6628 lines
128 KiB
JSON
6628 lines
128 KiB
JSON
{
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"skids":{
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"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
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"examples":[
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"the local economy skidded when the last manufacturing plant moved away"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crashes",
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"craters",
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"declines",
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"descends",
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"dips",
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"dives",
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"drops",
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"falls",
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"lowers",
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"nose-dives",
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"plummets",
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"plunges",
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"sinks",
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"tumbles"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abates",
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"decreases",
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"de-escalates",
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"dies (down)",
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"diminishes",
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"droops",
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"dwindles",
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"ebbs",
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"lessens",
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"lets up",
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"moderates",
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"subsides",
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"tapers off",
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"wanes",
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"recedes",
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"retreats"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accumulates",
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"balloons",
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"builds",
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"burgeons",
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"bourgeons",
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"enlarges",
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"escalates",
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"expands",
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"grows",
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"increases",
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"intensifies",
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"mushrooms",
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"picks up",
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"snowballs",
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"swells",
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"waxes"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"arises",
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"ascends",
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"lifts",
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"mounts",
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"rises",
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"soars",
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"spikes",
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"ups"
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]
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},
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"as in slides , plunges":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"descents",
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"dives",
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"plunges",
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"slides",
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"missteps",
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"trips",
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"free-falls",
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"headers",
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"pratfalls",
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"falls",
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"slips",
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"spills",
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"stumbles",
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"tumbles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"skiff":{
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"a small, light boat that is usually for only one person":{
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"examples":[
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"She rowed the skiff to her favorite spot on the pond and cast her line."
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bateau",
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"ca\u00efque",
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"canoe",
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"catamaran",
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"coracle",
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"curragh",
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"currach",
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"dhow",
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"dinghy",
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"dink",
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"dory",
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"dugout",
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"flatboat",
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"garvey",
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"gig",
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"johnboat",
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"kayak",
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"outrigger",
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"paddleboat",
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"pinnace",
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"piragua",
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"pirogue",
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"pontoon",
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"pram",
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"punt",
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"raft",
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"rowboat",
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"rowing boat",
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"sampan",
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"scow",
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"scull",
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"shallop",
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"shell",
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"surfboat",
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"umiak",
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"wherry",
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"bottom",
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"craft",
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"vessel",
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"watercraft",
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"catboat",
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"ketch",
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"sailboat",
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"schooner",
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"yacht",
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"cruiser",
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"inboard",
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"motorboat",
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"outboard",
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"powerboat",
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"houseboat",
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"riverboat",
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"auxiliary",
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"bumboat",
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"cutter",
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"jolly boat",
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"launch",
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"lifeboat",
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"longboat",
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"tender",
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"yawl",
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"barge",
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"hoy",
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"keel",
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"keelboat",
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"lighter",
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"narrow boat",
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"towboat",
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"tug",
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"tugboat",
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"ferry",
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"ferryboat",
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"gondola",
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"taxi",
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"water taxi",
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"banker",
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"coble",
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"dragger",
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"gillnetter",
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"hooker",
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"lugger",
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"scalloper",
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"seiner",
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"shrimper",
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"trawler",
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"whaleboat",
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"whaler",
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"workboat",
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"cockleshell",
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"tub",
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"airboat",
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"air-cushion vehicle",
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"hovercraft",
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"hydrofoil",
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"hydroplane",
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"assault boat",
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"PT boat",
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"torpedo boat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"skillful":{
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"accomplished with trained ability":{
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"antonyms":[
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"amateur",
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"amateurish",
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"artless",
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"rude",
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"unprofessional",
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"unskillful"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the ice skater performed a skillful and graceful series of jumps"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"awkward",
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"clumsy",
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"crude",
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"klutzy",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"incompetent",
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"inept"
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],
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"related":[
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"facile",
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"smooth",
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"artistic",
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"creative",
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"fancy",
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"ingenious",
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"neat",
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"adept",
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"clever",
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"cunning",
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"able",
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"adequate",
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"capable",
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"competent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adroit",
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"artful",
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"bravura",
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"deft",
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"delicate",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"expert",
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"masterful",
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"masterly",
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"practiced",
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"practised",
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"virtuoso",
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"workmanlike"
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]
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},
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"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
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"antonyms":[
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"amateur",
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"amateurish",
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"inexperienced",
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"inexpert",
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"jackleg",
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"unprofessional",
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"unseasoned",
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"unskilled",
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"unskillful"
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],
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"examples":[
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"performance testing of automobiles that should be done only by skillful drivers on a closed course"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"incapable",
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"incompetent",
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"inept",
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"unable",
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"unfit",
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"unfitted",
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"unqualified",
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"weak",
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"artless",
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"crude",
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"rude",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"inefficient",
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"talentless",
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"ungifted",
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"untalented",
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"ignorant",
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"unschooled",
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"untaught",
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"untrained",
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"untutored",
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"beginning",
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"green",
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"inexperienced",
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"new",
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"raw",
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"unseasoned",
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"untested",
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"untried",
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"would-be",
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"primitive",
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"rough",
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"unpolished",
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"awkward",
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"clumsy",
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"ham-fisted",
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"ham-handed",
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"heavy-handed"
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],
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"related":[
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"adroit",
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"clever",
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"deft",
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"dexterous",
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"dextrous",
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"handy",
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"slick",
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"sure-handed",
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"gifted",
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"talented",
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"polished",
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"refined",
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"effective",
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"effectual",
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"efficient",
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"workmanlike",
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"able",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"employable",
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"fit",
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"fitted",
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"habile",
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"qualified",
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"knowledgeable",
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"schooled",
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"taught",
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"trained",
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"tutored",
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"all-around",
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"all-round",
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"well-rounded",
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"long-term",
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"old",
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"multiskilled",
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"multitalented"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accomplished",
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"ace",
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"adept",
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"compleat",
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"complete",
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"consummate",
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"crack",
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"crackerjack",
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"educated",
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"experienced",
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"expert",
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"good",
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"great",
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"master",
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"masterful",
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"masterly",
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"practiced",
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"practised",
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"professed",
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"proficient",
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"skilled",
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"versed",
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"veteran",
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"virtuoso"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"skim (through)":{
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"as in thumb (through) , scan":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"browse",
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"cruise",
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"peruse",
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"scan",
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"surf",
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"thumb (through)",
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"inspect",
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"sift",
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"study",
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"view",
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"reinvestigate",
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"delve (into)",
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"dig (into)",
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"examine",
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"explore",
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"inquire (into)",
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"investigate",
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"look (into)",
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"probe",
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"research"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"skimpily":{
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"as in scantily , insufficiently":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"inferiorly",
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"insufficiently",
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"meagerly",
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"meanly",
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"niggardly",
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"scantily",
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"scantly",
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"shabbily",
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"sparely",
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"stingily",
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"abominably",
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"odiously",
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"vilely",
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"miserably",
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"shoddily",
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"sleazily",
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"trashily",
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"unspeakably",
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"egregiously",
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"flagrantly",
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"grossly",
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"naughtily",
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"inappropriately",
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"incorrectly",
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"indecently",
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"reprehensibly",
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"unsuitably",
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"vulgarly",
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"intolerably",
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"unbearably",
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"abysmally",
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"atrociously",
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"awfully",
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"damnably",
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"deplorably",
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"detestably",
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"disastrously",
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"dreadfully",
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"execrably",
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"horrendously",
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"horribly",
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"horrifically",
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"rottenly",
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"terribly",
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"bad",
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"badly",
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"deficiently",
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"inadequately",
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"lousily",
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"poorly",
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"unacceptably",
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"unsatisfactorily",
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"wretchedly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acceptably",
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"adequately",
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"all right",
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"fine",
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"good",
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"nicely",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"palatably",
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"passably",
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"satisfactorily",
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"so-so",
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"tolerably",
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"well",
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"appropriately",
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"congruously",
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"correctly",
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"decently",
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"decorously",
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"felicitously",
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"fittingly",
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"meetly",
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"rightly",
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"seemly",
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"suitably",
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"exactly",
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"faithfully",
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"ideally",
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"precisely",
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"respectably",
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"gratifyingly",
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"satisfyingly"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"skin":{
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"an outer part or layer":{
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"examples":[
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"space-age materials used on the skin of the aircraft"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"exterior",
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"face",
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"outside",
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"shell",
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"surface",
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"veneer"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"facade",
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"fa\u00e7ade",
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"front",
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"top",
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"cover",
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"covering",
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"facing",
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"appearance",
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"disguise",
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"guise",
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"mask",
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"semblance",
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"show"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"inside",
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"interior"
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]
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},
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"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
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"examples":[
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"hats made from beaver skins were once fashionable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fur",
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"hide",
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"leather",
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"pelt"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"badger",
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"beaver",
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"chamois",
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"chinchilla",
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"ermine",
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"fisher",
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"fox",
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"marten",
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"mink",
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"muskrat",
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"otter",
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"Persian lamb",
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"rabbit",
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"raccoon",
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"racoon",
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"sable",
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"seal",
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"bearskin",
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"buckskin",
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"calfskin",
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"coonskin",
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"cowhide",
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"deerskin",
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"doeskin",
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"goatskin",
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"horsehide",
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"karakul",
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"kidskin",
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"kolinsky",
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"lambskin",
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"pigskin",
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"rawhide",
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"sealskin",
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"sharkskin",
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"sheep",
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"sheepskin",
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"snakeskin",
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"fleece",
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"mouton",
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"alligator",
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"crocodile",
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"cordovan",
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"morocco",
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"patent leather",
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"suede"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the hairless natural covering of an animal prepared for use":{
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"examples":[
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"calf skin gloves"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hide",
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"leather"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coat",
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"fleece",
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"fur",
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"pelt",
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"alligator",
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"antelope",
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"buckskin",
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"cabretta",
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"calfskin",
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"capeskin",
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"chamois",
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"cordovan",
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"cowhide",
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"crocodile",
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"deerskin",
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"doeskin",
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"goatskin",
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"horsehide",
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"kid",
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"kidskin",
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"lambskin",
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"morocco",
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"ostrich",
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"pigskin",
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"seal",
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"sharkskin",
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"sheepskin",
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"snakeskin",
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"nubuck",
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"patent leather",
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"suede"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I prefer not to skin potatoes before mashing them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"hull",
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"peel",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"shuck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"pare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got his revenge on the dirty swindler who had skinned him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we simply got skinned in the interoffice softball tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skins":{
|
|
"an outer part or layer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"space-age materials used on the skin of the aircraft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exteriors",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outsides",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"surfaces",
|
|
"veneers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"facings",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hats made from beaver skins were once fashionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pelts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"beavers",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chamoix",
|
|
"chinchillas",
|
|
"ermines",
|
|
"fishers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"martens",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"minks",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"muskrats",
|
|
"otters",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lambs",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"rabbits",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"raccoons",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"racoons",
|
|
"sables",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"bearskins",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"calfskins",
|
|
"coonskins",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"deerskins",
|
|
"doeskins",
|
|
"goatskins",
|
|
"horsehides",
|
|
"karakuls",
|
|
"kidskins",
|
|
"kolinskies",
|
|
"lambskins",
|
|
"pigskins",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"sealskins",
|
|
"sharkskins",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskins",
|
|
"snakeskins",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"moutons",
|
|
"alligators",
|
|
"crocodiles",
|
|
"cordovans",
|
|
"moroccos",
|
|
"patent leathers",
|
|
"suedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the hairless natural covering of an animal prepared for use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"calf skin gloves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"leathers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"alligators",
|
|
"antelope",
|
|
"antelopes",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"cabrettas",
|
|
"calfskins",
|
|
"capeskins",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chamoix",
|
|
"cordovans",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"crocodiles",
|
|
"deerskins",
|
|
"doeskins",
|
|
"goatskins",
|
|
"horsehides",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kidskins",
|
|
"lambskins",
|
|
"moroccos",
|
|
"ostriches",
|
|
"pigskins",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"sharkskins",
|
|
"sheepskins",
|
|
"snakeskins",
|
|
"nubucks",
|
|
"patent leathers",
|
|
"suedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I prefer not to skin potatoes before mashing them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"hulls",
|
|
"husks",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"shucks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"pares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got his revenge on the dirty swindler who had skinned him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we simply got skinned in the interoffice softball tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skip":{
|
|
"to move with a light springing step":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"children skipping along the woodland path"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"lollop",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"skitter",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the day was so nice that we decided to skip class and go to the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"show up (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soap slipped out of my hand and went skipping across the bathroom floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"carom",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"ricochet",
|
|
"skim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"kiss",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"sideswipe",
|
|
"reflect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person in overall command of a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the skip's barking orders again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"commander",
|
|
"skipper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sea captain",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"commanding officer",
|
|
"admiral",
|
|
"commodore",
|
|
"vice admiral",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"officer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"crewman",
|
|
"crewmate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skipped":{
|
|
"to move with a light springing step":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"children skipping along the woodland path"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"lolloped",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"tripped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"skittered",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"vaulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the day was so nice that we decided to skip class and go to the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew off",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"missed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"showed up (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soap slipped out of my hand and went skipping across the bathroom floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"caromed",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"ricocheted",
|
|
"ricochetted",
|
|
"skimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"nudged",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"contacted",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"kissed",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"sideswiped",
|
|
"reflected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skips":{
|
|
"to move with a light springing step":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"children skipping along the woodland path"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"lollops",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"skitters",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the day was so nice that we decided to skip class and go to the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"shows up (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soap slipped out of my hand and went skipping across the bathroom floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"caroms",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"ricochets",
|
|
"skims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"kisses",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"sideswipes",
|
|
"reflects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person in overall command of a ship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the skip's barking orders again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"skippers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sea captains",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"commanding officers",
|
|
"admirals",
|
|
"commodores",
|
|
"vice admirals",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"officers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crewmates",
|
|
"crewmen",
|
|
"crews"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skips (out)":{
|
|
"as in gets out , gets (away)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"elopes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"gets (away)",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lights out",
|
|
"makes off",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"scarpers",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"scrams",
|
|
"skirrs",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"bugs out",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hightails (it)",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"skedaddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirmishes (with)":{
|
|
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years the Apache leader had been skirmishing with the Mexicans, who were responsible for his nickname, Geronimo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"clashes (with)",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"scrimmages (with)",
|
|
"wars (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duels",
|
|
"jousts",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"spars",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"tussles",
|
|
"wrestles",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"collides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"surrenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirmishing":{
|
|
"as in brawling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brawling",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"sparring",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"clashing (with)",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"dueling",
|
|
"duelling",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warring (against)",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"rassling",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"tussling",
|
|
"wrestling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in exploring , probing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"prospecting",
|
|
"snooping",
|
|
"grubbing (about)",
|
|
"poking (around)",
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"glancing (over)",
|
|
"looking over",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"auditing",
|
|
"checking (out)",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"patting down",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"digging (through)",
|
|
"dredging",
|
|
"hunting (through)",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"searching",
|
|
"sorting (through)",
|
|
"trolling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirr":{
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"search"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoiter",
|
|
"reconnoitre",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"unearth",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirted":{
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skirted the construction zone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leapfrogged",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shunned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumnavigated",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"detoured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"obeyed",
|
|
"observed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"incurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"end-ran",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"outflanked",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"disobeyed",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"flouted",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"parried",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"warded (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"shortcut",
|
|
"sidestepped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the commercial district skirts the river's edge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attached (to)",
|
|
"communicated (with)",
|
|
"connected (with)",
|
|
"linked (with)",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"lined",
|
|
"margined",
|
|
"rimmed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"contacted",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"met"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abutted",
|
|
"adjoined",
|
|
"bordered (on)",
|
|
"butted (on or against)",
|
|
"flanked",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"marched (with)",
|
|
"neighbored",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"verged (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wooden fence that skirts the construction site"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hemmed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"demarcated",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
|
"sketched",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"girthed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bordered",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"margined",
|
|
"rimmed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirting":{
|
|
"having a border in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house hunters loved the property, but they were a bit leery of the skirting swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abutting",
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"conterminous",
|
|
"contiguous",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"juxtaposed",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closest",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
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"nearest",
|
|
"next-door",
|
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"nigh",
|
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"attached",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"interconnecting",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"circumjacent",
|
|
"embracing",
|
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"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
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"marginal",
|
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"peripheral",
|
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"tangent",
|
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"tangential",
|
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"ambient",
|
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"encompassing"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"apart",
|
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"detached",
|
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"disconnected",
|
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"discrete",
|
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"free-standing",
|
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"isolate",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"away",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"noncontinuous",
|
|
"broken up",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unyoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjacent",
|
|
"noncontiguous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the skirting on the saddle was a slightly darker shade of leather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"circumference",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"borderland",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"selvage",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"within"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skirted the construction zone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"detouring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrogging",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"shortcutting",
|
|
"sidestepping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"end-running",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"outflanking",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"flouting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"obviating",
|
|
"parrying",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"warding (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"incurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"observing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the commercial district skirts the river's edge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abutting",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"bordering (on)",
|
|
"butting (on or against)",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"marching (with)",
|
|
"neighboring",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"verging (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attaching (to)",
|
|
"communicating (with)",
|
|
"connecting (with)",
|
|
"linking (with)",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"margining",
|
|
"rimming",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wooden fence that skirts the construction site"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bordering",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"margining",
|
|
"rimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hemming",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"demarcating",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"silhouetting",
|
|
"sketching",
|
|
"tracing",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"environing",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"girthing",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirts":{
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an old shack on the skirts of the town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borderlines",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"circumferences",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"edgings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirtings",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"maxima",
|
|
"maximums",
|
|
"demarcations",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meres",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"borderlands",
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"selvages",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"shores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"inners",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"withins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an adult female human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"met up with a couple of skirts at the diner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"females",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"women"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dames",
|
|
"gentlewomen",
|
|
"madames",
|
|
"mesdames",
|
|
"madams",
|
|
"senoras",
|
|
"se\u00f1oras",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"belles",
|
|
"damsels",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"lassies",
|
|
"mademoiselles",
|
|
"mesdemoiselles",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"senoritas",
|
|
"se\u00f1oritas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skirted the construction zone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumnavigates",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"detours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrogs",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"shortcuts",
|
|
"sidesteps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"end-runs",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"outflanks",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"disobeys",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"flouts",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"obviates",
|
|
"parries",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"wards (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"incurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"observes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the commercial district skirts the river's edge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuts",
|
|
"adjoins",
|
|
"borders (on)",
|
|
"butts (on or against)",
|
|
"flanks",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"marches (with)",
|
|
"neighbors",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"verges (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attaches (to)",
|
|
"communicates (with)",
|
|
"connects (with)",
|
|
"links (with)",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"meets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wooden fence that skirts the construction site"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"rims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"demarcates",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skittishness":{
|
|
"a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of the horse's skittishness and temperamental nature, only experienced riders should ride him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"freneticism",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"trepidation",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"nerves",
|
|
"tenseness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"butterflies",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"willies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"fidgetiness",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"jitteriness",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"restiveness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skit":{
|
|
"a short, funny story or performance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"One of the funniest skits in the show was about cheerleading."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skivvy":{
|
|
"a female domestic servant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pop star's image as a working-class hero strains credulity now that he owns a large estate with an army of cooks, butlers, and skivvies to attend to his every want"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biddy",
|
|
"char",
|
|
"charwoman",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"house girl",
|
|
"housekeeper",
|
|
"housemaid",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maidservant",
|
|
"wench"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attendant",
|
|
"chambermaid",
|
|
"abigail",
|
|
"lady-in-waiting",
|
|
"maid-in-waiting",
|
|
"au pair",
|
|
"nursemaid",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"menial",
|
|
"amah",
|
|
"ayah"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skinner":{
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's proven himself to be a skinner of guys who are a lot smarter than you, so be wary of any deals you make with him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bilker",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"finagler",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"tricker",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesman",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"fast-talker",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"slickster",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"wheeler-dealer",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"blackleg",
|
|
"cardsharp",
|
|
"cardsharper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skimps":{
|
|
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must skimp and save if we are going to afford a vacation this summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"scrimps",
|
|
"spares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"splurges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirmish (with)":{
|
|
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years the Apache leader had been skirmishing with the Mexicans, who were responsible for his nickname, Geronimo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"clash (with)",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"scrimmage (with)",
|
|
"war (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"joust",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"spar",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"wrestle",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"collide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirmish":{
|
|
"a brief clash between enemies or rivals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the candidates' first debate was only a skirmish in a very long campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"run-in",
|
|
"scrape"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"throughout the week of the convention, police engaged in skirmishes with some of the demonstrators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dustup",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tussle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pitched battle",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"affray",
|
|
"battle royal",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"donnybrook",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"fistfight",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"punch-out",
|
|
"punch-up",
|
|
"slugfest",
|
|
"confrontation",
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"face-off",
|
|
"joust",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argle-bargle",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"cross fire",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"catfight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"truce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in brawl":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"spar",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"clash (with)",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"war (against)",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"rassle",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"wrestle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in explore , probe":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"grub (about)",
|
|
"poke (around)",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"glance (over)",
|
|
"look over",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check (out)",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"investigate",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"pat down",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dig (through)",
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"hunt (through)",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"search",
|
|
"sort (through)",
|
|
"troll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skittery":{
|
|
"easily excited by nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chickadees are skittery creatures, so don't expect them to linger at the bird feeder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"fiddle-footed",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"hyperexcitable",
|
|
"hyperkinetic",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"volcanic",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"flibbertigibbety",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"soulful",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"perturbable",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unexcitable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skies":{
|
|
"the expanse of air surrounding the earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sky usually looks deep blue on a bright clear day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"firmaments",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"welkins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"midairs",
|
|
"horizons",
|
|
"skylines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a belief that warriors felled in battle will be raised to the sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"above",
|
|
"blisses",
|
|
"elysian fields",
|
|
"Elysiums",
|
|
"Elysia",
|
|
"empyreans",
|
|
"heavens",
|
|
"kingdom comes",
|
|
"New Jerusalems",
|
|
"paradises",
|
|
"Zions",
|
|
"Sions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"happy hunting grounds",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"promised lands",
|
|
"Valhallas",
|
|
"afterlives",
|
|
"afterworlds",
|
|
"hereafters",
|
|
"otherworlds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infernos",
|
|
"limbos",
|
|
"purgatories",
|
|
"netherworlds",
|
|
"underworlds",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"pits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"Gehennas",
|
|
"hells",
|
|
"Pandemoniums",
|
|
"perditions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirmishing (with)":{
|
|
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for years the Apache leader had been skirmishing with the Mexicans, who were responsible for his nickname, Geronimo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"clashing (with)",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"scrimmaging (with)",
|
|
"warring (against)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dueling",
|
|
"duelling",
|
|
"jousting",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
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"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"sparring",
|
|
"brawling",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"tussling",
|
|
"wrestling",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"colliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skinniness":{
|
|
"as in gauntness , scrawniness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gauntness",
|
|
"scrawniness",
|
|
"weediness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"trimness",
|
|
"leanness",
|
|
"reediness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"svelteness",
|
|
"thinness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adiposity",
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
|
"corpulence",
|
|
"corpulency",
|
|
"embonpoint",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"fattiness",
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"obesity",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"portliness",
|
|
"pudginess",
|
|
"pursiness",
|
|
"rotundity",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"stoutness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skidding":{
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the local economy skidded when the last manufacturing plant moved away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skint":{
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an area of London where skint punk rockers would hang out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skimmer":{
|
|
"as in helmet , hood":{
|
|
"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",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spoon , scoop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dipper",
|
|
"ladle",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"spoon",
|
|
"dessertspoon",
|
|
"soupspoon",
|
|
"tablespoon",
|
|
"teaspoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skive":{
|
|
"as in whittle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"manicure",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirrs":{
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"searches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoiters",
|
|
"reconnoitres",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"unearths",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"plumbs",
|
|
"sounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirt":{
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an old shack on the skirts of the town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"circumference",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"borderland",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"selvage",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"within"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an adult female human being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"met up with a couple of skirts at the diner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"female",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dame",
|
|
"gentlewoman",
|
|
"madam",
|
|
"madame",
|
|
"senora",
|
|
"se\u00f1ora",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"belle",
|
|
"damsel",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"lass",
|
|
"lassie",
|
|
"mademoiselle",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"senorita",
|
|
"se\u00f1orita"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid by going around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skirted the construction zone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumnavigate",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"detour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leapfrog",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"shortcut",
|
|
"sidestep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"end-run",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"outflank",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"disobey",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"flout",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"obviate",
|
|
"parry",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"ward (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"incur"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"observe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be adjacent to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the commercial district skirts the river's edge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abut",
|
|
"adjoin",
|
|
"border (on)",
|
|
"butt (on or against)",
|
|
"flank",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"march (with)",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"verge (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attach (to)",
|
|
"communicate (with)",
|
|
"connect (with)",
|
|
"link (with)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wooden fence that skirts the construction site"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"rim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"demarcate",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"environ",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skimmed (through)":{
|
|
"as in thumbed (through) , scanned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"surfed",
|
|
"thumbed (through)",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"reinvestigated",
|
|
"delved (into)",
|
|
"dug (into)",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"inquired (into)",
|
|
"investigated",
|
|
"looked (into)",
|
|
"probed",
|
|
"researched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skinners":{
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's proven himself to be a skinner of guys who are a lot smarter than you, so be wary of any deals you make with him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bilkers",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"confidence men",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"finaglers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"trickers",
|
|
"tricksters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"adventurers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesmen",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"fast-talkers",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"slicksters",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothies",
|
|
"wheeler-dealers",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"sneakers",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"blacklegs",
|
|
"cardsharps",
|
|
"cardsharpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skinny":{
|
|
"being of less than usual width":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tree swing was supported only by a couple of skinny branches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"paper-thin",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"slim-jim",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"ultrathin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightened",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stalky",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wispy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"widish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her grandmother was always insisting that she was too skinny and never tired of trying to force more food on her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"fatless",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clean-limbed",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"anorectic",
|
|
"anoretic",
|
|
"anorexic",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wizened",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"information not generally available to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a TV show that offers all the skinny on Tinseltown and the stars that light it up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"411",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"lowdown",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"pointer",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancient history",
|
|
"open secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skims (through)":{
|
|
"as in thumbs (through) , scans":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"surfs",
|
|
"thumbs (through)",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"reinvestigates",
|
|
"delves (into)",
|
|
"digs (into)",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"inquires (into)",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"looks (into)",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"researches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skinflints":{
|
|
"a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keep the team from acquiring any real talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"penny-pinchers",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"scrooges",
|
|
"tightwads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoarders",
|
|
"pack rats",
|
|
"savers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prodigals",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"spenders",
|
|
"spendthrifts",
|
|
"squanderers",
|
|
"wasters",
|
|
"wastrels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skitters":{
|
|
"to move quickly and lightly along a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Dry leaves skittered over the sidewalk.",
|
|
"Mice skittered across the floor."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"flirts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flitters",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"zings",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skimmers":{
|
|
"as in helmets , hoods":{
|
|
"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",
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spoons , scoops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dippers",
|
|
"ladles",
|
|
"scoops",
|
|
"spoons",
|
|
"dessertspoons",
|
|
"soupspoons",
|
|
"tablespoons",
|
|
"teaspoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skims":{
|
|
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll just skim through a few styling magazines and see if something interesting catches my eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flips",
|
|
"leafs",
|
|
"riffles",
|
|
"thumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"looks over",
|
|
"scans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lone hang glider skimming along just above the treetops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"toils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her hand just barely skimmed the wall as she ran down the hallway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"kisses",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"shaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"sideswipes",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"caroms",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"ricochets",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"caresses",
|
|
"cuddles",
|
|
"fondles",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collides",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impinges",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rock just skimmed the surface of the water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"caroms",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"ricochets",
|
|
"skips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"kisses",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"sideswipes",
|
|
"reflects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he impatiently skimmed through the book, looking for the specific passage he remembered seeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"peeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"keeks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"blinks",
|
|
"squints",
|
|
"looks over",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"scans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"pries",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"goggles",
|
|
"rubbernecks",
|
|
"leers",
|
|
"ogles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirmished":{
|
|
"as in brawled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brawled",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"sparred",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"clashed (with)",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"dueled",
|
|
"duelled",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"warred (against)",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"rassled",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"tussled",
|
|
"wrestled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in explored , probed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"probed",
|
|
"prospected",
|
|
"snooped",
|
|
"grubbed (about)",
|
|
"poked (around)",
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"glanced (over)",
|
|
"looked over",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"ferreted (out)",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"audited",
|
|
"checked (out)",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"investigated",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"patted down",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"dredged",
|
|
"dug (through)",
|
|
"hunted (through)",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"searched",
|
|
"sorted (through)",
|
|
"trolled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skived":{
|
|
"as in whittled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"whittled",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"lopped (off)",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"polled",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"sheared",
|
|
"snipped",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skinnies":{
|
|
"being of less than usual width":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tree swing was supported only by a couple of skinny branches"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"paper-thin",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"slim-jim",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"ultrathin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightened",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stalky",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wispy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"widish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her grandmother was always insisting that she was too skinny and never tired of trying to force more food on her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"fatless",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clean-limbed",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"anorectic",
|
|
"anoretic",
|
|
"anorexic",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wizened",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"information not generally available to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a TV show that offers all the skinny on Tinseltown and the stars that light it up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"411",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"lowdown",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"pointer",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancient history",
|
|
"open secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skipped (out)":{
|
|
"as in got out , got (away)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"eloped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"got (away)",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"lammed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"made off",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skirred",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hightailed (it)",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"skedaddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skinned":{
|
|
"as in furless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"furless",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"unclad",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"hairless",
|
|
"shaven",
|
|
"unprotected",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"uncovered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"hairy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I prefer not to skin potatoes before mashing them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hulled",
|
|
"husked",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"shelled",
|
|
"shucked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"pared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got his revenge on the dirty swindler who had skinned him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we simply got skinned in the interoffice softball tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slaughtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirmishers":{
|
|
"as in contenders , challengers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challengers",
|
|
"contenders",
|
|
"contestants",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"codefendants",
|
|
"co-defendants",
|
|
"defendants",
|
|
"plaintiffs",
|
|
"pleaders",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"nitpickers",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"arguers",
|
|
"argufiers",
|
|
"bickerers",
|
|
"brawlers",
|
|
"debaters",
|
|
"disputants",
|
|
"disputers",
|
|
"fighters",
|
|
"quarrelers",
|
|
"quarrellers",
|
|
"scrappers",
|
|
"squabblers",
|
|
"wranglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skittered":{
|
|
"to move quickly and lightly along a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Dry leaves skittered over the sidewalk.",
|
|
"Mice skittered across the floor."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"flirted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"flittered",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"zinged",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"wandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skiving":{
|
|
"as in whittling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"whittling",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"lopping (off)",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"snipping",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"manicuring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skinflint":{
|
|
"a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keep the team from acquiring any real talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"penny-pincher",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"tightwad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoarder",
|
|
"pack rat",
|
|
"saver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spender",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squanderer",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wastrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skim":{
|
|
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll just skim through a few styling magazines and see if something interesting catches my eye"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"leaf",
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
"thumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"glance (at)",
|
|
"look over",
|
|
"scan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lone hang glider skimming along just above the treetops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"toil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her hand just barely skimmed the wall as she ran down the hallway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"kiss",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"shave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"sideswipe",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"carom",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"ricochet",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"caress",
|
|
"cuddle",
|
|
"fondle",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impinge",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thud",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rock just skimmed the surface of the water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"carom",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"ricochet",
|
|
"skip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"kiss",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"sideswipe",
|
|
"reflect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he impatiently skimmed through the book, looking for the specific passage he remembered seeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"peek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"keek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"squint",
|
|
"look over",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"scan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"goggle",
|
|
"rubberneck",
|
|
"leer",
|
|
"ogle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skives":{
|
|
"as in whittles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"whittles",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"lops (off)",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"manicures",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skipping":{
|
|
"to move with a light springing step":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"children skipping along the woodland path"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"lolloping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"tripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"skittering",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"vaulting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the day was so nice that we decided to skip class and go to the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"showing up (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soap slipped out of my hand and went skipping across the bathroom floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"caroming",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"ricocheting",
|
|
"ricochetting",
|
|
"skimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"kissing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"sideswiping",
|
|
"reflecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skip (out)":{
|
|
"as in get out , get (away)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"elope",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"get (away)",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"make off",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skirr",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hightail (it)",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"skedaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skipping (out)":{
|
|
"as in getting out , getting (away)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"eloping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"getting (away)",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"making off",
|
|
"mizzling",
|
|
"scarpering",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skirring",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hightailing (it)",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"skedaddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skilled":{
|
|
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a delicate brain operation requiring the services of a highly skilled surgeon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"workmanlike",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"multiskilled",
|
|
"multitalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skills":{
|
|
"knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had acquired valuable skills during his life at sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"savvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"background",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"conversance",
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
"intimacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unfamiliarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexperience"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skidded":{
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the local economy skidded when the last manufacturing plant moved away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skinning":{
|
|
"as in cheating , swindling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"extortion",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"highway robbery",
|
|
"overcharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the natural covering of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I prefer not to skin potatoes before mashing them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hulling",
|
|
"husking",
|
|
"peeling",
|
|
"shelling",
|
|
"shucking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"paring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got his revenge on the dirty swindler who had skinned him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bilking",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"chousing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"shorting",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we simply got skinned in the interoffice softball tournament"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slaughtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skirred":{
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"probed",
|
|
"prospected",
|
|
"searched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reconnoitered",
|
|
"reconnoitred",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"unearthed",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"plumbed",
|
|
"sounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skimped":{
|
|
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must skimp and save if we are going to afford a vacation this summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economized",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"scrimped",
|
|
"spared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"husbanded",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"splurged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skill(s)":{
|
|
"knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had acquired valuable skills during his life at sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"savvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"background",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"conversance",
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
"intimacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unfamiliarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexperience"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skillfulness":{
|
|
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the skillfulness with which she handled that touchy situation is indeed admirable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"artistry",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"skill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"handiness",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"expertness",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"awkwardness",
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"klutziness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness",
|
|
"maladroitness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skittering":{
|
|
"to move quickly and lightly along a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Dry leaves skittered over the sidewalk.",
|
|
"Mice skittered across the floor."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"darting",
|
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"flickering",
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"flicking",
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"flirting",
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"flittering",
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"flitting",
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"fluttering",
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"zipping",
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"dashing",
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"flying",
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"sailing",
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"shooting",
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"speeding",
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"sprinting",
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"zinging",
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"zooming",
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"meandering",
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"rambling",
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"roaming",
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"wandering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"floating",
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"hanging",
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"hovering"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |