2650 lines
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2650 lines
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{
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"plod":{
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"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
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"examples":[
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"plodded night and day to get the assignment done"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bang away",
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"beaver (away)",
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"dig (away)",
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"drudge",
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"endeavor",
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"fag",
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"grub",
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"hump",
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"hustle",
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"labor",
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"moil",
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"peg (away)",
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"plow",
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"plug",
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"slave",
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"slog",
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"strain",
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"strive",
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"struggle",
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"sweat",
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"toil",
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"travail",
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"tug",
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"work"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"apply (oneself)",
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"buckle (down)",
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"dig in",
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"hammer (away)",
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"knuckle down",
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"pitch in",
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"attack",
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"drive",
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"essay",
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"try",
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"exercise",
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"exert",
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"overexert",
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"overwork",
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"eke out",
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"grind (out)",
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"put out",
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"scrabble",
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"scratch",
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"trudge",
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"wade"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"break",
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"ease (up)",
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"let up",
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"slacken",
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"bum",
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"chill",
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"dally",
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"dillydally",
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"footle",
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"goldbrick",
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"goof (off)",
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"hack (around)",
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"hang (around or out)",
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"idle",
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"laze",
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"loaf",
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"lounge",
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"shirk",
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"slack (off)",
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"veg out",
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"bask",
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"loll",
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"relax",
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"repose",
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"rest",
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"unwind",
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"dabble",
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"doodle",
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"fool around",
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"fribble",
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"goof (around)",
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"hang",
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"hang about",
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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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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
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"examples":[
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"oxen plodding through deep mud"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"bumble",
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"flog",
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"flounder",
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"limp",
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"lumber",
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"struggle",
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"stumble",
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"trudge"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"jog",
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"shamble",
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"shuffle",
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"wallow",
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"welter",
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"falter",
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"lurch",
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"reel",
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"stagger",
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"sway",
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"teeter",
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"totter",
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"fumble",
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"muddle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coast",
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"fly",
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"glide",
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"kilt",
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"sail",
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"zip",
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"zoom"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move slowly":{
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"examples":[
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"plodded reluctantly off to work"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawl",
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"creak (along)",
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"creep",
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"drag",
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"inch",
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"limp",
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"nose",
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"ooze",
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"poke",
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"slouch",
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"snail"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lumber",
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"shamble",
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"shuffle",
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"tramp",
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"trudge"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"float",
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"glide",
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"sail",
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"hurry",
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"tear"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"fly",
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"race",
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"speed",
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"whiz",
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"whizz",
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"zip"
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]
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},
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"to move heavily or clumsily":{
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"examples":[
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"wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barge",
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"clump",
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"flog",
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"flounder",
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"galumph",
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"lumber",
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"lump",
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"pound",
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"scuff",
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"scuffle",
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"shamble",
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"shuffle",
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"slog",
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"slough",
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"stamp",
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"stomp",
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"stumble",
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"stump",
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"tramp",
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"tromp",
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"trudge"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drag",
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"flop",
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"haul",
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"blunder",
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"careen",
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"dodder",
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"lurch",
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"reel",
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"stagger",
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"sway",
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"teeter",
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"totter",
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"waddle",
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"weave",
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"wobble",
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"wabble"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drift",
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"float",
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"hang",
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"hover",
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"poise",
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"waft"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"breeze",
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"coast",
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"glide",
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"slide",
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"waltz",
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"whisk"
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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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"plods":{
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"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
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"examples":[
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"plodded night and day to get the assignment done"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bangs away",
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"beavers (away)",
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"digs (away)",
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"drudges",
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"endeavors",
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"fags",
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"grubs",
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"humps",
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"hustles",
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"labors",
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"moils",
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"pegs (away)",
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"plows",
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"plugs",
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"slaves",
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"slogs",
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"strains",
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"strives",
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"struggles",
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"sweats",
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"toils",
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"travails",
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"tugs",
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"works"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"applies (oneself)",
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"buckles (down)",
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"digs in",
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"hammers (away)",
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"knuckles down",
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"pitches in",
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"attacks",
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"drives",
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"essays",
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"tries",
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"exercises",
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"exerts",
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"overexerts",
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"overworks",
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"ekes out",
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"grinds (out)",
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"puts out",
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"scrabbles",
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"scratches",
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"trudges",
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"wades"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"breaks",
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"eases (up)",
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"lets up",
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"slackens",
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"bums",
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"chills",
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"dallies",
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"dillydallies",
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"footles",
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"goldbricks",
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"goofs (off)",
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"hacks (around)",
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"hangs (around or out)",
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"idles",
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"lazes",
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"loafs",
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"lounges",
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"shirks",
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"slacks (off)",
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"vegges out",
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"veges out",
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"basks",
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"lolls",
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"relaxes",
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"reposes",
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"rests",
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"unwinds",
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"dabbles",
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"doodles",
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"fools around",
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"fribbles",
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"goofs (around)",
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"hangs",
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"hangs about",
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"messes around",
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"monkeys (around)",
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"plays",
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"potters (around)",
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"putters (around)",
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"trifles"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
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"examples":[
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"oxen plodding through deep mud"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunders",
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"bumbles",
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"flogs",
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"flounders",
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"limps",
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"lumbers",
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"struggles",
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"stumbles",
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"trudges"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"jogs",
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"shambles",
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"shuffles",
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"wallows",
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"welters",
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"falters",
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"lurches",
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"reels",
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"staggers",
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"sways",
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"teeters",
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"totters",
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"fumbles",
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"muddles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coasts",
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"flies",
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"glides",
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"kilts",
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"sails",
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"zips",
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"zooms"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move slowly":{
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"examples":[
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"plodded reluctantly off to work"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawls",
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"creaks (along)",
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"creeps",
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"drags",
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"inches",
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"limps",
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"noses",
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"oozes",
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"pokes",
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"slouches",
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"snails"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lumbers",
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"shambles",
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"shuffles",
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"tramps",
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"trudges"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"floats",
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"glides",
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"sails",
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"hurries",
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"tears"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"flies",
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"races",
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"speeds",
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"whizzes",
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"zips"
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]
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},
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"to move heavily or clumsily":{
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"examples":[
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"wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barges",
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"clumps",
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"flogs",
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"flounders",
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"galumphs",
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"lumbers",
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"lumps",
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"pounds",
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"scuffles",
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"scuffs",
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"shambles",
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"shuffles",
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"slogs",
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"sloughs",
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"stamps",
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"stomps",
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"stumbles",
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"stumps",
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"tramps",
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"tromps",
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"trudges"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drags",
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"flops",
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"hauls",
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"blunders",
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"careens",
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"dodders",
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"lurches",
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"reels",
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"staggers",
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"sways",
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"teeters",
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"totters",
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"waddles",
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"weaves",
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"wobbles",
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"wabbles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drifts",
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"floats",
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"hangs",
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"hovers",
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"poises",
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"wafts"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"breezes",
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"coasts",
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"glides",
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"slides",
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"waltzes",
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"whisks"
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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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"plonk":{
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"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
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"examples":[
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"plunked a battered hat on his head"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"flop",
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"flump",
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"plank",
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"plop",
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"plump"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fling",
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"heave",
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"sling",
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"toss",
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"ensconce",
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"install",
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"plant",
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"settle"
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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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"plonked down":{
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"as in plopped":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"plopped",
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"knocked down",
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"knocked over",
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"struck down",
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"toppled",
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"bobbled",
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"bungled",
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"foozled",
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"fumbled",
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"flattened",
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"floored",
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"leveled",
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"levelled",
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"immersed",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"submerged",
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"depressed",
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"dropped",
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"lowered",
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"threw",
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"threw down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lifted",
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"picked up",
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"raised"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"plonking down":{
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"as in plopping":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"plopping",
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"knocking down",
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"knocking over",
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"striking down",
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"toppling",
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"bobbling",
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"bungling",
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"foozling",
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"fumbling",
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"flattening",
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"flooring",
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"leveling",
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"levelling",
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"immersing",
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"sinking",
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"submerging",
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"depressing",
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"dropping",
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"lowering",
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"throwing",
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"throwing down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lifting",
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"picking up",
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"raising"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"plot":{
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"a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the Secret Service uncovered just in time a plot to assassinate the President"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"counterconspiracy",
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"counterplot",
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"frame-up",
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"manipulation",
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"subterfuge",
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"trickery",
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"artifice",
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"contrivance",
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"cover-up",
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"dodge",
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"draft",
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"maneuver",
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"stratagem",
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"trick",
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"cabal",
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"confederacy",
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"ring",
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"game",
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"gimmick",
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"racket",
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"ground plan",
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"program",
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"strategy",
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"system",
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"collusion",
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"complicity",
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"connivance",
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"conniving",
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"conspiration"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conspiracy",
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"design",
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"intrigue",
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"machination",
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"scheme"
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]
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},
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"a small area of usually open land":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"grew vegetables in a little plot"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"common(s)",
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"croft",
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"grass",
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"green",
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"greensward",
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"lawn",
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"glade",
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"grassland",
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"heath",
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"heathland",
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"lea",
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"ley",
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"meadow",
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"moor",
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"pasture",
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"pastureland"
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|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"tract"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small piece of land that is developed or available for development":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"subdivided the old farm into plots for tract houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"frontage",
|
|
"lease",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"real estate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"tract"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the unfolding of events in a dramatic or literary work":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrote novels in which the plot was always subordinate to the characterizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"subplot",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"mythos",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"action",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"story line"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mobsters were caught plotting to take over the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterplot",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"engineer",
|
|
"jockey",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collude",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"connive",
|
|
"conspire",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"machinate",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"scheme"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plotted":{
|
|
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mobsters were caught plotting to take over the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterplotted",
|
|
"brewed",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"jockeyed",
|
|
"maneuvered",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"mapped",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"shaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colluded",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"connived",
|
|
"conspired",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"machinated",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"schemed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ploys":{
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"end runs",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"chicaneries",
|
|
"cozenages",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"crookeries",
|
|
"cunnings",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"duperies",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"juggleries",
|
|
"legerdemains",
|
|
"skulduggeries",
|
|
"skullduggeries",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"trickeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"smoke screens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifices",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"sleights",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanted one grand ploy through Europe before settling down and raising a family"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"escapades",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"benders",
|
|
"brannigans",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"toots",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"field days",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"merriments",
|
|
"merrymakings",
|
|
"enjoyments",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"self-indulgences",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"recreations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"sprees"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plotting":{
|
|
"as in calculating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in design , scheming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"design",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"stealth",
|
|
"dirty pool",
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"quackery",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mobsters were caught plotting to take over the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colluding",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"conniving",
|
|
"conspiring",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"machinating",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"scheming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterplotting",
|
|
"brewing",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"jockeying",
|
|
"maneuvering",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"mapping",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"shaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plop":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plopped his backpack down on a chair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sinking , plummeting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"nosedive",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ascension",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"blastoff",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"levitation",
|
|
"liftoff",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"takeoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plopped":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plopped his backpack down on a chair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flumped",
|
|
"planked",
|
|
"plumped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plotters":{
|
|
"as in conspirators , schemers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coconspirators",
|
|
"co-conspirators",
|
|
"conspirators",
|
|
"intriguers",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"backstabbers",
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"Judases",
|
|
"quislings",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"serpents",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"turncoats",
|
|
"abettors",
|
|
"abetters",
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"accommodationists",
|
|
"collaborationists",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"sellouts",
|
|
"subversives",
|
|
"subverters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plotter":{
|
|
"as in conspirator , schemer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coconspirator",
|
|
"conspirator",
|
|
"intriguer",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"backstabber",
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"Judas",
|
|
"quisling",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"turncoat",
|
|
"abettor",
|
|
"abetter",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"accommodationist",
|
|
"collaborationist",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"subverter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plops":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plopped his backpack down on a chair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flumps",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in falls , drops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"nosedives",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"comedowns",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ascensions",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"risings",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"blastoffs",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"levitations",
|
|
"liftoffs",
|
|
"takeoffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plowmen":{
|
|
"as in harvesters , reapers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"farmhands",
|
|
"field hands",
|
|
"gleaners",
|
|
"harvesters",
|
|
"reapers",
|
|
"agriculturists",
|
|
"agriculturalists",
|
|
"agronomists",
|
|
"cultivators",
|
|
"farmers",
|
|
"growers",
|
|
"planters",
|
|
"tillers",
|
|
"workfolks",
|
|
"crofters",
|
|
"croppers",
|
|
"gentlemen farmers",
|
|
"sharecroppers",
|
|
"subsistence farmers",
|
|
"tenant farmers",
|
|
"yeomen",
|
|
"homesteaders",
|
|
"nesters",
|
|
"grangers",
|
|
"rancheros",
|
|
"ranchers",
|
|
"ranchmen",
|
|
"campesinos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plots":{
|
|
"a secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Secret Service uncovered just in time a plot to assassinate the President"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"machinations",
|
|
"schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterconspiracies",
|
|
"counter-conspiracies",
|
|
"counterplots",
|
|
"frame-ups",
|
|
"manipulations",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"trickeries",
|
|
"artifices",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"cover-ups",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"systems",
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"complicities",
|
|
"connivances",
|
|
"conspirations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small area of usually open land":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grew vegetables in a little plot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearings",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"tracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commons",
|
|
"crofts",
|
|
"grasses",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greenswards",
|
|
"lawns",
|
|
"glades",
|
|
"grasslands",
|
|
"heathlands",
|
|
"heaths",
|
|
"leas",
|
|
"leys",
|
|
"meadows",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"pasturelands",
|
|
"pastures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small piece of land that is developed or available for development":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"subdivided the old farm into plots for tract houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"tracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"frontages",
|
|
"leases",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"real estates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the unfolding of events in a dramatic or literary work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wrote novels in which the plot was always subordinate to the characterizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"story lines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subplots",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"mythoi",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"themes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mobsters were caught plotting to take over the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colludes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"connives",
|
|
"conspires",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"machinates",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterplots",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"jockeys",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"shapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plonk (for)":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"plump (for)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"side (with)",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"talk up",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plonked":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plunked a battered hat on his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flumped",
|
|
"planked",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plowing":{
|
|
"to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to get out there and plow and plant both fields before it rains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"furrowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"tilling",
|
|
"fallowing",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"hoeing",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"rototilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plowed determinedly through the weighty tome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (oneself)",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"hammering (away)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plonks (for)":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"sides (with)",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plodding":{
|
|
"as in relentless , steady":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unabated",
|
|
"unfailing",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"indefatigable",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"unflagging",
|
|
"untiring",
|
|
"weariless",
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"strenuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"done in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in inching , ambling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plodded night and day to get the assignment done"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (oneself)",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"hammering (away)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oxen plodding through deep mud"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"weltering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"muddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"kilting",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plodded reluctantly off to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creaking (along)",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"slouching",
|
|
"snailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"tearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barging",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"galumphing",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"sloughing",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plowed":{
|
|
"to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to get out there and plow and plant both fields before it rains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"furrowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"tilled",
|
|
"fallowed",
|
|
"harrowed",
|
|
"hoed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"rototilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plowed determinedly through the weighty tome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged away",
|
|
"beavered (away)",
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"dug (away)",
|
|
"endeavored",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged (away)",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strove",
|
|
"strived",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"tugged",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applied (oneself)",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"hammered (away)",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plonking":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plunked a battered hat on his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flumping",
|
|
"planking",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plowman":{
|
|
"as in harvester , reaper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"farmhand",
|
|
"field hand",
|
|
"gleaner",
|
|
"harvester",
|
|
"reaper",
|
|
"agriculturist",
|
|
"agriculturalist",
|
|
"agronomist",
|
|
"cultivator",
|
|
"farmer",
|
|
"grower",
|
|
"planter",
|
|
"tiller",
|
|
"workfolk",
|
|
"workfolks",
|
|
"crofter",
|
|
"cropper",
|
|
"gentleman farmer",
|
|
"sharecropper",
|
|
"subsistence farmer",
|
|
"tenant farmer",
|
|
"yeoman",
|
|
"homesteader",
|
|
"nester",
|
|
"granger",
|
|
"rancher",
|
|
"ranchero",
|
|
"ranchman",
|
|
"campesino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plonks":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plunked a battered hat on his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flumps",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plows":{
|
|
"to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to get out there and plow and plant both fields before it rains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"furrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"tills",
|
|
"fallows",
|
|
"harrows",
|
|
"hoes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rototills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plowed determinedly through the weighty tome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applies (oneself)",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"hammers (away)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"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",
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"unwinds",
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"dabbles",
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"doodles",
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"fools around",
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"fribbles",
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"goofs (around)",
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"hangs",
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"hangs about",
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"messes around",
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"monkeys (around)",
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"plays",
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"potters (around)",
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"putters (around)",
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"trifles"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |