dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/las_MWT.json
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{
"lascivious":{
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
],
"examples":[
"was criticized for making lascivious remarks that offended many in the group"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"desirable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"welcome",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"meet",
"suitable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"virginal",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"related":[
"broad",
"coarse-grained",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salacious",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"earthy",
"scatological",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"low",
"unbecoming",
"depraved",
"kinky",
"louche",
"naughty",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"wicked",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"debasing",
"disgusting",
"loathsome",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"unpleasant",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abusive",
"scurrilous",
"hard-core",
"soft",
"soft-core"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
]
},
"having a strong sexual desire":{
"antonyms":[
"frigid",
"undersexed"
],
"examples":[
"an expos\u00e9 about the lascivious playboy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celibate",
"chaste",
"decent",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"moral",
"pure",
"virtuous",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"maidenly",
"virginal",
"innocent",
"lily-white",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian"
],
"related":[
"aroused",
"excited",
"easy",
"fast",
"loose",
"promiscuous",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"immoral",
"indecent"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscent",
"goatish",
"horny",
"hot",
"hypersexual",
"itchy",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"licentious",
"lubricious",
"lubricous",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"passionate",
"randy",
"salacious",
"satyric",
"wanton"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"lasciviousness":{
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the minister preached a sermon against the lasciviousness that pervades so much of popular culture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"related":[
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lash":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"a sailor punished for disobedience with lashes from the captain's whip"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
"examples":[
"the rider repeatedly struck the horse with the lash to force it to go faster"
],
"synonyms":[
"flogger",
"scourge",
"switch",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birch",
"blacksnake",
"bullwhip",
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
"cowhide",
"crop",
"hickory",
"knout",
"quirt",
"rattan",
"rawhide",
"strap",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"nightstick",
"staff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg"
],
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"flail",
"flog",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"leash",
"tether",
"band",
"bind",
"tie",
"truss",
"cinch",
"cord",
"rope",
"strap",
"thread",
"wire",
"gird",
"girt",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"interweave",
"lace",
"entangle",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"twist",
"coil",
"wind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unleash",
"untether",
"unbind",
"untie",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"unlace",
"unlash",
"unloose",
"unloosen",
"unstrap",
"unstring",
"unthread",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"unsnarl",
"untangle",
"untwine",
"untwist",
"uncoil",
"unspool",
"unwind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lashings":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"we've prepared lashings of wassail for the holiday party"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"last (beyond)":{
"as in persist (beyond) , endure (past)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abide (beyond)",
"endure (past)",
"hold (past)",
"hold out (past)",
"persist (beyond)",
"outstay",
"draw out",
"perpetuate",
"survive",
"succeed",
"outlast",
"outlive",
"outwear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lashed":{
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg"
],
"synonyms":[
"birched",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"hided",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"slashed",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"whaled",
"whipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouted",
"quirted",
"strapped",
"cut",
"flicked",
"touched up",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"fustigated",
"pistol-whipped",
"banged",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cuffed",
"hit",
"knocked",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"punched",
"slapped",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"spanked",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"hammered",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"slated",
"slogged",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"leashed",
"tethered",
"banded",
"bound",
"tied",
"trussed",
"cinched",
"corded",
"roped",
"strapped",
"threaded",
"wired",
"girded",
"girt",
"girted",
"interlaced",
"intertwined",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"laced",
"entangled",
"knotted",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"twisted",
"coiled",
"wound",
"winded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unleashed",
"untethered",
"unbound",
"untied",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"unlaced",
"unlashed",
"unloosed",
"unloosened",
"unstrapped",
"unstrung",
"unthreaded",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"unsnarled",
"untangled",
"untwined",
"untwisted",
"uncoiled",
"unspooled",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"last ditches":{
"as in spots , hot waters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corners",
"fixes",
"holes",
"hot waters",
"jams",
"pinches",
"predicaments",
"scrapes",
"spots",
"deadlocks",
"impasses",
"stalemates",
"eleventh hours",
"last minutes",
"conditions",
"passes",
"situations",
"straits",
"happenings",
"landmarks",
"milestones",
"climaxes",
"turning points",
"contingencies",
"possibilities",
"boiling points",
"breaking points",
"clutches",
"conjunctures",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"crunches",
"crunch times",
"Dunkirks",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"extremities",
"flash points",
"heads",
"junctures",
"tinderboxes",
"zero hours"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lasts":{
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"examples":[
"we were lucky that the batteries lasted until we could get to the store to buy more"
],
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"holds up",
"keeps up",
"prevails",
"survives"
],
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"carries on",
"copes",
"endures",
"fares",
"gets along",
"gets by",
"gets on",
"goes",
"hangs in",
"makes out",
"manages",
"perseveres",
"abides",
"continues",
"draws out",
"hangs on",
"holds on",
"lingers",
"persists",
"remains",
"runs on",
"stretches"
],
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"breaks",
"breaks down",
"collapses",
"conks (out)",
"crashes",
"cuts out",
"dies",
"expires",
"stalls",
"stops",
"runs down",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails",
"fizzles",
"gives out",
"goes out",
"peters (out)",
"runs out"
]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"this heavy drought has lasted all summer"
],
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"abides",
"bides",
"continues",
"endures",
"holds on",
"holds up",
"keeps up",
"perdures",
"persists",
"remains",
"runs on"
],
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"lingers",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"carries through",
"prevails",
"survives"
],
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"abates",
"dies (down)",
"ebbs",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"desists",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"expires",
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"lapses",
"leaves off",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lasciviously":{
"as in lustfully , lewdly":{
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"lewdly",
"lustfully",
"indecently",
"obscenely",
"vulgarly",
"evilly",
"immorally",
"impurely",
"sinfully",
"wickedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chastely",
"innocently",
"modestly",
"morally",
"purely",
"righteously",
"virtuously",
"decently",
"decorously",
"properly",
"priggishly",
"primly",
"prudishly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"lasso":{
"a rope or long leather thong with a noose used especially for catching livestock":{
"examples":[
"the cowpuncher skillfully tossed the lasso around the calf's neck"
],
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"lariat",
"reata",
"riata"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rope , halter":{
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"glove",
"halter",
"rope",
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"last ditch":{
"as in spot , hot water":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"pinch",
"predicament",
"scrape",
"spot",
"deadlock",
"impasse",
"stalemate",
"eleventh hour",
"last minute",
"condition",
"pass",
"situation",
"strait",
"happening",
"landmark",
"milestone",
"climax",
"turning point",
"contingency",
"possibility",
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"last minutes":{
"the last possible time when something can be done":{
"examples":[
"You shouldn't wait until the last minute before planning your retirement.",
"They were making changes to the show right up to the last minute ."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"eleventh hours",
"boiling points",
"breaking points",
"clutches",
"conjunctures",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"crunches",
"crunch times",
"Dunkirks",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"extremities",
"flash points",
"heads",
"junctures",
"tinderboxes",
"zero hours",
"contingencies",
"possibilities",
"climaxes",
"turning points",
"happenings",
"landmarks",
"milestones",
"conditions",
"passes",
"situations",
"straits",
"deadlocks",
"impasses",
"stalemates",
"corners",
"fixes",
"holes",
"hot waters",
"jams",
"last ditches",
"pinches",
"predicaments",
"scrapes",
"spots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"last name":{
"a name shared by members of a family":{
"examples":[
"please write your first name, middle initial, and last name at the top of the form"
],
"synonyms":[
"family name",
"surname"
],
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"maiden name",
"married name",
"cognomen",
"epithet",
"sobriquet",
"soubriquet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lassies":{
"a female person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
"examples":[
"a pretty young lassie of 16 years"
],
"synonyms":[
"fillies",
"girls",
"lasses",
"misses",
"missies",
"nymphs",
"sheilas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bobby-soxers",
"junior misses",
"schoolgirls",
"subdebutantes",
"teenyboppers",
"gamines",
"hoydens",
"pixies",
"romps",
"snips",
"tomboys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lashes (out)":{
"as in fulminates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fulminates",
"chastises",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"laces (into)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"libels",
"slanders",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"asperses",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"blackguards",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"affronts",
"insults",
"slurs",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"execrates",
"imprecates",
"profanes",
"berates",
"harangues",
"harasses",
"harries",
"reviles",
"scolds",
"whips",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bashes",
"belabors",
"blasts",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"jumps (on)",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"potshots",
"savages",
"scathes",
"slams",
"trashes",
"vituperates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laser discs":{
"as in DVDs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"DVDs",
"tape recordings",
"tapes",
"videos",
"videotapes",
"vids",
"videocassettes",
"videodiscs",
"videodisks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lashins":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"we've prepared lashings of wassail for the holiday party"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"lass":{
"a female person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
"examples":[
"she started riding on horseback when she was only a lass"
],
"synonyms":[
"filly",
"girl",
"lassie",
"miss",
"missy",
"nymph",
"sheila"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bobby-soxer",
"junior miss",
"schoolgirl",
"subdebutante",
"teenybopper",
"gamine",
"hoyden",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"romp",
"snip",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lastly":{
"as in finally , ultimately":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"finally",
"ultimately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"firstly",
"initially",
"originally",
"primarily",
"incipiently",
"primitively"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"lasts (beyond)":{
"as in persists (beyond) , endures (past)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abides (beyond)",
"endures (past)",
"holds (past)",
"holds out (past)",
"persists (beyond)",
"outstays",
"draws out",
"perpetuates",
"survives",
"succeeds",
"outlasts",
"outlives",
"outwears"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lashes":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"a sailor punished for disobedience with lashes from the captain's whip"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{
"examples":[
"the rider repeatedly struck the horse with the lash to force it to go faster"
],
"synonyms":[
"floggers",
"scourges",
"switches",
"whips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birches",
"blacksnakes",
"bullwhips",
"cat-o'-nine-tails",
"cowhides",
"crops",
"hickories",
"knouts",
"quirts",
"rattans",
"rawhides",
"straps",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batons",
"bats",
"billies",
"billy clubs",
"bludgeons",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"nightsticks",
"staffs",
"staves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg"
],
"synonyms":[
"birches",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"flails",
"flogs",
"hides",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"slashes",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"whales",
"whips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouts",
"quirts",
"straps",
"cuts",
"flicks",
"touches up",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"fustigates",
"pistol-whips",
"bangs",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"hits",
"knocks",
"lams",
"pastes",
"punches",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"slates",
"slogs",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"leashes",
"tethers",
"bands",
"binds",
"ties",
"trusses",
"cinches",
"cords",
"ropes",
"straps",
"threads",
"wires",
"girds",
"girts",
"interlaces",
"intertwines",
"interweaves",
"laces",
"entangles",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"twists",
"coils",
"winds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unleashes",
"untethers",
"unbinds",
"unties",
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"unlaces",
"unlashes",
"unloosens",
"unlooses",
"unstraps",
"unstrings",
"unthreads",
"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unsnarls",
"untangles",
"untwines",
"untwists",
"uncoils",
"unspools",
"unwinds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"last names":{
"a name shared by members of a family":{
"examples":[
"please write your first name, middle initial, and last name at the top of the form"
],
"synonyms":[
"family names",
"surnames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maiden names",
"married names",
"cognomens",
"cognomina",
"epithets",
"sobriquets",
"soubriquets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lasers":{
"a device that produces a narrow and powerful stream of light that has many special uses in medicine, industry, etc.":{
"examples":[
"doctors using a laser to perform delicate eye surgery"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spotlights",
"beams",
"rays",
"shafts",
"moonbeams",
"sunbeams",
"sunbursts"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laser":{
"a device that produces a narrow and powerful stream of light that has many special uses in medicine, industry, etc.":{
"examples":[
"doctors using a laser to perform delicate eye surgery"
],
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"spotlight",
"beam",
"ray",
"shaft",
"moonbeam",
"sunbeam",
"sunburst"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lassoed":{
"as in roped , haltered":{
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"gloved",
"haltered",
"roped",
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
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"snatched",
"trapped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
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"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
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"missed",
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"last minute":{
"the last possible time when something can be done":{
"examples":[
"You shouldn't wait until the last minute before planning your retirement.",
"They were making changes to the show right up to the last minute ."
],
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"eleventh hour",
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour",
"contingency",
"possibility",
"climax",
"turning point",
"happening",
"landmark",
"milestone",
"condition",
"pass",
"situation",
"strait",
"deadlock",
"impasse",
"stalemate",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"last ditch",
"pinch",
"predicament",
"scrape",
"spot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lashed (out)":{
"as in fulminated":{
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"fulminated",
"chastised",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"laced (into)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"slandered",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"aspersed",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"blackguarded",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"slurred",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"execrated",
"imprecated",
"profaned",
"berated",
"harangued",
"harassed",
"harried",
"reviled",
"scolded",
"whipped",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bashed",
"belabored",
"blasted",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"jumped (on)",
"lambasted",
"potshot",
"savaged",
"scathed",
"slammed",
"trashed",
"vituperated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lasted":{
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
"examples":[
"we were lucky that the batteries lasted until we could get to the store to buy more"
],
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"held out",
"held up",
"kept up",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
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"bore up",
"carried on",
"coped",
"endured",
"fared",
"got along",
"got by",
"got on",
"hung in",
"made out",
"managed",
"persevered",
"went",
"abided",
"abode",
"continued",
"drew out",
"held on",
"hung on",
"lingered",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"remained",
"stretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"broke down",
"collapsed",
"conked (out)",
"crashed",
"cut out",
"died",
"expired",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"ran down",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed",
"fizzled",
"gave out",
"petered (out)",
"ran out",
"went out"
]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"this heavy drought has lasted all summer"
],
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"abided",
"abode",
"bode",
"bided",
"continued",
"endured",
"held on",
"held up",
"kept up",
"perdured",
"persisted",
"ran on",
"remained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingered",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"carried through",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"died (down)",
"ebbed",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"desisted",
"died",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lasses":{
"a female person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
"examples":[
"she started riding on horseback when she was only a lass"
],
"synonyms":[
"fillies",
"girls",
"lassies",
"misses",
"missies",
"nymphs",
"sheilas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bobby-soxers",
"junior misses",
"schoolgirls",
"subdebutantes",
"teenyboppers",
"gamines",
"hoydens",
"pixies",
"romps",
"snips",
"tomboys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"last words":{
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
"examples":[
"a swimsuit that is the last word in sportswear this season"
],
"synonyms":[
"buzzes",
"chics",
"crazes",
"dernier cris",
"enthusiasms",
"fads",
"fashions",
"flavors",
"hot tickets",
"modes",
"rages",
"sensations",
"styles",
"tons",
"trends",
"vogues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nine days' wonders",
"nine day wonders",
"new waves",
"crushes",
"infatuations",
"fervors",
"passions",
"furors",
"fusses",
"hullabaloos",
"to-dos",
"uproars",
"bandwagons",
"crusades",
"cults",
"movements",
"novelties",
"wrinkles",
"caprices",
"fancies",
"whims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classics",
"standards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lashing":{
"as in attack , invective":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"broadside",
"invective",
"lambasting",
"tongue-lashing",
"vituperation",
"diatribe",
"harangue",
"jeremiad",
"philippic",
"rant",
"tirade",
"berating",
"chewing out",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"abuse",
"castigation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"belittlement",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"dissing",
"excoriation",
"execration",
"revilement",
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"lecture",
"sermon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"rhapsody",
"tribute",
"acclaim",
"acclamation",
"accolade",
"citation",
"homage",
"honor",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"rave"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg"
],
"synonyms":[
"birching",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"hiding",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"slashing",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"whaling",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouting",
"quirting",
"strapping",
"cutting",
"flicking",
"touching up",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"fustigating",
"pistol-whipping",
"banging",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cuffing",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"pasting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"slating",
"slogging",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"leashing",
"tethering",
"banding",
"binding",
"trussing",
"tying",
"tieing",
"cinching",
"cording",
"roping",
"strapping",
"threading",
"wiring",
"girding",
"girting",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"interweaving",
"lacing",
"entangling",
"knotting",
"snarling",
"tangling",
"twisting",
"coiling",
"winding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unleashing",
"untethering",
"unbinding",
"untying",
"untieing",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"unlacing",
"unlashing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing",
"unstrapping",
"unstringing",
"unthreading",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"unsnarling",
"untangling",
"untwining",
"untwisting",
"uncoiling",
"unspooling",
"unwinding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lasting":{
"having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish":{
"examples":[
"one of the few books published last year that is likely to have lasting significance"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"enduring",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"ongoing",
"perennial",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"endless",
"permanent",
"changeless",
"constant",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"obsolete",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
"examples":[
"we were lucky that the batteries lasted until we could get to the store to buy more"
],
"synonyms":[
"holding out",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"prevailing",
"surviving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearing up",
"carrying on",
"coping",
"enduring",
"faring",
"getting along",
"getting by",
"getting on",
"going",
"hanging in",
"making out",
"managing",
"persevering",
"abiding",
"continuing",
"drawing out",
"hanging on",
"holding on",
"lingering",
"persisting",
"remaining",
"running on",
"stretching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking down",
"collapsing",
"conking (out)",
"crashing",
"cutting out",
"dying",
"expiring",
"stalling",
"stopping",
"running down",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing",
"fizzling",
"giving out",
"going out",
"petering (out)",
"running out"
]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"this heavy drought has lasted all summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"biding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"remaining",
"running on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingering",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"carrying through",
"prevailing",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"laser disc":{
"as in DVD":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"DVD",
"tape",
"tape recording",
"vid",
"video",
"videotape",
"videocassette",
"videodisc",
"videodisk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lasting (beyond)":{
"as in persisting (beyond) , enduring (past)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abiding (beyond)",
"enduring (past)",
"holding (past)",
"holding out (past)",
"persisting (beyond)",
"outstaying",
"drawing out",
"perpetuating",
"surviving",
"succeeding",
"outlasting",
"outliving",
"outwearing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lassos":{
"a rope or long leather thong with a noose used especially for catching livestock":{
"examples":[
"the cowpuncher skillfully tossed the lasso around the calf's neck"
],
"synonyms":[
"lariats",
"reatas",
"riatas"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ropes , halters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"ropes",
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}