10404 lines
207 KiB
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10404 lines
207 KiB
JSON
{
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"tabby":{
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"as in alley cat":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in corded":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"table":{
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"a broad flat area of elevated land":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the area between the two canyons forms one broad table"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"butte",
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"dome",
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"height",
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"highland",
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"upland",
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"karoo",
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"karroo",
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"puna"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altiplano",
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"mesa",
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"plateau",
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"tableland"
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]
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},
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"a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"we sat at the kitchen table , playing cards for hours on end"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"coffee table",
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"refectory table",
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"tea table",
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"bar",
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"counter",
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"buffet",
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"sideboard",
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"side table",
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"bed table",
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"card table"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"board"
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]
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},
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"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the periodic table of chemical elements"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"agenda",
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"bibliography",
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"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
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"compendium",
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"compilation",
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"directory",
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"docket",
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"enumeration",
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"glossary",
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"index",
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"inventory",
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"manifest",
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"payroll",
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"calendar",
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"chronology",
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"timetable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"canon",
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"catalog",
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"catalogue",
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"checklist",
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"list",
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"listing",
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"menu",
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"register",
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"registry",
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"roll",
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"roll call",
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"roster",
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"schedule"
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]
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},
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"always offers a well-prepared table for his guests"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"board",
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"breakfast",
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"buffet",
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"collation",
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"dinner",
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"lunch",
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"luncheon",
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"refreshments",
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"smorgasbord",
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"snack",
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"supper",
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"tea",
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"bite",
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"gulp",
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"morsel",
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"serving",
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"taste",
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"banquet",
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"feast",
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"regale",
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"spread",
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"bake",
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"barbecue",
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"barbeque",
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"clambake",
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"cookout",
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"fry",
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"fry-up",
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"luau",
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"picnic",
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"potluck",
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"roast"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chow",
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"feed",
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"meal",
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"menu",
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"mess",
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"refection",
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"repast"
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]
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},
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"substances intended to be eaten":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the table that the innkeeper set out each morning made for a bountiful breakfast indeed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bane",
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"poison",
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"toxin",
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"venom"
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],
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"related":[
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"commissary",
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"rations",
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"supplies",
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"aliment",
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"nutriment",
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"diet",
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"nourishment",
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"nurture",
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"sustenance",
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"mess",
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"pap",
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"ensilage",
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"feed",
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"fodder",
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"forage",
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"silage",
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"slop",
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"swill",
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"feast",
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"meal",
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"refreshments",
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"regale",
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"repast",
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"spread",
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"board",
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"dish",
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"plate",
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"platter",
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"serving",
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"finger food",
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"natural food"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bread",
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"chow",
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"chuck",
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"comestibles",
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"eatables",
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"eats",
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"edibles",
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"fare",
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"food",
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"foodstuffs",
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"grub",
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"meat",
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"provender",
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"provisions",
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"tucker",
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"viands",
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"victuals",
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"vittles"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"tabu":{
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"as in anathema , abomination":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in no-no":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"that may not be permitted":{
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"antonyms":[
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"allowable",
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"permissible",
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"permissive",
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"sufferable"
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],
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"examples":[
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"asking a guest how much money he or she makes is strictly taboo because it's a rude question to ask a stranger"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acceptable",
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"bearable",
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"endurable",
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"tolerable",
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"accepted",
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"accredited",
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"allowed",
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"appropriate",
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"approved",
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"authorized",
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"certified",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"lawful",
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"legal",
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"legitimate",
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"licensed",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"permitted",
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"warranted",
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"accorded",
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"granted",
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"sanctioned",
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"vouchsafed",
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"brooked",
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"condoned",
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"countenanced",
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"encouraged",
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"promoted",
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"supported",
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"commanded",
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"mandatory",
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"ordered",
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"required",
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"proper",
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"seemly",
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"suitable",
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"tolerated",
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"unobjectionable"
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],
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"related":[
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"intolerable",
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"unacceptable",
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"unbearable",
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"unendurable",
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"illegal",
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"illegitimate",
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"illicit",
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"improper",
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"inappropriate",
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"unauthorized",
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"unlawful",
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"unlicensed",
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"ineffable",
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"unmentionable",
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"unseemly",
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"unsuitable",
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"objectionable",
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"disallowed",
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"disapproved",
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"discouraged",
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"refused",
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"rejected",
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"revoked",
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"unsanctioned",
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"vetoed",
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"repressed",
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"suppressed",
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"precluded",
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"prevented",
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"stopped",
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"excluded",
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"ruled out",
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"shut out",
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"blocked",
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"hindered",
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"impeded",
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"obstructed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banned",
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"barred",
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"forbidden",
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"impermissible",
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"interdicted",
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"outlawed",
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"prohibited",
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"proscribed",
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"verboten"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"tacked":{
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"as in tied , stuck":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in zigzagged":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"tactic":{
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"something done to achieve a particular goal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Toddlers use a lot of different tactics to try to get what they want."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"tag along":{
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"as in follow , tag":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"tag sale":{
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"a sale of used household and personal items":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"on weekends the bargain-minded couple likes to drive around looking for tag sales"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"jumble sale",
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"rummage sale"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"garage sale",
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"yard sale"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"tagging":{
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"the act of going after or in the tracks of another":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"after a weeklong tagging of the suspect, the detective had all the evidence he needed that there was a smuggling operation going on"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"hot pursuit",
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"tagging along",
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"path",
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"track",
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"trail",
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"search",
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"seeking"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chase",
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"chasing",
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"dogging",
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"following",
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"hounding",
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"pursuing",
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"pursuit",
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"shadowing",
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"tailing",
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"tracing",
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"tracking",
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"trailing"
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]
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},
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"to attach an identifying slip to":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"tagged all the dresses with sale stickers before putting them on the rack"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"captioning",
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"earmarking",
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"hallmarking",
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"stamping",
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"calling",
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"designating",
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"identifying",
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"naming",
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"tabbing",
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"entitling",
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"styling",
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"terming",
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"titling",
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"branding",
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"stigmatizing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"labeling",
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"labelling",
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"marking",
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"ticketing"
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]
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},
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"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
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"antonyms":[
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"declining",
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"refusing",
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"rejecting",
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"turning down"
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],
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"examples":[
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"she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disapproving",
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"negativing",
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"repudiating",
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"spurning",
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"discarding",
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"jettisoning",
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"throwing away",
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"throwing out"
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],
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"related":[
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"preselecting",
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"appointing",
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"designating",
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"fixing",
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"marking",
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"nominating",
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"setting",
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"tabbing",
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"tapping",
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"accepting",
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"adopting",
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"embracing",
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"espousing",
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"settling (on or upon)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cherry-picking",
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"choosing",
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"culling",
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"electing",
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"handpicking",
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"naming",
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"opting (for)",
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"picking",
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"preferring",
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"selecting",
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"singling (out)",
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"taking"
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]
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},
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"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he tagged me with a right hook and blackened my eye"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"battering",
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"beating",
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"buffeting",
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"bunging",
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"chopping",
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"cuffing",
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"drubbing",
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"lacing",
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"lambasting",
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"licking",
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"mangling",
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"mauling",
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"pelting",
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"peppering",
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"pommeling",
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"pommelling",
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"pummeling",
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"pummelling",
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"roughing",
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"scuffing",
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"bunting",
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"flicking",
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"stroking",
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"tapping",
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"bumping",
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"butting",
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"jabbing",
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"jostling",
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"kicking",
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"kneeing",
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"poking",
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"prodding",
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"pushing",
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"shoving",
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"stamping",
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"bowling (down or over)",
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"creaming",
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"decking",
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"dumping",
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"felling",
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"flooring",
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"knocking down",
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"leveling",
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"levelling",
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"rabbit-punching",
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"sucker punching",
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"caning",
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"clubbing",
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"cudgeling",
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"cudgelling",
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"flailing",
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"flogging",
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"lashing",
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"sapping",
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"slashing",
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"sledgehammering",
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"sledging",
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"spearing",
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"stabbing",
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"switching",
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"thrashing",
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"whipping",
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"beaning",
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"braining",
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"conking",
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"skulling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banging",
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"bashing",
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"batting",
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"belting",
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"biffing",
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"bludgeoning",
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"bobbing",
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"bonking",
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"bopping",
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"boxing",
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"busting",
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"clapping",
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"clipping",
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"clobbering",
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"clocking",
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"clouting",
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"cracking",
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"hammering",
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"hitting",
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"knocking",
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"nailing",
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"pasting",
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"pounding",
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"punching",
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"rapping",
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"slamming",
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"slapping",
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"slogging",
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"slugging",
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"smacking",
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"smiting",
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"socking",
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"striking",
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"swatting",
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"swiping",
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"thumping",
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"thwacking",
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"walloping",
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"whacking",
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"whaling",
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"zapping"
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]
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},
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"to go after or on the track of":{
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"antonyms":[
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"guiding",
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"leading",
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"piloting"
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],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wildlife experts surreptitiously tagged the timber wolf, carefully keeping a safe distance so the wolf wouldn't catch their scent and run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heading"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accompanying",
|
|
"chaperoning",
|
|
"escorting",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"searching (for)",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bird-dogging",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"shadowing",
|
|
"tailing",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"trailing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tags":{
|
|
"a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"read the tag on the shirt to find out if I could wash it or if it had to be dry-cleaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"captions",
|
|
"legends",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"logos",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"trademarks",
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"decals",
|
|
"plaques",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"markers",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attach an identifying slip to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tagged all the dresses with sale stickers before putting them on the rack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"captions",
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"entitles",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"titles",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"stigmatizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preselects",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"settles (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he tagged me with a right hook and blackened my eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"bunts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"jostles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"rabbit-punches",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"sledges",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"skulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"pilots"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wildlife experts surreptitiously tagged the timber wolf, carefully keeping a safe distance so the wolf wouldn't catch their scent and run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heads"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"searches (for)",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bird-dogs",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tailed (off)":{
|
|
"as in gave out , faded (away)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taint":{
|
|
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that rare political campaign that wasn't marred by the taint of false accusations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"award",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"stainlessness",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"legitimacy",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"black eye",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"vice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"onus",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"criticism of her sister's singing that was tainted by envy",
|
|
"a tendency toward conceitedness taints the athlete's status as a role model"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"besmear",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"tar",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purify"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"smog has long tainted the air of the city, making it difficult to breathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"sterilize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"infect",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"water down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"pollute"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tainting":{
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"criticism of her sister's singing that was tainted by envy",
|
|
"a tendency toward conceitedness taints the athlete's status as a role model"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"besmearing",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"smearing",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"smutting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tarring",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"bastardizing",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"twisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"vitiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"smog has long tainted the air of the city, making it difficult to breathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"sterilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"infecting",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"griming",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"adulterating",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"watering down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"polluting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"take a walk":{
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She told them to take a hike because they aren't welcome here."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
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"lodge",
|
|
"remain",
|
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"settle",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
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"set out",
|
|
"start",
|
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"strike out",
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"emigrate",
|
|
"adjourn",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
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"begone",
|
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"book",
|
|
"bugger off",
|
|
"bug off",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear off",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"run along",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"step (along)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"take aback":{
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Everyone was taken aback by her sudden anger.",
|
|
"The family seemed taken aback by the overwhelming generosity of their neighbors."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"blindside",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"shake up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astonish",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dumbfound",
|
|
"dumfound",
|
|
"flabbergast",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"stupefy",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"thunderstrike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"take back":{
|
|
"to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I take back what I said about her: she's not the fool I thought she was"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"vouch",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"take off (on)":{
|
|
"as in mimic , imitate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"take on":{
|
|
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"retreat"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"emulate",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with a paying job":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to take her on as store manager"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"lock out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reemploy",
|
|
"reengage",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"subcontract",
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"headhunt",
|
|
"scout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"fee",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"lay on",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"sign (up or on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domesticate",
|
|
"naturalize",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"usurp",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"quote",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"simulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"borrow",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"take ship":{
|
|
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The sailors took ship for home."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boat",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"ship (out)",
|
|
"voyage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"take the count":{
|
|
"to undergo defeat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There've been some setbacks, but I refuse to take the count just yet."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crack (up)",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bow out",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"take to task":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He took the landscaper to task for once again letting the bushes get overgrown."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"remonstrate (with)",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bawl out",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"call down",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chew out",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rail (at or against)",
|
|
"rant (at)",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"ream (out)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"tongue-lash",
|
|
"upbraid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He took his rival to task during the TV interview."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"nick (at)",
|
|
"snipe (at)",
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"gibbet",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pillory",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"upbraid",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"dispraise",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"slag"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"takes":{
|
|
"a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite its contemporary setting, this take on King Lear isn't particularly novel or insightful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"versions",
|
|
"adaptations",
|
|
"translations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpretations",
|
|
"riffs",
|
|
"variations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what's your take on the announcement that the senior vice president is taking an early retirement?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"behaviors",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"effects"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"backlashes",
|
|
"kickbacks",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"reflexes",
|
|
"revulsions",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"counterreactions",
|
|
"counter-reactions",
|
|
"counterresponses",
|
|
"counter-responses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"reactions",
|
|
"replies",
|
|
"responses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"percentages",
|
|
"members",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allotments",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"quotas",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"who will win the poker tournament and collect the whole take ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"grosses",
|
|
"incomes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"payoffs",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profits",
|
|
"receipts",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"revenues",
|
|
"winnings",
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"appropriations",
|
|
"collections"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounties",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I know we can take that team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does down",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"vetoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will you take that call?",
|
|
"took a cut in pay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dissents (to)",
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"holds off",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"fights"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"concedes (to)",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"bows (to)",
|
|
"capitulates (to)",
|
|
"gives in (to)",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"succumbs (to)",
|
|
"surrenders (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"shoulders",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"sweats out",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"has"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comes back",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"recoups",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"recuperates",
|
|
"snaps back",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recovers (from)",
|
|
"shakes (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaks out (with)",
|
|
"dies (from)",
|
|
"succumbs (to)",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"worsens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"comes down (with)",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"goes down (with)",
|
|
"sickens (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's take each problem separately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"scamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"finesses",
|
|
"jockeys",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"micromanages",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"reacts (to)",
|
|
"responds (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"contends (with)",
|
|
"copes (with)",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"grapples (with)",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"negotiates",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"treats"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preselects",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"settles (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"tags"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animates"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bumps off",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offs",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"scrags",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"martyrs",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"euthanizes",
|
|
"euthanatizes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"suicides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"slays"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deals (in)",
|
|
"markets",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"retails",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"vends"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"wins",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"pays (for)",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"barters (for)",
|
|
"deals (for)",
|
|
"dickers (over)",
|
|
"exchanges (for)",
|
|
"haggles (for)",
|
|
"negotiates (about)",
|
|
"trades (for)",
|
|
"bargains (with)",
|
|
"chaffers (with)",
|
|
"horse-trades (with)",
|
|
"palters (with)",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"rebuys",
|
|
"repurchases"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"purchases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as a requirement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entails",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"clamors (for)",
|
|
"cries (for)",
|
|
"hurts (for)",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"stipulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"necessitates",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"requires",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or have room for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"holds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"blacklists",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"ratifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"receives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfires",
|
|
"fizzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"behaves",
|
|
"reacts",
|
|
"responds",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"redounds",
|
|
"results"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"reconciles (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees (with or to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bides",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"sweats out",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"wears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"holds on (to)",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snatches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieves",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think we can take his word for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusts",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"misdoubts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"suspects",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"disputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"understands",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"supposes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"infers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"takes hold (of)":{
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The baby took hold of the toy, upsetting her two-year-old sister."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloves",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"lassos",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"fastens (on)",
|
|
"fists",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"spirits (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"takes out":{
|
|
"to find emotional release for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he took out his frustrations by splitting a cord of firewood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"pulls in",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"tames",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"swallows"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acts out",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"voices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"unleashes",
|
|
"vents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go on a social engagement with":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she'd like to take the new boy out to the movies sometime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"goes out (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rumor is that the CIA is planning to take him out before he can seize control of the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"bumps off",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offs",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"puts"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the airline passenger took his laptop computer out of its carrying case"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"draws off",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taking (away)":{
|
|
"as in removing , eliminating":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taking a powder":{
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He took a powder before anyone even noticed he was there."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"reaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"mizzling",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"emigrating",
|
|
"adjourning",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"buggering off",
|
|
"bugging off",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"buzzing (off)",
|
|
"clearing off",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"packing (up or off)",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"peeling off",
|
|
"piking (out or off)",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"pushing off",
|
|
"pushing on",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"running along",
|
|
"sallying (forth)",
|
|
"scarpering",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"stepping (along)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"vamoosing",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taking hold":{
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It was clear in the students' essays that her lessons had taken hold ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfiring",
|
|
"fizzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"behaving",
|
|
"reacting",
|
|
"responding",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"redounding",
|
|
"resulting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"working"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taking in":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as part of a whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"leaving (out)",
|
|
"missing out",
|
|
"omitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"debarring",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"ruling out",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
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"comprising",
|
|
"consisting (of)",
|
|
"bracketing",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"entailing",
|
|
"including",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"subsuming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took in the stray dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"evicting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"homing",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"stabling",
|
|
"tenting",
|
|
"barracking",
|
|
"bedding (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"billeting",
|
|
"bivouacking",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"bunking",
|
|
"camping",
|
|
"chambering",
|
|
"domiciling",
|
|
"encamping",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"quartering",
|
|
"roofing",
|
|
"rooming",
|
|
"sheltering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talent":{
|
|
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Liza's musical talent was already apparent by the time she was five",
|
|
"a talent for coming up with really funny answers to stupid questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"ear",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"instinct",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"specialism",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"knack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talented":{
|
|
"having a special ability to do something well; having talent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a highly talented athlete",
|
|
"As a writer, she is enormously talented ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talk (about)":{
|
|
"as in review , speak (about)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tell (of) , divulge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talk a blue streak":{
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The kids could really talk a blue streak when they got together."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"kibitz",
|
|
"kibbitz",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"shmooze",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talk over":{
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"review",
|
|
"speak (about)",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"propound",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir up",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"talk out",
|
|
"thrash (out)",
|
|
"wrestle (with)",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bandy",
|
|
"bat (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"hash (over or out)",
|
|
"moot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talked (about)":{
|
|
"as in reviewed , spoke (about)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in told (of) , divulged":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talked over":{
|
|
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"spoke (about)",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"propounded",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"talked out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"wrestled (with)",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"bandied",
|
|
"batted (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"hashed (over or out)",
|
|
"mooted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talking":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"talked with our neighbor as we unloaded the groceries from the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"chinning",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gassing",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"kibitzing",
|
|
"kibbitzing",
|
|
"nattering",
|
|
"palavering",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"schmoozing",
|
|
"shmoozing",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're talking nonsense: take a minute and think about what you are trying to say, and then start speaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blurting",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"chirping",
|
|
"drawling",
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"lipping",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"formulizing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"wording",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"piping up (with)",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"ripping (out)",
|
|
"snarling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fire chief often talks at school assemblies about fire safety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"soliloquizing",
|
|
"disserting",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"sermonizing",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"filibustering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"discoursing",
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"orating",
|
|
"speaking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after being threatened, the eyewitness started talking at length about what he had seen in the alley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"selling (out)",
|
|
"two-timing",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"tipping (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finking",
|
|
"grassing (on)",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"ratting (on)",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"splitting (on)",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"telling (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're a fine one to talk about your sister's marital problems when you have had plenty of your own"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
"shutting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bandying (about)",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"noising (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumoring",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"tipping (off)",
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"confiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"dishing",
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"wagging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talking up":{
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"plumping (for)",
|
|
"plunking (for)",
|
|
"plonking (for)",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"hyping",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"touting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feel free to talk up if you have any objections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belting up",
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
"dummying up",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"singing (out)",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piping up",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"spouting (off)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talks":{
|
|
"a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the noted author's talk on the state of the modern novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diatribes",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"tirades",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"keynote addresses",
|
|
"keynote speeches",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"salutatories",
|
|
"homilies",
|
|
"sermons",
|
|
"monologues",
|
|
"monologs",
|
|
"soliloquies",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"spiels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"declamations",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"orations",
|
|
"perorations",
|
|
"speeches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what good will all this talk do when we need to take action now?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bull sessions",
|
|
"chat rooms",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"skull sessions",
|
|
"skull practices",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"talkathons",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"disquisitions",
|
|
"consultancies",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"pourparlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"back-and-forths",
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"consultations",
|
|
"consults",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberations",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"parleys"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sat down by the fire and had a nice little talk about what was new in the village"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causeries",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchats",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfests",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"talked with our neighbor as we unloaded the groceries from the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"chins",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"kibitzes",
|
|
"kibbitzes",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"shmoozes",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're talking nonsense: take a minute and think about what you are trying to say, and then start speaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blurts",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"drawls",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"splutters",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"formulizes",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"pipes up (with)",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"rips (out)",
|
|
"snarls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fire chief often talks at school assemblies about fire safety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"soliloquizes",
|
|
"disserts",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"pontificates",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"filibusters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"speaks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after being threatened, the eyewitness started talking at length about what he had seen in the alley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"backstabs",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"sells (out)",
|
|
"two-times",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"tips (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"grasses (on)",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"rats (on)",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"splits (on)",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"tells (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're a fine one to talk about your sister's marital problems when you have had plenty of your own"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clams up",
|
|
"shuts up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bandies (about)",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"noises (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumors",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"lets on",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"tips (off)",
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"confides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"wags"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talks (into)":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the salesman talked us into buying a new vacuum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"dissuades",
|
|
"unsells"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"entreats",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"fast-talks",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"brainwashes",
|
|
"overpersuades",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"hashes (over)",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"reasons (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"brings",
|
|
"brings around",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"prevails (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"wins (over)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talky":{
|
|
"fond of talking or conversation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"uncommunicative"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a talky coworker who will corner you at your desk for hours with stories about his vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"wordless",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"secretive",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
"gossipy",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"tale-telling",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blabby",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"motormouthed",
|
|
"mouthy",
|
|
"talkative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tallness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tally":{
|
|
"a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the final tally for worshippers at Sunday services was 126"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"score",
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"recount"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"census",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"tale"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differ (from)",
|
|
"disagree (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our lists for best movies of the year tally perfectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"jar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"register"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"chord",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"coincide",
|
|
"comport",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"consist",
|
|
"correspond",
|
|
"dovetail",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"rhyme",
|
|
"rime",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"square"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our team tallied four touchdowns and gained a total of 435 yards last game"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"defeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rack up",
|
|
"score"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tame":{
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that action movie was so tame I fell asleep about 20 minutes into it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"undomesticated",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every evening, a wild Canada goose is at the food trough with our tame geese"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"wildish"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"halterbroken",
|
|
"housebroken",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"semidomesticated",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"submissive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"domesticated",
|
|
"tamed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to tame your language when you're in front of the kids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unleash",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bottle (up)",
|
|
"choke (back)",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tampering (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"someone has tampered with my computer files"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing",
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"mucking (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddling (with)",
|
|
"fiddling (with)",
|
|
"fooling (with)",
|
|
"messing (with)",
|
|
"monkeying (with)",
|
|
"playing (with)",
|
|
"tinkering (with)",
|
|
"toying (with)",
|
|
"twiddling (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tanged":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tangibility":{
|
|
"as in visibility , tangibleness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tangible":{
|
|
"capable of being perceived by the sense of touch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"intangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a firm belief in the existence of the soul, even though it is not at all tangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"formless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical",
|
|
"unbodied",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"virtual",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"insensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tactile",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"seeable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"visible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"touchable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tangibleness":{
|
|
"as in visibility , palpability":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tangibles":{
|
|
"as in property , estate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"guaranty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"warranty",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"pawn",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"movables",
|
|
"moveables",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"personal effects",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"collateral",
|
|
"pledge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tangled":{
|
|
"having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noncomplex",
|
|
"noncomplicated",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"uncomplicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it helps to have a lawyer to sort out the tangled contracts that home buyers typically have to contend with"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"oversimplified",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"simplistic",
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unvaried"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overcomplex",
|
|
"overcomplicated",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"heterogeneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"multibranched",
|
|
"multifaceted",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"multipart",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unintelligible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"byzantine",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicate",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"daedal",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"labyrinthian",
|
|
"labyrinthine",
|
|
"sophisticated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"untangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"birdlimed",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"embroiled",
|
|
"implicated",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"mired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"ensnarled",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entoiled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"unsnarled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"untwisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknotted",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"unwove"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"entwisted",
|
|
"inwove",
|
|
"inweaved",
|
|
"plaited",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wove",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"writhed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"intertwisted",
|
|
"interwove",
|
|
"interweaved",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tankers":{
|
|
"as in freighters , barges":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tanning":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"currying",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knouting",
|
|
"quirting",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"touching up",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"leathering",
|
|
"rawhiding",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taper":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll find the symptoms begin tapering gradually about 24 hours after you take the medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taper (off)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at this time of the year, light begins to taper off a little earlier each day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tapped out":{
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prosecutor was mentally and physically tapped out after the long trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"weariless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overfatigued",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taps":{
|
|
"a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"turn the tap to the right for cold water and to the left for hot water"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hydrants",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"petcocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"faucets",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"spigots",
|
|
"stopcocks",
|
|
"valves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fills"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the oil company tapped that first well completely dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"sucks",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"vacuates",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"decants",
|
|
"effuses",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"purges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"draws (off)",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"siphons",
|
|
"syphons"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tapped her foot in time to the music",
|
|
"kept tapping the desk with his pencil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"pings",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"pit-a-pats",
|
|
"pitter-patters",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"drums",
|
|
"raps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taradiddles":{
|
|
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truths"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his tales of adventure are peppered with tongue-in-cheek taradiddles and obvious fabrications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"verities",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"veracities",
|
|
"authentications",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"verifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"half-truths",
|
|
"ambiguities",
|
|
"equivocations",
|
|
"obliquities",
|
|
"defamations",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"perjuries",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canards",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"falsifications",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreports",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"dishonesties",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fraudulences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fairy tales",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"mendacities",
|
|
"prevarications",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"untruths",
|
|
"whoppers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tardy":{
|
|
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thus far progress on the project has been tardy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"early",
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"precocious",
|
|
"premature",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"explained that I was tardy because my car had broken down on the way to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"timely",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"punctual"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"postponed",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"behindhand",
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"latish",
|
|
"overdue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tarnish":{
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a false accusation that nonetheless tarnished her reputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"besmear",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"tar",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tarnishes":{
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a false accusation that nonetheless tarnished her reputation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"besmears",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smuts",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"tars",
|
|
"tarres",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"bastardizes",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tarrying":{
|
|
"as in lingering , loitering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"buzzing (off)",
|
|
"clearing off",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"packing (up or off)",
|
|
"peeling off",
|
|
"piking (out or off)",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"pushing off",
|
|
"pushing on",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"vamoosing",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon seeing the sun beginning to sink in the sky, we realized we had tarried too long on the summit of the mountain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"vacating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"awaiting",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"outstaying",
|
|
"overstaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dean tarried in making his decision, still not sure if he should suspend the student or not"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"lollygagging",
|
|
"lallygagging",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"shilly-shallying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he tarried with us all summer, sleeping on the screened-in porch most nights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"residing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coming by",
|
|
"coming over",
|
|
"dropping by",
|
|
"dropping in",
|
|
"running in",
|
|
"stepping in",
|
|
"stopping (by)",
|
|
"frequenting",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"inhabiting",
|
|
"occupying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"sojourning",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"task":{
|
|
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of my tasks in the morning is to make lunches for everyone in the family"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chare",
|
|
"char",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"stint",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"errand",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"route"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"job"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the forklift's task is to stack pallets of goods in the warehouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"participation",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"role",
|
|
"r\u00f4le",
|
|
"work"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"impose",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"relegate",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"allot",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"invest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tasking":{
|
|
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"relegating",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"allotting",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"investing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tastiness":{
|
|
"the quality of being delicious":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"flatness",
|
|
"insipidity",
|
|
"staleness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"unpalatability"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tastiness of homemade bread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"digestibility",
|
|
"edibility",
|
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"edibleness",
|
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"choiceness",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delectability",
|
|
"deliciousness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"palatability",
|
|
"palatableness",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"savoriness",
|
|
"toothsomeness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tasting":{
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an adventurer who has tasted danger and lived to tell the tale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"experiencing",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"undergoing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by your language I can taste that something is wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"suspecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"scenting",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"smelling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tattler":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the office's resident tattler , she can be counted on to report any unauthorized use of the photocopiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"leaker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"canary",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"whistle-blower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tattletale":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't be such a tattletale and tell me about every little thing your sister does"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"leaker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"canary",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"whistle-blower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tattletales":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't be such a tattletale and tell me about every little thing your sister does"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"leakers",
|
|
"snoopers",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"notifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"canaries",
|
|
"deep throats",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stoolies",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"whistle-blowers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tattling":{
|
|
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those neighborhood busybodies, constantly tattling and whispering over their backyard fences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
"shutting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bandying (about)",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"noising (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumoring",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"tipping (off)",
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"confiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"dishing",
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"wagging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taught":{
|
|
"as in trained , schooled":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a master gardener taught us about the basics of organic gardening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coached",
|
|
"mentored",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"moralized",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"edified",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"imparted (to)",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"reeducated",
|
|
"reschooled",
|
|
"retaught",
|
|
"retrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"indoctrinated",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"lessoned",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taunted":{
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal reminded the student athletes that taunting their opponents was not showing good sportsmanship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"gnawed (at)",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beleaguered",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"teased"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taunter":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he grew up to regret being a taunter in his youth, and shared his experience with his students"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"deliverer",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"rescuer",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soother",
|
|
"succorer",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"champion"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"insulter",
|
|
"jeerer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"scorner",
|
|
"trash-talker",
|
|
"smart aleck",
|
|
"smart alec",
|
|
"smarty",
|
|
"smartie",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacre",
|
|
"wise guy",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"accuser",
|
|
"blamer",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"assailant",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"victimizer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"disturber",
|
|
"pest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"persecutor",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"quizzer",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taunting":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal reminded the student athletes that taunting their opponents was not showing good sportsmanship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"gnawing (at)",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"narking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"spiting",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"aggrieving",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"hazing",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"needling",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tawdriness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tax":{
|
|
"a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the state sales tax boosted the final cost of my new computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"direct tax",
|
|
"personal tax",
|
|
"capitation",
|
|
"custom(s)",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"hidden tax",
|
|
"income tax",
|
|
"poll tax",
|
|
"property tax",
|
|
"sales tax",
|
|
"single tax",
|
|
"sin tax",
|
|
"tariff",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"value-added tax",
|
|
"withholding tax",
|
|
"supertax",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"surtax",
|
|
"death tax",
|
|
"estate tax",
|
|
"inheritance tax",
|
|
"flat tax",
|
|
"proportional tax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"imposition",
|
|
"impost",
|
|
"levy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your constant arguing is starting to tax my patience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get (to)",
|
|
"gnaw (at)",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"try"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"take in":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fellow passenger on the cruise completely took me in when he claimed to be the owner of a major software company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gammon",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snooker",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"suck in",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as part of a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this report takes in all the latest information on the subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"entail",
|
|
"include",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"subsume"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"comprise",
|
|
"consist (of)",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"integrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"debar",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"rule out",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"mislay",
|
|
"misplace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"leave (out)",
|
|
"miss out",
|
|
"omit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took in the stray dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"encamp",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"tent",
|
|
"barrack",
|
|
"bed (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"evict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tabs":{
|
|
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't have any cash on me, so can you put this on my tab ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"invoices",
|
|
"statements"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"receipts",
|
|
"reckonings",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"ledgers",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"expenses",
|
|
"fees",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asked the server to put our dinners on separate tabs so we could each pay for our own meal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"checks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"invoices",
|
|
"receipts",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"reckonings",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"statements",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"expenses",
|
|
"fees",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in calls , names":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talking (into)":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the salesman talked us into buying a new vacuum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"bringing around",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"fast-talking",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuading",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hashing (over)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"reasoning (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"dissuading",
|
|
"unselling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talisman":{
|
|
"something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pendant of white nephrite jade is often worn by Indians as a talisman to ward off heart disease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"mascot",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"periapt",
|
|
"phylactery"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gris-gris",
|
|
"grigri",
|
|
"juju",
|
|
"philter",
|
|
"toadstone",
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"totem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tart":{
|
|
"causing or characterized by the one of the basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I didn't add enough sugar to the lemonade, and now it's way too tart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"vinegary"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"unsweetened",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"tangy",
|
|
"zestful",
|
|
"zesty",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"astringent",
|
|
"puckery",
|
|
"hyperacid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"savorless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"zestless",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"responded to the heckler with a tart comeback"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acerb",
|
|
"acerbic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"sardonic",
|
|
"satiric",
|
|
"satirical",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
|
"snarky"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"sharp-tongued",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"ironic",
|
|
"ironical",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"insincere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another movie featuring an Old West saloon scene with the requisite gamblers, gunslingers, and tarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawd",
|
|
"call girl",
|
|
"cocotte",
|
|
"courtesan",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"sex worker",
|
|
"streetwalker",
|
|
"whore"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"madam",
|
|
"madame",
|
|
"chippie",
|
|
"chippy",
|
|
"doxy",
|
|
"doxie",
|
|
"floozy",
|
|
"floozie",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"hussy",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"minx",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"flirt",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"tempter",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"wench"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talk (to)":{
|
|
"to communicate with by means of spoken words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had never talked to a real live cowboy before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chat (with)",
|
|
"converse (with)",
|
|
"speak (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accost",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"greet",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"tell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tapes":{
|
|
"a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rival campaign leaked a tape of the senator angrily reprimanding a little boy for stepping on his foot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"tape recordings",
|
|
"videos",
|
|
"videotapes",
|
|
"vids"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"DVDs",
|
|
"laser discs",
|
|
"videocassettes",
|
|
"videodiscs",
|
|
"videodisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wires , ropes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taking up":{
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"craning",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"perking (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"upraising"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lowering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"soaking (up)",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"sucking (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"slurping",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"swigging",
|
|
"swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"borrowing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domesticating",
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"arrogating",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"usurping",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"copying",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tactless":{
|
|
"showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made a tactless remark about how the apartment had that \"lived-in\" look"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"inadvisable",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"unwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tamed":{
|
|
"changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"circus trainers work with tamed tigers and elephants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"domesticated",
|
|
"tame"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"halterbroken",
|
|
"housebroken",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"semidomesticated",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"submissive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"wildish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"undomesticated",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to tame your language when you're in front of the kids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"ruled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
"choked (back)",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"muzzled",
|
|
"silenced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taking down":{
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smirching"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
"detracting",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"celebrating",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"feting",
|
|
"f\u00eating",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
"touting",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"enskying",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
"romanticizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"exalting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"electricians will take down all the lights for the set after the play has finished its run"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"demounting",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"dismembering",
|
|
"dismounting",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disaggregating",
|
|
"disarticulating",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"constructing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a written note of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took down the customer's contact information"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jotting (down)",
|
|
"logging",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"setting down",
|
|
"writing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chronicling",
|
|
"minuting",
|
|
"transcribing",
|
|
"enregistering",
|
|
"entering",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"chalking (up)",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"scoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talks a blue streak":{
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The kids could really talk a blue streak when they got together."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"chins",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"kibitzes",
|
|
"kibbitzes",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"shmoozes",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"takes off (from)":{
|
|
"as in withdraws (from) , escapes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"retreats (from)",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"withdraws (from)",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"separates (from)",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"strands",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaims",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taking to task":{
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He took his rival to task during the TV interview."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dispraising",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"slagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skewering",
|
|
"tweaking",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"nicking (at)",
|
|
"sniping (at)",
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"gibbeting",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"pillorying",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"upbraiding",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"discommending",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"sanctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He took the landscaper to task for once again letting the bushes get overgrown."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"bawling out",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"calling down",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"dressing down",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"railing (at or against)",
|
|
"ranting (at)",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reaming (out)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"upbraiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taking to":{
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He took to figure skating at a young age."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"getting off (on)",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"rejoicing (in)",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"eating (up)",
|
|
"feasting (on)",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"cottoning (to)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"indulging (in)",
|
|
"luxuriating (in)",
|
|
"wallowing (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tabular":{
|
|
"as in horizontal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"aligned",
|
|
"alined",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bumpy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"lumpy",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"uneven",
|
|
"unsmoothed",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"unaligned",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"undulatory",
|
|
"wavy",
|
|
"pitted",
|
|
"pockmarked",
|
|
"pocky"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taboos":{
|
|
"as in no-no's":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-no's",
|
|
"no-nos",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"interdictions",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"suppressions",
|
|
"preventions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"negations",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"caveats",
|
|
"warnings",
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"mandates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"tolerances",
|
|
"tolerations",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"facilitations",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"obediences",
|
|
"submissions",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in anathemas , abominations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"degeneracies",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"indecencies",
|
|
"malefactions",
|
|
"perversions",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"cancers",
|
|
"cankers",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalors",
|
|
"devilries",
|
|
"deviltries",
|
|
"atrocities",
|
|
"diabolisms",
|
|
"enormities",
|
|
"satanisms",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evils",
|
|
"ills",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"villainies",
|
|
"wrongs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"moralities",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"decencies",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tad":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's more than just a tad of hyperbole in the critics' praise for the promising young pianist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grandfather never tires of telling us about the days when he was just a tad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boychick",
|
|
"boychik",
|
|
"boyo",
|
|
"callant",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"laddie",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaveling",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"sonny",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"teenager",
|
|
"tween",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"gamin",
|
|
"guttersnipe",
|
|
"hobbledehoy",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"mama's boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taken":{
|
|
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clenched",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"held on (to)",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snatched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will you take that call?",
|
|
"took a cut in pay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"had"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"acceded (to)",
|
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"assented (to)",
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"conceded (to)",
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"confirmed",
|
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"consented (to)",
|
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"OK'd",
|
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"okayed",
|
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"ratified",
|
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"sanctioned",
|
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"warranted",
|
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"acquiesced (to)",
|
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"bowed (to)",
|
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"capitulated (to)",
|
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"given in (to)",
|
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"submitted (to)",
|
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"succumbed (to)",
|
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"surrendered (to)",
|
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"yielded (to)",
|
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"abided",
|
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"abode",
|
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"borne",
|
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"born",
|
|
"brooked",
|
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"countenanced",
|
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"endured",
|
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"shouldered",
|
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"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
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"stuck out",
|
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"supported",
|
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"sustained",
|
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"swallowed",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
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"sweated out",
|
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"tolerated",
|
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"adopted",
|
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"embraced",
|
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"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"dissented (to)",
|
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"objected (to)",
|
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"opposed",
|
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"protested",
|
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"held off",
|
|
"resisted",
|
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"withstood",
|
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"combated",
|
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"combatted",
|
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"contested",
|
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"fought"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"declined",
|
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"denied",
|
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"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
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"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
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"spurned",
|
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"turned down",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"caught",
|
|
"come down (with)",
|
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"contracted",
|
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"gone down (with)",
|
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"got",
|
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"gotten",
|
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"sickened (with)"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"broken out (with)",
|
|
"died (from)",
|
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"succumbed (to)",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"sunk",
|
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"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come back",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"recouped",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"recuperated",
|
|
"snapped back",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"recovered (from)",
|
|
"shaken (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"tagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselected",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"settled (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"thrown away",
|
|
"thrown out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"purchased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"paid (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"bartered (for)",
|
|
"dealt (for)",
|
|
"dickered (over)",
|
|
"exchanged (for)",
|
|
"haggled (for)",
|
|
"negotiated (about)",
|
|
"traded (for)",
|
|
"bargained (with)",
|
|
"chaffered (with)",
|
|
"horse-traded (with)",
|
|
"paltered (with)",
|
|
"bidden",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"rebought",
|
|
"repurchased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as a requirement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borne",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"necessitated",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"begged",
|
|
"clamored (for)",
|
|
"cried (for)",
|
|
"hurt (for)",
|
|
"lacked",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"stipulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or have room for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think we can take two more in this elevator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"held"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"seated",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will be a few hours before this medication takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"reacted",
|
|
"responded",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"redounded",
|
|
"resulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfired",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"borne",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"sweated out",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"worn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"reconciled (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (with or to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"forborne",
|
|
"refrained (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think we can take his word for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"credited",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accounted",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"inferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"misdoubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"suspected",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I know we can take that team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"done down",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"gotten around",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overborne",
|
|
"overborn",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blown away",
|
|
"blown out",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrown",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outdone",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"given up",
|
|
"gone down",
|
|
"gone under",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lost (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's take each problem separately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addressed",
|
|
"contended (with)",
|
|
"coped (with)",
|
|
"fielded",
|
|
"grappled (with)",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"maneuvered",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"treated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"finessed",
|
|
"jockeyed",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"gotten off",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"steered",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"micromanaged",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"reacted (to)",
|
|
"responded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"scamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"entered",
|
|
"received"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"fellowshipped",
|
|
"fellowshiped",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"ratified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"blacklisted",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"thrown out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"done in",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"slain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"scragged",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"taken out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"killed off",
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"massacred",
|
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"mowed",
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"slaughtered",
|
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"smitten",
|
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"smote",
|
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"assassinated",
|
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"executed",
|
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"martyred",
|
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"terminated",
|
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"euthanized",
|
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"euthanatized",
|
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"put down",
|
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"suicided"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
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"resuscitated",
|
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"revived",
|
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"nurtured"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"animated"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"verb"
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|
]
|
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},
|
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"targeted":{
|
|
"as in taunted , harassed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"barracked",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"catcalled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"chaffed",
|
|
"jived",
|
|
"joshed",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"razzed",
|
|
"ribbed",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"twitted",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"burlesqued",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"lampooned",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"parroted",
|
|
"pilloried",
|
|
"satirized",
|
|
"took off (on)",
|
|
"travestied",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"scoffed (at)",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"sneered (at)",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"laughed (at)",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"skewered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tail":{
|
|
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tail that accompanies the prince wherever he goes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cortege",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ge",
|
|
"entourage",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"retinue",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"personnel",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"retainer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"get your tail in here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"bootie",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinie",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keister",
|
|
"keester",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a behind part or surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tail of the ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"face",
|
|
"forehead",
|
|
"forepart",
|
|
"front"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go after or on the track of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"detectives tailed the suspect to see where he was going at that time of the evening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bird-dog",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accompany",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"search (for)",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"watch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"head"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"pilot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taxicab":{
|
|
"an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a taxicab to the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cab",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"taxi"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"limousine",
|
|
"gharry",
|
|
"rickshaw",
|
|
"ricksha",
|
|
"water taxi",
|
|
"gypsy cab",
|
|
"jitney"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"take account of":{
|
|
"to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She decided to offer her services on a sliding scale, taking account of local income disparities."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow (for)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"factor (in or into)",
|
|
"provide (for)",
|
|
"regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"adapt",
|
|
"adjust",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"presuppose",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"face"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"factor (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"disregard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talebearers":{
|
|
"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"statehouse talebearers had long spread stories about the governor's extramarital affairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulators",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossipmongers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"newsmongers",
|
|
"quidnuncs",
|
|
"tale-tellers",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"yentas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"libelers",
|
|
"scandalmongers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher told him not to be such a talebearer , as she was quite capable of detecting student misbehavior on her own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"canaries",
|
|
"deep throats",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stoolies",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"whistle-blowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"leakers",
|
|
"snoopers",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"notifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"taxicabs":{
|
|
"an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a taxicab to the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"limousines",
|
|
"gharries",
|
|
"rickshaws",
|
|
"rickshas",
|
|
"water taxis",
|
|
"gypsy cabs",
|
|
"jitneys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"talking point":{
|
|
"an object of interest or concern that is being discussed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We have several talking points we need to cover.",
|
|
"I have a list of talking points here that support my case."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subject matter",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"topic",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"grist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"debate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aside",
|
|
"digression",
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"parenthesis",
|
|
"tangent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tale-tellers":{
|
|
"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reasons for the couple's divorce aren't terribly juicy, but they will be by the time the tale-tellers are through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circulators",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossipmongers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"newsmongers",
|
|
"quidnuncs",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"yentas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"libelers",
|
|
"scandalmongers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |