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5826 lines
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{
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"see after":{
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"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
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"examples":[
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"Please see after the cat while I'm away."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"attend",
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"care (for)",
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"mind",
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"oversee",
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"superintend",
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"supervise",
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"tend",
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"watch"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"administrate",
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"conduct",
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"control",
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"direct",
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"govern",
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"guide",
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"manage",
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"operate",
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"preside (over)",
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"regulate",
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"run",
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"steward",
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"guard",
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"patrol",
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"protect",
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"safeguard",
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"shield",
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"baby",
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"babysit",
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"chaperone",
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"chaperon",
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"mother",
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"shepherd"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abandon",
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"disregard",
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"forget",
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"ignore",
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"neglect",
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"pass over"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"seedy":{
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"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
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"examples":[
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"a seedy but historic neighborhood that's just waiting for some new homeowners to come in and rehabilitate it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beat-up",
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"bombed-out",
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"dilapidated",
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"dog-eared",
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"down-at-the-heels",
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"down-at-heel",
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"down-at-the-heel",
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"down-at-heels",
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"dumpy",
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"grungy",
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"mangy",
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"mean",
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"miserable",
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"moth-eaten",
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"neglected",
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"ratty",
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"run-down",
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"scrubby",
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"scruffy",
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"shabby",
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"sleazy",
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"tacky",
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"tatterdemalion",
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"tatty",
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"threadbare",
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"timeworn",
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"tumbledown"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abandoned",
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"unkept",
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"desolate",
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"forlorn",
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"godforsaken",
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"broken-down",
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"decrepit",
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"tired",
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"worn-out",
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"bedraggled",
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"dingy",
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"ragged",
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"tattered",
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"decaying",
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"deteriorated",
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"deteriorating",
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"rackety",
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"ramshackle",
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"rattletrap",
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"rickety",
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"broken",
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"damaged",
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"destroyed",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"ruined",
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"wrecked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brand-new",
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"fresh",
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"new",
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"cared-for",
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"kept-up",
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"maintained",
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"mended",
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"patched",
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"rebuilt",
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"reconstructed",
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"smart",
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"spiffy",
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"spruce"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
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"examples":[
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"chose old, seedy clothes to wear while painting the bathroom"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"frayed",
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"ragged",
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"raggedy",
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"ratty",
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"shabby",
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"tattered",
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"threadbare",
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"worn-out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dowdy",
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"scruffy",
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"tatterdemalion",
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"dingy",
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"faded",
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"lacerate",
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"lacerated",
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"shredded",
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"holey",
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"patchy",
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"broken-down",
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"decrepit",
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"dilapidated",
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"dog-eared",
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"grungy",
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"mangy",
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"moth-eaten",
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"run-down",
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"scuzzy",
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"tacky"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brand-new",
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"new",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span",
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"unused"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"seek (out)":{
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"as in look up":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"look up",
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"call (on or upon)",
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"drop in (on)",
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"see",
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"visit",
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"drop by"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brush (aside or off)",
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"cold-shoulder",
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"ignore",
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"snub"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in look , reach":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cast about",
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"hunt",
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"look",
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"reach",
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"grabble",
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"capture",
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"clutch",
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"corral",
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"get",
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"grab",
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"nab",
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"nail",
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"seize",
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"snatch",
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"feel",
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"fish",
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"fumble",
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"grope",
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"scrabble",
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"comb",
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"dig (through)",
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"dredge",
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"rake",
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"ransack",
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"rifle",
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"rummage",
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"scour"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"seeks (out)":{
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"as in looks up":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"looks up",
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"calls (on or upon)",
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"drops in (on)",
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"sees",
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"visits",
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"drops by"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brushes (aside or off)",
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"cold-shoulders",
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"ignores",
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"snubs"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in looks , reaches":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"casts about",
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"hunts",
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"looks",
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"reaches",
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"grabbles",
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"captures",
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"clutches",
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"corrals",
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"gets",
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"grabs",
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"nabs",
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"nails",
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"seizes",
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"snatches",
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"feels",
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"fishes",
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"fumbles",
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"gropes",
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"scrabbles",
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"combs",
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"digs (through)",
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"dredges",
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"rakes",
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"ransacks",
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"rifles",
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"rummages",
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"scours"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"seemed":{
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"to give the impression of being":{
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"examples":[
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"I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acted",
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"appeared",
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"came across (as)",
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"came off (as)",
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"felt",
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"looked",
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"made",
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"sounded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dissembled",
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"pretended",
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"recalled",
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"resembled",
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"suggested",
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"hinted",
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"implied",
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"insinuated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"seeps":{
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"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
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"examples":[
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"water seeping through the basement walls"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bleeds",
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"exudes",
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"oozes",
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"percolates",
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"strains",
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"sweats",
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"transudes",
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"weeps"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dribbles",
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"drips",
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"trickles",
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"discharges",
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"emits",
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"gives off",
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"vents",
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"emanates",
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"flows",
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"springs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"floods",
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"gushes",
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"pours",
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"streams",
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"surges"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"seepy":{
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"as in sloppy , miry":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"boggy",
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"miry",
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"sloppy",
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"squashy",
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"clammy",
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"damp",
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"dampish",
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"dank",
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"humid",
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"moist",
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"semimoist",
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"wettish",
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"flushed",
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"irrigated",
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"laved",
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"rinsed",
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"sluiced",
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"steeped",
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"aqueous",
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"dipped",
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"dunked",
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"splashed",
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"hydrated",
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"submerged",
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"swamped",
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"deluged",
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"drowned",
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"flooded",
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"inundated",
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"overflowed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arid",
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"dry",
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"unwatered",
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"waterless",
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"bone-dry",
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"hyperarid",
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"ultradry",
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"waterproof",
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"water-repellent",
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"water-resistant",
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"watertight",
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"baked",
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"dehydrated",
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"freeze-dried",
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"droughty",
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"parched",
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"sere",
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"sear",
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"sunbaked",
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"thirsty",
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"wrung"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"sees":{
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"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
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"examples":[
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"out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beholds",
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"catches",
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"descries",
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"discerns",
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"distinguishes",
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"espies",
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"eyes",
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"looks (at)",
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"notes",
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"notices",
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"observes",
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"perceives",
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"regards",
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"remarks",
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"sights",
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"spies",
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"spots",
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"views",
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"witnesses"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"identifies",
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"makes out",
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"picks out",
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"picks up",
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"attends (to)",
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"considers",
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"heeds",
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"marks",
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"minds",
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"studies",
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"watches",
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"examines",
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"inspects",
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"scans",
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"scrutinizes",
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"surveys",
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"glances (at)",
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"glimpses",
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"peers (at)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disregards",
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"ignores",
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"neglects",
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"overpasses",
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"passes over",
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"misses",
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"overlooks"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
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"examples":[
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"a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"endures",
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"experiences",
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"feels",
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"has",
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"knows",
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"passes",
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"suffers",
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"sustains",
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"tastes",
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"undergoes",
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"witnesses"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"encounters",
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"meets",
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"accepts",
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"receives",
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"assimilates",
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"digests"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to come to an awareness of":{
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"examples":[
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"I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ascertains",
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"catches on (to)",
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"discovers",
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"finds out",
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"gets on (to)",
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"hears",
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"learns",
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"realizes",
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"wises (up)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hits (on or upon)",
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"tumbles (to)",
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"descries",
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"detects",
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"encounters",
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"espies",
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"spots",
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"calculates",
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"dopes (out)",
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"figures out",
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"finds",
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"puzzles (out)",
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"discerns",
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"minds",
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"notes",
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"observes",
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"perceives",
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"divines"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misses",
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"overlooks",
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"disregards",
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"ignores",
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"forgets",
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"unlearns",
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"blankets",
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"blots out",
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"cloaks",
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"conceals",
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"covers",
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"curtains",
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"enshrouds",
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"hides",
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"masks",
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"occults",
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"screens",
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"shrouds",
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"veils"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to have a vague awareness of":{
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"examples":[
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"I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"feels",
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"perceives",
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"scents",
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"senses",
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"smells",
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"tastes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beholds",
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"descries",
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"discerns",
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"distinguishes",
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"espies",
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"eyes",
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"looks (at)",
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"notes",
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"notices",
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"observes",
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"regards",
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"remarks",
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"sights",
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"spies",
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"views",
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"witnesses",
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"ascertains",
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"catches on (to)",
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"discovers",
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"finds out",
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"hears",
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"learns",
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"realizes",
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"anticipates",
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"divines",
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"expects",
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"foreknows",
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"foresees",
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"assumes",
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"conjectures",
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"guesses",
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"presumes",
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"speculates",
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"supposes",
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"surmises",
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"suspects"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make a social call upon":{
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"examples":[
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"you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"calls (on or upon)",
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"drops in (on)",
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"visits"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"looks up",
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"seeks (out)",
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"drops by"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brushes (aside or off)",
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|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see your point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"cognizes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"cottons (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"groks",
|
|
"intuits",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"savvies",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehends",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misperceives",
|
|
"misreads",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"squires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"pals (around)",
|
|
"teams (up)",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"brings",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"ushers",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"tags along",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"hangs (around)",
|
|
"hovers (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forsakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"conjures (up)",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"envisages",
|
|
"envisions",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"fantasizes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"ideates",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visualizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"stargazes",
|
|
"hallucinates",
|
|
"re-creates",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"relives",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"muses",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"prefigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seesaw":{
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"toddle",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"waggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the price of the stock has been seesawing all week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"wag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"duck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in photo finish , dead heat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead heat",
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"rubber",
|
|
"runoff",
|
|
"sudden death",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"marathon",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ultramarathon",
|
|
"biathlon",
|
|
"decathlon",
|
|
"heptathlon",
|
|
"pentathlon",
|
|
"triathlon",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"gymkhana",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"play-off",
|
|
"semifinal",
|
|
"championship",
|
|
"national(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seething":{
|
|
"as in glowing , blazing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"white-hot",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmish",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"canicular",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"summerlike",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"tropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"blizzardly",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"shivering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"churning",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"roiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"spinning",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"subsiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"storming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"convulsing",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"shaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sees red":{
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The rival team saw red when they realized they had been pranked."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"convulses",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeds":{
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeded grass in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"puts in",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"replants",
|
|
"transplants",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"overseeds",
|
|
"reseeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sees after":{
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please see after the cat while I'm away."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"tends",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrates",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"patrols",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"babysits",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"shepherds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"see red":{
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The rival team saw red when they realized they had been pranked."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"fume",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"shake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"see":{
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"pick out",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"glance (at)",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peer (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"undergo",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get on (to)",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"wise (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"divine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"unlearn",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a social call upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"call (on or upon)",
|
|
"drop in (on)",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"seek (out)",
|
|
"drop by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see your point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"cognize",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"cotton (to or on to)",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grok",
|
|
"intuit",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehend",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misperceive",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompany",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"squire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"pal (around)",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"usher",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"tag along",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"hang (around)",
|
|
"hover (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"forsake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"conjure (up)",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasize",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"ideate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visualize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"stargaze",
|
|
"hallucinate",
|
|
"re-create",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"relive",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"muse",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"prefigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeing after":{
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please see after the cat while I'm away."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising",
|
|
"tending",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrating",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"stewarding",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"patrolling",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"babysitting",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"shepherding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seedbeds":{
|
|
"a place or environment that favors the development of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a social and political environment that would later become a seedbed of the abolition movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding grounds",
|
|
"hotbeds",
|
|
"hothouses",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"nidi",
|
|
"niduses",
|
|
"nurseries",
|
|
"seminaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crucibles",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"meccas",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the source from which something grows or develops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that think tank has served as a seedbed for American conservatism since the Cold War era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"germs",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fonts",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wellheads",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"originations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the historic role of the Middle East as a seedbed for new religions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fonts",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeable":{
|
|
"capable of being seen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seeable flaw in the windowpane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"visual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"viewable",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"perceivable",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"outer",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evanesced",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobservable",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shrouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"sightless",
|
|
"viewless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeker":{
|
|
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"predicted a tough year for summer job seekers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicant",
|
|
"applier",
|
|
"aspirant",
|
|
"campaigner",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"prospect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"qualifier",
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"spoiler",
|
|
"stalking horse",
|
|
"crown prince",
|
|
"favorite son",
|
|
"claimant",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"running mate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incumbent",
|
|
"officeholder",
|
|
"awardee",
|
|
"honoree",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"dropout"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncandidate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seemingly":{
|
|
"to all outward appearances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seemingly contented baby who was fast asleep in his crib"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparently",
|
|
"evidently",
|
|
"ostensibly",
|
|
"ostensively",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"putatively",
|
|
"supposedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"externally",
|
|
"outwardly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"believably",
|
|
"credibly",
|
|
"assumably",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"presumedly",
|
|
"probably",
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
"maybe",
|
|
"mayhap",
|
|
"perchance",
|
|
"perhaps",
|
|
"possibly",
|
|
"professedly",
|
|
"supposably",
|
|
"allegedly",
|
|
"purportedly",
|
|
"reportedly",
|
|
"reputedly",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"distinctly",
|
|
"manifestly",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"self-evidently",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"surely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implausibly",
|
|
"impossibly",
|
|
"improbably",
|
|
"incredibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seemly":{
|
|
"following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it would not be seemly to use the memorial service as a forum for your political views"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"de rigueur",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"relevant",
|
|
"compatible",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"kosher",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"ungenteel",
|
|
"unseemly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"very pleasing to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young man of seemly appearance, robust health, and keen intelligence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"prettyish",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"dollish",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"pulchritudinous",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"showstopping",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"photogenic",
|
|
"telegenic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in appropriately , fittingly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"creditably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"middlingly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"serviceably",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"effectively",
|
|
"effectually",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"tidily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"terribly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seen":{
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"got a load of",
|
|
"laid eyes on",
|
|
"set eyes on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"picked out",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peered (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"known",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"tasted",
|
|
"undergone",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"gone through"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got on (to)",
|
|
"gotten on (to)",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"wised (up)",
|
|
"got wind of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"puzzled (out)",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"divined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"smelled",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"tasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foreknown",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
"suspected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a social call upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"called (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropped in (on)",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looked up",
|
|
"sought (out)",
|
|
"dropped by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"snubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see your point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"cognized",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"cottoned (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"grokked",
|
|
"intuited",
|
|
"known",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"savvied",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"twigged",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"picked up on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"taken in",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehended",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misperceived",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistaken",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanied",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"companied",
|
|
"companioned",
|
|
"convoyed",
|
|
"escorted",
|
|
"squired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"palled (around)",
|
|
"teamed (up)",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"piloted",
|
|
"steered",
|
|
"ushered",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"tagged along",
|
|
"tailed",
|
|
"hovered (over)",
|
|
"hung (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"forsaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"conjured (up)",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"ideated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"stargazed",
|
|
"hallucinated",
|
|
"re-created",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mused",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"prefigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seesawing":{
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"toddling",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"vibrating",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"wagging",
|
|
"waggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the price of the stock has been seesawing all week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"jouncing",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"wagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ducking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seemings":{
|
|
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her altruism is all seeming \u2014she cares only about herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"outwards",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
|
"resemblances",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"impostures",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"make-belief",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"representations",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"exteriors",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"patinas",
|
|
"patinae",
|
|
"Potemkin villages",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"surfaces",
|
|
"veneers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seethes":{
|
|
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"churns",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"roils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"subsides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"convulses",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seems":{
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"comes across (as)",
|
|
"comes off (as)",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"sounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"resembles",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeing red":{
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The rival team saw red when they realized they had been pranked."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"storming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"convulsing",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"shaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seers":{
|
|
"one who predicts future events or developments":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several leading Wall Street seers have cautioned investors to prepare for a downturn in the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augurs",
|
|
"diviners",
|
|
"forecasters",
|
|
"foreseers",
|
|
"foretellers",
|
|
"fortune-tellers",
|
|
"futurists",
|
|
"prognosticators",
|
|
"prophesiers",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"soothsayers",
|
|
"visionaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prophetesses",
|
|
"sibyls",
|
|
"wisewomen",
|
|
"mystics",
|
|
"oracles",
|
|
"astrologers",
|
|
"crystal gazers",
|
|
"palmists",
|
|
"rhabdomancers",
|
|
"Cassandras",
|
|
"doomsayers",
|
|
"doomsdayers",
|
|
"Jeremiahs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeded":{
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeded grass in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"put in",
|
|
"sowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedded",
|
|
"replanted",
|
|
"transplanted",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"overseeded",
|
|
"reseeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"reaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeing":{
|
|
"as in sighted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"ocular",
|
|
"optic",
|
|
"optical",
|
|
"visual",
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"for the reason that":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeing as we're already running late, there's no reason to waste any more time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"'cause",
|
|
"as",
|
|
"as long as",
|
|
"because",
|
|
"being (as or as how or that)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"for",
|
|
"inasmuch as",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"since",
|
|
"whereas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"picking out",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"glancing (at)",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peering (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"experiencing",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"tasting",
|
|
"undergoing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting on (to)",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"wising (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"puzzling (out)",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"divining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"unlearning",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"scenting",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"smelling",
|
|
"tasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"suspecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a social call upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calling (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropping in (on)",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looking up",
|
|
"seeking (out)",
|
|
"dropping by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"snubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I see your point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"cognizing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"cottoning (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"grokking",
|
|
"intuiting",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"savvying",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"twigging",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"fathoming",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehending",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misperceiving",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accompanying",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"companioning",
|
|
"companying",
|
|
"convoying",
|
|
"escorting",
|
|
"squiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"palling (around)",
|
|
"teaming (up)",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"ushering",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"tagging along",
|
|
"tailing",
|
|
"hanging (around)",
|
|
"hovering (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"forsaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceiting",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"conjuring (up)",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"fantasizing",
|
|
"fantasying",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"ideating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"visioning",
|
|
"visualizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"stargazing",
|
|
"hallucinating",
|
|
"re-creating",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"reliving",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"musing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"prefiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seem":{
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"come across (as)",
|
|
"come off (as)",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"resemble",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"see eye to eye":{
|
|
"to have or come to the same opinion or point of view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The two did not see eye to eye on on certain political issues."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"coincide",
|
|
"concur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"go (by)",
|
|
"subscribe",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differ",
|
|
"disagree"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeding":{
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeded grass in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"putting in",
|
|
"sowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedding",
|
|
"replanting",
|
|
"transplanting",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"potting",
|
|
"overseeding",
|
|
"reseeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seer":{
|
|
"one who predicts future events or developments":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several leading Wall Street seers have cautioned investors to prepare for a downturn in the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"diviner",
|
|
"forecaster",
|
|
"foreseer",
|
|
"foreteller",
|
|
"fortune-teller",
|
|
"futurist",
|
|
"prognosticator",
|
|
"prophesier",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"soothsayer",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prophetess",
|
|
"sibyl",
|
|
"wisewoman",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"oracle",
|
|
"astrologer",
|
|
"crystal gazer",
|
|
"palmist",
|
|
"rhabdomancer",
|
|
"Cassandra",
|
|
"doomsayer",
|
|
"doomsdayer",
|
|
"Jeremiah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seen eye to eye":{
|
|
"to have or come to the same opinion or point of view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The two did not see eye to eye on on certain political issues."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"coincided",
|
|
"concurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"gone (by)",
|
|
"subscribed",
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"gotten along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"gotten on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"collided",
|
|
"conflicted",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"dissented",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"fallen out",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"rivaled",
|
|
"rivalled",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differed",
|
|
"disagreed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seen after":{
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please see after the cat while I'm away."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"overseen",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"tended",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrated",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stewarded",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"patrolled",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"babysat",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"shepherded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seep":{
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water seeping through the basement walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"percolate",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"transude",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"give off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeping":{
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water seeping through the basement walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"transuding",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"giving off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"springing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeming":{
|
|
"appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seeming contradiction that disappeared upon closer analysis of the text"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"ostensible",
|
|
"ostensive",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"prima facie",
|
|
"putative",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"supposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrable",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"supposable",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"illusive",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"purported",
|
|
"so-called"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"inapparent",
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her altruism is all seeming \u2014she cares only about herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"insinuation",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"make-belief",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"patina",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
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"shape",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"veneer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I tried to cheer them up because they seemed depressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"coming across (as)",
|
|
"coming off (as)",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"sounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seesawed":{
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"toddled",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"vibrated",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"wagged",
|
|
"waggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the price of the stock has been seesawing all week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"jounced",
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"wagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ducked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeing eye to eye":{
|
|
"to have or come to the same opinion or point of view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The two did not see eye to eye on on certain political issues."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"coinciding",
|
|
"concurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"going (by)",
|
|
"subscribing",
|
|
"affiliating",
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"getting on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"colliding",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"bickering",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"dissenting",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"splitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differing",
|
|
"disagreeing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seediness":{
|
|
"the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the general seediness of the neighborhood suggested that its residents had no pride in the place they called home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"dilapidation",
|
|
"disrepair",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dumpiness",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"upkeep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seedbed":{
|
|
"a place or environment that favors the development of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a social and political environment that would later become a seedbed of the abolition movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeding ground",
|
|
"hotbed",
|
|
"hothouse",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"nidus",
|
|
"nursery",
|
|
"seminary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crucible",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"headquarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the source from which something grows or develops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that think tank has served as a seedbed for American conservatism since the Cold War era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellhead",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the historic role of the Middle East as a seedbed for new religions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seen to":{
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It was the job of the nurse to see to the elderly woman until the doctor was available."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administered (to)",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"ministered (to)",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"provided (for)",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She asked if they could see to the snow removal while she was out of town."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"overseen",
|
|
"superintended",
|
|
"supervised",
|
|
"tended",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrated",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"presided (over)",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stewarded",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"patrolled",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"babysat",
|
|
"chaperoned",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"shepherded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seek":{
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutinous crewmen while seeking the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast about (for)",
|
|
"cast around (for)",
|
|
"chase (down)",
|
|
"forage (for)",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"shop (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"root (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"came seeking financial advice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask (for)",
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"call (for)",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"speak (for)",
|
|
"sue (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apply (for)",
|
|
"beg (for)",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"clamor (for)",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"insist (on)",
|
|
"petition (for)",
|
|
"press (for)",
|
|
"require",
|
|
"requisition",
|
|
"invite",
|
|
"invoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an effort to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seek to find the best solution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"try"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"aspire",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"undertake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"see to":{
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It was the job of the nurse to see to the elderly woman until the doctor was available."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administer (to)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"nurse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"provide (for)",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She asked if they could see to the snow removal while she was out of town."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise",
|
|
"tend",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrate",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"patrol",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"babysit",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"shepherd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seesaws":{
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"toddles",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"vibrates",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"undulates",
|
|
"waggles",
|
|
"wags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the price of the stock has been seesawing all week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"jounces",
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"wags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"undulates",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ducks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in photo finishes , dead heats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead heats",
|
|
"photo finishes",
|
|
"round-robins",
|
|
"rubbers",
|
|
"runoffs",
|
|
"sudden deaths",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"heats",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"marathons",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"ultramarathons",
|
|
"biathlons",
|
|
"decathlons",
|
|
"heptathlons",
|
|
"pentathlons",
|
|
"triathlons",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"field days",
|
|
"gymkhanas",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"finals",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"play-offs",
|
|
"semifinals",
|
|
"championships",
|
|
"nationals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"see-through":{
|
|
"easily seen through":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"consumers pretty much expect see-through packaging for bacon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"crystal",
|
|
"crystal clear",
|
|
"crystalline",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"transparent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"semitranslucent",
|
|
"semitransparent",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"translucent",
|
|
"transparentized",
|
|
"glassy",
|
|
"vitreous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"filmy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"turbid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"opaque"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"very thin and easy to see through":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a designer whose see-through clothes scandalized the fashion world back in the 1960s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"filmy",
|
|
"gauzelike",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"gossamer",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"transparent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peekaboo",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"crystal",
|
|
"crystalline",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"translucent",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"lusterless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sees eye to eye":{
|
|
"to have or come to the same opinion or point of view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The two did not see eye to eye on on certain political issues."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"coincides",
|
|
"concurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"goes (by)",
|
|
"subscribes",
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"gets on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differs",
|
|
"disagrees"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seethe":{
|
|
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"churn",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"roil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"subside"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"fume",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"shake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeped":{
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water seeping through the basement walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"percolated",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"transuded",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"trickled",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"gave off",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"surged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seen red":{
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The rival team saw red when they realized they had been pranked."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiled",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"fumed",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"stormed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"convulsed",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"shaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeking":{
|
|
"as in search":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"search",
|
|
"path",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail",
|
|
"tagging along",
|
|
"hot pursuit",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"tailing",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"trailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutinous crewmen while seeking the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting about (for)",
|
|
"casting around (for)",
|
|
"chasing (down)",
|
|
"foraging (for)",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"looking up",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"searching (for or out)",
|
|
"shopping (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"rooting (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"came seeking financial advice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking (for)",
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
|
"calling (for)",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"pleading (for)",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"speaking (for)",
|
|
"suing (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (for)",
|
|
"begging (for)",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"clamoring (for)",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"insisting (on)",
|
|
"petitioning (for)",
|
|
"pressing (for)",
|
|
"requiring",
|
|
"requisitioning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"invoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an effort to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seek to find the best solution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assaying",
|
|
"attempting",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"essaying",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"trying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"hoping",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeing to":{
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It was the job of the nurse to see to the elderly woman until the doctor was available."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administering (to)",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"nursing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"providing (for)",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She asked if they could see to the snow removal while she was out of town."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising",
|
|
"tending",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrating",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"stewarding",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"patrolling",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"babysitting",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"shepherding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seed":{
|
|
"the source from which something grows or develops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ancient Greece provided the seed for much of Western civilization's political and philosophical thought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellhead",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the descendants of a person, animal, or plant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the famous stallion's seed can be found on racetracks all over the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"spawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestor",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"forebear",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"forebearer",
|
|
"forefather",
|
|
"grandfather",
|
|
"parent",
|
|
"primogenitor",
|
|
"progenitor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeded grass in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"put in",
|
|
"sow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"replant",
|
|
"transplant",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"overseed",
|
|
"reseed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sees to":{
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It was the job of the nurse to see to the elderly woman until the doctor was available."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administers (to)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"nurses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"provides (for)",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She asked if they could see to the snow removal while she was out of town."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"tends",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administrates",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"patrols",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"babysits",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"shepherds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seemliness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seemliness of that outfit for church is debatable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appositeness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"fittingness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"properness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"compatibility",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"harmoniousness",
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"justifiability",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"relevancy",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"adequateness",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"expedience",
|
|
"expediency",
|
|
"satisfactoriness",
|
|
"serviceableness",
|
|
"usefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"inharmoniousness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"immateriality",
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"irrelevance",
|
|
"irrelevancy",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappositeness",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"inaptness",
|
|
"infelicity",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unseemliness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"wrongness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seekers":{
|
|
"one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"predicted a tough year for summer job seekers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicants",
|
|
"appliers",
|
|
"aspirants",
|
|
"campaigners",
|
|
"candidates",
|
|
"contenders",
|
|
"expectants",
|
|
"hopefuls",
|
|
"prospects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"contestants",
|
|
"entrants",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"qualifiers",
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"spoilers",
|
|
"stalking horses",
|
|
"crown princes",
|
|
"favorite sons",
|
|
"claimants",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"nominees",
|
|
"running mates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incumbents",
|
|
"officeholders",
|
|
"awardees",
|
|
"honorees",
|
|
"inductees",
|
|
"dropouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncandidates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeking (out)":{
|
|
"as in looking up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looking up",
|
|
"calling (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropping in (on)",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"visiting",
|
|
"dropping by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"snubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in looking , reaching":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casting about",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"grabbling",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"fishing",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"groping",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"digging (through)",
|
|
"dredging",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"scouring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seeks":{
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutinous crewmen while seeking the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts about (for)",
|
|
"casts around (for)",
|
|
"chases (down)",
|
|
"forages (for)",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"searches (for or out)",
|
|
"shops (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"roots (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"came seeking financial advice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asks (for)",
|
|
"bespeaks",
|
|
"calls (for)",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"pleads (for)",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"speaks (for)",
|
|
"sues (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applies (for)",
|
|
"begs (for)",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"clamors (for)",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"insists (on)",
|
|
"petitions (for)",
|
|
"presses (for)",
|
|
"requires",
|
|
"requisitions",
|
|
"invites",
|
|
"invokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an effort to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seek to find the best solution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"tries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"aspires",
|
|
"hopes",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"undertakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"seethed":{
|
|
"to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiled",
|
|
"churned",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"roiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"spun",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"subsided"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiled",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"fumed",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"steamed",
|
|
"stormed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"smoldered",
|
|
"smouldered",
|
|
"bristled",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"convulsed",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"shook"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |