|
"tenements",
|
|
"walk-ups",
|
|
"farmhouses",
|
|
"granges",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"homesteads",
|
|
"duplexes",
|
|
"ranches",
|
|
"ranch houses",
|
|
"saltboxes",
|
|
"semis",
|
|
"split levels",
|
|
"townhomes",
|
|
"town houses",
|
|
"tract houses",
|
|
"triplexes",
|
|
"double-wides",
|
|
"houseboats",
|
|
"house trailers",
|
|
"mobile homes",
|
|
"motor homes",
|
|
"recreational vehicles",
|
|
"RVs",
|
|
"trailers",
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"casitas",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"hermitages",
|
|
"manses",
|
|
"parsonages",
|
|
"rectories",
|
|
"vicarages",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"residencies",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flooding":{
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lowlands were completely flooded",
|
|
"angry calls flooded the radio station"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"gulfing",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanching",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"wetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"draining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flora":{
|
|
"green leaves or plants":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fascination with the lush flora of the South"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foliage",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greenery",
|
|
"herbage",
|
|
"leafage",
|
|
"vegetation",
|
|
"verdure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"underbrush",
|
|
"undergrowth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flowering":{
|
|
"as in blooming , flourishing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"undeveloped",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unfledged",
|
|
"unformed",
|
|
"unripe",
|
|
"unripened",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"embryonic",
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"ephebic",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"subadult",
|
|
"teenage",
|
|
"teenaged",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in flourishing , blossoming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"evolvement",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"coming-of-age",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"efflorescing",
|
|
"unfolding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"budding",
|
|
"opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flowery":{
|
|
"full of fine words and fancy expressions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flowery verses that always appear on valentines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aureate",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"purple",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"fancy-pants",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"learned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"unpoetic",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"of or relating to flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mother's Day cards typically have a flowery design on the cover"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"floral",
|
|
"flowered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"abloom",
|
|
"blossomy",
|
|
"floriferous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flowerette":{
|
|
"as in bud , floret":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"floret",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"nosegay",
|
|
"posy",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"boutonniere",
|
|
"corsage",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"lei",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"wreath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floaty":{
|
|
"as in buoyant , unsinkable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"unsinkable",
|
|
"afloat",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"free-floating",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"aground",
|
|
"high and dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flossy":{
|
|
"as in ritzy , haute":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"haute",
|
|
"haut",
|
|
"nobby",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"soign\u00e9",
|
|
"soign\u00e9e",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"posh",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"upmarket",
|
|
"upscale",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"ultrachic",
|
|
"ultracool",
|
|
"ultrahip",
|
|
"ultraposh",
|
|
"ultrasmart",
|
|
"ultrasophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unstylish",
|
|
"rough-edged",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floozies":{
|
|
"a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speakeasy frequented by bookies, boozers, and floozies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chippies",
|
|
"doxies",
|
|
"fancy women",
|
|
"hoochies",
|
|
"hussies",
|
|
"Jezebels",
|
|
"minxes",
|
|
"queans",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"trollops",
|
|
"wenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps",
|
|
"grisettes",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"trulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floor-through":{
|
|
"as in garden apartment , duplex apartment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bed-sitter",
|
|
"bedsit",
|
|
"bed-sitting-room",
|
|
"cohousing",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"duplex apartment",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"efficiency apartment",
|
|
"flatlet",
|
|
"garden apartment",
|
|
"granny flat",
|
|
"maisonette",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"railroad flat",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"studio apartment",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"tenement",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"apartment building",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"tenement house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floodway":{
|
|
"as in spillway , sluice":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"sluiceway",
|
|
"spillway",
|
|
"millrace",
|
|
"millstream",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"tideway",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"aqueduct",
|
|
"canal",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"racecourse",
|
|
"raceway",
|
|
"watercourse",
|
|
"waterway",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"rivulet",
|
|
"stream"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flop":{
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie is such a flop that theaters showing it are the loneliest places in town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"washout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"also-ran",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"has-been",
|
|
"near miss",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevent",
|
|
"nonstarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"phenomenon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"winner"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they lazily flopped themselves onto the couch to watch the game",
|
|
"flopped the bag of groceries onto the counter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the attempt to run the ball into the end zone flopped , and our team lost by five points"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"miscarry",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"self-destruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"click",
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fish flopping around on the dock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"whip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"palpitate",
|
|
"pulse",
|
|
"throb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floating":{
|
|
"riding upon the surface of a body of liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wreckage remained floating for hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afloat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"floaty",
|
|
"unsinkable",
|
|
"free-floating",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aground",
|
|
"high and dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a canoe floating down the river",
|
|
"particles of dust floating in the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"swimming",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"rafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"lunging",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"sinking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"gadding (about)",
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"knocking (about)",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"gypsying",
|
|
"hoboing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"vagabonding",
|
|
"milling (about or around)",
|
|
"straggling",
|
|
"straying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floundered":{
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"weltered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"muddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"kilted",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"sloughed",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flounced":{
|
|
"as in sequined , embroidered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sequined",
|
|
"sequinned",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"gold-plated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in minced , traipsed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"sashayed",
|
|
"stalked",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"swaggered",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"tiptoed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"promenaded",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"paced",
|
|
"strode",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in laced , frilled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"filigreed",
|
|
"filleted",
|
|
"frilled",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"furbelowed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"ribboned",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9d",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"smartened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"diamonded",
|
|
"gemmed",
|
|
"impearled",
|
|
"jeweled",
|
|
"jewelled",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"redecorated",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fancied up",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"glitzed (up)",
|
|
"graced",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"prettied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"uglified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flopping":{
|
|
"as in failing , collapsing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing-out",
|
|
"futureless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"kerflooey",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"robust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they lazily flopped themselves onto the couch to watch the game",
|
|
"flopped the bag of groceries onto the counter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flumping",
|
|
"planking",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plumping",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the attempt to run the ball into the end zone flopped , and our team lost by five points"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"tanking",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"self-destructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or cause to move with a striking motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fish flopping around on the dock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fanning",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pulsing",
|
|
"throbbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floras":{
|
|
"green leaves or plants":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fascination with the lush flora of the South"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foliages",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greeneries",
|
|
"herbages",
|
|
"leafages",
|
|
"vegetations",
|
|
"verdures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"underbrushes",
|
|
"undergrowths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"florilegia":{
|
|
"a collection of writings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a florilegium of ancient alchemical writings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"albums",
|
|
"anthologies",
|
|
"compendiums",
|
|
"compendia",
|
|
"compilations",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"readers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"almanacs",
|
|
"ana",
|
|
"anas",
|
|
"analects",
|
|
"chapbooks",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"casebooks",
|
|
"sourcebooks",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"corpora",
|
|
"libraries",
|
|
"miscellanea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flouncing":{
|
|
"as in mincing , traipsing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"sashaying",
|
|
"stalking",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"tiptoeing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"promenading",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"pacing",
|
|
"striding",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lacing , frilling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"filigreeing",
|
|
"filleting",
|
|
"frilling",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"furbelowing",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"ribboning",
|
|
"swagging",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"smartening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"diamonding",
|
|
"gemming",
|
|
"impearling",
|
|
"jeweling",
|
|
"jewelling",
|
|
"pearling",
|
|
"accessorizing",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"tricking (out)",
|
|
"redecorating",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"adorning",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"beautifying",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"bedizening",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"emblazing",
|
|
"embossing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fancifying",
|
|
"fancying up",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garnishing",
|
|
"glitzing (up)",
|
|
"gracing",
|
|
"gussying up",
|
|
"ornamenting",
|
|
"prettying (up)",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"scarring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"uglifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flower":{
|
|
"the usually showy plant part that produces seeds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flowers are always a thoughtful gift"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"floret",
|
|
"floweret",
|
|
"flowerette",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"nosegay",
|
|
"posy",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"boutonniere",
|
|
"corsage",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"lei",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"wreath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the skiing season is usually in full flower by Christmas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"florescence",
|
|
"floruit",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumn",
|
|
"Indian summer",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"efflorescence",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"belle epoque",
|
|
"belle \u00e9poque",
|
|
"golden age",
|
|
"silver age",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"revival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without exception, the flower of this year's graduating class will be going to prestigious colleges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"illuminati",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"priesthood",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top drawer",
|
|
"upper class",
|
|
"caviar",
|
|
"caviare",
|
|
"who's who"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"unwashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"effloresce",
|
|
"unfold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leaf",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"open"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"shrivel",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"florets":{
|
|
"as in buds , flowerets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"flowerets",
|
|
"flowerettes",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"bouquets",
|
|
"nosegays",
|
|
"posies",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"boutonnieres",
|
|
"corsages",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"leis",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"wreaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floweret":{
|
|
"as in bud , floret":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"floret",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"nosegay",
|
|
"posy",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"boutonniere",
|
|
"corsage",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"lei",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"wreath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flounces":{
|
|
"a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge and used as trimming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a prom dress with small flounces along the hem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"ruffles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"edgings",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"pleats",
|
|
"ruffs",
|
|
"buntings",
|
|
"skirtings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in minces , traipses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"stalks",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"swaggers",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"tiptoes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"promenades",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"paces",
|
|
"strides",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in laces , frills":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fillets",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"gilds",
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"paints",
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"brightens",
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"freshens",
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"smartens",
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"spruces (up)",
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"diamonds",
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"gems",
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"impearls",
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"jewels",
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"pearls",
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"accessorizes",
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"dresses up",
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"traps",
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"tricks (out)",
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"redecorates",
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"redoes",
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"adorns",
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"arrays",
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"beautifies",
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"bedecks",
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"bedizens",
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"blazons",
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"caparisons",
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"decks",
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"decorates",
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"does",
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"does up",
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"dolls up",
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"drapes",
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"dresses",
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"embellishes",
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"emblazes",
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"embosses",
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"enriches",
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"fancies up",
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"fancifies",
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"festoons",
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"garnishes",
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"glitzes (up)",
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"graces",
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"gussies up",
|
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"ornaments",
|
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"pretties (up)",
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"trims"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blemishes",
|
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"defaces",
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"disfigures",
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"mars",
|
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"scars",
|
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"spoils",
|
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"simplifies",
|
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"streamlines",
|
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"bares",
|
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"denudes",
|
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"dismantles",
|
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"displays",
|
|
"divests",
|
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"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"uglifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"florae":{
|
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"green leaves or plants":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"a fascination with the lush flora of the South"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foliages",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greeneries",
|
|
"herbages",
|
|
"leafages",
|
|
"vegetations",
|
|
"verdures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"prairies",
|
|
"underbrushes",
|
|
"undergrowths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"floriferous":{
|
|
"as in abloom , blossomy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abloom",
|
|
"blossomy",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"floral",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"flowery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"flops (down)":{
|
|
"as in lies (down) , dosses (down)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"dosses (down)",
|
|
"lies (down)",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"catnaps",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"drops off",
|
|
"lies up",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"sleeps",
|
|
"slumbers",
|
|
"snoozes",
|
|
"beds (down)",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"turns in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls out",
|
|
"turns out",
|
|
"uprises",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakens",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"bestirs",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"wakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |