5800 lines
111 KiB
JSON
5800 lines
111 KiB
JSON
{
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"sprang (for)":{
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"to give what is owed for":{
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"examples":[
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"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"anted (up)",
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"balanced",
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"cleared",
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"discharged",
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"footed",
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"liquidated",
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"met",
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"paid",
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"paid off",
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"paid up",
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"ponied up",
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"quit",
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"quitted",
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"recompensed",
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"settled",
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"stood"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"repudiated"
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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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"spreading":{
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"exciting a similar feeling or reaction in others":{
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"examples":[
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"spreading enthusiasm that got our club rolling again"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catching",
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"contagious",
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"epidemic",
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"infectious"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"palpable",
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"perceptible",
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"tangible",
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"irresistible",
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"irresistable",
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"overpowering",
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"overwhelming",
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"disarming",
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"endearing",
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"fetching",
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"inviting",
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"winning",
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"winsome"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
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"examples":[
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"spread the news!"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"broadcasting",
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"circulating",
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"disseminating",
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"propagating"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"radiating",
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"sprawling",
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"diffusing",
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"dispensing",
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"dispersing",
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"dissipating",
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"scattering",
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"sowing",
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"communicating",
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"conveying",
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"imparting",
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"passing (on)",
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"transmitting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cloaking",
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"concealing",
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"enshrouding",
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"hiding",
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"holding (in)",
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"masking",
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"obscuring",
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"secreting",
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"shrouding",
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"veiling",
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"containing",
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"limiting",
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"restricting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to put a layer of on a surface":{
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"examples":[
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"we spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"applying",
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"laying",
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"laying on"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anointing",
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"bedaubing",
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"besmearing",
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"dabbing",
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"daubing",
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"plastering",
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"slathering",
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"smearing",
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"blanketing",
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"carpeting",
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"coating",
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"covering",
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"layering",
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"mantling",
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"overlaying",
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"overlying",
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"overspreading",
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"sheeting",
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"surfacing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"baring",
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"exposing",
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"peeling",
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"stripping",
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"uncovering"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to become known":{
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"examples":[
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"once news of the war's end had spread , spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaking",
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"circulating",
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"coming out",
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"getting about",
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"getting around",
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"getting out",
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"getting round",
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"leaking (out)",
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"outing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"developing",
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"transpiring",
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"unfolding",
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"disclosing",
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"revealing",
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"spilling",
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"telling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hushing (up)",
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"suppressing",
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"concealing",
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"disguising",
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"hiding",
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"masking",
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"secreting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
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"examples":[
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"living conditions that help to spread chicken pox"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"communicating",
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"conducting",
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"conveying",
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"giving",
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"imparting",
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"transferring",
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"transfusing",
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"transmitting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"delivering",
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"handing over",
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"surrendering",
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"turning over",
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"broadcasting",
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"diffusing",
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"disseminating",
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"propagating",
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"handing down",
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"handing on",
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"contaminating",
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"infecting",
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"poisoning"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"catching",
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"coming down (with)",
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"contracting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
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"examples":[
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"the walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"branching (out)",
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"diverging",
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"dividing",
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"forking",
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"parting",
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"separating"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bestrewing",
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"breaking up",
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"broadcasting",
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"clearing out",
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"disbanding",
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"dispelling",
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"dispersing",
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"dissipating",
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"distributing",
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"scattering",
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"sowing",
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"distancing",
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"receding",
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"retreating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"assembling",
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"gathering",
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"meeting"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"converging",
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"joining"
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]
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},
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"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
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"examples":[
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"dissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accelerating",
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"accumulating",
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"appreciating",
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"ballooning",
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"booming",
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"building up",
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"burgeoning",
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"bourgeoning",
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"climbing",
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"enlarging",
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"escalating",
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"expanding",
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"gaining",
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"increasing",
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"mounting",
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"multiplying",
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"mushrooming",
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"proliferating",
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"rising",
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"rolling up",
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"snowballing",
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"swelling",
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"waxing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"jumping",
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"rocketing",
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"skyrocketing",
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"surging",
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"heightening",
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"intensifying",
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"redoubling",
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"blowing up",
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"bulking",
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"distending",
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"inflating",
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"puffing (up)",
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"crescendoing",
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"cresting",
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"peaking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"contracting",
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"decreasing",
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"diminishing",
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"dwindling",
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"lessening",
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"receding",
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"waning"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sprightly":{
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"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
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"examples":[
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"a sprightly child who often claims to be too tired to move when it's time to do chores"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"active",
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"airy",
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"animate",
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"animated",
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"bouncing",
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"brisk",
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"energetic",
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"frisky",
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"gay",
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"jaunty",
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"jazzy",
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"kinetic",
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"lively",
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"mettlesome",
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"peppy",
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"perky",
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"pert",
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"pizzazzy",
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"pizazzy",
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"racy",
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"snappy",
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"spanking",
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"sparky",
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"spirited",
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"springy",
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"vital",
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"vivacious",
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"zippy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dapper",
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"dashing",
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"spiffy",
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"agog",
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"alert",
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"awake",
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"open-eyed",
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"up",
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"wide-awake",
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"agile",
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"nimble",
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"spry",
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"bright",
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"buoyant",
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"cheerful",
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"chipper",
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"chirpy",
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"chirrupy",
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"effervescent",
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"sparkly",
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"upbeat",
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"eager",
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"enthusiastic",
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"keen",
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"frolicsome",
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"impish",
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"pixieish",
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"playful",
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"boisterous",
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"bubbly",
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"ebullient",
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"exuberant",
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"high-spirited",
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"high-strung",
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"nervous",
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"skittish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"indolent",
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"lazy",
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"unambitious",
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"inert",
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"lethargic",
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"sleepy",
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"sluggish",
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"tired",
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"torpid",
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"weary",
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"apathetic",
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"impassive",
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"phlegmatic",
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"stolid",
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"boring",
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"dull",
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"irksome",
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"tedious"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dead",
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"inactive",
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"inanimate",
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"lackadaisical",
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"languid",
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"languishing",
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"languorous",
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"leaden",
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"lifeless",
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"limp",
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"listless",
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"spiritless",
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"vapid"
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]
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},
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"in a quick and spirited manner":{
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"examples":[
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"every morning the elderly couple sprightly sets out on a walk"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"airily",
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"animatedly",
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"animately",
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"bouncily",
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"buoyantly",
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"gaily",
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"gayly",
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"high-spiritedly",
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"livelily",
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"lively",
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"perkily",
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"pertly",
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"snappily",
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"sparkily",
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"spiritedly",
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"trippingly",
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"vivaciously"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"friskily",
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"gamesomely",
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"playfully",
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"skittishly",
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"sportively",
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"briskly",
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"crisply",
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"effervescently",
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"energetically",
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"jazzily",
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"racily",
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"springily",
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"breezily",
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"cockily",
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"dapperly",
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"dashingly",
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"jauntily",
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"agilely",
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"nimbly",
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"spryly",
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"allegro"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"halfheartedly",
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"idly",
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"indolently",
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"lazily",
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"lethargically",
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"slothfully",
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"heavily",
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"inactively",
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"listlessly",
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"tiredly",
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"wearily"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"dully",
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"inanimately",
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"sluggishly",
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"tardily"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"spring (up)":{
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"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"appear",
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"come out",
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"show up",
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"turn up",
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"chance",
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"come",
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"come about",
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"fall out",
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"go (on)",
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"go off",
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"hap",
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"happen",
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"occur",
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"pass",
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"transpire",
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"interfere",
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"interpose",
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"intervene",
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"intrude"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arise",
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"come up",
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"crop (up)",
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"emerge",
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"materialize",
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"surface"
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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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"springing (up)":{
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"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
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"examples":[
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"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arising",
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"coming up",
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"cropping (up)",
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"emerging",
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"materializing",
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"surfacing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"appearing",
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"coming out",
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"showing up",
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"turning up",
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"chancing",
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"coming",
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"coming about",
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"falling out",
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"going off",
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"going (on)",
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"happening",
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"happing",
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"occurring",
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"passing",
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"transpiring",
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"interfering",
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"interposing",
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"intervening",
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"intruding"
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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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"sprint":{
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"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amble",
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"saunter",
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"shamble",
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"shuffle",
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"stroll",
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"crawl",
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"creep",
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"dally",
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"dawdle",
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"dillydally",
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"drag",
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"lag",
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"linger",
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"loiter",
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"poke",
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"tarry",
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"lumber",
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"plod",
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"trudge",
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"hobble",
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"limp"
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],
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"related":[
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"bound",
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"canter",
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"leap",
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"lope",
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"shag",
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"skip",
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"spring",
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"barrel",
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"belt",
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"blast",
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"blaze",
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"blow",
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"bolt",
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"bomb",
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"bowl",
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"breeze",
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"bustle",
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"buzz",
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"cannonball",
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"careen",
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"course",
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"foot (it)",
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"hare",
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"hasten",
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"hie",
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"hoof (it)",
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"hotfoot (it)",
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"hump",
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"hurl",
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"hurry",
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"hurtle",
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"hustle",
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"jet",
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"leg (it)",
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"pelt",
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"race",
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"ram",
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"rip",
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"rocket",
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"rush",
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"rustle",
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"shoot",
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"speed",
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"tear",
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"whirl",
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"whisk",
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"zip",
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"zoom",
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"nip",
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"patter",
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"scoot",
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"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"step (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"trot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinting":{
|
|
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"trotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"cantering",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"shagging",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"cannonballing",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"footing (it)",
|
|
"haring",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hoofing (it)",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"hying",
|
|
"hieing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"legging (it)",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"stepping (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"limping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spritzes":{
|
|
"as in sprays , spits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"geysers",
|
|
"spouters",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"bursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sprays , sprinkles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"swashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprouts":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairns",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"chicks",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"sprats",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"kindergartners",
|
|
"kindergarteners",
|
|
"preschoolers",
|
|
"rug rats",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"schoolchildren",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"schoolkids",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
"nestlings",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"newborns",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"weanlings",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hellions",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"jackanapeses",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"preteen-agers",
|
|
"preteens",
|
|
"subteens",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"teeners",
|
|
"teens",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"shavers",
|
|
"striplings",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-agers",
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a branch of a main stem especially of a plant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the raspberry bushes began sending out sprouts in early spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"shoots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excrescences",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"boughs",
|
|
"branchlets",
|
|
"limbs",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"florets",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprigs",
|
|
"spurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in roots , germinates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gleans",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"tends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruce":{
|
|
"being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slim, spruce man in a tailor-made business suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"spiffed-up",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in doll up , cosmeticize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmeticize",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"soup up",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"candy",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruce (up)":{
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"redd (up or out)",
|
|
"straighten (up or out)",
|
|
"tidy (up)",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"systematize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tousle",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruces (up)":{
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizes",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tousles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"systematizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"redds (up or out)",
|
|
"straightens (up or out)",
|
|
"tidies (up)",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprung (for)":{
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anted (up)",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"footed",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"paid off",
|
|
"paid up",
|
|
"ponied up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruced (up)":{
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"redded (up or out)",
|
|
"redd (up or out)",
|
|
"straightened (up or out)",
|
|
"tidied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springtimes":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a springtime of entrepreneurship in the old Soviet bloc after the fall of the Iron Curtain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"florescences",
|
|
"floruits",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumns",
|
|
"Indian summers",
|
|
"efflorescences",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"grandeurs",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"belles \u00e9poques",
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
"comebacks",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"revivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprite":{
|
|
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child insisted that he'd seen a sprite hiding in the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brownie",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"elf",
|
|
"faerie",
|
|
"faery",
|
|
"fairy",
|
|
"fay",
|
|
"gnome",
|
|
"goblin",
|
|
"gremlin",
|
|
"hobgoblin",
|
|
"kobold",
|
|
"leprechaun",
|
|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"puck",
|
|
"troll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"little people",
|
|
"kelpie",
|
|
"nixie",
|
|
"changeling",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"materialization",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprees":{
|
|
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went on a spending spree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a lifetime of self-destructive sprees , the poet Dylan Thomas died at last of an alcoholic overdose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benders",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"carousals",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"jamborees",
|
|
"toots",
|
|
"wassails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"revelries",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"bibberies",
|
|
"inebriations",
|
|
"inebrieties",
|
|
"intoxications",
|
|
"jags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springs (up)":{
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"comes up",
|
|
"crops (up)",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"surfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"comes about",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"goes (on)",
|
|
"happens",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"occurs",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"transpires",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"intervenes",
|
|
"intrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprawls":{
|
|
"to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"fans (out)",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"splays",
|
|
"spreads (out)",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"forks",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses",
|
|
"funnels",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"meets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest with the arms and legs spread out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spreads (out)",
|
|
"stretches (out)",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"straddles",
|
|
"lies back",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flumps",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sits",
|
|
"splays",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"fans (out)",
|
|
"flares (out)",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"outspreads",
|
|
"outstretches",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"unfurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinkles":{
|
|
"a light or fine rain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided it was not worth carrying an umbrella for just a sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"mizzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitations",
|
|
"rainfalls",
|
|
"showers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"downpours",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"rainstorms",
|
|
"thunderstorms",
|
|
"monsoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received only a sprinkle of suggestions for the name of the school mascot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"fews",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"sprinklings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minorities",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"mosts",
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"slathers",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrews",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"strews"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"stipples",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprightliness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sprightliness of the young girl made us tired just watching her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"springiness",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"chirpiness",
|
|
"effervescence",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"ebullience",
|
|
"ebulliency",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"playfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"anemia",
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"limpness",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"spiritlessness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"pallidness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"vapidity",
|
|
"vapidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"lifelessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruces":{
|
|
"as in dolls up , cosmeticizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmeticizes",
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"soups up",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"candies",
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"sweetens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinkling":{
|
|
"a small number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sprinkling of fans showed up at the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"few",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"slather",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just a sprinkling of experience with the computer program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in drizzling , spitting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"drizzly",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"mizzly",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"strewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"stippling",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"freckling",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"stippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spring (for)":{
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ante (up)",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"pony up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprints":{
|
|
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"trots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"canters",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"foots (it)",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"hoofs (it)",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"legs (it)",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"steps (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"limps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spryly":{
|
|
"as in nimbly , agilely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agilely",
|
|
"nimbly",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"cockily",
|
|
"dapperly",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"jauntily",
|
|
"allegro",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"effervescently",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"jazzily",
|
|
"racily",
|
|
"springily",
|
|
"friskily",
|
|
"gamesomely",
|
|
"playfully",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"sportively",
|
|
"airily",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"animately",
|
|
"bouncily",
|
|
"buoyantly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"high-spiritedly",
|
|
"livelily",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perkily",
|
|
"pertly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sparkily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"trippingly",
|
|
"vivaciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"inanimately",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"idly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"lethargically",
|
|
"slothfully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"inactively",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprucing (up)":{
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"redding (up or out)",
|
|
"straightening (up or out)",
|
|
"tidying (up)",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"systematizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disorganizing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"mussing",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprout":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chick",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"kindergartner",
|
|
"kindergartener",
|
|
"preschooler",
|
|
"rug rat",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"schoolchild",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"schoolkid",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bantling",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"weanling",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hellion",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"jackanapes",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"preteen-ager",
|
|
"subteen",
|
|
"teen",
|
|
"teenager",
|
|
"teener",
|
|
"teenybopper",
|
|
"tween",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"bobby-soxer",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-ager",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"golden-ager",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a branch of a main stem especially of a plant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the raspberry bushes began sending out sprouts in early spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"shoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excrescence",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"bough",
|
|
"branchlet",
|
|
"limb",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"floret",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprig",
|
|
"spur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in root , germinate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"germinate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"glean",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull (up)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spritzed":{
|
|
"as in sprayed , sprinkled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"swashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springs (for)":{
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antes (up)",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"foots",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"ponies up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprouted":{
|
|
"as in rooted , germinated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"germinated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"gleaned",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"tended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"pulled (up)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hayed",
|
|
"mowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springtime":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a springtime of entrepreneurship in the old Soviet bloc after the fall of the Iron Curtain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"florescence",
|
|
"floruit",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"salad days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumn",
|
|
"Indian summer",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"efflorescence",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"belle epoque",
|
|
"belle \u00e9poque",
|
|
"golden age",
|
|
"silver age",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"revival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or time of being a child":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man in the winter of his life reminiscing about his springtime and wondering where all the years went"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"childhood",
|
|
"nonage",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boyhood",
|
|
"girlhood",
|
|
"toddlerhood",
|
|
"adolescence",
|
|
"juvenescence",
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"immaturity",
|
|
"juvenility",
|
|
"babyhood",
|
|
"infancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"middle age",
|
|
"midlife",
|
|
"senectitude",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adulthood"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprig":{
|
|
"as in spray , twig":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"branchlet",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"bough",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"limb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spry":{
|
|
"moving easily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an older woman who's still surprisingly spry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"featly",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-footed",
|
|
"light-foot",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrobatic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"loose-jointed",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"light-fingered",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"sure-footed",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"balletic",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinkle":{
|
|
"a light or fine rain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided it was not worth carrying an umbrella for just a sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"rainfall",
|
|
"shower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"downpour",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"thunderstorm",
|
|
"monsoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received only a sprinkle of suggestions for the name of the school mascot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"few",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"sprinkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"slather",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrew",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"strew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"stipple",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprawl":{
|
|
"to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"fan (out)",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"splay",
|
|
"spread (out)",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"fork",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"sow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest with the arms and legs spread out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spread (out)",
|
|
"stretch (out)",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"straddle",
|
|
"lie back",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"perch",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sit",
|
|
"splay",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fan (out)",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"unfurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprouting":{
|
|
"as in rooting , germinating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"germinating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"gleaning",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"culturing",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"tending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"pulling (up)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"haying",
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spraying":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprayed the lawn with pesticides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"stippling",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprites":{
|
|
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child insisted that he'd seen a sprite hiding in the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brownies",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"elves",
|
|
"faeries",
|
|
"fairies",
|
|
"fays",
|
|
"gnomes",
|
|
"goblins",
|
|
"gremlins",
|
|
"hobgoblins",
|
|
"kobolds",
|
|
"leprechauns",
|
|
"pixies",
|
|
"pucks",
|
|
"trolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"little people",
|
|
"kelpies",
|
|
"nixies",
|
|
"changelings",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"familiar spirits",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hants",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"materializations",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"poltergeists",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"specters",
|
|
"spectres",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visitants",
|
|
"wraiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"daimones",
|
|
"daimons",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"genies",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"jinns",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"djinns",
|
|
"shaitans",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
|
|
"doppelgangers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"lamiae",
|
|
"lamias",
|
|
"succubi",
|
|
"vampires",
|
|
"zombies",
|
|
"cacodemons",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"imps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spreads":{
|
|
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spread the news!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"propagates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"sprawls",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"transmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"holds (in)",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lays on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anoints",
|
|
"bedaubs",
|
|
"besmears",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"slathers",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"carpets",
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overlies",
|
|
"overspreads",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"surfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"uncovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once news of the war's end had spread , spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"gets about",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"gets round",
|
|
"leaks (out)",
|
|
"outs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"transpires",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"secretes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"living conditions that help to spread chicken pox"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transfuses",
|
|
"transmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"infects",
|
|
"poisons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"comes down (with)",
|
|
"contracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branches (out)",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"forks",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrews",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retreats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"meets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"joins"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought a brightly colored spread for summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedcovers",
|
|
"bedcoverings",
|
|
"bedspreads",
|
|
"counterpanes",
|
|
"coverlets",
|
|
"haps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"quilts",
|
|
"bedclothes",
|
|
"beddings",
|
|
"clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they really know how to put out a good spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"dinners",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"regales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"repasts",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"carnivals",
|
|
"festivals",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"shindigs",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"barbecues",
|
|
"barbeques",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cookouts",
|
|
"fries",
|
|
"luaus",
|
|
"roasts",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"luncheons",
|
|
"smorgasbords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a vast spread of land just waiting to be settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"expanses",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"latitudes",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"immensities",
|
|
"magnitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spread of grades was from 15 to 79 on that quiz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diapasons",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"widths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spread of nearly 100 miles between farms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"spacings",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"widths",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"clearances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinklings":{
|
|
"a small number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sprinkling of fans showed up at the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"fews",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"sprinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minorities",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"mosts",
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"slathers",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just a sprinkling of experience with the computer program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springy":{
|
|
"able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pillows made with springy foam that bounces right back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncy",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"rubberlike",
|
|
"rubbery",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"stretchable",
|
|
"stretchy",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"whippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"ductile",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"moldable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"willowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"crumbly",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"flakey",
|
|
"friable",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"nonelastic",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"walks with a springy step"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruced":{
|
|
"as in dolled up , cosmeticized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmeticized",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"souped up",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"candied",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"sweetened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spread (out)":{
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's spread the puzzle out on the floor and see what we've got"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fan (out)",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"stretch (out)",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"unfurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"fold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spring":{
|
|
"an act of leaping into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deer gave a sudden spring and disappeared into the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriole",
|
|
"gambado",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"pounce",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the springs of this time-honored tradition run too deep to allow for easy explanation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"shape (up)",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"leapfrog",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriole",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"pounce",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"skyrocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"disenthrall",
|
|
"disenthral",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bail (out)",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"ransom",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"disembarrass",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"unshackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"enslave",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"subjugate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinted":{
|
|
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"trotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"cantered",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"shagged",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"footed (it)",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"hoofed (it)",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"legged (it)",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"stepped (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"limped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spray":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprayed the lawn with pesticides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrew",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"strew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"stipple",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in twig , sprig":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sprig",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"branchlet",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"bough",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"limb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mist , spindrift":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"spindrift",
|
|
"mousse",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"spume",
|
|
"suds",
|
|
"surf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spritz , spit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spritz",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"spouter",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"burst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in arrangement , wreath":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"boutonniere",
|
|
"corsage",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"lei",
|
|
"wreath",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"nosegay",
|
|
"posy",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"floret",
|
|
"floweret",
|
|
"flowerette",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprucing":{
|
|
"as in dolling up , cosmeticizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmeticizing",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"souping up",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"candying",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spring wagons":{
|
|
"as in drays , jolt-wagons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drays",
|
|
"jolt-wagons",
|
|
"oxcarts",
|
|
"wagonettes",
|
|
"carts",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"wains",
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"hand trucks",
|
|
"pushcarts",
|
|
"trams",
|
|
"trucks",
|
|
"wheelbarrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springs":{
|
|
"an act of leaping into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deer gave a sudden spring and disappeared into the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"caprioles",
|
|
"gambadoes",
|
|
"gambados",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"pounces",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the springs of this time-honored tradition run too deep to allow for easy explanation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fonts",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"sets in",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes on",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"shapes (up)",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"survives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"leapfrogs",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"caprioles",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"pounces",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"skyrockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"disenthralls",
|
|
"disenthrals",
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"manumits",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"uncages",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"unfetters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bails (out)",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"paroles",
|
|
"ransoms",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"disembarrasses",
|
|
"disencumbers",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"unshackles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"imprisons",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"locks (up)",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"enslaves",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"subjugates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spree":{
|
|
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went on a spending spree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"escapade",
|
|
"prank",
|
|
"bender",
|
|
"brannigan",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"toot",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"recreation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a lifetime of self-destructive sprees , the poet Dylan Thomas died at last of an alcoholic overdose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bender",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"carousal",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"jamboree",
|
|
"toot",
|
|
"wassail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"bibbery",
|
|
"bibulousness",
|
|
"drunkenness",
|
|
"inebriation",
|
|
"inebriety",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"tipsiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprucely":{
|
|
"in a strikingly neat and trim manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprucely dressed, I set out for my first job interview"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"snappily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"trimly",
|
|
"elegantly",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"stylishly",
|
|
"swankily",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"pristinely",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"inelegantly",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"mussily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"scruffily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sloppily",
|
|
"slovenly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprigs":{
|
|
"as in sprays , twigs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"branchlets",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"boughs",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"limbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spreads (out)":{
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's spread the puzzle out on the floor and see what we've got"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"expands",
|
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"extends",
|
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"fans (out)",
|
|
"flares (out)",
|
|
"opens",
|
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"outspreads",
|
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"outstretches",
|
|
"stretches (out)",
|
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"unfolds",
|
|
"unfurls"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"reduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"folds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spritzing":{
|
|
"as in spraying , sprinkling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"squirting",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"swashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprang":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"started"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came on",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"vaulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"leapfrogged",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"caprioled",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"pounced",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"skyrocketed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"disenthralled",
|
|
"disenthraled",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed (out)",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"paroled",
|
|
"ransomed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"disembarrassed",
|
|
"disencumbered",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"unshackled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"enslaved",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subjugated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springing":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"setting in",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming on",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"shaping (up)",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"surviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"vaulting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"leapfrogging",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"caprioling",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"pouncing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"skyrocketing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"disenthralling",
|
|
"disenthraling",
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing (out)",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"paroling",
|
|
"ransoming",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"disembarrassing",
|
|
"disencumbering",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"unshackling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"enslaving",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"subjugating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinkled":{
|
|
"as in peppered , dotted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"calico",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewed",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"strewed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |