3683 lines
72 KiB
JSON
3683 lines
72 KiB
JSON
{
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"furbelow":{
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"a strip of fabric gathered or pleated on one edge and used as trimming":{
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"examples":[
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"she opted for a simple wedding dress that did without all the frills and furbelows"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"flounce",
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"frill",
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"ruffle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"border",
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"edging",
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"fringe",
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"trim",
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"plait",
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"pleat",
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"ruff",
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"bunting",
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"skirting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in hang , lace":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"braid",
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"embroider",
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"feather",
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"figure",
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"filigree",
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"fillet",
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"flounce",
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"frill",
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"fringe",
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"garland",
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"hang",
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"lace",
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"ribbon",
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"swag",
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"wreathe",
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"boss",
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"chase",
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"appliqu\u00e9",
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"gild",
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"paint",
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"brighten",
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"freshen",
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"smarten",
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"spruce (up)",
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"diamond",
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"gem",
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"impearl",
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"jewel",
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"pearl",
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"accessorize",
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"dress up",
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"trap",
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"trick (out)",
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"redecorate",
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"redo",
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"adorn",
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"array",
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"beautify",
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"bedeck",
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"bedizen",
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"blazon",
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"caparison",
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"deck",
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"decorate",
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"do",
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"doll up",
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"do up",
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"drape",
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"dress",
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"embellish",
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"emblaze",
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"emboss",
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"enrich",
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"fancify",
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"fancy up",
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"festoon",
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"garnish",
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"glitz (up)",
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"grace",
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"gussy up",
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"ornament",
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"pretty (up)",
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"trim"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blemish",
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"deface",
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"disfigure",
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"mar",
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"scar",
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"spoil",
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"simplify",
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"streamline",
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"bare",
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"denude",
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"dismantle",
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"display",
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"divest",
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"expose",
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"reveal",
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"strip",
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"uncover",
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"uglify"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"furbelowed":{
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"as in hung , laced":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"braided",
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"embroidered",
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"feathered",
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"figured",
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"filigreed",
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"filleted",
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"flounced",
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"frilled",
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"fringed",
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"garlanded",
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"hung",
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"hanged",
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"laced",
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"ribboned",
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"swagged",
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"wreathed",
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"bossed",
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"chased",
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"appliqu\u00e9d",
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"gilded",
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"gilt",
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"painted",
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"brightened",
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"freshened",
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"smartened",
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"spruced (up)",
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"diamonded",
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"gemmed",
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"impearled",
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"jeweled",
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"jewelled",
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"pearled",
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"accessorized",
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"dressed up",
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"trapped",
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"tricked (out)",
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"redecorated",
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"redid",
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"adorned",
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"arrayed",
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"beautified",
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"bedecked",
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"bedizened",
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"blazoned",
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"caparisoned",
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"decked",
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"decorated",
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"did",
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"did up",
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"dolled up",
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"draped",
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"dressed",
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"embellished",
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"emblazed",
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"embossed",
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"enriched",
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"fancied up",
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"fancified",
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"festooned",
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"garnished",
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"glitzed (up)",
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"graced",
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"gussied up",
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"ornamented",
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"prettied (up)",
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"trimmed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blemished",
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"defaced",
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"disfigured",
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"marred",
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"scarred",
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"spoiled",
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"spoilt",
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"simplified",
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"streamlined",
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"bared",
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"denuded",
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"dismantled",
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"displayed",
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"divested",
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"exposed",
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"revealed",
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"stripped",
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"stript",
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"uncovered",
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"uglified"
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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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"furbishing":{
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"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
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"examples":[
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"the warrior furbished his sword and shield so that they glinted in the sunlight"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buffing",
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"burnishing",
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"dressing",
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"glossing",
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"grinding",
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"polishing",
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"rubbing",
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"shining",
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"smoothening",
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"smoothing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sleeking",
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"slicking",
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"coating",
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"glazing",
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"japanning",
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"lacquering",
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"varnishing",
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"facing",
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"finishing",
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"veneering",
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"brightening",
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"filing",
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"rasping",
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"sandblasting",
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"sanding",
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"sandpapering",
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"scouring",
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"scraping",
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"scrubbing",
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"bobbing",
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"boning",
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"lapping"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"roughening",
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"roughing (up)",
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"ruffling",
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"scuffing (up)"
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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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"furious":{
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"marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity":{
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"examples":[
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"everyone worked at a furious pace in order to get the float ready for the parade"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"delirious",
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"ferocious",
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"feverish",
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"fierce",
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"frantic",
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"frenetic",
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"frenzied",
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"mad",
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"rabid",
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"violent",
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"wild"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"concentrated",
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"high-pressured",
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"intense",
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"intensive",
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"vehement",
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"excessive",
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"exorbitant",
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"extravagant",
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"extreme",
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"immoderate",
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"inordinate",
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"lavish",
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"overmuch",
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"overweening",
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"unconscionable",
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"undue",
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"crazed",
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"crazy",
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"demented",
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"deranged",
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"insane",
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"irrational",
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"lunatic",
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"maniacal",
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"maniac"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"peaceful",
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"placid",
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"quiet",
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"serene",
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"subdued",
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"tranquil",
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"undisturbed",
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"unperturbed",
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"untroubled",
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"moderate",
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"reasonable",
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"temperate",
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"casual",
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"easygoing",
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"low-pressure",
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"balanced",
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"sane",
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"sound"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"relaxed"
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]
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},
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"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
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"examples":[
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"a furious hurricane virtually destroyed the seaside town"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acute",
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"almighty",
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"blistering",
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"deep",
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"dreadful",
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"excruciating",
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"explosive",
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"exquisite",
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"fearful",
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"fearsome",
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"ferocious",
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"fierce",
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"frightful",
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"ghastly",
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"hard",
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"heavy",
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"heavy-duty",
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"hellacious",
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"intense",
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"intensive",
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"keen",
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"profound",
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"terrible",
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"vehement",
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"vicious",
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"violent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accentuated",
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"aggravated",
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"concentrated",
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"deepened",
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"emphasized",
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"enhanced",
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"heightened",
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"intensified",
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"magnified",
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"stressed",
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"exhaustive",
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"thorough",
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"harsh",
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"rigorous",
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"severe"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"feeble",
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"weak",
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"shallow",
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"superficial",
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"moderated",
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"qualified",
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"alleviated",
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"eased",
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"lightened",
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"toned (down)",
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"abated",
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"decreased",
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"diminished",
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"lessened",
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"reduced",
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"subdued"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"light",
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"moderate",
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"soft"
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]
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},
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"feeling or showing anger":{
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"examples":[
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"a furious customer demanding to see the manager"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"angered",
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"angry",
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"apoplectic",
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"ballistic",
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"cheesed off",
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"choleric",
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"enraged",
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"foaming",
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"fuming",
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"hopping",
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"horn-mad",
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"hot",
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"incensed",
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"indignant",
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"inflamed",
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"enflamed",
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"infuriate",
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"infuriated",
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"irate",
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"ireful",
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"livid",
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"mad",
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"outraged",
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"rabid",
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"rankled",
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"riled",
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"riley",
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"roiled",
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"shirty",
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"sore",
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"steamed up",
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"steaming",
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"teed off",
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"ticked",
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"wrathful",
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"wroth"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ranting",
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"raving",
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"stormy",
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"boiling",
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"bristling",
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"bristly",
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"burning",
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"cross",
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"huffy",
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"passionate",
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"seething",
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"sizzling",
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"smoldering",
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"smouldering",
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"worked up",
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"wrought (up)",
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"acrid",
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"acrimonious",
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"antagonistic",
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"antipathetic",
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"bitter",
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"embittered",
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"inimical",
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"malevolent",
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"piqued",
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"rancorous",
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"resentful",
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"spiteful",
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"vengeful",
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"vindictive",
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"virulent",
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"vitriolic",
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"antisocial",
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"cold",
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"cool",
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"disagreeable",
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"disapproving",
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"distant",
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"frigid",
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"icy",
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"ill-tempered",
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"sorehead",
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"soreheaded",
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"sulky",
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"unfriendly",
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"unpleasant",
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"aggravated",
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"annoyed",
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"bearish",
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"bilious",
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"cantankerous",
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"churlish",
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"crabby",
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"cranky",
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"dyspeptic",
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"exasperated",
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"fretful",
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"fussy",
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"grouchy",
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"grumpy",
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"ill-humored",
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"inflammable",
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"irascible",
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"irritable",
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"peevish",
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"perturbed",
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"petulant",
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"put out",
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"quick-tempered",
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"snappish",
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"testy",
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"touchy",
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"argumentative",
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"belligerent",
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"contentious",
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"contrary",
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"disputatious",
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"ornery",
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"pugnacious",
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"quarrelsome",
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"querulous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepting",
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"accommodating",
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"obliging",
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"agreeable",
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"amenable",
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"complaisant",
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"amicable",
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"content",
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"happy",
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"satisfied",
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"empathetic",
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"sympathetic",
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"tolerant",
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"understanding",
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"calm",
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"pacific",
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"peaceable",
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"placid",
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"serene",
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"tranquil",
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"unembittered",
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"affable",
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"amiable",
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"easygoing",
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"genial",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"kind",
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"pleasant",
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"sweet"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"angerless",
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"delighted",
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"pleased"
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]
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},
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"marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity":{
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"examples":[
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"rioters went on a furious rampage, doing over $2,000,000 in damage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bang-bang",
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"blood-and-guts",
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"convulsive",
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"cyclonic",
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"explosive",
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"ferocious",
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"fierce",
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"hammer-and-tongs",
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"hot",
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"knock-down, drag-out",
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"knock-down-and-drag-out",
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"paroxysmal",
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"rabid",
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"rough",
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"stormy",
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"tempestuous",
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"tumultuous",
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"turbulent",
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"violent",
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"volcanic"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"barbarous",
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"brutal",
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"savage",
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"vicious",
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"antagonistic",
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"hostile",
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"aggressive",
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"assertive",
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"bellicose",
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"belligerent",
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"combative",
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"contentious",
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"gladiatorial",
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"pugnacious",
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"quarrelsome",
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"truculent",
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"combustible",
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"volatile",
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"agitated",
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"frantic",
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"frenzied",
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"mad",
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"cataclysmal",
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"cataclysmic",
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"destructive",
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"ruinous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"halcyon",
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"pacific",
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"serene",
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"tranquil",
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"nonbelligerent",
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"unaggressive"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nonviolent",
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"peaceable",
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"peaceful"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"furnishing":{
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"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the art students were furnished with brushes, crayons, pencils, and various other art supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutring",
|
|
"accoutering",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"fitting (out)",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"kitting (up or out)",
|
|
"outfitting",
|
|
"provisioning",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"supplying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"storing",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"allotting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"arming",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"reequipping",
|
|
"re-equipping",
|
|
"refitting",
|
|
"refurnishing",
|
|
"reoutfitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll gladly furnish the food for any out-of-town guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"feeding",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plying (with)",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"deeding",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"transferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding (back)",
|
|
"keeping (back)",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furrow":{
|
|
"a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the furrows in his usually unwrinkled brow suggested that he was very worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"crinkle",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugation",
|
|
"layer",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"pleat",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"pucker",
|
|
"seam",
|
|
"tuck",
|
|
"crow's-foot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to furrow the field before we could plant the wheat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"plow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"till",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"hoe",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rototill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop creases or folds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his brow furrowed in concentration as he tried to figure out the math problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crease",
|
|
"crinkle",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"fold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furtherance":{
|
|
"forward movement in time or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the 1965 Civil Rights Act was a major step in the furtherance of social justice in the U.S."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"headway",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"onrush",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"progression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"stride",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"momentum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backwash",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"reflux",
|
|
"retraction",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"about-face",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turnaround"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"retrogression"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furthermost":{
|
|
"most distant from a center":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"innermost",
|
|
"nearest"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a probe that will travel into the furthermost reaches of deep space"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"medial",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"mid",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aftermost",
|
|
"rearmost",
|
|
"sternmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"farthermost",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"furthest",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"utmost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furor":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the classroom was in a furor when the mice escaped from their cage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"euphoric children in a gift-opening furor on Christmas morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"deliriousness",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"residents were in a furor about the new paper mill being constructed within city limits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"birse",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"lividness",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"acrimoniousness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"embitterment",
|
|
"empoisonment",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"envy",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"hot-headedness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"air rage",
|
|
"road rage",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"patience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fur":{
|
|
"the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chinchilla is known for its exceptionally soft fur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"hair",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"pelage",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"wool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"undercoat",
|
|
"underfur",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"picked at the fur on the chenille pillows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"down",
|
|
"floss",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"lint",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"pile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"furriers willing to pay good money for a lynx fur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"beaver",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chinchilla",
|
|
"ermine",
|
|
"fisher",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lamb",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"sable",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"bearskin",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"coonskin",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"karakul",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"kolinsky",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"sealskin",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"mouton",
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in silt":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"cork",
|
|
"spile",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"stopple",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"plug (up)",
|
|
"stop (up)",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open (up)",
|
|
"unblock",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fury":{
|
|
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tradition has it that Socrates' wife was such a fury that the philosopher's death sentence by the authorities was not an entirely unwelcome fate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle-ax",
|
|
"battle-axe",
|
|
"dragon lady",
|
|
"harpy",
|
|
"harridan",
|
|
"shrew",
|
|
"termagant",
|
|
"virago",
|
|
"vixen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fishwife",
|
|
"gorgon",
|
|
"carper",
|
|
"castigator",
|
|
"caviler",
|
|
"caviller",
|
|
"censurer",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder",
|
|
"nitpicker",
|
|
"railer",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"pettifogger",
|
|
"quibbler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden appearance of the rock star whipped the crowd of onlookers into a fury of excitement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"deliriousness",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his fury , the duped gambler overturned the card table and declared that the game had been fixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"birse",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"lividness",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"acrimoniousness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"embitterment",
|
|
"empoisonment",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"envy",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"hot-headedness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"air rage",
|
|
"road rage",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"patience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furloughed":{
|
|
"as in downsized , trimmed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"excessed",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"chucked (out)",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"signed (up or on)",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reemployed",
|
|
"re-employed",
|
|
"rehired",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"subcontracted",
|
|
"recruited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in truanted , goldbricked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"malingered",
|
|
"truanted",
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"kicked back",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"lazied",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"vegged out",
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
"piddled",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"estivated",
|
|
"aestivated",
|
|
"hibernated",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"moseyed",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"swanned",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furtherances":{
|
|
"forward movement in time or place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the 1965 Civil Rights Act was a major step in the furtherance of social justice in the U.S."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"goings",
|
|
"headways",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"onrushes",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"processes",
|
|
"processions",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"progressions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"comings",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"strides",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backwashes",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"refluxes",
|
|
"retractions",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"reversals",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"about-faces",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turnarounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"recessions",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"regressions",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"retrogressions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furl":{
|
|
"as in curl , twirl":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annulet",
|
|
"becket",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"hank",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spire",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"whorl",
|
|
"wreath",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"cincture",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"hoop",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furbishes":{
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the warrior furbished his sword and shield so that they glinted in the sunlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"burnishes",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"smoothens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleeks",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"glazes",
|
|
"japans",
|
|
"lacquers",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"veneers",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"sandblasts",
|
|
"sandpapers",
|
|
"sands",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"laps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"roughens",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"scuffs (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furloughs":{
|
|
"the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismissals",
|
|
"layoffs",
|
|
"redundancies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pink slips",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"bum's rushes",
|
|
"firings",
|
|
"heave-hos",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shakeouts",
|
|
"shake-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callbacks",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"reemployments",
|
|
"re-employments",
|
|
"rehires"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in downsizes , trims":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"pink-slips",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"chucks (out)",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"signs (up or on)",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"reemploys",
|
|
"rehires",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"subcontracts",
|
|
"recruits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in truants , goldbricks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingers",
|
|
"truants",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"lazies",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"piddles",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"estivates",
|
|
"aestivates",
|
|
"hibernates",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"moseys",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"swans",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"puts out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furies":{
|
|
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tradition has it that Socrates' wife was such a fury that the philosopher's death sentence by the authorities was not an entirely unwelcome fate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle-axes",
|
|
"dragon ladies",
|
|
"harpies",
|
|
"harridans",
|
|
"shrews",
|
|
"termagants",
|
|
"viragoes",
|
|
"viragos",
|
|
"vixens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fishwifes",
|
|
"fishwives",
|
|
"gorgons",
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"castigators",
|
|
"cavilers",
|
|
"cavillers",
|
|
"censurers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"railers",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furs":{
|
|
"the hairy covering of a mammal especially when fine, soft, and thick":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chinchilla is known for its exceptionally soft fur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"hairs",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"pelages",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"wools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"undercoats",
|
|
"underfurs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"skins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"picked at the fur on the chenille pillows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"flosses",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"lints",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"piles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"furriers willing to pay good money for a lynx fur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"skins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"beavers",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chamoix",
|
|
"chinchillas",
|
|
"ermines",
|
|
"fishers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"martens",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"minks",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"muskrats",
|
|
"otters",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lambs",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"rabbits",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"raccoons",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"racoons",
|
|
"sables",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"bearskins",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"calfskins",
|
|
"coonskins",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"deerskins",
|
|
"doeskins",
|
|
"goatskins",
|
|
"horsehides",
|
|
"karakuls",
|
|
"kidskins",
|
|
"kolinskies",
|
|
"lambskins",
|
|
"pigskins",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"sealskins",
|
|
"sharkskins",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskins",
|
|
"snakeskins",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"moutons",
|
|
"alligators",
|
|
"crocodiles",
|
|
"cordovans",
|
|
"moroccos",
|
|
"patent leathers",
|
|
"suedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in silts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"silts",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"corks",
|
|
"spiles",
|
|
"stoppers",
|
|
"stopples",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"congests",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"plugs (up)",
|
|
"stops (up)",
|
|
"stuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"opens (up)",
|
|
"unblocks",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops",
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"hollows (out)",
|
|
"scoops (out)",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"lightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furloughing":{
|
|
"as in downsizing , trimming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"excessing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"chucking (out)",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"signing (up or on)",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reemploying",
|
|
"re-employing",
|
|
"rehiring",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"subcontracting",
|
|
"recruiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in truanting , goldbricking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"malingering",
|
|
"truanting",
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"kicking back",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"lazying",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"estivating",
|
|
"aestivating",
|
|
"hibernating",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"moseying",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"swanning",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"putting out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furbelowing":{
|
|
"as in hanging , lacing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"filigreeing",
|
|
"filleting",
|
|
"flouncing",
|
|
"frilling",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"ribboning",
|
|
"swagging",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"smartening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"diamonding",
|
|
"gemming",
|
|
"impearling",
|
|
"jeweling",
|
|
"jewelling",
|
|
"pearling",
|
|
"accessorizing",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"tricking (out)",
|
|
"redecorating",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"adorning",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"beautifying",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"bedizening",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"emblazing",
|
|
"embossing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fancifying",
|
|
"fancying up",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garnishing",
|
|
"glitzing (up)",
|
|
"gracing",
|
|
"gussying up",
|
|
"ornamenting",
|
|
"prettying (up)",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"scarring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"uglifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furless":{
|
|
"as in skinned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"unclad",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"hairless",
|
|
"shaven",
|
|
"unprotected",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"uncovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"hairy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"further":{
|
|
"at or to a greater distance or more advanced point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"go further along this road and you'll see the sign for the highway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beyond",
|
|
"farther",
|
|
"yon",
|
|
"yonder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in addition to what has been said":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll say nothing further at this time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"additionally",
|
|
"again",
|
|
"also",
|
|
"besides",
|
|
"either",
|
|
"furthermore",
|
|
"likewise",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"moreover",
|
|
"then",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"withal",
|
|
"yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"resulting in an increase in amount or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think further research is needed before we can say whether that treatment is safe or not"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"added",
|
|
"additional",
|
|
"another",
|
|
"else",
|
|
"farther",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"other"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"collateral",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"peripheral",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"supplemental",
|
|
"supplementary",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"supervenient",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"complementary",
|
|
"contributory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fewer",
|
|
"less"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she worked hard to further her operatic career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"incubate",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"subsidize",
|
|
"underwrite",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"agitate (for)",
|
|
"campaign (for)",
|
|
"work (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"inhibit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furls":{
|
|
"as in curls , twirls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annulets",
|
|
"beckets",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"hanks",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"spires",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"whorls",
|
|
"wreaths",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"cinctures",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"hoops",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furthered":{
|
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she worked hard to further her operatic career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"incubated",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"funded",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"staked",
|
|
"subsidized",
|
|
"underwrote",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"touted",
|
|
"agitated (for)",
|
|
"campaigned (for)",
|
|
"worked (for)",
|
|
"wrought (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contended (with)",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"shackled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"inhibited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furtively":{
|
|
"as in surreptitiously , stealthily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"secretively",
|
|
"sneakily",
|
|
"stealthily",
|
|
"surreptitiously",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"clandestinely",
|
|
"collusively",
|
|
"conspiratorially",
|
|
"covertly",
|
|
"offscreen",
|
|
"offstage",
|
|
"inwardly",
|
|
"sotto voce",
|
|
"\u00e0 deux",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
|
|
"backstage",
|
|
"confidentially",
|
|
"in camera",
|
|
"intimately",
|
|
"privately",
|
|
"secretly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"publicly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furnishings":{
|
|
"the movable articles (such as tables and chairs) in a room":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we moved the furnishings out of the room so we could sand down and refinish the wood floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"cabinetwork",
|
|
"furniture",
|
|
"movables",
|
|
"moveables"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"case goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"built-ins",
|
|
"fixtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furnished":{
|
|
"as in provided , supplied":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"appropriable",
|
|
"purchasable",
|
|
"rentable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"omnipresent",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"getatable",
|
|
"reachable",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"acquirable",
|
|
"attainable",
|
|
"available",
|
|
"obtainable",
|
|
"procurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inaccessible",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"unavailable",
|
|
"unobtainable",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"off-limits",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"uncommon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the art students were furnished with brushes, crayons, pencils, and various other art supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutred",
|
|
"accoutered",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"fitted (out)",
|
|
"fit (out)",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"kitted (up or out)",
|
|
"outfitted",
|
|
"provisioned",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"supplied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stocked",
|
|
"stored",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"reequipped",
|
|
"re-equipped",
|
|
"refitted",
|
|
"refurnished",
|
|
"reoutfitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll gladly furnish the food for any out-of-town guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plied (with)",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"deeded",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"transferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held (back)",
|
|
"kept (back)",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furtive":{
|
|
"given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a furtive guy who always seems to be up to something, and usually that something is no-good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"secretive",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"treacherous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"truthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave each other furtive glances as we watched our friend open the booby-trapped soda"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstairs",
|
|
"behind-the-scenes",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furlough":{
|
|
"the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"redundancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pink slip",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"bum's rush",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"heave-ho",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shakeout",
|
|
"shake-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callback",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"reemployment",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"rehiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in downsize , trim":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"chuck (out)",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
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"near antonyms":[
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"employ",
|
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"engage",
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"hire",
|
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"retain",
|
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"sign (up or on)",
|
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"take on",
|
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"keep",
|
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"reemploy",
|
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"rehire",
|
|
"contract",
|
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"subcontract",
|
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"recruit"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"as in truant , goldbrick":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"goldbrick",
|
|
"malinger",
|
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"truant",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
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"dally",
|
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"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
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"drone",
|
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"footle",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
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"veg out",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"piddle",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"estivate",
|
|
"aestivate",
|
|
"hibernate",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"mosey",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"swan",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furors":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the classroom was in a furor when the mice escaped from their cage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furthest":{
|
|
"most distant from a center":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this belongs in the aisle furthest from the cash registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"farthermost",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"furthermost",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"utmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aftermost",
|
|
"rearmost",
|
|
"sternmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"medial",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"mid",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"innermost",
|
|
"nearest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furrows":{
|
|
"a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the furrows in his usually unwrinkled brow suggested that he was very worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creases",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"crinkles",
|
|
"wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrugations",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"pleats",
|
|
"plies",
|
|
"puckers",
|
|
"seams",
|
|
"tucks",
|
|
"crow's-feet",
|
|
"crow's feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had to furrow the field before we could plant the wheat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"plows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"tills",
|
|
"fallows",
|
|
"harrows",
|
|
"hoes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rototills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop creases or folds":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his brow furrowed in concentration as he tried to figure out the math problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creases",
|
|
"crinkles",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"folds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furniture":{
|
|
"the movable articles (such as tables and chairs) in a room":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we bought all new furniture for our new house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"cabinetwork",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"movables",
|
|
"moveables"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"case goods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"built-ins",
|
|
"fixtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"furbish":{
|
|
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the warrior furbished his sword and shield so that they glinted in the sunlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"smoothen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"glaze",
|
|
"japan",
|
|
"lacquer",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"sandblast",
|
|
"sandpaper",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"lap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rough (up)",
|
|
"roughen",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"scuff (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |