9587 lines
186 KiB
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9587 lines
186 KiB
JSON
{
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"drafts":{
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"a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the draft of an average-sized oil tanker"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"consignments",
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"boatloads",
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"carloads",
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"shiploads",
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"trainloads",
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"truckloads",
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"wagonloads",
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"ballasts",
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"deadweights",
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"overloads",
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"surcharges",
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"bales",
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"bundles",
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"packages",
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"packets",
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"packs",
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"parcels",
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"shipments",
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"manifests",
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"bodies",
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"bulks",
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"masses"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"burdens",
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"cargoes",
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"cargos",
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"freights",
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"hauls",
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"ladings",
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"loadings",
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"loads",
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"payloads",
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"weights"
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]
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},
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"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"do you feel a draft from beneath the door?"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"blasts",
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"blows",
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"flurries",
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"gales",
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"gusts",
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"headwinds",
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"squalls",
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"tailwinds",
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"tempests",
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"tornadoes",
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"tornados",
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"windstorms",
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"breaths",
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"breezes",
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"puffs",
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"wafts",
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"zephyrs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"currents",
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"winds"
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]
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},
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"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"took a long draft of the beer before putting his mug down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"drams",
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"drops"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"belts",
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"drags",
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"drinks",
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"gulps",
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"nips",
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"quaffs",
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"shots",
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"sips",
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"slugs",
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"snorts",
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"sups",
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"swallows",
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"swigs",
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"swills"
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]
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},
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"to pick especially for required military service":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"my grandfather was drafted to fight in a war that he opposed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"discharges",
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"musters out"
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],
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"related":[
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"impresses",
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"presses",
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"enlists",
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"enrolls",
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"enrols",
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"recruits",
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"calls up",
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"signs up",
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"volunteers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conscribes",
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"conscripts",
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"levies"
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]
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},
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"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"draft a letter to the local newspaper giving your views on the problem"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"fabricates",
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"fashions",
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"forms",
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"molds",
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"sculptures",
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"shapes",
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"couches",
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"expresses",
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"phrases",
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"states",
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"verbalizes",
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"words",
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"authors",
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"indites",
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"pens",
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"writes",
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"conceives",
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"concocts",
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"devises",
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"builds",
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"constructs",
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"makes",
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"assembles",
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"compounds",
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"pieces (together)",
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"redrafts",
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"reformulates",
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"reframes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"casts",
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"composes",
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"crafts",
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"draws up",
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"formulates",
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"frames",
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"prepares"
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]
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},
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"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
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"antonyms":[
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"fills"
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],
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"examples":[
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"remember to draft the water from the pool so that we can close it up for the winter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bathes",
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"douses",
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"dowses",
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"drenches",
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"soaks",
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"souses",
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"washes",
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"waters",
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"wets",
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"deluges",
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"drowns",
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"floods",
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"inundates",
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"overflows",
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"submerges",
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"swamps"
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],
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"related":[
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"milks",
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"sucks",
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"clears",
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"empties",
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"evacuates",
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"exhausts",
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"vacates",
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"vacuates",
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"voids",
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"decants",
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"effuses",
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"depletes",
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"cleans",
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"flushes",
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"purges"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bleeds",
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"drains",
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"draws (off)",
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"pumps",
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"siphons",
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"syphons",
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"taps"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"drag":{
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"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
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"examples":[
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"the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"draw",
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"hale",
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"haul",
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"lug",
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"pull",
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"tow",
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"tug"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attract",
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"heave",
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"jerk",
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"yank",
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"carry",
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"convey",
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"ferry",
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"move",
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"transport"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"shove",
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"thrust"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"drive",
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"propel",
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"push"
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]
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},
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"to move or act slowly":{
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"examples":[
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"one of the climbers was beginning to drag"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawl",
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"creep",
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"dally",
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"dawdle",
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"delay",
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"diddle",
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"dillydally",
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"lag",
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"linger",
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"loiter",
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"lollygag",
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"lallygag",
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"mope",
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"poke",
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"shilly-shally",
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"tarry"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fiddle (around)",
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"fool around",
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"mess around",
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"monkey (around)",
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"play",
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"potter (around)",
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"putter (around)",
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"trifle",
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"hang (around or out)",
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"idle",
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"loaf",
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"loll",
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"lounge",
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"amble",
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"ease",
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"inch",
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"lumber",
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"plod",
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"saunter",
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"shuffle",
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"stagger",
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"stroll",
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"decelerate",
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"slow (down or up)",
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"filibuster",
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"procrastinate",
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"stall",
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"temporize"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bowl",
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"breeze",
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"dart",
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"hump",
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"hurtle",
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"hustle",
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"scramble",
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"stampede",
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"gallop",
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"jog",
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"run",
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"sprint",
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"trot",
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"accelerate",
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"quicken",
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"speed (up)",
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"catch up",
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"fast-forward",
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"outpace",
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"outrun",
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"outstrip",
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"overtake"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"barrel",
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"bolt",
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"career",
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"course",
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"dash",
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"fly",
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"hasten",
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"hotfoot (it)",
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"hurry",
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"race",
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"rip",
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"rocket",
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"run",
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"rush",
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"scoot",
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"scud",
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"scurry",
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"speed",
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"tear",
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"whirl",
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"whisk",
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"whiz",
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"whizz",
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"zip"
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]
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},
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"to move slowly":{
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"examples":[
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"the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crawl",
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"creak (along)",
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"creep",
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"inch",
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"limp",
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"nose",
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"ooze",
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"plod",
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"poke",
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"slouch",
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"snail"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lumber",
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"shamble",
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"shuffle",
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"tramp",
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"trudge"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"float",
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"glide",
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"sail",
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"hurry",
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"tear"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"fly",
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"race",
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"speed",
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"whiz",
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"whizz",
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"zip"
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]
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},
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"someone or something boring":{
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"examples":[
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"that lecture was such a drag that half of the audience fell asleep"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bore",
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"drip",
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"droner",
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"dullsville",
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"nudnik",
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"nudnick",
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"snooze",
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"snoozer",
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"yawn",
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"yawner"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bummer",
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"downer",
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"bromide",
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"pill"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blast",
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"gas",
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"kick",
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"rush",
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"upper"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
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"examples":[
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"the main drag in town"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arterial",
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"artery",
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"avenue",
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"boulevard",
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"carriageway",
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"drive",
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"expressway",
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"freeway",
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"high road",
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"highway",
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"pass",
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"pike",
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"road",
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"roadway",
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"route",
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"row",
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"street",
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"thoroughfare",
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"thruway",
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"trace",
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"turnpike",
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"way"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"causeway",
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"autobahn",
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"autoroute",
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"autostrada",
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"dual carriageway",
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"interstate",
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"motorway",
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"superhighway",
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"beltway",
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"bypass",
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"parkway",
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"ring road",
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"corniche",
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"switchback",
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"through street",
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"high street",
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"Main Street",
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"backstreet",
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"branch",
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"bystreet",
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"byway",
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"crossroad",
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"secondary road",
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"shunpike",
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"side road",
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"side street",
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"alley",
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"alleyway",
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"circle",
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"lane",
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"laneway",
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"mews",
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"place",
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"close",
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"cul-de-sac",
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"dead end",
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"corridor",
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"track",
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"trail"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
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"examples":[
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"the drag of stagnating wages on bringing the economy out of the recession"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"balk",
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"bar",
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"block",
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"chain",
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"clog",
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"cramp",
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"crimp",
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"deterrent",
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"embarrassment",
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"encumbrance",
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"fetter",
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"handicap",
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"hindrance",
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"holdback",
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"hurdle",
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"impediment",
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"inhibition",
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"interference",
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"let",
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"manacle",
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"obstacle",
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"obstruction",
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"shackles",
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"stop",
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"stumbling block",
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"trammel"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"catch",
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"hitch",
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"rub",
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"snag",
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"barrier",
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"blockade",
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"blockage",
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"brick wall",
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"stone wall",
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"arrest",
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"bit",
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"brake",
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"check",
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"constraint",
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"curb",
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"hobble",
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"rein",
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"restraint",
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"embargo",
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"stoppage",
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"delay",
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"holdup",
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"stall",
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"burden",
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"cumber",
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"load",
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"danger",
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"hazard",
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"peril",
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"reef",
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"adversity",
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"difficulty",
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"disadvantage",
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"drawback",
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"hardship"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"catalyst",
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"goad",
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"impetus",
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"incentive",
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"spur",
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"stimulant",
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"stimulus",
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"advantage",
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"break",
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"edge",
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"aid",
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"assistance",
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"benefit",
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"boost",
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"handmaiden",
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"handmaid",
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"help"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
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"examples":[
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"took a deep drag of tequila before speaking his piece"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"belt",
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"draft",
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"drink",
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"gulp",
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"nip",
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"quaff",
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"shot",
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"sip",
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"slug",
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"snort",
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"sup",
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"swallow",
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"swig",
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"swill"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dram",
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"drop"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
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"examples":[
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"the teenager was mortified to be seen in public with such drags \u2014her parents"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"grinch",
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"killjoy",
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"party pooper",
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"spoilsport",
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"wet blanket"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fuddy-duddy",
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"goody-goody",
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"Goody Two-shoes",
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"old maid",
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"stick-in-the-mud",
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"defeatist",
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"Jeremiah",
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"knocker",
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"pessimist",
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"complainer",
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"crab",
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"cynic",
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"grouch",
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"grump",
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"sorehead",
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"sourpuss",
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"whiner",
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"bore",
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"downer",
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"drip"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cutup",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"carouser",
|
|
"celebrant",
|
|
"celebrator",
|
|
"merrymaker",
|
|
"rejoicer",
|
|
"reveler",
|
|
"reveller",
|
|
"roisterer",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"playgirl",
|
|
"rake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they attended the Renaissance fair in medieval drag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"togs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"vestments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drag one's feet":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"lollygag",
|
|
"lallygag",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)",
|
|
"filibuster",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"temporize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drag one's heels":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"lollygag",
|
|
"lallygag",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)",
|
|
"filibuster",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"temporize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dragged":{
|
|
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"haled",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"lugged",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"towed",
|
|
"tugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"yanked",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"ferried",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"transported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the climbers was beginning to drag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustered",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"creaked (along)",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"slouched",
|
|
"snailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"tore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dragged one's heels":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustered",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draggled":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the poor draggled teddy bear had clearly seen better days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dragooning":{
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was dragooned into agreeing to the fraudulent scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"obligating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"sandbagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"blackmailing",
|
|
"high-pressuring",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"terrorizing",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"hounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drained (away)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the city lost population, its political influence drained away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dropped (off)",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"fell away",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"phased down",
|
|
"ratcheted (down)",
|
|
"racheted (down)",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded (away)",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"melted (away)",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"tailed (off)",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"slowed (down)",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"lengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draining":{
|
|
"as in exhausting , fatiguing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we drained the water from the tank before cleaning it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"drawing (off)",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"siphoning",
|
|
"syphoning",
|
|
"tapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"sucking",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"vacuating",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"decanting",
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"purging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"virtually drained the country's natural resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"drawing down",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"playing out",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"using up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"replacing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long hike drained us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"outwearing",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drainpipes":{
|
|
"a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our drainpipe is always getting clogged with leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"ducts",
|
|
"aqueducts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eaves troughs",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"rainspouts",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"waterspouts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dram":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"allow me to offer a dram of advice"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dramaturgical":{
|
|
"as in actorly , actressy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actorish",
|
|
"actorly",
|
|
"actressy",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"stagy",
|
|
"stagey",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"overdramatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"unexceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draped":{
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town hall was draped in bunting for the annual Fourth of July festivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fancied up",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"glitzed (up)",
|
|
"graced",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"prettied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"smartened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"filigreed",
|
|
"filleted",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"frilled",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"furbelowed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"ribboned",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9d",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"diamonded",
|
|
"gemmed",
|
|
"impearled",
|
|
"jeweled",
|
|
"jewelled",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"redecorated",
|
|
"redid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"uglified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawing (off)":{
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew off the fat from the top of the drippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"sucking",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"vacuating",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"decanting",
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"purging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"siphoning",
|
|
"syphoning",
|
|
"tapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draws (off)":{
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew off the fat from the top of the drippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"siphons",
|
|
"syphons",
|
|
"taps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"sucks",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"vacuates",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"decants",
|
|
"effuses",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"purges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draws in":{
|
|
"as in persuades , ropes (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inveigles",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"magnetizes",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"forewarns",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"warns",
|
|
"drives (away or off)",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"turns away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draws out":{
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor refused to draw out the interview any further"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drags (out)",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"outstretches",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"attenuates",
|
|
"thins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"thickens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dray":{
|
|
"as in oxcart , jolt-wagon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jolt-wagon",
|
|
"oxcart",
|
|
"spring wagon",
|
|
"wagonette",
|
|
"cart",
|
|
"wagon",
|
|
"wain",
|
|
"barrow",
|
|
"hand truck",
|
|
"pushcart",
|
|
"tram",
|
|
"truck",
|
|
"wheelbarrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dramatists":{
|
|
"as in playwrights , screenwriters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draping":{
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town hall was draped in bunting for the annual Fourth of July festivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorning",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"beautifying",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"bedizening",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"emblazing",
|
|
"embossing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fancifying",
|
|
"fancying up",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garnishing",
|
|
"glitzing (up)",
|
|
"gracing",
|
|
"gussying up",
|
|
"ornamenting",
|
|
"prettying (up)",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorizing",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"tricking (out)",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"smartening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"filigreeing",
|
|
"filleting",
|
|
"flouncing",
|
|
"frilling",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"furbelowing",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"ribboning",
|
|
"swagging",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"diamonding",
|
|
"gemming",
|
|
"impearling",
|
|
"jeweling",
|
|
"jewelling",
|
|
"pearling",
|
|
"redecorating",
|
|
"redoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"uglifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"scarring",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drays":{
|
|
"as in oxcarts , jolt-wagons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jolt-wagons",
|
|
"oxcarts",
|
|
"spring wagons",
|
|
"wagonettes",
|
|
"carts",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"wains",
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"hand trucks",
|
|
"pushcarts",
|
|
"trams",
|
|
"trucks",
|
|
"wheelbarrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawings":{
|
|
"a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with an economy of lines, he created a vivid drawing of the tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cartoons",
|
|
"delineations",
|
|
"sketches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contours",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"depictions",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"representations",
|
|
"engravings",
|
|
"etches",
|
|
"etchings",
|
|
"aquatints",
|
|
"charcoals",
|
|
"line drawings",
|
|
"pastels",
|
|
"watercolors",
|
|
"blueprints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dragon lady":{
|
|
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a conniving dragon lady , their mother attempted to dominate their lives well into their adult years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle-ax",
|
|
"battle-axe",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"harpy",
|
|
"harridan",
|
|
"shrew",
|
|
"termagant",
|
|
"virago",
|
|
"vixen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fishwife",
|
|
"gorgon",
|
|
"carper",
|
|
"castigator",
|
|
"caviler",
|
|
"caviller",
|
|
"censurer",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"railer",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"pettifogger",
|
|
"quibbler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draftee":{
|
|
"a person forced or required to enroll in military service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the massive mobilization required draftees to be rushed through training"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscript",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"selectee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"levy",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"rookie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlistee",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drab":{
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new city hall promises to be another drab pile of masonry for the town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in its time, this waterfront dive was decried as a den of iniquity, unfit even for the drunks and drabs who haunted it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawd",
|
|
"call girl",
|
|
"cocotte",
|
|
"courtesan",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"prostitute",
|
|
"sex worker",
|
|
"streetwalker",
|
|
"tart",
|
|
"whore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madam",
|
|
"madame",
|
|
"chippie",
|
|
"chippy",
|
|
"doxy",
|
|
"doxie",
|
|
"floozy",
|
|
"floozie",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"hussy",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"minx",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"flirt",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"tempter",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp",
|
|
"wench"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawing":{
|
|
"a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with an economy of lines, he created a vivid drawing of the tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"delineation",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contour",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"engraving",
|
|
"etch",
|
|
"etching",
|
|
"aquatint",
|
|
"charcoal",
|
|
"line drawing",
|
|
"pastel",
|
|
"watercolor",
|
|
"blueprint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"see if you can draw the bowl of fruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"picturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"cartooning",
|
|
"crayoning",
|
|
"inking",
|
|
"penciling",
|
|
"pencilling",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"profiling",
|
|
"scrawling",
|
|
"scribbling",
|
|
"sketching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw a chair up to the fire and sit with us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"haling",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"lugging",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"towing",
|
|
"tugging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"yanking",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"ferrying",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"transporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who draws characters with lifelike clarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"limning",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"sketching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterizing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"labeling",
|
|
"labelling",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"narrating",
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"recounting",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"silhouetting",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"vignetting",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"redescribing",
|
|
"reimaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"misdescribing",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"misstating",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"warping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draws a hefty weekly salary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"bringing in",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"coming by",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"grossing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"notching (up)",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"racking up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"reacquiring",
|
|
"reattaining",
|
|
"recapturing",
|
|
"regaining",
|
|
"remaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"according",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"parting (with)",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"losing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw her aside so we can ask a quick question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demounting",
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"drawing off",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"dislocating",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"mooring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"siting",
|
|
"situating",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"positioning",
|
|
"putting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the internal organs out of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated the thought of having to pluck and draw a goose before cooking it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"disemboweling",
|
|
"eviscerating",
|
|
"gutting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boning",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"yanking",
|
|
"transplanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shape with a hammer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew the metal into a thin sheet by pounding it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"pounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"planishing",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"kneading",
|
|
"modeling",
|
|
"modelling",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"coining",
|
|
"minting",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"carving",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"graving",
|
|
"hewing",
|
|
"knapping",
|
|
"sculpting",
|
|
"sculpturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draw (off)":{
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew off the fat from the top of the drippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"siphon",
|
|
"syphon",
|
|
"tap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"suck",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"vacuate",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"decant",
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"purge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draw":{
|
|
"to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"see if you can draw the bowl of fruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"picture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"crayon",
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"pencil",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"profile",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw a chair up to the fire and sit with us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"drag",
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"hale",
|
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"haul",
|
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"lug",
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"pull",
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"tow",
|
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"tug"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"attract",
|
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"heave",
|
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"jerk",
|
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"yank",
|
|
"carry",
|
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"convey",
|
|
"ferry",
|
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"move",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"shove",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"drive",
|
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"propel",
|
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"push"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a writer who draws characters with lifelike clarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"limn",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterize",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"narrate",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"recount",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vignette",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"redescribe",
|
|
"reimage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"misdescribe",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"misstate",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"warp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draws a hefty weekly salary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"bring in",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"notch (up)",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"rack up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"annex",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"reacquire",
|
|
"reattain",
|
|
"recapture",
|
|
"regain",
|
|
"remake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"part (with)",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw her aside so we can ask a quick question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demount",
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"draw off",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"dislocate",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transpose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"site",
|
|
"situate",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"put"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the internal organs out of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated the thought of having to pluck and draw a goose before cooking it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"disembowel",
|
|
"eviscerate",
|
|
"gut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"yank",
|
|
"transplant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shape with a hammer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew the metal into a thin sheet by pounding it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"pound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"planish",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"knead",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"carve",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"hew",
|
|
"knap",
|
|
"sculpt",
|
|
"sculpture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the game ended in a draw"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead heat",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"horse race",
|
|
"toss-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that attracts interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"city leaders hoped that the new waterfront development would be a big draw for tourists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"lodestone",
|
|
"loadstone",
|
|
"magnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"epicenter",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"pole",
|
|
"polestar",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"enticement",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"temptation",
|
|
"turn-on",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"sight(s)",
|
|
"spectacle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a draw on his cigarette and immediately started coughing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"tow",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"snatch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"push"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawn":{
|
|
"as in painted , represented":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"photographic",
|
|
"video",
|
|
"illustrational",
|
|
"illustrative",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"visual",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"iconographic",
|
|
"iconographical",
|
|
"ideogramic",
|
|
"ideogrammic",
|
|
"ideogrammatic",
|
|
"ideographic",
|
|
"pictographic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"see if you can draw the bowl of fruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pictured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"cartooned",
|
|
"crayoned",
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"penciled",
|
|
"pencilled",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"profiled",
|
|
"scrawled",
|
|
"scribbled",
|
|
"sketched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw a chair up to the fire and sit with us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"haled",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"lugged",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"towed",
|
|
"tugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"yanked",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"ferried",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"transported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"driven",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who draws characters with lifelike clarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"limned",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"sketched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterized",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"narrated",
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"recounted",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"shown",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"vignetted",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"redescribed",
|
|
"reimaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"misdescribed",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"misstated",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draws a hefty weekly salary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"brought in",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"grossed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"notched (up)",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"racked up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"taken over",
|
|
"reacquired",
|
|
"reattained",
|
|
"recaptured",
|
|
"regained",
|
|
"remade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"given up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"lost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw her aside so we can ask a quick question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"taken out",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demounted",
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"drawn off",
|
|
"drawn out",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"dislocated",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"moored",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"sited",
|
|
"situated",
|
|
"stuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"positioned",
|
|
"put"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the internal organs out of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated the thought of having to pluck and draw a goose before cooking it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"disemboweled",
|
|
"eviscerated",
|
|
"gutted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boned",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"yanked",
|
|
"transplanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shape with a hammer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew the metal into a thin sheet by pounding it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"pounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"planished",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"kneaded",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"coined",
|
|
"minted",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"carved",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"graven",
|
|
"graved",
|
|
"hewed",
|
|
"hewn",
|
|
"knapped",
|
|
"sculpted",
|
|
"sculptured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawling":{
|
|
"to speak slowly with vowel sounds that are longer than usual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He drawled his name in a Southern accent."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"chirping",
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"lipping",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blurting",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"formulizing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"wording",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"piping up (with)",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"ripping (out)",
|
|
"snarling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draws":{
|
|
"to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"see if you can draw the bowl of fruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"cartoons",
|
|
"crayons",
|
|
"inks",
|
|
"pencils",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"profiles",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"sketches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw a chair up to the fire and sit with us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hales",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"lugs",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"tows",
|
|
"tugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"yanks",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"transports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer who draws characters with lifelike clarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"limns",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"portrays",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"sets out",
|
|
"sketches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characterizes",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"narrates",
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"recounts",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"vignettes",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"sums up",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"redescribes",
|
|
"reimages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"misdescribes",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"misstates",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draws a hefty weekly salary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"brings in",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"comes by",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"grosses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"notches (up)",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"racks up",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"reacquires",
|
|
"reattains",
|
|
"recaptures",
|
|
"regains",
|
|
"remakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"parts (with)",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"loses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take away from a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw her aside so we can ask a quick question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demounts",
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"draws off",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"dislocates",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"puts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the internal organs out of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hated the thought of having to pluck and draw a goose before cooking it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"disembowels",
|
|
"eviscerates",
|
|
"guts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"yanks",
|
|
"transplants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shape with a hammer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew the metal into a thin sheet by pounding it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"pounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"planishes",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"kneads",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"coins",
|
|
"mints",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
"carves",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"hews",
|
|
"knaps",
|
|
"sculpts",
|
|
"sculptures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the game ended in a draw"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead heats",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standoffs",
|
|
"ties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"seesaws",
|
|
"photo finishes",
|
|
"horse races",
|
|
"toss-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that attracts interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"city leaders hoped that the new waterfront development would be a big draw for tourists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"lodestones",
|
|
"loadstones",
|
|
"magnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capitals",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cynosures",
|
|
"epicenters",
|
|
"meccas",
|
|
"poles",
|
|
"polestars",
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"enticements",
|
|
"fascinations",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"temptations",
|
|
"turn-ons",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spectacles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a draw on his cigarette and immediately started coughing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"yanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"tows",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"snatches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dragging one's heels":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"lollygagging",
|
|
"lallygagging",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drably":{
|
|
"as in dully , boringly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boringly",
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"colorlessly",
|
|
"inconspicuously",
|
|
"unobtrusively",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"chastely",
|
|
"demurely",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"conservatively",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"quietly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"bleakly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"somberly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"brilliantly",
|
|
"colorfully",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"flamboyantly",
|
|
"flashily",
|
|
"garishly",
|
|
"gaudily",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"loudly",
|
|
"ostentatiously",
|
|
"fancily",
|
|
"ornately",
|
|
"swankily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dragoon":{
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was dragooned into agreeing to the fraudulent scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"obligate",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"sandbag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"hector",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"blackmail",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"terrorize",
|
|
"threaten",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"prevail (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"talk (into)",
|
|
"win (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cavalryman , cuirassier":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carabineer",
|
|
"carabinier",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"cavalryman",
|
|
"cuirassier",
|
|
"servicewoman",
|
|
"doughboy",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"infantryman",
|
|
"dogface",
|
|
"fighter",
|
|
"legionary",
|
|
"legionnaire",
|
|
"man-at-arms",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"serviceman",
|
|
"soldier",
|
|
"trooper",
|
|
"warrior",
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
"artilleryman",
|
|
"cannoneer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"mortarman",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"crossbowman",
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"spearman",
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draws up":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he drew up his horse outside the tavern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"fetches up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"pulls up",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"chokes off",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"goes along",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"wends",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew up the troops into a line along the ridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"systematizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies (up)",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"alphabetizes",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"hierarchizes",
|
|
"prioritizes",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"maps (out)",
|
|
"sets out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deranges",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"musses (up)",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw up a proposal and submit it to the committee for approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"prepares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"sculptures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"indites",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"writes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"pieces (together)",
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"reformulates",
|
|
"reframes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draggers":{
|
|
"someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we quickly left the draggers behind and sprinted up the hill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"laggers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"plodders",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stragglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"latecomers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"delayers",
|
|
"procrastinators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scramblers",
|
|
"hurriers",
|
|
"rushers",
|
|
"speeders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speedsters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drafted":{
|
|
"to pick especially for required military service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my grandfather was drafted to fight in a war that he opposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscribed",
|
|
"conscripted",
|
|
"levied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"enrolled",
|
|
"recruited",
|
|
"called up",
|
|
"signed up",
|
|
"volunteered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"mustered out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draft a letter to the local newspaper giving your views on the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"prepared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"sculptured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"worded",
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"indited",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"wrote",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"pieced (together)",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"reformulated",
|
|
"reframed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"remember to draft the water from the pool so that we can close it up for the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"drew (off)",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned",
|
|
"tapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"sucked",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"vacuated",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"decanted",
|
|
"effused",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"purged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawing a conclusion":{
|
|
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"deriving",
|
|
"extrapolating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"construing",
|
|
"interpreting",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"philosophizing",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"finding out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"draw down":{
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"play out",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"use up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"clean (out)",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"replace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drains":{
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we drained the water from the tank before cleaning it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"draws (off)",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"siphons",
|
|
"syphons",
|
|
"taps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"sucks",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"vacuates",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"decants",
|
|
"effuses",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"purges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"virtually drained the country's natural resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"draws down",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"plays out",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"uses up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"cleans (out)",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"replaces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long hike drained us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"burns out",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"outwears",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sluices , flumes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"drainpipes",
|
|
"eaves troughs",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"rainspouts",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"waterspouts",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"ducts",
|
|
"aqueducts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in flows":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"exoduses",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"outpours",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"reflows",
|
|
"refluxes",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"diasporas",
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"effluences",
|
|
"emanations",
|
|
"emissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"inrushes",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draggle":{
|
|
"as in confuse , muddle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"colly",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"distain",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"mop",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawing on":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"bringing on",
|
|
"catalyzing",
|
|
"causing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"effectuating",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"occasioning",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"resulting (in)",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"translating (into)",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conducing (to)",
|
|
"contributing (to)",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"clamping down (on)",
|
|
"cracking down (on)",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"quenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come near or nearer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"night draws on , so we should hurry home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"bellying up",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"coming up",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"nighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up",
|
|
"waltzing (up)",
|
|
"creeping up",
|
|
"sneaking up",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backing (up or away)",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draconic":{
|
|
"as in harsh , draconian":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draconian",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"butcherly",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"bloodthirsty",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vindictive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draw off":{
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew off the fat from the top of the drippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"siphon",
|
|
"syphon",
|
|
"tap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"suck",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"vacuate",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"decant",
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"purge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draw up":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he drew up his horse outside the tavern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"fetch up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pull up",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"choke off",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew up the troops into a line along the ridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"systematize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"align",
|
|
"aline",
|
|
"cue",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"line up",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"alphabetize",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"hierarchize",
|
|
"prioritize",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"emplace",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"map (out)",
|
|
"set out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"derange",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muss (up)",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw up a proposal and submit it to the committee for approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"prepare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"sculpture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"indite",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"piece (together)",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"reformulate",
|
|
"reframe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draw in":{
|
|
"as in persuade , rope (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inveigle",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lead on",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"magnetize",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"warn",
|
|
"drive (away or off)",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"turn away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drags (out)":{
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"outstretches",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"attenuates",
|
|
"thins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"thickens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draws down":{
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"plays out",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"uses up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"cleans (out)",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"replaces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draw out":{
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor refused to draw out the interview any further"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drag (out)",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"thicken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drainpipe":{
|
|
"a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our drainpipe is always getting clogged with leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eaves trough",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"rainspout",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"waterspout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"duct",
|
|
"aqueduct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drank":{
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belted (down)",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"knocked back",
|
|
"pounded (down)",
|
|
"quaffed",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"slugged (down)",
|
|
"slurped",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"swigged",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"tossed (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"sucked",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"mouthed (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"tippled",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"toasted",
|
|
"wined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're worried that she's started drinking again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibbed",
|
|
"boozed",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"liquored (up)",
|
|
"lushed (up)",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"tippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"nipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hot surface of the porous rock drank water like a sponge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"took up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"quaffed",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"slurped",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"swigged",
|
|
"swilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dramshops":{
|
|
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the state's dramshop laws, anyone who serves alcohol automatically incurs certain liabilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrooms",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"caf\u00e9s",
|
|
"cafes",
|
|
"cantinas",
|
|
"gin mills",
|
|
"grogshops",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"pubs",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"taprooms",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"watering holes",
|
|
"watering places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouses",
|
|
"barrelhouses",
|
|
"bistros",
|
|
"bottle clubs",
|
|
"brewpubs",
|
|
"cabarets",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"nightclubs",
|
|
"roadhouses",
|
|
"speakeasies",
|
|
"sports bars",
|
|
"wineshops",
|
|
"package stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dragged one's feet":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustered",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draining (away)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the city lost population, its political influence drained away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dropping (off)",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"falling away",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"phasing down",
|
|
"ratcheting (down)",
|
|
"racheting (down)",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading (away)",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"melting (away)",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"tailing (off)",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"slowing (down)",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"deflating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dragging one's feet":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"lollygagging",
|
|
"lallygagging",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draws upon":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"bring on",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"result (in)",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"translate (into)",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduce (to)",
|
|
"contribute (to)",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"quench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come near or nearer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"night draws on , so we should hurry home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"belly up",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"come up",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
"waltz (up)",
|
|
"creep up",
|
|
"sneak up",
|
|
"adjoin",
|
|
"border",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"back (up or away)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawing off":{
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew off the fat from the top of the drippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"siphoning",
|
|
"syphoning",
|
|
"tapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"sucking",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"vacuating",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"decanting",
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"purging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawn a conclusion":{
|
|
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You can draw a conclusion about what happened by looking at the clues."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"derived",
|
|
"extrapolated",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"philosophized",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"found out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draggling":{
|
|
"as in confusing , muddling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"collying",
|
|
"crocking",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"bemiring",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"distaining",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"gauming",
|
|
"griming",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"dry-cleaning",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"mopping",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"wiping",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dramedy":{
|
|
"as in comedy , melodrama":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"comedy drama",
|
|
"docudrama",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"monodrama",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"musical comedy",
|
|
"psychodrama",
|
|
"tragedy",
|
|
"tragicomedy",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"playlet",
|
|
"magnum opus",
|
|
"opus",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"drama",
|
|
"dramatization",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"adaptation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dramshop":{
|
|
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the state's dramshop laws, anyone who serves alcohol automatically incurs certain liabilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barroom",
|
|
"caf\u00e9",
|
|
"cafe",
|
|
"cantina",
|
|
"gin mill",
|
|
"grogshop",
|
|
"pub",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"taproom",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"watering hole",
|
|
"watering place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouse",
|
|
"barrelhouse",
|
|
"bistro",
|
|
"bottle club",
|
|
"brewpub",
|
|
"cabaret",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"nightclub",
|
|
"roadhouse",
|
|
"speakeasy",
|
|
"sports bar",
|
|
"wineshop",
|
|
"package store"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drags one's heels":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"lollygags",
|
|
"lallygags",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)",
|
|
"filibusters",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"temporizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawn out":{
|
|
"as in long-term , prolonged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"tentative",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"unrushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cursory",
|
|
"drive-by",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"overhasty",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"precipitous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"unadvised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor refused to draw out the interview any further"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged (out)",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"outstretched",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"thinned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"thickened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shortened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drabness":{
|
|
"as in boredom , tedium":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blahs",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"tiresomeness",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"wearisomeness",
|
|
"uniformity",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"monotonousness",
|
|
"monotony",
|
|
"sameness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"multiplicity",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"enlivenment",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"stimulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dramatization":{
|
|
"a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dramatization of a true story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drama",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"playlet",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"comedy drama",
|
|
"docudrama",
|
|
"dramedy",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"monodrama",
|
|
"musical",
|
|
"musical comedy",
|
|
"psychodrama",
|
|
"tragedy",
|
|
"tragicomedy",
|
|
"magnum opus",
|
|
"opus",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"adaptation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dragging":{
|
|
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mysterious, cloaked figure with a strange, dragging walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"haling",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"lugging",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"towing",
|
|
"tugging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"yanking",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"ferrying",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"transporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the climbers was beginning to drag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"lollygagging",
|
|
"lallygagging",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creaking (along)",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"slouching",
|
|
"snailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"tearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dramatizations":{
|
|
"a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dramatization of a true story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dramas",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"playlets",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"comedy dramas",
|
|
"docudramas",
|
|
"dramedies",
|
|
"melodramas",
|
|
"monodramas",
|
|
"musical comedies",
|
|
"musicals",
|
|
"psychodramas",
|
|
"tragedies",
|
|
"tragicomedies",
|
|
"magnum opuses",
|
|
"opera",
|
|
"opuses",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"adaptations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawn off":{
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew off the fat from the top of the drippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned",
|
|
"tapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"sucked",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"vacuated",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"decanted",
|
|
"effused",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"purged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawing up":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he drew up his horse outside the tavern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"fetching up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"pulling up",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"bottlenecking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"choking off",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"going along",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"wending",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew up the troops into a line along the ridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"systematizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying (up)",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"cuing",
|
|
"cueing",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"alphabetizing",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"hierarchizing",
|
|
"prioritizing",
|
|
"sequencing",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"mapping (out)",
|
|
"setting out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deranging",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mussing (up)",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draw up a proposal and submit it to the committee for approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"preparing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"sculpturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"wording",
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"inditing",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"piecing (together)",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"reformulating",
|
|
"reframing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawing down":{
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I drew down my bank account just paying for tuition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"playing out",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"using up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"replacing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drafty":{
|
|
"as in windy , blustery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawing in":{
|
|
"as in persuading , roping (in)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inveigling",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"decoying",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"magnetizing",
|
|
"wiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"cautioning",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"driving (away or off)",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"turning away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draw upon":{
|
|
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew off the fat from the top of the drippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"siphon",
|
|
"syphon",
|
|
"tap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"suck",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"vacuate",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"decant",
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"purge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the general's imprudent remarks drew on a public rebuke by the secretary of defense"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"bring on",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"result (in)",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"translate (into)",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduce (to)",
|
|
"contribute (to)",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"quench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come near or nearer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"night draws on , so we should hurry home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"belly up",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"come up",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
"waltz (up)",
|
|
"creep up",
|
|
"sneak up",
|
|
"adjoin",
|
|
"border",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"back (up or away)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawing boards":{
|
|
"as in first bases , ground zeros":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones",
|
|
"alphas",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"germs",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"debuts",
|
|
"d\u00e9buts",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"childhoods",
|
|
"infancies",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"omegas",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"completions",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"windups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draws a conclusion":{
|
|
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You can draw a conclusion about what happened by looking at the clues."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"derives",
|
|
"extrapolates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"supposes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"construes",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"reads",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"philosophizes",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"thinks",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"finds out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draftees":{
|
|
"a person forced or required to enroll in military service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the massive mobilization required draftees to be rushed through training"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscripts",
|
|
"inductees",
|
|
"selectees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"recruits",
|
|
"rookies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlistees",
|
|
"volunteers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dramatizes":{
|
|
"as in represents , depicts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"portrays",
|
|
"acts out",
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"role-plays",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"overacts",
|
|
"overplays",
|
|
"underplays",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"poses (as)",
|
|
"stars (in)",
|
|
"coacts",
|
|
"costars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drags one's feet":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think she's dragging her feet on the project because she thinks it's not worth the effort."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"lollygags",
|
|
"lallygags",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)",
|
|
"filibusters",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"temporizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draw a conclusion":{
|
|
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You can draw a conclusion about what happened by looking at the clues."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"derive",
|
|
"extrapolate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"philosophize",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"think",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"find out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawing board":{
|
|
"as in first base , ground zero":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one",
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"debut",
|
|
"d\u00e9but",
|
|
"emergence",
|
|
"childhood",
|
|
"infancy",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"omega",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"completion",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"period",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"windup"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dramatized":{
|
|
"as in represented , depicted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"acted out",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"role-played",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"underplayed",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"clowned",
|
|
"hammed",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"posed (as)",
|
|
"starred (in)",
|
|
"coacted",
|
|
"co-acted",
|
|
"costarred",
|
|
"co-starred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"draggles":{
|
|
"as in confuses , muddles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"collies",
|
|
"crocks",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"bemires",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"distains",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"gaums",
|
|
"grimes",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"mops",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wipes",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drag (out)":{
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"thicken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drawback":{
|
|
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this plan has only one drawback : it's unworkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debit",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"disbenefit",
|
|
"downside",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"incommodity",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"millstone",
|
|
"stranglehold",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"vantage",
|
|
"head start",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"transcendence",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drapery":{
|
|
"pieces of cloth hung to darken, decorate, or divide a room":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drapery for the picture window matched the color of the furniture in the center of the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"drapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hanging(s)",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"tapestry",
|
|
"window shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dramaturgic":{
|
|
"as in actorly , actressy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actorish",
|
|
"actorly",
|
|
"actressy",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"stagy",
|
|
"stagey",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"overdramatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"unexceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dragged (out)":{
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pointless questions that merely dragged out the meeting another hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"outstretched",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"thinned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"thickened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shortened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dramedies":{
|
|
"as in comedies , melodramas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"comedy dramas",
|
|
"docudramas",
|
|
"melodramas",
|
|
"monodramas",
|
|
"musical comedies",
|
|
"musicals",
|
|
"psychodramas",
|
|
"tragedies",
|
|
"tragicomedies",
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"playlets",
|
|
"magnum opuses",
|
|
"opera",
|
|
"opuses",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"dramas",
|
|
"dramatizations",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"adaptations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drafting":{
|
|
"to pick especially for required military service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my grandfather was drafted to fight in a war that he opposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscribing",
|
|
"conscripting",
|
|
"levying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"enlisting",
|
|
"enrolling",
|
|
"recruiting",
|
|
"calling up",
|
|
"signing up",
|
|
"volunteering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"mustering out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"draft a letter to the local newspaper giving your views on the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"preparing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"sculpturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"wording",
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"inditing",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"piecing (together)",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
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"reformulating",
|
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"reframing"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
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"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"remember to draft the water from the pool so that we can close it up for the winter"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"bleeding",
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"draining",
|
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"drawing (off)",
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"pumping",
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"siphoning",
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"syphoning",
|
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"tapping"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"milking",
|
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"sucking",
|
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"clearing",
|
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"emptying",
|
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"evacuating",
|
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"exhausting",
|
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"vacating",
|
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"vacuating",
|
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"voiding",
|
|
"decanting",
|
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"effusing",
|
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"depleting",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"flushing",
|
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"purging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
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"drenching",
|
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"soaking",
|
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"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"wetting",
|
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"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"filling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drape":{
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town hall was draped in bunting for the annual Fourth of July festivities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorn",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"beautify",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"bedizen",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"emboss",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fancify",
|
|
"fancy up",
|
|
"festoon",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"glitz (up)",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gussy up",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"pretty (up)",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessorize",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trick (out)",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"smarten",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fillet",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"impearl",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"redecorate",
|
|
"redo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"uglify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drabs":{
|
|
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in its time, this waterfront dive was decried as a den of iniquity, unfit even for the drunks and drabs who haunted it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawds",
|
|
"call girls",
|
|
"cocottes",
|
|
"courtesans",
|
|
"hookers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"sex workers",
|
|
"streetwalkers",
|
|
"tarts",
|
|
"whores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"madames",
|
|
"mesdames",
|
|
"madams",
|
|
"chippies",
|
|
"doxies",
|
|
"floozies",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"hussies",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"minxes",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"flirts",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"tempters",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps",
|
|
"wenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drains (away)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the city lost population, its political influence drained away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"drops (off)",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"falls away",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"phases down",
|
|
"ratchets (down)",
|
|
"rachets (down)",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades (away)",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"melts (away)",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"tails (off)",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"slows (down)",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"deflates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |