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accede
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v 1: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed
to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer,
accede, give in]
2: take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" [syn:
accede, enter]
3: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the
request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce]
[ant: dissent]
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agreed
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adj 1: united by being of the same opinion; "agreed in their
distrust of authority" [syn: agreed, in agreement(p)]
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bead
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n 1: a small ball with a hole through the middle
2: a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes
of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
[syn: drop, bead, pearl]
3: a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture [syn:
beading, bead, beadwork, astragal]
v 1: form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
2: decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown"
3: string together like beads
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bleed
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v 1: lose blood from one's body [syn: shed blood, bleed,
hemorrhage]
2: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients
as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech,
phlebotomize, phlebotomise]
3: get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone;
"They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
4: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to
run" [syn: run, bleed]
5: drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the
mechanic bled the engine"
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breed
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n 1: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
"he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he
created a new strain of sheep" [syn: breed, strain,
stock]
2: a special type; "Google represents a new breed of
entrepreneurs"
v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
2: copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse
covers the mare" [syn: breed, cover]
3: cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs"
4: have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely
breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" [syn:
breed, multiply]
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cede
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v 1: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control
of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn:
surrender, cede, deliver, give up]
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concede
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v 1: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken
the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess]
2: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn:
concede, yield, grant]
3: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of
another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
4: acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough
votes had come in to show that he would lose"
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creed
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n 1: any system of principles or beliefs [syn: creed, credo]
2: the written body of teachings of a religious group that are
generally accepted by that group [syn: religious doctrine,
church doctrine, gospel, creed]
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decreed
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adj 1: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at
the time appointed (or the appointed time") [syn:
appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed]
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deed
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n 1: a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect
a transfer of property and to show the legal right to
possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his
car in the glove compartment" [syn: deed, deed of
conveyance, title]
2: something that people do or cause to happen [syn: act,
deed, human action, human activity]
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feed
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n 1: food for domestic livestock [syn: feed, provender]
v 1: provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"
2: give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't
give the child this tough meat" [syn: feed, give] [ant:
famish, starve]
3: feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
4: introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
[syn: feed, feed in]
5: support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"
6: take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat
certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" [syn: feed,
eat]
7: serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
8: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the
Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: run, flow,
feed, course]
9: profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her
insecurity" [syn: prey, feed]
10: gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view" [syn: feed,
feast]
11: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should
fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [syn:
fertilize, fertilise, feed]
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greed
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n 1: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially
more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice,
greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia]
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heed
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n 1: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless
people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends
without heed to the consequences" [syn: attentiveness,
heed, regard, paying attention] [ant: heedlessness,
inattentiveness]
v 1: pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of
the old men" [syn: heed, mind, listen]
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indeed
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adv 1: in truth (often tends to intensify); "they said the car
would break down and indeed it did"; "it is very cold
indeed"; "was indeed grateful"; "indeed, the rain may
still come"; "he did so do it!" [syn: indeed, so]
2: (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or
skepticism or irony etc.; "Wants to marry the butler?
Indeed!"
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misdeed
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n 1: improper or wicked or immoral behavior [syn: misbehavior,
misbehaviour, misdeed]
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need
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n 1: a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for
affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His
work"; "there is a demand for jobs" [syn: need, demand]
2: anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient
means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his
wants" [syn: need, want]
3: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action
toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which
gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not
understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of
motives" [syn: motivation, motive, need]
4: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence
appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the
homeless" [syn: indigence, need, penury, pauperism,
pauperization]
v 1: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do
what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This
job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position
demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls
for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not
postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask,
postulate, need, require, take, involve, call
for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of]
2: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent
tuner" [syn: want, need, require]
3: have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"
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proceed
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v 1: continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but
there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the
room" [syn: continue, go on, carry on, proceed]
2: move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded
towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the
hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" [syn: proceed,
go forward, continue]
3: follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in
this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about
the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through
diplomatic channels" [syn: go, proceed, move]
4: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how
did your interview go?" [syn: proceed, go]
5: continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on
working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep
smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" [syn:
continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep] [ant:
discontinue]
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seed
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n 1: a small hard fruit
2: a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and
its food source and having a protective coat or testa
3: one of the outstanding players in a tournament [syn: seeded
player, seed]
4: anything that provides inspiration for later work [syn:
source, seed, germ]
5: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed,
seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come]
v 1: go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"
2: help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by
providing seed money
3: bear seeds
4: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She
sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: sow, seed]
5: distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or
players will not meet in the early rounds
6: sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause
rain; "seed clouds"
7: inoculate with microorganisms
8: remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"
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speed
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n 1: distance travelled per unit time [syn: speed, velocity]
2: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the
project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: speed,
swiftness, fastness]
3: changing location rapidly [syn: speed, speeding,
hurrying]
4: the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera)
lens system [syn: focal ratio, f number, stop number,
speed]
5: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms
of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, upper,
speed]
v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
"The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot,
hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush
along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along,
step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger]
2: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed
up, speed, quicken] [ant: decelerate, retard,
slow, slow down, slow up]
3: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip]
4: travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket
for speeding"
5: cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn:
accelerate, speed, speed up] [ant: decelerate, slow
down]
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succeed
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v 1: attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise
succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show";
"she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" [syn:
succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon,
deliver the goods] [ant: fail, go wrong, miscarry]
2: be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles
succeed to the throne?" [syn: succeed, come after,
follow] [ant: come before, precede]
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tweed
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n 1: thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in
Scotland
2: (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine
or tweed or white cloth [syn: flannel, gabardine,
tweed, white]
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weed
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n 1: any plant that crowds out cultivated plants [ant:
cultivated plant]
2: a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of
mourning [syn: weed, mourning band]
3: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green
goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke,
skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
v 1: clear of weeds; "weed the garden"
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bede
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n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
[syn: Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint
Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the
Venerable Bede]
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guaranteed
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beede
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brede
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dede
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aidid
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alwaleed
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aristede
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aristide
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