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amend
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v 1: make amendments to; "amend the document"
2: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his
changes" [syn: better, improve, amend, ameliorate,
meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate,
worsen]
3: set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify
the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" [syn:
rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend]
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append
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v 1: add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel
where he used an invented language" [syn: append, add
on, supplement, affix]
2: fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace" [syn:
append, tag on, tack on, tack, hang on]
3: state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
[syn: add, append, supply]
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apprehend
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v 1: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the
meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture,
comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass,
apprehend]
2: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest,
pick up, nab, cop]
3: anticipate with dread or anxiety [syn: apprehend, quail
at]
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ascend
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v 1: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder";
"The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope" [syn:
ascend, go up] [ant: come down, descend, fall,
go down]
2: go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may
not ascend linearly"
3: become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the
King's death"
4: appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the
vine climbed up the side of the house" [syn: ascend, climb
up]
5: go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the
Delaware"
6: slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
7: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun
uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
[syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down,
go under, set]
8: move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She
ascended from a life of poverty to one of great [syn:
ascend, move up, rise]
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attend
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v 1: be present at (meetings, church services, university),
etc.; "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend
services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?" [syn:
attend, go to] [ant: miss]
2: 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]
3: to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result;
"Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing
ovation"
4: work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends
the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table,
please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister
served the King for many years" [syn: serve, attend to,
wait on, attend, assist]
5: give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the
recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They
attended to everything he said" [syn: attend, hang,
advert, pay heed, give ear]
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befriend
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v 1: become friends with; "John and Eric soon became friends";
"Have you made friends yet in your new environment?"
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bend
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n 1: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a
crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn]
2: movement that causes the formation of a curve [syn:
bending, bend]
3: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
[syn: bend, curve]
4: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the
napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her
blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
[syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp,
bend]
5: a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade
Range
6: diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner
to the lower left [syn: bend, bend dexter]
v 1: form a curve; "The stick does not bend" [syn: bend,
flex] [ant: straighten, unbend]
2: change direction; "The road bends"
3: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;
"bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong
man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, bend, deform,
twist, turn] [ant: unbend]
4: bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched
down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped
to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: crouch, stoop, bend,
bow]
5: turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of
interest [syn: deflect, bend, turn away]
6: bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees" [syn:
flex, bend]
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blend
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n 1: an occurrence of thorough mixing
2: a new word formed by joining two others and combining their
meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel'
is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'";
"`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau" [syn: blend,
portmanteau word, portmanteau]
3: the act of blending components together thoroughly [syn:
blend, blending]
v 1: combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together";
"he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much"
[syn: blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle]
2: blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in
your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" [syn:
blend, go, blend in]
3: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
[syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
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boyfriend
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n 1: a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd
known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" [syn:
boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man]
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commend
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v 1: express approval of
2: present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence; "His
paintings commend him to the artistic world"
3: give to in charge; "I commend my children to you"
4: express a good opinion of [syn: commend, recommend]
5: mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship;
"Remember me to your wife" [syn: commend, remember]
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comprehend
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v 1: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the
meaning of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture,
comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass,
apprehend]
2: to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the
ship coming over the horizon" [syn: perceive, comprehend]
3: include in scope; include as part of something broader; have
as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide
range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should
cover everyone in the group" [syn: embrace, encompass,
comprehend, cover]
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end
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n 1: either extremity of something that has length; "the end of
the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode
to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior
arches of the fornix" [syn: end, terminal]
2: the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the
year"; "the ending of warranty period" [syn: end, ending]
[ant: beginning, commencement, first, get-go,
kickoff, middle, offset, outset, showtime, start,
starting time]
3: the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was
exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" [syn: end,
last, final stage]
4: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and
that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve
it; "the ends justify the means" [syn: goal, end]
5: a final part or section; "we have given it at the end of the
section since it involves the calculus"; "Start at the
beginning and go on until you come to the end" [ant:
beginning, middle]
6: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called
glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: end,
destruction, death]
7: the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional
object; "one end of the box was marked `This side up'"
8: (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of
scrimmage; "the end managed to hold onto the pass"
9: a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of
town"
10: one of two places from which people are communicating to
each other; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends
wrote at the same time"
11: the part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
12: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want
to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing,
ending]
13: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been
used or sold [syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment]
14: (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "no
one wanted to play end"
v 1: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense;
either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate
in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe
upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the
bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: end,
stop, finish, terminate, cease] [ant: begin,
start]
2: bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she
found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The
attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period
after WW I" [syn: end, terminate] [ant: begin,
commence, get, get down, lead off, set about, set
out, start, start out]
3: be the end of; be the last or concluding part of; "This sad
scene ended the movie" [syn: end, terminate]
4: put an end to; "The terrible news ended our hopes that he had
survived"
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friend
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n 1: a person you know well and regard with affection and trust;
"he was my best friend at the university"
2: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a
good ally in fight" [syn: ally, friend] [ant: enemy,
foe]
3: a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble
remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are
friends of the family" [syn: acquaintance, friend] [ant:
alien, stranger, unknown]
4: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their
supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the
library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion,
admirer, booster, friend]
5: a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by
George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
[syn: Friend, Quaker]
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girlfriend
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n 1: any female friend; "Mary and her girlfriend organized the
party"
2: a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically
involved; "his girlfriend kicked him out" [syn: girlfriend,
girl, lady friend]
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impend
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v 1: be imminent or about to happen; "Changes are impending"
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pitchblende
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n 1: a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of
radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium;
uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is
the chief uranium ore [syn: uraninite, pitchblende]
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portend
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v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn:
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen,
presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell,
prefigure, forecast, predict]
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pretend
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adj 1: imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of
theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water
to catch pretend fish" [syn: make-believe, pretend]
n 1: the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend" [syn:
make-believe, pretend]
v 1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that
he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham,
pretend, affect, dissemble]
2: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" [syn:
dissemble, pretend, act]
3: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of;
"pretend the title of King"
4: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I
am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again";
"I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: guess,
venture, pretend, hazard]
5: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act
like; "She makes like an actress" [syn: make, pretend,
make believe]
6: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted
his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide
bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine" [syn:
profess, pretend]
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rend
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v 1: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to
bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn:
rend, rip, rive, pull]
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send
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v 1: cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying
in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed
all his energies into his dissertation" [syn: send,
direct]
2: to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to
another place; "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the
proper people and had slept" [syn: send, send out]
3: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send
me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's
written" [syn: mail, post, send]
4: transport commercially [syn: transport, send, ship]
5: assign to a station [syn: station, post, send, place]
6: transfer; "The spy sent the classified information off to
Russia" [syn: send, get off, send off]
7: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After
the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was
committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize,
institutionalise, send, charge]
8: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We
cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send,
broadcast, beam, transmit]
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spend
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v 1: pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your
summer vacation?" [syn: spend, pass]
2: pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, expend, drop]
3: spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days"
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stipend
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n 1: a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for
some specific purpose
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subtend
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v 1: be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry [syn:
subtend, delimit]
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unbend
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v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten,
unbend] [ant: bend, flex]
2: unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
3: free from flexure; "unbend a bow" [ant: bend, deform,
flex, turn, twist]
4: make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope" [syn:
relax, unbend]
5: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in
the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn:
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow
down] [ant: tense, tense up]
6: release from mental strain, tension, or formality; "unbend
the mind from absorbing too much information"
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upend
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v 1: become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended"
2: set, turn, or stand on end; "upend the box and empty the
contents"
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vend
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v 1: sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle,
monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch]
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weekend
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n 1: a time period usually extending from Friday night through
Sunday; more loosely defined as any period of successive
days including one and only one Sunday
v 1: spend the weekend
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wend
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v 1: direct one's course or way; "wend your way through the
crowds"
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blende
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n 1: an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely
of zinc sulfide in crystalline form [syn: zinc blende,
blende, sphalerite]
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pend
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