3174 lines
61 KiB
JSON
3174 lines
61 KiB
JSON
{
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"pick up":{
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"as in increase , boost":{
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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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"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
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"antonyms":[
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"unlearn"
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],
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"examples":[
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"he has a knack for picking up a language in a few weeks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"forget",
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"misunderstand",
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"miss",
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"overlook",
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"disregard",
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"ignore",
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"neglect"
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],
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"related":[
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"apprehend",
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"comprehend",
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"grasp",
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"know",
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"understand",
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"absorb",
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"assimilate",
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"digest",
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"drink (in)",
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"imbibe",
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"ascertain",
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"descry",
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"detect",
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"determine",
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"dig up",
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"discern",
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"discover",
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"examine",
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"find out",
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"hear",
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"hit (on or upon)",
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"run down",
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"scare up",
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"search (for)",
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"see",
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"track (down)",
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"tumble (to)",
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"unearth",
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"major (in)",
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"study",
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"memorize"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"get",
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"learn",
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"master"
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]
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},
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"to begin again or return to after an interruption":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"after the protestors were removed from the auditorium, the speaker picked up his lecture right where he had left off"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"complete",
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"conclude",
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"consummate",
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"end",
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"finalize",
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"finish",
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"belay",
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"break",
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"can",
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"cease",
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"check",
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"cut",
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"desist",
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"discontinue",
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"drop",
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"halt",
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"knock off",
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"leave off",
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"quit",
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"scuttle",
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"shut off",
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"stay",
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"stop",
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"terminate"
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],
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"related":[
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"resuscitate",
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"revive",
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"recrudesce"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"continue",
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"proceed (with)",
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"renew",
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"reopen",
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"restart",
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"resume"
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]
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},
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"to bring together in one body or place":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dispel",
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"disperse",
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"dissipate",
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"scatter"
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],
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"examples":[
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"pick up all of your things because we have to be off this beach before dark"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"break up",
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"disband",
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"disintegrate",
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"dissolve",
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"separate",
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"sever",
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"split (up)",
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"dismiss",
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"send"
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],
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"related":[
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"ball",
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"batch",
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"bunch",
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"cluster",
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"huddle",
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"heap",
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"pile",
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"stack",
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"band",
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"brigade",
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"muster",
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"raise",
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"rally",
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"flock",
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"herd",
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"hive",
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"pack",
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"press",
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"swarm",
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"throng",
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"combine",
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"connect",
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"join",
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"link",
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"merge",
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"pool",
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"unite",
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"archive",
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"arrange",
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"collate",
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"compile",
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"organize",
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"systematize",
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"scrape (up or together)",
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"re-collect",
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"regather",
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"regroup"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accumulate",
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"amass",
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"assemble",
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"bulk (up)",
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"collect",
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"concentrate",
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"congregate",
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"constellate",
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"corral",
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"garner",
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"gather",
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"group",
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"lump",
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"round up"
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]
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},
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"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"could you pick up some milk at the store?"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deal (in)",
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"market",
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"merchandise",
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"merchandize",
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"retail",
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"sell",
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"vend"
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],
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"related":[
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"acquire",
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"gain",
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"garner",
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"get",
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"obtain",
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"procure",
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"secure",
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"win",
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"finance",
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"pay (for)",
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"spring (for)",
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"barter (for)",
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"deal (for)",
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"dicker (over)",
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"exchange (for)",
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"haggle (for)",
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"negotiate (about)",
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"trade (for)",
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"bargain (with)",
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"chaffer (with)",
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"horse-trade (with)",
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"palter (with)",
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"bid",
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"offer",
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"rebuy",
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"repurchase"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buy",
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"cop",
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"purchase",
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"take"
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]
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},
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"to gradually increase in":{
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"antonyms":[
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"decrease (in)",
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"lose"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the boat was just picking up speed when it was rammed by another boat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abate",
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"decline (in)",
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"diminish (in)",
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"dip",
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"dwindle",
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"fall (in)",
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"lessen",
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"taper",
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"taper off"
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],
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"related":[
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"double (in)",
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"triple (in)",
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"accrue",
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"accumulate",
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"amass",
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"excite",
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"stimulate",
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"enhance",
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"enlarge",
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"enrich",
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"expand",
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"extend",
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"maximize",
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"boost",
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"elevate",
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"jack (up)",
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"mount",
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"ramp (up)",
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"step up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"build up",
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"gain",
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"gather",
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"grow (in)"
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]
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},
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"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I thought you said you had picked up , so why are these things still lying around the rec room?"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clutter",
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"disarrange",
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"mess (up)"
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],
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"related":[
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"houseclean",
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"housekeep",
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"clean (off)",
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"neaten",
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"police (up)",
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"straighten (up)",
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"turn out",
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"unclutter",
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"arrange",
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"order"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clean (up)",
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"tidy (up)"
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]
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},
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"to make neat":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the boy's bedroom looked like it hadn't been picked up in quite a while"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disarrange",
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"disarray",
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"discompose",
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"dishevel",
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"disorder",
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"disorganize",
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"disrupt",
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"disturb",
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"jumble",
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"mess (up)",
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"mix (up)",
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"muddle",
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"muss",
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"rumple",
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"scramble",
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"shuffle",
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"tousle",
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"tumble",
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"upset"
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],
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"related":[
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"arrange",
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"array",
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"classify",
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"codify",
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"dispose",
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"draw up",
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"marshal",
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"marshall",
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"order",
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"organize",
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"range",
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"systematize"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"neaten",
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"redd (up or out)",
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"spruce (up)",
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"straighten (up or out)",
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"tidy (up)",
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"trim"
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]
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},
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"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
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"antonyms":[
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"drop",
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"lower"
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],
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"examples":[
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"pick up your feet while I vacuum in front of the sofa"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"descend",
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"dip",
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"fall",
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"pitch",
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"plunge",
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"slip",
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"bear",
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"depress",
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"press",
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"push",
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"sink",
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"submerge"
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],
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"related":[
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"ascend",
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"mount",
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"rise",
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"rear",
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"upend"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boost",
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"crane",
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"elevate",
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"heave",
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"heft",
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"heighten",
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"hike",
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"hoist",
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"jack (up)",
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"lift",
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"perk (up)",
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"raise",
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"take up",
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"up",
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"uphold",
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"uplift",
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"upraise"
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]
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},
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"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
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"antonyms":[
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"discharge"
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],
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"examples":[
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"police picked up the fugitive when she went out to buy food"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"emancipate",
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"free",
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"liberate",
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"loose",
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"loosen",
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"release",
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"spring",
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"unbind",
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"unchain"
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],
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"related":[
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"bag",
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"capture",
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"catch",
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"get",
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"grab",
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"grapple",
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"hook",
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"land",
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"snap (up)",
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"snare",
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"snatch",
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"trap",
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"commit",
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"confine",
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"detain",
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"hold",
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"immure",
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"imprison",
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"incarcerate",
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"intern",
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"jail",
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"jug",
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"lock (up)",
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"bind",
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"enchain",
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"fetter",
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"handcuff",
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"manacle",
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"shackle",
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"trammel",
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"rearrest",
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"remand"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"apprehend",
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"arrest",
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"bust",
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"collar",
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"nab",
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"nail",
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"nick",
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"pinch",
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"pull in",
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"restrain",
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"run in",
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"seize"
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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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"picking%20off":{
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"to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"picked off more passes than any other player in the division"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"capturing",
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"catching",
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"collaring",
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"corralling",
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"grabbing",
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"seizing",
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"snaring",
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"snatching",
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"trapping"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blocking",
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"intercepting",
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"interdicting"
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]
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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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"pictograph":{
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"as in icon , attribute":{
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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 image , picture":{
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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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"noun"
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]
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},
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"picturesque":{
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"producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"wrote a picturesque tale of their journey across the country"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"indeterminate",
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"nebulous",
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"obscure",
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"sketchy",
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"unclear",
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"vague",
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"bleary",
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"blurry",
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"dark",
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"dim",
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"faint",
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"foggy",
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"fuzzy",
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"hazy",
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"indefinite",
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"indistinct",
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"indistinguishable",
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"muddy",
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"murky",
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"shadowlike",
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"shadowy",
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"ambiguous",
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"cryptic",
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"dark",
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"enigmatic",
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"enigmatical",
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"equivocal",
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"inscrutable",
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"mysterious"
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],
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"related":[
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"depicted",
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"descriptive",
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"expressive",
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"concrete",
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"explicit",
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"specific",
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"faithful",
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"lifelike",
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"natural",
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"photographic",
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"realistic",
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"fresh",
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"incisive",
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"sharp"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"delineated",
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"graphic",
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"graphical",
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"pictorial",
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"visual",
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"vivid"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"piddly":{
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"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
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"antonyms":[
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"big",
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"consequential",
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"considerable",
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"important",
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"material",
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"significant"
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],
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"examples":[
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"there's only a piddly difference in price between the two paintings, so take whichever you prefer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"serious",
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"substantial",
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"weighty",
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"eventful",
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"momentous",
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"pivotal",
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"conspicuous",
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"noteworthy",
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"outstanding",
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"prominent",
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"remarkable",
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"striking",
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"appreciable",
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"discernible",
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"discernable",
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"measurable"
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],
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"related":[
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"inferior",
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"mean",
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"imperceptible",
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"inappreciable",
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"little",
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"puny",
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"tiny",
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"hairsplitting",
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"nitpicking",
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"pettifogging",
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"quibbling",
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"one-horse",
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"small-fry",
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"two-bit"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chicken",
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"de minimis",
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"footling",
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"inconsequential",
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"inconsiderable",
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"insignificant",
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"measly",
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"Mickey Mouse",
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"minute",
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"negligible",
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"niggling",
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"no-account",
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"nominal",
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"paltry",
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"peanut",
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"petty",
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"picayune",
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"piddling",
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"piffling",
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"pimping",
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"slight",
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"trifling",
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"trivial"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"piecing (together)":{
|
|
"as in assembling , compounding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in figuring out , working out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pierce":{
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thoughts of revenge relentlessly pierced her mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"breeze (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"waltz (in)",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"pop (in)",
|
|
"stray (into)",
|
|
"wander (into)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"gate-crash",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"penetrate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pierced his ears with a needle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"seal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"prickle",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"burrow (into)",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"riddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the saber pierced his chest, releasing a spurt of blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spindle",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"gimlet",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"prong",
|
|
"quill",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"impale",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pigeonhole":{
|
|
"as in cubbyhole , snuggery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to only a certain category":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pigeonholed":{
|
|
"to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to only a certain category":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pigeonholes":{
|
|
"as in cubbyholes , snuggeries":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to only a certain category":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pigmenting":{
|
|
"to give color or a different color to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pigmented varnishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"bleaching",
|
|
"whitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"embrowning",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"polychroming",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"variegating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bepainting",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tincturing",
|
|
"tingeing",
|
|
"tinging",
|
|
"tinting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"piled":{
|
|
"to gather into a closely packed group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kids piled into the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentered",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"flocked",
|
|
"forgathered",
|
|
"foregathered",
|
|
"herded",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"thronged",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"mobbed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"hugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"pressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"piled all the clothes on the chair before putting them away"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"layered",
|
|
"pyramided",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"massed",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"lumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"mounded",
|
|
"stacked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pillage":{
|
|
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soldiers pillaging the countryside for anything of value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"break in",
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"steal (from)",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"ravish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"maraud",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pirate ship was laden with the pillage of merchant ships from across the Spanish Main"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"swag"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"pilule":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pin":{
|
|
"a lower limb of an animal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat that was still a little unsteady on its pins after anesthesia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"member",
|
|
"foreleg",
|
|
"forelimb",
|
|
"calf",
|
|
"drumstick",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"shin",
|
|
"thigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"leg"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pin money":{
|
|
"a very small sum of money":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big buck(s)",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabuck(s)",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the summer intern made only pin money but gained valuable work experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken feed",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"two cents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pinch":{
|
|
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this labor pinch means that there'll be long lines at the checkouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"privation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"drought",
|
|
"drouth",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"lacuna",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of theft":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pinch of my favorite sweater really bugged me!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"break-in",
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"stickup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"theft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of taking into one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an innocent person caught up in a city-wide pinch of drug dealers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"house arrest",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"rearrest",
|
|
"remand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if we pinch hard for the upcoming year, we can probably afford the vacation at that fancy resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"splurge"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economize",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"scrimp",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the zipper on those jeans always pinches me"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pinched the earrings while the boutique owner was distracted by another customer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"present"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"carjack",
|
|
"hijack",
|
|
"highjack",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"poach",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"shoplift",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"filch",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"misappropriate",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pilfer",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"purloin",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thieve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pinched the purse snatcher just two blocks from where he had robbed the old lady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unchain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"rearrest",
|
|
"remand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"seize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pinchbeck":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pink-slipping":{
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"signing (up or on)",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company pink-slipped 300 workers in an effort to avoid bankruptcy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reemploying",
|
|
"re-employing",
|
|
"rehiring",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"subcontracting",
|
|
"recruiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"excessing",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"chucking (out)",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pinnacle":{
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singer who has reached the pinnacle of success"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"vertex",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"highspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"apogee",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"ne plus ultra",
|
|
"noon",
|
|
"noontime",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pinprick":{
|
|
"a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nurse kindly put a decorated bandage over the pinprick from the injection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"laceration",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"tear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"perforation",
|
|
"pinhole",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"stab"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in poke , punch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pioneer":{
|
|
"a person who settles in a new region":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hardships that the pioneers endured while taming the wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"explorer",
|
|
"pathfinder",
|
|
"trailblazer",
|
|
"bushranger",
|
|
"mountain man",
|
|
"woodsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colonial",
|
|
"colonist",
|
|
"colonizer",
|
|
"frontiersman",
|
|
"homesteader",
|
|
"settler"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coming before all others in time or order":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"final",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's pioneer institution for the education of African-Americans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"subsequent",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"penultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"previous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"headmost",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"leadoff",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he single-handedly pioneered the university's institute for medical research"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"subsidize",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"refound",
|
|
"reinitiate",
|
|
"reinstitute",
|
|
"relaunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pioneering":{
|
|
"as in revolutionary , trailblazing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"phasing out",
|
|
"shutting (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he single-handedly pioneered the university's institute for medical research"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"funding",
|
|
"subsidizing",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"refounding",
|
|
"reinitiating",
|
|
"reinstituting",
|
|
"relaunching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"piped up":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't worry, he'll pipe up if he feels he's being overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"sang (out)",
|
|
"sung (out)",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"piping hot":{
|
|
"having a notably high temperature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"icy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the appeal of piping hot cocoa after an afternoon of shoveling snow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"blizzardly",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"shivering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmish",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"canicular",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"summerlike",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"tropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"white-hot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"piping%20up%20%28with%29":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pipping":{
|
|
"to make a short sharp sound like a small bird":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"baby birds pipping loudly in their nest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"warbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheeping",
|
|
"chirping",
|
|
"chirruping",
|
|
"chittering",
|
|
"jargoning",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"piping",
|
|
"tweeting",
|
|
"twittering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"piquing":{
|
|
"serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noninflammatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"piquing remarks that were said mainly to get a rise out of the other guests at the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"subduing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"inspirational",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"motivational",
|
|
"motivative",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"instigative",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her seat companion piqued her by repeatedly poking her in the ribs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"narking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"spiting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their sarcastic comments piqued him to respond in kind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fanning",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"motiving",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"firing (up)",
|
|
"impassioning",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"revving (up)",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she piques herself on her considerable musical abilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"gasconading",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"swanking",
|
|
"swashing",
|
|
"vaporing",
|
|
"vaunting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"felicitating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"pluming",
|
|
"priding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pistol-whip":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pistols":{
|
|
"a very energetic person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a real pistol , she dances rings around the other performers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"triflers",
|
|
"clock-watchers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"couch potatoes",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"do-nothings",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"layabouts",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"slugabeds",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bootstrappers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"highfliers",
|
|
"highflyers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"powerhouses",
|
|
"self-starters",
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"dashers",
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"enterprisers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamos",
|
|
"fireballs",
|
|
"live wires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pit-a-patting":{
|
|
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her heart pit-a-patted with surprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"vibrating",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"trembling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pitter-pattering",
|
|
"pulsating",
|
|
"pulsing",
|
|
"throbbing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pitch-black":{
|
|
"being without light or without much light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finding anything in a pitch-black room is almost impossible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beamy",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"relucent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"ultrabright",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"starlit",
|
|
"sunlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crepuscular",
|
|
"twilit",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"starless",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"smoggy",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"caliginous",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"rayless",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having the color of soot or coal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"white"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pitch-black cat with green eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"inky",
|
|
"blackish",
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"ebony",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"raven",
|
|
"sable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pitched":{
|
|
"inclined or twisted to one side":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pitched and badly weathered, the fence looked ready to fall down at any moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"symmetrical",
|
|
"symmetric"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asymmetrical",
|
|
"asymmetric",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unsymmetrical",
|
|
"contorted",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"irregular"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"askew",
|
|
"aslant",
|
|
"atilt",
|
|
"awry",
|
|
"cock-a-hoop",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"lopsided",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
|
"skewed",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"slantwise",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipping",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"running in a slanting direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sharply pitched rooftop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
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"plumb",
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"up-and-down",
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"vertical",
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"parallel",
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"perpendicular"
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],
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"related":[],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"cant",
|
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"canted",
|
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"diagonal",
|
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"graded",
|
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"inclined",
|
|
"leaning",
|
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"listing",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"raked",
|
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"slant",
|
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"slanted",
|
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"slantwise",
|
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"sloped",
|
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"sloping",
|
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"tilted",
|
|
"tilting"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
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|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"when a wave hit the float, I lost my balance and pitched into the lake"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"surfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"belly flopped",
|
|
"plumped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fix in an upright position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"needed help pitching a tent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"shored (up)",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"craned",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hefted",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"perked (up)",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we decided to pitch that whole system and start over again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ship pitched in the choppy sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"toddled",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"vibrated",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"wagged",
|
|
"waggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"seesawed",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cutting-edge ad agency was hired to pitch our products to a younger generation of consumers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"plumped (for)",
|
|
"plunked (for)",
|
|
"plonked (for)",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"published"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"talked up",
|
|
"touted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pitched the baseball almost 50 feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flipped",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"lobbed",
|
|
"lofted",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the roof should be pitched steeply enough to prevent an excessive accumulation of snow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"retreated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angled",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"cocked",
|
|
"heeled",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pitched%20battle":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"piths":{
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally got to the pith of the discussion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"theses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom lines",
|
|
"bull's-eyes",
|
|
"bullseyes",
|
|
"centerpieces",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"meats",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sums"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pitter-patters":{
|
|
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his heart pitter-pattered with excitement as he waited for the right moment to propose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fluctuates",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"vibrates",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"trembles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"palpitates",
|
|
"pit-a-pats",
|
|
"pulsates",
|
|
"pulses",
|
|
"throbs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pivot":{
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an issue that is the real pivot of the controversy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"thesis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"bull's-eye",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sum"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the telescope is mounted on a tripod so you can easily pivot it for viewing in any direction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"unscrew",
|
|
"twiddle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"circulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rotate",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"swivel",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |