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almsgiver
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n 1: a person who gives alms
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deliver
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v 1: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement
speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the
students" [syn: deliver, present]
2: bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super
market delivers"
3: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard
delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the
prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the
money" [syn: hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up,
turn in, deliver, render]
4: free from harm or evil [syn: rescue, deliver]
5: hand over to the authorities of another country; "They
extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be
tried there" [syn: extradite, deliver, deport]
6: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn:
render, deliver, return]
7: utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered
a cry of joy"
8: save from sins [syn: deliver, redeem, save]
9: carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow";
"The boxer drove home a solid left" [syn: deliver, drive
home]
10: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn:
surrender, cede, deliver, give up]
11: throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball;
"The pitcher delivered the ball" [syn: deliver, pitch]
12: cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!" [syn: give
birth, deliver, bear, birth, have]
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downriver
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adv 1: away from the source or with the current [syn:
downriver, downstream] [ant: upriver, upstream]
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forgiver
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n 1: a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or
offense [syn: pardoner, forgiver, excuser]
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giver
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n 1: someone who devotes himself completely; "there are no
greater givers than those who give themselves"
2: person who makes a gift of property [syn: donor, giver,
presenter, bestower, conferrer]
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lawgiver
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n 1: a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws [syn:
lawgiver, lawmaker]
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liver
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adj 1: having a reddish-brown color [syn: liver-colored,
liver]
n 1: large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located
in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity;
secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and
carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in
the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A;
detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out
erythrocytes
2: liver of an animal used as meat
3: a person who has a special life style; "a high liver"
4: someone who lives in a place; "a liver in cities"
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quiver
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n 1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver,
chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle]
2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his
pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver,
quivering, vibration, palpitation]
3: case for holding arrows
4: the act of vibrating [syn: vibration, quiver,
quivering]
v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils
palpitated" [syn: quiver, quake, palpitate]
2: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
[syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver]
3: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the
city pulsated with music and excitement" [syn: pulsate,
beat, quiver]
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river
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n 1: a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the
river was navigable for 50 miles"
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shiver
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n 1: a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement [syn:
tremble, shiver, shake]
2: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver,
chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle]
v 1: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement [syn:
shudder, shiver, throb, thrill]
2: shake, as from cold; "The children are shivering--turn on the
heat!" [syn: shiver, shudder]
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sliver
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n 1: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal; "he got a
splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" [syn:
splinter, sliver]
2: a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been
shaved from something [syn: paring, sliver, shaving]
v 1: divide into slivers or splinters [syn: sliver,
splinter]
2: break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"
[syn: splinter, sliver]
3: form into slivers; "sliver wood"
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upriver
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adv 1: toward the source or against the current [syn: upriver,
upstream] [ant: downriver, downstream]
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aquiver
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guadalquivir
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