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ain
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adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person
(especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for
your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own
clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]
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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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ban
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n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition,
ban, proscription]
2: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
3: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn:
ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]
5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in
Nursing, BAN]
v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
[syn: ban, censor]
2: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure;
"Smoking is banned in this building"
3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn:
banish, ban]
4: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban,
ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
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bane
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n 1: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
[syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis]
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bang
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adv 1: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into
her" [syn: bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt]
n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn:
knock, bash, bang, smash, belt]
2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, clap, eruption,
blast, bam]
3: a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the
forehead [syn: bang, fringe]
4: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a
great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush
from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang,
boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick]
5: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and
marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show
is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" [syn: hit,
smash, smasher, strike, bang]
v 1: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: slam, bang]
2: to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive
sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my
bed"
3: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: slam,
bang]
4: move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged
around the house"
5: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in the
hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get
laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have
intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck,
jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it,
bang, get it on, bonk]
6: leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees" [syn:
spang, bang]
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bhang
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n 1: a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant;
much used in India
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blain
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n 1: an inflammatory swelling or sore
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brain
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n 1: that part of the central nervous system that includes all
the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull;
continuous with the spinal cord [syn: brain,
encephalon]
2: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common
sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability,
mental capacity, mentality, wit]
3: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings;
the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I
couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head,
brain, psyche, nous]
4: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and
originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but
he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain,
brainiac, Einstein]
5: the brain of certain animals used as meat
v 1: hit on the head
2: kill by smashing someone's skull
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cane
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n 1: a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
2: a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds,
rattans, or sugar cane
3: a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste,
lambast]
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chain
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n 1: a series of things depending on each other as if linked
together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated
concatenation of circumstances" [syn: chain,
concatenation]
2: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic
molecule) [syn: chain, chemical chain]
3: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one
another to make a flexible ligament
4: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or
restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one
ownership
5: anything that acts as a restraint
6: a unit of length
7: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and
purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir
Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) [syn: Chain, Ernst Boris
Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain]
8: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two
ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain
range" [syn: range, mountain range, range of mountains,
chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains]
9: a linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies"
10: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string
of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string,
strand]
v 1: connect or arrange into a chain by linking
2: fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"
[ant: unchain]
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crane
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n 1: United States writer (1871-1900) [syn: Crane, Stephen
Crane]
2: United States poet (1899-1932) [syn: Crane, Hart Crane,
Harold Hart Crane]
3: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix
[syn: Grus, Crane]
4: lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended
from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
5: large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many
parts of the world
v 1: stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned
their necks to see the President drive by" [syn: crane,
stretch out]
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deign
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v 1: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
[syn: condescend, deign, descend]
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drain
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n 1: emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run
out of it [syn: drain, drainage]
2: tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to
remove unwanted material
3: a pipe through which liquid is carried away [syn: drain,
drainpipe, waste pipe]
4: a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on
resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"
v 1: flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big
vat" [syn: drain, run out]
2: deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of
energy"
3: empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil
tank"
4: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble,
debilitate, drain]
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fain
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adv 1: in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I
would fain do it" [syn: gladly, lief, fain]
adj 1: having made preparations; "prepared to take risks" [syn:
disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), prepared]
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feign
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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: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though
she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn:
simulate, assume, sham, feign]
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gain
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n 1: a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to
property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain
in weight over a period of weeks" [syn: addition,
increase, gain]
2: the advantageous quality of being beneficial [syn: profit,
gain]
3: the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current
expressed as the ratio of output to input [syn:
amplification, gain]
4: the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its
cost of operating [ant: loss, red, red ink]
v 1: obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden" [syn: derive,
gain]
2: win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing
knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of
international finance" [syn: acquire, win, gain] [ant:
lose]
3: derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast
experience" [syn: profit, gain, benefit]
4: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit
by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made
it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before
the weekend starts" [syn: reach, make, attain, hit,
arrive at, gain]
5: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was
gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers
pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one
playoff berth in the Western Conference" [syn: gain,
advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead,
gain ground] [ant: drop off, fall back, fall behind,
lose, recede]
6: rise in rate or price; "The stock market gained 24 points
today" [syn: advance, gain]
7: increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum";
"the car gathers speed" [syn: gain, gather]
8: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as
salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new
job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought
in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn:
gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize,
realise, pull in, bring in]
9: increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she
stopped exercising" [syn: gain, put on] [ant: lose
weight, melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim
down, thin]
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grain
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n 1: a relatively small granular particle of a substance; "a
grain of sand"; "a grain of sugar"
2: foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
[syn: grain, food grain, cereal]
3: the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
4: a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
[syn: grain, metric grain]
5: 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
6: 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
7: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g.
wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: grain, caryopsis]
8: a cereal grass; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"
9: the smallest possible unit of anything; "there was a grain of
truth in what he said"; "he does not have a grain of sense"
10: the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood
or leather or stone or in a woven fabric; "saw the board
across the grain"
11: the physical composition of something (especially with
respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a
substance); "breadfruit has the same texture as bread";
"sand of a fine grain"; "fish with a delicate flavor and
texture"; "a stone of coarse grain" [syn: texture,
grain]
v 1: thoroughly work in; "His hands were grained with dirt"
[syn: ingrain, grain]
2: paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
3: form into grains [syn: granulate, grain]
4: become granular [syn: granulate, grain]
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lane
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n 1: a narrow way or road
2: a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of
traffic
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main
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adj 1: most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the
main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of
America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were
primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"
[syn: chief(a), main(a), primary(a),
principal(a), master(a)]
2: (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a
complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a
complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" [syn:
independent, main(a)] [ant: dependent, subordinate]
3: of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main
strength"
n 1: any very large body of (salt) water [syn: main, briny]
2: a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or
electricity or that collects sewage
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mane
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n 1: long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's
neck
2: growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being [syn:
mane, head of hair]
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pain
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n 1: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient
developed severe pain and distension" [syn: pain,
hurting]
2: emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to
avoid; "the pain of loneliness" [syn: pain, painfulness]
[ant: pleasance, pleasure]
3: a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity
increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain" [syn:
pain, pain sensation, painful sensation]
4: a bothersome annoying person; "that kid is a terrible pain"
[syn: pain, pain in the neck, nuisance]
5: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of
unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a
dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's
an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration,
pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass]
v 1: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed [syn:
trouble, ail, pain]
2: cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to
see my children not being taught well in school" [syn:
pain, anguish, hurt]
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pane
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n 1: sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors [syn:
pane, pane of glass, window glass]
2: a panel or section of panels in a wall or door [syn:
paneling, panelling, pane]
3: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid,
back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis,
loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane,
superman, window pane, Zen]
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plain
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adv 1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for
`plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in
bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too
important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all
patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here
for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but
apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain
stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly,
patently, apparently, plainly, plain]
adj 1: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment;
"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who
sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest
disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning
plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in
plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest,
patent, plain, unmistakable]
2: not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to
the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular
brick building" [ant: fancy]
3: lacking patterns especially in color [syn: plain,
unpatterned] [ant: patterned]
4: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer
wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" [syn: plain, sheer,
unmingled, unmixed]
5: free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and
unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and
children" [syn: plain, unvarnished]
6: lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style";
"unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture
featuring stark unornamented concrete" [syn: plain, bare,
spare, unembellished, unornamented]
7: lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child";
"several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain
girl with a freckled face" [syn: homely, plain]
n 1: extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the
woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of
his youth" [syn: plain, field, champaign]
2: a basic knitting stitch [syn: knit, knit stitch, plain,
plain stitch]
v 1: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or
unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot
to kick about" [syn: complain, kick, plain, sound
off, quetch, kvetch] [ant: cheer, cheer up, chirk
up]
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plane
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adj 1: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is
higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of
level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with
fine flat seams" [syn: flat, level, plane]
n 1: an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by
propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble
with the airplane" [syn: airplane, aeroplane, plane]
2: (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will
refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line
joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"
[syn: plane, sheet]
3: a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly
plane"
4: a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood [syn: plane,
planer, planing machine]
5: a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for
smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for
the finish work" [syn: plane, carpenter's plane,
woodworking plane]
v 1: cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine
shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" [syn:
plane, shave]
2: travel on the surface of water [syn: plane, skim]
3: make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane;
"plane the top of the door"
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rain
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n 1: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the
atmosphere [syn: rain, rainfall]
2: drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
[syn: rain, rainwater]
3: anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of
bullets"; "a pelting of insults" [syn: rain, pelting]
v 1: precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect
some flooding" [syn: rain, rain down]
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reign
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n 1: a period during which something or somebody is dominant or
powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"
2: the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the
reign of Henry VIII"
3: royal authority; the dominion of a monarch [syn: reign,
sovereignty]
v 1: have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"
2: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance;
"Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this
neighborhood" [syn: predominate, dominate, rule,
reign, prevail]
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rein
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n 1: one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit
or the headpiece) used to control a horse
2: any means of control; "he took up the reins of government"
v 1: control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse"
[syn: harness, rein in, draw rein, rein]
2: stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling
the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office" [syn:
rein, rein in]
3: stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined
in his horses in front of the post office" [syn: rein,
rein in]
4: keep in check; "rule one's temper" [syn: rule, harness,
rein]
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seine
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n 1: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and
then northward into the English Channel [syn: Seine,
Seine River]
2: a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top
and weights at the bottom
v 1: fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine
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skein
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n 1: coils of worsted yarn
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slain
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adj 1: killed; `slain' is formal or literary as in "slain
warriors"; "a picture of St. George and the slain dragon"
n 1: people who have been slain (as in battle)
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sprain
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n 1: a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of
its ligaments
v 1: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The
wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their
ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't
walk for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench,
turn, wrick, rick]
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stain
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n 1: a soiled or discolored appearance; "the wine left a dark
stain" [syn: stain, discoloration, discolouration]
2: (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in
microscopy to make structures visible
3: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn: dirt,
filth, grime, soil, stain, grease, grunge]
4: a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon
Cain"--Genesis [syn: mark, stigma, brand, stain]
5: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear,
smirch, spot, stain]
v 1: color with a liquid dye or tint; "Stain this table a
beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a
beautiful blue in the middle ages"
2: produce or leave stains; "Red wine stains the table cloth"
3: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used
metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long
exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the
affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain,
maculate, sully, defile]
4: color for microscopic study; "The laboratory worker dyed the
specimen"
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strain
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n 1: (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action
of applied forces
2: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she
endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over
the economy during the period of the greatest stress and
danger"- R.J.Samuelson [syn: stress, strain]
3: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she
was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, melody,
air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase]
4: (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress; "his
responsibilities were a constant strain"; "the mental strain
of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him" [syn:
strain, mental strain, nervous strain]
5: 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]
6: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ
in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of
microorganisms" [syn: form, variant, strain, var.]
7: injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in
swelling and pain
8: the general meaning or substance of an utterance; "although I
disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"
[syn: tenor, strain]
9: an effortful attempt to attain a goal [syn: striving,
nisus, pains, strain]
10: an intense or violent exertion [syn: strain, straining]
11: the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up
to the gates" [syn: song, strain]
v 1: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to
hear" [syn: strive, reach, strain]
2: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" [syn:
try, strain, stress]
3: use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He
really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't
strain your mind too much" [syn: strain, extend]
4: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device
to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" [syn:
sift, sieve, strain]
5: cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a
phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" [syn: tense,
strain, tense up] [ant: loosen up, make relaxed,
relax, unlax, unstrain, unwind]
6: become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck
muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was
attached" [syn: strain, tense]
7: remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the
impurities" [syn: filter, filtrate, strain, separate
out, filter out]
8: rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender;
"puree the vegetables for the baby" [syn: puree, strain]
9: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was
deformed by leprosy" [syn: deform, distort, strain]
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anne
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n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if
James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she
was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over
parliament (1665-1714)
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fane
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lain
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bahn
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banh
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bann
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ahn
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ann
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