6167 lines
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6167 lines
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{
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"pluck":{
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"the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force":{
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"antonyms":[
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"push"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a quick pluck pulled the hair right out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"heave",
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"shove",
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"thrust"
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],
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"related":[
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"drag",
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"tow",
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"hitch",
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"twitch",
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"grab",
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"snatch"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"draw",
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"haul",
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"jerk",
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"pull",
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"tug",
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"wrench",
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"yank"
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]
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},
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"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
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"antonyms":[
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"spinelessness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"it takes pluck to survive a crippling car accident and still go on to become successful"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"indecisiveness",
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"irresoluteness",
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"irresolution",
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"vacillation",
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"cowardice",
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"cowardliness",
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"cravenness",
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"dastardliness",
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"faintheartedness",
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"pusillanimity",
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"timidity",
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"timorousness"
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],
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"related":[
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"determination",
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"purposefulness",
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"resoluteness",
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"resolution",
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"bravery",
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"courage",
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"courageousness",
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"daring",
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"dauntlessness",
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"doughtiness",
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"fearlessness",
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"gallantry",
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"greatheartedness",
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"intrepidity",
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"intrepidness",
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"nerve",
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"stoutness",
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"valor",
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"endurance",
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"forbearance",
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"stamina",
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"sufferance",
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"tolerance",
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"heart",
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"mettle",
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"spirit",
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"audacity",
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"boldness",
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"brass",
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"cheek",
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"chutzpah",
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"chutzpa",
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"hutzpah",
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"hutzpa",
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"effrontery",
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"gall",
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"hardihood",
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"nerve",
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"nerviness",
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"temerity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backbone",
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"constancy",
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"fiber",
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"fortitude",
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"grit",
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"grittiness",
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"guts",
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"intestinal fortitude",
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"spunk"
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]
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},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"extort",
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"wrench",
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"wrest",
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"wring",
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"clip",
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"gouge",
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"nick",
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"overcharge",
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"soak",
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"exploit",
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"milk",
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"deceive",
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"dupe",
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"fool",
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"gull",
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"trick",
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"rope (in)",
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"betray",
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"bitch",
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"double-cross",
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"bamboozle",
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"fast-talk"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beat",
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"bilk",
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"bleed",
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"cheat",
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"chisel",
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"chouse",
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"con",
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"cozen",
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"defraud",
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"diddle",
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"do",
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"do in",
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"euchre",
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"fiddle",
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"fleece",
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"flimflam",
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"gaff",
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"hose",
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"hustle",
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"mulct",
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"nobble",
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"ream",
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"rip off",
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"rook",
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"screw",
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"shake down",
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"short",
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"shortchange",
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"skin",
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"skunk",
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"squeeze",
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"stick",
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"stiff",
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"sting",
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"sucker",
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"swindle",
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"thimblerig",
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"victimize"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"pluckiness":{
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"as in fortitude , grit":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"backbone",
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"fiber",
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"fortitude",
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"grit",
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"gumption",
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"mettle",
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"pluck",
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"spunk",
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"temper",
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"bottle",
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"bravery",
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"courage",
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"courageousness",
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"daring",
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"daringness",
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"dauntlessness",
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"doughtiness",
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"fearlessness",
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"gallantry",
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"greatheartedness",
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"guts",
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"gutsiness",
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"hardihood",
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"heart",
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"heroism",
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"intestinal fortitude",
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"intrepidity",
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"intrepidness",
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"moxie",
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"nerve",
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"pecker",
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"prowess",
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"stoutness",
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"valor",
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"virtue",
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"determination",
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"perseverance",
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"resolution",
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"endurance",
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"stamina",
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"stomach",
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"tenacity",
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"audacity",
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"boldness",
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"brazenness",
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"cheek",
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"cojones",
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"effrontery",
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"gall",
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"temerity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cowardice",
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"cowardliness",
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"cravenness",
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"dastardliness",
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"poltroonery",
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"spinelessness",
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"cold feet",
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"faintheartedness",
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"fearfulness",
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"mousiness",
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"timidity",
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"timorousness",
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"feebleness",
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"softness",
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"weakness",
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"impotence",
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"ineffectualness",
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"hesitation",
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"indecision",
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"indecisiveness",
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"irresolution"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"plucky":{
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"having or showing a lot of courage or determination":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"A plucky young man who never gave up on his dream."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"plug":{
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"as in scent , spinner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in skate , cob":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in spot , word":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"plugged the hole in the wall with putty"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"excavate",
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"hollow (out)",
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"scoop (out)",
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"shovel"
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],
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"related":[
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"choke",
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"clog",
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"close (off)",
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"clot",
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"congest",
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"jam",
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"obstruct",
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"occlude",
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"caulk",
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"chink",
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"seal",
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"repack",
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"restuff"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"block",
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"bung",
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"dam",
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"fill",
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"pack",
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"stop",
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"stuff"
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]
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},
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"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"plugged away at solving the math problem"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"break",
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"ease (up)",
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"let up",
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"slacken",
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"bum",
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"chill",
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"dally",
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"dillydally",
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"footle",
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"goldbrick",
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"goof (off)",
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"hack (around)",
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"hang (around or out)",
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"idle",
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"laze",
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"loaf",
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"lounge",
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"shirk",
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"slack (off)",
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"veg out",
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"bask",
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"loll",
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"relax",
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"repose",
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"rest",
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"unwind",
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"dabble",
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"doodle",
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"fool around",
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"fribble",
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"goof (around)",
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"hang",
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"hang about",
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"mess around",
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"monkey (around)",
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"play",
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"potter (around)",
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"putter (around)",
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"trifle"
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],
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"related":[
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"apply (oneself)",
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"buckle (down)",
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"dig in",
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"hammer (away)",
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"knuckle down",
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"pitch in",
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"attack",
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"drive",
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"essay",
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"try",
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"exercise",
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"exert",
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"overexert",
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"overwork",
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"eke out",
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"grind (out)",
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"put out",
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"scrabble",
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"scratch",
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"trudge",
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"wade"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bang away",
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"beaver (away)",
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"dig (away)",
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"drudge",
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"endeavor",
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"fag",
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"grub",
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"hump",
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"hustle",
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"labor",
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"moil",
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"peg (away)",
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"plod",
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"plow",
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"slave",
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"slog",
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"strain",
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"strive",
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"struggle",
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"sweat",
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"toil",
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"travail",
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"tug",
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"work"
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]
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},
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"to provide publicity for":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"advertise",
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"bark",
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"merchandise",
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"merchandize",
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"sell",
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"push",
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"acclaim",
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"hail",
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"laud",
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"praise",
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"endorse",
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"indorse",
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"plump (for)",
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"plunk (for)",
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"plonk (for)",
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"recommend",
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"review",
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"announce",
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"broadcast",
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"publish"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ballyhoo",
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"boost",
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"hype",
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"pitch",
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"promote",
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"publicize",
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"talk up",
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"tout"
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]
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},
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"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"blow away",
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"bring down",
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"drop",
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"pick off",
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"shoot down",
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"blaze",
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"pepper",
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"potshot",
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"snipe (at)",
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"blast (at)",
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"fire (at)",
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"pistol",
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"shotgun",
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"machine-gun",
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"tommy-gun",
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"croak",
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"destroy",
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"dispatch",
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"do in",
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"fell",
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"ice",
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"kill",
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"slay",
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"annihilate",
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"blot out",
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"butcher",
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"decimate",
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"massacre",
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"slaughter",
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"wipe out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drill",
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"gun",
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"pop",
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"shoot"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"plug (up)":{
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"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
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"examples":[
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"hair plugged up the drain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"block",
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"choke",
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"clog",
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"clot",
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"congest",
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"dam",
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"gum (up)",
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"jam",
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"obstruct",
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"occlude",
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"stop (up)",
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"stuff"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bung",
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"cork",
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"spile",
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"stopper",
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"stopple",
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"fill",
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"gridlock",
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"pack",
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"fur",
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"silt",
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"flood",
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"glut",
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"inundate",
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"overwhelm",
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"swamp"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"excavate",
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"hollow (out)",
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"scoop (out)",
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"empty",
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"lighten"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"free",
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"open (up)",
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"unblock",
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"unclog",
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"unplug",
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"unstop"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"plugged":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"plugged the hole in the wall with putty"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"excavated",
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"hollowed (out)",
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"scooped (out)",
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"shoveled",
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"shovelled"
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],
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"related":[
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"choked",
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"clogged",
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"closed (off)",
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"clotted",
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"congested",
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"jammed",
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"obstructed",
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"occluded",
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"caulked",
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"calked",
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"chinked",
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"sealed",
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"repacked",
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"restuffed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blocked",
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"bunged",
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"dammed",
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"filled",
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"packed",
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"stopped",
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"stuffed"
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]
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},
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"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"plugged away at solving the math problem"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"broke",
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"eased (up)",
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"let up",
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"slackened",
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"bummed",
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"chilled",
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"dallied",
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"dillydallied",
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"footled",
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"goldbricked",
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"goofed (off)",
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"hacked (around)",
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"hung (around or out)",
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"hanged (around or out)",
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"idled",
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"lazed",
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"loafed",
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"lounged",
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"shirked",
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"slacked (off)",
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"vegged out",
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"basked",
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"lolled",
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"relaxed",
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"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"fribbled",
|
|
"goofed (around)",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"applied (oneself)",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"hammered (away)",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"essayed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"overexerted",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"eked out",
|
|
"ground (out)",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scrabbled",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"waded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged away",
|
|
"beavered (away)",
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"dug (away)",
|
|
"endeavored",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged (away)",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"strove",
|
|
"strived",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"tugged",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"plumped (for)",
|
|
"plunked (for)",
|
|
"plonked (for)",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"published"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"talked up",
|
|
"touted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"brought down",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"picked off",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"sniped (at)",
|
|
"blasted (at)",
|
|
"fired (at)",
|
|
"pistoled",
|
|
"pistolled",
|
|
"shotgunned",
|
|
"machine-gunned",
|
|
"tommy-gunned",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"gunned",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"shot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plugged (up)":{
|
|
"as in closed , blocked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"stopped (up)",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"unnegotiable",
|
|
"unpassable",
|
|
"barricaded",
|
|
"blockaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"navigable",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unclosed",
|
|
"unobstructed",
|
|
"unstopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent passage through by filling with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hair plugged up the drain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"stopped (up)",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"corked",
|
|
"spiled",
|
|
"stoppered",
|
|
"stoppled",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"gridlocked",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"silted",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"hollowed (out)",
|
|
"scooped (out)",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"opened (up)",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plugging":{
|
|
"as in repair , patching":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plugged the hole in the wall with putty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"hollowing (out)",
|
|
"scooping (out)",
|
|
"shoveling",
|
|
"shovelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"closing (off)",
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"congesting",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"caulking",
|
|
"calking",
|
|
"chinking",
|
|
"sealing",
|
|
"repacking",
|
|
"restuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"stuffing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plugged away at solving the math problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"easing (up)",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"applying (oneself)",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"hammering (away)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"essaying",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"overexerting",
|
|
"overworking",
|
|
"eking out",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"wading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"working"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"plumping (for)",
|
|
"plunking (for)",
|
|
"plonking (for)",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooing",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"hyping",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"talking up",
|
|
"touting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"bringing down",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"picking off",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
"sniping (at)",
|
|
"blasting (at)",
|
|
"firing (at)",
|
|
"pistoling",
|
|
"pistolling",
|
|
"shotgunning",
|
|
"machine-gunning",
|
|
"tommy-gunning",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"gunning",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"shooting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plugola":{
|
|
"as in word , spot":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
"come-on",
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"ad",
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"notification",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"brochure",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"fly sheet",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"playbill",
|
|
"poster",
|
|
"show bill",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"cablecast",
|
|
"newscast",
|
|
"telecast",
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"annunciation",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"promulgation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"pronunciamento",
|
|
"rescript",
|
|
"signification",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buildup",
|
|
"campaign",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promo",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"propaganda",
|
|
"publicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plummeted":{
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a week in which stock prices plummeted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"tumbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retreated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plump":{
|
|
"having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been plump all her life, and her sister has always been skinny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blubbery",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"lardy",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"plumpish",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"corn-fed",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"endomorphic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"ectomorphic",
|
|
"anorexic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a direct line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a squirrel on the sidewalk plump in front of us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"veeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"angrily gave a plump of his fist against the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haymaker",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"larrup",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"stinger",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"welt",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"counterblow",
|
|
"counterpunch",
|
|
"counterstroke",
|
|
"body blow",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"one-two",
|
|
"rabbit punch",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-hander",
|
|
"roundhouse",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sidewinder",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"uppercut",
|
|
"cruncher",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plumped herself down on the couch and turned on the TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plumps (for)":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will plump for any candidate who supports stem cell research"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"sides (with)",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunderers":{
|
|
"as in robbers , looters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"despoilers",
|
|
"looters",
|
|
"marauders",
|
|
"pillagers",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"buccaneers",
|
|
"corsairs",
|
|
"freebooters",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"privateers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plundering":{
|
|
"as in pillaging , plunder":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"robbery",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"piracy",
|
|
"pirating",
|
|
"privateering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the escaped convict plundered the house in search of valuables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"sacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"burglarizing",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"stealing (from)",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"ravishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunge (in)":{
|
|
"as in fall (to) , pitch in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunged (in)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunging":{
|
|
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she took a deep breath and plunged from the side of the pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"surfacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"belly flopping",
|
|
"plumping",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"sounding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"prices for those televisions have really plunged since they were first introduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"tumbling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upsweeping",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stairway plunging into darkness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angling",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"cocking",
|
|
"heeling",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"sinking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunk":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plunked a battered hat on his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plump"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunking (for)":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"plumping (for)",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"seconding",
|
|
"siding (with)",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"talking up",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"letting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunks":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plunked a battered hat on his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flumps",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunking":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plunked a battered hat on his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flumping",
|
|
"planking",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plumpish":{
|
|
"as in heavyset , stocky":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"blubbery",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"lardy",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"corn-fed",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"endomorphic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"ectomorphic",
|
|
"anorexic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plumbing":{
|
|
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fathoming",
|
|
"sounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gauging",
|
|
"gaging",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"spanning",
|
|
"remeasuring",
|
|
"replumbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plush":{
|
|
"having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a particularly plush and buttery chardonnay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed",
|
|
"high-octane",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"watered-down",
|
|
"watery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a plush estate filled with priceless art and antiques"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Babylonian",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"plushy",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"spartan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plug (away)":{
|
|
"as in work , peg (away)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"plunge (in)",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"set (to)",
|
|
"settle (down)",
|
|
"readdress",
|
|
"reapply",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"devote",
|
|
"give"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plumbs":{
|
|
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"sounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gauges",
|
|
"gages",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"remeasures",
|
|
"replumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunking down":{
|
|
"as in plopping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"striking down",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"throwing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plump (for)":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will plump for any candidate who supports stem cell research"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"plunk (for)",
|
|
"plonk (for)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"side (with)",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"talk up",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunked":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plunked a battered hat on his head"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flumped",
|
|
"planked",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plum":{
|
|
"someone or something unusually desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that job is considered a real plum in the broadcasting business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"brass ring",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"jackpot",
|
|
"prize money",
|
|
"treasure trove"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plugging (away)":{
|
|
"as in working , pegging (away)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"plunging (in)",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"setting (to)",
|
|
"settling (down)",
|
|
"readdressing",
|
|
"reapplying",
|
|
"addressing",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"buckling",
|
|
"devoting",
|
|
"giving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plugs (away)":{
|
|
"as in works , pegs (away)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"plunges (in)",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"busies",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"sets (to)",
|
|
"settles (down)",
|
|
"readdresses",
|
|
"reapplies",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"devotes",
|
|
"gives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plume":{
|
|
"something given in recognition of achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Nobel Prize for Literature is the plume that all authors covet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"blue ribbon",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"kudo",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"cup",
|
|
"laurel",
|
|
"medal",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"plaque",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"trophy",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"plaudit",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"honorable mention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that jerk plumes himself on his supposed athletic skills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"pride"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"gasconade",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"vapor",
|
|
"vaunt",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"felicitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plucked":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plug hat":{
|
|
"as in baseball cap , cowboy hat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plums":{
|
|
"someone or something unusually desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that job is considered a real plum in the broadcasting business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"pearls",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"goodies",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"brass rings",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"prides",
|
|
"golds",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"prize moneys",
|
|
"treasure troves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plugged-in":{
|
|
"as in with-it":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"with-it",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"clued (in)",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"warned",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unready",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pluggers":{
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quiet pluggers are the ones who really keep this company going"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbodies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"drudgers",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grubbers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sloggers",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"serfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plummy":{
|
|
"as in rich , mellifluous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"mellifluent",
|
|
"mellifluous",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"orotund",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"resonant",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"reverberant",
|
|
"reverberating",
|
|
"reverberative",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"stentorian",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"murmurous",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"tinny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunging (in)":{
|
|
"as in falling (to) , pitching in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"falling (to)",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"settling (down)",
|
|
"buckling (down to)",
|
|
"concentrating (on)",
|
|
"focusing (on)",
|
|
"focussing (on)",
|
|
"knuckling down (to)",
|
|
"zeroing (in on)",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"addressing",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"diving (into)",
|
|
"tackling",
|
|
"wading (in or into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunges":{
|
|
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she took a deep breath and plunged from the side of the pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"sounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"belly flops",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"surfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"prices for those televisions have really plunged since they were first introduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"nose-dives",
|
|
"plummets",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retreats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stairway plunging into darkness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"sinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"tilts",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evens",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"uprises",
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or instance of diving":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Olympic diver took a well-executed plunge off the diving board"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"pitches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"immersions",
|
|
"submersions",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"belly flops",
|
|
"headers",
|
|
"jackknives",
|
|
"swan dives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an overnight plunge in temperature sent the thermometer to below the freezing mark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"nosedives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedowns",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"headways",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"betterments",
|
|
"improvements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"risings",
|
|
"soarings",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plugs":{
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plugged the hole in the wall with putty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"closes (off)",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"congests",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"caulks",
|
|
"calks",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"repacks",
|
|
"restuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"hollows (out)",
|
|
"scoops (out)",
|
|
"shovels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plugged away at solving the math problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applies (oneself)",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"hammers (away)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"overexerts",
|
|
"overworks",
|
|
"ekes out",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"wades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"eases (up)",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"slacks (off)",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"touts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"publishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shoots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"brings down",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"picks off",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"snipes (at)",
|
|
"blasts (at)",
|
|
"fires (at)",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"shotguns",
|
|
"machine-guns",
|
|
"tommy-guns",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in skates , cobs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cobs",
|
|
"dobbins",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"skates",
|
|
"equines",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"steeds",
|
|
"equids",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"foals",
|
|
"geldings",
|
|
"mares",
|
|
"stallions",
|
|
"broncos",
|
|
"bronchos",
|
|
"mustangs",
|
|
"ponies",
|
|
"chargers",
|
|
"coursers",
|
|
"cow ponies",
|
|
"cutting horses",
|
|
"gallopers",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"packhorses",
|
|
"prancers",
|
|
"quarter horses",
|
|
"racehorses",
|
|
"saddle horses",
|
|
"trotters",
|
|
"warhorses",
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"blacks",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"chestnuts",
|
|
"duns",
|
|
"palominos",
|
|
"pintos",
|
|
"pintoes",
|
|
"roans",
|
|
"skewbalds",
|
|
"sorrels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in campaigns , promotions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buildups",
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
"promos",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"propagandas",
|
|
"publicities",
|
|
"ads",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"notifications",
|
|
"postings",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
"circulars",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"fly sheets",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"playbills",
|
|
"posters",
|
|
"show bills",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"cablecasts",
|
|
"newscasts",
|
|
"telecasts",
|
|
"advertisings",
|
|
"billings",
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
"come-ons",
|
|
"commercials",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugolas",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"communications",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"annunciations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"promulgations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"pronunciamentos",
|
|
"pronunciamentoes",
|
|
"rescripts",
|
|
"significations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in scents , spinners":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"spinners",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"enticements",
|
|
"seducements",
|
|
"seductions",
|
|
"temptations",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"entrapments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repellents",
|
|
"repellants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pluses":{
|
|
"something added (as by growth)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a recalculation of the year's income that resulted in a plus in the company's profits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"proliferations",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"run-ups",
|
|
"spikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the supply of cranberries is greatly in plus of the demand for them in the market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellyfuls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overpluses",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surplusages",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"bounties",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"sufficiencies",
|
|
"overproductions",
|
|
"overstocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
"undersupplies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plummeting":{
|
|
"as in sinking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"nosedive",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"headway",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"betterment",
|
|
"improvement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a week in which stock prices plummeted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"tumbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plucks":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of applying force on something so that it moves in the direction of the force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a quick pluck pulled the hair right out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"yanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"tows",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"snatches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plumps":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"angrily gave a plump of his fist against the door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plumped herself down on the couch and turned on the TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flumps",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunk down":{
|
|
"as in plop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"strike down",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"throw down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunged":{
|
|
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she took a deep breath and plunged from the side of the pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"belly flopped",
|
|
"plumped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"surfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"prices for those televisions have really plunged since they were first introduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"tumbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retreated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stairway plunging into darkness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angled",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"cocked",
|
|
"heeled",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"upswept",
|
|
"upturned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunked down":{
|
|
"as in plopped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"struck down",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"threw down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunked (for)":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"plumped (for)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"seconded",
|
|
"sided (with)",
|
|
"backstopped",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"talked up",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"let down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plutocrat":{
|
|
"a wealthy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the 19th-century plutocrats who built their enormous summer \"cottages\" in Newport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"Croesus",
|
|
"deep pocket",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"silk stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moneymaker",
|
|
"money-spinner",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"billionaire",
|
|
"gazillionaire",
|
|
"millionaire",
|
|
"multibillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionairess",
|
|
"zillionaire",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"jet-setter",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"beggar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"have-not",
|
|
"pauper"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plugolas":{
|
|
"as in words , spots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertisings",
|
|
"billings",
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
"come-ons",
|
|
"commercials",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"ads",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"notifications",
|
|
"postings",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
"circulars",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"fly sheets",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"playbills",
|
|
"posters",
|
|
"show bills",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"cablecasts",
|
|
"newscasts",
|
|
"telecasts",
|
|
"communications",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"annunciations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"promulgations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"pronunciamentos",
|
|
"pronunciamentoes",
|
|
"rescripts",
|
|
"significations",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buildups",
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promos",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"propagandas",
|
|
"publicities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plucking":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bilking",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"chousing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"shorting",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stiffing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"thimblerigging",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"fast-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plushiness":{
|
|
"as in luxuriousness , luxury":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"augustness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"luxuriance",
|
|
"luxuriousness",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"ornateness",
|
|
"plushness",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"sumptuousness",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classiness",
|
|
"courtliness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"elegancy",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"handsomeness",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"stateliness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"tastefulness",
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"classicism",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"inelegance",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"glitz",
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"grotesquerie",
|
|
"grotesquery",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"tawdriness",
|
|
"vulgarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunk (for)":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"plump (for)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"side (with)",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"talk up",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plumbed":{
|
|
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gauged",
|
|
"gaged",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"spanned",
|
|
"remeasured",
|
|
"replumbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plug hats":{
|
|
"as in baseball caps , cowboy hats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
"bowlers",
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
"casques",
|
|
"castors",
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
"helmets",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"high hats",
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
"miters",
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
"picture hats",
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
"tams",
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"toques",
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
|
"hats",
|
|
"headdresses",
|
|
"headgears",
|
|
"headpieces",
|
|
"lids",
|
|
"warbonnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plumping":{
|
|
"to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plumped herself down on the couch and turned on the TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flumping",
|
|
"planking",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pluming":{
|
|
"to think highly of (oneself)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that jerk plumes himself on his supposed athletic skills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"priding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"gasconading",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"swanking",
|
|
"swashing",
|
|
"vaporing",
|
|
"vaunting",
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
"felicitating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plushy":{
|
|
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a plushy Parisian hotel where a night's stay commands a king's ransom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Babylonian",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"spartan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunks (for)":{
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm willing to plunk for any program that will reduce carbon emissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"sides (with)",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plumb":{
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a horror movie that's plumb trash and further evidence of the deterioration of popular culture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"rising straight up":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wall was not plumb , so everything else in the room was out of kilter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"perpendicular",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stand-up",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"vertical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"semierect",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"stand-alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"supine",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"slanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"recumbent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a direct line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't believe he walked plumb into the tree, without even seeing it!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"veeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a full extent or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm plumb tuckered out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"without delay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had no sooner resolved that crisis than we plumb rushed into another one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"forthwith",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"incontinently",
|
|
"instantaneously",
|
|
"instanter",
|
|
"instantly",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"PDQ",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right away",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"right off",
|
|
"straight off",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"away",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"anon",
|
|
"momentarily",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"unexpectedly",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"opportunely",
|
|
"punctually",
|
|
"seasonably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"remeasure",
|
|
"replumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plumpness":{
|
|
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man of considerable plumpness sat down next to me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adiposity",
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
|
"corpulence",
|
|
"corpulency",
|
|
"embonpoint",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"fattiness",
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"obesity",
|
|
"portliness",
|
|
"pudginess",
|
|
"pursiness",
|
|
"rotundity",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"burliness",
|
|
"endomorphy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"trimness",
|
|
"gauntness",
|
|
"scrawniness",
|
|
"skinniness",
|
|
"weediness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"leanness",
|
|
"reediness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"svelteness",
|
|
"thinness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the astonishing plumpness that is so often found in the speech of the very young or the very old"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unguardedness",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"communicativeness",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"evasiveness",
|
|
"secretiveness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"tact"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"indirection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pluralities":{
|
|
"as in majorities , masses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"preponderances",
|
|
"maxima",
|
|
"maximums",
|
|
"mosts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minorities",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"fews",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"leasts",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plusses":{
|
|
"something added (as by growth)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a recalculation of the year's income that resulted in a plus in the company's profits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"proliferations",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"run-ups",
|
|
"spikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the supply of cranberries is greatly in plus of the demand for them in the market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellyfuls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overpluses",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surplusages",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"bounties",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"sufficiencies",
|
|
"overproductions",
|
|
"overstocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
"undersupplies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plummets":{
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a week in which stock prices plummeted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"nose-dives",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retreats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plushness":{
|
|
"as in opulence , sumptuousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"augustness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"luxuriance",
|
|
"luxuriousness",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"ornateness",
|
|
"plushiness",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"sumptuousness",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classiness",
|
|
"courtliness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"elegancy",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"handsomeness",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"stateliness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"tastefulness",
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"classicism",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"inelegance",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"glitz",
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"grotesquerie",
|
|
"grotesquery",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"tawdriness",
|
|
"vulgarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunges (in)":{
|
|
"as in falls (to) , pitches in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"falls (to)",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"settles (down)",
|
|
"buckles (down to)",
|
|
"concentrates (on)",
|
|
"focuses (on)",
|
|
"focusses (on)",
|
|
"knuckles down (to)",
|
|
"zeroes (in on)",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"undertakes",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"dives (into)",
|
|
"tackles",
|
|
"wades (in or into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plushly":{
|
|
"in a luxurious manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plushly furnished cabin alone is worth the price we've paid for this Caribbean cruise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expensively",
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"fatly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"lavishly",
|
|
"luxuriously",
|
|
"opulently",
|
|
"palatially",
|
|
"richly",
|
|
"sumptuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imposingly",
|
|
"impressively",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"grandiosely",
|
|
"ostentatiously",
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"pompously",
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"pretentiously",
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"affluently",
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"comfortably",
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"fine",
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"wealthily",
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"immoderately",
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"indulgently",
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"intemperately",
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"prodigally",
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"wantonly",
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"wastefully"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"unpretentiously",
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"cheaply",
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"economically",
|
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"frugally",
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"inexpensively",
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"meagerly",
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"poorly",
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"skimpily",
|
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"sparely",
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"sparingly",
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"thriftily",
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"conservatively",
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"moderately",
|
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"prudently",
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"reasonably",
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"restrainedly",
|
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"sensibly",
|
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"temperately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
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"austerely",
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"humbly",
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"modestly",
|
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"plainly",
|
|
"simply"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plutocrats":{
|
|
"a wealthy person":{
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"examples":[
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"the 19th-century plutocrats who built their enormous summer \"cottages\" in Newport"
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitalists",
|
|
"Croesuses",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"haves",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"silk stockings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moneymakers",
|
|
"money-spinners",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
"millionaires",
|
|
"multibillionaires",
|
|
"multimillionaires",
|
|
"multi-millionaires",
|
|
"multimillionairesses",
|
|
"multi-millionairesses",
|
|
"zillionaires",
|
|
"heiresses",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"jet-setters",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"beggars"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
"paupers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plus or minus":{
|
|
"close to but not exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have plus or minus five dollars in change"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"some"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"loosely",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"due",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smack-dab",
|
|
"squarely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"precisely"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunks down":{
|
|
"as in plops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"throws down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"plunders":{
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thieves were promptly arrested when they tried to sell their plunder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"swags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"pilferages",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the escaped convict plundered the house in search of valuables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"marauds",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"sacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks in",
|
|
"burglarizes",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"steals (from)",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"ravishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |