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arse
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n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
2: vulgar slang for anus [syn: arse, arsehole, asshole,
bunghole]
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baas
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n 1: South African term for `boss'
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brass
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n 1: an alloy of copper and zinc
2: a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of
variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or
funnel-shaped mouthpiece [syn: brass, brass instrument]
3: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a
body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims
that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance
of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly
became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn:
administration, governance, governing body,
establishment, brass, organization, organisation]
4: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness";
"he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn:
boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek]
5: an ornament or utensil made of brass
6: the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass
instruments [syn: brass section, brass]
7: a memorial made of brass [syn: brass, memorial tablet,
plaque]
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class
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n 1: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there
are two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category,
family]
2: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning
classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade,
course]
3: people having the same social, economic, or educational
status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
[syn: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic
class]
4: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he
took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in
college classes" [syn: course, course of study, course
of instruction, class]
5: a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D
for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
[syn: class, division]
6: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97";
"she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class, year]
7: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
8: elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"
v 1: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you
classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn:
classify, class, sort, assort, sort out,
separate]
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farce
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n 1: a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable
situations [syn: farce, farce comedy, travesty]
2: mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios
and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and
bound with eggs [syn: forcemeat, farce]
v 1: fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the
turkey yet?" [syn: farce, stuff]
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glass
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n 1: a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
2: a container for holding liquids while drinking [syn: glass,
drinking glass]
3: the quantity a glass will hold [syn: glass, glassful]
4: a small refracting telescope [syn: field glass, glass,
spyglass]
5: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the
form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to
the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn:
methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride,
Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken
feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash]
6: a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror [syn: looking
glass, glass]
7: glassware collectively; "She collected old glass"
v 1: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass,
glaze]
2: scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
3: enclose with glass; "glass in a porch" [syn: glass, glass
in]
4: put in a glass container
5: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes
glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass
over, glaze over]
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grass
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n 1: narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as
pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
2: German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)
[syn: Grass, Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass]
3: a police informer who implicates many people [syn:
supergrass, grass]
4: bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses
or cattle [syn: eatage, forage, pasture, pasturage,
grass]
5: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green
goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke,
skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
v 1: shoot down, of birds
2: cover with grass; "The owners decided to grass their
property"
3: spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach
4: cover with grass [syn: grass, grass over]
5: feed with grass
6: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce,
tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit,
shop, snitch, stag]
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parse
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v 1: analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure
to (a sentence)
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pass
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adj 1: of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good
passing attack"; "a pass play" [syn: passing(a),
pass(a)] [ant: running(a)]
n 1: (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who
receives four balls; "he worked the pitcher for a base on
balls" [syn: base on balls, walk, pass]
2: (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for
three days"
3: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing
the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on
third and long" [syn: pass, passing play, passing game,
passing]
4: the location in a range of mountains of a geological
formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks; "we got
through the pass before it started to snow" [syn: pass,
mountain pass, notch]
5: any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit
had a strict time limit" [syn: pass, passport]
6: a document indicating permission to do something without
restrictions; "the media representatives had special passes"
[syn: pass, laissez passer]
7: a flight or run by an aircraft over a target; "the plane
turned to make a second pass"
8: a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs [syn:
pass, strait, straits]
9: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a
head yesterday" [syn: pass, head, straits]
10: one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer); "it was
not possible to complete the computation in a single pass"
11: you advance to the next round in a tournament without
playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round" [syn:
bye, pass]
12: a permit to enter or leave a military installation; "he had
to show his pass in order to get out" [syn: pass, liberty
chit]
13: a complimentary ticket; "the star got passes for his family"
14: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
a whirl" [syn: crack, fling, go, pass, whirl,
offer]
15: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of
your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss,
flip]
16: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future
depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in
introductory chemistry" [syn: passing, pass,
qualifying] [ant: failing, flunk]
v 1: go across or through; "We passed the point where the police
car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
[syn: pass, go through, go across]
2: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out
the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line
of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass
by, surpass, go past, go by, pass]
3: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
"They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people
spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass]
4: pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: elapse, lapse,
pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide
by, go along]
5: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon,
please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over
the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand, reach,
pass on, turn over, give]
6: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or
extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service
runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very
far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life";
"The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal
assets" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend]
7: travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn:
pass, overtake, overhaul]
8: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off,
occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place]
9: go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"
[syn: pass, clear]
10: pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your
summer vacation?" [syn: spend, pass]
11: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her
body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He
drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run,
draw, pass]
12: transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to
all employees"; "pass along the good news" [syn:
communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put
across]
13: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn:
evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet,
pass]
14: go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She
passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
[syn: pass, make it] [ant: bomb, fail, flunk,
flush it]
15: be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our
expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
[syn: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past,
top]
16: accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the
student although he was weak" [ant: fail]
17: allow to go without comment or censure; "the insult passed
as if unnoticed"
18: transfer to another; of rights or property; "Our house
passed under his official control"
19: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into
nirvana" [syn: sink, pass, lapse]
20: throw (a ball) to another player; "Smith passed"
21: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land
returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir
that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall,
return, pass, devolve]
22: cause to pass; "She passed around the plates" [syn: pass,
make pass]
23: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript
for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this
slanderous biography" [syn: authorize, authorise,
pass, clear]
24: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer";
"The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went
peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of
102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass
away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's
chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop
dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be
born]
25: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn:
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass]
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sparse
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adj 1: not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn:
sparse, thin]
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chasse
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n 1: (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading
[syn: chasse, sashay]
v 1: perform a chasse step, in ballet [syn: chasse, sashay]
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kvass
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n 1: fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or
barley
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haas
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grasse
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maas
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arce
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kars
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marse
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