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adv 1: to or in a foreign country; "they had never travelled abroad" 2: far away from home or one's usual surroundings; "looking afield for new lands to conquer"- R.A.Hall [syn: afield, abroad] 3: in a place across an ocean [syn: overseas, abroad] adj 1: in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas markets" [syn: abroad, overseas]

n 1: a resource; "visual aids in teaching" [syn: aid, assistance, help] 2: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" [syn: aid, assist, assistance, help] 3: money to support a worthy person or cause [syn: aid, economic aid, financial aid] 4: the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention" [syn: care, attention, aid, tending] v 1: give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house" [syn: help, assist, aid] 2: improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" [syn: help, aid]

n 1: an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer [syn: adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp] 2: someone who acts as assistant [syn: aide, auxiliary]

v 1: clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval [syn: applaud, clap, spat, acclaim] [ant: boo, hiss] 2: express approval of; "I applaud your efforts"

adj 1: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads" [syn: awed, awful] 2: having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence before the shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck wonder" [syn: awed, awestruck, awestricken] [ant: unawed]

n 1: a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy

n 1: (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems [syn: baud, baud rate]

n 1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street]

adj 1: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" [syn: wide, broad] [ant: narrow] 2: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the- board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide] 3: not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" [syn: broad, unspecific] 4: lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave" [syn: broad, unsubtle] 5: being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer" [syn: broad(a), full(a)] 6: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: broad, spacious, wide] 7: (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent" 8: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions" [syn: broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant] n 1: slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"

n 1: intense and continuous artillery fire [syn: cannonade, drumfire] v 1: attack with cannons or artillery

adj 1: having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form; "sharp-clawed" 2: (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons [syn: clawed, taloned]

n 1: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [syn: ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk] 2: an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk]

adv 1: collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package C.O.D." [syn: C.O.D., COD, cash on delivery] adj 1: payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn: collect, cod] n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase] 2: lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached [syn: cod, codfish] 3: major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters [syn: cod, codfish] v 1: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across] 2: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride]

n 1: structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns 2: a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns [syn: arcade, colonnade]

v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]

n 1: an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) v 1: climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination"

n 1: the face or front of a building [syn: facade, frontage, frontal] 2: a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant [syn: facade, window dressing]

adj 1: having a blemish or flaw; "a flawed diamond"; "an irregular pair of jeans" [syn: blemished, flawed]

n 1: intentional deception resulting in injury to another person 2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player] 3: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage [syn: fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on]

n 1: the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions [syn: God, Supreme Being] 2: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force [syn: deity, divinity, god, immortal] 3: a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men" 4: a material effigy that is worshipped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god" [syn: idol, graven image, god]

n 1: a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile

n 1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery, clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank]

v 1: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim]

n 1: sweetened beverage of diluted lemon juice

n 1: a sudden short attack [syn: foray, raid, maraud] v 1: raid and rove in search of booty; "marauding rebels overran the countryside"

n 1: mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking v 1: soak in marinade; "marinade herring" [syn: marinade, marinate]

adj 1: relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs"; [syn: mod, modern, modernistic] n 1: a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers

n 1: a sign of assent or salutation or command 2: the act of nodding the head v 1: express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval" 2: lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation; "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer" 3: let the head fall forward through drowsiness; "The old man was nodding in his chair" 4: sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze" 5: be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace"

adj 1: not divisible by two [syn: odd, uneven] [ant: even] 2: not easily explained; "it is odd that his name is never mentioned" 3: an indefinite quantity more than that specified; "invited 30-odd guests" 4: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular] 5: of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g. [syn: odd, unmatched, unmated, unpaired] 6: not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions" [syn: leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpended]

n 1: an explosive device used to break down a gate or wall

n 1: the act of walking with a slow heavy gait; "I could recognize his plod anywhere" [syn: plodding, plod] v 1: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp]

n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase] 2: a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant [syn: pod, seedpod] 3: a group of aquatic mammals 4: a detachable container of fuel on an airplane [syn: pod, fuel pod] v 1: take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans" 2: produce pods, of plants

n 1: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring] 2: a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion [syn: prod, goad] v 1: to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant" [syn: nudge, poke at, prod] 2: urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" [syn: prod, incite, egg on] 3: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [syn: jab, prod, stab, poke, dig]

n 1: one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy [syn: quadruplet, quad] 2: a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg [syn: quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, quad] 3: (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences [syn: quad, space] 4: a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings [syn: quad, quadrangle]

n 1: a long thin implement made of metal or wood 2: any rod-shaped bacterium 3: a linear measure of 16.5 feet [syn: perch, rod, pole] 4: a square rod of land [syn: perch, rod, pole] 5: a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light [syn: rod, rod cell, retinal rod] 6: a gangster's pistol [syn: gat, rod]

adj 1: (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping 2: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious] 3: unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy- handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition" [syn: heavy-handed, roughshod]

n 1: flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled [syn: schrod, scrod] 2: young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking [syn: scrod, schrod]

n 1: a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed form [syn: divertimento, serenade] 2: a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman v 1: sing and play for somebody; "She was serenaded by her admirers"

adj 1: wearing footgear [syn: shod, shodden, shoed] [ant: unshod, unshoed] 2: used of certain religious orders who wear shoes [syn: calced, shod] [ant: discalceate, discalced, unshod]

n 1: surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots [syn: turf, sod, sward, greensward] 2: an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen; "oxygen free radicals are normally removed in our bodies by the superoxide dismutase enzymes" [syn: superoxide dismutase, SOD] 3: someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) [syn: sodomite, sodomist, sod, bugger] 4: an informal British term for a youth or man; "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink" v 1: cover with sod

n 1: a smallest army unit 2: a cooperative unit (especially in sports) [syn: team, squad] 3: a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime [syn: police squad, squad]

n 1: a small mass of soft material; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter" 2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad] 3: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad] v 1: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" [syn: pack, bundle, wad, compact] 2: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn: jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad]

adj 1: alone and on your own; "don't just sit there on your tod" n 1: a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds

n 1: Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907) [syn: Todd, Sir Alexander Robertus Todd, Lord Todd] 2: fictional character in a play by George Pitt; a barber who murdered his customers [syn: Todd, Sweeney Todd]

n 1: the Israeli foreign intelligence agency; "the primary focus of the Mossad is on Arab nations"

n 1: (registered trademark) a liqueur flavored with anise

n 1: joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia [syn: Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia]

n 1: a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice [syn: fruit drink, ade]

n 1: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" [syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade] v 1: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]

n 1: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on]

n 1: blockage or closure (as of a wound or body cavity) by (or as if by) a tampon (especially to stop bleeding) [syn: tamponade, tamponage]