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cache
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n 1: a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
2: a secret store of valuables or money [syn: hoard, cache,
stash]
3: (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a
specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used
to optimize data transfers between system elements with
different characteristics [syn: cache, memory cache]
v 1: save up as for future use [syn: hoard, stash, cache,
lay away, hive up, squirrel away]
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cachet
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n 1: an indication of approved or superior status [syn:
cachet, seal, seal of approval]
2: a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant
imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal [syn:
cachet, lettre de cachet]
3: a seal on a letter
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crochet
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n 1: needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a
hooked needle [syn: crochet, crocheting]
v 1: create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread"
2: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread
with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
[syn: crochet, hook]
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ricochet
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n 1: a glancing rebound [syn: ricochet, carom]
v 1: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate,
ricochet]
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sachet
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n 1: a small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to
perfume items in a drawer or chest
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sashay
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n 1: a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking
sideways steps
2: (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading
[syn: chasse, sashay]
3: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the
shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious
sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing,
junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay]
v 1: move sideways [syn: sidle, sashay]
2: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen
house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance,
strut, sashay, cock]
3: perform a chasse step, in ballet [syn: chasse, sashay]
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shay
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n 1: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn
by a single horse [syn: chaise, shay]
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slay
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v 1: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss
ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay,
hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off,
remove]
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sleigh
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n 1: a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs;
for transportation over snow [syn: sled, sledge,
sleigh]
v 1: ride (on) a sled [syn: sled, sleigh]
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sluiceway
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n 1: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a
sluicegate [syn: sluice, sluiceway, penstock]
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soiree
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n 1: a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a
private house)
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someday
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adv 1: some unspecified time in the future; "someday you will
understand my actions"
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someway
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adv 1: in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified
means; "they managed somehow"; "he expected somehow to
discover a woman who would love him"; "he tried to make
is someway acceptable" [syn: somehow, someway,
someways, in some way, in some manner]
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stay
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n 1: continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a
nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-
month stay in bankruptcy court"
2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during
the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him
to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
[syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop,
stoppage]
3: a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs
or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to
stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"
4: a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a
garment (e.g. a corset)
5: (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable
used as a support for a mast or spar
v 1: stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress
remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest
assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears";
"The bad weather continued for another week" [syn: stay,
remain, rest] [ant: change]
2: stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we
are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner
here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" [syn:
stay, stick, stick around, stay put] [ant: move]
3: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a
bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide, abide,
stay]
4: continue in a place, position, or situation; "After
graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser";
"Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he
remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy
mayor for another year" [syn: stay, stay on, continue,
remain]
5: remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"
[ant: depart, quit, take leave]
6: stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [syn: stay,
detain, delay]
7: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility
remained long after they made up" [syn: persist, remain,
stay]
8: hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"
[syn: last out, stay, ride out, outride]
9: stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution
order"
10: fasten with stays
11: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: quell, stay,
appease]
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straightway
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adv 1: at once; "straightway the clouds began to scatter"
2: in a direct course; "plunged straightway to the rocks below"
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stray
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adj 1: not close together in time; "isolated instances of
rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs" [syn: isolated,
stray]
2: (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from
home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog"
n 1: an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
v 1: 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]
2: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed
from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't
drift from the set course" [syn: stray, err, drift]
3: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject
of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or
speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her
mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture" [syn:
digress, stray, divagate, wander]
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subway
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n 1: an electric railway operating below the surface of the
ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is
called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or
the `underground'" [syn: metro, tube, underground,
subway system, subway]
2: an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to
cross a road or railway [syn: underpass, subway]
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survey
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n 1: a detailed critical inspection [syn: survey, study]
2: short descriptive summary (of events) [syn: sketch,
survey, resume]
3: the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a
better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was
limited" [syn: view, survey, sight]
v 1: consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the
situation carefully before acting" [syn: survey,
appraise]
2: look over carefully or inspect; "He surveyed his new
classmates"
3: keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him
for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the
bombing" [syn: surveil, follow, survey]
4: hold a review (of troops) [syn: review, go over,
survey]
5: make a survey of; for statistical purposes
6: plot a map of (land)
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sway
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n 1: controlling influence
2: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen,
sway, tilt]
v 1: move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking";
"the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on
her feet" [syn: rock, sway, shake]
2: move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
[syn: swing, sway]
3: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His
speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade,
sway]
4: cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the
baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" [syn: rock,
sway]
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swordplay
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n 1: the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and
skillfully [syn: play, swordplay]
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cliche
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n 1: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche,
banality, commonplace, bromide]
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attache
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n 1: a specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission
2: a shallow and rectangular briefcase [syn: attache case,
attache]
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aye
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they
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pinochet
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mcshea
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boucher
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touche
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