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acclaim
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n 1: enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim";
"he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him
more eclat than he really deserved" [syn: acclaim,
acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat]
v 1: praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist
as a new Rubinstein" [syn: acclaim, hail, herald]
2: clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate
approval [syn: applaud, clap, spat, acclaim] [ant:
boo, hiss]
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aflame
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adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram
Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze,
aflame, aroused]
2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or
afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a
night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables";
"houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p),
aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)]
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aim
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n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your
planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new
translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was
created with the conscious aim of answering immediate
needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose,
intent, intention, aim, design]
2: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be
attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her
children" [syn: aim, object, objective, target]
3: the action of directing something at an object; "he took aim
and fired"
4: the direction or path along which something moves or along
which it lies [syn: bearing, heading, aim]
v 1: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as
photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your
little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar";
"Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at
one's opponent" [syn: aim, take, train, take aim,
direct]
2: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim,
purpose, purport, propose]
3: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you
driving at?" [syn: drive, get, aim]
4: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a
certain public [syn: calculate, aim, direct]
5: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed
his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed
at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not
towards yourself" [syn: target, aim, place, direct,
point]
6: direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim
a pun"
7: have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: draw a bead
on, aspire, aim, shoot for]
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am
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n 1: a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by
bombarding uranium with helium atoms [syn: americium,
Am, atomic number 95]
2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Master of
Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM]
3: modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave [syn:
amplitude modulation, AM]
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bam
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n 1: an ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an
earthquake in 2003
2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, clap, eruption,
blast, bam]
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blame
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adj 1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a
blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold
winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or
blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such
thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a
deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted,
blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned,
deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal]
n 1: an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or
misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony";
"the police laid the blame on the driver" [syn:
incrimination, inculpation, blame]
2: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for
it"; "it was a bum rap" [syn: blame, rap]
v 1: put or pin the blame on [syn: blame, fault] [ant:
absolve, free, justify]
2: harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your
little brother" [syn: blame, find fault, pick]
3: attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her";
"The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" [syn: blame,
charge]
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cam
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n 1: a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge
to join the Ouse River [syn: Cam, River Cam, Cam
River]
2: a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion
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claim
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n 1: an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his
claim asked for damages"
2: an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim
that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the
government's claims"
3: demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in
support of their claim for a shorter work day"
4: an informal right to something; "his claim on her
attentions"; "his title to fame" [syn: claim, title]
5: an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to
the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to
his father's estate"; "he staked his claim" [syn: title,
claim]
6: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn:
call, claim]
v 1: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing;
"He claimed that he killed the burglar" [ant: disclaim]
2: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or
title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter";
"Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a
foreign resident" [syn: claim, lay claim, arrogate]
[ant: forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw
overboard, waive]
3: ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for
example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
4: lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole
idea" [syn: claim, take] [ant: disclaim]
5: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of
affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work
took its toll on her" [syn: claim, take, exact]
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clam
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n 1: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell
closes with viselike firmness
2: a piece of paper money worth one dollar [syn: dollar,
dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam]
3: flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
v 1: gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
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cofferdam
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n 1: large watertight chamber used for construction under water
[syn: caisson, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam]
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cram
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v 1: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
[syn: jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad]
2: put something somewhere so that the space is completely
filled; "cram books into the suitcase"
3: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my
Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind
away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot
up, bone]
4: prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
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dam
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n 1: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to
keep out the sea [syn: dam, dike, dyke]
2: a metric unit of length equal to ten meters [syn:
decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam,
dkm]
3: female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
v 1: obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the
Yangtse River" [syn: dam, dam up]
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dame
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n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll,
wench, skirt, chick, bird]
2: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the
limousine for the grand lady" [syn: dame, madam, ma'am,
lady, gentlewoman]
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damn
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adv 1: extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-
fired aggressive?" [syn: bloody, damn, all-fired]
adj 1: used as expletives; "oh, damn (or goddamn)!" [syn:
damn, goddamn]
2: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted
idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a
blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or
goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or
goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal
nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed,
damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn,
goddamned, infernal]
n 1: something of little value; "his promise is not worth a
damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" [syn:
damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks,
tinker's damn, tinker's dam]
v 1: wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the
child" [syn: curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn,
anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict] [ant:
bless]
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declaim
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v 1: recite in elocution [syn: declaim, recite]
2: speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against
the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn: declaim,
inveigh]
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defame
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v 1: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have
defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my
reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse,
denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]
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disclaim
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v 1: renounce a legal claim or title to [ant: claim, take]
2: make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"
[ant: claim]
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dram
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n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce
or to 60 grains [syn: dram, drachm, drachma]
2: 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams
3: the basic unit of money in Armenia
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exam
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n 1: a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or
knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to
make a new set of questions" [syn: examination, exam,
test]
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exclaim
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v 1: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!'
he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother
shouted when she saw her child looking lost" [syn:
exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout]
2: state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed";
"The King will proclaim an amnesty" [syn: proclaim,
exclaim, promulgate]
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fame
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n 1: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
[syn: fame, celebrity, renown] [ant: infamy,
opprobrium]
2: favorable public reputation [ant: infamy]
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flame
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n 1: the process of combustion of inflammable materials
producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one
of our ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: fire, flame,
flaming]
v 1: shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the
massive bombardment" [syn: flare, flame]
2: be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the
Hawaiian sunset"
3: criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium; "the
person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed"
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frame
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n 1: the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
2: a single one of a series of still transparent pictures
forming a cinema, television or video film
3: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo
studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the
spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body,
physical body, material body, soma, build, figure,
physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame,
form, flesh]
4: (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each
team has a turn at bat [syn: inning, frame]
5: a single drawing in a comic_strip
6: an application that divides the user's display into two or
more windows that can be scrolled independently
7: a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior
and give it meaning [syn: frame of reference, frame]
8: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a
frame for the body of an animal [syn: skeletal system,
skeleton, frame, systema skeletale]
9: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its
shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" [syn: skeleton,
skeletal frame, frame, underframe]
10: a framework that supports and protects a picture or a
mirror; "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of
attention"; "the frame was much more valuable than the miror
it held" [syn: frame, framing]
11: one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
v 1: enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn:
frame, frame in, border]
2: enclose in a frame, as of a picture
3: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The
innocent man was framed by the police" [syn: ensnare,
entrap, frame, set up]
4: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
[syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch]
5: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn:
frame, compose, draw up]
6: construct by fitting or uniting parts together [syn: frame,
frame up]
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game
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adj 1: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a
game leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame,
gimpy, game]
2: willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey,
gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky]
n 1: a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four
people to play this game"
2: a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted
two hours"
3: an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he
thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty
time"; "his life was all fun and games"
4: animal hunted for food or sport
5: (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
6: (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed
to win; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"
7: the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
8: a secret scheme to do something (especially something
underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit
the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
[syn: plot, secret plan, game]
9: the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game;
"the child received several games for his birthday"
10: your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing
game"; "she's in show biz" [syn: game, biz]
11: frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing
lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"
v 1: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm
betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage,
stake, game, punt]
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goddamn
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adv 1: extremely; "you are goddamn right!" [syn: goddam,
goddamn, goddamned]
adj 1: used as expletives; "oh, damn (or goddamn)!" [syn:
damn, goddamn]
2: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted
idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a
blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or
goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or
goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal
nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed,
damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn,
goddamned, infernal]
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graham
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n 1: United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass
evangelist (born in 1918) [syn: Graham, Billy Graham,
William Franklin Graham]
2: United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted
for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991) [syn:
Graham, Martha Graham]
3: flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the
bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage) [syn: whole
wheat flour, graham flour, graham, whole meal flour]
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gramme
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n 1: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a
kilogram [syn: gram, gramme, gm, g]
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ham
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n 1: meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) [syn:
ham, jambon, gammon]
2: (Old Testament) son of Noah
3: a licensed amateur radio operator
4: an unskilled actor who overacts [syn: ham, ham actor]
v 1: exaggerate one's acting [syn: overact, ham it up,
ham, overplay] [ant: underact, underplay]
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inflame
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v 1: cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her
joint"
2: catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled,
spreading the flames for miles" [syn: kindle, inflame]
3: cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with
oranges and reds" [syn: kindle, enkindle, conflagrate,
inflame]
4: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way
of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The
refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake
old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake,
ignite, heat, fire up]
5: become inflamed; get sore; "His throat inflamed"
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jam
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n 1: preserve of crushed fruit
2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn:
fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of
fish]
3: a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, jam, press]
4: deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy
for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices
or systems [syn: jamming, electronic jamming, jam]
v 1: press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the
auditorium" [syn: throng, mob, pack, pile, jam]
2: push down forcibly; "The driver jammed the brake pedal to the
floor"
3: crush or bruise; "jam a toe" [syn: jam, crush]
4: interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the
Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this
station" [syn: jam, block]
5: get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"
6: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn:
jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad]
7: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct,
obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up]
[ant: disengage, free]
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jamb
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n 1: upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or
window frame
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lam
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n 1: a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean
getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
[syn: getaway, lam]
v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed
up" [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam,
run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills,
take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break
away]
2: give a thrashing to; beat hard [syn: thrash, thresh,
lam, flail]
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lamb
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n 1: young sheep
2: English essayist (1775-1834) [syn: Lamb, Charles Lamb,
Elia]
3: a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial
matters)
4: a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
[syn: lamb, dear]
5: the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
v 1: give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"
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lame
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adj 1: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble
excuse"; "a lame argument" [syn: feeble, lame]
2: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game
leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy,
game]
n 1: someone who doesn't understand what is going on [syn:
square, lame]
2: a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold
lame dress"
v 1: deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The
accident has crippled her for life" [syn: cripple,
lame]
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macadam
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n 1: broken stone used in macadamized roadways
2: a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held
together with tar [syn: tarmacadam, tarmac, macadam]
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maim
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v 1: injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration
or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"
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milldam
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n 1: dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill
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name
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n 1: a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his
name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for
the same thing"
2: a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"
3: family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was
no one to carry on his name" [syn: name, gens]
4: a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great
names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure
in modern music" [syn: name, figure, public figure]
5: by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the
law"
6: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase [syn: name,
epithet]
v 1: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They
named their son David"; "The new school was named after the
famous Civil Rights leader" [syn: name, call]
2: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by
name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many
senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The
almanac identifies the auspicious months" [syn: name,
identify]
3: charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of
the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn:
name, nominate, make]
4: create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a
committee" [syn: appoint, name, nominate, constitute]
5: mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
6: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with
the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite,
name, refer]
7: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn:
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish,
describe, name]
8: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of;
"List the states west of the Mississippi" [syn: list,
name]
9: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an
illness through a diagnostic analysis [syn: diagnose,
name]
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proclaim
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v 1: declare formally; declare someone to be something; of
titles; "He was proclaimed King"
2: state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed";
"The King will proclaim an amnesty" [syn: proclaim,
exclaim, promulgate]
3: affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech
predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
[syn: predicate, proclaim]
4: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's
children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: laud,
extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim]
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quondam
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adj 1: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our
former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her
quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old,
onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]
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ram
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n 1: the most common computer memory which can be used by
programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is
on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to
be stored or accessed in any order and all storage
locations are equally accessible [syn: random-access
memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM,
read/write memory]
2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
[syn: Aries, Ram]
3: the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the
vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21
to April 19 [syn: Aries, Aries the Ram, Ram]
4: a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
5: uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'" [syn:
ram, tup]
v 1: strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate
with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" [syn: ram, ram
down, pound]
2: force into or from an action or state, either physically or
metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives
me mad" [syn: force, drive, ram]
3: undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed
into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" [syn:
crash, ram]
4: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn:
jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad]
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reclaim
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v 1: claim back [syn: reclaim, repossess]
2: reuse (materials from waste products) [syn: reclaim,
recover]
3: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of
life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed
me"; "reform your conduct" [syn: reform, reclaim,
regenerate, rectify]
4: make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated
state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
5: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He
tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn:
domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim,
tame]
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rename
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v 1: assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East
Germany were renamed in 1990"
2: name again or anew; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior"
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same
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adj 1: same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never
wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we
were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
[ant: other]
2: closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity
or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls
of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes";
"animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before";
"two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next
year" [ant: different]
3: equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent
amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the
other a like number"; "the same number" [syn: like, same]
[ant: unlike]
4: unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the
same"; "his attitude is the same as ever"
n 1: a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern
Scandinavia and herding reindeer [syn: Lapp,
Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame]
2: the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the
Kola Peninsula [syn: Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same,
Saame]
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scam
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n 1: a fraudulent business scheme [syn: scam, cozenage]
v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct,
gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
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scram
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v 1: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form;
"Scram!" [syn: scram, buzz off, fuck off, get,
bugger off]
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sham
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adj 1: adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an
assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive
sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish
voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: assumed, false,
fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham]
n 1: something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
[syn: fake, sham, postiche]
2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter,
impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham,
shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player]
v 1: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though
she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn:
simulate, assume, sham, feign]
2: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he
was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham,
pretend, affect, dissemble]
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shame
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n 1: a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy
or guilt
2: a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his
family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
[syn: shame, disgrace, ignominy]
3: an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
[syn: pity, shame]
v 1: bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by
committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace,
dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor, honour,
reward]
2: compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making
amends"
3: cause to be ashamed
4: surpass or beat by a wide margin
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slam
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n 1: winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge [syn:
slam, sweep]
2: the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects
3: a forceful impact that makes a loud noise
4: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and
intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was
`drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig
at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam,
dig, barb, jibe, gibe]
v 1: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: slam,
bang]
2: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: slam, bang]
3: dance the slam dance [syn: slam dance, slam, mosh,
thrash]
4: throw violently; "He slammed the book on the table" [syn:
slam, flap down]
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spam
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n 1: a canned meat made largely from pork
2: unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in
bulk) [syn: spam, junk e-mail]
v 1: send unwanted or junk e-mail
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tam
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n 1: a woolen cap of Scottish origin [syn: tam,
tam-o'-shanter, tammy]
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tame
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adj 1: flat and uninspiring
2: very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was
one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with
no will or power to act but as directed" [ant: wild]
3: brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame
animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" [syn: tame, tamed]
[ant: untamed, wild]
4: very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston
Hughes [syn: meek, tame]
v 1: correct by punishment or discipline [syn: tame,
chasten, subdue]
2: make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that
aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his
potentially offensive statements" [syn: tone down,
moderate, tame]
3: adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;
"domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: domesticate,
cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame]
4: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He
tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn:
domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim,
tame]
5: make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to
humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The
wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" [syn:
domesticate, tame]
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tram
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n 1: a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in
carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of
towers [syn: tramway, tram, aerial tramway, cable
tramway, ropeway]
2: a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a
tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" [syn: tramcar,
tram]
3: a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by
electricity [syn: streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley,
trolley car]
v 1: travel by tram
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wham
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v 1: hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy" [syn: whack,
wham, whop, wallop]
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yam
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n 1: edible tuber of any of several yams
2: any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many
having edible tuberous roots [syn: yam, yam plant]
3: sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when
baked
4: edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus
Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food
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boehm
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n 1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;
influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: Boehme, Jakob
Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm,
Behmen, Jakob Behmen]
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boehme
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n 1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;
influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: Boehme, Jakob
Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm,
Behmen, Jakob Behmen]
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ballgame
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n 1: a particular situation that is radically different from the
preceding situation; "HDTV looks the same but it's really a
whole new ballgame" [syn: ballgame, new ballgame]
2: a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) [syn:
ball game, ballgame]
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adam
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n 1: (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man
and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race
2: Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in
England and Scotland (1728-1792) [syn: Adam, Robert Adam]
3: street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine [syn: Adam,
ecstasy, XTC, go, disco biscuit, cristal, X, hug
drug]
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madame
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n 1: title used for a married Frenchwoman
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gram
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n 1: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a
kilogram [syn: gram, gramme, gm, g]
2: Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of
staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938) [syn:
Gram, Hans C. J. Gram]
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sam
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n 1: a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an
airborne target [syn: surface-to-air missile, SAM]
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tamm
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n 1: Russian physicist (1895-1971) [syn: Tamm, Igor Tamm,
Igor Yevgeneevich Tamm]
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siam
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n 1: a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along
the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula; "Thailand is the
official name of the former Siam" [syn: Thailand,
Kingdom of Thailand, Siam]
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durham
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n 1: a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke
University
2: English breed of short-horned cattle [syn: Durham,
shorthorn]
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goddam
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adv 1: extremely; "you are goddamn right!" [syn: goddam,
goddamn, goddamned]
adj 1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a
blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold
winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or
blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such
thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a
deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted,
blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned,
deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal]
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potsdam
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n 1: a city in northeastern Germany; site of the Potsdam
Conference in the summer of 1945
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amsterdam
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n 1: an industrial center and the nominal capital of the
Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat
of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and
art museum [syn: Amsterdam, Dutch capital, capital of
The Netherlands]
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rotterdam
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n 1: the 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the
western Netherlands near the North Sea
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became
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flam
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grandame
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overcame
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swam
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mme
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aime
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baim
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bame
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brame
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fayme
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flaim
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fraim
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graeme
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haim
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kaim
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mame
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mayme
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rhame
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sejm
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swaim
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ashame
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postgame
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abram
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bahm
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bram
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camm
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cham
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dahm
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