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allow
(definition)
(1 vote)
v 1: make it possible through a specific action or lack of
action for something to happen; "This permits the water to
rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into
the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off" [syn:
let, allow, permit] [ant: keep, prevent]
2: consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit
her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her
basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" [syn:
permit, allow, let, countenance] [ant: disallow,
forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe,
veto]
3: let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few
visitors in prison" [syn: allow, grant] [ant: deny,
refuse]
4: give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I
will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside
time for meditation every day" [syn: allow, appropriate,
earmark, set aside, reserve]
5: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be
attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for
improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion";
"allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip";
"This procedure provides for lots of leeway" [syn: leave,
allow for, allow, provide]
6: allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or
validity of something; "I allow for this possibility"; "The
seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"
[syn: allow, take into account]
7: afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution";
"This short story allows of several different
interpretations" [syn: admit, allow]
8: allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
[syn: give up, allow]
9: grant as a discount or in exchange; "The camera store owner
allowed me $50 on my old camera"
10: allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without
opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here";
"Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot
tolerate smoking in the hospital" [syn: allow, permit,
tolerate]
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avow
(definition)
(1 vote)
v 1: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify,
assert, avow, aver, swan, swear]
2: admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about [syn: avow,
avouch] [ant: disavow]
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beau
(name)
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd
known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" [syn:
boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man]
2: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
[syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau,
swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
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blow
(name)
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the
head"
2: an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the
bicycle" [syn: blow, bump]
3: an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something
that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: reverse, reversal,
setback, blow, black eye]
4: an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock
to learn that he was injured" [syn: shock, blow]
5: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by
the gust" [syn: gust, blast, blow]
6: street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy,
snow, C]
7: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his
nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single
puff" [syn: blow, puff]
v 1: exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
2: be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
3: free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose"
4: be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves
were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake";
"The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked
boat drifted away from the shore" [syn: float, drift, be
adrift, blow]
5: make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew"
6: shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"
7: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we
had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff,
bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble,
mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]
8: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance
on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to
get and advanced degree" [syn: waste, blow, squander]
[ant: conserve, economise, economize, husband]
9: spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on
his new home theater"
10: sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets
blew"
11: play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn"
12: provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation [syn:
fellate, suck, blow, go down on]
13: cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry"
14: cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the
leaves around in the yard"
15: spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"
16: leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved
along"; "Blow now!" [syn: shove off, shove along,
blow]
17: lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"
18: cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their
cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
19: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line,
brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
20: allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"
21: melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs
blew out"; "The fuse blew" [syn: blow out, burn out,
blow]
22: burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
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bough
(name)
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: any of the larger branches of a tree
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bow
(name)
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
[syn: bow, bowknot]
2: a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair
strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
3: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore, prow,
stem]
4: a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of
resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
5: something curved in shape [syn: bow, arc]
6: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or
submission or shame or greeting [syn: bow, bowing,
obeisance]
7: an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the
concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the
audience [syn: bow, curtain call]
8: a decorative interlacing of ribbons
9: a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair
strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
v 1: bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed
before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame" [syn:
bow, bow down]
2: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to
the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer,
accede, give in]
3: bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of
respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King"
4: bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched
down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped
to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: crouch, stoop, bend,
bow]
5: play on a string instrument with a bow
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brow
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: the part of the face above the eyes [syn: brow,
forehead]
2: the arch of hair above each eye [syn: eyebrow, brow,
supercilium]
3: the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant
hills" [syn: hilltop, brow]
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chow
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable
for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism [syn: Zhou, Zhou
dynasty, Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow, Chow dynasty]
2: informal terms for a meal [syn: chow, chuck, eats,
grub]
3: breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy
curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to
have originated in northern China [syn: chow, chow chow]
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ciao
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye
(aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) [syn: aloha,
ciao]
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cow
(name)
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
[syn: cow, moo-cow]
2: mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
3: a large unpleasant woman
v 1: subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling
of awe; frighten (as with threats) [syn: overawe, cow]
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crow
(name)
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: black birds having a raucous call
2: the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
3: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern
Montana
4: a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern
hemisphere near Virgo [syn: Corvus, Crow]
5: 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]
6: a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
v 1: dwell on with satisfaction [syn: gloat, triumph,
crow]
2: express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy"
3: utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning"
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dhow
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs
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disallow
(definition)
(1 vote)
v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night";
"Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed
our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict,
proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow,
countenance, let, permit]
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disavow
(definition)
(1 vote)
v 1: refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of;
responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband
disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"
[ant: avouch, avow]
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doe
(name)
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: the federal department responsible for maintaining a
national energy policy of the United States; created in
1977 [syn: Department of Energy, Energy Department,
Energy, DOE]
2: mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
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dough
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
2: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage,
clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce,
lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch,
shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
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know
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: the fact of being aware of information that is known to few
people; "he is always in the know"
v 1: be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of
information; possess knowledge or information about; "I
know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to
know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" [syn:
know, cognize, cognise] [ant: ignore]
2: know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit";
"Does your husband know how to cook?"
3: be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in
something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I
left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth
moves around the sun"
4: be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She
doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We
know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This
flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"
5: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or
sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known
hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug
addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I
lived through two divorces" [syn: know, experience,
live]
6: accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power
and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true
heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" [syn:
acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know]
7: have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows
her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to
recite it?"
8: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in the
hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get
laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have
intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck,
jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it,
bang, get it on, bonk]
9: know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big
show-off"
10: be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The
child knows right from wrong"
11: perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"
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kowtow
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the
forehead as a sign of respect or submission [syn: kowtow,
kotow]
v 1: bend the knees and bow in a servile manner [syn: scrape,
kowtow, genuflect]
2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle,
bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
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meow
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
[syn: meow, mew, miaou, miaow, miaul]
v 1: cry like a cat; "the cat meowed" [syn: meow, mew]
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mow
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a loft in a barn where hay is stored [syn: hayloft,
haymow, mow]
v 1: cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" [syn: mow,
cut down]
2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and
mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow]
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oh
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a midwestern state in north central United States in the
Great Lakes region [syn: Ohio, Buckeye State, OH]
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sloe
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple
fruits with yellow flesh [syn: Allegheny plum, Alleghany
plum, sloe, Prunus alleghaniensis]
2: a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits [syn:
blackthorn, sloe, Prunus spinosa]
3: small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum
bush
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endow
(definition)
(1 vote)
v 1: give qualities or abilities to [syn: endow, indue,
gift, empower, invest, endue]
2: furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got
dowered" [syn: endow, dower]
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plough
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa
Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's
Wain, Wain, Wagon]
2: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil
and cut a furrow prior to sowing [syn: plow, plough]
v 1: move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or
going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"
[syn: plow, plough]
2: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer
Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in
the Spring" [syn: plow, plough, turn]
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roe
(name)
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
[syn: roe, hard roe]
2: eggs of female fish
3: the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the
lobster
4: the eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish
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lough
(name)
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
2: Irish word for a lake
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show
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining; "a
remarkable show of skill"
2: something intended to communicate a particular impression;
"made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a good
show of looking interested" [syn: display, show]
3: a social event involving a public performance or
entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on
Broadway"
4: pretending that something is the case in order to make a good
impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony
is just for show" [syn: appearance, show]
v 1: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows
her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in
Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present,
demonstrate]
2: establish the validity of something, as by an example,
explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the
instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the
validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate,
establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove]
3: provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the
father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" [syn:
testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show]
4: make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for
cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please" [ant: conceal,
hide]
5: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country
life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much
tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture, depict,
render, show]
6: give expression to; "She showed her disappointment" [syn:
express, show, evince]
7: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either
spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove
section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he
indicated his opponents" [syn: indicate, point,
designate, show]
8: be or become visible or noticeable; "His good upbringing
really shows"; "The dirty side will show" [syn: show, show
up]
9: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The
thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge
read `empty'" [syn: read, register, show, record]
10: give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his
distress that evening"
11: take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or
auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats" [syn:
usher, show]
12: finish third or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on
number six to show"
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plow
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the
soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing [syn: plow,
plough]
v 1: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow;
"Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the
earth in the Spring" [syn: plow, plough, turn]
2: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This
book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western
Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
[syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address]
3: move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going
through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water" [syn:
plow, plough]
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owe
(definition)
(1 vote)
v 1: be obliged to pay or repay
2: be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense; "This
new theory owes much to Einstein's Relativity Theory"
3: be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car";
"The thesis owes much to his adviser"
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pro
(definition)
adv 1: in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc. [ant: con]
adj 1: in favor of (an action or proposal etc.); "a pro vote"
[ant: anti]
n 1: an athlete who plays for pay [syn: professional, pro]
[ant: amateur]
2: an argument in favor of a proposal [ant: con]
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prow
(definition)
n 1: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore,
prow, stem]
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row
(name)
(definition)
n 1: an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line;
"a row of chairs"
2: an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
[syn: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in,
dustup]
3: a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally); "a
mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"; "rows of barbed
wire protected the trenches"
4: (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" [syn:
course, row]
5: a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
6: a continuous chronological succession without an
interruption; "they won the championship three years in a
row"
7: the act of rowing as a sport [syn: rowing, row]
v 1: propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake"
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scow
(definition)
n 1: any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
2: a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold
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sew
(definition)
v 1: fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: sew, run up, sew
together, stitch]
2: create (clothes) with cloth; "Can the seamstress sew me a
suit by next week?" [syn: sew, tailor, tailor-make]
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slough
(place)
(definition)
n 1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
[syn: gangrene, sphacelus, slough]
2: a hollow filled with mud
3: a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
4: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the
cast-off skin of a snake)
v 1: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds
every Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult,
slough]
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slow
(definition)
adv 1: without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for
`slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is
slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I
can see the sights" [syn: slowly, slow, easy,
tardily] [ant: apace, chop-chop, quickly,
rapidly, speedily]
2: of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch
is running behind" [syn: behind, slow]
adj 1: not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a
slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were
slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but
steady growth" [ant: fast]
2: at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz" [ant: fast]
3: slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so
dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met
anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning,
at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb
officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either
normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with
the slow students" [syn: dense, dim, dull, dumb,
obtuse, slow]
4: (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the
correct time; "the clock is slow" [ant: fast]
5: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a
boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening
effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent
but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture
their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long
letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the
tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's
dreams are dreadfully wearisome" [syn: boring, deadening,
dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome,
wearisome]
6: (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or
slow)"; "a sluggish market" [syn: dull, slow, sluggish]
v 1: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
[syn: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up,
retard] [ant: accelerate, quicken, speed, speed
up]
2: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: slow,
slow down, slow up, slack, slacken]
3: cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
[syn: slow, slow down, slow up]
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snow
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice
crystals [syn: snow, snowfall]
2: a layer of snowflakes (white crystals of frozen water)
covering the ground
3: English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe
(1905-1980) [syn: Snow, C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow,
Baron Snow of Leicester]
4: street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy,
snow, C]
v 1: fall as snow; "It was snowing all night"
2: conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately
feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled
his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well"
[syn: bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over
someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false]
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so
(name)
(definition)
adv 1: to a very great extent or degree; "the idea is so
obvious"; "never been so happy"; "I love you so"; "my
head aches so!"
2: in a manner that facilitates; "he observed the snakes so he
could describe their behavior"; "he stooped down so he could
pick up his hat"
3: in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or
implied; "They're happy and I hope they will remain so"; "so
live your life that old age will bring no regrets"
4: to a certain unspecified extent or degree; "I can only go so
far with this student"; "can do only so much in a day"
5: in the same way; also; "I was offended and so was he";
"worked hard and so did she"
6: in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces
thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) [syn: thus,
thusly, so]
7: (usually followed by `that') to an extent or degree as
expressed; "he was so tired he could hardly stand"; "so dirty
that it smells"
8: subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence
connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right";
"first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late
movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed" [syn:
then, so, and so, and then]
9: (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or
reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs
were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence
optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness
is biased and so cannot be trusted" [syn: therefore,
hence, thence, thus, so]
10: in truth (often tends to intensify); "they said the car
would break down and indeed it did"; "it is very cold
indeed"; "was indeed grateful"; "indeed, the rain may still
come"; "he did so do it!" [syn: indeed, so]
n 1: the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any
musical scale in solmization [syn: sol, soh, so]
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sough
(definition)
v 1: make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling" [syn:
sough, purl]
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sow
(definition)
n 1: an adult female hog
v 1: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She
sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: sow, seed]
2: introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"
3: place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with
sunflower seeds" [syn: inseminate, sow, sow in]
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stow
(name)
(place)
(definition)
v 1: fill by packing tightly; "stow the cart"
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thou
(definition)
n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad,
G, grand, thou, yard]
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vow
(definition)
n 1: a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to
do something or to behave in a certain manner; "they took
vows of poverty"
v 1: make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol
again"
2: dedicate to a deity by a vow [syn: vow, consecrate]
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wow
(definition)
n 1: a joke that seems extremely funny [syn: belly laugh,
sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow,
riot]
v 1: impress greatly; "The speaker wowed the audience"
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au
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent)
metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and
alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but
is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia [syn: gold, Au,
atomic number 79]
2: a unit of length used for distances within the solar system;
equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun
(approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
[syn: Astronomical Unit, AU]
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co
(definition)
n 1: an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of
incomplete combustion of carbon [syn: carbon monoxide,
carbon monoxide gas, CO]
2: a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent
metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal
nutrition [syn: cobalt, Co, atomic number 27]
3: one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of
conscience [syn: conscientious objector, CO]
4: a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
[syn: Colorado, Centennial State, CO]
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rho
(place)
(definition)
n 1: the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
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fao
(definition)
n 1: the United Nations agency concerned with the international
organization of food and agriculture [syn: Food and
Agriculture Organization, Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations, FAO]
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frau
(definition)
n 1: a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult
woman
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hao
(definition)
n 1: 10 hao equal 1 dong in Vietnam
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howe
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: United States editor (1920-1993) [syn: Howe, Irving
Howe]
2: Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the
most games (born 1928) [syn: Howe, Gordie Howe, Gordon
Howe]
3: United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage
movement (1819-1910) [syn: Howe, Julia Ward Howe]
4: United States inventor who built early sewing machines and
won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers
(including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867) [syn: Howe, Elias
Howe]
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lao
(place)
(definition)
adj 1: of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people
inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand
n 1: a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the
Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao
language; related to the Thais [syn: Lao, Laotian]
2: the Tai language of a Buddhist people living in the area of
the Mekong River in Thailand and Laos
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pow
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in
time of war [syn: prisoner of war, POW]
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tao
(place)
(definition)
n 1: an adherent of any branch of Taoism [syn: Taoist, Tao]
2: the ultimate principle of the universe
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liao
(definition)
n 1: the dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern
China from 947 to 1125 [syn: Liao, Liao dynasty]
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macao
(definition)
n 1: a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China
and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China
in 1999 [syn: Macao, Macau]
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macau
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China
and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China
in 1999 [syn: Macao, Macau]
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mindanao
(definition)
n 1: the second largest island of the Philippines at the
southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic
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rodin
(definition)
n 1: French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form
(1840-1917) [syn: Rodin, Auguste Rodin, Francois
Auguste Rene Rodin]
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eclair
(definition)
n 1: oblong cream puff
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gauguin
(definition)
n 1: French Post-impressionist painter who worked in the South
Pacific (1848-1903) [syn: Gauguin, Paul Gauguin]
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poussin
(definition)
n 1: French painter in the classical style (1594-1665) [syn:
Poussin, Nicolas Poussin]
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embonpoint
(definition)
adj 1: sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of
figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; [syn:
chubby, embonpoint, plump]
n 1: the bodily property of being well rounded [syn:
plumpness, embonpoint, roundness]
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limousin
(definition)
n 1: a region of central France to the west of the Auvergne
mountains
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tau
(place)
(definition)
n 1: the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
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baudelaire
(definition)
n 1: a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative
language (1821-1867) [syn: Baudelaire, Charles
Baudelaire, Charles Pierre Baudelaire]
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couperin
(definition)
n 1: French composer of music for organ and a member of a family
of distinguished organists (1668-1733) [syn: Couperin,
Francois Couperin]
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miaow
(definition)
n 1: the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
[syn: meow, mew, miaou, miaow, miaul]
v 1: make a cat-like sound [syn: miaou, miaow]
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aux
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beaux
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clough
(name)
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gratin
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how
(name)
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voila
(place)
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yow
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graue
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bo
(name)
(place)
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bro
(place)
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cau
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coe
(name)
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crowe
(name)
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ow
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trow
(name)
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aue
(place)
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bao
(name)
(place)
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brau
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brough
(name)
(place)
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cao
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chao
(place)
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crough
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dao
(place)
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dow
(name)
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dowe
(name)
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gow
(name)
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grau
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hau
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hsiao
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kao
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kau
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kough