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beseeching
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adj 1: begging [syn: beseeching, pleading, imploring]
[ant: imperative]
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chin
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n 1: the protruding part of the lower jaw [syn: chin,
mentum]
2: Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh
and easternmost India [syn: Kuki, Chin, Kuki-Chin]
v 1: raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's
chin is level with the support bar [syn: chin, chin up]
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etching
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n 1: an impression made from an etched plate
2: an etched plate made with the use of acid
3: making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from
them [syn: engraving, etching]
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hatching
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n 1: the production of young from an egg [syn: hatch,
hatching]
2: shading consisting of multiple crossing lines [syn: hatch,
hatching, crosshatch, hachure]
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leaching
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n 1: the process of leaching [syn: leach, leaching]
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preaching
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n 1: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during
a church service) [syn: sermon, discourse, preaching]
2: a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him" [syn:
sermon, preaching]
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reaching
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n 1: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out [syn:
reach, reaching, stretch]
2: accomplishment of an objective [syn: arrival, reaching]
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screeching
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n 1: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
brakes" [syn: screech, screeching, shriek,
shrieking, scream, screaming]
2: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
[syn: scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking,
screech, screeching]
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teaching
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n 1: the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching
while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an
important profession" [syn: teaching, instruction,
pedagogy]
2: a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he
believed all the Christian precepts" [syn: teaching,
precept, commandment]
3: the activities of educating or instructing; activities that
impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education";
"our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom
teaching is seldom rewarded" [syn: education,
instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics,
educational activity]
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unflinching
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adj 1: not shrinking from danger [syn: unblinking,
unflinching, unintimidated, unshrinking]
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lynching
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n 1: putting a person to death by mob action without due process
of law
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beaching
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bleaching
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breeching
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churching
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impeaching
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leeching
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chinh
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chinn
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ching
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