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allow
(definition)
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)
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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bluff
(place)
(definition)
adj 1: very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
"a bluff headland"; "where the bold chalk cliffs of
England rise"; "a sheer descent of rock" [syn: bluff,
bold, sheer]
2: bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but
pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"
n 1: a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
2: pretense that your position is stronger than it really is;
"his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted"
3: the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of
confidence in the strength of your cards [syn: bluff, four
flush]
v 1: deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with
the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand [syn:
bluff, bluff out]
2: frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really
is
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bough
(name)
(definition)
n 1: any of the larger branches of a tree
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bow
(name)
(definition)
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)
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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buff
(name)
(definition)
adj 1: of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather
n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff,
devotee, lover]
2: a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or
oxen
3: bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"
4: a medium to dark tan color [syn: yellowish brown, raw
sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown]
5: an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block;
used for polishing (as in manicuring) [syn: buff, buffer]
v 1: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn:
buffet, buff]
2: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish]
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chough
(definition)
n 1: a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red
legs and glossy black plumage
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chow
(definition)
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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chuff
(definition)
v 1: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff]
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ciao
(definition)
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)
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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cuff
(name)
(definition)
n 1: the lap consisting of a turned-back hem encircling the end
of the sleeve or leg [syn: cuff, turnup]
2: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked
around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: handcuff,
cuff, handlock, manacle]
v 1: hit with the hand [syn: cuff, whomp]
2: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs;
"The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"
[syn: manacle, cuff, handcuff]
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dhow
(definition)
n 1: a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs
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dough
(definition)
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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duff
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and
containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron [syn:
duff, plum duff]
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enough
(definition)
adv 1: as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty'
is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" [syn: enough,
plenty]
adj 1: sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the
food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food
enough" [syn: adequate, decent, enough]
n 1: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to
achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there
is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"
[syn: enough, sufficiency]
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fluff
(definition)
n 1: any light downy material
2: something of little value or significance [syn: bagatelle,
fluff, frippery, frivolity]
3: a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
v 1: 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]
2: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn:
ruffle, fluff]
3: ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp,
for a full effect [syn: tease, fluff]
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gruff
(definition)
adj 1: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a
crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff
manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: crusty, curmudgeonly,
gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured]
2: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or
emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse
cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"-
Virgil Thomson [syn: gruff, hoarse, husky]
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guff
(definition)
n 1: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false
statements) [syn: bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff,
rot, hogwash]
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handcuff
(definition)
n 1: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked
around the wrist; usually used in pairs [syn: handcuff,
cuff, handlock, manacle]
v 1: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or
handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene
of the crime" [syn: manacle, cuff, handcuff]
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huff
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a state of irritation or annoyance [syn: huff, miff,
seeing red]
v 1: inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine
almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" [syn:
huff, snort]
2: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff]
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luff
(name)
(definition)
n 1: (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is
next to the mast
2: the act of sailing close to the wind
v 1: sail close to the wind [syn: luff, point]
2: flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides; "the
sails luffed"
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meow
(definition)
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)
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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muff
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a warm tubular covering for the hands
2: (sports) dropping the ball [syn: fumble, muff]
v 1: fail to catch, as of a ball
2: 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]
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now
(definition)
adv 1: in the historical present; at this point in the narration
of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls
in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross
the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"
2: in these times; "it is solely by their language that the
upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we
now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today
almost every home has television" [syn: nowadays, now,
today]
3: used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear
this!"; "now pay attention"
4: at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging
dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present
writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now" [syn:
now, at present]
5: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he
answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an
official accused of dishonesty should be suspended
forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately,
instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly,
now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot]
6: (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or
activity; "Now the next problem is..."
7: in the immediate past; "told me just now"
n 1: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it
worked up to right now"
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plough
(definition)
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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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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puff
(definition)
adj 1: gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" [syn:
puff, puffed]
n 1: a short light gust of air [syn: puff, puff of air,
whiff]
2: a light inflated pastry or puff shell
3: exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
4: bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and
stitched together [syn: quilt, comforter, comfort,
puff]
5: a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying
powder to the skin [syn: powderpuff, puff]
6: thick cushion used as a seat [syn: ottoman, pouf,
pouffe, puff, hassock]
7: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on
his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the
smoke slowly" [syn: puff, drag, pull]
8: 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: smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
[syn: puff, whiff]
2: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a
cigarette" [syn: puff, drag, draw]
3: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners
reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant,
puff, gasp, heave]
4: make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
5: praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway
production" [syn: puff, puff up]
6: speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of
man"
7: to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the
drugs"; "puffed out chests" [syn: puff, puff up, blow
up, puff out]
8: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff]
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rebuff
(definition)
n 1: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of
anger or disapproval) [syn: rebuff, slight]
2: an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: rebuff,
snub, repulse]
v 1: reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"
[syn: rebuff, snub, repel]
2: force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the
onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" [syn: repel, repulse,
fight off, rebuff, drive back]
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rough
(name)
(definition)
adv 1: with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal
variant for `roughly'); "he was pushed roughly aside";
"they treated him rough" [syn: roughly, rough]
2: with rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" [syn:
roughly, rough]
adj 1: having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with
rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough
blankets"; "his unsmooth face" [syn: rough, unsmooth]
[ant: smooth]
2: (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she
was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"
3: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10
o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn:
approximate, approximative, rough]
4: full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success";
"they were having a rough time" [syn: rocky, rough]
5: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and
waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra
Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: boisterous,
fierce, rough]
6: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
[syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough,
scratchy]
7: ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious
spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an
exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough
and determined fighting men" [syn: pugnacious, rough]
8: of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed
or scalloped [ant: smooth]
9: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a
rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty,
jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth]
10: not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond";
"rough gemstones" [syn: uncut, rough] [ant: cut]
11: not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude
splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them";
"rough carpentry" [syn: crude, rough]
12: not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches"
13: unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand
and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" [syn:
harsh, rough]
14: unkind or cruel or uncivil; "had harsh words"; "a harsh and
unlovable old tyrant"; "a rough answer" [syn: harsh,
rough]
n 1: the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the
grass is not cut short
v 1: prepare in preliminary or sketchy form [syn: rough in,
rough, rough out]
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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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ruff
(name)
(definition)
n 1: an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about
the neck of a bird or other animal [syn: frill, ruff]
2: a high tight collar [syn: choker, ruff, ruffle, neck
ruff]
3: common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff
in breeding season [syn: ruff, Philomachus pugnax]
4: (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when
unable to follow suit [syn: ruff, trumping]
v 1: play a trump [syn: trump, ruff]
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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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scruff
(definition)
n 1: the back side of the neck [syn: nape, scruff, nucha]
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scuff
(definition)
n 1: a slipper that has no fitting around the heel [syn: mule,
scuff]
2: the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet)
v 1: walk without lifting the feet [syn: scuff, drag]
2: get or become scuffed; "These patent leather shoes scuffed"
3: mar by scuffing; "scuffed shoes"
4: poke at with the foot or toe
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snuff
(definition)
adj 1: snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown [syn:
snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown]
n 1: the charred portion of a candlewick
2: a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
3: finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
4: sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose [syn: sniff,
snuff]
v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: snuff, snuffle]
2: inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke"
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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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stuff
(definition)
n 1: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a
physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is
the stuff they use to make bread" [syn: material,
stuff]
2: miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of
stuff"
3: informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all
your clobber?" [syn: stuff, clobber]
4: senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff" [syn: stuff,
stuff and nonsense, hooey, poppycock]
5: unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the
stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United
States Marine"
6: information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had
heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book"
7: a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense
is the very stuff of narrative"
v 1: cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his
pockets"
2: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust
the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove,
squeeze]
3: obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are
blocked" [syn: stuff, lug, choke up, block] [ant:
loosen up, unstuff]
4: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice
cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut,
englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat,
gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig
out, satiate, scarf out]
5: treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a
bearskin"
6: fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"
7: fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the
turkey yet?" [syn: farce, stuff]
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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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tough
(name)
(definition)
adj 1: not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough
character" [ant: tender]
2: very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a
rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of
frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough
life"; "it was a tough job" [syn: rugged, tough]
3: physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet" [syn:
tough, toughened] [ant: tender, untoughened]
4: substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves";
"sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics
are as tough as metal" [syn: sturdy, tough]
5: violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough
street gangs" [syn: ruffianly, tough]
6: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally
used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she
felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless
night" [syn: bad, tough]
7: resistant to cutting or chewing [ant: tender]
8: unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
[syn: hard, tough]
9: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or
believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of
what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at
home" [syn: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic,
problematical, tough]
n 1: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than
being formally trained in the sport of boxing [syn: street
fighter, tough]
2: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood,
hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie,
strong-armer]
3: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan,
ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo]
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tuff
(name)
(definition)
n 1: hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash [syn:
tuff, tufa]
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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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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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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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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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plow
(definition)
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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ruf
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone;
seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the
diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on
civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and
using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the
president of Liberia [syn: Revolutionary United Front,
RUF]
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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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gratin
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how
(name)
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voila
(place)
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ow
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trow
(name)
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aue
(place)
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brough
(name)
(place)
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dao
(place)
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dow
(name)
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gow
(name)
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mcgough
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hough
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acuff
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bruff
(name)
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cluff
(name)
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cuffe
(name)
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schuff
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shuff
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sluff
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leboeuf
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lebouef
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macduff
(name)
(place)
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mcduff
(name)
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mcgeough
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louvain
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chardin
(name)
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chambertin
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cardin