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anyway
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adv 1: used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a
previous statement; "Anyhow, he is dead now"; "I think
they're asleep; anyhow, they're quiet"; "I don't know
what happened to it; anyway, it's gone"; "anyway, there
is another factor to consider"; "I don't know how it
started; in any case, there was a brief scuffle"; "in any
event, the government faced a serious protest"; "but at
any rate he got a knighthood for it" [syn: anyhow,
anyway, anyways, in any case, at any rate, in
any event]
2: in any way whatsoever; "they came anyhow they could"; "get it
done anyway you can" [syn: anyhow, anyway]
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away
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adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is
obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away
from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school";
"the teacher waved the children away from the dead
animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go
forth and preach" [syn: away, off, forth]
2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave
away the tickets" [syn: away, out]
3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush
the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn:
aside, away]
4: out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain
away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours
away"; "her fingernails were worn away"
5: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or
away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away
back in the 18th century" [syn: off, away]
6: indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he
worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child
kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"
7: so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess
away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
8: freely or at will; "fire away!"
9: in or into a proper place (especially for storage or
safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked
away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"
10: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside]
11: 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]
adj 1: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you
must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother
is away"
2: used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: home(a)]
3: (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]
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aweigh
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adj 1: (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom; "anchors
aweigh"
2: (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom [syn: aweigh,
atrip]
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breakaway
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adj 1: having separated or advocating separation from another
entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" [syn:
breakaway, fissiparous, separatist]
n 1: the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a
breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away
from family and neighborhood" [syn: breakaway, breaking
away]
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caraway
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n 1: a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway
seed [syn: caraway, Carum carvi]
2: leaves used sparingly in soups and stews
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castaway
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n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn:
outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael]
2: a shipwrecked person [syn: castaway, shipwreck survivor]
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croquet
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n 1: a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series
of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops
and hit a peg
v 1: drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the
opponent's ball"
2: play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a
series of hoops
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cutaway
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n 1: a representation (drawing or model) of something in which
the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts [syn:
cutaway, cutaway drawing, cutaway model]
2: a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the
knees
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flyaway
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adj 1: guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls" [syn:
flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds,
scatterbrained]
2: (of hair or clothing) worn loose; "her flyaway hair"; "a
flyaway coat"
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foldaway
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adj 1: capable of being folded up and stored; "a foldaway bed"
[syn: foldable, foldaway, folding(a)]
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freeway
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n 1: a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic [syn:
expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state
highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway]
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getaway
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n 1: the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his
car has a lot of pickup" [syn: pickup, getaway]
2: a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean
getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
[syn: getaway, lam]
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giveaway
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n 1: a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of
a limited group
2: an unintentional disclosure
3: a television or radio program in which contestants compete
for awards [syn: game show, giveaway]
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hallway
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n 1: an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the
elevators were at the end of the hall" [syn: hallway,
hall]
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hideaway
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n 1: a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws
[syn: hideout, hideaway, den]
2: an area where you can be alone [syn: hideaway, retreat]
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leeway
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n 1: (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
2: a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move
within limits [syn: allowance, leeway, margin,
tolerance]
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motorway
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n 1: a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic [syn:
expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state
highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway]
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parkway
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n 1: a wide scenic road planted with trees; "the riverside drive
offers many exciting scenic views" [syn: drive,
parkway]
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runaway
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adj 1: completely out of control; "runaway inflation"
n 1: an easy victory [syn: runaway, blowout, romp,
laugher, shoo-in, walkaway]
2: someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives
from the sweatshops" [syn: fugitive, runaway, fleer]
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seaway
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n 1: a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels
[syn: seaway, sea lane, ship route, trade route]
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stowaway
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n 1: a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of
getting free passage
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straightaway
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adv 1: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening;
"he answered immediately"; "found an answer
straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should
be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn:
immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight
off, directly, now, right away, at once,
forthwith, like a shot]
adj 1: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to
my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a
straightaway denial" [syn: immediate, prompt,
quick, straightaway]
n 1: a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse [syn:
straightaway, straight]
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subway
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n 1: an electric railway operating below the surface of the
ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is
called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or
the `underground'" [syn: metro, tube, underground,
subway system, subway]
2: an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to
cross a road or railway [syn: underpass, subway]
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sway
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n 1: controlling influence
2: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen,
sway, tilt]
v 1: move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking";
"the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on
her feet" [syn: rock, sway, shake]
2: move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
[syn: swing, sway]
3: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His
speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade,
sway]
4: cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the
baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" [syn: rock,
sway]
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takeaway
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n 1: prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the
premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'"
[syn: takeout, takeout food, takeaway]
2: a concession made by a labor union to a company that is
trying to lower its expenditures
3: the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the
offense (as by the interception of a pass)
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throwaway
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adj 1: thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes";
"throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged
some thrown-away furniture" [syn: cast-off(a),
discarded, throwaway(a), thrown-away(a)]
2: intended to be thrown away after use; "throwaway diapers"
n 1: (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned
and roams the streets [syn: street arab, gamin,
throwaway]
2: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet)
intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to
all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill, bill,
broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway]
3: words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
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waterway
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n 1: a navigable body of water
2: a conduit through which water flows [syn: watercourse,
waterway]
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way
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adv 1: to a great degree or by a great distance; very much
(`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way
over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill
is right smart steeper than the side we are on" [syn:
way, right smart]
n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode
of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a
lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn:
manner, mode, style, way, fashion]
2: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of
control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction";
"the true way to success" [syn: means, agency, way]
3: a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other
direction"; "didn't know the way home" [syn: direction,
way]
4: the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I
felt the same way"
5: a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our
separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius
usually follows a revolutionary path" [syn: way, path,
way of life]
6: any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage
from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the
way out"
7: a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
8: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly
enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: room, way, elbow
room]
9: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to
Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
10: doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
11: a general category of things; used in the expression `in the
way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
12: a portion of something divided into shares; "they split the
loot three ways"
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bombay
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n 1: a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian
Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the
only natural deep-water harbor in western India [syn:
Mumbai, Bombay]
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cliche
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n 1: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche,
banality, commonplace, bromide]
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galloway
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n 1: a district in southwestern Scotland
2: breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland
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hathaway
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n 1: wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623) [syn: Hathaway,
Anne Hathaway]
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mulloway
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n 1: large important food fish of Australia; almost
indistinguishable from the maigre [syn: mulloway,
jewfish, Sciaena antarctica]
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tearaway
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adj 1: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or
deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such
impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous
display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades";
(`brainish' is archaic) [syn: hotheaded, impulsive,
impetuous, madcap, tearaway(a), brainish]
n 1: a reckless and impetuous person
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walkaway
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n 1: an easy victory [syn: runaway, blowout, romp,
laugher, shoo-in, walkaway]
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aye
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rollaway
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soakaway
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ae
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alloway
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carraway
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greenaway
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holloway
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huntaway
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