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afoot
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adv 1: on foot; walking; "they went to the village afoot";
"quail are hunted either afoot or on horseback"
adj 1: traveling by foot; "she was afoot when I saw her this
morning"
2: currently in progress; "there is mischief afoot"; "plans are
afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway" [syn:
afoot(p), underway]
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barefoot
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adv 1: without shoes on; "he chased her barefoot across the
meadow" [syn: barefooted, barefoot]
adj 1: without shoes; "the barefoot boy"; "shoeless Joe Jackson"
[syn: barefoot, barefooted, shoeless]
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cocksfoot
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n 1: widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass [syn:
orchard grass, cocksfoot, cockspur, Dactylis
glomerata]
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coltsfoot
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n 1: tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white
flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that
become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall [syn: galax,
galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax
urceolata]
2: perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's
foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do;
native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used
medicinally especially formerly [syn: coltsfoot, Tussilago
farfara]
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crowfoot
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n 1: any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus [syn:
buttercup, butterflower, butter-flower, crowfoot,
goldcup, kingcup]
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flatfoot
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n 1: a policeman who patrols a given region [syn: flatfoot,
patrolman]
2: a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and
spread out [syn: flatfoot, splayfoot, pes planus]
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foot
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n 1: the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint;
"his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from
head to foot" [syn: foot, human foot, pes]
2: a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a
yard; "he is six feet tall" [syn: foot, ft]
3: the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the
bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the
foot of the mountain" [ant: head]
4: the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
[syn: animal foot, foot]
5: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of
solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" [syn:
foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork,
substructure, understructure]
6: any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in
invertebrates [syn: foot, invertebrate foot]
7: travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of
foot"
8: a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as
a passenger
9: an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot; "there
came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"
[syn: infantry, foot]
10: (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit
of poetic rhythm [syn: metrical foot, foot, metrical
unit]
11: a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the
chair was on the carpet"
v 1: pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden
of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" [syn: foot,
pick]
2: walk; "let's hoof it to the disco" [syn: foot, leg it,
hoof, hoof it]
3: add a column of numbers [syn: foot, foot up]
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forefoot
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n 1: a front foot of a quadruped
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goosefoot
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n 1: any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small
greenish flowers
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hotfoot
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adv 1: without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the
Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston"
n 1: a practical joke that involves inserting a match
surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's
shoe and then lighting it
v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
"The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot,
hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush
along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along,
step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger]
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input
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n 1: signal going into an electronic system [syn: input
signal, input]
2: a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or
adds information; "from time to time she contributed a
personal comment on his account" [syn: remark, comment,
input]
3: any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
[syn: stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input]
4: a component of production; something that goes into the
production of output
v 1: enter (data or a program) into a computer
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kaput
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adj 1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done
for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)]
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output
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n 1: final product; the things produced [syn: end product,
output]
2: production of a certain amount [syn: output, yield]
3: signal that comes out of an electronic system [syn: output
signal, output]
4: the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created
(usually within a given period of time); "production was up
in the second quarter" [syn: output, yield, production]
5: what is produced in a given time period [syn: output,
outturn, turnout]
v 1: to create or manufacture a specific amount; "the computer
is outputting the data from the job I'm running"
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prokaryote
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n 1: a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound
nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included
are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma [syn:
prokaryote, procaryote] [ant: eucaryote, eukaryote]
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pussyfoot
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v 1: to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around
spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, mouse,
creep, pussyfoot]
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put
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n 1: the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or
commodity future) at a given price before a given date
[syn: put option, put] [ant: call, call option]
v 1: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your
things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the
scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a
certain point" [syn: put, set, place, pose,
position, lay]
2: cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain
relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your
ideas in writing"
3: 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]
4: attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last
statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The
teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the
story" [syn: put, assign]
5: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: invest,
put, commit, place] [ant: disinvest, divest]
6: estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn:
place, put, set]
7: cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the
torture"
8: adapt; "put these words to music"
9: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my
schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
those of bygone times" [syn: arrange, set up, put,
order]
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soot
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n 1: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or
principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments
and ink [syn: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut,
crock]
v 1: coat with soot
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tenderfoot
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n 1: an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced
in outdoor living)
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throughput
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n 1: output relative to input; the amount passing through a
system from input to output (especially of a computer
program over a period of time)
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underfoot
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adv 1: under the feet; "trampled the beans underfoot"; "green
grass growing underfoot"
2: in the way and hindering progress; "a house with children and
pets and toys always underfoot"
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amniote
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n 1: any member of the Amniota
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lilliput
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n 1: a land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by
tiny people
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blackfoot
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n 1: a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the
northwestern plains
2: any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot
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foote
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lightfoot
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