5687 lines
109 KiB
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5687 lines
109 KiB
JSON
{
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"dribbles":{
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"a very small piece":{
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"examples":[
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"news about the remote earthquake was coming in dribbles"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"atoms",
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"bits",
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"crumbs",
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"flecks",
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"flyspecks",
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"grains",
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"granules",
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"molecules",
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"morsels",
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"motes",
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"nubbins",
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"nuggets",
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"particles",
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"patches",
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"scraps",
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"scruples",
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"snippets",
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"snips",
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"specks",
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"tittles"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aces",
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"dabs",
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"dashes",
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"driblets",
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"drops",
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"fractions",
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"haets",
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"halfpence",
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"halfpennies",
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"ha'pennies",
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"iotas",
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"jots",
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"kennings",
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"licks",
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"minims",
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"mites",
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"modicums",
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"nutshells",
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"ounces",
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"pinches",
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"shreds",
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"smatters",
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"smidgens",
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"smidgeons",
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"smidgins",
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"smidges",
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"spots",
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"strains",
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"streaks",
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"suspicions",
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"tastes",
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"touches",
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"traces",
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"whispers",
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"whits",
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"bites",
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"mouthfuls",
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"nibbles",
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"tidbits",
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"titbits",
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"fragments",
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"parts",
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"portions",
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"sections",
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"chips",
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"flakes",
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"shards",
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"shivers",
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"slivers",
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"splinters",
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"clippings",
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"parings",
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"shavings",
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"smithereens"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chunks",
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"gobs",
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"hunks",
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"lumps",
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"slabs",
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"abundances",
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"barrels",
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"buckets",
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"bushels",
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"deals",
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"heaps",
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"loads",
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"masses",
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"mountains",
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"pecks",
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"piles",
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"pots",
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"profusions",
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"quantities",
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"rafts",
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"scads",
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"stacks",
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"volumes",
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"wads",
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"wealths"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
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"examples":[
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"water dribbling over the lip of the fountain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"distills",
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"distils",
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"drips",
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"drops",
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"trickles"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drizzles",
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"sprinkles",
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"flows",
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"pours",
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"rolls",
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"runs",
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"streams",
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"cascades",
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"gutters",
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"riffles",
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"ripples",
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"bleeds",
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"exudes",
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"oozes",
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"seeps",
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"weeps",
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"discharges"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"gushes",
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"spouts",
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"spurts"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
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"examples":[
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"rainwater dribbling along the partially clogged gutter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bubbles",
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"guggles",
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"gurgles",
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"laps",
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"plashes",
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"ripples",
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"splashes",
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"trickles",
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"washes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"eddies",
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"purls",
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"swirls",
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"swashes",
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"swishes",
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"swooshes",
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"whishes",
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"drips",
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"drops",
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"gushes",
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"jets",
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"rushes",
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"spews",
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"spouts",
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"spurts",
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"squirts"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"runs"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"pours",
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"rolls",
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"streams"
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]
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},
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"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
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"examples":[
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"picnickers dribbling in eager anticipation of the hamburgers on the grill"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drivels",
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"drools",
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"salivates",
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"slavers",
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"slobbers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"waters",
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"expectorates",
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"spits",
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"foams",
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"froths",
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"splutters",
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"sputters"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"dried":{
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"to lose liveliness, force, or freshness":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"his creative talents were just drying on the vine in that small, provincial town"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"freshened",
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"revived",
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"bloomed",
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"flourished",
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"prospered",
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"thrived",
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"throve",
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"developed",
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"grew",
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"increased",
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"waxed",
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"crested",
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"peaked",
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"surged"
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],
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"related":[
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"mummified",
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"shriveled",
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"shrivelled",
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"wizened",
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"declined",
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"faded",
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"waned",
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"decreased",
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"diminished",
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"lessened"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"wilted",
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"withered"
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]
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},
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"to make dry":{
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"antonyms":[
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"hydrated",
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"washed",
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"watered",
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"wet",
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"wetted"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the wind quickly dried their clothes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bathed",
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"deluged",
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"doused",
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"dowsed",
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"drenched",
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"drowned",
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"flooded",
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"inundated",
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"overflowed",
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"saturated",
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"soaked",
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"sopped",
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"soused",
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"waterlogged",
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"damped",
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"dampened",
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"humidified",
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"moistened",
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"rehydrated",
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"dipped",
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"dunked",
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"submerged",
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"swamped"
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],
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"related":[
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"dehumidified",
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"drained",
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"evaporated",
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"mummified",
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"shriveled",
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"shrivelled",
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"withered",
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"wizened",
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"air-dried",
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"baked"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dehydrated",
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"desiccated",
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"parched",
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"scorched",
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"seared"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"drift":{
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"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
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"examples":[
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"casual conversation drifting from one topic to another"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bowl",
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"breeze",
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"brush",
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"coast",
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"cruise",
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"flow",
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"glide",
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"roll",
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"sail",
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"skim",
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"slide",
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"slip",
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"stream",
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"sweep",
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"whisk"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fly",
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"race",
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"rush",
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"speed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"limp",
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"lumber",
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"plod",
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"stumble",
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"trudge",
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"shamble",
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"shuffle",
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"stamp",
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"stomp",
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"stump",
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"tramp",
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"labor",
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"toil"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"flounder",
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"struggle"
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]
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},
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"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
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"examples":[
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"the boat drifted along on the current"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"float",
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"glide",
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"hang",
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"hover",
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"poise",
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"ride",
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"sail",
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"swim",
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"waft"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bob",
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"dangle",
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"suspend",
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"buoy",
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"balloon",
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"raft"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dive",
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"lunge",
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"plunge",
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"dip",
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"immerse",
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"submerge",
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"submerse"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"settle",
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"sink"
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]
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},
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"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
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"examples":[
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"spent several years drifting from town to town, picking up odd jobs whenever he needed cash"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bat",
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"cruise",
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"float",
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"gad (about)",
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"gallivant",
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"galavant",
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"kick around",
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"knock (about)",
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"maunder",
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"meander",
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"mooch",
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"ramble",
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"range",
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"roam",
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"rove",
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"traipse",
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"wander"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amble",
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"saunter",
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"stroll",
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"dawdle",
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"mope",
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"gypsy",
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"hobo",
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"tramp",
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"vagabond",
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"mill (about or around)",
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"straggle",
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"stray"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
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"examples":[
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"deep drifts of snow blocked our driveway"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bank",
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"bar",
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"mound"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"snowbank",
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"snowdrift",
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"embankment",
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"sandbar",
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"heap",
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"hill",
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"mass",
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"mountain",
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"stack",
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"tuft"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
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"examples":[
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"the steady drift of the population away from large cities"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"current",
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"direction",
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"leaning",
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"run",
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"tendency",
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"tide",
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"trend",
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"wind"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"curve",
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"downside",
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"shift",
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"swing",
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"turn",
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"turnabout",
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"upside",
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"custom",
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"habit",
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"propensity",
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"tenor",
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"way",
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"countercurrent",
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"countertrend",
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"undercurrent",
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"undertow"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
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"examples":[
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"you should expect a visit from the stork, if you get my drift"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"content",
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"denotation",
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"import",
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"intent",
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"intention",
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"meaning",
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"purport",
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"sense",
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"significance",
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"signification"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"connotation",
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"clue",
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"cue",
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"hint",
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"implication",
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"indication",
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"inkling",
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"intimation",
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"suggestion",
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"message",
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"tenor",
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"theme",
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"bottom",
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"essence",
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"essentiality",
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"nature",
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"soul",
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"spirit",
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"stuff",
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"acceptance",
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"acceptation",
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"definition",
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"burden",
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"crux",
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"gist",
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"core",
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"heart",
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"kernel",
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"marrow",
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"nub",
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"nucleus",
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"pith",
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"point",
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"quick",
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"matter",
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"motif",
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"motive",
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"question",
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"subject",
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"topic"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"drifters":{
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"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
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"examples":[
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"the drifter just packed up and moved on to the next dead-end job"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"gadabouts",
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"gypsies",
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"knockabouts",
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"maunderers",
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"nomads",
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"ramblers",
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"roamers",
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"rovers",
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"strollers",
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"vagabonds",
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"wanderers",
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"wayfarers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"laggards",
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"stragglers",
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"lingerers",
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"loiterers",
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"sojourners",
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"bums",
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"hoboes",
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"hobos",
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"tramps",
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"passengers",
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"sightseers",
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"travelers",
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"travellers",
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"migrants",
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"transients",
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"vagrants",
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"amblers",
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"saunterers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"homebodies",
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"denizens",
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"dwellers",
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"habitants",
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"inhabitants",
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"residents",
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"settlers"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"drifting":{
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"as in hanging , hovering":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in rambling , meandering":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"spent several years drifting from town to town, picking up odd jobs whenever he needed cash"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"ambling",
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"sauntering",
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"strolling",
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"dawdling",
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"moping",
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"gypsying",
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"hoboing",
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"tramping",
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"vagabonding",
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"milling (about or around)",
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"straggling",
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"straying"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"batting",
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"cruising",
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"floating",
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"gadding (about)",
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"knocking (about)",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casual conversation drifting from one topic to another"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"toiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"speeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"sinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat drifted along on the current"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"lunging",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"rafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"swimming",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drill":{
|
|
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shuttling the kids between extracurricular activities is all part of the suburban drill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"lockstep",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"treadmill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daily dozen",
|
|
"regimen",
|
|
"housekeeping",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something done over and over in order to develop skill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doing vocabulary drills all afternoon in preparation for the test"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"workout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"homework",
|
|
"lesson",
|
|
"brushup",
|
|
"refresher",
|
|
"review"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nerve-jangling sound when a dentist drills a tooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"riddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"prickle",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"burrow (into)",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"seal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drilled the target from 100 yards away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"bring down",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pick off",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"snipe (at)",
|
|
"blast (at)",
|
|
"fire (at)",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"machine-gun",
|
|
"tommy-gun",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he drills soybeans in the same rows with corn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"put in",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"sow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"replant",
|
|
"transplant",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"overseed",
|
|
"reseed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drillers":{
|
|
"as in drillmasters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drillmasters",
|
|
"instructors",
|
|
"teachers",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"advisers",
|
|
"advisors",
|
|
"ciceroni",
|
|
"counselors",
|
|
"counsellors",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"handlers",
|
|
"managers",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"trainers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drink (in)":{
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the studio audience for the infomercial seemed to drink in \u2014a little too readily\u2014every word of the host's spiel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eat (up)",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"lap (up)",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"greet",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"decide (on)",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balk (at)",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"pass up",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"throw over",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"demur (to)",
|
|
"object (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drinking":{
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belting (down)",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"knocking back",
|
|
"pounding (down)",
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"slugging (down)",
|
|
"slurping",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"swigging",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"tossing (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"sucking",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"tippling",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"toasting",
|
|
"wining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're worried that she's started drinking again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibbing",
|
|
"boozing",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"liquoring (up)",
|
|
"lushing (up)",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"tippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"nipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hot surface of the porous rock drank water like a sponge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"soaking (up)",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"slurping",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"swigging",
|
|
"swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drinks":{
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts (down)",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"knocks back",
|
|
"pounds (down)",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slugs (down)",
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"tosses (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"sucks",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"ingurgitates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"tipples",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"toasts",
|
|
"wines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're worried that she's started drinking again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibs",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"liquors (up)",
|
|
"lushes (up)",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"nips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hot surface of the porous rock drank water like a sponge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"soaks (up)",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"sucks (up)",
|
|
"takes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
"swills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a liquid suitable for drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we went inside to have a drink after mowing the lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beverages",
|
|
"drinkables",
|
|
"libations",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"quenchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"soda pops",
|
|
"sodas",
|
|
"soft drinks",
|
|
"nectars",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thirsty soldier took a long drink from his canteen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
"swills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"drops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can get drinks at the bar only if you show them a valid ID"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"wines",
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"gins",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
"Dutch courages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drippy":{
|
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drippy romance novels that are apparently intended for the terminally lovesick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"spoony",
|
|
"spooney",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"soft-boiled",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drive (away or off)":{
|
|
"as in turn away , repulse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"turn away",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"forewarn",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"warn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lead on",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"draw in",
|
|
"inveigle",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drive (into)":{
|
|
"as in beat (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat (into)",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"enroot",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"root"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodge",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"driveled":{
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the panting dog driveled on my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"expectorated",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"frothed",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"salivated",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he driveled on about his \"distinguished\" family for what seemed like hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blathered",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"smattered",
|
|
"tittle-tattled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"stammered",
|
|
"stuttered",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"shrieked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drip-dry":{
|
|
"as in wring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"dewater",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"freeze-dry",
|
|
"dehumidify",
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"bedraggle",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wet down",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"moisturize",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"hose (down)",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drives (away or off)":{
|
|
"as in turns away , repulses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"turns away",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"forewarns",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"warns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"draws in",
|
|
"inveigles",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"drifter":{
|
|
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drifter just packed up and moved on to the next dead-end job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gadabout",
|
|
"gypsy",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"maunderer",
|
|
"nomad",
|
|
"rambler",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"rover",
|
|
"stroller",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"wanderer",
|
|
"wayfarer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"sojourner",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"hobo",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"passenger",
|
|
"sightseer",
|
|
"traveler",
|
|
"traveller",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"vagrant",
|
|
"ambler",
|
|
"saunterer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"homebody",
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"settler"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"driving (into)":{
|
|
"as in beating (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beating (into)",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"bedding",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"enrooting",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"rooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"removing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drinks (in)":{
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the studio audience for the infomercial seemed to drink in \u2014a little too readily\u2014every word of the host's spiel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eats (up)",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"laps (up)",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"decides (on)",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balks (at)",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"passes up",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"throws over",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"demurs (to)",
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"driver":{
|
|
"a person who travels by automobile":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fans arriving by public transportation will find the south entrance most convenient, but drivers will have a choice of entrances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobilist",
|
|
"motorist",
|
|
"wheelman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"codriver",
|
|
"chauffeur",
|
|
"carpooler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drinking songs":{
|
|
"as in fight songs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fight songs",
|
|
"arias",
|
|
"arie",
|
|
"art songs",
|
|
"barcaroles",
|
|
"barcarolles",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chansons",
|
|
"chanteys",
|
|
"chanties",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"choruses",
|
|
"croons",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"folk songs",
|
|
"glees",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"motets",
|
|
"part-songs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"rockers",
|
|
"roundelays",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"serenades",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"torch songs",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"remixes",
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies",
|
|
"anthems",
|
|
"cantatas",
|
|
"canticles",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chorales",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"noels",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"spirituals",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"vocals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drizzling":{
|
|
"as in drizzly , misty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"drizzly",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"mizzly",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in dusting , blanketing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strewing",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"stippling",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dripped":{
|
|
"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor",
|
|
"the cracked bottle dripped wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"trickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"guttered",
|
|
"riffled",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"discharged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dribbling":{
|
|
"as in trickling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"minimal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"galore",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"luxuriant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water dribbling over the lip of the fountain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"trickling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"guttering",
|
|
"riffling",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"discharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rainwater dribbling along the partially clogged gutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbling",
|
|
"guggling",
|
|
"gurgling",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"washing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eddying",
|
|
"purling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"swashing",
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"swooshing",
|
|
"whishing",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"streaming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"picnickers dribbling in eager anticipation of the hamburgers on the grill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"salivating",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"expectorating",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"frothing",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"sputtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drills":{
|
|
"an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shuttling the kids between extracurricular activities is all part of the suburban drill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"locksteps",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"rotes",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"ruts",
|
|
"treadmills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daily dozens",
|
|
"regimens",
|
|
"housekeepings",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"policies",
|
|
"traditions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something done over and over in order to develop skill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doing vocabulary drills all afternoon in preparation for the test"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"trainings",
|
|
"workouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"homeworks",
|
|
"lessons",
|
|
"brushups",
|
|
"refreshers",
|
|
"reviews"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nerve-jangling sound when a dentist drills a tooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"riddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prickles",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"burrows (into)",
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"seals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drilled the target from 100 yards away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shoots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"brings down",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"picks off",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"snipes (at)",
|
|
"blasts (at)",
|
|
"fires (at)",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"shotguns",
|
|
"machine-guns",
|
|
"tommy-guns",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he drills soybeans in the same rows with corn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"puts in",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"replants",
|
|
"transplants",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"overseeds",
|
|
"reseeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dribbled":{
|
|
"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water dribbling over the lip of the fountain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"trickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"guttered",
|
|
"riffled",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"discharged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rainwater dribbling along the partially clogged gutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbled",
|
|
"guggled",
|
|
"gurgled",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"trickled",
|
|
"washed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eddied",
|
|
"purled",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"swashed",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"swooshed",
|
|
"whished",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"picnickers dribbling in eager anticipation of the hamburgers on the grill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"salivated",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"expectorated",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"frothed",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drive-in":{
|
|
"as in theater , cinema":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cinema",
|
|
"playhouse",
|
|
"theater",
|
|
"theatre",
|
|
"megaplex",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"plex",
|
|
"'plex",
|
|
"art house",
|
|
"art theater",
|
|
"cinematheque",
|
|
"fleapit",
|
|
"grind house",
|
|
"nickelodeon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drip-drying":{
|
|
"as in wringing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"dewatering",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"freeze-drying",
|
|
"dehumidifying",
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"bedraggling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"wetting down",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"moisturizing",
|
|
"showering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"hosing (down)",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"driveling":{
|
|
"as in prattling , prattle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"undertone",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"muttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the panting dog driveled on my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"salivating",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"expectorating",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"frothing",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"sputtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he driveled on about his \"distinguished\" family for what seemed like hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gibbering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"sputtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blathering",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"blithering",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"tittle-tattling",
|
|
"trolling",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"chuntering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"stammering",
|
|
"stuttering",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"shrieking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"pronouncing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drips":{
|
|
"someone or something boring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's well-meaning, but kind of a drip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"droners",
|
|
"dullsvilles",
|
|
"nudniks",
|
|
"nudnicks",
|
|
"snoozers",
|
|
"snoozes",
|
|
"yawners",
|
|
"yawns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"pills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"uppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the faucet leaked one drip after another no matter what I did to try to fix it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"droplets",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"globs",
|
|
"globules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbets",
|
|
"dewdrops",
|
|
"raindrops",
|
|
"teardrops",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor",
|
|
"the cracked bottle dripped wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distills",
|
|
"distils",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"riffles",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"discharges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drivelled":{
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the panting dog driveled on my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"salivated",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"expectorated",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"frothed",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he driveled on about his \"distinguished\" family for what seemed like hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blathered",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"smattered",
|
|
"tittle-tattled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"stammered",
|
|
"stuttered",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"shrieked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drivelling":{
|
|
"as in prattling , prattle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"undertone",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"muttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the panting dog driveled on my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"salivating",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"expectorating",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"frothing",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"sputtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he driveled on about his \"distinguished\" family for what seemed like hours"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gibbering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"sputtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blathering",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"blithering",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"tittle-tattling",
|
|
"trolling",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"chuntering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"stammering",
|
|
"stuttering",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"shrieking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"pronouncing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drip":{
|
|
"someone or something boring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's well-meaning, but kind of a drip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"droner",
|
|
"dullsville",
|
|
"nudnik",
|
|
"nudnick",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"snoozer",
|
|
"yawn",
|
|
"yawner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"downer",
|
|
"bromide",
|
|
"pill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"upper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the faucet leaked one drip after another no matter what I did to try to fix it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bead",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"droplet",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"globule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbet",
|
|
"dewdrop",
|
|
"raindrop",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"teardrop",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor",
|
|
"the cracked bottle dripped wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drifted":{
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casual conversation drifting from one topic to another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"toiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boat drifted along on the current"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"swam",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"dangled",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"rafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"lunged",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent several years drifting from town to town, picking up odd jobs whenever he needed cash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"gadded (about)",
|
|
"gallivanted",
|
|
"galavanted",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"knocked (about)",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"roved",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"gypsied",
|
|
"hoboed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"vagabonded",
|
|
"milled (about or around)",
|
|
"straggled",
|
|
"strayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"driblets":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"money doled out in driblets to the workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rain leaked through the roof in solitary driblets here and there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"droplets",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"globs",
|
|
"globules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbets",
|
|
"dewdrops",
|
|
"raindrops",
|
|
"teardrops",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drizzled":{
|
|
"as in dusted , blanketed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"bestrewed",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"strewed",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drive-ins":{
|
|
"as in theaters , cinemas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cinemas",
|
|
"playhouses",
|
|
"theaters",
|
|
"theatres",
|
|
"megaplexes",
|
|
"multiplexes",
|
|
"plexes",
|
|
"'plexes",
|
|
"art houses",
|
|
"art theaters",
|
|
"cinematheques",
|
|
"fleapits",
|
|
"grind houses",
|
|
"nickelodeons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drinkable":{
|
|
"suitable for drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"technically, that cheap stuff may be wine, but it's hardly drinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"potable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"nonpoisonous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undrinkable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a liquid suitable for drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thoughtful hostess offered her guests an assortment of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinkables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beverage",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"libation",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"quencher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"potion",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"soda",
|
|
"soda pop",
|
|
"soft drink",
|
|
"nectar",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"mixer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drinkables":{
|
|
"a liquid suitable for drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thoughtful hostess offered her guests an assortment of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinkables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beverages",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"libations",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"quenchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"soda pops",
|
|
"sodas",
|
|
"soft drinks",
|
|
"nectars",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"driblet":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"money doled out in driblets to the workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rain leaked through the roof in solitary driblets here and there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bead",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"droplet",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"globule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbet",
|
|
"dewdrop",
|
|
"raindrop",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"teardrop",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drives":{
|
|
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cowboys drove the herd of cattle from San Antonio to San Francisco"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"runs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm going to drive across the country\u2014want to come?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"tools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"joyrides",
|
|
"chauffeurs",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"races"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drove the plunger into the opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"bears (down)",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"weighs (upon)",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"leans (on or against)",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"rams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corrupt governor was driven out of office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"obligates",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"sandbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"blackmails",
|
|
"high-pressures",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"prevails (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"talks (into)",
|
|
"wins (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"machinery driven by waterpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"cranks (up)",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicks over",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"kick-starts",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stirs up",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"catalyzes",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"steps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this motor drives the gears, which then turn the shaft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"fires (up)",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stimulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the runner drove past the finish line and then came to a dead stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"raced our motorcycles along the drive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"motorways",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"through streets",
|
|
"high streets",
|
|
"Main Streets",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fund-raising drive for the school's marching band"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandwagons",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"crusades",
|
|
"juggernauts",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"offensives",
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"initiatives",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"undertakings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"driller":{
|
|
"as in drillmaster":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drillmaster",
|
|
"instructor",
|
|
"teacher",
|
|
"tutor",
|
|
"adviser",
|
|
"advisor",
|
|
"cicerone",
|
|
"counselor",
|
|
"counsellor",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"handler",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"trainer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drizzle":{
|
|
"a light or fine rain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the intermittent drizzle was just heavy enough to spoil all of our outdoor activities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"rainfall",
|
|
"shower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"downpour",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"thunderstorm",
|
|
"monsoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in dust , blanket":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"bestrew",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"strew",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"stipple",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dripping":{
|
|
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dripping shoes left on the porch to dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water from the leaky roof was dripping all over the floor",
|
|
"the cracked bottle dripped wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"trickling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"guttering",
|
|
"riffling",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"discharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"driven":{
|
|
"caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man with a driven need to be loved or liked by everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"compulsive",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"obsessional",
|
|
"obsessive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"irrepressible",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"reflex",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"whimsical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"controllable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"resistible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cowboys drove the herd of cattle from San Antonio to San Francisco"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"herded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shepherded",
|
|
"wrangled",
|
|
"egged",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"whipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm going to drive across the country\u2014want to come?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiled",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"tooled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"joyridden",
|
|
"chauffeured",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"taxied",
|
|
"ridden",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"raced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drove the plunger into the opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"borne (down)",
|
|
"born (down)",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"weighed (upon)",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"leaned (on or against)",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"rammed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corrupt governor was driven out of office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"obligated",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"sandbagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeaten",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"blackmailed",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"prevailed (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"talked (into)",
|
|
"won (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"machinery driven by waterpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicked over",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"kick-started",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drawn up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this motor drives the gears, which then turn the shaft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stimulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the runner drove past the finish line and then came to a dead stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flown",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"torn",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtaken",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drinking song":{
|
|
"as in fight song":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fight song",
|
|
"aria",
|
|
"art song",
|
|
"barcarole",
|
|
"barcarolle",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chanson",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"chantey",
|
|
"chanty",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"chorus",
|
|
"croon",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"folk song",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"lullaby",
|
|
"madrigal",
|
|
"motet",
|
|
"part-song",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"rocker",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundelay",
|
|
"serenade",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"torch song",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"remix",
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"cantata",
|
|
"canticle",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"noel",
|
|
"psalm",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"ditty",
|
|
"jingle",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"vocal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drive":{
|
|
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cowboys drove the herd of cattle from San Antonio to San Francisco"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"exhort",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"whip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm going to drive across the country\u2014want to come?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"tool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"chauffeur",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"race"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drove the plunger into the opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"bear (down)",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"weigh (upon)",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"lean (on or against)",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"ram"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corrupt governor was driven out of office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"dragoon",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"machinery driven by waterpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"crank (up)",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kick over",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"jump-start",
|
|
"kick-start",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stir up",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"step up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this motor drives the gears, which then turn the shaft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"fire (up)",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stimulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the runner drove past the finish line and then came to a dead stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
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"whisk",
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"zip",
|
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"zoom"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"beetle",
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"dart",
|
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"flit",
|
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"scamper",
|
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"scud",
|
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"scuffle",
|
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"stampede",
|
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"streak",
|
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"whiz",
|
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"whizz",
|
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"gallop",
|
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"jog",
|
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"sprint",
|
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"accelerate",
|
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"quicken",
|
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"step out",
|
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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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"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"dally",
|
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"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
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"drag",
|
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"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
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"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"raced our motorcycles along the drive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"boulevard",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"autobahn",
|
|
"autoroute",
|
|
"autostrada",
|
|
"dual carriageway",
|
|
"interstate",
|
|
"motorway",
|
|
"superhighway",
|
|
"beltway",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"parkway",
|
|
"ring road",
|
|
"corniche",
|
|
"switchback",
|
|
"through street",
|
|
"high street",
|
|
"Main Street",
|
|
"backstreet",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"bystreet",
|
|
"byway",
|
|
"crossroad",
|
|
"secondary road",
|
|
"shunpike",
|
|
"side road",
|
|
"side street",
|
|
"alley",
|
|
"alleyway",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"lane",
|
|
"laneway",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"cul-de-sac",
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fund-raising drive for the school's marching band"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandwagon",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"campaign",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"crusade",
|
|
"juggernaut",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"push"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a strong wish for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a drive to succeed in the television news business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetency",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"jones",
|
|
"letch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"thirstiness",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"impulsion",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"impatience",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"mania"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"active strength of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"senior citizens who exercise regularly are more likely to have the drive to keep up with their grandchildren"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"brio",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamism",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"esprit",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"get-up-and-go",
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vinegar",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animal spirits",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"snappiness",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"spunkiness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"\u00e9lan",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"metal",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"inanition",
|
|
"prostration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpidity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a great opportunity for a sales representative who is full of drive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"action",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"initiative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"ambitiousness",
|
|
"killer instinct",
|
|
"overambitiousness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"self-reliance",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vitality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"lethargy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |