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be
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n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
[syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4]
v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective
or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good
answer"
2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of
the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my
umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind
this behavior?"
4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn:
exist, be]
5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during
the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred
people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the
kitchen"
6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000
rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ]
7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone
wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute
my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus";
"This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few
men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute,
represent, make up, comprise, be]
8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a
specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our
resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow]
9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was
Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify]
10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My
grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live]
12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used
only in infinitive form; "let her be"
13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be]
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bee
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n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and
solitary species
2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold
competitions
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booby
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n 1: an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy,
dope, boob, booby, pinhead]
2: small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or
both
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brie
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n 1: soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
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fee
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n 1: a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
2: an interest in land capable of being inherited
v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond
the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter";
"fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung]
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flea
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n 1: any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for
ability to leap
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flee
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v 1: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn:
flee, fly, take flight]
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free
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adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
[syn: loose, free]
adj 1: able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion
or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free
country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of
racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free
choice" [ant: unfree]
2: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not
fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free
expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" [ant: bound]
3: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
[syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p),
gratuitous]
4: not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him";
"he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: detached, free]
6: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free
man" [ant: unfree]
7: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between
classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: spare, free]
8: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight";
"young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of
literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn:
barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent]
9: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free,
loose, liberal]
n 1: people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
[syn: free, free people]
v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free,
liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose]
[ant: confine, detain]
2: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free,
disembarrass]
3: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged
the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He
finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was
buried in the rubble" [syn: dislodge, free] [ant:
deposit, lodge, stick, wedge]
4: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
"She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve,
free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement]
5: make (information) available for publication; "release the
list with the names of the prisoners" [syn: free,
release]
6: free from obligations or duties [syn: free, discharge]
7: free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the
cluttered floor" [syn: free, disengage] [ant: block,
close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate,
occlude]
8: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
[syn: absolve, justify, free] [ant: blame, fault]
9: 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]
10: release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction
or physical decomposition [syn: release, free,
liberate]
11: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the
dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze,
free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise,
immobilize]
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gee
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n 1: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used
to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it
is accelerated [syn: g, gee, g-force]
v 1: turn to the right side; "the horse geed"
2: give a command to a horse to turn to the right side
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glee
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n 1: great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness,
glee, gleefulness]
2: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee]
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he
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n 1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert
gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in
economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases
(as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium, He,
atomic number 2]
2: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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id
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n 1: a state in the Rocky Mountains [syn: Idaho, Gem State,
ID]
2: a card or badge used to identify the bearer; "you had to show
your ID in order to get in" [syn: ID, I.D.]
3: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying
all psychic activity
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interviewee
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n 1: a person who is interviewed
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knee
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n 1: hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and
fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
[syn: knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio
genus, genu]
2: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds
to the human knee [syn: stifle, knee]
3: the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering
for the knee
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lea
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n 1: a unit of length of thread or yarn
2: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for
grazing by livestock [syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing
land, lea, ley]
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lee
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adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: downwind,
lee(a)]
n 1: United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of
black culture in America (born in 1957) [syn: Lee, Spike
Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee]
2: United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway
in the 1930s (1914-1970) [syn: Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose
Louise Hovick]
3: United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred
in martial arts films (1941-1973) [syn: Lee, Bruce Lee,
Lee Yuen Kam]
4: United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with
Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of
parity (born in 1926) [syn: Lee, Tsung Dao Lee]
5: leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution
calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
[syn: Lee, Richard Henry Lee]
6: soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) [syn: Lee,
Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee]
7: American general who led the Confederate Armies in the
American Civil War (1807-1870) [syn: Lee, Robert E. Lee,
Robert Edward Lee]
8: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn:
lee, lee side, leeward] [ant: windward]
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me
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n 1: a state in New England [syn: Maine, Pine Tree State,
ME]
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plea
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n 1: a humble request for help from someone in authority [syn:
supplication, plea]
2: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as
distinguished from a demurrer)
3: an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
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see
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n 1: the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is
located
v 1: perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight;
"You have to be a good observer to see all the details";
"Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he
cannot see"
2: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I
just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important
this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" [syn:
understand, realize, realise, see]
3: perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans
winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this
school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger
generation against established traditions"; "I want to see
results" [syn: witness, find, see]
4: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on
horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk
in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision,
project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image]
5: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I
consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite
as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider, reckon,
view, regard]
6: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I
learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you
have been promoted" [syn: learn, hear, get word, get
wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover,
see]
7: see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will
be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a
show on Broadway"; "see a movie" [syn: watch, view,
see, catch, take in]
8: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How
nice to see you again!" [syn: meet, run into,
encounter, run across, come across, see]
9: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by
making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she
speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he
speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
[syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain,
watch, learn]
10: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of
something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See
that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the
product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it,
ensure, control, ascertain, assure]
11: go to see for professional or business reasons; "You should
see a lawyer"; "We had to see a psychiatrist"
12: go to see for a social visit; "I went to see my friend Mary
the other day"
13: go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the
Eiffel Tower in the morning" [syn: visit, see]
14: take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?";
"I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this
business" [syn: attend, take care, look, see]
15: receive as a specified guest; "the doctor will see you now";
"The minister doesn't see anybody before noon"
16: date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you
know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his
former wife again!" [syn: go steady, go out, date,
see]
17: see and understand, have a good eye; "The artist must first
learn to see"
18: deliberate or decide; "See whether you can come tomorrow";
"let's see--which movie should we see tonight?"
19: observe as if with an eye; "The camera saw the burglary and
recorded it"
20: observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The
customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your
passport before you can enter the country" [syn: examine,
see]
21: go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he
saw action in Viet Nam" [syn: experience, see, go
through]
22: accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door" [syn: see,
escort]
23: match or meet; "I saw the bet of one of my fellow players"
24: make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see
in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" [syn:
interpret, construe, see]
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ski
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n 1: narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for
gliding over snow
v 1: move along on skis; "We love to ski the Rockies"; "My
children don't ski"
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spree
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n 1: a brief indulgence of your impulses [syn: spree, fling]
v 1: engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as
when shopping
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three
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adj 1: being one more than two [syn: three, 3, iii]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce,
leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary,
ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-
ace]
2: one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips [syn:
trey, three]
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tree
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n 1: a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and
branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both
gymnosperms and angiosperms
2: a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical
tree" [syn: tree, tree diagram]
3: English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish
productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) [syn: Tree, Sir
Herbert Beerbohm Tree]
v 1: force a person or an animal into a position from which he
cannot escape [syn: corner, tree]
2: plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house
will be shaded in summer"
3: chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with
dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"
4: stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree [syn: tree, shoetree]
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wee
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adj 1: (used informally) very small; "a wee tot" [syn: bitty,
bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny,
weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty,
itsy-bitsy]
2: very early; "the wee hours of the morning"
n 1: a short time; "bide a wee"
v 1: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive
rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle,
micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water,
relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee,
wee-wee, pass water]
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zee
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n 1: the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z
zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee";
"he doesn't know A from izzard" [syn: Z, z, zee,
zed, ezed, izzard]
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cree
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n 1: a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada
2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree
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b
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n 1: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often
occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
[syn: bacillus, B]
2: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated
into several B vitamins [syn: B-complex vitamin, B
complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin, B]
3: a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black
crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn:
boron, B, atomic number 5]
4: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
[syn: Bel, B]
5: (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective
circular area that one particle presents to another as a
target for an encounter [syn: barn, b]
6: the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: B, b]
7: the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen [syn:
B, type B, group B]
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e
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n 1: a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal
reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes
free radicals in the body [syn: vitamin E, tocopherol,
E]
2: a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding
plutonium with neutrons [syn: einsteinium, Es, E,
atomic number 99]
3: the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn:
east, due east, eastward, E]
4: the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately
equal to 2.718282...
5: the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: E, e]
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leigh
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n 1: English film actress (1913-1967) [syn: Leigh, Vivien
Leigh]
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mi
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n 1: destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of
the blood supply to the heart muscle [syn: myocardial
infarction, myocardial infarct, MI]
2: a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet
(1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile [syn:
nautical mile, naut mi, mile, mi, geographical
mile, Admiralty mile]
3: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters;
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of
arc in latitude [syn: nautical mile, mile, mi, naut
mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile]
4: a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly
1609.344 meters [syn: mile, statute mile, stat mi,
land mile, international mile, mi]
5: a midwestern state in north central United States in the
Great Lakes region [syn: Michigan, Wolverine State,
Great Lakes State, MI]
6: the government agency in the United Kingdom that is
responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on
British territory [syn: Security Service, MI, Military
Intelligence Section 5]
7: the government agency in the United Kingdom that is
responsible for internal security and counterintelligence
overseas [syn: Secret Intelligence Service, MI, Military
Intelligence Section 6]
8: the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major
scale in solmization
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si
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n 1: a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the
most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay
and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a
semiconductor in transistors [syn: silicon, Si, atomic
number 14]
2: a complete metric system of units of measurement for
scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and
mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current
(ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole)
and luminous intensity (candela); "Today the United States is
the only country in the world not totally committed to the
Systeme International d'Unites" [syn: Systeme International
d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, SI
unit, International System of Units, International
System]
3: the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any
musical scale in solmization [syn: ti, te, si]
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thee
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we
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bea
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kuby
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