4601 lines
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4601 lines
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{
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"cover":{
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"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
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"examples":[
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"a friend covered for me as a hospital volunteer while my family went on vacation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fill in",
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"pinch-hit",
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"stand in",
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"step in",
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"sub",
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"substitute",
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"take over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"understudy",
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"relieve",
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"spell",
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"double (as)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to form a layer over":{
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"examples":[
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"by morning a foot of snow covered the ground"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blanket",
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"carpet",
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"coat",
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"overlay",
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"overlie",
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"overspread",
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"sheet"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"enclose",
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"inclose",
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"enrobe",
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"enshroud",
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"enswathe",
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"envelop",
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"enwrap",
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"mantle",
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"shawl",
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"shroud",
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"swathe",
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"wrap",
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"cloak",
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"clothe",
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"curtain",
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"veil",
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"circle",
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"encircle",
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"encompass"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to place a protective layer over":{
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"examples":[
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"better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"screen",
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"shield"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cloak",
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"clothe",
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"veil",
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"drape",
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"pall",
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"canopy",
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"cap",
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"crown",
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"disguise",
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"mask",
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"obscure"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bare",
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"expose",
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"uncover"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
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"examples":[
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"this section of the book covers kitchen makeovers for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"concern",
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"deal (with)",
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"pertain (to)",
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"treat (of)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"appertain (to)",
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"bear (on or upon)",
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"refer (to)",
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"relate (to)",
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"advert (to)",
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"allude (to)",
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"cite",
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"glance (upon)",
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"instance",
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"mention",
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"name",
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"note",
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"notice",
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"quote",
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"specify",
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"touch (upon)",
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"offer",
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"present",
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"contain",
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"embrace",
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"encompass",
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"entail",
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"include",
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"incorporate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"exclude",
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"omit",
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"disregard",
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"forget",
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"ignore",
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"neglect",
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"overlook",
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"overpass",
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"pass over",
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"slight",
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"slur (over)",
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"brush (aside or off)",
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"reject",
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"shrug off"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
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"examples":[
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"covered the foxhole with grass and leaves"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"belie",
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"blanket",
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"blot out",
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"cloak",
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"conceal",
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"curtain",
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"disguise",
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"enshroud",
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"hide",
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"mask",
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"obscure",
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"occult",
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"paper over",
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"screen",
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"shroud",
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"suppress",
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"veil"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bury",
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"camouflage",
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"cover (up)",
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"smother",
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"gild",
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"gloss (over)",
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"varnish",
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"whitewash",
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"becloud",
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"bedim",
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"befog",
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"block",
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"cloud",
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"darken",
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"eclipse",
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"obstruct",
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"occlude",
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"overcast",
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"overshadow",
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"shade"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bring out",
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"present",
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"clarify",
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"illuminate",
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"advertise",
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"air",
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"broadcast",
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"get out",
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"proclaim",
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"publicize",
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"publish",
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"spread"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bare",
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"disclose",
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"display",
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"divulge",
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"expose",
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"reveal",
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"show",
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"uncloak",
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"uncover",
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"unmask",
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"unveil"
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]
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},
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"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
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"examples":[
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"we usually manage to cover a lot of ground in a single day"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"course",
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"cross",
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"cut (across)",
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"follow",
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"go",
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"navigate",
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"pass (over)",
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"perambulate",
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"peregrinate",
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"proceed (along)",
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"track",
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"transit",
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"travel",
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"traverse"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hike",
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"traipse",
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"tramp",
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"tread",
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"walk",
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"ride",
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"run",
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"crisscross"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
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"examples":[
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"I'll cover the reception desk while you take a break"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"monitor",
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"watch"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"surveil",
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"eye",
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"behold",
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"espy",
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"look",
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"note",
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"notice",
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"observe",
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"regard",
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"see",
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"sight",
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"spy",
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"view",
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"witness",
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"gape",
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"gawk",
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"gaze",
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"glare",
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"goggle",
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"peer",
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"rubberneck",
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"stare",
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"glance",
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"glimpse",
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"peek",
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"peep"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to drive danger or attack away from":{
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"examples":[
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"covered the wounded soldier until he could be rescued from the downed chopper"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bulwark",
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"defend",
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"fence",
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"fend",
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"forfend",
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"guard",
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"keep",
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"protect",
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"safeguard",
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"screen",
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"secure",
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"shield",
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"ward"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"avert",
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"prevent",
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"oppose",
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"resist",
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"withstand",
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"battle",
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"contend",
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"fight",
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"war",
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"conserve",
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"preserve",
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"save",
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"buffer",
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"palisade",
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"picket",
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"wall"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bombard",
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"storm",
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"beset",
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"besiege",
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"overrun",
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"capitulate",
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"cave",
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"submit",
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"yield"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"assail",
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"assault",
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"attack"
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]
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},
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"a piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents":{
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"examples":[
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"where's the cover for the cookie jar?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cap",
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"lid",
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"top"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dome",
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"hood",
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"roof",
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"capsule",
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"case",
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"casing",
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"covering",
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"housing",
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"jacket",
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"sheath",
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"shell"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"means or method of defending":{
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"examples":[
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"provided cover while their comrades ran for safety"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aegis",
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"egis",
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"ammunition",
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"armor",
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"buckler",
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"defense",
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"guard",
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"protection",
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"safeguard",
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"screen",
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"security",
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"shield",
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"wall",
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"ward"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arm",
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"armament",
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"munitions",
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"weapon",
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"weaponry",
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"fastness",
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"fort",
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"fortress",
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"palisade",
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"stronghold"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aggression",
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"assault",
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"attack",
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"offense",
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"offence",
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"offensive"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
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"examples":[
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"put the restaurant menus in clear plastic covers so that they would last longer"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"armor",
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"capsule",
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"case",
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"casing",
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"cocoon",
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"covering",
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"encasement",
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"housing",
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"hull",
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"husk",
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"jacket",
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"pod",
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"sheath",
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"shell"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cartridge",
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"cassette",
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"casette",
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"bark",
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"crust",
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"carapace",
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"house",
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"mail",
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"panoply",
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"plate",
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"plating",
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"shield",
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"cuticle",
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"hide",
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"skin",
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"envelope",
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"package",
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"wrapper",
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"backing",
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"coating",
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"coverture",
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"facing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
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"examples":[
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"people may only skip their shifts if they find a cover for themselves first"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backup",
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"designated hitter",
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"fill-in",
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"locum tenens",
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"pinch hitter",
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"relief",
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"replacement",
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"reserve",
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"stand-in",
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"sub",
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"substitute"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alternate",
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"understudy",
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"apology",
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"makeshift",
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"stopgap",
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"agent",
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"assignee",
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"attorney",
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"commissary",
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"delegate",
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"deputy",
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"envoy",
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"factor",
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"procurator",
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"proxy",
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"rep",
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"representative",
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"surrogate",
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"assistant",
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"reliever",
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"second",
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"successor",
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"superseder"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a raised covering over something for decoration or protection":{
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"examples":[
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"all of the exhibits at the fair are under cover , so the weather won't be a factor"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"awning",
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"canopy",
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"ceiling",
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"roof",
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"tent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dome",
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"marquee",
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"pavilion",
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"arbor",
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"bower",
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"pergola",
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"screen",
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"shade",
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"shelter",
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"shield",
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"sunshade",
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"umbrella",
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"canvas",
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"canvass",
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"fly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
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"examples":[
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"under cover of friendship the con man insinuated himself in the lives of the unsuspecting couple"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blanket",
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"cloak",
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"cope",
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"cover-up",
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"covering",
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"coverture",
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"curtain",
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"hood",
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"mantle",
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"mask",
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"pall",
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"penumbra",
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"robe",
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"shroud",
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"veil",
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"wraps"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blind",
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"concealer",
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"screen",
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"shield",
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"fig leaf",
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"Potemkin village",
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"Trojan horse",
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"camouflage",
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"disguise",
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"facade",
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"fa\u00e7ade",
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"face",
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"veneer",
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"gloss",
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"varnish"
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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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"cover (up)":{
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"to keep from being publicly known":{
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"examples":[
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"the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"burke",
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"hush (up)",
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"suppress"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"black out",
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"censor",
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"gag",
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"muzzle",
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"silence",
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"quash",
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"repress",
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"smother",
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"spike",
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"squash",
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"squelch",
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"stifle",
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"strangle",
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"throttle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"debunk",
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"expose",
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"reveal",
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"show up",
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"uncloak",
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"uncover",
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"unmask",
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"blab",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"spill",
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"tell",
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"unveil",
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"broadcast",
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"circulate",
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"publish",
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"spread",
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"describe",
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"narrate",
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"recite",
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"recount",
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"rehearse",
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"relate",
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"report"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
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"examples":[
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"that contrived burglary was just a cover-up for murder"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blanket",
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"cloak",
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"cope",
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"cover",
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"covering",
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"coverture",
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"curtain",
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"hood",
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"mantle",
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"mask",
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"pall",
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"penumbra",
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"robe",
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"shroud",
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"veil",
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"wraps"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blind",
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"concealer",
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"screen",
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"shield",
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"fig leaf",
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"Potemkin village",
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"Trojan horse",
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"camouflage",
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"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cover-up":{
|
|
"to keep from being publicly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burke",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"throttle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"narrate",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"recount",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"report"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that contrived burglary was just a cover-up for murder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"penumbra",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"concealer",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"fig leaf",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"Trojan horse",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covered":{
|
|
"as in sheltered , canopied":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canopied",
|
|
"sheltered",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"umbrageous",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"inky",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"penumbral",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"shadeless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"lustrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a friend covered for me as a hospital volunteer while my family went on vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"filled in",
|
|
"pinch-hit",
|
|
"stepped in",
|
|
"stood in",
|
|
"subbed",
|
|
"substituted",
|
|
"took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"understudied",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"spelled",
|
|
"doubled (as)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a layer over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by morning a foot of snow covered the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"carpeted",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overlay",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"sheeted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"enrobed",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"shawled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"wrapped",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"encompassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place a protective layer over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"canopied",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"crowned",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"uncovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this section of the book covers kitchen makeovers for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dealt (with)",
|
|
"pertained (to)",
|
|
"treated (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertained (to)",
|
|
"bore (on or upon)",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"related (to)",
|
|
"adverted (to)",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"glanced (upon)",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"quoted",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (upon)",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"incorporated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"omitted",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred (over)",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"shrugged off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"covered the foxhole with grass and leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we usually manage to cover a lot of ground in a single day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"navigated",
|
|
"passed (over)",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"proceeded (along)",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"transited",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"crisscrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll cover the reception desk while you take a break"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monitored",
|
|
"watched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surveilled",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"gaped",
|
|
"gawked",
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"goggled",
|
|
"peered",
|
|
"rubbernecked",
|
|
"stared",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peeked",
|
|
"peeped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"covered the wounded soldier until he could be rescued from the downed chopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwarked",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"fended",
|
|
"forfended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"warded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"warred",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"buffered",
|
|
"palisaded",
|
|
"picketed",
|
|
"walled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"caved",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covering (up)":{
|
|
"to keep from being publicly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burking",
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"muzzling",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"throttling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"narrating",
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"recounting",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coverlet":{
|
|
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought a beautiful new coverlet to match the sheets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedcover",
|
|
"bedcovering",
|
|
"bedspread",
|
|
"counterpane",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"quilt",
|
|
"bedclothes",
|
|
"bedding",
|
|
"clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covertness":{
|
|
"as in concealment , subterfuge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"stealth",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"taciturnity",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"confidentiality",
|
|
"privacy",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"secretiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"indiscretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coverts":{
|
|
"a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up a covert from which to watch wildlife without being detected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concealments",
|
|
"dens",
|
|
"hermitages",
|
|
"hideaways",
|
|
"hideouts",
|
|
"hidey-holes",
|
|
"hidy-holes",
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
"nests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"hangouts",
|
|
"harborages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"havens",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rabbit rushed to the safety of the nearest covert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boscages",
|
|
"boskages",
|
|
"bosks",
|
|
"bosques",
|
|
"bosquets",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"brushwoods",
|
|
"chaparrals",
|
|
"coppices",
|
|
"copses",
|
|
"thickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canebrakes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"bushes",
|
|
"scrublands",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"brambles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"groves",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"woodlots",
|
|
"forests",
|
|
"greenwoods",
|
|
"wildwoods",
|
|
"woodlands",
|
|
"woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coveting":{
|
|
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast a coveting glance at her friend's diamond necklace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"grabby",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"moneygrubbing",
|
|
"rapacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commercialistic",
|
|
"materialistic",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"lickerish",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"piggish",
|
|
"piggy",
|
|
"swinish",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"gobbling",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"unquenchable",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmaterialistic",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been coveting that sleek sports car in the showroom for some time now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiderating",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"dying (for)",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"hungering (for)",
|
|
"itching (for)",
|
|
"jonesing (for)",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"lusting (for or after)",
|
|
"panting (after)",
|
|
"pining (for)",
|
|
"repining (for)",
|
|
"salivating (for)",
|
|
"sighing (for)",
|
|
"thirsting (for)",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"yearning (for)",
|
|
"yenning (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoiling (for)",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covet":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been coveting that sleek sports car in the showroom for some time now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ache (for)",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desiderate",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"die (for)",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"hunger (for)",
|
|
"itch (for)",
|
|
"jones (for)",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"lust (for or after)",
|
|
"pant (after)",
|
|
"pine (for)",
|
|
"repine (for)",
|
|
"salivate (for)",
|
|
"sigh (for)",
|
|
"thirst (for)",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"yearn (for)",
|
|
"yen (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoil (for)",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"spurn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covers":{
|
|
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a friend covered for me as a hospital volunteer while my family went on vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fills in",
|
|
"pinch-hits",
|
|
"stands in",
|
|
"steps in",
|
|
"subs",
|
|
"substitutes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"doubles (as)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a layer over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by morning a foot of snow covered the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"carpets",
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overlies",
|
|
"overspreads",
|
|
"sheets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"enrobes",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"enwraps",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"shawls",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"wraps",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encompasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place a protective layer over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"canopies",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"uncovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this section of the book covers kitchen makeovers for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"deals (with)",
|
|
"pertains (to)",
|
|
"treats (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertains (to)",
|
|
"bears (on or upon)",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"relates (to)",
|
|
"adverts (to)",
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"glances (upon)",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (upon)",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"entails",
|
|
"includes",
|
|
"incorporates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"omits",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs (over)",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"shrugs off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"covered the foxhole with grass and leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we usually manage to cover a lot of ground in a single day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts (across)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"passes (over)",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"proceeds (along)",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"transits",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"crisscrosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll cover the reception desk while you take a break"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monitors",
|
|
"watches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surveils",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"goggles",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"rubbernecks",
|
|
"stares",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peeks",
|
|
"peeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"covered the wounded soldier until he could be rescued from the downed chopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"fends",
|
|
"forfends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"wars",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"pickets",
|
|
"walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"where's the cover for the cookie jar?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"lids",
|
|
"tops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"casings",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"means or method of defending":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"provided cover while their comrades ran for safety"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aegises",
|
|
"egises",
|
|
"ammunitions",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"bucklers",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"securities",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"armaments",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"munitions",
|
|
"weaponries",
|
|
"weapons",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"strongholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressions",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"offensives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the restaurant menus in clear plastic covers so that they would last longer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"casings",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"encasements",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"hulls",
|
|
"husks",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"cassettes",
|
|
"casettes",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"crusts",
|
|
"carapaces",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"panoplies",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"platings",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"cuticles",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"envelopes",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"wrappers",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"coatings",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"facings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people may only skip their shifts if they find a cover for themselves first"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backups",
|
|
"designated hitters",
|
|
"fill-ins",
|
|
"locum tenentes",
|
|
"pinch hitters",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"stand-ins",
|
|
"subs",
|
|
"substitutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternates",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"makeshifts",
|
|
"stopgaps",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"attorneys",
|
|
"commissaries",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"procurators",
|
|
"proxies",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"reps",
|
|
"surrogates",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"relievers",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"successors",
|
|
"superseders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a raised covering over something for decoration or protection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of the exhibits at the fair are under cover , so the weather won't be a factor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awnings",
|
|
"canopies",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"tents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"marquees",
|
|
"pavilions",
|
|
"arbors",
|
|
"bowers",
|
|
"pergolas",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"sunshades",
|
|
"umbrellas",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"flies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under cover of friendship the con man insinuated himself in the lives of the unsuspecting couple"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"copes",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"cover-ups",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"penumbrae",
|
|
"penumbras",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"concealers",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"fig leafs",
|
|
"fig leaves",
|
|
"Potemkin villages",
|
|
"Trojan horses",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"veneers",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"varnishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covered (up)":{
|
|
"to keep from being publicly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burked",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"muzzled",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"strangled",
|
|
"throttled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"narrated",
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"recounted",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"reported"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covenanted":{
|
|
"to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"contracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"came around",
|
|
"came round",
|
|
"subscribed",
|
|
"underwrote",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differed",
|
|
"dissented",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"objected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"swore",
|
|
"vowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affianced",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"plighted",
|
|
"trothed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"undertook",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coverlets":{
|
|
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought a beautiful new coverlet to match the sheets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedcovers",
|
|
"bedcoverings",
|
|
"bedspreads",
|
|
"counterpanes",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"quilts",
|
|
"bedclothes",
|
|
"beddings",
|
|
"clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covey":{
|
|
"as in swarm , gaggle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"pod",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covering":{
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the commotion on the dance floor as a covering , we were able to slip out undetected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cover-up",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"penumbra",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"concealer",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"fig leaf",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"Trojan horse",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plastic coverings on lamp shades should be removed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"casing",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"encasement",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"hull",
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"pod",
|
|
"sheath",
|
|
"shell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartridge",
|
|
"cassette",
|
|
"casette",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"carapace",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"panoply",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"plating",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"cuticle",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"envelope",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"wrapper",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a friend covered for me as a hospital volunteer while my family went on vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"filling in",
|
|
"pinch-hitting",
|
|
"standing in",
|
|
"stepping in",
|
|
"subbing",
|
|
"substituting",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"understudying",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"spelling",
|
|
"doubling (as)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a layer over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by morning a foot of snow covered the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"carpeting",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overlying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"sheeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"enrobing",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"enwrapping",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"shawling",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"wrapping",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"encompassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place a protective layer over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"canopying",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"uncovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this section of the book covers kitchen makeovers for the enterprising do-it-yourselfer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"dealing (with)",
|
|
"pertaining (to)",
|
|
"treating (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertaining (to)",
|
|
"bearing (on or upon)",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"relating (to)",
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"glancing (upon)",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (upon)",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"entailing",
|
|
"including",
|
|
"incorporating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"omitting",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring (over)",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"shrugging off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"covered the foxhole with grass and leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
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"blotting out",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we usually manage to cover a lot of ground in a single day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"cutting (across)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"navigating",
|
|
"passing (over)",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"proceeding (along)",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"transiting",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"crisscrossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll cover the reception desk while you take a break"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"monitoring",
|
|
"watching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surveilling",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"gaping",
|
|
"gawking",
|
|
"gazing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"goggling",
|
|
"peering",
|
|
"rubbernecking",
|
|
"staring",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peeking",
|
|
"peeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"covered the wounded soldier until he could be rescued from the downed chopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwarking",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"fending",
|
|
"forfending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"warding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warring",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"palisading",
|
|
"picketing",
|
|
"walling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"caving",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covens":{
|
|
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a coven of epicures who gather for monthly wine tastings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"gal\u00e8res",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"networks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmed circles",
|
|
"elites",
|
|
"in-groups",
|
|
"closed shops",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"colleges",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"tribes",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"brotherhoods",
|
|
"fraternities",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"sisterhoods",
|
|
"sodalities",
|
|
"sororities",
|
|
"communes",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loners",
|
|
"individualists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covets":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been coveting that sleek sports car in the showroom for some time now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aches (for)",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desiderates",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"dies (for)",
|
|
"hankers (for or after)",
|
|
"hungers (for)",
|
|
"itches (for)",
|
|
"joneses (for)",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"lusts (for or after)",
|
|
"pants (after)",
|
|
"pines (for)",
|
|
"repines (for)",
|
|
"salivates (for)",
|
|
"sighs (for)",
|
|
"thirsts (for)",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"yearns (for)",
|
|
"yens (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoils (for)",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cover-all":{
|
|
"covering everything or all important points":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a detailed plan for cover-all health insurance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-embracing",
|
|
"all-in",
|
|
"all-inclusive",
|
|
"broad-gauge",
|
|
"broad-gauged",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"cyclopedic",
|
|
"embracive",
|
|
"encyclopedic",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"in-depth",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"panoramic",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"universal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"catholic",
|
|
"encyclical",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"inclusionary",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"panoptic",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"wide-ranging",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"unrestricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"patchy",
|
|
"sketchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cover girls":{
|
|
"as in bathing beauties , pinup girls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing beauties",
|
|
"pinup girls",
|
|
"belles",
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"houris",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"beauty queens",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"cuties",
|
|
"cuteys",
|
|
"dolly birds",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"stunners",
|
|
"cutie-pies",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"femmes fatales",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"frumps",
|
|
"crones",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"witches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covetousness":{
|
|
"a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his covetousness for his neighbors' things spoils any enjoyment he might have of his own possessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enviousness",
|
|
"envy",
|
|
"green-eyed monster",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"resentment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"spitefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"sympathy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an insatiable covetousness made her work long hours so that she could afford expensive things"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"avidness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"graspingness",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"mercenariness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commercialism",
|
|
"materialism",
|
|
"possessiveness",
|
|
"gluttonousness",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"piggishness",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-interest",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"self-regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"bounteousness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"selflessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covenant":{
|
|
"a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two countries signed a peace covenant that, it was hoped, would put an end to decades of bitter conflict"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"treaty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entente",
|
|
"entente cordiale",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"projet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had to sign a covenant that I would return the rental car on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"guaranty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"warranty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oath",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"vow",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concordat",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"treaty",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"insurance",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"pawn",
|
|
"security"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the covenant that existed among neighbors in olden times whereby they would quickly respond to the call to help put out one another's house fires"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"pact",
|
|
"settlement",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"treaty",
|
|
"binder",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"entente",
|
|
"entente cordiale",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"contract"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"come around",
|
|
"come round",
|
|
"subscribe",
|
|
"underwrite",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differ",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"object"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagree"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"vow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiance",
|
|
"betroth",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"ensure",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"undertake",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cove":{
|
|
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a secluded cove that smugglers once used"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bight",
|
|
"creek",
|
|
"embayment",
|
|
"estuary",
|
|
"firth",
|
|
"fjord",
|
|
"fiord",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"inlet",
|
|
"loch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"port",
|
|
"road(s)",
|
|
"roadstead",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"bayou",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cover girl":{
|
|
"as in bathing beauty , pinup girl":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing beauty",
|
|
"pinup girl",
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"houri",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"beauty queen",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"cutie",
|
|
"cutey",
|
|
"dolly bird",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddess",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"stunner",
|
|
"cutie-pie",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"hottie",
|
|
"looker",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"coquette",
|
|
"femme fatale",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"vamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"frump",
|
|
"crone",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coverture":{
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under the coverture of a raging snowstorm, the rebels undertook their surprise attack on the fortress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cover-up",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"penumbra",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"concealer",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"fig leaf",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"Trojan horse",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coven":{
|
|
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a coven of epicures who gather for monthly wine tastings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"gal\u00e8re",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"network",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charmed circle",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"in-group",
|
|
"closed shop",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"college",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"tribe",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"sisterhood",
|
|
"sodality",
|
|
"sorority",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loner",
|
|
"individualist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covert":{
|
|
"screened or sequestered from view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a covert little hideaway that provides a lot of privacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloistered",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"lonely",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"private"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"exposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a covert operation to provide aid to the rebels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstairs",
|
|
"behind-the-scenes",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hole-and-corner",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"hush-hush",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealth",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"back-channel",
|
|
"closed-door",
|
|
"off-the-books",
|
|
"off-the-record",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"confidential",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"top secret",
|
|
"undisclosed",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"subterranean",
|
|
"unadvertised",
|
|
"unexposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"undisguised",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"public"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set up a covert from which to watch wildlife without being detected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"den",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"hideaway",
|
|
"hideout",
|
|
"hidey-hole",
|
|
"hidy-hole",
|
|
"lair",
|
|
"nest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"nook",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"hangout",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"harborage",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"haven",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rabbit rushed to the safety of the nearest covert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boscage",
|
|
"boskage",
|
|
"bosk",
|
|
"bosque",
|
|
"bosquet",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"brushwood",
|
|
"chaparral",
|
|
"coppice",
|
|
"copse",
|
|
"thicket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canebrake",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"scrubland",
|
|
"bramble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"grove",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"woodlot",
|
|
"forest",
|
|
"greenwood",
|
|
"wildwood",
|
|
"wood",
|
|
"woodland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coves":{
|
|
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a secluded cove that smugglers once used"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bights",
|
|
"creeks",
|
|
"embayments",
|
|
"estuaries",
|
|
"firths",
|
|
"fjords",
|
|
"fiords",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"inlets",
|
|
"lochs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"ports",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadsteads",
|
|
"narrows",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"bayous",
|
|
"backwaters",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"slues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covetous":{
|
|
"having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one aggressive bargain hunter rushed to make a covetous grab for the last marked-down TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"grabby",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"moneygrubbing",
|
|
"rapacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commercialistic",
|
|
"materialistic",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"lickerish",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"piggish",
|
|
"piggy",
|
|
"swinish",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"gobbling",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"unquenchable",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmaterialistic",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing mean resentment of another's possessions or advantages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a covetous child who must destroy what he cannot have"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"green-eyed",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
"resentful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"spiteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"well-meaning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unenvious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coveys":{
|
|
"as in swarms , gaggles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covertly":{
|
|
"as in clandestinely , conspiratorially":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clandestinely",
|
|
"collusively",
|
|
"conspiratorially",
|
|
"offscreen",
|
|
"offstage",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"secretively",
|
|
"sneakily",
|
|
"stealthily",
|
|
"surreptitiously",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"inwardly",
|
|
"sotto voce",
|
|
"\u00e0 deux",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
|
|
"backstage",
|
|
"confidentially",
|
|
"in camera",
|
|
"intimately",
|
|
"privately",
|
|
"secretly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"publicly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covenants":{
|
|
"a formal agreement between two or more nations or peoples":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two countries signed a peace covenant that, it was hoped, would put an end to decades of bitter conflict"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"treaties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entente cordiales",
|
|
"ententes",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"projets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had to sign a covenant that I would return the rental car on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"guaranties",
|
|
"sureties",
|
|
"warranties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"oaths",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"vows",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"concordats",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"treaties",
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"insurances",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"pawns",
|
|
"securities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an arrangement about action to be taken":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the covenant that existed among neighbors in olden times whereby they would quickly respond to the call to help put out one another's house fires"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"pacts",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"understandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"treaties",
|
|
"binders",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"entente cordiales",
|
|
"ententes",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"contracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comes around",
|
|
"comes round",
|
|
"subscribes",
|
|
"underwrites",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differs",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"objects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagrees"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"vows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiances",
|
|
"betroths",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"ensures",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"undertakes",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covers (up)":{
|
|
"to keep from being publicly known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor vainly tried to cover up the growing scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burkes",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"quashes",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"throttles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"narrates",
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"recounts",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"reports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cover-ups":{
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that contrived burglary was just a cover-up for murder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"copes",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"penumbrae",
|
|
"penumbras",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"concealers",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"fig leafs",
|
|
"fig leaves",
|
|
"Potemkin villages",
|
|
"Trojan horses",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"veneers",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"varnishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covenanting":{
|
|
"to come to an arrangement as to a course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a traditional rule held that a husband could not enter into a covenant with his wife, because that was the equivalent of covenanting with himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"contracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coming around",
|
|
"coming round",
|
|
"subscribing",
|
|
"underwriting",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differing",
|
|
"dissenting",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"objecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the home buyers had to covenant that they would restore and keep the house for at least 10 years in exchange for a low mortgage rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"vowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiancing",
|
|
"betrothing",
|
|
"plighting",
|
|
"trothing",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coverage":{
|
|
"the amount of something (as subject matter) included":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the biographical dictionary's coverage is limited to people no longer living"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"membership",
|
|
"participation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coverages":{
|
|
"the amount of something (as subject matter) included":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the biographical dictionary's coverage is limited to people no longer living"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"memberships",
|
|
"participations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"covertures":{
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under the coverture of a raging snowstorm, the rebels undertook their surprise attack on the fortress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"copes",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"cover-ups",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"penumbrae",
|
|
"penumbras",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"concealers",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"fig leafs",
|
|
"fig leaves",
|
|
"Potemkin villages",
|
|
"Trojan horses",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"veneers",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"varnishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coverings":{
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the commotion on the dance floor as a covering , we were able to slip out undetected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"copes",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"cover-ups",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"penumbrae",
|
|
"penumbras",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"concealers",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"fig leafs",
|
|
"fig leaves",
|
|
"Potemkin villages",
|
|
"Trojan horses",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"veneers",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"varnishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plastic coverings on lamp shades should be removed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"casings",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"encasements",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"hulls",
|
|
"husks",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"cassettes",
|
|
"casettes",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"crusts",
|
|
"carapaces",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"panoplies",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"platings",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"cuticles",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"envelopes",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"wrappers",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"coatings",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"facings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coveted":{
|
|
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been coveting that sleek sports car in the showroom for some time now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ached (for)",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desiderated",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"died (for)",
|
|
"hankered (for or after)",
|
|
"hungered (for)",
|
|
"itched (for)",
|
|
"jonesed (for)",
|
|
"longed (for)",
|
|
"lusted (for or after)",
|
|
"panted (after)",
|
|
"pined (for)",
|
|
"repined (for)",
|
|
"salivated (for)",
|
|
"sighed (for)",
|
|
"thirsted (for)",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"yearned (for)",
|
|
"yenned (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoiled (for)",
|
|
"spoilt (for)",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued"
|
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abhorred",
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"abominated",
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"despised",
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"detested",
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"execrated",
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"hated",
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"loathed",
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"declined",
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"refused",
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"rejected",
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"spurned"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |