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v 1: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 2: lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"

n 1: an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming); "he wanted some acreage to build on" [syn: acreage, land area]

n 1: the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes

n 1: the condition of being secured to a base; "the plant needs a firm anchorage"; "the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family" 2: a fee for anchoring 3: a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska" 4: place for vessels to anchor [syn: anchorage, anchorage ground] 5: the act of anchoring

adj 1: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall" [syn: average, mean(a)] 2: lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street" [syn: average, ordinary] 3: lacking exceptional quality or ability; "a novel of average merit"; "only a fair performance of the sonata"; "in fair health"; "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"; "the performance was middling at best" [syn: average, fair, mediocre, middling] 4: around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers" [syn: average, intermediate, medium] 5: relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30" [syn: modal(a), average] 6: relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values); "the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20"; "the median income for the year was $15,000" [syn: median(a), average] n 1: a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes" [syn: average, norm] 2: (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities 3: an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; "he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average" v 1: amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" [syn: average, average out] 2: achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C" 3: compute the average of [syn: average, average out]

n 1: any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: beverage, drink, drinkable, potable]

n 1: hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach [syn: borage, tailwort, Borago officinalis] 2: an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked

n 1: a stock broker's business; charges a fee to act as intermediary between buyer and seller [syn: brokerage, brokerage firm, securities firm] 2: the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties 3: place where a broker conducts his business [syn: brokerage house, brokerage]

n 1: a railcar where passengers ride [syn: passenger car, coach, carriage] 2: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses [syn: carriage, equipage, rig] 3: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture" [syn: carriage, bearing, posture] 4: a machine part that carries something else 5: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around [syn: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher]

n 1: ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun 2: a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required [syn: magazine, cartridge] 3: a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment; "he loaded a cartridge of fresh tape into the tape deck" 4: an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable [syn: cartridge, pickup]

n 1: a charge for storing goods in a cellar 2: a storage area in a cellar

n 1: a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear [syn: courage, courageousness, bravery, braveness] [ant: cowardice, cowardliness]

n 1: the total amount and type of insurance carried [syn: coverage, insurance coverage] 2: the extent to which something is covered; "the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent" 3: the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations" [syn: coverage, reporting, reportage]

n 1: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage, harm, impairment] 2: loss of military equipment [syn: damage, equipment casualty] 3: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage, harm, hurt, scathe] 4: the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?" [syn: price, terms, damage] 5: any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right [syn: wrong, legal injury, damage] v 1: inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" 2: suffer or be susceptible to damage; "These fine china cups damage easily"

n 1: a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure 2: detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure

v 1: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth" [syn: deter, discourage] 2: deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged [ant: encourage] 3: admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet" [syn: warn, discourage, admonish, monish]

v 1: express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts" [syn: disparage, belittle, pick at] [ant: blandish, flatter]

n 1: a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it [syn: drawbridge, lift bridge]

v 1: contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" [syn: promote, advance, boost, further, encourage] 2: inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to [ant: discourage] 3: spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"

n 1: a bridge designed for pedestrians [syn: footbridge, overcrossing, pedestrian bridge]

n 1: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass] 2: the act of searching for food and provisions [syn: foraging, forage] v 1: collect or look around for (food) [syn: scrounge, forage] 2: wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"

n 1: encouragement; aiding the development of something [syn: fostering, fosterage] 2: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing]

n 1: an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles 2: a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired [syn: garage, service department] v 1: keep or store in a garage; "we don't garage our car"

n 1: food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) [syn: garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps] 2: a worthless message [syn: drivel, garbage] 3: a receptacle where waste can be discarded; "she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage"

n 1: the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel [syn: bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage]

n 1: (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) [syn: harborage, harbourage]

n 1: marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law [syn: exogamy, intermarriage] [ant: endogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage] 2: marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law [syn: endogamy, intermarriage, inmarriage] [ant: exogamy, intermarriage]

n 1: the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever [syn: leverage, purchase] 2: strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage" 3: investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) [syn: leverage, leveraging] v 1: supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available" 2: provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"

n 1: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union" [syn: marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock] 2: two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love" [syn: marriage, married couple, man and wife] 3: the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" [syn: marriage, wedding, marriage ceremony] 4: a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas"

n 1: failure of a plan [syn: miscarriage, abortion] 2: a natural loss of the products of conception [syn: spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth] [ant: live birth]

n 1: a fee for mooring 2: a place where a craft can be made fast [syn: mooring, moorage, berth, slip] 3: the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes [syn: docking, moorage, dockage, tying up]

n 1: a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand) 2: fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird [syn: ostrich, Struthio camelus]

adj 1: too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope [syn: overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill] n 1: a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations

n 1: flesh of either quail or grouse 2: heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds [syn: tinamou, partridge] 3: small Old World gallinaceous game birds 4: a popular North American game bird; named for its call [syn: bobwhite, bobwhite quail, partridge] 5: valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada [syn: ruffed grouse, partridge, Bonasa umbellus]

n 1: succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land [syn: herbage, pasturage] 2: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage, grass]

n 1: the peers of a kingdom considered as a group [syn: peerage, baronage]

n 1: the act of stealing small amounts or small articles

n 1: soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick

n 1: the act of marrying again

n 1: waste matter carried away in sewers or drains [syn: sewage, sewerage] 2: a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water [syn: sewer, sewerage, cloaca]

n 1: the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship 2: the act of steering a ship [syn: steering, steerage]

n 1: a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920" [syn: right to vote, vote, suffrage]

n 1: a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question" [syn: umbrage, offense, offence]

n 1: framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle

n 1: an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector [syn: parsonage, vicarage, rectory]

n 1: platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc

n 1: a university in England [syn: Cambridge University, Cambridge] 2: a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3: a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University

n 1: general term for an ancient and prestigious and privileged university (especially Oxford University or Cambridge University)

n 1: British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963) [syn: Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge, First Baron Beveridge]

n 1: English romantic poet (1772-1834) [syn: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge]

n 1: (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) [syn: harborage, harbourage]

n 1: charged by a government for coining bullion