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coo
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n 1: the sound made by a pigeon
v 1: speak softly or lovingly; "The mother who held her baby was
cooing softly"
2: cry softly, as of pigeons
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coup
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n 1: a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by
force [syn: coup d'etat, coup, putsch, takeover]
2: a brilliant and notable success
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cue
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n 1: an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a
reminder for some action or speech
2: evidence that helps to solve a problem [syn: clue, clew,
cue]
3: a stimulus that provides information about what to do [syn:
discriminative stimulus, cue]
4: sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike
a cue ball in pool or billiards [syn: cue, cue stick,
pool cue, pool stick]
v 1: assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next
words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn:
prompt, remind, cue]
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curlicue
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n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as
formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl,
roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
2: a short twisting line [syn: squiggle, curlicue]
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dew
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n 1: water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from
water vapor in the air; "in the morning the grass was wet
with dew"
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do
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n 1: an uproarious party [syn: bash, do, brawl]
2: the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale
in solmization [syn: do, doh, ut]
3: doctor's degree in osteopathy [syn: Doctor of Osteopathy,
DO]
v 1: engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do
research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" [syn: make,
do]
2: carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the
weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater
executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" [syn:
perform, execute, do]
3: get (something) done; "I did my job" [syn: do, perform]
4: proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?";
"How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a
long way" [syn: do, fare, make out, come, get
along]
5: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always
intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an
accident" [syn: cause, do, make]
6: carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice
law" [syn: practice, practise, exercise, do]
7: be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A
few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well";
"Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into
medical school"; "Nothing else will serve" [syn: suffice,
do, answer, serve]
8: create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in
blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the
forest" [syn: do, make] [ant: undo, unmake]
9: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct
or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't
behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog
acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" [syn:
act, behave, do]
10: spend time in prison or in a labor camp; "He did six years
for embezzlement" [syn: serve, do]
11: carry on or function; "We could do with a little more help
around here" [syn: do, manage]
12: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe,
coiffure]
13: travel or traverse (a distance); "This car does 150 miles
per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day"
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drew
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n 1: United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana
Emma Barrymore (1827-1862) [syn: Drew, John Drew]
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ewe
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n 1: a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and
southeastern Ghana
2: a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin
3: female sheep
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flue
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n 1: flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor [syn:
fluke, flue]
2: organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the
sharp edge of a fissure or lip [syn: flue pipe, flue,
labial pipe]
3: a conduit to carry off smoke
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glue
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n 1: cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an
adhesive [syn: glue, gum, mucilage]
v 1: join or attach with or as if with glue; "paste the sign on
the wall"; "cut and paste the sentence in the text" [syn:
glue, paste]
2: be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her"
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gnu
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n 1: large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox
and a long tufted tail [syn: gnu, wildebeest]
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moo
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n 1: the sound made by a cow or bull
v 1: make a low noise, characteristic of bovines [syn: moo,
low]
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rue
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n 1: European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green
bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
[syn: rue, herb of grace, Ruta graveolens]
2: leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but
should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like
poison ivy
3: sadness associated with some wrong done or some
disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a
note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him
the game" [syn: sorrow, regret, rue, ruefulness]
4: (French) a street or road in France
v 1: feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about [syn:
repent, regret, rue]
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screw
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n 1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard,
jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey]
2: a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a
spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a
similarly threaded hole
3: a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push
against water or air [syn: screw, screw propeller]
4: a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head
5: slang for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking,
screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of
ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup]
v 1: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in
the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with,
get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate,
have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw,
fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a
go at it, bang, get it on, bonk]
2: turn like a screw
3: cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; "drive in
screws or bolts" [syn: screw, drive in]
4: tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions; "Screw the
bottle cap on" [ant: unscrew]
5: defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: cheat,
chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey]
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shoe
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n 1: footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a
flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of
heavier material
2: (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at
a time
3: U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof [syn:
horseshoe, shoe]
4: a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved
hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's
rotation [syn: brake shoe, shoe, skid]
v 1: furnish with shoes; "the children were well shoed"
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shoo
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v 1: drive away by crying `shoo!' [syn: shoo off, shoo,
shoo away]
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shrew
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n 1: a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman [syn: shrew,
termagant]
2: small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
[syn: shrew, shrewmouse]
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spew
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v 1: expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth;
"The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
[syn: spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew, spue]
2: eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical;
"the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors
of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential
candidate" [syn: spew, spew out, eruct]
3: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him
last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
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through
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adv 1: from beginning to end; "read this book through"
2: over the whole distance; "this bus goes through to New York"
3: to completion; "think this through very carefully!"
4: in diameter; "this cylinder measures 15 inches through"
5: throughout the entire extent; "got soaked through in the
rain"; "I'm frozen through"; "a letter shot through with the
writer's personality"; "knew him through and through";
"boards rotten through and through" [syn: through, through
and through]
adj 1: having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to
make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed";
"after the treatment, the patient is through except for
follow-up"; "almost through with his studies" [syn:
done, through, through with(p)]
2: (of a route or journey etc.) continuing without requiring
stops or changes; "a through street"; "a through bus";
"through traffic"
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too
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adv 1: to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits; "too big"
[syn: excessively, overly, to a fault, too]
2: in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too" [syn: besides, too,
also, likewise, as well]
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true
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adv 1: as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"
[syn: true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly]
adj 1: consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is
true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when
there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B.
Russell; "the true meaning of the statement" [ant:
false]
2: accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead
on target" [syn: true, dead on target]
3: devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or
truth; "true believers bonded together against all who
disagreed with them"
4: expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true
statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person"
[syn: truthful, true] [ant: untruthful]
5: conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not
a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"
6: worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an
honest working stiff"; "a reliable sourcSFLe of information";
"he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are
those who trust me" [syn: dependable, honest, reliable,
true(p)]
7: not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; "genuine
emotion"; "her interest in people was unfeigned"; "true
grief" [syn: genuine, true(a), unfeigned]
8: rightly so called; "true courage"; "a spirit which true men
have always admired"; "a true friend"
9: determined with reference to the earth's axis rather than the
magnetic poles; "true north is geographic north"
10: having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir";
"the true and lawful king" [syn: true(a), lawful,
rightful(a)]
11: in tune; accurate in pitch; "a true note" [syn: on-key,
true]
12: accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite
true" [syn: true, straight]
n 1: proper alignment; the property possessed by something that
is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true"
v 1: make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the
cylinder of an engine" [syn: true, true up]
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two
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adj 1: being one more than one; "he received two messages" [syn:
two, 2, ii]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a
numeral representing this number [syn: two, 2, II,
deuce]
2: one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
[syn: deuce, two]
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who
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n 1: a United Nations agency to coordinate international health
activities and to help governments improve health services
[syn: World Health Organization, WHO]
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woo
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v 1: seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" [syn: woo,
court]
2: make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" [syn:
woo, court, romance, solicit]
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yew
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n 1: wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light
brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork
and archery bows
2: any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-
shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
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jew
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n 1: a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent
from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural
or religious ties [syn: Jew, Hebrew, Israelite]
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sioux
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n 1: a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who
spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan
to the Rocky Mountains [syn: Sioux, Siouan]
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flew
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grew
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threw
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whew
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you
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