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arguing
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n 1: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong
disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
[syn: controversy, contention, contestation,
disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument,
arguing]
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barbecuing
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n 1: roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of
doors over an open fire
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blueing
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n 1: used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
[syn: bluing, blueing, blue]
2: a process that makes something blue (or bluish) [syn:
bluing, blueing]
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bluing
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n 1: used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
[syn: bluing, blueing, blue]
2: a process that makes something blue (or bluish) [syn:
bluing, blueing]
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brewing
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n 1: the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt
and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the
result with yeast
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chewing
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n 1: biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft
enough to swallow [syn: chew, chewing, mastication,
manduction]
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continuing
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adj 1: remaining in force or being carried on without letup;
"the act provided a continuing annual appropriation";
"the continuing struggle to put food on the table"
2: of long duration; "chronic money problems" [syn: chronic,
continuing]
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pursuing
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adj 1: following in order to overtake or capture or as
accompaniment to such pursuit; "the fox fled from the
pursuing hounds"; "listened for the hounds' pursuing
bark"
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renewing
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adj 1: tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing
warmth of the sunshine" [syn: renewing, restorative,
reviving, revitalizing, revitalising]
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screwing
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n 1: slang for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking,
screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of
ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup]
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sloughing
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n 1: the process whereby something is shed [syn: shedding,
sloughing]
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stewing
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n 1: an extreme state of worry and agitation; "his stewing over
the fight kept him awake most of the night"
2: cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil [syn:
boiling, stewing, simmering]
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strewing
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n 1: the act of scattering [syn: scatter, scattering,
strewing]
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undoing
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n 1: an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not
done)
2: loosening the ties that fasten something; "the tying of bow
ties is an art; the untying is easy" [syn: untying,
undoing, unfastening]
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viewing
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n 1: the display of a motion picture [syn: screening,
showing, viewing]
2: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's
no weeping at an Irish wake" [syn: wake, viewing]
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wooing
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n 1: a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a
woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief
and intense courtship" [syn: courtship, wooing,
courting, suit]
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accruing
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canoeing
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clueing
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construing
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cooing
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cuing
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debuting
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devaluing
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discontinuing
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doing
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gluing
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hewing
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overdoing
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queueing
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redoing
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reviewing
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ruing
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shoeing
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shooing
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skewing
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sluing
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spewing
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subduing
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suing
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truing
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booing
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ewing
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mewing
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mooing
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queuing
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lewing
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tattooing
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nonaccruing
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trueing
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