1175 lines
22 KiB
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1175 lines
22 KiB
JSON
{
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"soap-operatic":{
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"as in soapy , melodramatic":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"melodramatic",
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"soapy",
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"sudsy",
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"dreamy",
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"misty-eyed",
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"moonstruck",
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"moony",
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"starry-eyed",
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"chocolate-box",
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"cloying",
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"corny",
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"drippy",
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"fruity",
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"gooey",
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"lovey-dovey",
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"maudlin",
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"mawkish",
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"mushy",
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"novelettish",
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"saccharine",
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"sappy",
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"schmaltzy",
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"sentimental",
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"sloppy",
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"slushy",
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"soppy",
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"soupy",
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"spoony",
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"spooney",
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"sticky",
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"sugarcoated",
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"sugary",
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"wet",
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"nostalgic",
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"wistful",
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"cutesy",
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"twee"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"antisentimental",
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"cynical",
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"hard-boiled",
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"hard-edged",
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"hardheaded",
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"unsentimental"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"soar":{
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"the act or an instance of rising or climbing up":{
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"antonyms":[
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"descent",
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"dip",
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"dive",
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"drop",
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"fall",
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"nosedive",
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"plunge"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the soar of the space shuttle never fails to inspire"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"plop",
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"plummeting",
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"sinking",
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"decline",
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"decrease",
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"down",
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"comedown",
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"downfall",
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"downgrade"
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],
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"related":[
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"boost",
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"hike",
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"increase",
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"raise",
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"blastoff",
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"elevation",
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"hoist",
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"levitation",
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"liftoff",
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"raising",
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"takeoff",
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"heave",
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"thrust",
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"upheaval",
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"uplifting",
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"upraising",
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"upsurge",
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"upsweep",
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"upswing",
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"upthrust",
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"uptrend",
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"upturn",
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"upwelling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ascension",
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"ascent",
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"climb",
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"rise",
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"rising"
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]
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},
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"to move or extend upward":{
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"antonyms":[
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"decline",
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"descend",
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"dip",
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"drop",
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"fall (off)",
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"plunge"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dive",
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"nose-dive",
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"plummet",
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"sink",
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"slide"
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],
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"related":[
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"surge",
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"tower",
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"boost",
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"elevate",
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"raise",
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"upheave",
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"uplift",
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"upraise",
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"balloon",
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"blast off",
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"take off",
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"zoom",
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"crest",
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"scale",
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"surmount",
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"top",
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"cant",
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"incline",
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"lean",
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"list",
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"recline",
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"slant",
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"slope",
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"tilt",
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"tip"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arise",
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"ascend",
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"aspire",
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"climb",
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"lift",
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"mount",
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"rise",
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"thrust",
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"up",
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"uprear",
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"uprise",
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"upthrust",
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"upturn"
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]
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},
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"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"bats soaring and swooping through the night air"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"drift",
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"float",
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"hang",
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"hover",
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"waft",
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"coast",
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"cruise",
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"sail",
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"sweep",
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"dart",
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"flit",
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"flutter",
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"catapult",
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"helicopter",
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"jet",
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"orbit",
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"rocket",
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"dive",
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"stoop"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aviate",
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"fly",
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"glide",
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"plane",
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"wing"
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]
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},
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"to rise abruptly and rapidly":{
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"antonyms":[
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"nose-dive",
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"plummet",
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"plunge",
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"slump",
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"tumble"
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],
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"examples":[
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"gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"collapse",
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"fall",
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"contract",
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"decrease",
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"diminish",
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"drop",
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"lessen",
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"wane"
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],
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"related":[
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"accumulate",
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"appreciate",
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"balloon",
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"build up",
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"burgeon",
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"bourgeon",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"increase",
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"mount",
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"multiply",
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"mushroom",
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"proliferate",
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"snowball",
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"swell",
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"wax",
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"crest",
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"peak",
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"surge",
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"heighten",
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"intensify"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"rocket",
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"shoot (up)",
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"skyrocket",
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"zoom"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"soaking (up)":{
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"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
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"examples":[
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"this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absorbing",
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"drinking",
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"imbibing",
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"sponging",
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"sucking (up)",
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"taking up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gulping",
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"guzzling",
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"quaffing",
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"sipping",
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"slurping",
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"swallowing",
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"swigging",
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"swilling"
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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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"soared":{
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"to move or extend upward":{
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"examples":[
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"the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arose",
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"ascended",
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"aspired",
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"climbed",
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"lifted",
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"mounted",
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"rose",
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"thrust",
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"upped",
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"upreared",
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"uprose",
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"upthrusted",
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"upturned"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"surged",
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"towered",
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"boosted",
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"elevated",
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"raised",
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"upheaved",
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"uplifted",
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"upraised",
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"ballooned",
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"blasted off",
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"took off",
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"zoomed",
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"crested",
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"scaled",
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"surmounted",
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"topped",
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"canted",
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"inclined",
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"leaned",
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"listed",
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"reclined",
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"slanted",
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"sloped",
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"tilted",
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"tipped"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dived",
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"dove",
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"nose-dived",
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"plummeted",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"slid"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"declined",
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"descended",
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"dipped",
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"dropped",
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"fell (off)",
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"plunged"
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]
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},
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"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
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"examples":[
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"bats soaring and swooping through the night air"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aviated",
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"flew",
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"glided",
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"planed",
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"winged"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drifted",
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"floated",
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"hovered",
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"hung",
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"hanged",
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"wafted",
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"coasted",
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"cruised",
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"sailed",
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"swept",
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"darted",
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"flitted",
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"fluttered",
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"catapulted",
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"helicoptered",
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"jetted",
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"orbited",
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"rocketed",
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"dived",
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"dove",
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"stooped"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to rise abruptly and rapidly":{
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"examples":[
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"gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"rocketed",
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"shot (up)",
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"skyrocketed",
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"zoomed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accumulated",
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"appreciated",
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"ballooned",
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"built up",
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"burgeoned",
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"bourgeoned",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"increased",
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"mounted",
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"multiplied",
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"mushroomed",
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"proliferated",
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"snowballed",
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"swelled",
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"waxed",
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"crested",
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"peaked",
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"surged",
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"heightened",
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"intensified"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"collapsed",
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"fell",
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"contracted",
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"decreased",
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"diminished",
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"dropped",
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"lessened",
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"waned"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nose-dived",
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"plummeted",
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"plunged",
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"slumped",
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"tumbled"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"soaker":{
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"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
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"examples":[
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"that soaker couldn't pass a Breathalyzer test if his life depended on it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alcoholic",
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"alkie",
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"alky",
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"boozehound",
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"boozer",
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"dipsomaniac",
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"drinker",
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"drunk",
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"drunkard",
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"inebriate",
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"juicehead",
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"juicer",
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"lush",
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"rummy",
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"soak",
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"sot",
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"souse",
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"tippler",
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"toper",
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"tosspot"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"swigger",
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"swiller",
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"wino"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abstainer",
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"nondrinker",
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"teetotaler",
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"teetotaller",
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"teetotalist"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"soaks (up)":{
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"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
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"examples":[
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"this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absorbs",
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"drinks",
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"imbibes",
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"sponges",
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"sucks (up)",
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"takes up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gulps",
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"guzzles",
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"quaffs",
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"sips",
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"slurps",
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"swallows",
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"swigs",
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"swills"
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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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"soaring":{
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"as in ascendant , ascending":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ascendant",
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"ascendent",
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"ascending",
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"airy",
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"elevated",
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"high",
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"nosebleed",
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"overhead",
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"overlooking",
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"raised",
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"upheld",
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"uplifted",
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"upraised",
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"topmost",
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"upmost",
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"upper",
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"uppermost",
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"upward"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"low",
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"low-lying",
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"depressed",
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"descendant",
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"descendent",
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"descending",
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"down",
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"dropped",
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"fallen",
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"grounded",
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"lowered",
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"sunken",
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"lowermost",
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"nethermost",
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"undermost",
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"abreast",
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"even",
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"level"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in ballooning , skydiving":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ballooning",
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"gliding",
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"hang gliding",
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"paragliding",
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"skydiving",
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"aeronautics",
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"aviation",
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"flight",
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"flying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move or extend upward":{
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"examples":[
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"the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arising",
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"ascending",
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"aspiring",
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"climbing",
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"lifting",
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"mounting",
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"rising",
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"thrusting",
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"upping",
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"uprearing",
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"uprising",
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"upthrusting",
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"upturning"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"surging",
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"towering",
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"boosting",
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"elevating",
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"raising",
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"upheaving",
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"uplifting",
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"upraising",
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"ballooning",
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"blasting off",
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"taking off",
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"zooming",
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"cresting",
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"scaling",
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"surmounting",
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"topping",
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"canting",
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"inclining",
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"leaning",
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"listing",
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"reclining",
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"slanting",
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"sloping",
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"tilting",
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"tipping"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"diving",
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"nose-diving",
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"plummeting",
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"sinking",
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"sliding"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"declining",
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"descending",
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"dipping",
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"dropping",
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"falling (off)",
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"plunging"
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]
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},
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"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
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"examples":[
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"bats soaring and swooping through the night air"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aviating",
|
|
"flying",
|
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"gliding",
|
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"planing",
|
|
"winging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"wafting",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"helicoptering",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"stooping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rise abruptly and rapidly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"shooting (up)",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"tumbling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soaking":{
|
|
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fisherman couldn't wait to take off his soaking socks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in gouging , overcharging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"three-card monte",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"Ponzi scheme",
|
|
"pyramid scheme",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"bunco",
|
|
"bunko",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scam",
|
|
"shell game",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ran for home as soon as the rain started, but our clothes still ended up soaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"macerating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"steeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"marinating",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"presoaking",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"permeating",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"moistening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wringing (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a merchant who soaks the tourists every summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"surcharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"mischarging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undercharging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that downpour soaked my hair, and now I look like a sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"bedraggling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"wetting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"moisturizing",
|
|
"showering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"hosing (down)",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"laving",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"rehydrating",
|
|
"rewashing",
|
|
"rewetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatering",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"freeze-drying",
|
|
"drip-drying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"depressed about his love life, he repaired to a bar to soak"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibbing",
|
|
"boozing",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"liquoring (up)",
|
|
"lushing (up)",
|
|
"tippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"nipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soapboxes":{
|
|
"a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some readers don't appreciate that she sometimes uses her book blog as a soapbox for her political views"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"venues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"pipelines",
|
|
"showcases",
|
|
"stages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soakers":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that soaker couldn't pass a Breathalyzer test if his life depended on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholics",
|
|
"alkies",
|
|
"boozehounds",
|
|
"boozers",
|
|
"dipsomaniacs",
|
|
"drinkers",
|
|
"drunkards",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"inebriates",
|
|
"juiceheads",
|
|
"juicers",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"rummies",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sots",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"tipplers",
|
|
"topers",
|
|
"tosspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swiggers",
|
|
"swillers",
|
|
"winos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainers",
|
|
"nondrinkers",
|
|
"teetotalers",
|
|
"teetotallers",
|
|
"teetotalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"soak (up)":{
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"slurp",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"swig",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |