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agreed
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adj 1: united by being of the same opinion; "agreed in their
distrust of authority" [syn: agreed, in agreement(p)]
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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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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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concede
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v 1: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken
the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess]
2: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn:
concede, yield, grant]
3: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of
another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
4: acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough
votes had come in to show that he would lose"
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crossbreed
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n 1: (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically
dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced
by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or
breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a
donkey" [syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross]
v 1: breed animals or plants using parents of different races
and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried
crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" [syn:
crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise,
interbreed]
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decreed
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adj 1: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at
the time appointed (or the appointed time") [syn:
appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed]
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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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impede
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v 1: be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the
progress of our project" [syn: impede, hinder]
2: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct,
obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up]
[ant: disengage, free]
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indeed
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adv 1: in truth (often tends to intensify); "they said the car
would break down and indeed it did"; "it is very cold
indeed"; "was indeed grateful"; "indeed, the rain may
still come"; "he did so do it!" [syn: indeed, so]
2: (used as an interjection) an expression of surprise or
skepticism or irony etc.; "Wants to marry the butler?
Indeed!"
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interbreed
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v 1: breed animals or plants using parents of different races
and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried
crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" [syn:
crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise,
interbreed]
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keyed
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adj 1: fitted with or secured by a key; "a keyed instrument";
"the locks have not yet been keyed" [ant: keyless]
2: set to a key or tone
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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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misdeed
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n 1: improper or wicked or immoral behavior [syn: misbehavior,
misbehaviour, misdeed]
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mislead
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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 false or misleading information to [syn: misinform,
mislead]
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misread
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v 1: read or interpret wrongly; "He misread the data"
2: interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" [syn:
misread, misinterpret]
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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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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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precede
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v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
bronze tools" [syn: predate, precede, forego,
forgo, antecede, antedate] [ant: follow,
postdate]
2: come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they
modify" [syn: precede, predate]
3: be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line
of Susan's husbands" [syn: precede, come before] [ant:
come after, follow, succeed]
4: move ahead (of others) in time or space [syn: precede,
lead] [ant: follow]
5: furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes
her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a
critical remark about the institution" [syn: precede,
preface, premise, introduce]
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proceed
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v 1: continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but
there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the
room" [syn: continue, go on, carry on, proceed]
2: move ahead; travel onward in time or space; "We proceeded
towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the
hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" [syn: proceed,
go forward, continue]
3: follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in
this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about
the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through
diplomatic channels" [syn: go, proceed, move]
4: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how
did your interview go?" [syn: proceed, go]
5: continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on
working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep
smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight" [syn:
continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep] [ant:
discontinue]
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proofread
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v 1: read for errors; "I should proofread my manuscripts" [syn:
proofread, proof]
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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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recede
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v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
"The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: withdraw,
retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back,
retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march
on, move on, pass on, progress]
2: retreat [syn: fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind,
recede] [ant: advance, gain, gain ground, get
ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win]
3: become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her
childhood receded as she grew older"
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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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reread
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v 1: read anew; read again; "He re-read her letters to him"
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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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secede
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v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the
break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
[syn: secede, splinter, break away]
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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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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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stampede
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n 1: a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he
shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"
2: a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
v 1: cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"
2: cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or
hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us
into overeating"
3: act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies
will now stampede to release their latest software"
4: run away in a stampede
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succeed
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v 1: attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise
succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show";
"she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" [syn:
succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon,
deliver the goods] [ant: fail, go wrong, miscarry]
2: be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles
succeed to the throne?" [syn: succeed, come after,
follow] [ant: come before, precede]
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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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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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siegfried
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n 1: (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the
Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed
treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards
it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is
the Norse counterpart
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copyread
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v 1: edit and correct (written or printed material) [syn:
copyread, subedit, copyedit]
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disagreed
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inbreed
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outbreed
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