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align
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v 1: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or
straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets
of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, line up,
adjust] [ant: skew]
2: be or come into adjustment with
3: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn:
align, array]
4: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable
coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car";
"ordinate similar parts" [syn: align, ordinate,
coordinate]
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alkaline
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adj 1: relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater
than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone"
[syn: alkaline, alkalic] [ant: acidic,
amphiprotic, amphoteric]
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aquiline
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adj 1: curved down like an eagle's beak [syn: aquiline,
hooked]
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brine
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n 1: water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all
saltwater" [syn: seawater, saltwater, brine] [ant:
fresh water, freshwater]
2: a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
v 1: soak in brine
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confine
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v 1: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of
this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit,
bound, confine, throttle]
2: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a
day" [syn: limit, circumscribe, confine]
3: prevent from leaving or from being removed
4: close in; darkness enclosed him" [syn: enclose, hold in,
confine]
5: deprive of freedom; take into confinement [syn: confine,
detain] [ant: free, liberate, loose, release,
unloose, unloosen]
6: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
"This holds the local until the express passengers change
trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the
stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention
center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
[syn: restrain, confine, hold]
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consign
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v 1: commit forever; commit irrevocably
2: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your
baggage" [syn: consign, charge]
3: send to an address
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decline
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n 1: change toward something smaller or lower [syn: decline,
diminution]
2: a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual
falling off from a better state [syn: decline,
declination] [ant: improvement, melioration]
3: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn:
decay, decline]
4: a downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity,
fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope]
[ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise,
upgrade]
v 1: grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" [syn:
worsen, decline] [ant: ameliorate, better,
improve, meliorate]
2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn:
refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant:
accept, have, take]
3: show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on
a hike" [syn: refuse, decline] [ant: accept, consent,
go for]
4: grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" [syn:
decline, go down, wane]
5: go down; "The roof declines here"
6: go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices
slumped" [syn: decline, slump, correct]
7: inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages,
speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
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define
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v 1: determine the essential quality of [syn: specify,
define, delineate, delimit, delimitate]
2: give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define
`sadness'"
3: determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
4: show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by
the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
[syn: define, delineate]
5: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify
the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine,
define, fix, limit]
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design
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n 1: the act of working out the form of something (as by making
a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design
of a new instrument" [syn: design, designing]
2: an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard
made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for
living"; "a plan for seating guests" [syn: design, plan]
3: something intended as a guide for making something else; "a
blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" [syn:
blueprint, design, pattern]
4: a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the
doors" [syn: design, pattern, figure]
5: 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]
6: a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something; "the
design of a building"
7: the creation of something in the mind [syn: invention,
innovation, excogitation, conception, design]
v 1: make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to
murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an
attack" [syn: plan, project, contrive, design]
2: plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect;
"This room is not designed for work"
3: create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or
highly skilled manner; "Chanel designed the famous suit"
4: make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form;
"design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the
museum" [syn: design, plan]
5: create designs; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel"
6: conceive or fashion in the mind; invent; "She designed a good
excuse for not attending classes that day"
7: intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the
world of business"
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dine
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v 1: have supper; eat dinner; "We often dine with friends in
this restaurant"
2: give dinner to; host for dinner; "I'm wining and dining my
friends"
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disincline
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v 1: make unwilling [syn: indispose, disincline] [ant:
dispose, incline]
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divine
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adj 1: emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance";
"everything is black or white...satanic or
godly"-Saturday Review [syn: divine, godly]
2: resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a
providential visitation" [syn: providential, divine]
3: being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing
the divine king upon any serious failure of
his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine
capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to
create"-J.G.Saxe [syn: divine, godlike]
4: devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine
worship"; "divine liturgy"
5: appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of
Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God
for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref [syn:
divine, godlike]
6: being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration
by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine
Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"
[syn: divine, elysian, inspired]
n 1: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
Almighty, Jehovah]
2: a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn:
cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic]
v 1: perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable
perceptive powers
2: search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could
divine underground water"
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enshrine
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v 1: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in
the cathedral" [syn: enshrine, shrine]
2: hold sacred [syn: enshrine, saint]
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entwine
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v 1: tie or link together [syn: knit, entwine]
2: spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons";
"Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn:
intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace,
lace] [ant: untwine]
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fine
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adv 1: an expression of agreement normally occurring at the
beginning of a sentence [syn: very well, fine,
alright, all right, OK]
2: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine
drawn body" [syn: finely, fine, delicately,
exquisitely]
adj 1: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all-
right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all
right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine";
"things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine";
"another minute I'd have been fine" [syn: all right,
fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory]
2: minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a
fine distinction"
3: thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine
hairs"; "read the fine print"
4: characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment;
"fine wine"; "looking fine in her Easter suit"; "a fine
gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist";
"the fine hand of a master"
5: of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances
consisting of relatively small particles; "wood with a fine
grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a
cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film
of dust" [ant: coarse, harsh]
6: free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of
purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
n 1: money extracted as a penalty [syn: fine, mulct,
amercement]
v 1: issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for
parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or
else you will be ticketed!" [syn: ticket, fine]
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incline
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n 1: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep
slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
[syn: slope, incline, side]
2: an inclined surface connecting two levels [syn: ramp,
incline]
v 1: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be
inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures";
"These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
[syn: tend, be given, lean, incline, run]
2: bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen
well; "He inclined his ear to the wise old man"
3: lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow;
"She inclined her head to the student"
4: be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down" [syn: slope,
incline, pitch]
5: feel favorably disposed or willing; "She inclines to the view
that people should be allowed to expres their religious
beliefs"
6: make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or
belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them" [syn:
dispose, incline] [ant: disincline, indispose]
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malign
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adj 1: evil or harmful in nature or influence; "prompted by
malign motives"; "believed in witches and malign
spirits"; "gave him a malign look"; "a malign lesion"
[ant: benign, benignant]
2: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars";
"a malefic force" [syn: malefic, malevolent, malign,
evil]
v 1: speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband
everywhere" [syn: badmouth, malign, traduce, drag
through the mud]
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mine
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n 1: excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are
extracted
2: explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to
destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
v 1: get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals"
2: lay mines; "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"
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realign
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v 1: align anew or better; "The surgeon realigned my jaw after
the accident" [syn: realign, realine]
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recline
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v 1: move the upper body backwards and down [syn: lean back,
recline]
2: cause to recline; "She reclined her head on the pillow"
3: lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on
the couch" [syn: recumb, repose, recline]
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resign
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v 1: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated
the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned
when he was found to have misappropriated funds" [syn:
vacate, resign, renounce, give up]
2: give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy
will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over
the financial scandal" [syn: leave office, quit, step
down, resign] [ant: take office]
3: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the
throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free,
give up]
4: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" [syn:
resign, reconcile, submit]
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shrine
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n 1: a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred
thing or person
v 1: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in
the cathedral" [syn: enshrine, shrine]
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sign
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adj 1: used of the language of the deaf [syn: gestural,
sign(a), signed, sign-language(a)]
n 1: a perceptible indication of something not immediately
apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened);
"he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of
spring" [syn: sign, mark]
2: a public display of a message; "he posted signs in all the
shop windows"
3: any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message;
"signals from the boat suddenly stopped" [syn: signal,
signaling, sign]
4: structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be
posted; "the highway was lined with signboards" [syn:
signboard, sign]
5: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is
divided [syn: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign,
mansion, house, planetary house]
6: (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a
disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"
7: having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive
and negative electric charges); "he got the polarity of the
battery reversed"; "charges of opposite sign" [syn:
polarity, sign]
8: an event that is experienced as indicating important things
to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from
God" [syn: augury, sign, foretoken, preindication]
9: a gesture that is part of a sign language
10: a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that
which is signified; "The bond between the signifier and the
signified is arbitrary"--de Saussure
11: a character indicating a relation between quantities; "don't
forget the minus sign"
v 1: mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She
signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"
[syn: sign, subscribe]
2: approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation;
"All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed
your contract yet?" [syn: sign, ratify]
3: be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the
casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new
opera"
4: engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers
for the next season" [syn: sign, contract, sign on,
sign up]
5: communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs;
"He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture";
"The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu" [syn:
sign, signal, signalize, signalise]
6: place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This
road has been signed"
7: communicate in sign language; "I don't know how to sign, so I
could not communicate with my deaf cousin"
8: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on
God for protection; consecrate [syn: bless, sign]
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sine
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n 1: ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to
the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
[syn: sine, sin]
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spine
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n 1: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton
and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
[syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine,
backbone, back, rachis]
2: any sharply pointed projection [syn: spur, spine,
acantha]
3: a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or
leaf [syn: spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker,
spikelet]
4: the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of
the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is
shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of
the book" [syn: spine, backbone]
5: a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine
quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
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stein
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n 1: a mug intended for serving beer [syn: beer mug, stein]
2: experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946)
[syn: Stein, Gertrude Stein]
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supine
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adj 1: lying face upward [syn: supine, resupine]
2: offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other
colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing
her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore
Roosevelt [syn: resistless, supine, unresisting]
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tine
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n 1: prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
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twine
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n 1: a lightweight cord [syn: string, twine]
v 1: spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons";
"Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn:
intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace,
lace] [ant: untwine]
2: arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your
finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped
her arms around the child" [syn: wind, wrap, roll,
twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off]
3: make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"
4: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn:
twist, twine, distort] [ant: untwist]
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vine
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n 1: a plant with a weak stem that derives support from
climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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aline
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v 1: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or
straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets
of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, line up,
adjust] [ant: skew]
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caroline
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adj 1: of or relating to the life and times of kings Charles I
or Charles II of England [syn: Caroline, Carolean]
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allyn
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allyne
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