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abide
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v 1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay
a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide,
abide, stay]
2: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear
his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a
lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the
heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
[syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear,
stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer,
put up]
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allied
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adj 1: related by common characteristics or ancestry; "allied
species"; "allied studies"
2: of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War II; "an
Allied victory"; "the Allied armies"
3: of or relating to or denoting the Allies in World War I; "an
allied offensive"; "the Allied powers"
4: united in a confederacy or league [syn: allied,
confederate, confederative]
5: joined by treaty or agreement
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alongside
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adv 1: side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship" [syn:
aboard, alongside]
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applied
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adj 1: concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with
fundamental principles; "applied physics"; "applied
psychology"; "technical problems in medicine,
engineering, economics and other applied disciplines"-
Sidney Hook [ant: theoretical]
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aside
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adv 1: on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him
pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when
he entered"
2: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush
the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn:
aside, away]
3: not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these
problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking
aside, I think you're crazy" [syn: apart, aside]
4: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside]
5: placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a
feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day
set aside for relaxing" [syn: aside, apart]
6: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has
a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by,
away]
n 1: a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended
for others on the stage
2: a message that departs from the main subject [syn:
digression, aside, excursus, divagation,
parenthesis]
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astride
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adv 1: with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair"
[syn: astride, astraddle]
2: with the legs stretched far apart
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bead
0
n 1: a small ball with a hole through the middle
2: a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes
of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
[syn: drop, bead, pearl]
3: a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture [syn:
beading, bead, beadwork, astragal]
v 1: form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
2: decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown"
3: string together like beads
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betide
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v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would
befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn:
befall, bechance, betide]
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bide
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v 1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay
a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide,
abide, stay]
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bleed
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v 1: lose blood from one's body [syn: shed blood, bleed,
hemorrhage]
2: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients
as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech,
phlebotomize, phlebotomise]
3: get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone;
"They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
4: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to
run" [syn: run, bleed]
5: drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the
mechanic bled the engine"
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breed
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n 1: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
"he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he
created a new strain of sheep" [syn: breed, strain,
stock]
2: a special type; "Google represents a new breed of
entrepreneurs"
v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
2: copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse
covers the mare" [syn: breed, cover]
3: cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs"
4: have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely
breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" [syn:
breed, multiply]
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bride
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n 1: a woman who has recently been married
2: Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn:
Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint
Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bride]
3: a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
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cede
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v 1: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control
of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn:
surrender, cede, deliver, give up]
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chide
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v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the
Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for
bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to
task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture,
reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold,
chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out,
chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
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coincide
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v 1: go with, fall together [syn: coincide, co-occur,
cooccur]
2: happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" [syn:
concur, coincide]
3: be the same; "our views on this matter coincided"
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collide
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v 1: be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors
clash" [syn: clash, jar, collide]
2: cause to collide; "The physicists collided the particles"
3: crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two
meteors clashed" [syn: collide, clash]
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confide
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v 1: reveal in private; tell confidentially
2: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the
general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: entrust,
intrust, trust, confide, commit]
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creed
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n 1: any system of principles or beliefs [syn: creed, credo]
2: the written body of teachings of a religious group that are
generally accepted by that group [syn: religious doctrine,
church doctrine, gospel, creed]
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decide
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v 1: reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We
finally decided after lengthy deliberations" [syn:
decide, make up one's mind, determine]
2: bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided";
"The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The
father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their
inheritance" [syn: decide, settle, resolve,
adjudicate]
3: cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!"
4: influence or determine; "The vote in New Hampshire often
decides the outcome of the Presidential election"
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deed
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n 1: a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect
a transfer of property and to show the legal right to
possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his
car in the glove compartment" [syn: deed, deed of
conveyance, title]
2: something that people do or cause to happen [syn: act,
deed, human action, human activity]
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deride
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v 1: treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's
attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
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divide
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n 1: a serious disagreement between two groups of people
(typically producing tension or hostility)
2: a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
[syn: watershed, water parting, divide]
v 1: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into
three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman
Empire after World War I" [syn: divide, split, split
up, separate, dissever, carve up] [ant: unify,
unite]
2: perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" [syn:
divide, fraction] [ant: multiply]
3: act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range
divides the two countries" [syn: separate, divide]
4: come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
[syn: separate, divide, part]
5: make a division or separation [syn: separate, divide]
6: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting
children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: separate,
disunite, divide, part]
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dried
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adj 1: not still wet; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with
dried tears"
2: preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried
fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut
meat" [syn: dried, dehydrated, desiccated]
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dyed
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adj 1: (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a
bleached blonde" [syn: bleached, colored, coloured,
dyed]
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feed
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n 1: food for domestic livestock [syn: feed, provender]
v 1: provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"
2: give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't
give the child this tough meat" [syn: feed, give] [ant:
famish, starve]
3: feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
4: introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
[syn: feed, feed in]
5: support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"
6: take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat
certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" [syn: feed,
eat]
7: serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
8: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the
Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: run, flow,
feed, course]
9: profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her
insecurity" [syn: prey, feed]
10: gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view" [syn: feed,
feast]
11: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should
fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [syn:
fertilize, fertilise, feed]
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fried
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adj 1: cooked by frying in fat [syn: fried, deep-fried]
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glide
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n 1: a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant [syn:
semivowel, glide]
2: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in
contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of
the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy
slope" [syn: slide, glide, coast]
3: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding,
sailplaning, soaring, sailing]
v 1: move smoothly and effortlessly
2: fly in or as if in a glider plane
3: cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly
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greed
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n 1: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially
more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
2: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice,
greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia]
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guide
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n 1: someone employed to conduct others [syn: usher, guide]
2: someone who shows the way by leading or advising
3: something that offers basic information or instruction [syn:
guidebook, guide]
4: a model or standard for making comparisons [syn: template,
templet, guide]
5: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory [syn:
scout, pathfinder, guide]
6: a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or
positioning of something
v 1: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
[syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre,
direct, point, head, guide, channelize,
channelise]
2: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you
take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the
palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide]
3: be a guiding or motivating force or drive; "The teacher
steered the gifted students towards the more challenging
courses" [syn: guide, steer]
4: use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on" [syn:
guide, guide on]
5: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her
body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He
drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run,
draw, pass]
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heed
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n 1: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless
people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends
without heed to the consequences" [syn: attentiveness,
heed, regard, paying attention] [ant: heedlessness,
inattentiveness]
v 1: pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of
the old men" [syn: heed, mind, listen]
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hide
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n 1: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
[syn: hide, fell]
2: body covering of a living animal [syn: hide, pelt,
skin]
v 1: prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide
their faces"; "hide the money" [syn: hide, conceal]
[ant: show]
2: be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection
and safety; "Probably his horse would be close to where he
was hiding"; "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana" [syn:
hide, hide out]
3: cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization
are shrouded in mystery" [syn: shroud, enshroud, hide,
cover]
4: make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or
concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat" [syn:
obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide]
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inside
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adv 1: within a building; "in winter we play inside" [syn:
inside, indoors] [ant: alfresco, out of doors,
outdoors, outside]
2: on the inside; "inside, the car is a mess" [syn: inside,
within] [ant: outside]
3: with respect to private feelings; "inwardly, she was raging"
[syn: inwardly, inside] [ant: outwardly]
4: in reality; "she is very kind at heart" [syn: at heart, at
bottom, deep down, inside, in spite of appearance]
adj 1: relating to or being on the side closer to the center or
within a defined space; "he reached into his inside
jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between
home plate and the batter" [ant: outside]
2: being or applying to the inside of a building; "an inside
wall"
3: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge";
"inside information"; "privileged information" [syn:
inside, inner, privileged]
4: away from the outer edge; "an inner lahne"; "the inside lane"
n 1: the region that is inside of something [syn: inside,
interior] [ant: exterior, outside]
2: the inner or enclosed surface of something [syn: inside,
interior] [ant: exterior, outside]
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knead
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v 1: make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is
soft" [syn: knead, work]
2: manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal
or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a
sponge" [syn: massage, rub down, knead]
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lead
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n 1: an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the
lead at the last turn"
2: a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white
when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the
children were playing with lead soldiers" [syn: lead, Pb,
atomic number 82]
3: evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are
following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the
perpetrator" [syn: lead, track, trail]
4: a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the
lead'); "he takes the lead in any group"; "we were just
waiting for someone to take the lead"; "they didn't follow
our lead"
5: the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the
position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time
of the missile)
6: the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing lead-
in to a very serious matter" [syn: lead, lead-in, lede]
7: (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
[ant: deficit]
8: an actor who plays a principal role [syn: star,
principal, lead]
9: (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to
advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first"
10: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead,
steer, confidential information, wind, hint]
11: a news story of major importance [syn: lead, lead story]
12: the timing of ignition relative to the position of the
piston in an internal-combustion engine [syn: spark
advance, lead]
13: restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to
restrain an animal [syn: leash, tether, lead]
14: thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in
printing [syn: lead, leading]
15: mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of
hardness; the marking substance in a pencil [syn: lead,
pencil lead]
16: a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a
tangle of jumper cables and clip leads" [syn: jumper
cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable]
17: the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead
was in the dummy"
v 1: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can
you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the
palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide]
2: have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the
silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" [syn:
leave, result, lead]
3: tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments
among the guests"
4: travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession
was headed by John" [syn: lead, head]
5: cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to
forge the checks"
6: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or
extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service
runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very
far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life";
"The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal
assets" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend]
7: be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" [syn: head,
lead]
8: be ahead of others; be the first; "she topped her class every
year" [syn: lead, top]
9: be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead
to better writing" [syn: contribute, lead, conduce]
10: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an
orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for
years" [syn: conduct, lead, direct]
11: lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the
basement"; "The road runs South" [syn: go, lead]
12: move ahead (of others) in time or space [syn: precede,
lead] [ant: follow]
13: cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire
behind the cabinet" [syn: run, lead]
14: preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn:
moderate, chair, lead]
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lied
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n 1: a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano
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mead
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n 1: United States anthropologist noted for her claims about
adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures
(1901-1978) [syn: Mead, Margaret Mead]
2: United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931) [syn:
Mead, George Herbert Mead]
3: made of fermented honey and water
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misguide
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v 1: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong
directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town
driver" [syn: mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead
astray]
2: give bad advice to [syn: misadvise, misguide]
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nationwide
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adv 1: extending throughout an entire nation; "nationally
advertised"; "it was broadcast nationwide" [syn:
nationally, nationwide, across the nation, across
the country]
adj 1: occurring or extending throughout a country or nation;
"the event aroused nationwide interest"; "a countrywide
fund-raising campaign" [syn: countrywide, nationwide]
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need
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n 1: a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for
affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His
work"; "there is a demand for jobs" [syn: need, demand]
2: anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient
means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his
wants" [syn: need, want]
3: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action
toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which
gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not
understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of
motives" [syn: motivation, motive, need]
4: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence
appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the
homeless" [syn: indigence, need, penury, pauperism,
pauperization]
v 1: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do
what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This
job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position
demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls
for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not
postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask,
postulate, need, require, take, involve, call
for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of]
2: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent
tuner" [syn: want, need, require]
3: have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"
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outside
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adv 1: outside a building; "in summer we play outside" [syn:
outside, outdoors, out of doors, alfresco] [ant:
indoors, inside]
2: on the outside; "outside, the box is black" [ant: inside,
within]
adj 1: relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit;
"an outside margin" [ant: inside]
2: coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera
spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income";
"disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: external,
extraneous, outside]
3: originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside
world"; "outside interests"; "an outside job"
4: located, suited for, or taking place in the open air;
"outdoor clothes"; "badminton and other outdoor games"; "a
beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding" [syn:
outdoor(a), out-of-door, outside] [ant: indoor(a)]
5: functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an
organized unit; "extramural hospital care and treatment";
"extramural studies"
6: leading to or from the outside; "an outside door"
7: from or between other countries; "external commerce";
"international trade"; "developing nations need outside help"
[syn: external, international, outside(a)]
8: very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility";
"a remote contingency" [syn: outside, remote]
9: on or toward an outer edge; "an outer lane"; "the outside
lane"
10: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the
batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
[syn: away, outside]
n 1: the region that is outside of something [syn: outside,
exterior] [ant: inside, interior]
2: the outer side or surface of something [syn: outside,
exterior] [ant: inside, interior]
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pied
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adj 1: having sections or patches colored differently and
usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the
painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald
horse"; "pied daisies" [syn: motley, calico,
multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-
colour, multicolored, multi-colored,
multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted,
particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured]
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plead
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v 1: appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
2: offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"
3: enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"
4: make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding,
especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by
denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
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preside
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v 1: act as president; "preside over companies and corporations"
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pride
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n 1: a feeling of self-respect and personal worth [syn: pride,
pridefulness] [ant: humbleness, humility]
2: satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements; "he takes
pride in his son's success"
3: the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below
your standards
4: a group of lions
5: unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one
of the deadly sins) [syn: pride, superbia]
v 1: be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law
school" [syn: pride, plume, congratulate]
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provide
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v 1: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the
room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide,
render, furnish]
2: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or
sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
[syn: provide, supply, ply, cater]
3: determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies),
especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation;
"The will provides that each child should receive half of the
money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free
speech"
4: mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
[syn: put up, provide, offer]
5: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be
attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for
improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion";
"allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip";
"This procedure provides for lots of leeway" [syn: leave,
allow for, allow, provide]
6: supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for
his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not
only take care of the household but also bring home the
bacon" [syn: provide, bring home the bacon]
7: take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper
care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
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read
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n 1: something that is read; "the article was a very good read"
v 1: interpret something that is written or printed; "read the
advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
2: have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads
as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: read, say]
3: look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is
written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at
noon"
4: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read
by the computer" [syn: read, scan]
5: interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves,
intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the
sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior";
"The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
6: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular
meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire";
"How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for
this!" [syn: take, read]
7: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the
bar exam" [syn: learn, study, read, take]
8: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The
thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge
read `empty'" [syn: read, register, show, record]
9: audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is
auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
10: to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
11: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you
read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret,
translate]
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reed
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n 1: tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
2: United States journalist who reported on the October
Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist
Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in
Moscow (1887-1920) [syn: Reed, John Reed]
3: United States physician who proved that yellow fever is
transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) [syn: Reed, Walter
Reed]
4: a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that
vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the
clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece" [syn:
reed, vibrating reed]
5: a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
[syn: beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, reed]
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reside
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v 1: make one's home in a particular place or community; "may
parents reside in Florida" [syn: reside, shack,
domicile, domiciliate]
2: live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he
occupies two rooms on the top floor" [syn: occupy,
reside, lodge in]
3: be inherent or innate in; [syn: rest, reside, repose]
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ride
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n 1: a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took
the family for a drive in his new car" [syn: drive,
ride]
2: a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
v 1: sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while
controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you
ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young
mare" [syn: ride, sit]
2: be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a
bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" [ant: walk]
3: continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride"
4: move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night
sky"
5: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod,
tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally,
ride]
6: be sustained or supported or borne; "His glasses rode high on
his nose"; "The child rode on his mother's hips"; "She rode a
wave of popularity"; "The brothers rode to an easy victory on
their father's political name"
7: have certain properties when driven; "This car rides
smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" [syn: drive, ride]
8: be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the
election"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" [syn:
depend on, devolve on, depend upon, ride, turn on,
hinge on, hinge upon]
9: lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor"
10: sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work
every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through
town"
11: climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt
keeps riding up my legs"
12: ride over, along, or through; "Ride the freeways of
California"
13: keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with
the foot; "Don't ride the clutch!"
14: copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" [syn: ride,
mount]
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screed
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n 1: a long monotonous harangue
2: a long piece of writing
3: an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or
floor as guide for the even application of plaster or
concrete
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seed
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n 1: a small hard fruit
2: a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and
its food source and having a protective coat or testa
3: one of the outstanding players in a tournament [syn: seeded
player, seed]
4: anything that provides inspiration for later work [syn:
source, seed, germ]
5: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed,
seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come]
v 1: go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"
2: help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by
providing seed money
3: bear seeds
4: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She
sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: sow, seed]
5: distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or
players will not meet in the early rounds
6: sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause
rain; "seed clouds"
7: inoculate with microorganisms
8: remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"
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side
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adj 1: located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch" [ant:
bottom(a), top(a)]
n 1: a place within a region identified relative to a center or
reference location; "they always sat on the right side of
the church"; "he never left my side"
2: one of two or more contesting groups; "the Confederate side
was prepared to attack"
3: either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in
his side"
4: a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he
examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the
face of the leaf" [syn: side, face]
5: an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box
over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four
sides of the house"
6: an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied
aspect); "he was on the heavy side"; "he is on the purchasing
side of the business"; "it brought out his better side"
7: a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane
figure; "the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the
longest side"
8: a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his
father's side"
9: a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for
food [syn: side, side of meat]
10: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an
argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
[syn: side, position]
11: an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep
slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
[syn: slope, incline, side]
12: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side
or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: English, side]
v 1: take sides for or against; "Who are you widing with?"; "I"m
siding against the current candidate"
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slide
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n 1: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens
can be mounted for microscopic study [syn: slide,
microscope slide]
2: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or
snow etc.
3: (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the
violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides" [syn:
swoop, slide]
4: plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children
can slide [syn: slide, playground slide, sliding board]
5: the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in
contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of
the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy
slope" [syn: slide, glide, coast]
6: a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide
projector [syn: slide, lantern slide]
7: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn:
chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough]
v 1: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn:
skid, slip, slue, slew, slide]
2: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid through
the wicket in the big gate" [syn: slither, slide]
3: move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the
other gambler"
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snide
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adj 1: expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious
smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many
a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one" [syn:
supercilious, sneering, snide]
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speed
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n 1: distance travelled per unit time [syn: speed, velocity]
2: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the
project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: speed,
swiftness, fastness]
3: changing location rapidly [syn: speed, speeding,
hurrying]
4: the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera)
lens system [syn: focal ratio, f number, stop number,
speed]
5: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms
of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, upper,
speed]
v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
"The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot,
hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush
along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along,
step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger]
2: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed
up, speed, quicken] [ant: decelerate, retard,
slow, slow down, slow up]
3: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip]
4: travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket
for speeding"
5: cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn:
accelerate, speed, speed up] [ant: decelerate, slow
down]
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steed
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n 1: (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
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stride
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n 1: a step in walking or running [syn: pace, stride,
tread]
2: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces
from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace,
step, stride]
3: significant progress (especially in the phrase "make
strides"); "they made big strides in productivity"
v 1: walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the
hall"
2: cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several
miles towards the woods"
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subdivide
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v 1: form into subdivisions; "The cells subdivided"
2: divide into smaller and smaller pieces; "This apartment
cannot be subdivided any further!"
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subside
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v 1: wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" [syn: subside,
lessen]
2: sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys
subside"
3: sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters
become calm" [syn: subside, settle]
4: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He
sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn: sink,
subside]
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tide
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n 1: the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the
gravitational pull of the moon
2: something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of
the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest"
3: there are usually two high and two low tides each day [syn:
tide, lunar time period]
v 1: rise or move forward; "surging waves" [syn: tide,
surge] [ant: ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off,
ebb out]
2: cause to float with the tide
3: be carried with the tide
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tied
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adj 1: bound or secured closely; "the guard was found trussed up
with his arms and legs securely tied"; "a trussed
chicken" [syn: trussed, tied]
2: bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by
a bond of affection; "people tied by blood or marriage"
3: fastened with strings or cords; "a neatly tied bundle" [syn:
tied, fastened] [ant: unfastened, untied]
4: closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes" [syn: laced,
tied] [ant: unlaced, untied]
5: of the score in a contest; "the score is tied" [syn:
tied(p), even, level(p)]
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tried
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adj 1: tested and proved useful or correct; "a tested method"
[syn: tested, tried, well-tried]
2: tested and proved to be reliable [syn: tested, time-
tested, tried, tried and true]
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tweed
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n 1: thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in
Scotland
2: (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine
or tweed or white cloth [syn: flannel, gabardine,
tweed, white]
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untied
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adj 1: not tied [syn: untied, unfastened] [ant: fastened,
tied]
2: with laces not tied; "teenagers slopping around in unlaced
sneakers" [syn: unlaced, untied] [ant: laced, tied]
3: not bound by shackles and chains [syn: unchained,
unfettered, unshackled, untied]
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untried
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adj 1: not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery
volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator
untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"
[syn: unseasoned, untested, untried, young]
2: not yet proved or subjected to testing; "an untested drug";
"untested theory"; "an untried procedure" [syn: untested,
untried]
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upside
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n 1: the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books
on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was
painted" [syn: top, top side, upper side, upside]
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weed
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n 1: any plant that crowds out cultivated plants [ant:
cultivated plant]
2: a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of
mourning [syn: weed, mourning band]
3: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green
goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke,
skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
v 1: clear of weeds; "weed the garden"
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wide
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adv 1: with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart";
"ran wide around left end"
2: to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with
the throttle wide open"
3: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the
mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn:
wide, astray]
4: to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide
through many lands"; "he traveled widely" [syn: wide,
widely]
adj 1: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the
other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins";
"three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad
shoulders"; "a broad river" [syn: wide, broad] [ant:
narrow]
2: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases";
"an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against
human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad
applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"-
T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: across-the-
board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive,
blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive,
panoptic, wide]
3: (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide
eyes" [syn: wide-eyed, wide]
4: very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide
plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies" [syn: broad,
spacious, wide]
5: great in degree; "won by a wide margin" [ant: narrow]
6: having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers";
"a full skirt" [syn: wide, wide-cut, full]
7: not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of
the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth" [syn: wide,
wide of the mark]
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worldwide
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adj 1: spanning or extending throughout the entire world;
"worldwide distribution"; "a worldwide epidemic" [syn:
worldwide, world-wide]
2: involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in
scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither
national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis";
"of worldwide significance" [syn: global, planetary,
world(a), worldwide, world-wide]
3: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of
cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical
comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal
experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical,
oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-
wide]
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clyde
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n 1: a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern
uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing
vessels as far as Glasgow
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bede
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n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
[syn: Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint
Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the
Venerable Bede]
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reid
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n 1: Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas
of David Hume (1710-1796) [syn: Reid, Thomas Reid]
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swede
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n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sweden
2: a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
[syn: rutabaga, turnip cabbage, swede, Swedish
turnip, rutabaga plant, Brassica napus napobrassica]
3: the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food [syn:
rutabaga, swede, swedish turnip, yellow turnip]
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meed
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n 1: a fitting reward
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gide
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n 1: French author and dramatist who is regarded as the father
of modern French literature (1869-1951) [syn: Gide,
Andre Gide, Andre Paul Guillaume Gide]
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rede
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v 1: give an interpretation or explanation to [syn: rede,
interpret]
2: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students";
"The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
[syn: rede, advise, counsel]
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belied
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beside
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complied
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cried
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decried
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defied
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denied
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died
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fide
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he'd
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implied
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plied
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pried
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relied
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replied
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she'd
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shied
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spied
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stateside
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supplied
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vide
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we'd
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reade
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