4568 lines
88 KiB
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4568 lines
88 KiB
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{
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"lascivious":{
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"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
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"examples":[
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"was criticized for making lascivious remarks that offended many in the group"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawdy",
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"blue",
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"coarse",
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"crude",
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"dirty",
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"filthy",
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"foul",
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"gross",
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"gutter",
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"impure",
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"indecent",
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"lewd",
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"locker-room",
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"nasty",
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"obscene",
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"pornographic",
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"porny",
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"profane",
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"raunchy",
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"ribald",
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"smutty",
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"stag",
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"trashy",
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"unprintable",
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"vulgar",
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"wanton",
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"X-rated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"broad",
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"coarse-grained",
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"gamy",
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"gamey",
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"off",
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"off-color",
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"off-colored",
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"racy",
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"risqu\u00e9",
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"salacious",
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"salty",
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"suggestive",
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"barnyard",
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"earthy",
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"scatological",
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"immodest",
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"indecorous",
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"indelicate",
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"low",
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"unbecoming",
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"depraved",
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"kinky",
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"louche",
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"naughty",
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"perverse",
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"perverted",
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"wicked",
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"exceptionable",
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"objectionable",
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"unacceptable",
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"undesirable",
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"unwanted",
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"unwelcome",
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"abhorrent",
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"debasing",
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"disgusting",
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"loathsome",
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"offensive",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"revolting",
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"distasteful",
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"obnoxious",
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"unpleasant",
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"blamable",
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"blameworthy",
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"censurable",
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"reprehensible",
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"atrocious",
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"infamous",
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"abusive",
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"scurrilous",
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"hard-core",
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"soft",
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"soft-core"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"priggish",
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"prim",
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"prudish",
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"puritanical",
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"staid",
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"straitlaced",
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"straightlaced",
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"Victorian",
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"correct",
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"decorous",
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"genteel",
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"nice",
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"polite",
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"proper",
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"respectable",
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"seemly",
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"innocuous",
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"inoffensive",
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"acceptable",
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"agreeable",
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"desirable",
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"pleasant",
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"pleasing",
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"welcome",
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"appropriate",
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"becoming",
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"fit",
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"meet",
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"suitable",
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"immaculate",
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"perfect",
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"pure",
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"spotless",
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"virginal",
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"approved",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"sanctioned"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"decent",
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"G-rated",
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"nonobscene",
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"wholesome"
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]
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},
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"having a strong sexual desire":{
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"examples":[
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"an expos\u00e9 about the lascivious playboy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"concupiscent",
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"goatish",
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"horny",
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"hot",
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"hypersexual",
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"itchy",
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"lecherous",
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"lewd",
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"libidinous",
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"licentious",
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"lubricious",
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"lubricous",
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"lustful",
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"oversexed",
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"passionate",
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"randy",
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"salacious",
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"satyric",
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"wanton"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aroused",
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"excited",
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"easy",
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"fast",
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"loose",
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"promiscuous",
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"dissipated",
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"dissolute",
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"libertine",
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"corrupt",
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"debased",
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"debauched",
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"decadent",
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"degenerate",
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"degraded",
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"demoralized",
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"depraved",
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"dissipated",
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"dissolute",
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"immoral",
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"indecent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"celibate",
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"chaste",
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"decent",
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"immaculate",
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"modest",
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"moral",
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"pure",
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"virtuous",
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"monastic",
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"monkish",
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"maidenly",
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"virginal",
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"innocent",
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"lily-white",
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"priggish",
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"prim",
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"prudish",
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"puritanical",
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"straitlaced",
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"straightlaced",
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"Victorian"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"frigid",
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"undersexed"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"lasciviousness":{
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"the quality or state of being obscene":{
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"examples":[
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"the minister preached a sermon against the lasciviousness that pervades so much of popular culture"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bawdiness",
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"blueness",
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"coarseness",
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"crudeness",
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"crudity",
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"dirt",
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"dirtiness",
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"filth",
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"filthiness",
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"foulness",
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"grossness",
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"impureness",
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"impurity",
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"indecency",
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"lewdness",
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"nastiness",
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"obscenity",
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"profanity",
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"raunch",
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"raunchiness",
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"ribaldry",
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"smut",
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"smuttiness",
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"vulgarity",
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"wantonness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"broadness",
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"earthiness",
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"gaminess",
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"raciness",
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"saltiness",
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"suggestiveness",
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"immodesty",
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"indecorousness",
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"indelicacy",
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"indelicateness",
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"lowness",
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"unbecomingness",
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"lechery",
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"depravedness",
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"depravity",
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"kinkiness",
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"naughtiness",
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"perverseness",
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"perversion",
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"perversity",
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"pervertedness",
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"wickedness",
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"exceptionability",
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"objectionableness",
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"unacceptability",
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"undesirability",
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"reprehensibility",
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"reprehensibleness",
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"abusiveness",
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"scurrilousness",
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"atrociousness",
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"atrocity",
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"infamy",
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"loathsomeness",
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"offensiveness",
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"repellency",
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"repugnance",
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"repulsiveness",
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"distastefulness",
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"obnoxiousness",
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"unpleasantness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"priggery",
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"priggishness",
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"primness",
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"prudery",
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"prudishness",
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"puritanism",
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"correctness",
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"decency",
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"decorousness",
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"decorum",
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"seemliness",
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"appropriateness",
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"fitness",
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"suitability",
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"suitableness",
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"perfection",
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"purity",
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"spotlessness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lash":{
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"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
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"examples":[
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"a sailor punished for disobedience with lashes from the captain's whip"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bang",
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"bash",
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"bat",
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"beat",
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"belt",
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"biff",
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"blow",
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"bop",
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"box",
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"buffet",
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"bust",
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"chop",
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"clap",
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"clip",
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"clout",
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"crack",
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"cuff",
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"dab",
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"douse",
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"fillip",
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"hack",
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"haymaker",
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"hit",
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"hook",
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"knock",
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"larrup",
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"lick",
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"pelt",
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"pick",
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"plump",
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"poke",
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"pound",
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"punch",
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"rap",
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"slam",
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"slap",
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"slug",
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"smack",
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"smash",
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"sock",
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"spank",
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"stinger",
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"stripe",
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"stroke",
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"swat",
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"swipe",
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"switch",
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"thud",
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"thump",
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"thwack",
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"wallop",
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"welt",
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"whack",
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"wham",
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"whop",
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"whap"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"counter",
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"counterblow",
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"counterpunch",
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"counterstroke",
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"body blow",
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"hand",
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"kick",
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"knee",
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"left",
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"one-two",
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"rabbit punch",
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"right",
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"right-hander",
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"roundhouse",
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"shiver",
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"sidewinder",
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"sucker punch",
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"swing",
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"uppercut",
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"cruncher",
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"kayo",
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"knockdown",
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"knockout",
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"KO",
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"bastinado",
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"bastinade",
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"battering",
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"beating",
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"bludgeoning",
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"clobbering",
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"cudgeling",
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"cudgelling",
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"drubbing",
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"hammering",
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"lambasting",
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"licking",
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"pasting",
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"pounding",
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"pummeling",
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"pummelling",
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"thrashing",
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"flogging",
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"walloping",
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"whip",
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"whipping"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
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"examples":[
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"the rider repeatedly struck the horse with the lash to force it to go faster"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"flogger",
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"scourge",
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"switch",
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"whip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"birch",
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"blacksnake",
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"bullwhip",
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"cat-o'-nine-tails",
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"cowhide",
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"crop",
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"hickory",
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"knout",
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"quirt",
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"rattan",
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"rawhide",
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"strap",
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"bastinado",
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"bastinade",
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"bat",
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"baton",
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"billy",
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"billy club",
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"bludgeon",
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"cane",
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"club",
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"cudgel",
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"flail",
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"nightstick",
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"staff"
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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 with something long and thin or flexible":{
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"examples":[
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"the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg"
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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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"flog",
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"hide",
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"horsewhip",
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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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"all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows"
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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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"flog",
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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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"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",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leash",
|
|
"tether",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"thread",
|
|
"wire",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unleash",
|
|
"untether",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"unlace",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"unloose",
|
|
"unloosen",
|
|
"unstrap",
|
|
"unstring",
|
|
"unthread",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unsnarl",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untwine",
|
|
"untwist",
|
|
"uncoil",
|
|
"unspool",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lashings":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've prepared lashings of wassail for the holiday party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillion",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"last (beyond)":{
|
|
"as in persist (beyond) , endure (past)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abide (beyond)",
|
|
"endure (past)",
|
|
"hold (past)",
|
|
"hold out (past)",
|
|
"persist (beyond)",
|
|
"outstay",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"perpetuate",
|
|
"survive",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"outlast",
|
|
"outlive",
|
|
"outwear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lashed":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"cowhided",
|
|
"flagellated",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"horsewhipped",
|
|
"leathered",
|
|
"rawhided",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tanned",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"whipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouted",
|
|
"quirted",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"touched up",
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"fustigated",
|
|
"pistol-whipped",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"spanked",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lathered",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"slated",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"threshed",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped",
|
|
"worked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"birched",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged up",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"curried",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hided",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"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 prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leashed",
|
|
"tethered",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"trussed",
|
|
"cinched",
|
|
"corded",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"threaded",
|
|
"wired",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girted",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"untethered",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unlaced",
|
|
"unlashed",
|
|
"unloosed",
|
|
"unloosened",
|
|
"unstrapped",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"unthreaded",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unsnarled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"untwisted",
|
|
"uncoiled",
|
|
"unspooled",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"last ditches":{
|
|
"as in spots , hot waters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"eleventh hours",
|
|
"last minutes",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"happenings",
|
|
"landmarks",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"contingencies",
|
|
"possibilities",
|
|
"boiling points",
|
|
"breaking points",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"conjunctures",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"crunch times",
|
|
"Dunkirks",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"tinderboxes",
|
|
"zero hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasts":{
|
|
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were lucky that the batteries lasted until we could get to the store to buy more"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"holds out",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"survives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bears up",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"copes",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"gets by",
|
|
"gets on",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"hangs in",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"perseveres",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"goes out",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"runs out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this heavy drought has lasted all summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bides",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"perdures",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"runs on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"carries through",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"survives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasciviously":{
|
|
"as in lustfully , lewdly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lewdly",
|
|
"lustfully",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"vulgarly",
|
|
"evilly",
|
|
"immorally",
|
|
"impurely",
|
|
"sinfully",
|
|
"wickedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chastely",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"morally",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"righteously",
|
|
"virtuously",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"priggishly",
|
|
"primly",
|
|
"prudishly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasso":{
|
|
"a rope or long leather thong with a noose used especially for catching livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cowpuncher skillfully tossed the lasso around the calf's neck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lariat",
|
|
"reata",
|
|
"riata"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in rope , halter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"last ditch":{
|
|
"as in spot , hot water":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"eleventh hour",
|
|
"last minute",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"last minutes":{
|
|
"the last possible time when something can be done":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You shouldn't wait until the last minute before planning your retirement.",
|
|
"They were making changes to the show right up to the last minute ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eleventh hours",
|
|
"boiling points",
|
|
"breaking points",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"conjunctures",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"crunch times",
|
|
"Dunkirks",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"tinderboxes",
|
|
"zero hours",
|
|
"contingencies",
|
|
"possibilities",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"happenings",
|
|
"landmarks",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"last ditches",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"last name":{
|
|
"a name shared by members of a family":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please write your first name, middle initial, and last name at the top of the form"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"family name",
|
|
"surname"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maiden name",
|
|
"married name",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"sobriquet",
|
|
"soubriquet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lassies":{
|
|
"a female person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pretty young lassie of 16 years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"missies",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"sheilas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"junior misses",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"subdebutantes",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"gamines",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"pixies",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lashes (out)":{
|
|
"as in fulminates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies",
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vituperates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laser discs":{
|
|
"as in DVDs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"DVDs",
|
|
"tape recordings",
|
|
"tapes",
|
|
"videos",
|
|
"videotapes",
|
|
"vids",
|
|
"videocassettes",
|
|
"videodiscs",
|
|
"videodisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lashins":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've prepared lashings of wassail for the holiday party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillion",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
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"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lass":{
|
|
"a female person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she started riding on horseback when she was only a lass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"lassie",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"missy",
|
|
"nymph",
|
|
"sheila"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobby-soxer",
|
|
"junior miss",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"subdebutante",
|
|
"teenybopper",
|
|
"gamine",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lastly":{
|
|
"as in finally , ultimately":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finally",
|
|
"ultimately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"firstly",
|
|
"initially",
|
|
"originally",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"incipiently",
|
|
"primitively"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasts (beyond)":{
|
|
"as in persists (beyond) , endures (past)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abides (beyond)",
|
|
"endures (past)",
|
|
"holds (past)",
|
|
"holds out (past)",
|
|
"persists (beyond)",
|
|
"outstays",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"perpetuates",
|
|
"survives",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"outlasts",
|
|
"outlives",
|
|
"outwears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lashes":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sailor punished for disobedience with lashes from the captain's whip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rider repeatedly struck the horse with the lash to force it to go faster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"floggers",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"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 prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leashes",
|
|
"tethers",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"wires",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"girts",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unleashes",
|
|
"untethers",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unlaces",
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
"unloosens",
|
|
"unlooses",
|
|
"unstraps",
|
|
"unstrings",
|
|
"unthreads",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unsnarls",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"untwines",
|
|
"untwists",
|
|
"uncoils",
|
|
"unspools",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"last names":{
|
|
"a name shared by members of a family":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please write your first name, middle initial, and last name at the top of the form"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"family names",
|
|
"surnames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maiden names",
|
|
"married names",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"sobriquets",
|
|
"soubriquets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasers":{
|
|
"a device that produces a narrow and powerful stream of light that has many special uses in medicine, industry, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors using a laser to perform delicate eye surgery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"moonbeams",
|
|
"sunbeams",
|
|
"sunbursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laser":{
|
|
"a device that produces a narrow and powerful stream of light that has many special uses in medicine, industry, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors using a laser to perform delicate eye surgery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"moonbeam",
|
|
"sunbeam",
|
|
"sunburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lassoed":{
|
|
"as in roped , haltered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"last minute":{
|
|
"the last possible time when something can be done":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You shouldn't wait until the last minute before planning your retirement.",
|
|
"They were making changes to the show right up to the last minute ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eleventh hour",
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"zero hour",
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"last ditch",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lashed (out)":{
|
|
"as in fulminated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"blackguarded",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savaged",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vituperated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasted":{
|
|
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were lucky that the batteries lasted until we could get to the store to buy more"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"held out",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bore up",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"coped",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got by",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"hung in",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"persevered",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"ran out",
|
|
"went out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this heavy drought has lasted all summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"perdured",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"remained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"carried through",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasses":{
|
|
"a female person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she started riding on horseback when she was only a lass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"lassies",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"missies",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"sheilas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"junior misses",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"subdebutantes",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"gamines",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"pixies",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"last words":{
|
|
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a swimsuit that is the last word in sportswear this season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"chics",
|
|
"crazes",
|
|
"dernier cris",
|
|
"enthusiasms",
|
|
"fads",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"hot tickets",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"vogues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nine days' wonders",
|
|
"nine day wonders",
|
|
"new waves",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"fervors",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"bandwagons",
|
|
"crusades",
|
|
"cults",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"wrinkles",
|
|
"caprices",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"whims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lashing":{
|
|
"as in attack , invective":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"jeremiad",
|
|
"philippic",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"tirade",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reproof",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"castigation",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriation",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"revilement",
|
|
"admonishment",
|
|
"admonition",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"sermon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"rhapsody",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"ovation",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"rave"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"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 prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leashing",
|
|
"tethering",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"trussing",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"cinching",
|
|
"cording",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"threading",
|
|
"wiring",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"girting",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"knotting",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unleashing",
|
|
"untethering",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unlacing",
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
"unloosening",
|
|
"unloosing",
|
|
"unstrapping",
|
|
"unstringing",
|
|
"unthreading",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unsnarling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"untwisting",
|
|
"uncoiling",
|
|
"unspooling",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasting":{
|
|
"having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the few books published last year that is likely to have lasting significance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"perennial",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"undying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ceaseless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were lucky that the batteries lasted until we could get to the store to buy more"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"holding out",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"surviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing up",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"coping",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"getting by",
|
|
"getting on",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"hanging in",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"running out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this heavy drought has lasted all summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"perduring",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"carrying through",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"surviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laser disc":{
|
|
"as in DVD":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"DVD",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"tape recording",
|
|
"vid",
|
|
"video",
|
|
"videotape",
|
|
"videocassette",
|
|
"videodisc",
|
|
"videodisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasting (beyond)":{
|
|
"as in persisting (beyond) , enduring (past)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding (beyond)",
|
|
"enduring (past)",
|
|
"holding (past)",
|
|
"holding out (past)",
|
|
"persisting (beyond)",
|
|
"outstaying",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"perpetuating",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"outlasting",
|
|
"outliving",
|
|
"outwearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lassos":{
|
|
"a rope or long leather thong with a noose used especially for catching livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cowpuncher skillfully tossed the lasso around the calf's neck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lariats",
|
|
"reatas",
|
|
"riatas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ropes , halters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloves",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"fastens (on)",
|
|
"fists",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"spirits (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"last word":{
|
|
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a swimsuit that is the last word in sportswear this season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"dernier cri",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fad",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hot ticket",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"vogue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nine days' wonder",
|
|
"nine day wonder",
|
|
"new wave",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"bandwagon",
|
|
"crusade",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"wrinkle",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"whim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"standard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lastingness":{
|
|
"as in durability , permanence":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"durability",
|
|
"enduringness",
|
|
"permanence",
|
|
"consistency",
|
|
"regularity",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"uniformity",
|
|
"abidance",
|
|
"ceaselessness",
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"continuity",
|
|
"continuousness",
|
|
"duration",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"subsistence",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"changelessness",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"fixedness",
|
|
"immutability",
|
|
"immutableness",
|
|
"invariability",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"steadiness",
|
|
"unchangeableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aperiodicity",
|
|
"inconsistence",
|
|
"inconsistency",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"unevenness",
|
|
"caducity",
|
|
"evanescence",
|
|
"impermanence",
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"changeability",
|
|
"changeableness",
|
|
"fickleness",
|
|
"instability",
|
|
"mutability",
|
|
"unpredictability",
|
|
"unsteadiness",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variableness",
|
|
"volatileness",
|
|
"volatility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lassitude":{
|
|
"a complete depletion of energy or strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our lassitude was such that we couldn't even be bothered to get more soda from the fridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burnout",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"prostration",
|
|
"tiredness",
|
|
"weariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"overfatigue",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"refreshment",
|
|
"rejuvenation",
|
|
"rejuvenescence",
|
|
"revitalization"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"physical or mental inertness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hot, humid summer days marked by lassitude and a wish to do nothing but sit in the air conditioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hebetude",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"torpor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"malaise",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"narcosis",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"enterprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lassie":{
|
|
"a female person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pretty young lassie of 16 years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"missy",
|
|
"nymph",
|
|
"sheila"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobby-soxer",
|
|
"junior miss",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"subdebutante",
|
|
"teenybopper",
|
|
"gamine",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lash (out)":{
|
|
"as in fulminate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vituperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"last":{
|
|
"following all others of the same kind in order or time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"last one in the pool is a rotten egg",
|
|
"fans waiting for the last book in the series to be released"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottommost",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"hindmost",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"rearmost",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"eventual",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"farthermost",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"furthermost",
|
|
"furthest",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"lowermost",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"nethermost",
|
|
"endmost",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost",
|
|
"utmost",
|
|
"penultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"headmost",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"leadoff",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"serving to put an end to all debate or questioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a book that purports to be the last word on the investigation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"determinative",
|
|
"dispositive",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"inarguable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"undebatable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"undisputable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"unchallenged",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"undisputed",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"refutable",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"unclear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the greatest or highest degree or quantity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our last praise should be reserved for those original thinkers who expand the frontiers of science and technology"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"max",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"nth",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"utmost",
|
|
"uttermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unrivaled",
|
|
"unrivalled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"biggest",
|
|
"hugest",
|
|
"largest",
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
"upmost",
|
|
"uppermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"minutest",
|
|
"smallest",
|
|
"tiniest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"fewest"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"least",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"slightest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were lucky that the batteries lasted until we could get to the store to buy more"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hold out",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bear up",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get by",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hang in",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"persevere",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"run out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this heavy drought has lasted all summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"perdure",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"run on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"carry through",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lashing (out)":{
|
|
"as in fulminating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"blackguarding",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
"savaging",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vituperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lassoes":{
|
|
"a rope or long leather thong with a noose used especially for catching livestock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cowpuncher skillfully tossed the lasso around the calf's neck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lariats",
|
|
"reatas",
|
|
"riatas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ropes , halters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloves",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"fastens (on)",
|
|
"fists",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"spirits (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasted (beyond)":{
|
|
"as in persisted (beyond) , endured (past)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abided (beyond)",
|
|
"abode (beyond)",
|
|
"endured (past)",
|
|
"held (past)",
|
|
"held out (past)",
|
|
"persisted (beyond)",
|
|
"outstayed",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"perpetuated",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"outlasted",
|
|
"outlived",
|
|
"outwore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lassoing":{
|
|
"as in roping , haltering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |