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adore
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v 1: love intensely; "he just adored his wife"
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anymore
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adv 1: at the present or from now on; usually used with a
negative; "Alice doesn't live here anymore"; "the
children promised not to quarrel any more" [syn:
anymore, any longer]
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before
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adv 1: earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before";
"as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your
call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four
years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier" [syn:
earlier, before]
2: at or in the front; "I see the lights of a town ahead"; "the
road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we couldn't
see over the heads of the people in front"; "with the cross
of Jesus marching on before" [syn: ahead, in front,
before]
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bore
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n 1: a person who evokes boredom [syn: bore, dullard]
2: a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by
colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) [syn: tidal
bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager]
3: diameter of a tube or gun barrel [syn: bore, gauge,
caliber, calibre]
4: a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for
exploratory purposes [syn: bore, bore-hole, drill hole]
v 1: cause to be bored [syn: bore, tire] [ant: interest]
2: make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool;
"don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into
the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes
into the wall" [syn: bore, drill]
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consignor
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n 1: the person who delivers over or commits merchandise [syn:
consigner, consignor]
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core
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n 1: a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five
periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
[syn: core, nucleus, core group]
2: the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core"
3: the central part of the Earth
4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the
story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center,
centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul,
inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-
gritty]
5: a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow
drill
6: an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to
work for racial equality [syn: Congress of Racial Equality,
CORE]
7: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
[syn: effect, essence, burden, core, gist]
8: (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a
random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded
by semiconductor memories; "each core has three wires passing
through it, providing the means to select and detect the
contents of each bit" [syn: core, magnetic core]
9: the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile
material where the reaction takes place
10: a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes
through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the
coil
v 1: remove the core or center from; "core an apple"
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explore
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v 1: inquire into; "the students had to research the history of
the Second World War for their history project"; "He
searched for information on his relatives on the web";
"Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"
[syn: research, search, explore]
2: travel to or penetrate into; "explore unknown territory in
biology"
3: examine minutely
4: examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
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fore
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adv 1: near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane;
"the captain went fore (or forward) to check the
instruments" [syn: fore, forward] [ant: abaft,
aft, astern]
adj 1: situated at or toward the bow of a vessel [ant: aft(a)]
n 1: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore,
prow, stem]
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four
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adj 1: being one more than three [syn: four, 4, iv]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one [syn:
four, 4, IV, tetrad, quatern, quaternion,
quaternary, quaternity, quartet, quadruplet,
foursome, Little Joe]
2: a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four
pips [syn: four-spot, four]
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galore
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adj 1: in great numbers; "daffodils galore"
2: existing in abundance; "abounding confidence"; "whiskey
galore" [syn: abounding, galore(ip)]
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heretofore
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adv 1: used in negative statement to describe a situation that
has existed up to this point or up to the present time;
"So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet" [syn:
so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto,
heretofore, as yet, yet, til now, until now]
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hoar
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adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, grey-
haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed,
grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired]
n 1: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects
outside) [syn: frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime]
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ignore
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v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
[syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut]
2: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his
advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush
off, discount, push aside, ignore]
3: fail to notice [ant: mark, note, notice]
4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
neglect, ignore, disregard]
5: be ignorant of or in the dark about [ant: cognise,
cognize, know]
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implore
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v 1: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
[syn: beg, implore, pray]
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lore
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n 1: knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; "early
peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend"
[syn: lore, traditional knowledge]
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mackinaw
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n 1: a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material
[syn: mackinaw, Mackinaw coat]
2: a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern
United States [syn: mackinaw, Mackinaw blanket]
3: a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes [syn:
mackinaw, Mackinaw boat]
4: a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a
plaid design
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more
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adv 1: used to form the comparative of some adjectives and
adverbs; "more interesting"; "more beautiful"; "more
quickly" [syn: more, to a greater extent] [ant:
less, to a lesser extent]
2: comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent; "he works
more now"; "they eat more than they should" [ant: less]
adj 1: (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier
meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree;
"more land"; "more support"; "more rain fell"; "more than
a gallon" [syn: more(a), more than] [ant: less(a)]
2: (comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier
meaning greater in number; "a hall with more seats"; "we have
no more bananas"; "more than one" [ant: fewer]
n 1: English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from
Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded;
recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state [syn:
More, Thomas More, Sir Thomas More]
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oar
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n 1: an implement used to propel or steer a boat
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or
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n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn:
Oregon, Beaver State, OR]
2: a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical
operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms
aseptic" [syn: operating room, OR, operating theater,
operating theatre, surgery]
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score
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n 1: a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a
student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra";
"grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
[syn: mark, grade, score]
2: a written form of a musical composition; parts for different
instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he
studied the score of the sonata" [syn: score, musical
score]
3: a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an
individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"
4: a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one
returned"
5: grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected
on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but
his success on that score was doubtful" [syn: score,
account]
6: the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the
score"
7: an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my
score and I'll settle later"
8: a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep
a tally) [syn: score, scotch]
9: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a
grudge"; "settling a score" [syn: grudge, score,
grievance]
10: the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score
came with less than a minute left to play"
11: a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his
seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of
male slang" [syn: sexual conquest, score]
v 1: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times";
"He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn:
score, hit, tally, rack up]
2: make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before
firing it" [syn: score, nock, mark]
3: make underscoring marks [syn: score, mark]
4: write a musical score for
5: induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you
score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: seduce,
score, make]
6: get a certain number or letter indicating quality or
performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"
7: assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation;
"grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn:
grade, score, mark]
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shore
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n 1: the land along the edge of a body of water
2: a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to
provide support [syn: shore, shoring]
v 1: serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees"
2: arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" [syn:
land, set ashore, shore]
3: support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore
and buttress an old building" [syn: prop up, prop, shore
up, shore]
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snore
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n 1: the rattling noise produced when snoring
2: the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound [syn:
snore, snoring, stertor]
v 1: breathe noisily during one's sleep; "she complained that
her husband snores" [syn: snore, saw wood, saw logs]
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sore
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adj 1: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
2: causing misery or pain or distress; "it was a sore trial to
him"; "the painful process of growing up" [syn: afflictive,
painful, sore]
3: roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain;
"she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his
friend"; "sore over a remark" [syn: huffy, mad, sore]
n 1: an open skin infection
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store
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n 1: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or
services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn:
shop, store]
2: a supply of something available for future use; "he brought
back a large store of Cuban cigars" [syn: store, stock,
fund]
3: an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the
central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
[syn: memory, computer memory, storage, computer
storage, store, memory board]
4: a depository for goods; "storehouses were built close to the
docks" [syn: storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage,
store]
v 1: keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the
winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation
when he doesn't eat" [syn: store, hive away, lay in,
put in, salt away, stack away, stash away]
2: find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we
stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the
attic so I sold some"
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tore
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n 1: commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column [syn:
torus, tore]
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whore
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n 1: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money [syn:
prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart,
cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady,
lady of pleasure, woman of the street]
v 1: work as a prostitute
2: have unlawful sex with a whore
3: compromise oneself for money or other gains; "She whored
herself to Hollywood"
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thor
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n 1: (Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming;
pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the
thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar
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hardcore
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adj 1: intensely loyal; "his hard-core supporters" [syn: hard-
core, hardcore]
2: extremely explicit; "hard-core pornography" [syn: hard-
core, hardcore]
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saginaw
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n 1: a town in east central Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron
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for
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nor
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swore
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wore
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your
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lenore
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