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by
2
adv 1: so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes
past" [syn: by, past]
2: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has
a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by,
away]
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housefly
2
n 1: common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads
many diseases [syn: housefly, house fly, Musca
domestica]
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ally
0
n 1: a friendly nation
2: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a
good ally in fight" [syn: ally, friend] [ant: enemy,
foe]
v 1: become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage;
"He allied himself with the Communists"
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apply
0
v 1: put into service; make work or employ for a particular
purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your
head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this
tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was
applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?";
"I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic
bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a
computer" [syn: use, utilize, utilise, apply,
employ]
2: be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply
to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers";
"The same rules go for everyone" [syn: apply, hold, go
for]
3: ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence";
"She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
4: apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the
house"; "Put on make-up!" [syn: put on, apply]
5: be applicable to; as to an analysis; "This theory lends
itself well to our new data" [syn: lend oneself, apply]
[ant: defy, refuse, resist]
6: give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave
him a punch in the nose" [syn: give, apply]
7: avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion";
"use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common
sense"; "practice non-violent resistance" [syn: practice,
apply, use]
8: ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to
everyone"; [syn: enforce, implement, apply] [ant:
exempt, free, relieve]
9: refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; "He applied this
racial slur to me!"
10: apply oneself to; "Please apply yourself to your homework"
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awry
0
adv 1: away from the correct or expected course; "something has
gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in
the preparations" [syn: awry, amiss]
2: turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his
necktie twisted awry" [syn: askew, awry, skew-whiff]
adj 1: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a
gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig
was, as the British say, skew-whiff" [syn: askew,
awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff]
2: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone
completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
[syn: amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)]
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banzai
0
n 1: a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph
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belie
0
v 1: be in contradiction with [syn: contradict, belie,
negate]
2: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my
intentions" [syn: misrepresent, belie]
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blowfly
0
n 1: large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs
in carrion or dung or wounds [syn: blowfly, blow fly]
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bonsai
0
n 1: a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or
shallow pot
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botfly
0
n 1: stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites
on humans and other mammals
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butterfly
0
n 1: diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed
antennae and broad colorful wings
2: a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward
together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
[syn: butterfly, butterfly stroke]
v 1: flutter like a butterfly
2: cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking;
"butterflied shrimp"
3: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The
guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband
never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt,
dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance,
philander, mash]
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buy
0
n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
bargain, buy, steal]
v 1: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial
transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The
conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big
department store" [syn: buy, purchase] [ant: sell]
2: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;
"This judge can be bought" [syn: bribe, corrupt, buy,
grease one's palms]
3: be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a
ride on the train"
4: acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy
his love with her dedication to him and his work"
5: accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
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bye
0
n 1: you advance to the next round in a tournament without
playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
[syn: bye, pass]
2: a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn: adieu,
adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir,
bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye,
goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long]
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catchfly
0
n 1: any plant of the genus Silene [syn: silene, campion,
catchfly]
2: mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects;
widespread in north temperate zone [syn: lychnis,
catchfly]
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chi
0
n 1: the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is
thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional
Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms
in the body is believed to be essential for good health
[syn: qi, chi, ch'i, ki]
2: the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet [syn: chi, khi]
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comply
0
v 1: act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or
wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must
comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by
the rules" [syn: comply, follow, abide by]
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cry
0
n 1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the
speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the
audience" [syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout,
vociferation]
2: a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate);
"a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" [syn: cry, yell]
3: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms";
"our watchword will be `democracy'" [syn: war cry,
rallying cry, battle cry, cry, watchword]
4: a fit of weeping; "had a good cry"
5: the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries
filled the night"
v 1: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the
doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the
window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout
out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo,
squall]
2: shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried
bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in
the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get
up the stairs" [syn: cry, weep] [ant: express joy,
express mirth, laugh]
3: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!'
he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother
shouted when she saw her child looking lost" [syn: exclaim,
cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout]
4: proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a
town crier would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in
the market square" [syn: cry, blazon out]
5: demand immediate action; "This situation is crying for
attention"
6: utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying"
7: bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy
cried himself to sleep"
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damselfly
0
n 1: slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the
dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest
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decry
0
v 1: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in
South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn:
condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate]
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dragonfly
0
n 1: slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings
that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on
mosquitoes etc. [syn: dragonfly, darning needle,
devil's darning needle, sewing needle, snake feeder,
snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk]
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firefly
0
n 1: tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
[syn: firefly, fire beetle, Pyrophorus noctiluca]
2: nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent
abdominal organs [syn: firefly, lightning bug]
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gadfly
0
n 1: a persistently annoying person [syn: pest, blighter,
cuss, pesterer, gadfly]
2: any of various large flies that annoy livestock
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greenfly
0
n 1: greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants
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horsefly
0
n 1: winged fly parasitic on horses [syn: horse tick,
horsefly, Hippobosca equina]
2: large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various
animals [syn: horsefly, cleg, clegg, horse fly]
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mayfly
0
n 1: slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an
aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually
lasting less than two days [syn: mayfly, dayfly,
shadfly]
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sawfly
0
n 1: insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting
eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
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shoofly
0
n 1: an undercover police officer who investigates other
policemen
2: a child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat
sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan
or duck)
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stonefly
0
n 1: primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait
by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and
live beneath stones [syn: stonefly, stone fly,
plecopteran]
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whitefly
0
n 1: minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale
insects
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ai
0
n 1: an agency of the United States Army responsible for
providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized
intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic
level commanders [syn: Army Intelligence, AI]
2: the branch of computer science that deal with writing
computer programs that can solve problems creatively;
"workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in
computers and robots" [syn: artificial intelligence, AI]
3: a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each
hindfoot [syn: three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus
tridactylus]
4: the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some
means other than sexual intercourse [syn: artificial
insemination, AI]
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overfly
0
v 1: fly over; "The plane passed over Damascus" [syn: pass
over, overfly]
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sandfly
0
n 1: any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females
can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis [syn: sand
fly, sandfly, Phlebotomus papatasii]
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blackfly
0
n 1: blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
[syn: blackfly, bean aphid, Aphis fabae]
2: small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae;
sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
[syn: blackfly, black fly, buffalo gnat]
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aye
0
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ay
0
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outfly
0
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hoverfly
0
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deerfly
0