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broadcast
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n 1: message that is transmitted by radio or television
2: a radio or television show; "did you see his program last
night?" [syn: broadcast, program, programme]
v 1: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We
cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send,
broadcast, beam, transmit]
2: sow over a wide area, especially by hand; "broadcast seeds"
3: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
"circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate,
circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate,
propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse,
pass around]
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aghast
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adj 1: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn:
aghast(p), appalled, dismayed, shocked]
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blast
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n 1: a very long fly ball
2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, clap, eruption,
blast, bam]
3: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by
the gust" [syn: gust, blast, blow]
4: an explosion (as of dynamite)
5: a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good
time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast"
[syn: good time, blast]
6: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the
Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack";
"don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak,
flack, blast]
v 1: make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking
into a microphone" [syn: blast, blare]
2: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: smash, nail,
boom, blast]
3: use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
[syn: blast, shell]
4: apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was
blasting cold air at us"
5: create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the
mountain" [syn: blast, shell]
6: make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through
the Alps"
7: fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away" [syn: blast,
shoot]
8: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new
President"; "The critics crucified the author for
plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: savage, blast,
pillory, crucify]
9: shatter as if by explosion [syn: blast, knock down]
10: shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
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cast
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n 1: the actors in a play [syn: cast, cast of characters,
dramatis personae]
2: container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape
when it hardens [syn: mold, mould, cast]
3: the distinctive form in which a thing is made; "pottery of
this cast was found throughout the region" [syn: cast,
mold, mould, stamp]
4: the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate
cast of his features" [syn: form, shape, cast]
5: bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster
of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal [syn:
cast, plaster cast, plaster bandage]
6: object formed by a mold [syn: cast, casting]
7: the act of throwing dice [syn: cast, roll]
8: the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by
means of a rod and reel [syn: casting, cast]
9: a violent throw [syn: hurl, cast]
v 1: put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the
corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a
spell"; "cast a warm light" [syn: project, cast,
contrive, throw]
2: deposit; "cast a vote"; "cast a ballot"
3: select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie,
musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role
of Desdemona"
4: throw forcefully [syn: hurl, hurtle, cast]
5: assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast
this beautiful movie?"
6: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods";
"roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam
across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the
next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll,
wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble,
rove, range, drift, vagabond]
7: form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold;
"cast a bronze sculpture" [syn: cast, mold, mould]
8: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your
clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off,
throw, throw off, throw away, drop]
9: choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots" [syn: draw,
cast]
10: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
[syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch]
11: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave
him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
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caste
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n 1: social status or position conferred by a system based on
class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"
2: (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified
according to ritual purity
3: a social class separated from others by distinctions of
hereditary rank or profession or wealth
4: in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct
individual or group of individuals specialized to perform
certain functions in the colony
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contrast
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n 1: the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are
compared; "in contrast to", "by contrast" [syn: contrast,
direct contrast]
2: the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
3: a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow
line between sanity and insanity" [syn: line, dividing
line, demarcation, contrast]
4: the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different
colors
5: the range of optical density and tone on a photographic
negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a
television screen differ in brightness)
v 1: put in opposition to show or emphasize differences; "The
middle school teacher contrasted her best student's work
with that of her weakest student"
2: to show differences when compared; be different; "the
students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"
[syn: contrast, counterpoint]
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downcast
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adj 1: directed downward; "a downcast glance"
2: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the
thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a
gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the
darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city";
"depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and
resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his
defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn:
gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited,
down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth,
low, low-spirited]
n 1: a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
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fast
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adv 1: quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); "how
fast can he get here?"; "ran as fast as he could"; "needs
medical help fast"; "fast-running rivers"; "fast-breaking
news"; "fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters"
2: firmly or closely; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was
stuck fast"; "held tight" [syn: fast, tight]
adj 1: acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly;
"fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast
pace"; "a fast car" [ant: slow]
2: (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than
the correct time; "my watch is fast" [ant: slow]
3: at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot" [ant:
slow]
4: (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road";
"grass courts are faster than clay"
5: resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors"
6: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a
debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and
degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched,
degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute,
libertine, profligate, riotous, fast]
7: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying
glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
[syn: flying, quick, fast]
8: securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being
hit by the car" [syn: fast, firm, immobile]
9: unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm
ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of
Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast
friends" [syn: firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a)]
10: (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of
exposure time; "a fast lens"
n 1: abstaining from food [syn: fast, fasting]
v 1: abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical
reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"
2: abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"
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forecast
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n 1: a prediction about how something (as the weather) will
develop [syn: prognosis, forecast]
v 1: predict in advance [syn: forecast, calculate]
2: judge to be probable [syn: calculate, estimate, reckon,
count on, figure, forecast]
3: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode,
portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,
betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure,
forecast, predict]
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glassed
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adj 1: fitted or covered with glass; "four glazed walls" [syn:
glazed, glassed] [ant: glassless, unglazed]
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harassed
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adj 1: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
"harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her
poor pestered father had to endure her constant
interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
[syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered,
vexed]
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last
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adv 1: most_recently; "I saw him last in London"
2: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn:
last, lastly, in conclusion, finally]
adj 1: immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we
read"
2: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being
the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the
last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until
the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme
call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last
nickel" [ant: first]
3: occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his
concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter";
"the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" [syn:
concluding, final, last, terminal]
4: most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have
suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
5: occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last
rites"
6: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer";
"a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: final, last,
net]
7: highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human
endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree
or a lesser one was...to be determined individually" [syn:
last, utmost]
8: not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final";
"the arbiter will have the last say" [syn: final, last]
9: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"
[syn: last, last-place, lowest]
n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point
of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up
at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of
the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis,
finish, last, conclusion, close]
2: the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last
to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
3: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he
breathed his last"
4: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she
stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn:
death, last]
5: a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
6: a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
7: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was
exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: end,
last, final stage]
8: holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to
fashion or repair shoes [syn: last, shoemaker's last,
cobbler's last]
v 1: persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather
lasted for three days" [syn: last, endure]
2: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went
without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions
survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver
lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can
a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive,
last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold
out]
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miscast
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v 1: cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role
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newscast
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n 1: a broadcast of news or commentary on the news
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opencast
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adj 1: (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface;
"opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine" [syn:
opencast, opencut]
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outcast
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adj 1: excluded from a society [syn: friendless, outcast]
n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn:
outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael]
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outcaste
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adj 1: not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and
thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner
was a casteless person" [syn: outcaste, casteless]
n 1: a person belonging to no caste
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outlast
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v 1: live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
[syn: outlive, outlast, survive]
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overcast
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adj 1: filled or abounding with clouds [syn: cloud-covered,
clouded, overcast, sunless]
n 1: the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds [syn:
cloudiness, cloud cover, overcast]
2: gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover [syn: cloudiness,
overcast]
3: a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to
prevent raveling [syn: overcast, overcasting]
4: a cast that falls beyond the intended spot
v 1: make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our
beaches" [syn: overcast, cloud] [ant: brighten,
clear, clear up, light up]
2: sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
3: sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next;
"overcast books"
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past
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adv 1: so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes
past" [syn: by, past]
adj 1: earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time
past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the
past year" [ant: future, present(a)]
2: of a person who has held and relinquished a position or
office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a),
preceding(a), retiring(a)]
n 1: the time that has elapsed; "forget the past" [syn: past,
past times, yesteryear] [ant: future, futurity,
hereafter, time to come]
2: a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they
have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the
candidate's past"
3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
[syn: past, past tense]
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precast
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adj 1: of structural members especially of concrete; cast into
form before being transported to the site of installation
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recast
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v 1: cast again, in a different role; "He was recast as Iago"
2: cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast" [syn:
recast, remold, remould]
3: cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please
the electorate in her home state" [syn: recast, reforge,
remodel]
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roughcast
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n 1: a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls
2: a rough preliminary model
v 1: shape roughly
2: apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall"
3: hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone
or timber" [syn: rough-hew, roughcast]
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sportscast
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n 1: a broadcast of sports news or commentary
v 1: broadcast a sports event
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topmast
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n 1: the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-
aft rig
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typecast
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v 1: cast repeatedly in the same kind of role
2: identify as belonging to a certain type; "Such people can
practically be typed" [syn: type, typecast]
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unsurpassed
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adj 1: not capable of being improved on [syn: unexcelled,
unexceeded, unsurpassed]
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vast
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adj 1: unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially
extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge
country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher
education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct
winds like an immense snake along the base of the
mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or
immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space";
"the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call
civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge, immense, vast,
Brobdingnagian]
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amassed
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assed
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arblast
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beechmast
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