4174 lines
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4174 lines
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{
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"lanai":{
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"a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a low-slung Hawaiian beach house with an open-sided lanai to catch the tropical breezes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"galilee",
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"portico",
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"sleeping porch",
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"solarium",
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"sunporch",
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"sunroom",
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"sun parlor",
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"porte cochere"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gallery",
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"piazza",
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"porch",
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"stoop",
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"veranda",
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"verandah"
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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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"lancing":{
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"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"spindling",
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"perforating",
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"riddling",
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"bayoneting",
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"bayonetting",
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"dirking",
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"gimleting",
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"piking",
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"poniarding",
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"pronging",
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"quilling",
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"pinpricking",
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"poking",
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"pricking",
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"punching",
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"thrusting",
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"cutting",
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"knifing",
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"slicing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"goring",
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"harpooning",
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"impaling",
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"jabbing",
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"pecking",
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"picking",
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"piercing",
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"pinking",
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"puncturing",
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"running through",
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"skewering",
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"spearing",
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"spiking",
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"spitting",
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"stabbing",
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"sticking",
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"transfixing",
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"transpiercing"
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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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"land yachts":{
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"as in gas-guzzlers":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gas-guzzlers",
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"compacts",
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"coupes",
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"coup\u00e9s",
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"intermediates",
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"limousines",
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"minicars",
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"minis",
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"sedans",
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"subcompacts",
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"V-8s",
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"muscle cars",
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"stock cars",
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"turbocars",
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"convertibles",
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"fastbacks",
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"hardtops",
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"hatchbacks",
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"notchbacks",
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"ragtops",
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"sports cars",
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"sport-utility vehicles",
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"station wagons",
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"SUVs",
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"town cars",
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"wagons",
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"woodies",
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"beaters",
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"clunkers",
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"crates",
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"flivvers",
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"jalopies",
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"junkers",
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"coaches",
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"jitneys",
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"microbuses",
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"microbusses",
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"minibuses",
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"minibusses",
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"minivans",
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"omnibuses",
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"vans",
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"cream puffs",
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"automobiles",
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"autos",
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"buses",
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"busses",
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"cars",
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"horseless carriages",
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"machines",
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"motorcars",
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"motors",
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"motor vehicles",
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"wheels",
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"phaetons",
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"roadsters",
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"tin lizzies",
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"touring cars",
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"hybrids"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"languages":{
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"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{
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"examples":[
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"Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"lingos",
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"lingoes",
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"mother tongues",
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"speeches",
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"tongues",
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"vocabularies"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acrolects",
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"argots",
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"cants",
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"colloquials",
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"dialects",
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"idiolects",
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"idioms",
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"jargons",
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"parlances",
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"patois",
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"patter",
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"pidgins",
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"slangs",
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"slanguages",
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"vernaculars",
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"colloquialisms",
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"localisms",
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"provincialisms",
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"regionalisms",
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"shibboleths",
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"vernacularisms",
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"terminologies",
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"coinages",
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"modernisms",
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"neologisms"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
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"examples":[
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"\"love\" means \"nothing\" in the language of tennis"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"argots",
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"cants",
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"dialects",
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"jargons",
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"jives",
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"lingos",
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"lingoes",
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"patois",
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"patter",
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"shops",
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"shoptalk",
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"slangs",
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"terminologies",
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"vocabularies"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"colloquialisms",
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"colloquials",
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"idioms",
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"localisms",
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"parlances",
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"pidgins",
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"provincialisms",
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"regionalisms",
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"speeches",
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"vernacularisms",
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"vernaculars",
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"slanguages",
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"bureaucrateses",
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"computereses",
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"cyberspeaks",
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"educationeses",
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"governmenteses",
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"journaleses",
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"technobabbles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the way in which something is put into words":{
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"examples":[
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"we're finding the language of the legal documents to be tough going"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dictions",
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"phraseologies",
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"phrasings",
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"verbiages",
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"wordings"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"expressions",
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"formulations",
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"locutions",
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"enunciations",
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"phrases",
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"speeches",
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"styles",
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"utterances",
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"voices"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"languid":{
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"lacking bodily energy or motivation":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ambitious",
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"animated",
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"energetic",
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"enterprising",
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"motivated"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a few languid dancers swayed about on the dance floor without much enthusiasm"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"active",
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"dynamic",
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"industrious",
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"kinetic",
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"avid",
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"eager",
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"enthusiastic",
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"keen",
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"lively",
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"pumped",
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"vivacious",
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"cheerful",
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"chipper",
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"perky",
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"up",
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"agog",
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"alert",
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"awake",
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"dapper",
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"open-eyed",
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"sleepless",
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"vigilant",
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"watchful",
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"wide-awake"
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],
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"related":[
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"indolent",
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"lazy",
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"slothful",
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"dull",
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"lethargic",
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"logy",
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"loggy",
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"sleepy",
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"sluggish",
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"torpid",
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"exhausted",
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"knackered",
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"tired",
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"weary",
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"feeble",
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"frail",
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"weak",
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"apathetic",
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"impassive",
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"indifferent",
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"phlegmatic",
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"stolid",
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"careless",
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"heedless",
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"thoughtless",
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"unwary",
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"inactive",
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"inert"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"enervated",
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"lackadaisical",
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"languishing",
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"languorous",
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"limp",
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"listless",
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"spiritless"
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]
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},
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"lacking bodily strength":{
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"antonyms":[
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"mighty",
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"powerful",
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"rugged",
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"stalwart",
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"stout",
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"strong"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the tired athlete's languid movements on the tennis court"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"able-bodied",
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"athletic",
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"beefy",
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"brawny",
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"fit",
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"husky",
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"muscular",
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"sinewy",
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"strapping",
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"virile",
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"hard",
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"hardy",
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"lusty",
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"red-blooded",
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"robust",
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"sturdy",
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"tough",
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"fortified",
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"hardened",
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"inured",
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"strengthened",
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"toughened",
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"energetic",
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"energized",
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"invigorated",
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"vigorous",
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"vitalized",
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"hale",
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"healthy",
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"sound",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"convalescing",
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"recovering",
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"recuperating"
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],
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"related":[
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"challenged",
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"disabled",
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"incapacitated",
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"invalid",
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"paralyzed",
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"broken-down",
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"decrepit",
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"impotent",
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"powerless",
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"breakable",
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"flimsy",
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"fragile",
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"dizzy",
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"groggy",
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"rocky",
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"unsteady",
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"woozy",
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"drained",
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"exhausted",
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"flagging",
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"tired",
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"weary",
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"worn-out",
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"damaged",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"lame",
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"unsound",
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"resistless",
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"susceptible",
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"unresistant",
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"vulnerable",
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"yielding"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"asthenic",
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"debilitated",
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"delicate",
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"down-and-out",
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"effete",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"faint",
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"feeble",
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"frail",
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"infirm",
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"low",
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"prostrate",
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"prostrated",
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"sapped",
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"slight",
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"soft",
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"softened",
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"tender",
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"unsubstantial",
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"wasted",
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"weak",
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"weakened",
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"wimpish",
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"wimpy"
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]
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},
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"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
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"antonyms":[
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"barreling",
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"bolting",
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"breakneck",
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"breathless",
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"brisk",
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"careering",
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"dizzy",
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"fast",
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"fleet",
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"flying",
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"hasty",
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"hurrying",
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"lightning",
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"meteoric",
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"quick",
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"racing",
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"rapid",
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"rocketing",
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"running",
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"rushing",
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"scooting",
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"scudding",
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"scurrying",
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"snappy",
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"speeding",
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"speedy",
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"swift",
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"warp-speed",
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"whirling",
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"whirlwind",
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"whisking",
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"zipping"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the film's languid pace will not be to the taste of many moviegoers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"expeditious",
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"prompt",
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"ready",
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"accelerated",
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"hastened",
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"quickened",
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"hurried",
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"rushed"
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],
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"related":[
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"deliberate",
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"measured",
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"inactive",
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"inert",
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"lethargic",
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"loafing",
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"lounging",
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"lingering",
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"loitering",
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"tarrying",
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"ambling",
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"heavy-footed",
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"inching",
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"plodding",
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"shuffling",
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"slow-footed",
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"strolling",
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"decelerating",
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"slowing",
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"filibustering",
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"procrastinating",
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"stalling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawling",
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"creeping",
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"dallying",
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"dawdling",
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"dilatory",
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"dillydallying",
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"dragging",
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"laggard",
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"lagging",
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"leisurely",
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"poking",
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"poky",
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"pokey",
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"slow",
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"sluggish",
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"snail-paced",
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"snaillike",
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"tardy",
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"unhurried"
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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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"languishes":{
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"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
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"examples":[
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"older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"decays",
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"droops",
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"emaciates",
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"fades",
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"fails",
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"flags",
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"goes",
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"lags",
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"sags",
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"sinks",
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"wastes (away)",
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"weakens",
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"wilts",
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"withers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"breaks down",
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"wears out",
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"yields",
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"degenerates",
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"deteriorates",
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"rots",
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"runs down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"convalesces",
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"rallies",
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"rebounds",
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"recovers",
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"recuperates",
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"gains"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"languishing":{
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"lacking bodily energy or motivation":{
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"examples":[
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"his lingering sickness left him languishing and uninterested in his usual activities"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"enervated",
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"lackadaisical",
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"languid",
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"languorous",
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"limp",
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"listless",
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"spiritless"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"indolent",
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"lazy",
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"slothful",
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"dull",
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"lethargic",
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"logy",
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"loggy",
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"sleepy",
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"sluggish",
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"torpid",
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"exhausted",
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"knackered",
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"tired",
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"weary",
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"feeble",
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"frail",
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"weak",
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"apathetic",
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"impassive",
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"indifferent",
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"phlegmatic",
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"stolid",
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"careless",
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"heedless",
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"thoughtless",
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"unwary",
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"inactive",
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"inert"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"active",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"motivated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in decline , deterioration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"relapse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"convalescence",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitation",
|
|
"snapback",
|
|
"resuscitation",
|
|
"revival",
|
|
"survival"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"emaciating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"running down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating",
|
|
"gaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"languor":{
|
|
"physical or mental inertness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the beach was packed with sunbathers wallowing in the languor brought on by a scorching summer day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hebetude",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"torpor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"malaise",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"narcosis",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"enterprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tropical heat sapped our strength, leaving us in a state of unaccustomed languor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenia",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"fragility",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"wimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impuissance",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"incapacitation",
|
|
"invalidism",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"muscularity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"languorous":{
|
|
"lacking bodily energy or motivation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drummer's languorous playing caused the rest of the band to keep missing the beat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"motivated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lanky":{
|
|
"being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lanky basketball star was great at slam-dunking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"muscle-bound",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spidery",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"spindle-legged",
|
|
"spindle-shanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gangling",
|
|
"gangly",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landscape":{
|
|
"the physical features of a region as a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"radar images that map the lunar landscape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chorography",
|
|
"geography",
|
|
"geomorphology",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"topography"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scenery",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"landform",
|
|
"terrane",
|
|
"terrene"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"languishments":{
|
|
"as in declines , reductions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decadences",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declensions",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"degenerations",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"deteriorations",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"downgrades",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"disablements",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"glitches",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"shortcomings",
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"breakthroughs",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"refinements",
|
|
"quantum leaps",
|
|
"ameliorations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"meliorations",
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"languidly":{
|
|
"as in casually , lazily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lackadaisically",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"shiftlessly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amain",
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"doggedly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"slavishly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"busily",
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"zealously",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"unabatedly",
|
|
"unrelentingly",
|
|
"unremittingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"land":{
|
|
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole land rose up in outrage over the tyrant's unconscionable cruelties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonwealth",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"nation",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city-state",
|
|
"microstate",
|
|
"ministate",
|
|
"nation-state",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"empire",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"republic",
|
|
"duchy",
|
|
"dukedom",
|
|
"emirate",
|
|
"principality",
|
|
"seigniory",
|
|
"seignory",
|
|
"sultanate",
|
|
"democracy",
|
|
"dictatorship",
|
|
"monarchy",
|
|
"monocracy",
|
|
"oligarchy",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"theocracy",
|
|
"client state",
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"dependency",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territory",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sea power",
|
|
"superpower",
|
|
"world power",
|
|
"welfare state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a broad geographical area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the land to the west was said to have incredibly rich soil and plentiful water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"neck",
|
|
"part(s)",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"zone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"district",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"latitude(s)",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"neighborhood",
|
|
"vicinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's always good to be back on dry land after a long boat ride"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"terra firma"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"landmass",
|
|
"zone",
|
|
"island",
|
|
"isthmus",
|
|
"mainland",
|
|
"peninsula"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"dock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"beach",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
"debark",
|
|
"disembark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embark",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"sail"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get to a destination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we landed at the hotel just before midnight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"get in",
|
|
"get through",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"touch down",
|
|
"debark",
|
|
"disembark",
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"blow in",
|
|
"breeze (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"waltz (in)",
|
|
"check in",
|
|
"clock (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"clock (out)",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"vamoose"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go ashore from a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debark",
|
|
"disembark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beach",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"board",
|
|
"get (on)",
|
|
"weigh (anchor)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embark"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"perch",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"touch down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-land",
|
|
"crash-land"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blast off",
|
|
"take off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"bring in",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"notch (up)",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"rack up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"annex",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"reacquire",
|
|
"reattain",
|
|
"recapture",
|
|
"regain",
|
|
"remake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"part (with)",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landslide":{
|
|
"a large mass of rock or earth descending from a high place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The heavy rains caused landslides in some areas."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"snowslide",
|
|
"mudslide",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"Niagara",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"alluvion",
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"inflow",
|
|
"influx",
|
|
"blizzard",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"waterfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"languidness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the languidness of her sigh suggested that death would not be long in the coming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenia",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"fragility",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"wimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impuissance",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"incapacitation",
|
|
"invalidism",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"muscularity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lanes":{
|
|
"as in byways , laneways":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bypaths",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"paths",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passageways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routeways",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"walkways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails",
|
|
"airways",
|
|
"bikeways",
|
|
"cycleways",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"gats",
|
|
"watercourses",
|
|
"waterways",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"portals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landmark":{
|
|
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"typically, people feel that turning 21 is a landmark in one's life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"climacteric",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"milepost",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"watershed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"clincher",
|
|
"crusher",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"metamorphosis",
|
|
"transfiguration",
|
|
"transformation",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround",
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"land yacht":{
|
|
"as in gas-guzzler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gas-guzzler",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"limousine",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minicar",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"subcompact",
|
|
"V-8",
|
|
"muscle car",
|
|
"stock car",
|
|
"turbocar",
|
|
"convertible",
|
|
"fastback",
|
|
"hardtop",
|
|
"hatchback",
|
|
"notchback",
|
|
"ragtop",
|
|
"sports car",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicle",
|
|
"station wagon",
|
|
"SUV",
|
|
"town car",
|
|
"wagon",
|
|
"woody",
|
|
"woodie",
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"flivver",
|
|
"jalopy",
|
|
"junker",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"jitney",
|
|
"microbus",
|
|
"minibus",
|
|
"minivan",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"auto",
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"car",
|
|
"horseless carriage",
|
|
"machine",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"motorcar",
|
|
"motor vehicle",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"tin lizzie",
|
|
"touring car",
|
|
"hybrid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"languish":{
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"emaciate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"run down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesce",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"recuperate",
|
|
"gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landaus":{
|
|
"as in broughams , phaetons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouches",
|
|
"broughams",
|
|
"buckboards",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"cabriolets",
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"calashes",
|
|
"cal\u00e8ches",
|
|
"caleches",
|
|
"caroches",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"chaises",
|
|
"chariots",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"curricles",
|
|
"diligences",
|
|
"dogcarts",
|
|
"droshkies",
|
|
"droskies",
|
|
"four-in-hands",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"go-carts",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hansoms",
|
|
"hansom cabs",
|
|
"jaunting cars",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"post chaises",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"rockaways",
|
|
"stagecoaches",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"stanhopes",
|
|
"surreys",
|
|
"tandems",
|
|
"tilburies",
|
|
"tongas",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"troikas",
|
|
"victorias",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"equipages",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"turnouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landau":{
|
|
"as in brougham , phaeton":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouche",
|
|
"brougham",
|
|
"buckboard",
|
|
"buggy",
|
|
"cab",
|
|
"cabriolet",
|
|
"calash",
|
|
"cal\u00e8che",
|
|
"caleche",
|
|
"caroche",
|
|
"carryall",
|
|
"chaise",
|
|
"chariot",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"curricle",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"dogcart",
|
|
"droshky",
|
|
"drosky",
|
|
"four-in-hand",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"go-cart",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hansom",
|
|
"hansom cab",
|
|
"jaunting car",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"post chaise",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"rockaway",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"stagecoach",
|
|
"stanhope",
|
|
"surrey",
|
|
"tandem",
|
|
"tilbury",
|
|
"tonga",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"troika",
|
|
"victoria",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"equipage",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"turnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landlords":{
|
|
"the owner of land or housing that is rented to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lessors",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"renters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"landladies",
|
|
"lairds",
|
|
"landholders",
|
|
"landowners",
|
|
"proprietors",
|
|
"slumlords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lessees",
|
|
"lodgers",
|
|
"roomers",
|
|
"tenants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the owner or manager of an inn":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonifaces",
|
|
"innkeepers",
|
|
"taverners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"padrones",
|
|
"padroni",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"hostelers",
|
|
"hostellers",
|
|
"hoteliers",
|
|
"hotelmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landsman":{
|
|
"a person living in or originally from the same country as another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the time he was an American in Paris he felt a special kinship with his fellow landsmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compatriot",
|
|
"countryman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countrywoman",
|
|
"nationalist",
|
|
"patriot",
|
|
"citizen",
|
|
"national",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"aborigine",
|
|
"native",
|
|
"resident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreigner",
|
|
"immigrant",
|
|
"outsider"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landing strip":{
|
|
"as in runway , landing field":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airstrip",
|
|
"landing field",
|
|
"runway",
|
|
"air base",
|
|
"air park",
|
|
"helipad",
|
|
"heliport",
|
|
"jetport",
|
|
"launchpad",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"aerodrome",
|
|
"airdrome",
|
|
"airfield",
|
|
"airport",
|
|
"field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landladies":{
|
|
"as in landlords , proprietors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"landlords",
|
|
"lessors",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"renters",
|
|
"lairds",
|
|
"landholders",
|
|
"landowners",
|
|
"proprietors",
|
|
"slumlords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lessees",
|
|
"lodgers",
|
|
"roomers",
|
|
"tenants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laneway":{
|
|
"as in lane , byway":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bypath",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"path",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"passageway",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"routeway",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"walkway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail",
|
|
"airway",
|
|
"bikeway",
|
|
"cycleway",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"watercourse",
|
|
"waterway",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"portal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"languished":{
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesced",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"recuperated",
|
|
"gained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landslides":{
|
|
"a large mass of rock or earth descending from a high place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The heavy rains caused landslides in some areas."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"mudslides",
|
|
"snowslides",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"Niagaras",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"alluvions",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"blizzards",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"waterfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landed":{
|
|
"as in grounded , stranded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aground",
|
|
"beached",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"stranded",
|
|
"high and dry",
|
|
"alongshore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afloat",
|
|
"offshore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"docked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berthed",
|
|
"moored",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"beached",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up",
|
|
"debarked",
|
|
"disembarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarked",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"sailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get to a destination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we landed at the hotel just before midnight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"got in",
|
|
"got through",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fetched",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"reached",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"touched down",
|
|
"debarked",
|
|
"disembarked",
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"blew in",
|
|
"breezed (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"bursted (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzed (in)",
|
|
"checked in",
|
|
"clocked (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"clocked (out)",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"vamoosed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"left",
|
|
"went"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go ashore from a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debarked",
|
|
"disembarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beached",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boarded",
|
|
"got (on)",
|
|
"weighed (anchor)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embarked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alighted",
|
|
"alit",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"perched",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"touched down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-landed",
|
|
"crash-landed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"winged",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasted off",
|
|
"took off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"brought in",
|
|
"came by",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"grossed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"notched (up)",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"racked up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"reacquired",
|
|
"reattained",
|
|
"recaptured",
|
|
"regained",
|
|
"remade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landing field":{
|
|
"as in runway , landing strip":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airstrip",
|
|
"landing strip",
|
|
"runway",
|
|
"air base",
|
|
"air park",
|
|
"helipad",
|
|
"heliport",
|
|
"jetport",
|
|
"launchpad",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"aerodrome",
|
|
"airdrome",
|
|
"airfield",
|
|
"airport",
|
|
"field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lands":{
|
|
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole land rose up in outrage over the tyrant's unconscionable cruelties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"nations",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"welfare states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a broad geographical area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the land to the west was said to have incredibly rich soil and plentiful water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"necks",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"zones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"districts",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"latitudes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"neighborhoods",
|
|
"vicinities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"docks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
"debarks",
|
|
"disembarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarks",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"sails"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get to a destination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we landed at the hotel just before midnight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"gets in",
|
|
"gets through",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"pulls in",
|
|
"touches down",
|
|
"debarks",
|
|
"disembarks",
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"blows in",
|
|
"breezes (in)",
|
|
"bursts (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzes (in)",
|
|
"checks in",
|
|
"clocks (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"checks out",
|
|
"clocks (out)",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"vamooses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go ashore from a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debarks",
|
|
"disembarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"puts in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"gets (on)",
|
|
"weighs (anchor)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embarks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alights",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"touches down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-lands",
|
|
"crash-lands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasts off",
|
|
"takes off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"brings in",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"comes by",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"grosses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"notches (up)",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"racks up",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"reacquires",
|
|
"reattains",
|
|
"recaptures",
|
|
"regains",
|
|
"remakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"parts (with)",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"loses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lantern":{
|
|
"a device that provides light and that usually has a glass covering and can be carried by a handle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried a lantern to the barn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrum",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"girandole",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landlord":{
|
|
"the owner of land or housing that is rented to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lessor",
|
|
"letter",
|
|
"renter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"landlady",
|
|
"laird",
|
|
"landholder",
|
|
"landowner",
|
|
"proprietor",
|
|
"slumlord"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lessee",
|
|
"lodger",
|
|
"roomer",
|
|
"tenant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the owner or manager of an inn":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boniface",
|
|
"innkeeper",
|
|
"taverner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"padrone",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"hosteler",
|
|
"hosteller",
|
|
"hotelier",
|
|
"hotelman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lane":{
|
|
"as in byway , laneway":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bypath",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"path",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"passageway",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"routeway",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"walkway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail",
|
|
"airway",
|
|
"bikeway",
|
|
"cycleway",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"watercourse",
|
|
"waterway",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"portal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landmass":{
|
|
"one of the great divisions of land on the globe or the main part of such a division":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the islands of Ireland and Great Britain were once part of the Eurasian landmass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mainland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subcontinent",
|
|
"supercontinent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"island",
|
|
"isle",
|
|
"islet",
|
|
"atoll",
|
|
"barrier reef",
|
|
"cay",
|
|
"coral reef",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"cape",
|
|
"headland",
|
|
"peninsula",
|
|
"promontory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lanais":{
|
|
"a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a low-slung Hawaiian beach house with an open-sided lanai to catch the tropical breezes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"piazzas",
|
|
"piazze",
|
|
"porches",
|
|
"stoops",
|
|
"verandas",
|
|
"verandahs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"galilees",
|
|
"porticoes",
|
|
"porticos",
|
|
"sleeping porches",
|
|
"solaria",
|
|
"solariums",
|
|
"sunporches",
|
|
"sunrooms",
|
|
"sun parlors",
|
|
"porte cocheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landholders":{
|
|
"as in landowners , lairds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lairds",
|
|
"landowners",
|
|
"landladies",
|
|
"proprietors",
|
|
"landlords",
|
|
"lessors",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"renters",
|
|
"slumlords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lessees",
|
|
"lodgers",
|
|
"roomers",
|
|
"tenants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landmarks":{
|
|
"a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"typically, people feel that turning 21 is a landmark in one's life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"climacterics",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"mileposts",
|
|
"milestones",
|
|
"turning points",
|
|
"watersheds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cappers",
|
|
"clinchers",
|
|
"crushers",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"conversions",
|
|
"metamorphoses",
|
|
"transfigurations",
|
|
"transformations",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds",
|
|
"boiling points",
|
|
"breaking points",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"conjunctures",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"crunch times",
|
|
"Dunkirks",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"zero hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lance":{
|
|
"a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"javelin",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikestaff",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"spear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"halberd",
|
|
"halbert",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"leister",
|
|
"trident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"impale",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindle",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"gimlet",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"prong",
|
|
"quill",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landfill":{
|
|
"a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we took all of our old, broken furniture to the landfill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"sanitary landfill",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dustbin",
|
|
"dustheap",
|
|
"junkyard",
|
|
"kitchen midden",
|
|
"midden",
|
|
"transfer station",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"pigpen",
|
|
"pigsty",
|
|
"sty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lances":{
|
|
"a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"javelins",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"pikestaffs",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"spears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"halberds",
|
|
"halberts",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"leisters",
|
|
"tridents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"impales",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"transfixes",
|
|
"transpierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindles",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"gimlets",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"quills",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"knifes",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landscapes":{
|
|
"the physical features of a region as a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"radar images that map the lunar landscape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chorographies",
|
|
"geographies",
|
|
"geomorphologies",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"topographies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sceneries",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"landforms",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"terranes",
|
|
"terrenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landowners":{
|
|
"as in landlords":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"landlords",
|
|
"co-owners",
|
|
"coproprietors",
|
|
"co-proprietors",
|
|
"holders",
|
|
"owners",
|
|
"possessors",
|
|
"proprietors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"squatters",
|
|
"lessees",
|
|
"renters",
|
|
"tenants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lancers":{
|
|
"as in spearmen , pikemen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pikemen",
|
|
"spearmen",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"crossbowmen",
|
|
"Confederates",
|
|
"Continentals",
|
|
"Federals",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"GI's",
|
|
"guardsmen",
|
|
"militiamen",
|
|
"minutemen",
|
|
"artillerymen",
|
|
"cannoneers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"mortarmen",
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
"riflemen",
|
|
"counterguerrillas",
|
|
"counterguerillas",
|
|
"guerrillas",
|
|
"guerillas",
|
|
"irregulars",
|
|
"paramilitaries",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"jarheads",
|
|
"marines",
|
|
"rangers",
|
|
"combatants",
|
|
"noncombatants",
|
|
"commandos",
|
|
"commandoes",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"lifers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"warhorses",
|
|
"doughboys",
|
|
"footmen",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"infantrymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lanyard":{
|
|
"as in guy , halyard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"halyard",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"cable",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"wire",
|
|
"bungee cord",
|
|
"whipcord"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landing":{
|
|
"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our families waved good-bye to us from the landing as we left on our honeymoon cruise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"jetty",
|
|
"levee",
|
|
"pier",
|
|
"quai",
|
|
"quay",
|
|
"wharf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"mooring",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"embarcadero",
|
|
"dockyard",
|
|
"marina",
|
|
"quayage",
|
|
"shipyard",
|
|
"wharfage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"docking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berthing",
|
|
"mooring",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"beaching",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up",
|
|
"debarking",
|
|
"disembarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarking",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"sailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get to a destination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we landed at the hotel just before midnight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"getting in",
|
|
"getting through",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"touching down",
|
|
"debarking",
|
|
"disembarking",
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"blowing in",
|
|
"breezing (in)",
|
|
"bursting (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzing (in)",
|
|
"checking in",
|
|
"clocking (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"checking out",
|
|
"clocking (out)",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"vamoosing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go ashore from a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debarking",
|
|
"disembarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaching",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"putting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"getting (on)",
|
|
"weighing (anchor)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embarking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alighting",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"perching",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"touching down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-landing",
|
|
"crash-landing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"winging",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
"taking off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"bringing in",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"coming by",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"grossing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"notching (up)",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"racking up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"reacquiring",
|
|
"reattaining",
|
|
"recapturing",
|
|
"regaining",
|
|
"remaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"according",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"parting (with)",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"losing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"haltering",
|
|
"lassoing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing"
|
|
]
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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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"landform":{
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"a natural feature (such as a mountain or valley) of the Earth's surface":{
|
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"examples":[
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"These landforms were created by glaciers."
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"ground",
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"land",
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"terrane",
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"terrene",
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"chorography",
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"geography",
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"geomorphology",
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"landscape",
|
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"terrain",
|
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"topography",
|
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"scenery"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"landings":{
|
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"a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"our families waved good-bye to us from the landing as we left on our honeymoon cruise"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"floats",
|
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"jetties",
|
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"levees",
|
|
"piers",
|
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"quais",
|
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"quays",
|
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"wharves",
|
|
"wharfs"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"moorings",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"embarcaderos",
|
|
"dockyards",
|
|
"marinas",
|
|
"quayages",
|
|
"shipyards",
|
|
"wharfages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landing fields":{
|
|
"as in runways , landing strips":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airstrips",
|
|
"landing strips",
|
|
"runways",
|
|
"air bases",
|
|
"air parks",
|
|
"helipads",
|
|
"heliports",
|
|
"jetports",
|
|
"launchpads",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"aerodromes",
|
|
"airdromes",
|
|
"airfields",
|
|
"airports",
|
|
"fields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lanced":{
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"harpooned",
|
|
"impaled",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"pinked",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spitted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"transfixed",
|
|
"transpierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindled",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"riddled",
|
|
"bayoneted",
|
|
"bayonetted",
|
|
"dirked",
|
|
"gimleted",
|
|
"piked",
|
|
"poniarded",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"quilled",
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knifed",
|
|
"sliced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lanterns":{
|
|
"a device that provides light and that usually has a glass covering and can be carried by a handle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried a lantern to the barn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamps",
|
|
"arc lights",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrums",
|
|
"candelabras",
|
|
"candles",
|
|
"chandeliers",
|
|
"dark lanterns",
|
|
"electrics",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flashbulbs",
|
|
"flashcubes",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flashlights",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"fluorescent lamps",
|
|
"gaslights",
|
|
"gasoliers",
|
|
"girandoles",
|
|
"headlights",
|
|
"incandescent lamps",
|
|
"klieg lights",
|
|
"kleig lights",
|
|
"light bulbs",
|
|
"lighthouses",
|
|
"lightings",
|
|
"sconces",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"streetlights",
|
|
"sun lamps",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"illuminants",
|
|
"lamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"landsmen":{
|
|
"a person living in or originally from the same country as another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the time he was an American in Paris he felt a special kinship with his fellow landsmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compatriots",
|
|
"countrymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countrywomen",
|
|
"nationalists",
|
|
"patriots",
|
|
"citizens",
|
|
"nationals",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"aborigines",
|
|
"natives",
|
|
"residents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aliens",
|
|
"foreigners",
|
|
"immigrants",
|
|
"outsiders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |