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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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assign
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v 1: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a
task to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute,
assign]
2: give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign,
allot, portion]
3: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to
Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" [syn:
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute]
4: select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The
teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
[syn: assign, specify, set apart]
5: attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last
statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The
teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the
story" [syn: put, assign]
6: make undue claims to having [syn: arrogate, assign]
7: transfer one's right to
8: decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The
biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" [syn:
assign, attribute]
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benign
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adj 1: not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive
(especially of a tumor) [ant: malignant]
2: pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign
smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air"
[syn: benign, benignant] [ant: malign]
3: kindness of disposition or manner; "the benign ruler of
millions"; "benign intentions"
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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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combine
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n 1: harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while
moving across the field
2: a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit
competition by controlling the production and distribution of
a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of
gaining a monopoly" [syn: trust, corporate trust,
combine, cartel]
3: an occurrence that results in things being united [syn:
combining, combine]
v 1: have or possess in combination; "she unites charm with a
good business sense" [syn: unite, combine]
2: put or add together; "combine resources" [syn: compound,
combine]
3: combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the
ingredients" [syn: compound, combine]
4: add together from different sources; "combine resources"
5: join for a common purpose or in a common action; "These
forces combined with others"
6: gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: aggregate, combine]
7: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
[syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
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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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line
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n 1: a formation of people or things one beside another; "the
line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they
were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line
for the curtain call"
2: a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on
the chart"
3: a formation of people or things one behind another; "the line
stretched clear around the corner"; "you must wait in a long
line at the checkout counter"
4: a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness;
the trace of a moving point
5: text consisting of a row of words written across a page or
computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines";
"there are six lines in every stanza"
6: a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a
spectrum
7: a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward
position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line"
8: a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or
falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I
can't follow your line of reasoning" [syn: argumentation,
logical argument, argument, line of reasoning, line]
9: a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or
electric power [syn: cable, line, transmission line]
10: a connected series of events or actions or developments;
"the government took a firm course"; "historians can only
point out those lines for which evidence is available" [syn:
course, line]
11: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary
unidimensional extent
12: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his
face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
[syn: wrinkle, furrow, crease, crinkle, seam,
line]
13: a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs
from the wells to the seaport" [syn: pipeline, line]
14: the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed [syn:
line, railway line, rail line]
15: a telephone connection [syn: telephone line, phone line,
telephone circuit, subscriber line, line]
16: acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line";
"toe the line"
17: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent,
descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree,
ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
18: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and
flexible; "a washing line"
19: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation,
business, job, line of work, line]
20: in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of
the playing area
21: (often plural) a means of communication or access; "it must
go through official channels"; "lines of communication were
set up between the two firms" [syn: channel,
communication channel, line]
22: a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of
shoes" [syn: line, product line, line of products,
line of merchandise, business line, line of business]
23: a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
24: space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch
deep) used to measure advertising [syn: agate line,
line]
25: the maximum credit that a customer is allowed [syn: credit
line, line of credit, bank line, line, personal
credit line, personal line of credit]
26: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she
was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, melody,
air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase]
27: persuasive but insincere talk that is usually intended to
deceive or impress; "`let me show you my etchings' is a
rather worn line"; "he has a smooth line but I didn't fall
for it"; "that salesman must have practiced his fast line of
talk"
28: a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get there"
[syn: note, short letter, line, billet]
29: a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow
line between sanity and insanity" [syn: line, dividing
line, demarcation, contrast]
30: mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is
conveyed through sites at which successive operations are
performed on it [syn: production line, assembly line,
line]
v 1: be in line with; form a line along; "trees line the
riverbank" [syn: line, run along]
2: cover the interior of; "line the gloves"; "line a chimney"
3: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the
outline of a figure in the sand" [syn: trace, draw,
line, describe, delineate]
4: mark with lines; "sorrow had lined his face"
5: fill plentifully; "line one's pockets"
6: reinforce with fabric; "lined books are more enduring"
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moonshine
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n 1: the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy";
"the Moon was bright enough to read by" [syn: moonlight,
moonshine, Moon]
2: whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash [syn:
moonshine, bootleg, corn liquor]
v 1: distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine
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outshine
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v 1: shine brighter than; "What star outshines the sun?"
2: attract more attention and praise than others; "This film
outshone all the others in quality"
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shoeshine
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n 1: a shiny finish put on shoes with polish and buffing; "his
trousers had a sharp crease and you could see your
reflection in his shoeshine"
2: the act of shining shoes; "he charged a dollar for a
shoeshine"
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sunshine
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n 1: the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the
sun and wind" [syn: sunlight, sunshine, sun]
2: moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities [syn: fair
weather, sunshine, temperateness]
3: the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers
added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room" [syn:
cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine] [ant:
uncheerfulness]
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bahrain
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n 1: an island in the Persian Gulf [syn: Bahrain, Bahrain
Island, Bahrein, Bahrein Island]
2: an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi
Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until
reserves were exhausted in 1970s [syn: Bahrain, State of
Bahrain, Bahrein]
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monkeyshine
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