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beginning
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adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the
first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first]
n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the
beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending,
finish]
2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got
an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the
man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first,
outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time,
showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle]
3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and
stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant:
end, middle]
4: the place where something begins, where it springs into
being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter
was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source
of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn:
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]
5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the
beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start,
commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]
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chilling
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adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most
terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
[syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery,
shuddery]
n 1: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn:
cooling, chilling, temperature reduction]
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grinning
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n 1: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners
of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement [syn:
smile, smiling, grin, grinning]
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imprinting
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n 1: a learning process in early life whereby species specific
patterns of behavior are established
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inning
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n 1: (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each
team has a turn at bat [syn: inning, frame]
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pinning
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n 1: a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on
college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a
fraternity pin
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printing
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n 1: text handwritten in the style of printed matter
2: the business of producing printed material for sale or
distribution
3: reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
[syn: printing, printing process]
4: all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off
an initial printing of 2000 copies" [syn: impression,
printing]
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sinning
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adj 1: transgressing a moral or divine law; "if it be a sin to
covet honor, I am the most sinning soul alive"-
Shakespeare
n 1: an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression
of God's will [syn: sin, sinning]
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spinning
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n 1: creating thread
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thinning
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n 1: the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with
water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine" [syn:
cutting, thinning]
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tinning
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n 1: the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends
of wires before soldering them; "careful tinning of the
ends of wires results in a better joint when you solder
them"
2: the application of a protective layer of tin [syn: tinning,
tin-plating]
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twinning
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adj 1: producing two offspring at a time [syn: biparous,
twinning]
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winning
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adj 1: having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"
[syn: victorious, winning]
2: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new
hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner";
"a winning personality" [syn: fetching, taking,
winning]
n 1: succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not
everything"
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binning
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breadwinning
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chagrining
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chinning
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disciplining
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ginning
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shinning
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skinning
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finning
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