3576 lines
69 KiB
JSON
3576 lines
69 KiB
JSON
{
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"buckets":{
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"a considerable amount":{
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"antonyms":[
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"aces",
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"bits",
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"dabs",
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"drams",
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"driblets",
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"glimmers",
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"handfuls",
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"handsful",
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"hints",
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"licks",
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"little",
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"mites",
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"mouthfuls",
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"nips",
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"ounces",
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"peanuts",
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"pinches",
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"pittances",
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"scruples",
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"shades",
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"shadows",
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"smidgens",
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"smidgeons",
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"smidgins",
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"smidges",
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"specks",
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"spots",
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"sprinkles",
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"sprinklings",
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"strains",
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"streaks",
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"suspicions",
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"tastes",
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"touches",
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"traces"
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],
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"examples":[
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"made buckets of money in the stock market"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"atoms",
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"crumbs",
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"dots",
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"flecks",
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"flyspecks",
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"fragments",
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"grains",
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"granules",
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"iotas",
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"jots",
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"modicums",
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"molecules",
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"motes",
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"nubbins",
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"particles",
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"rays",
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"scintillas",
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"scraps",
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"shreds",
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"tittles",
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"whits",
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"smatterings",
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"smatters",
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"dashes",
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"drops",
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"morsels",
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"shots",
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"pieces",
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"portions",
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"sections",
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"absences",
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"dearths",
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"famines",
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"lacks",
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"paucities",
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"poverties",
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"scarcities",
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"shortages",
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"undersupplies",
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"wants",
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"deficiencies",
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"deficits",
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"inadequacies",
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"insufficiencies"
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],
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"related":[
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"epidemics",
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"plagues",
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"rashes",
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"bonanzas",
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"embarrassments",
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"excesses",
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"overabundances",
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"overages",
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"overkills",
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"overmuch",
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"oversupplies",
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"plethoras",
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"redundancies",
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"superabundances",
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"superfluities",
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"surfeits",
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"surpluses",
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"deluges",
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"floods",
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"overflows",
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"armies",
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"bevies",
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"crams",
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"crowds",
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"crushes",
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"droves",
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"flocks",
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"herds",
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"hordes",
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"hosts",
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"legions",
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"mobs",
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"multitudes",
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"presses",
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"scores",
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"seas",
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"swarms",
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"throngs",
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"gazillions",
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"jillions",
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"kazillions",
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"millions",
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"million",
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"thousands",
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"trillions",
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"zillions"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abundances",
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"barrels",
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"basketfuls",
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"basketsful",
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"boatloads",
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"bunches",
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"bundles",
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"bushels",
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"carloads",
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"chunks",
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"deals",
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"dozens",
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"dozen",
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"fistfuls",
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"gobs",
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"good deals",
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"heaps",
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"hundreds",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lots",
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"masses",
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"messes",
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"mountains",
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"much",
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"multiplicities",
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"myriads",
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"oodles",
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"packs",
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"passels",
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"pecks",
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"piles",
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"platefuls",
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"plenitudes",
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"plenties",
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"plentitudes",
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"potfuls",
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"pots",
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"profusions",
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"quantities",
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"rafts",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"sheaves",
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"shiploads",
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"sights",
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"slews",
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"spates",
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"stacks",
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"stores",
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"tons",
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"truckloads",
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"volumes",
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"wads",
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"wealths",
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"yards"
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]
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},
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"a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"carried water from the well in a bucket"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"cauldrons",
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"kettles",
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"pots",
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"canteens",
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"flagons",
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"jars",
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"jugs",
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"pitchers",
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"bails",
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"hods",
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"tanks",
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"tubs",
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"vats",
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"holders",
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"receptacles",
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"vessels"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"pails"
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]
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},
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"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"pours",
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"fills"
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],
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"related":[
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"bails",
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"depletes",
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"drains",
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"eliminates",
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"empties",
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"exhausts",
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"bleeds",
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"draws (off)",
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"dishes",
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"slops",
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"decants",
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"draws",
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"pumps",
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"siphons",
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"syphons",
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"suctions"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dips",
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"lades",
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"ladles",
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"scoops",
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"spoons"
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]
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},
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"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"rocks",
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"sways",
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"swings",
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"chatters",
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"quavers",
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"shivers",
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"thrills",
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"trembles",
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"twitches",
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"dodders",
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"wavers",
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"flickers",
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"fluctuates",
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"flutters",
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"oscillates",
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"undulates",
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"waves",
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"beats",
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"palpitates",
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"pit-a-pats",
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"pitter-patters",
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"pulsates",
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"pulses",
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"throbs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agitates",
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"convulses",
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"jerks",
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"jiggles",
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"joggles",
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"jolts",
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"jounces",
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"judders",
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"quakes",
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"quivers",
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"shakes",
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"shudders",
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"vibrates",
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"wobbles",
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"wabbles"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bucking":{
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"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
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"examples":[
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"the car bucked and stalled"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hitching",
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"hoicking",
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"jerking",
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"jolting",
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"twitching",
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"yanking"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bumping",
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"jouncing",
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"lurching",
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"pitching",
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"staggering",
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"jigging",
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"jiggling",
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"jogging",
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"joggling",
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"shaking",
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"dragging",
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"lugging",
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"pulling",
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"tugging",
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"plucking",
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"tweaking",
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"grabbing",
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"ripping",
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"snapping (up)",
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"snatching",
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"tearing",
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"wrenching",
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"wresting",
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"wringing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to refuse to give in to":{
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"examples":[
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"bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"defying",
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"fighting",
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"opposing",
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"repelling",
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"resisting",
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"withstanding"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"battling",
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"combating",
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"combatting",
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"contending (with)",
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"challenging",
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"contesting",
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"contradicting",
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"disputing",
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"baffling",
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"balking",
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"foiling",
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"frustrating",
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"thwarting",
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"checking",
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"countering",
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"hindering",
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"obstructing",
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"stemming"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"bowing (to)",
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"capitulating (to)",
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"giving in (to)",
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"knuckling under (to)",
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"stooping (to)",
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"submitting (to)",
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"succumbing (to)",
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"surrendering (to)",
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"yielding (to)"
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]
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},
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"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
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"examples":[
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"buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"handing",
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"handing over",
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"passing",
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"reaching",
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"transferring"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"relaying",
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"bearing",
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"carrying",
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"fingering",
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"handling",
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"pawing",
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"ceding",
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"delivering",
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"giving",
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"giving up",
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"releasing",
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"relinquishing",
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"rendering",
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"surrendering",
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"turning over",
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"yielding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bucking up":{
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"to become glad or hopeful":{
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"examples":[
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"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brightening",
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"cheering (up)",
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"lightening",
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"looking up",
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"perking (up)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"rejoicing",
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"livening (up)",
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"reviving",
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"beaming",
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"glowing",
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"radiating",
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"sparkling",
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"encouraging",
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"gladdening",
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"heartening"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"despairing",
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"desponding",
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"brooding",
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"fretting",
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"moping"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"darkening",
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"saddening"
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]
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},
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"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
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"examples":[
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"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bearing up",
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"buoying (up)",
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"cheering (up)",
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"chirking (up)",
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"emboldening",
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"encouraging",
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"heartening",
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"inspiring",
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"inspiriting",
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"steeling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"animating",
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"enlivening",
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"invigorating",
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"enforcing",
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"fortifying",
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"reinforcing",
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"reenforcing",
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"strengthening",
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"assuring",
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"reassuring",
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"boosting",
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"energizing",
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"exciting",
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"galvanizing",
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"provoking",
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"quickening",
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"rallying",
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"stimulating",
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"stirring"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demoralizing",
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"depressing",
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"saddening",
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"debilitating",
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"enfeebling",
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"hamstringing",
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"undermining",
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"weakening",
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"intimidating",
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"psyching (out)"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"daunting",
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"discouraging",
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"disheartening",
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"dispiriting"
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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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"buckle":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inflate",
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"rise",
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"swell"
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],
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"related":[
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"deflate",
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"flatten",
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"melt",
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"melt down",
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"break",
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"break down",
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"conk (out)",
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"crash",
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"die",
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"fail",
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"give out",
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"stall",
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"burst",
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"shatter",
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"smash",
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"splinter",
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"split",
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"crack",
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"crumble",
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"pop",
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"snap"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cave (in)",
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"collapse",
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"crumple",
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"founder",
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"give",
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"go",
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"go out",
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"implode",
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"tumble",
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"yield"
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]
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},
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"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dally",
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"dawdle",
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"dillydally",
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"fiddle (around)",
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"fool around",
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"idle",
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"mess around",
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"monkey (around)",
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"play",
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"potter (around)",
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"putter (around)",
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"trifle"
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],
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"related":[
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"readdress",
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"reapply",
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"knuckle down",
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"set (to)",
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"settle (down)",
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"busy",
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"commit",
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"concern",
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"engage",
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"involve",
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"exert",
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"exhaust",
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"put out",
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"spend",
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"strain",
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"stress",
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"tax",
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"trouble",
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"wear out",
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"carry on",
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"pitch in",
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"plunge (in)",
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"grind",
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"hump",
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"hustle",
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"peg (away)",
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"plod",
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"plow",
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"plug (away)",
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"work"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"address",
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"apply",
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"bend",
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"devote",
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"give"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"buckled (down to)":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckles (down)":{
|
|
"as in pitches in , digs in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applies (oneself)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"hammers (away)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"overexerts",
|
|
"overworks",
|
|
"ekes out",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"wades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"eases (up)",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"slacks (off)",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bucks up":{
|
|
"to become glad or hopeful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"perks (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"livens (up)",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"heartens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despairs",
|
|
"desponds",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"mopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"saddens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears up",
|
|
"buoys (up)",
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
|
"chirks (up)",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"inspirits",
|
|
"steels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"saddens",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"psychs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckskin":{
|
|
"as in deerskin , cowhide":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"antelope",
|
|
"cabretta",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"capeskin",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"nubuck",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in chestnut , palomino":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"chestnut",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"palomino",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"sorrel",
|
|
"charger",
|
|
"courser",
|
|
"cow pony",
|
|
"cutting horse",
|
|
"galloper",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"packhorse",
|
|
"prancer",
|
|
"quarter horse",
|
|
"racehorse",
|
|
"saddle horse",
|
|
"trotter",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"workhorse",
|
|
"cob",
|
|
"dobbin",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"skate",
|
|
"bronco",
|
|
"mustang",
|
|
"pony",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"foal",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"mare",
|
|
"stallion",
|
|
"equid",
|
|
"equine",
|
|
"horse",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"steed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckskins":{
|
|
"as in deerskins , cowhides":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alligators",
|
|
"antelope",
|
|
"antelopes",
|
|
"cabrettas",
|
|
"calfskins",
|
|
"capeskins",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chamoix",
|
|
"cordovans",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"crocodiles",
|
|
"deerskins",
|
|
"doeskins",
|
|
"goatskins",
|
|
"horsehides",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kidskins",
|
|
"lambskins",
|
|
"moroccos",
|
|
"ostriches",
|
|
"pigskins",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"sharkskins",
|
|
"sheepskins",
|
|
"snakeskins",
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"nubucks",
|
|
"patent leathers",
|
|
"suedes",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"skins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in chestnuts , blacks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"blacks",
|
|
"chestnuts",
|
|
"duns",
|
|
"palominos",
|
|
"pintos",
|
|
"pintoes",
|
|
"roans",
|
|
"skewbalds",
|
|
"sorrels",
|
|
"chargers",
|
|
"coursers",
|
|
"cow ponies",
|
|
"cutting horses",
|
|
"gallopers",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"packhorses",
|
|
"prancers",
|
|
"quarter horses",
|
|
"racehorses",
|
|
"saddle horses",
|
|
"trotters",
|
|
"warhorses",
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"cobs",
|
|
"dobbins",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"skates",
|
|
"broncos",
|
|
"bronchos",
|
|
"mustangs",
|
|
"ponies",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"foals",
|
|
"geldings",
|
|
"mares",
|
|
"stallions",
|
|
"equids",
|
|
"equines",
|
|
"horses",
|
|
"horse",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"steeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckle (down)":{
|
|
"as in pitch in , dig in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apply (oneself)",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"hammer (away)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"overexert",
|
|
"overwork",
|
|
"eke out",
|
|
"grind (out)",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"wade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"ease (up)",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"slack (off)",
|
|
"veg out",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckboard":{
|
|
"as in caroche , barouche":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouche",
|
|
"brougham",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"landau",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"post chaise",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"rockaway",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"stagecoach",
|
|
"stanhope",
|
|
"surrey",
|
|
"tandem",
|
|
"tilbury",
|
|
"tonga",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"troika",
|
|
"victoria",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"equipage",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"turnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckle (down to)":{
|
|
"as in focus (on) , concentrate (on)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concentrate (on)",
|
|
"focus (on)",
|
|
"knuckle down (to)",
|
|
"zero (in on)",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fall (to)",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"plunge (in)",
|
|
"settle (down)",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"dive (into)",
|
|
"tackle",
|
|
"wade (in or into)",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"undertake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckboards":{
|
|
"as in caroches , barouches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouches",
|
|
"broughams",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"landaus",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"post chaises",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"rockaways",
|
|
"stagecoaches",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"stanhopes",
|
|
"surreys",
|
|
"tandems",
|
|
"tilburies",
|
|
"tongas",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"troikas",
|
|
"victorias",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"equipages",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"turnouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckling (down)":{
|
|
"as in pitching in , digging in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (oneself)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"hammering (away)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"essaying",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"overexerting",
|
|
"overworking",
|
|
"eking out",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"wading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"easing (up)",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckles (under)":{
|
|
"as in knuckles under":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knuckles under",
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"concedes (to)",
|
|
"gives over (to)",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"gives in",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"succumbs",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"holds off",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"stifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bucketed":{
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"laded",
|
|
"ladled",
|
|
"scooped",
|
|
"spooned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drew (off)",
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"decanted",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned",
|
|
"suctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"filled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"convulsed",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"joggled",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"jounced",
|
|
"juddered",
|
|
"quaked",
|
|
"quivered",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuddered",
|
|
"vibrated",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"quavered",
|
|
"shivered",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"trembled",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"palpitated",
|
|
"pit-a-patted",
|
|
"pitter-pattered",
|
|
"pulsated",
|
|
"pulsed",
|
|
"throbbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckeroos":{
|
|
"a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rip-roaring buckaroo of the Old West"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowboys",
|
|
"cowhands",
|
|
"cowmen",
|
|
"cowpokes",
|
|
"cowpunchers",
|
|
"waddies",
|
|
"wranglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cowgirls",
|
|
"caballeros",
|
|
"gauchos",
|
|
"vaqueros",
|
|
"horsemen",
|
|
"horsewomen",
|
|
"cattlemen",
|
|
"ranchers",
|
|
"stockmen",
|
|
"cowherds",
|
|
"drovers",
|
|
"herders",
|
|
"herdsmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bucolic":{
|
|
"of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bucolic region where farms are still common"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"country",
|
|
"pastoral",
|
|
"rural",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"backwoodsy",
|
|
"countrified",
|
|
"countryfied",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"agrarian",
|
|
"agricultural",
|
|
"nonurban",
|
|
"semirural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citified",
|
|
"urbanized",
|
|
"metro",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"municipal",
|
|
"nonagricultural",
|
|
"nonfarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"urban"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckaroo":{
|
|
"a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rip-roaring buckaroo of the Old West"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowboy",
|
|
"cowhand",
|
|
"cowman",
|
|
"cowpoke",
|
|
"cowpuncher",
|
|
"waddy",
|
|
"waddie",
|
|
"wrangler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cowgirl",
|
|
"caballero",
|
|
"gaucho",
|
|
"vaquero",
|
|
"horseman",
|
|
"horsewoman",
|
|
"cattleman",
|
|
"rancher",
|
|
"stockman",
|
|
"cowherd",
|
|
"drover",
|
|
"herder",
|
|
"herdsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bucks":{
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoping to win some major bucks at the slot machines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car bucked and stalled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hoicks",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"yanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"jounces",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"joggles",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lugs",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refuse to give in to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contends (with)",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bows (to)",
|
|
"capitulates (to)",
|
|
"gives in (to)",
|
|
"knuckles under (to)",
|
|
"stoops (to)",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"succumbs (to)",
|
|
"surrenders (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"transfers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relays",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"fingers",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"paws",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckler":{
|
|
"means or method of defending":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a strong and free press is our best buckler against tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"ammunition",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"armament",
|
|
"munitions",
|
|
"weapon",
|
|
"weaponry",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"palisade",
|
|
"stronghold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"offensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckling":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"melting down",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"snapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addressing",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"devoting",
|
|
"giving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readdressing",
|
|
"reapplying",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"setting (to)",
|
|
"settling (down)",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"plunging (in)",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging (away)",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bucket":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made buckets of money in the stock market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"basketful",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deal",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plateful",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plentitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaf",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"plethora",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"sea",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillion",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried water from the well in a bucket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cauldron",
|
|
"kettle",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"canteen",
|
|
"flagon",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"pitcher",
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"hod",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"vat",
|
|
"holder",
|
|
"receptacle",
|
|
"vessel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"lade",
|
|
"ladle",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"spoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"draw (off)",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"decant",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"siphon",
|
|
"syphon",
|
|
"suction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"fill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"joggle",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"judder",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"vibrate",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"quaver",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"thrill",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"fluctuate",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"undulate",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"palpitate",
|
|
"pit-a-pat",
|
|
"pitter-patter",
|
|
"pulsate",
|
|
"pulse",
|
|
"throb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckles":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes out",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"melts down",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"devotes",
|
|
"gives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readdresses",
|
|
"reapplies",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"sets (to)",
|
|
"settles (down)",
|
|
"busies",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"plunges (in)",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs (away)",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in twists , loops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curlycues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckled":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went out",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"melted down",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"snapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addressed",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"gave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readdressed",
|
|
"reapplied",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"set (to)",
|
|
"busied",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"taxed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"plunged (in)",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"pegged (away)",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged (away)",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bucklers":{
|
|
"means or method of defending":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a strong and free press is our best buckler against tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aegises",
|
|
"egises",
|
|
"ammunitions",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"armaments",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"munitions",
|
|
"weaponries",
|
|
"weapons",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"strongholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressions",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"offensives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckled (under)":{
|
|
"as in knuckled under":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"conceded (to)",
|
|
"gave over (to)",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"gave in",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"stifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buck up":{
|
|
"to become glad or hopeful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"perk (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"hearten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"mope"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"sadden"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear up",
|
|
"buoy (up)",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"chirk (up)",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"inspirit",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"sadden",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"psych (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckled (down)":{
|
|
"as in pitched in , dug in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applied (oneself)",
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"hammered (away)",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"banged away",
|
|
"beavered (away)",
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"dug (away)",
|
|
"endeavored",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged (away)",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strove",
|
|
"strived",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"tugged",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"essayed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"overexerted",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"eked out",
|
|
"ground (out)",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"waded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"eased (up)",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"slacked (off)",
|
|
"vegged out",
|
|
"basked",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"fribbled",
|
|
"goofed (around)",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buccaneer":{
|
|
"someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"buccaneers preyed upon treasure-laden ships in the Caribbean for nearly three hundred years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corsair",
|
|
"freebooter",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"rover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"looter",
|
|
"marauder",
|
|
"pillager",
|
|
"plunderer",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"privateer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buck":{
|
|
"a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a vain buck who spends an hour before the bathroom mirror every morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"Beau Brummell",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"dude",
|
|
"fop",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"jay",
|
|
"lounge lizard",
|
|
"macaroni",
|
|
"pretty boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coxcomb",
|
|
"fancy Dan",
|
|
"popinjay",
|
|
"blade",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"dasher",
|
|
"clotheshorse",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sloven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an adult male human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found some strong young bucks to help move her furniture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bloke",
|
|
"cat",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chappie",
|
|
"dude",
|
|
"fella",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"galoot",
|
|
"gent",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"hombre",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"joe",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"male",
|
|
"man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mister",
|
|
"sir",
|
|
"buddy",
|
|
"buster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dropped a buck in the collection basket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"clam",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"one",
|
|
"smacker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"dead presidents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoping to win some major bucks at the slot machines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"cabbage",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"kale",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lolly",
|
|
"long green",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moola",
|
|
"moolah",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"shekels",
|
|
"sheqels",
|
|
"shekelim",
|
|
"shekalim",
|
|
"sheqalim",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"specie",
|
|
"dead presidents",
|
|
"folding money",
|
|
"paper money",
|
|
"scrip",
|
|
"banknote",
|
|
"cashier's check",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"money order",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"promissory note",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"dollar",
|
|
"greenback",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wallet",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"mad money",
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the car bucked and stalled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hoick",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jiggle",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"joggle",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"lug",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refuse to give in to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"capitulate (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"knuckle under (to)",
|
|
"stoop (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"transfer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relay",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"finger",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"paw",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckling (down to)":{
|
|
"as in focusing (on) , concentrating (on)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concentrating (on)",
|
|
"focusing (on)",
|
|
"focussing (on)",
|
|
"knuckling down (to)",
|
|
"zeroing (in on)",
|
|
"addressing",
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"approaching",
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"facing",
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"falling (to)",
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"pitching in",
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"plunging (in)",
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"settling (down)",
|
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"attacking",
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"diving (into)",
|
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"tackling",
|
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"wading (in or into)",
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"pursuing",
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"taking up",
|
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"undertaking"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"avoiding",
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"evading",
|
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"shunning",
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"dallying",
|
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"dawdling",
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"dillydallying",
|
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"fiddling (around)",
|
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"fooling",
|
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"idling",
|
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"lagging",
|
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"messing",
|
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"monkeying (around)",
|
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"playing",
|
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"poking",
|
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"pottering (around)",
|
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"puttering (around)",
|
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"trifling"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"buckeroo":{
|
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"a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a rip-roaring buckaroo of the Old West"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowboy",
|
|
"cowhand",
|
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"cowman",
|
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"cowpoke",
|
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"cowpuncher",
|
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"waddy",
|
|
"waddie",
|
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"wrangler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cowgirl",
|
|
"caballero",
|
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"gaucho",
|
|
"vaquero",
|
|
"horseman",
|
|
"horsewoman",
|
|
"cattleman",
|
|
"rancher",
|
|
"stockman",
|
|
"cowherd",
|
|
"drover",
|
|
"herder",
|
|
"herdsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bucked up":{
|
|
"to become glad or hopeful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"looked up",
|
|
"perked (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"sparkled",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"heartened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despaired",
|
|
"desponded",
|
|
"brooded",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"moped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"saddened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore up",
|
|
"buoyed (up)",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"chirked (up)",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"inspirited",
|
|
"steeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"psyched (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bucketing":{
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"lading",
|
|
"ladling",
|
|
"scooping",
|
|
"spooning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"drawing (off)",
|
|
"dishing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"decanting",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"siphoning",
|
|
"syphoning",
|
|
"suctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"filling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"convulsing",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"joggling",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"jouncing",
|
|
"juddering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"vibrating",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pit-a-patting",
|
|
"pitter-pattering",
|
|
"pulsating",
|
|
"pulsing",
|
|
"throbbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"buccaneers":{
|
|
"someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"buccaneers preyed upon treasure-laden ships in the Caribbean for nearly three hundred years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corsairs",
|
|
"freebooters",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"rovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"despoilers",
|
|
"looters",
|
|
"marauders",
|
|
"pillagers",
|
|
"plunderers",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"privateers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |