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adage
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n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword]
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baggage
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n 1: cases used to carry belongings when traveling [syn:
baggage, luggage]
2: a worthless or immoral woman
3: the portable equipment and supplies of an army
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bandage
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n 1: a piece of soft material that covers and protects an
injured part of the body [syn: bandage, patch]
v 1: wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [syn:
bind, bandage]
2: dress by covering or binding; "The nurse bandaged a sprained
ankle"; "bandage an incision"
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breakage
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n 1: the quantity broken; "the total breakage was huge"
2: reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
3: the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
[syn: breakage, break, breaking]
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cabbage
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n 1: any of various types of cabbage [syn: cabbage, chou]
2: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage,
clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce,
lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch,
shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
3: any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown
for their edible leaves or flowers [syn: cabbage,
cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea]
v 1: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer,
cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf,
swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
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damage
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n 1: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage,
harm, impairment]
2: loss of military equipment [syn: damage, equipment
casualty]
3: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage,
harm, hurt, scathe]
4: the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price
of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how
much is the damage?" [syn: price, terms, damage]
5: any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal
right [syn: wrong, legal injury, damage]
v 1: inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She
damaged the car when she hit the tree"
2: suffer or be susceptible to damage; "These fine china cups
damage easily"
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freightage
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n 1: the charge for transporting something by common carrier;
"we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper"
[syn: freight, freightage, freight rate]
2: transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express
rates [syn: freight, freightage]
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luggage
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n 1: cases used to carry belongings when traveling [syn:
baggage, luggage]
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marriage
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n 1: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for
life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God
bless this union" [syn: marriage, matrimony, union,
spousal relationship, wedlock]
2: two people who are married to each other; "his second
marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple
without love" [syn: marriage, married couple, man and
wife]
3: the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage
was conducted in the chapel" [syn: marriage, wedding,
marriage ceremony]
4: a close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and
dance"; "a marriage of ideas"
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mortgage
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n 1: a conditional conveyance of property as security for the
repayment of a loan
v 1: put up as security or collateral
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package
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n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn:
package, bundle, packet, parcel]
2: a wrapped container [syn: package, parcel]
3: (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules
and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a
computer system and that are stored in read/write memory;
"the market for software is expected to expand" [syn:
software, software program, computer software,
software system, software package, package] [ant:
computer hardware, hardware]
v 1: put into a box; "box the gift, please" [syn: box,
package] [ant: unbox]
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savage
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adj 1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict
pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal
beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod
treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious
kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell,
roughshod, savage, vicious]
2: wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs" [syn: feral,
ferine, savage]
3: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders";
"barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude
and uncivilized especially if the weapons are
efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: barbarian,
barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild]
4: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating";
"fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" [syn: ferocious,
fierce, furious, savage]
n 1: a member of an uncivilized people [syn: savage,
barbarian]
2: a cruelly rapacious person [syn: beast, wolf, savage,
brute, wildcat]
v 1: attack brutally and fiercely
2: criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new
President"; "The critics crucified the author for
plagiarizing a famous passage" [syn: savage, blast,
pillory, crucify]
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brakeage
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trackage
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