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beekeeping
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n 1: the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the
production of honey [syn: beekeeping, apiculture]
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bookkeeping
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n 1: the activity of recording business transactions [syn:
bookkeeping, clerking]
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camping
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n 1: the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp [syn:
camping, encampment, bivouacking, tenting]
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chipping
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n 1: the act of chipping something [syn: chip, chipping,
splintering]
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clipping
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n 1: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched
through piles of letters and clippings" [syn: clipping,
newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press
cutting]
2: cutting down to the desired size or shape [syn: trim,
trimming, clipping]
3: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: clip, clipping,
snip]
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coping
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n 1: brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn:
header, coping, cope]
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creeping
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n 1: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging
the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could
manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" [syn: crawl,
crawling, creep, creeping]
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dripping
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adv 1: extremely wet; "dripping wet"; "soaking wet" [syn:
soaking, sopping, dripping]
n 1: a liquid (as water) that flows in drops (as from the eaves
of house) [syn: dripping, drippage]
2: the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop; "the constant
sound of dripping irritated him" [syn: drip, dripping]
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dropping
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adj 1: coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the
eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain" [syn:
dropping, falling]
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keeping
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n 1: conformity or harmony; "his behavior was not in keeping
with the occasion"
2: the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car
in my keeping" [syn: guardianship, keeping,
safekeeping]
3: the act of retaining something [syn: retention, keeping,
holding]
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leaping
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n 1: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn:
leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound,
bounce]
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safekeeping
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n 1: the responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his
car in my keeping" [syn: guardianship, keeping,
safekeeping]
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seeping
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adj 1: leaking out slowly [syn: oozing, oozy, seeping]
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sleeping
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adj 1: lying with head on paws as if sleeping [syn:
dormant(ip), sleeping]
n 1: the state of being asleep [ant: waking]
2: quiet and inactive restfulness [syn: quiescence,
quiescency, dormancy, sleeping]
3: the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic
rate
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sweeping
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adj 1: taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area;
often used in combination; "a sweeping glance"; "a wide-
sweeping view of the river"
2: ignoring distinctions; "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale
destruction" [syn: sweeping, wholesale]
n 1: the act of cleaning with a broom
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tapping
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n 1: the sound of light blow or knock; "he heard the tapping of
the man's cane"
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timekeeping
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n 1: the act or process of determining the time
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topping
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adj 1: excellent; best possible [syn: top-flight, top-hole,
topping]
n 1: a flavorful addition on top of a dish
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weeping
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adj 1: showing sorrow [syn: dolorous, dolourous,
lachrymose, tearful, weeping]
2: having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding
daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow";
"lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers" [syn:
cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping]
n 1: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs
or other inarticulate sounds); "I hate to hear the crying
of a child"; "she was in tears" [syn: crying, weeping,
tears]
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whipping
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adj 1: smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp
and whipping lines" [syn: snappy, whipping]
n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of
punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging,
lashing, flagellation]
2: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle,
drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
3: a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn:
whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching]
4: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: beating,
whipping]
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wife
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n 1: a married woman; a man's partner in marriage [syn: wife,
married woman] [ant: hubby, husband, married man]
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wrapping
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n 1: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which
something is wrapped [syn: wrapping, wrap, wrapper]
2: an enveloping bandage [syn: swathe, wrapping]
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bleeping
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clodhopping
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heaping
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peeping
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reaping
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something
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steeping
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swapping
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cheeping
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backslapping
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epping
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deeping
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wapping
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