-
are
2
n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
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concur
1
v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of
the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with
those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord
on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord]
[ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue]
2: happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" [syn:
concur, coincide]
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altogether
0
adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent
(`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was
wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal";
"it was completely different from what we expected"; "was
completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the
directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her
fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
[syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally,
all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially,
partly]
2: with everything included or counted; "altogether he earns
close to a million dollars" [syn: altogether, all told,
in all]
3: with everything considered (and neglecting details);
"altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not so
bad" [syn: all in all, on the whole, altogether, tout
ensemble]
n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw,
altogether, birthday suit]
-
another
0
adj 1: any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to
another (or some other) day" [syn: another(a), some
other]
-
bellwether
0
n 1: someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
2: sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
-
bestir
0
v 1: become active; "He finally bestirred himself" [syn:
bestir, rouse]
-
birr
0
n 1: the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents
2: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings";
"the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
whirring, birr]
v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir,
birr, purr]
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blether
0
n 1: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prate,
prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music]
v 1: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at
the baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether,
blither]
-
blur
0
n 1: a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast
it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the
whisky fuzz" [syn: blur, fuzz]
v 1: become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over
from lack of sleep" [syn: film over, glaze over,
blur]
2: to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills"
[ant: focus]
3: make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused
the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn:
confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate]
4: make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, blur,
smudge, smutch]
5: make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" [syn:
blur, blear] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus,
sharpen]
6: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two
theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant:
focalise, focalize, focus]
-
bother
0
n 1: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss";
"they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss,
trouble, bother, hassle]
2: 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: take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did
not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't
bother, please" [syn: trouble oneself, trouble,
bother, inconvenience oneself]
2: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It
irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
[syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at,
irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex,
chafe, devil]
3: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble
you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience,
disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]
4: intrude or enter uninvited; "Don't bother the professor while
she is grading term papers"
5: make nervous or agitated; "The mere thought of her bothered
him and made his heart beat faster"
6: make confused or perplexed or puzzled
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brother
0
n 1: a male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother
still lives with our parents" [syn: brother, blood
brother] [ant: sis, sister]
2: a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or
religion or other group); "none of his brothers would betray
him"
3: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their
activities [syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal,
sidekick]
4: used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in
the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!" [syn: brother,
comrade]
5: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as
form of address; "a Benedictine Brother"
-
bur
0
n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr]
2: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr]
v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
-
burr
0
n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr]
2: rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or
cutting
3: United States politician who served as vice president under
Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander
Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836) [syn: Burr,
Aaron Burr]
4: rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
5: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr]
v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
-
chauffeur
0
n 1: a man paid to drive a privately owned car
v 1: drive someone in a vehicle [syn: drive around,
chauffeur]
-
cipher
0
n 1: a message written in a secret code [syn: cipher,
cypher]
2: a mathematical element that when added to another number
yields the same number [syn: zero, 0, nought, cipher,
cypher]
3: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done";
"we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught";
"I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing, nil, nix,
nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg,
naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
4: a person of no influence [syn: cipher, cypher, nobody,
nonentity]
5: a secret method of writing [syn: cipher, cypher,
cryptograph, secret code]
v 1: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the
message for security reasons" [syn: code, encipher,
cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code]
2: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn:
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out,
reckon, figure]
-
confer
0
v 1: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We
conferred about a plan of action" [syn: confer,
confabulate, confab, consult]
2: present; "The university conferred a degree on its most
famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor
on someone" [syn: confer, bestow]
-
connoisseur
0
n 1: an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the
fine arts [syn: connoisseur, cognoscente]
-
cur
0
n 1: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur,
mongrel, mutt]
2: a cowardly and despicable person
-
defer
0
v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn:
postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table,
shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off]
2: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to
the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer,
accede, give in]
-
demur
0
n 1: (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn:
demur, demurral, demurrer]
v 1: take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on
Saturday" [syn: demur, except]
2: enter a demurrer
-
deter
0
v 1: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage
this practice among our youth" [syn: deter, discourage]
2: turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only
dissuade people" [syn: dissuade, deter] [ant: persuade]
-
either
0
adv 1: after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning
something like `likewise' or `also'; "he isn't stupid,
but he isn't exactly a genius either"; "I don't know
either"; "if you don't order dessert I won't either"
-
entrepreneur
0
n 1: someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the
risk for it [syn: entrepreneur, enterpriser]
-
err
0
v 1: to make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: err, mistake,
slip]
2: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed
from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't
drift from the set course" [syn: stray, err, drift]
-
father
0
n 1: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your
father); "his father was born in Atlanta" [syn: father,
male parent, begetter] [ant: female parent, mother]
2: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
[syn: forefather, father, sire]
3: `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches
(especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox
Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
[syn: Father, Padre]
4: (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from
the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and
confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic
Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of
the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose,
Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in
Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John
Chrysostom [syn: Church Father, Father of the Church,
Father]
5: a person who holds an important or distinguished position in
some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor";
"the city fathers endorsed the proposal"
6: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear
our prayers, Heavenly Father" [syn: Father, Father-God,
Fatherhood]
7: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George
Washington is the father of his country" [syn: founder,
beginner, founding father, father]
8: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father]
v 1: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get,
engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring
forth]
-
feather
0
n 1: the light horny waterproof structure forming the external
covering of birds [syn: feather, plume, plumage]
2: turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls [syn:
feather, feathering]
v 1: join tongue and groove, in carpentry
2: cover or fit with feathers
3: turn the paddle; in canoeing [syn: feather, square]
4: turn the oar, while rowing [syn: feather, square]
5: grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"
[syn: fledge, feather]
-
fir
0
n 1: nonresinous wood of a fir tree
2: any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of
upland areas [syn: fir, fir tree, true fir]
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fur
0
n 1: the dressed hairy coat of a mammal [syn: fur, pelt]
2: dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal
or weasel)
3: a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
-
gather
0
n 1: sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling
tight a thread in a line of stitching [syn: gather,
gathering]
2: the act of gathering something [syn: gather, gathering]
v 1: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your
thoughts together" [syn: gather, garner, collect,
pull together] [ant: distribute, spread]
2: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
"Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: meet, gather,
assemble, forgather, foregather]
3: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office";
"The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate,
conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
4: conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your
homework"
5: draw together into folds or puckers [syn: gather, pucker,
tuck]
6: get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get
together all those who are interested in the project";
"gather the close family members" [syn: assemble, gather,
get together]
7: draw and bring closer; "she gathered her shawl around her
shoulders"
8: look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in
the Fall"
9: increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum";
"the car gathers speed" [syn: gain, gather]
-
heather
0
n 1: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low
evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn:
heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna
vulgaris]
2: interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish
shades with flecks of color [syn: heather mixture,
heather]
-
higher
0
adj 1: advanced in complexity or elaboration; "higher finance";
"higher mathematics"
2: of education beyond the secondary level; "higher education";
"higher learning"
-
incur
0
v 1: make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable
to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
2: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of
civilization do not find expression or receive an
interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got
nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive,
get, find, obtain, incur]
-
infer
0
v 1: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce,
infer, deduct, derive]
2: draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn:
generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer]
3: conclude by reasoning; in logic [syn: deduce, infer]
4: guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right
number of beans in the jar and won the prize" [syn: guess,
infer]
5: believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous
experience?" [syn: understand, infer]
-
inter
0
v 1: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last
Sunday" [syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to
rest]
-
leather
0
n 1: an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the
hair and then tanning
v 1: whip with a leather strap
-
liqueur
0
n 1: strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a
meal [syn: liqueur, cordial]
-
monsieur
0
n 1: used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
-
mother
0
n 1: a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term
of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
[syn: mother, female parent] [ant: begetter,
father, male parent]
2: a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and
bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or
wine to produce vinegar
3: a term of address for an elderly woman
4: a term of address for a mother superior
5: a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or
situation; "necessity is the mother of invention"
v 1: care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" [syn:
mother, fuss, overprotect]
2: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get,
engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring
forth]
-
myrrh
0
n 1: aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in
perfume [syn: myrrh, gum myrrh, sweet cicely]
-
neither
0
adj 1: not either; not one or the other
-
nether
0
adj 1: lower; "gnawed his nether lip"
2: dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions"
[syn: chthonian, chthonic, nether]
3: located below or beneath something else; "nether garments";
"the under parts of a machine" [syn: nether, under]
-
occur
0
v 1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off,
occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place]
2: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that
we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to
her" [syn: occur, come]
3: to be found to exist; "sexism occurs in many workplaces";
"precious stones occur in a large area in Brazil"
-
or
0
n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn:
Oregon, Beaver State, OR]
2: a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical
operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms
aseptic" [syn: operating room, OR, operating theater,
operating theatre, surgery]
-
other
0
adj 1: not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied;
"today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the
construction of highways and other public works"; "he
asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell
the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then
we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his
other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side
of the street from me"; "went in the other direction"
[ant: same]
2: recently past; "the other evening"
3: belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of
Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" [syn:
early(a), former(a), other(a)]
4: very unusual; different in character or quality from the
normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his
powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow
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prefer
0
v 1: like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping
to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"
2: select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the
fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted
for the job on the East coast" [syn: choose, prefer,
opt]
3: promote over another; "he favors his second daughter" [syn:
prefer, favor, favour]
4: give preference to one creditor over another
-
purr
0
n 1: a low vibrating sound typical of a contented cat
v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir,
birr, purr]
2: indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats [syn:
purr, make vibrant sounds]
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recur
0
v 1: happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" [syn:
recur, repeat]
2: return in thought or speech to something [syn: recur, go
back]
3: have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
[syn: fall back, resort, recur]
-
refer
0
v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection
with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up,
cite, name, refer]
2: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to
her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
[syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to,
bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with]
3: think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or
with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant
can be referred to a known species"
4: send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision;
"refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a
committee"
5: seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary";
"refer to your notes" [syn: consult, refer, look up]
6: have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " [syn: denote,
refer]
7: use a name to designate; "Christians refer to the mother of
Jesus as the Virgin Mary"
-
restaurateur
0
n 1: the proprietor of a restaurant [syn: restaurateur,
restauranter]
-
saboteur
0
n 1: someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
[syn: saboteur, wrecker, diversionist]
2: a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries
to help a potential invader [syn: fifth columnist,
saboteur]
-
scissor
0
v 1: cut with or as if with scissors
-
shirr
0
v 1: bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the
eggs"
-
sir
0
n 1: term of address for a man
2: a title used before the name of knight or baronet
-
slur
0
n 1: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played
legato
2: a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to
female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is
difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to
any slur on his virility" [syn: aspersion, slur]
3: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
v 1: play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most
beautiful passage in the sonata"
2: speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your
comments are slurring your co-workers"
3: utter indistinctly
4: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two
theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant:
focalise, focalize, focus]
-
spur
0
n 1: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;
"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad,
goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur,
spurring]
2: any sharply pointed projection [syn: spur, spine,
acantha]
3: tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
4: a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse
onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on" [syn:
spur, gad]
5: a railway line connected to a trunk line [syn: branch line,
spur track, spur]
v 1: incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur
research"
2: give heart or courage to [syn: spur, goad]
3: strike with a spur
4: goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse"
5: equip with spurs; "spur horses"
-
stir
0
n 1: a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he
made a great splash and then disappeared" [syn: stir,
splash]
2: emotional agitation and excitement
3: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry,
ado, fuss, stir]
v 1: move an implement through; "stir the soup"; "stir my
drink"; "stir the soil"
2: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: stir,
shift, budge, agitate]
3: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the
audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite,
stir]
4: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories
shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn:
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir]
5: affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by
your kind letter of sympathy" [syn: touch, stir]
6: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by
magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild
birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke,
stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward,
call forth]
7: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping
children began to stir" [syn: arouse, stir]
8: mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
-
teacher
0
n 1: a person whose occupation is teaching [syn: teacher,
instructor]
2: a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his
teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"
-
tether
0
n 1: restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to
restrain an animal [syn: leash, tether, lead]
v 1: tie with a tether; "tether horses"
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together
0
adv 1: in contact with each other or in proximity; "the leaves
stuck together"
2: assembled in one place; "we were gathered together"
3: in each other's company; "we went to the movies together";
"the family that prays together stays together"
4: at the same time; "we graduated together"
5: with cooperation and interchange; "we worked together on the
project" [syn: together, unitedly]
6: with a common plan; "act in concert" [syn: in concert,
together]
adj 1: mentally and emotionally stable; "she's really together"
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transfer
0
n 1: the act of moving something from one location to another
[syn: transportation, transport, transfer,
transferral, conveyance]
2: someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to
another; "the best student was a transfer from LSU" [syn:
transfer, transferee]
3: the act of transfering something from one form to another;
"the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed
much of the background noise" [syn: transfer,
transference]
4: a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
5: application of a skill learned in one situation to a
different but similar situation [syn: transfer, transfer
of training, carry-over]
6: transferring ownership [syn: transfer, transference]
v 1: transfer somebody to a different position or location of
work [syn: transfer, reassign]
2: move from one place to another; "transfer the data";
"transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another
hospital"
3: lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the
young rice plants" [syn: transplant, transfer]
4: move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to
a pocket in his jacket" [syn: transfer, shift]
5: cause to change ownership; "I transferred my stock holdings
to my children"
6: change from one vehicle or transportation line to another;
"She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast" [syn:
transfer, change]
7: send from one person or place to another; "transmit a
message" [syn: transmit, transfer, transport,
channel, channelize, channelise]
8: shift the position or location of, as for business, legal,
educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children
to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest
surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" [syn:
remove, transfer]
9: transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient
Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [syn:
transfer, transpose, transplant]
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weather
0
adj 1: towards the side exposed to wind [syn: upwind,
weather(a)]
n 1: the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the
atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and
precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every
day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no
exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in
the snow" [syn: weather, weather condition,
conditions, atmospheric condition]
v 1: face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements"
[syn: weather, endure, brave, brave out]
2: cause to slope
3: sail to the windward of
4: change under the action or influence of the weather; "A
weathered old hut"
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whir
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n 1: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's
wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
whirring, birr]
v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir,
birr, purr]
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whirr
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n 1: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's
wings"; "the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
whirring, birr]
v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir,
birr, purr]
2: make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr,
whirr]
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year
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n 1: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4
years old"; "in the year 1920" [syn: year, twelvemonth,
yr]
2: a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year
that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
3: the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g.,
Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun;
"a Martian year takes 687 of our days"
4: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97";
"she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class, year]
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ashlar
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n 1: a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building
purposes
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er
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n 1: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group;
occurs with yttrium [syn: erbium, Er, atomic number
68]
2: a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to
provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical
treatment [syn: emergency room, ER]
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ur
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n 1: an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the
Euphrates River
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murre
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n 1: black-and-white diving bird of northern seas
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wether
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n 1: male sheep especially a castrated one
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chirr
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v 1: make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
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churr
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v 1: make a vibrant sound, as of some birds [syn: churr,
whirr]
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per
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pinfeather
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richer
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we're
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were
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whether
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fer
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mer
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bir
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der
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dirr
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duhr
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durr
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eure
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feur
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fleur
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fluhr
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furr
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furrh
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gurr
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kerr
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sher
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chesshir
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cofer
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credeur
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defleur
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dufur
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esquer
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francoeur
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