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kind
(definition)
(5 votes)
adj 1: having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful
nature; used especially of persons and their behavior;
"kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words
showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her
kind letter" [ant: unkind]
2: agreeable, conducive to comfort; "a dry climate kind to
asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are
anything but kind to the feet" [syn: kind, genial]
3: tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was
very kind about the window our son broke" [syn: kind,
tolerant]
n 1: a category of things distinguished by some common
characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art";
"what kinds of desserts are there?" [syn: kind, sort,
form, variety]
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behind
(definition)
(4 votes)
adv 1: in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen
from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from
the front"; "the final runners were far behind"
2: remaining in a place or condition that has been left or
departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work
behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left
their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and
left the other cars far behind"
3: of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch
is running behind" [syn: behind, slow]
4: in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his
studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the
competition for customers"
5: in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a
month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run
behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills"
[syn: behind, behindhand, in arrears]
adj 1: having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
"behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home
team trailing"
n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
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affined
(definition)
(3 votes)
adj 1: closely related; "syllable to blessed syllable affined"-
Wallace Stevens
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aligned
(definition)
(3 votes)
adj 1: brought into agreement or cooperation on the side of a
faction, party, or cause [ant: nonaligned]
2: in a straight line; "pearly teeth evenly aligned"
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assigned
(definition)
(3 votes)
adj 1: appointed to a post or duty; "assigned personnel";
"assigned duties" [ant: unassigned]
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bind
(definition)
(3 votes)
n 1: something that hinders as if with bonds
v 1: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
[syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick,
stick to]
2: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond]
3: make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The
Chinese would bind the feet of their women" [ant: unbind]
4: wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [syn:
bind, bandage]
5: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners";
"tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling
shed" [syn: tie down, tie up, bind, truss]
6: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a
contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: oblige,
bind, hold, obligate]
7: provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"
8: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied
their victim to the chair" [syn: tie, bind] [ant:
unbrace, unlace, untie]
9: form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
10: cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate
you" [syn: constipate, bind]
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blind
(name)
(definition)
(3 votes)
adj 1: unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he
must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently
those things he would do with sight if he had normal
vision"--Kenneth Jernigan [syn: blind, unsighted]
[ant: sighted]
2: unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a
lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"
3: not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind
faith"; "unreasoning panic" [syn: blind, unreasoning]
n 1: people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a
group; "he spent hours reading to the blind"
2: a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck
hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"
3: a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight;
"they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn:
blind, screen]
4: something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an
activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the
holding company was just a blind" [syn: subterfuge,
blind]
v 1: render unable to see
2: make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were
punished and blinded"
3: make dim by comparison or conceal [syn: blind, dim]
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combined
(definition)
(3 votes)
adj 1: made or joined or united into one [ant: uncombined]
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confined
(definition)
(2 votes)
adj 1: not invading healthy tissue [ant: invasive]
2: not free to move about [ant: unconfined]
3: being in captivity [syn: captive, confined, imprisoned,
jailed]
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defined
(definition)
(2 votes)
adj 1: clearly characterized or delimited; "lost in a maze of
words both defined and undefined"; "each child has
clearly defined duties" [ant: undefined, vague]
2: showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary; "hills
defined against the evening sky"; "the setting sun showed the
outlined figure of a man standing on the hill" [syn:
defined, outlined]
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designed
(definition)
(2 votes)
adj 1: done or made or performed with purpose and intent;
"style...is more than the deliberate and designed
creation"- Havelock Ellis; "games designed for all ages";
"well-designed houses" [syn: designed, intentional]
[ant: undesigned]
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humankind
(definition)
(2 votes)
n 1: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the
world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because
`mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: world, human
race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans,
mankind, man]
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mind
(definition)
(2 votes)
n 1: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings;
the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I
couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind,
head, brain, psyche, nous]
2: recall or remembrance; "it came to mind"
3: an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to
make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" [syn:
judgment, judgement, mind]
4: an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th
century" [syn: thinker, creative thinker, mind]
5: attention; "don't pay him any mind"
6: your intention; what you intend to do; "he had in mind to see
his old teacher"; "the idea of the game is to capture all the
pieces" [syn: mind, idea]
7: knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his
mind"; "he has a keen intellect" [syn: mind, intellect]
v 1: be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered
by; "I don't mind your behavior"
2: be concerned with or about something or somebody
3: be in charge of or deal with; "She takes care of all the
necessary arrangements" [syn: take care, mind]
4: pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the
old men" [syn: heed, mind, listen]
5: be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to;
"Beware of telephone salesmen" [syn: beware, mind]
6: keep in mind [syn: mind, bear in mind] [ant: forget]
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grind
(definition)
(2 votes)
n 1: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected
or boringly studious [syn: swot, grind, nerd, wonk,
dweeb]
2: the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is
ground; "a coarse grind of coffee"
3: hard monotonous routine work [syn: drudgery, plodding,
grind, donkeywork]
4: the act of grinding to a powder or dust [syn: grind,
mill, pulverization, pulverisation]
v 1: press or grind with a crushing noise [syn: crunch,
cranch, craunch, grind]
2: make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate
one's teeth in anger" [syn: grate, grind]
3: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour,
toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]
4: dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way,
often while in contact with one's partner such that the
dancers' legs are interlaced
5: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn:
grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute]
6: created by grinding; "grind designs into the glass bowl"
7: shape or form by grinding; "grind lenses for glasses and
cameras"
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disinclined
(definition)
(2 votes)
adj 1: unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval;
"disinclined to say anything to anybody" [ant:
inclined(p)]
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hind
(definition)
(2 votes)
adj 1: located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind)
legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" [syn: back(a),
hind(a), hinder(a)]
n 1: any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
2: a female deer, especially an adult female red deer
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wind
(name)
(definition)
(2 votes)
n 1: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area
of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent
under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the
radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current
and out into the atmosphere" [syn: wind, air current,
current of air]
2: a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of
change"
3: breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
4: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a
lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: wind,
malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz, nothingness]
5: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead,
steer, confidential information, wind, hint]
6: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an
enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath [syn:
wind instrument, wind]
7: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn:
fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind]
8: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old
clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: wind, winding,
twist]
v 1: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular
course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path
meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout
wanders through the entire body" [syn: weave, wind,
thread, meander, wander]
2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake";
"the path twisted through the forest" [syn: wind, twist,
curve]
3: arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your
finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped
her arms around the child" [syn: wind, wrap, roll,
twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off]
4: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the
drugs" [syn: scent, nose, wind]
5: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a
stem; "wind your watch" [syn: wind, wind up]
6: form into a wreath [syn: wreathe, wind]
7: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist
the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: hoist, lift,
wind]
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inclined
(definition)
(2 votes)
adj 1: (often followed by `to') having a preference,
disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the
excuse"; "inclined to be moody" [ant: disinclined]
2: at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an
inclined plane" [ant: horizontal, perpendicular,
vertical]
3: having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn:
disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), prepared]
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mankind
(definition)
(2 votes)
n 1: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the
world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because
`mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: world, human
race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans,
mankind, man]
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purblind
(definition)
(1 vote)
adj 1: having greatly reduced vision [syn: dim-sighted, near-
blind, purblind, sand-blind, visually impaired,
visually challenged]
2: lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the
implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that
flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the
dustbin"- Jasper Griffin [syn: obtuse, purblind]
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refined
(definition)
(1 vote)
adj 1: (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and
genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to
hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" [ant:
unrefined]
2: freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar";
"refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare [syn:
refined, processed] [ant: crude, unprocessed,
unrefined]
3: showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that
comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner";
"maintained an urbane tone in his letters" [syn: polished,
refined, svelte, urbane]
4: suggesting taste, ease, and wealth [syn: elegant,
graceful, refined]
5: free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a
neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
[syn: neat, refined, tasteful]
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remind
(definition)
(1 vote)
v 1: put in the mind of someone; "Remind me to call Mother"
2: assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next
words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn:
prompt, remind, cue]
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rind
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before
eating)
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spellbind
(definition)
(1 vote)
v 1: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing
terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
[syn: fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind]
2: attract strongly, as if with a magnet; "She magnetized the
audience with her tricks" [syn: magnetize, mesmerize,
mesmerise, magnetise, bewitch, spellbind]
3: put into a trance [syn: entrance, spellbind]
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streamlined
(definition)
(1 vote)
adj 1: made efficient by stripping off nonessentials; "short
streamlined meetings"; "a streamlined hiring process"
2: designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid
flow; "a streamlined convertible" [syn: streamlined,
aerodynamic, flowing, sleek]
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unassigned
(definition)
(1 vote)
adj 1: not assigned; "unassigned personnel" [ant: assigned]
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unbind
(definition)
(1 vote)
v 1: untie or unfasten; "unbind the feet of this poor woman"
[ant: bind]
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unconfined
(definition)
(1 vote)
adj 1: not confined [ant: confined]
2: free from confinement or physical restraint [syn:
unconfined, unimprisoned]
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undefined
(definition)
(1 vote)
adj 1: not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an
undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined
sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a
vague uneasiness" [syn: undefined, vague] [ant:
defined]
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unkind
(definition)
(1 vote)
adj 1: lacking kindness; "a thoughtless and unkind remark"; "the
unkindest cut of all" [ant: kind]
2: deficient in humane and kindly feelings [syn: pitiless,
unkind]
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unlined
(definition)
(1 vote)
adj 1: not having a lining or liner; "a thin unlined jacket"
[ant: lined]
2: smooth, especially of skin; "his cheeks were unlined"; "his
unseamed face" [syn: seamless, unlined, unseamed]
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unrefined
(definition)
(1 vote)
adj 1: not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"
[syn: unrefined, unprocessed, crude] [ant:
processed, refined]
2: (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth;
"how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"
[ant: refined]
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unsigned
(definition)
(1 vote)
adj 1: lacking a signature; "the message was typewritten and
unsigned" [ant: signed]
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unwind
(definition)
(1 vote)
v 1: reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn"
[syn: unwind, wind off, unroll] [ant: roll,
twine, wind, wrap]
2: separate the tangles of [syn: unwind, disentangle]
3: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in
the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn:
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow
down] [ant: tense, tense up]
4: cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me" [syn:
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make
relaxed] [ant: strain, tense, tense up]
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womankind
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: women as distinguished from men
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rebind
(definition)
(1 vote)
v 1: provide with a new binding; "The tattered old book is
valuable and we need to rebind it"
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mastermind
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: someone who creates new things [syn: originator,
conceiver, mastermind]
2: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and
originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but
he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain,
brainiac, Einstein]
v 1: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded
the robbery" [syn: mastermind, engineer, direct,
organize, organise, orchestrate]
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consigned
(1 vote)
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declined
(1 vote)
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enshrined
(1 vote)
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entwined
(1 vote)
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enwind
(1 vote)
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intertwined
(1 vote)
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maligned
(1 vote)
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pined
(1 vote)
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resigned
(1 vote)
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rewind
(1 vote)
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twined
(2 votes)
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unaligned
(1 vote)
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undermined
(1 vote)
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undersigned
(1 vote)
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elkind
(1 vote)
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hinde
(1 vote)
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wynd
(1 vote)
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interwind
(1 vote)
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overwind
(1 vote)
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woodbind
(1 vote)