7531 lines
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7531 lines
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{
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"washes one's hands of":{
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"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"denies",
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"disavows",
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"disclaims",
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"disowns",
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"repudiates"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"contradicts",
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"disallows",
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"gainsays",
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"negates",
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"negatives",
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"refuses",
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"rejects",
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"challenges",
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"confutes",
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"criticizes",
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"disproves",
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"rebuts",
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"refutes",
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"disputes",
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"questions",
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"abdicates",
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"abjures",
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"recants",
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"renounces",
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"retracts"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepts",
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"adopts",
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"embraces",
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"espouses",
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"admits",
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"concedes",
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"confesses",
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"grants",
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"affirms",
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"announces",
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"asserts",
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"avers",
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"declares",
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"maintains",
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"professes",
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"submits",
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"authenticates",
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"confirms",
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"corroborates",
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"substantiates",
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"validates",
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"verifies"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"acknowledges",
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"avows",
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"claims",
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"owns",
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"recognizes"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"washes out":{
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"to be unsuccessful":{
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"examples":[
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"most of the participants in the tough training program washed out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bombs",
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"collapses",
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"craters",
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"fails",
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"flames out",
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"flops",
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"flunks",
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"folds",
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"founders",
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"misses",
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"strikes out",
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"tanks"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flounders",
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"struggles",
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"declines",
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"sinks",
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"skids",
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"slips",
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"slumps",
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"wanes",
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"crashes",
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"crumbles",
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"miscarries",
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"misfires",
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"goes under",
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"implodes",
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"self-destructs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cooks",
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"flourishes",
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"prospers",
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"thrives",
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"prevails",
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"triumphs",
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"wins"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clicks",
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"comes off",
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"delivers",
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"goes",
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"goes over",
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"pans out",
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"succeeds",
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"works out"
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]
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},
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"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
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"examples":[
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"the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blanches",
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"bleaches",
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"blenches",
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"decolorizes",
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"dulls",
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"fades",
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"pales",
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"snows",
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"whitens"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brightens",
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"lightens",
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"dims",
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"mats",
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"mattes",
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"matts",
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"etiolates",
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"whitewashes",
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"frosts",
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"silvers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blackens",
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"blotches",
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"checkers",
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"dapples",
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"daubs",
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"discolors",
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"flecks",
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"marbles",
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"mottles",
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"patterns",
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"polychromes",
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"shades",
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"speckles",
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"specks",
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"splotches",
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"spots",
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"streaks",
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"striates",
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"stripes",
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"tarnishes",
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"variegates",
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"colors",
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"dyes",
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"paints",
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"pigments",
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"stains",
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"tinctures",
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"tinges",
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"tints",
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"burnishes",
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"polishes",
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"shines"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"darkens",
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"deepens",
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"embrowns"
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]
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},
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"to use up all the physical energy of":{
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"examples":[
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"that last illness washed the child out completely"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaks",
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"burns out",
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"busts",
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"does in",
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"does up",
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"drains",
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"exhausts",
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"fags",
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"fatigues",
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"frazzles",
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"harasses",
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"kills",
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"knocks out",
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"outwears",
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"tires",
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"tuckers (out)",
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"wearies",
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"wears",
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"wears out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"debilitates",
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"enervates",
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"enfeebles",
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"saps",
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"wastes",
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"weakens"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"activates",
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"energizes",
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"invigorates",
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"rejuvenates",
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"strengthens",
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"vitalizes",
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"relaxes",
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"rests",
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"unwinds"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
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"examples":[
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"wash out your bathing suit in the sink"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"flushes",
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"irrigates",
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"rinses",
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"sluices",
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"washes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deluges",
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"engulfs",
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"floods",
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"inundates",
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"swamps",
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"flows",
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"gushes",
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"rushes",
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"streams",
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"douches",
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"hoses",
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"drenches",
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"saturates",
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"soaks",
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"douses",
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"dowses",
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"sloshes",
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"splashes"
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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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"washing":{
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"to flow along or against":{
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"examples":[
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"crystal-clear waters gently wash the island's unspoiled beaches"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bathing",
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"lapping",
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"laving",
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"lipping",
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"splashing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bubbling",
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"gurgling",
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"plashing",
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"rippling",
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"sloshing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
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"examples":[
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"the employee's story about missing the bus didn't wash with her manager"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"flying",
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"holding up",
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"passing",
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"standing up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"getting through",
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"going down",
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"going over",
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"going through",
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"playing",
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"taking",
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"working"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
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"examples":[
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"soapy water washing down the drain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bubbling",
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"dribbling",
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"guggling",
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"gurgling",
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"lapping",
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"plashing",
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"rippling",
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"splashing",
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"trickling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"eddying",
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"purling",
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"swirling",
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"swashing",
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"swishing",
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"swooshing",
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"whishing",
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"dripping",
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"dropping",
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"gushing",
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"jetting",
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"rushing",
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"spewing",
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"spouting",
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"spurting",
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"squirting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"running"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"pouring",
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"rolling",
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"streaming"
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]
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},
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"to make wet":{
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"examples":[
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"rain washed the countryside for days on end"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bathing",
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"bedraggling",
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"dousing",
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"dowsing",
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"drenching",
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"drowning",
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"soaking",
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"soddening",
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"sopping",
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"sousing",
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"watering",
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"waterlogging",
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"water-soaking",
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"wetting",
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"wetting down"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aspersing",
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"bedewing",
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"dampening",
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"damping",
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"drizzling",
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"humidifying",
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"hydrating",
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"misting",
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"moistening",
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"moisturizing",
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"showering",
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"sprinkling",
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"deluging",
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"flooding",
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"hosing (down)",
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"inundating",
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"overflowing",
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"submerging",
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"swamping",
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"splashing",
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"impregnating",
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"saturating",
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"steeping",
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"flushing",
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"irrigating",
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"laving",
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"rinsing",
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"sloshing",
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"sluicing",
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"dipping",
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"ducking",
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"dunking",
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"rehydrating",
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"rewashing",
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"rewetting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dewatering",
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"evaporating",
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"freeze-drying",
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"drip-drying",
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"wringing",
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"dehumidifying"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dehydrating",
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"desiccating",
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"drying",
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"parching",
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"scorching",
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"searing"
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]
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},
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"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
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"examples":[
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"washed the baby's hair"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"flushing",
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"irrigating",
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"rinsing",
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"sluicing",
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"washing out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deluging",
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"engulfing",
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"flooding",
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"inundating",
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"swamping",
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"flowing",
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"gushing",
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"rushing",
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"streaming",
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"douching",
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"hosing",
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"drenching",
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"saturating",
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"soaking",
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"dousing",
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"dowsing",
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"sloshing",
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"splashing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"she absentmindedly washed her tea by tipping her cup, until the honey was at last mixed in"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agitating",
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"churning",
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"stirring",
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"swirling",
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"whirling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beating",
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"paddling",
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"whipping",
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"whisking",
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"reeling",
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"shaking",
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"wheeling"
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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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"waspish":{
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"easily irritated or annoyed":{
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"examples":[
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"extremely waspish , she uses her wit viciously when irritated"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"choleric",
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"crabby",
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"cranky",
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"cross",
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"crotchety",
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"fiery",
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"grouchy",
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"grumpy",
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"irascible",
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"irritable",
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"peevish",
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"perverse",
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"pettish",
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"petulant",
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"prickly",
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"quick-tempered",
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"raspy",
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"ratty",
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"short-tempered",
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"snappish",
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"snappy",
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"snarky",
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"snippety",
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"snippy",
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"stuffy",
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"testy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bearish",
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"bilious",
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"cantankerous",
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"cross-grained",
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"curmudgeonly",
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"disagreeable",
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"dyspeptic",
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"ill-humored",
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"ill-natured",
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"ill-tempered",
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"off-color",
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"off-colored",
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"ornery",
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"querulous",
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"snarly",
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"surly",
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"argumentative",
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"bellicose",
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"belligerent",
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"combative",
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"contentious",
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"disputatious",
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"fractious",
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"fretful",
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"pugnacious",
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"quarrelsome",
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"scrappy",
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"truculent",
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"huffy",
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"pouty",
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"sensitive",
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"short",
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"sulky",
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"sullen",
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"tetchy",
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"thin-skinned",
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"touchy",
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"hot-blooded",
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"passionate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"affable",
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"companionable",
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"cordial",
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"extroverted",
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"extraverted",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"gregarious",
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"outgoing",
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"sociable",
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"agreeable",
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"amiable",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"sweet",
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"well-disposed",
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"carefree",
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"easygoing",
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"happy-go-lucky",
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"relaxed",
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"forbearing",
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"long-suffering",
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"obliging",
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"patient",
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"stoic",
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"stoical",
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"tolerant",
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"uncomplaining",
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"understanding"
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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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"waspishness":{
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"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
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"examples":[
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"his perpetual waspishness only served to make those around him cranky as well"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"biliousness",
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"choler",
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"crankiness",
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"crossness",
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"crotchetiness",
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"grouchiness",
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"grumpiness",
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"huffiness",
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"irascibility",
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"irascibleness",
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"irritability",
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"irritableness",
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"peevishness",
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"perverseness",
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"perversity",
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"pettishness",
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"petulance",
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"testiness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cantankerousness",
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"crustiness",
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"curmudgeonliness",
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"disagreeableness",
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"dyspepsia",
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"fretfulness",
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"orneriness",
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"sulkiness",
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"surliness",
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"aggression",
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"aggressiveness",
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"bellicosity",
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"belligerence",
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"belligerency",
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"combativeness",
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"contentiousness",
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"contrariness",
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"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"truculency",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
"touchiness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"waste pipe":{
|
|
"as in drain , tile":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"drainpipe",
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"hydrant",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"smokestack",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"standpipe",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"tile",
|
|
"waterspout",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"duct",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"penstock",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"tube",
|
|
"pipage",
|
|
"pipeage",
|
|
"pipeline",
|
|
"piping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasted (away)":{
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tuberculosis resulted in her simply wasting away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesced",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"recuperated",
|
|
"gained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasteful":{
|
|
"given to spending money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my one wasteful child always seemed to run out of money by midweek"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high-rolling",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"improvident",
|
|
"myopic",
|
|
"shortsighted",
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"farsighted",
|
|
"forehanded",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wastes (away)":{
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tuberculosis resulted in her simply wasting away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"emaciates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"runs down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesces",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"recuperates",
|
|
"gains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasting (away)":{
|
|
"as in decline , deterioration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"relapse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"convalescence",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitation",
|
|
"snapback",
|
|
"resuscitation",
|
|
"revival",
|
|
"survival"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tuberculosis resulted in her simply wasting away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"emaciating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"running down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating",
|
|
"gaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"was partial to":{
|
|
"to show partiality toward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"My girlfriend likes thrillers, but I myself am partial to comedies."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"leaned (toward or towards)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"cottoned (to)",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"coveted",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"hankered (for or after)",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"biassed",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"inclined (toward)",
|
|
"tended (to)",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"misliked",
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They are both partial to weekend camping trips."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"got off (on)",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"rejoiced (in)",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"savored",
|
|
"savoured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"ate (up)",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"feasted (on)",
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"cottoned (to)",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"indulged (in)",
|
|
"luxuriated (in)",
|
|
"wallowed (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"was (to)":{
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need to be nice to your brother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted (toward)",
|
|
"dealt (with)",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"used"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"engaged (with)",
|
|
"reacted (to)",
|
|
"responded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wastrels":{
|
|
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the black sheep of the family, he ended up being a wastrel and a drunkard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterers",
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"prodigals",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"spenders",
|
|
"spendthrifts",
|
|
"squanderers",
|
|
"wasters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"scrooges",
|
|
"skinflints",
|
|
"tightwads",
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"savers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizers",
|
|
"penny-pinchers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wastefully":{
|
|
"as in wantonly , indulgently":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"indulgently",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"prodigally",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"affluently",
|
|
"comfortably",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"wealthily",
|
|
"grandiosely",
|
|
"ostentatiously",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"imposingly",
|
|
"impressively",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"expensively",
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"fatly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"lavishly",
|
|
"luxuriously",
|
|
"opulently",
|
|
"palatially",
|
|
"plushly",
|
|
"richly",
|
|
"sumptuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"austerely",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"cheaply",
|
|
"economically",
|
|
"frugally",
|
|
"inexpensively",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"sparingly",
|
|
"thriftily",
|
|
"conservatively",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"restrainedly",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"temperately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washroom":{
|
|
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you tell me where the washroom is?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"bathroom",
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cloakroom",
|
|
"comfort station",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"john",
|
|
"latrine",
|
|
"lavatory",
|
|
"loo",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"restroom",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"water closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commode",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"jakes",
|
|
"outhouse",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"half bath",
|
|
"powder room",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladies' room",
|
|
"men's room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"was on the lookout for":{
|
|
"to be cautious of or on guard against":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guarded (against)",
|
|
"looked out (for)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"wared",
|
|
"watched out (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"wassailed":{
|
|
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binged",
|
|
"birled",
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"roistered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boozed",
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"liquored (up)",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"tippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wastrel":{
|
|
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the black sheep of the family, he ended up being a wastrel and a drunkard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterer",
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spender",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squanderer",
|
|
"waster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad",
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"saver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizer",
|
|
"penny-pincher"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washed out":{
|
|
"lacking intensity of color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"washed-out blond hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pastel",
|
|
"washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"lusterless",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"undyed",
|
|
"unpainted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vivid",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling washed-out after the endless primary season, the party's nominee needs a vacation more than anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all in",
|
|
"aweary",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"pooped",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overfatigued",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"weariless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the participants in the tough training program washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"tanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"matted",
|
|
"etiolated",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"silvered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"embrowned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that last illness washed the child out completely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"outwore",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wash out your bathing suit in the sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"washed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"douched",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasters":{
|
|
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we want you to get a job so that you'll be a waster of your own money and not ours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterers",
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"prodigals",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"spenders",
|
|
"spendthrifts",
|
|
"squanderers",
|
|
"wastrels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"scrooges",
|
|
"skinflints",
|
|
"tightwads",
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"savers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizers",
|
|
"penny-pinchers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washout":{
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fashion designer's last showing was a complete washout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"also-ran",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"has-been",
|
|
"near miss",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevent",
|
|
"nonstarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"phenomenon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"winner"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the participants in the tough training program washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"tank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"miscarry",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"self-destruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"click",
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"decolorize",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"whiten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"silver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
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"discolor",
|
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"fleck",
|
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"marble",
|
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"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"shade",
|
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"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
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"spot",
|
|
"streak",
|
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"striate",
|
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"stripe",
|
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"tarnish",
|
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"variegate",
|
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"color",
|
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"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
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"pigment",
|
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"stain",
|
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"tincture",
|
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"tinge",
|
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"tint",
|
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"burnish",
|
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"polish",
|
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"shine"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"darken",
|
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"deepen",
|
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"embrown"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"that last illness washed the child out completely"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"break",
|
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"burn out",
|
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"bust",
|
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"do in",
|
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"do up",
|
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"drain",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"outwear",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"wash out your bathing suit in the sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"douche",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"splash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washed one's hands of":{
|
|
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"retracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"recognized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"washes (over)":{
|
|
"as in runs over , boils over":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"boils over",
|
|
"runs over",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"wells (up)",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"overfills",
|
|
"overflows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washouts":{
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fashion designer's last showing was a complete washout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"shipwrecks",
|
|
"turkeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"also-rans",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"has-beens",
|
|
"near misses",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevents",
|
|
"nonstarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"winners"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"waste pipes":{
|
|
"as in drains , tiles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drainpipes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"funnels",
|
|
"hydrants",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"smokestacks",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"standpipes",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"tiles",
|
|
"waterspouts",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"ducts",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"penstocks",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"tubes",
|
|
"pipages",
|
|
"pipeages",
|
|
"pipelines",
|
|
"pipings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wash one's hands of":{
|
|
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After things got out of control, he tried to simply wash his hands of the whole debacle."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"repudiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"recognize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wash out":{
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fashion designer's last showing was a complete washout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"also-ran",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"has-been",
|
|
"near miss",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevent",
|
|
"nonstarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"phenomenon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"winner"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the participants in the tough training program washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"tank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"miscarry",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"self-destruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"click",
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"decolorize",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"whiten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"silver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"striate",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"variegate",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"pigment",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"embrown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that last illness washed the child out completely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"outwear",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wash out your bathing suit in the sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"douche",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"splash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wastage":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slash-and-burn wastage of the surrounding countryside as the army made its way to the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"extinction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"mincemeat",
|
|
"obliteration",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"dismantlement",
|
|
"effacement",
|
|
"eradication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"reclamation",
|
|
"reconstruction",
|
|
"re-creation",
|
|
"refurbishment",
|
|
"regeneracy",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovation",
|
|
"restoration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washed-up":{
|
|
"having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he felt rather washed-up after this latest business failure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"overripe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overrefined",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"was":{
|
|
"to have life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stories that begin with the familiar line \"once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"succumbed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy a place or location":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll be there waiting for you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"sat",
|
|
"stood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"stationed",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"resided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our school's football team is first in its division"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"ranked",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"stood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seeded",
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"compartmentalized",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the party is next Saturday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befell",
|
|
"betided",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"came about",
|
|
"came down",
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"chanced",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"happed",
|
|
"happened",
|
|
"occurred",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"transpired",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went on",
|
|
"came to pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"came up",
|
|
"cropped (up)",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"sprang (up)",
|
|
"sprung (up)",
|
|
"intervened",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"resulted",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wastelands":{
|
|
"land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with proper irrigation and fertilizer, they turned the desert wasteland into a fertile plain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrens",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"no-man's-lands",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badlands",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"bushes",
|
|
"dust bowls",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"wildernesses",
|
|
"wilds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasteland":{
|
|
"land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with proper irrigation and fertilizer, they turned the desert wasteland into a fertile plain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"no-man's-land",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badland",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"dust bowl",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open air",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washing one's hands of":{
|
|
"to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"confuting",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"abdicating",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"recognizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"wash (over)":{
|
|
"as in run over , boil over":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"boil over",
|
|
"run over",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"well (up)",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"overfill",
|
|
"overflow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recede"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wassailers":{
|
|
"as in bacchanals , party animals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bacchanals",
|
|
"bingers",
|
|
"carousers",
|
|
"party animals",
|
|
"celebrants",
|
|
"celebrators",
|
|
"merrymakers",
|
|
"partyers",
|
|
"partiers",
|
|
"partygoers",
|
|
"revelers",
|
|
"revellers",
|
|
"roisterers",
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"skylarkers",
|
|
"noisemakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wash":{
|
|
"to flow along or against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crystal-clear waters gently wash the island's unspoiled beaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"splash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bubble",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"slosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the employee's story about missing the bus didn't wash with her manager"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"stand up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"get through",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"go through",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soapy water washing down the drain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bubble",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"guggle",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eddy",
|
|
"purl",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"swoosh",
|
|
"whish",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"stream"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rain washed the countryside for days on end"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"bedraggle",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wet down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"moisturize",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"hose (down)",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"rehydrate",
|
|
"rewash",
|
|
"rewet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewater",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"freeze-dry",
|
|
"drip-dry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"washed the baby's hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"douche",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"splash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she absentmindedly washed her tea by tipping her cup, until the honey was at last mixed in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"churn",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an invasive species threatening the plants native to the region's washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"marsh",
|
|
"marshland",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"muskeg",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"swampland",
|
|
"wetland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swale",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"waste (away)":{
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tuberculosis resulted in her simply wasting away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"emaciate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"run down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesce",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"recuperate",
|
|
"gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wassailer":{
|
|
"as in bacchanal , party animal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"binger",
|
|
"carouser",
|
|
"party animal",
|
|
"celebrant",
|
|
"celebrator",
|
|
"merrymaker",
|
|
"partyer",
|
|
"partier",
|
|
"partygoer",
|
|
"reveler",
|
|
"reveller",
|
|
"roisterer",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"skylarker",
|
|
"noisemaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washed-out":{
|
|
"lacking intensity of color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"washed-out blond hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pastel",
|
|
"washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"lusterless",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"undyed",
|
|
"unpainted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vivid",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling washed-out after the endless primary season, the party's nominee needs a vacation more than anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all in",
|
|
"aweary",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"pooped",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overfatigued",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"weariless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the participants in the tough training program washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"tanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"matted",
|
|
"etiolated",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"silvered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"embrowned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that last illness washed the child out completely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"outwore",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wash out your bathing suit in the sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"washed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"douched",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washes":{
|
|
"to flow along or against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crystal-clear waters gently wash the island's unspoiled beaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"laves",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"splashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"sloshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the employee's story about missing the bus didn't wash with her manager"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"stands up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gets through",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"goes through",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soapy water washing down the drain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"guggles",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eddies",
|
|
"purls",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"swashes",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"runs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"streams"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rain washed the countryside for days on end"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"bedraggles",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"wets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bedews",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"moisturizes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"hoses (down)",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"irrigates",
|
|
"laves",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"rehydrates",
|
|
"rewashes",
|
|
"rewets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewaters",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"freeze-dries",
|
|
"drip-dries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
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"dehumidifies"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
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"desiccates",
|
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"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
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"scorches",
|
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"sears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"washed the baby's hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"irrigates",
|
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"rinses",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"douches",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"splashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she absentmindedly washed her tea by tipping her cup, until the honey was at last mixed in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"churns",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an invasive species threatening the plants native to the region's washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogs",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"marshes",
|
|
"marshlands",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"muskegs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"slues",
|
|
"swamplands",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"wetlands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swales",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"gucks",
|
|
"gooks",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muds",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludges",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"was out of breath":{
|
|
"to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were out of breath after their five-mile run."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hyperventilated",
|
|
"panted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"wheezed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"huffed",
|
|
"asphyxiated",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"snored",
|
|
"snuffled",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washy":{
|
|
"lacking intensity of color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the supposedly rich rose she had chosen for the house unexpectedly came out a washy pinkish shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pastel",
|
|
"washed-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"lusterless",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"undyed",
|
|
"unpainted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vivid",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not containing very much of some important element":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the economy needs some strong medicine right now, and our leaders are offering only washy gruel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"watered-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"evaporated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"waster":{
|
|
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we want you to get a job so that you'll be a waster of your own money and not ours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterer",
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spender",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squanderer",
|
|
"wastrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad",
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"saver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizer",
|
|
"penny-pincher"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washing out":{
|
|
"as in failing , collapsing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"futureless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"kerflooey",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"robust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the participants in the tough training program washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"tanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"self-destructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"bleaching",
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"decolorizing",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"whitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"matting",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"silvering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"polychroming",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"variegating",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"pigmenting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tincturing",
|
|
"tingeing",
|
|
"tinging",
|
|
"tinting",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"embrowning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that last illness washed the child out completely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"outwearing",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wash out your bathing suit in the sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"washing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"douching",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wassails":{
|
|
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"woke up with a terrible headache from a wild wassail the night before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benders",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"carousals",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"jamborees",
|
|
"sprees",
|
|
"toots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"revelries",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"bibberies",
|
|
"inebriations",
|
|
"inebrieties",
|
|
"intoxications",
|
|
"jags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"birls",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"roisters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"liquors (up)",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wastes":{
|
|
"an instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seems like a waste to spend my entire paycheck on a bigger TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagances",
|
|
"prodigalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"splurges",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"wastages",
|
|
"dissipations",
|
|
"profligacies",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"overindulgences",
|
|
"self-indulgences",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"immoderacies",
|
|
"overkills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"belt-tightenings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"economies",
|
|
"frugalities",
|
|
"parsimonies",
|
|
"penny-pinchings",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"thrifts",
|
|
"austerities",
|
|
"moderations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"temperances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an area that was a barren waste after the strip-mining had ended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrens",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"no-man's-lands",
|
|
"wastelands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badlands",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"bushes",
|
|
"dust bowls",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"wildernesses",
|
|
"wilds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a legendary mariner doomed to sail the watery wastes of the world until Judgment Day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"expanses",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"latitudes",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"immensities",
|
|
"magnitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a gradual weakening, loss, or destruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slow waste of the once broad beach by the relentless tide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attritions",
|
|
"corrosions",
|
|
"erosions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"decompositions",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buildups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he wasted his lottery winnings on booze-soaked nights with gold diggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fiddles away",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"trifles (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurges",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"overspends",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"overindulges",
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"lays out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"scrimps",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one country attempting to waste another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"vaporizes",
|
|
"wracks",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scotches",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wears (away)",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"unbuilds",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"havocs",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vandalizes",
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"restores"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"endless months of inactivity wasted him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"devitalizes",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"etiolates",
|
|
"prostrates",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"incapacitates",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"invalids",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"grinds (down)",
|
|
"wears down",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"paralyzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"toughens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washed":{
|
|
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"washed city streets glistened with the light of the lampposts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow along or against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"crystal-clear waters gently wash the island's unspoiled beaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"lipped",
|
|
"splashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbled",
|
|
"gurgled",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"sloshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the employee's story about missing the bus didn't wash with her manager"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"stood up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"got through",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"went through",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soapy water washing down the drain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbled",
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"guggled",
|
|
"gurgled",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"trickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eddied",
|
|
"purled",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"swashed",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"swooshed",
|
|
"whished",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rain washed the countryside for days on end"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"wet down",
|
|
"wetted down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bedewed",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"moisturized",
|
|
"showered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"hosed (down)",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"rehydrated",
|
|
"rewashed",
|
|
"rewet",
|
|
"rewetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatered",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"drip-dried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"washed the baby's hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"douched",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she absentmindedly washed her tea by tipping her cup, until the honey was at last mixed in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"churned",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"whirled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"paddled",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"wheeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wastages":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slash-and-burn wastage of the surrounding countryside as the army made its way to the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"extinctions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"mincemeats",
|
|
"obliterations",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wreckages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredations",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"despoliations",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"dismantlements",
|
|
"effacements",
|
|
"eradications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvages",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"preservations",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"reclamations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"re-creations",
|
|
"refurbishments",
|
|
"regeneracies",
|
|
"renovations",
|
|
"restorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buildings",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washrooms":{
|
|
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you tell me where the washroom is?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathrooms",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"bogs",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cloakrooms",
|
|
"comfort stations",
|
|
"conveniences",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"johns",
|
|
"latrines",
|
|
"lavatories",
|
|
"loos",
|
|
"potties",
|
|
"restrooms",
|
|
"toilets",
|
|
"water closets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commodes",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"jakes",
|
|
"outhouses",
|
|
"privies",
|
|
"half baths",
|
|
"powder rooms",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladies' rooms",
|
|
"men's rooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"was friends with":{
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"If you could be friends with any famous person, past or present, who would you pick?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"chummed",
|
|
"companied",
|
|
"consociated",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"fraternized",
|
|
"hobnobbed",
|
|
"hooked up",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"palled (around)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"colluded",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"ganged",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"interrelated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"sided",
|
|
"socialized",
|
|
"teamed",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"befriended",
|
|
"friended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washing (over)":{
|
|
"as in running over , boiling over":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"boiling over",
|
|
"running over",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"welling (up)",
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"overfilling",
|
|
"overflowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"receding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"waste":{
|
|
"an instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it seems like a waste to spend my entire paycheck on a bigger TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"prodigality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"wastage",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"profligacy",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wastefulness",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"overkill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"discarded or useless material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gathered up the waste when he was finished sewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"dreck",
|
|
"drek",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"effluvium",
|
|
"effluvia",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"offal",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"raffle",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spilth",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"truck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"scrap heap",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"two bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"trove",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"salvage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an area that was a barren waste after the strip-mining had ended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"no-man's-land",
|
|
"wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badland",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"dust bowl",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open air",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a local ordinance requiring dog owners to properly dispose of their pet's waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doo",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dung",
|
|
"excrement",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordure",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"night soil",
|
|
"stool",
|
|
"dunghill",
|
|
"guano",
|
|
"manure",
|
|
"midden",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"coprolite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a legendary mariner doomed to sail the watery wastes of the world until Judgment Day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"expanse",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a gradual weakening, loss, or destruction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slow waste of the once broad beach by the relentless tide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attrition",
|
|
"corrosion",
|
|
"erosion",
|
|
"undermining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"buildup"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he wasted his lottery winnings on booze-soaked nights with gold diggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fiddle away",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"trifle (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"overspend",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"overindulge",
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"lay out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economize",
|
|
"scrimp",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one country attempting to waste another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scotch",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"unbuild",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"trample",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vandalize",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"restore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"endless months of inactivity wasted him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"devitalize",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"incapacitate",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"grind (down)",
|
|
"wear down",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"paralyze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"toughen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waste acreage that was not fit for anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unfertile",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"uncultivable",
|
|
"untillable",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"dried-up",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sunbaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arable",
|
|
"tillable",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"sylvan",
|
|
"verdant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wassailing":{
|
|
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bingeing",
|
|
"binging",
|
|
"birling",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roistering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boozing",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"liquoring (up)",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"tippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wassail":{
|
|
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"woke up with a terrible headache from a wild wassail the night before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bender",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"carousal",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"jamboree",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"toot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"bibbery",
|
|
"bibulousness",
|
|
"drunkenness",
|
|
"inebriation",
|
|
"inebriety",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"tipsiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take part in drunken revelry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"birl",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roister"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"liquor (up)",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washed (over)":{
|
|
"as in ran over , boiled over":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"boiled over",
|
|
"ran over",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"welled (up)",
|
|
"brimmed",
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"receded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"washing-out":{
|
|
"as in failing , collapsing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"futureless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"kerflooey",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"robust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the participants in the tough training program washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"tanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"self-destructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"bleaching",
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"decolorizing",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"whitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"matting",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"silvering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"polychroming",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"variegating",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"pigmenting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tincturing",
|
|
"tingeing",
|
|
"tinging",
|
|
"tinting",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"embrowning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that last illness washed the child out completely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"outwearing",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wash out your bathing suit in the sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"washing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"douching",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wastefulness":{
|
|
"the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"considering he has a family, his wastefulness is downright irresponsible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"extravagancy",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"profusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspicuous consumption",
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"overkill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"penny-pinching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasted":{
|
|
"lacking bodily strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wasted frame\u2014a shadow of the man he once was"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenic",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"weak",
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"weakened",
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"wimpish",
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"wimpy"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"challenged",
|
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"disabled",
|
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"incapacitated",
|
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"invalid",
|
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"paralyzed",
|
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"broken-down",
|
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"decrepit",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
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"fragile",
|
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"dizzy",
|
|
"groggy",
|
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"rocky",
|
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"unsteady",
|
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"woozy",
|
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"drained",
|
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"exhausted",
|
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"flagging",
|
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"tired",
|
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"weary",
|
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"worn-out",
|
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"damaged",
|
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"harmed",
|
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"hurt",
|
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"impaired",
|
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"injured",
|
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"lame",
|
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"unsound",
|
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"resistless",
|
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"susceptible",
|
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"unresistant",
|
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"vulnerable",
|
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"yielding"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
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"beefy",
|
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"brawny",
|
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"fit",
|
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"husky",
|
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"muscular",
|
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"sinewy",
|
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"strapping",
|
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"virile",
|
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"hard",
|
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"hardy",
|
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"lusty",
|
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"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"fortified",
|
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"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a frail and wasted famine victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"skeletal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"starved",
|
|
"underfed",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"starving",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"wizened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"tubby",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of a recreational drug":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the documentary portrays the comedian as someone who was often too wasted to function socially"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addicted",
|
|
"hooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, his college years were largely spent getting wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he wasted his lottery winnings on booze-soaked nights with gold diggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"fiddled away",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"trifled (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurged",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"overspent",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"overindulged",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"laid out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economized",
|
|
"scrimped",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one country attempting to waste another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"wracked",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"scotched",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"gutted",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"unbuilt",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"havocked",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"trampled",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vandalized",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"restored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"endless months of inactivity wasted him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"devitalized",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"etiolated",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"invalided",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"ground (down)",
|
|
"wore down",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"paralyzed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"recruited",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"toughened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wasting":{
|
|
"as in wasteful , squandering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wasteful",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pinchpenny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"sordid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
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"examples":[
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"he wasted his lottery winnings on booze-soaked nights with gold diggers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blowing",
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"dissipating",
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"fiddling away",
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"frittering (away)",
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"lavishing",
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"losing",
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"misspending",
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"running through",
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"spending",
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"squandering",
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"throwing away",
|
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"trifling (away)"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"splurging",
|
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"consuming",
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"depleting",
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"exhausting",
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"impoverishing",
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"overspending",
|
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"shooting",
|
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"indulging",
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"overindulging",
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"disbursing",
|
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"expending",
|
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"laying out"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"economizing",
|
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"scrimping",
|
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"skimping",
|
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"preserving",
|
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"protecting",
|
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"saving",
|
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"hoarding",
|
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"laying up"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"conserving"
|
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]
|
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},
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"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"one country attempting to waste another"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"annihilating",
|
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"creaming",
|
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"decimating",
|
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"demolishing",
|
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"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
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"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"vaporizing",
|
|
"wracking",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"scotching",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"gutting",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"unbuilding",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"havocking",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"trampling",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vandalizing",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"restoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"endless months of inactivity wasted him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"devitalizing",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"prostrating",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"incapacitating",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"invaliding",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"grinding (down)",
|
|
"wearing down",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"paralyzing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"recruiting",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"toughening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |