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address
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n 1: (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece
of information is stored [syn: address, computer
address, reference]
2: the place where a person or organization can be found or
communicated with
3: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an
audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
[syn: address, speech]
4: the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in
his manner of address to the captain"
5: a sign in front of a house or business carrying the
conventional form by which its location is described
6: written directions for finding some location; written on
letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
[syn: address, destination, name and address]
7: the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a
golf ball
8: social skill [syn: savoir-faire, address]
v 1: speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" [syn:
address, turn to]
2: give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of
trustees" [syn: address, speak]
3: put an address on (an envelope) [syn: address, direct]
4: direct a question at someone
5: address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts
towards something, such as a question
6: greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always
addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by
first name" [syn: address, call]
7: access or locate by address
8: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This
book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western
Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
[syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address]
9: speak to someone [syn: address, accost, come up to]
10: adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting
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aggress
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v 1: take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs
attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started
to attack" [syn: attack, aggress]
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ambassadress
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n 1: a woman ambassador
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authoress
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n 1: a woman author
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bless
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v 1: give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
[ant: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew,
curse, damn, imprecate, maledict]
2: confer prosperity or happiness on
3: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on
God for protection; consecrate [syn: bless, sign]
4: render holy by means of religious rites [syn: consecrate,
bless, hallow, sanctify] [ant: deconsecrate,
desecrate, unhallow]
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caress
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n 1: a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling
it); "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a
fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his
face"
v 1: touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner;
"He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of
the taxi" [syn: caress, fondle]
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compress
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n 1: a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication)
applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve
discomfort or reduce fever)
v 1: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the
data" [syn: compress, compact, pack together] [ant:
decompress, uncompress]
2: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict,
squeeze, compact, contract, press]
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congress
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n 1: the legislature of the United States government [syn:
Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US
Congress]
2: a meeting of elected or appointed representatives
3: a national legislative assembly
4: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the
man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited
until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual
intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation,
coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual
relation, relation, carnal knowledge]
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decompress
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v 1: restore to its uncompressed form; "decompress data" [syn:
decompress, uncompress] [ant: compact, compress,
pack together]
2: decrease the pressure of; "depressurize the cabin in the air
plane" [syn: depressurize, depressurise, decompress]
[ant: pressurise, pressurize]
3: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in
the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn:
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow
down] [ant: tense, tense up]
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depress
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v 1: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news
depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health
demoralizes her" [syn: depress, deject, cast down,
get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize,
demoralise] [ant: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick
up, uplift]
2: lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas
prices"
3: cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the
water level in the reservoir" [syn: lower, depress]
4: press down; "Depress the space key" [syn: press down,
depress]
5: lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation
depressed the economy"
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digress
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v 1: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject
of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or
speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her
mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
[syn: digress, stray, divagate, wander]
2: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack,
depart, digress, straggle]
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distress
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n 1: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him
great distress" [syn: distress, hurt, suffering]
2: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship
in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
3: extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in
distress"
4: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment
of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress
was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or
property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's
lien" [syn: distress, distraint]
v 1: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial
hardship [syn: straiten, distress]
2: cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness
distressed the mother"
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dress
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adj 1: suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full-
dress uniform"; "dress shoes" [syn: full-dress,
dress]
2: (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner";
"a full-dress ceremony" [syn: dress, full-dress]
n 1: a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn:
dress, frock]
2: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion;
"formal attire"; "battle dress" [syn: attire, garb,
dress]
3: clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of
apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store";
"fastidious about his dress" [syn: apparel, wearing
apparel, dress, clothes]
v 1: put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the
patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" [syn: dress,
get dressed] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip,
strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]
2: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe,
garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out,
apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip,
strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]
3: put a finish on; "dress the surface smooth"
4: dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris
fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie" [syn: dress,
dress up]
5: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when
going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress]
6: kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey"
[syn: dress, dress out]
7: arrange in ranks; "dress troops" [syn: dress, line up]
8: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
[syn: trim, garnish, dress]
9: provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: dress,
decorate]
10: put a dressing on; "dress the salads"
11: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim,
lop, dress, prune, cut back]
12: cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
13: convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins"
14: apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's
wounds"
15: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the
horses" [syn: dress, groom, curry]
16: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe,
coiffure]
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duress
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n 1: compulsory force or threat; "confessed under duress"
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effloresce
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v 1: come into or as if into flower; "These manifestations
effloresced in the past" [syn: effloresce, burst forth]
2: assume crystalline form; become crystallized [syn:
crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce]
3: become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation
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egress
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n 1: (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an
eclipse [syn: egress, emersion] [ant: immersion,
ingress]
2: the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the
emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow
catkins" [syn: emergence, egress, issue]
3: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent [syn:
egress, egression, emergence]
v 1: come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The
words seemed to come out by themselves" [syn: issue,
emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress]
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excess
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adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to
lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on
the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be
thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by
technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room";
"supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of
her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary)
words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary
internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the
needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare,
supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary,
surplus]
n 1: a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess,
surplus, surplusage, nimiety]
2: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or
permitted limits [syn: excess, excessiveness,
inordinateness]
3: the state of being more than full [syn: surfeit, excess,
overabundance]
4: excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by
overindulgence" [syn: overindulgence, excess]
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express
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adv 1: by express; "please send the letter express"
adj 1: not tacit or implied; "her express wish"
2: without unnecessary stops; "an express train"; "an express
shipment"
n 1: mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system
[syn: express, express mail]
2: public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes
only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to New
York" [syn: express, limited] [ant: local]
3: rapid transport of goods [syn: express, expressage]
v 1: give expression to; "She showed her disappointment" [syn:
express, show, evince]
2: articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise;
"She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" [syn:
express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue
to]
3: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of
Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of
anger" [syn: carry, convey, express]
4: indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express
this distance in kilometers?" [syn: express, state]
5: manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait); "Many of
the laboratory animals express the trait"
6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians
express coffee rather than filter it" [syn: press out,
express, extract]
7: send by rapid transport or special messenger service; "She
expressed the letter to Florida"
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fess
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n 1: (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal
band across a shield [syn: fesse, fess]
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finesse
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n 1: subtly skillful handling of a situation [syn: delicacy,
diplomacy, discreetness, finesse]
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fluoresce
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v 1: exhibit or undergo fluorescence
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headdress
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n 1: clothing for the head [syn: headdress, headgear]
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heiress
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n 1: a female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix]
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impress
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n 1: the act of coercing someone into government service [syn:
impress, impressment]
v 1: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child
impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me
as odd" [syn: affect, impress, move, strike]
2: impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her
audience"
3: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother
tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" [syn:
impress, ingrain, instill]
4: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
you impress a design with wax" [syn: impress, imprint]
5: reproduce by printing [syn: print, impress]
6: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service,
especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after
being drugged" [syn: shanghai, impress]
7: dye (fabric) before it is spun [syn: impress, yarn-dye]
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ingress
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n 1: (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to
an eclipse [syn: ingress, immersion] [ant: egress,
emersion]
2: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn:
entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming]
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largesse
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n 1: a gift or money given (as for service or out of
benevolence); usually given ostentatiously [syn: largess,
largesse]
2: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous
of spirit [syn: munificence, largess, largesse,
magnanimity, openhandedness]
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laundress
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n 1: a working woman who takes in washing [syn: washwoman,
washerwoman, laundrywoman, laundress]
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less
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adv 1: used to form the comparative of some adjectives and
adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less
quickly" [syn: less, to a lesser extent] [ant:
more, to a greater extent]
2: comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he
works less these days" [ant: more]
adj 1: (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a
quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree; "of
less importance"; "less time to spend with the family";
"a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old"
[ant: more than, more(a)]
2: (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than
perfect"
3: (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure
phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50
people attended"; "in 25 words or less"
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letterpress
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n 1: printing from a plate with raised characters [syn: relief
printing, letterpress]
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manageress
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n 1: a woman manager
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mayoress
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n 1: the wife of a mayor
2: a woman mayor
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mess
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n 1: a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a
mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn:
mess, messiness, muss, mussiness]
2: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn:
fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of
fish]
3: soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"
4: a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
5: a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or
relax [syn: mess, mess hall]
6: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money";
"he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the
winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost
plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal,
hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint,
mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty,
pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad]
v 1: eat in a mess hall
2: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"
[syn: mess, mess up]
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misaddress
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v 1: put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter" [syn:
misdirect, misaddress]
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murderess
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n 1: a woman murderer
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nightdress
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n 1: lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in
bed by women [syn: nightgown, gown, nightie, night-
robe, nightdress]
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ogress
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n 1: (folklore) a female ogre
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oppress
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v 1: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
"The government oppresses political activists" [syn:
oppress, suppress, crush]
2: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet
Union" [syn: persecute, oppress]
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overdress
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v 1: dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she
will be too hot" [syn: overdress, overclothe] [ant:
underdress]
2: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the
opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
[syn: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck
up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick
out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog
out] [ant: dress down, underdress]
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overstress
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v 1: place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot
overemphasize the importance of this book" [syn:
overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress]
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peeress
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n 1: a woman of the peerage in Britain [syn: Lady,
noblewoman, peeress] [ant: Lord, noble, nobleman]
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phosphoresce
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v 1: to exhibit phosphorescence
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press
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n 1: the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence
of their hunger"; "the press of business matters" [syn:
imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press,
pressure]
2: the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news
in the form of newspapers or magazines [syn: press, public
press]
3: a machine used for printing [syn: press, printing press]
4: a dense crowd of people [syn: crush, jam, press]
5: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for
clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
[syn: wardrobe, closet, press]
6: clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
7: any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut
materials or extract liquids or compress solids [syn:
press, mechanical press]
8: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder
height and then smoothly lifted overhead [syn: press,
military press]
9: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the
button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at
the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure,
pressing]
v 1: exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the
boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"
2: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to
finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press,
exhort]
3: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind",
"Something pressed on his mind" [syn: weigh, press]
4: place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure;
"pressed flowers"
5: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict,
squeeze, compact, contract, press]
6: crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street"
7: create by pressing; "Press little holes into the soft clay"
8: be urgent; "This is a pressing problem"
9: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to
gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or
person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for
reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is
pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: crusade, fight,
press, campaign, push, agitate]
10: press from a plastic; "press a record" [syn: press, press
out]
11: make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the
baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman" [syn:
press, push]
12: press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts";
"she stood there ironing" [syn: iron, iron out, press]
13: lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds" [syn: weight-
lift, weightlift, press]
14: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat,
adjure, press, conjure]
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prioress
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n 1: the superior of a group of nuns [syn: abbess, mother
superior, prioress]
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procuress
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n 1: a woman pimp
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profess
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v 1: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be
knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"
2: confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists
professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a
Communist"
3: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken
the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess]
4: state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous
when it came to giving good grades"
5: receive into a religious order or congregation
6: take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a
nun"
7: state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted
his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide
bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine" [syn:
profess, pretend]
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progress
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n 1: gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement
of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" [syn:
advancement, progress]
2: the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) [syn:
progress, progression, procession, advance,
advancement, forward motion, onward motion] [ant:
retreat]
3: a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the
troops" [syn: progress, progression, advance]
v 1: develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school";
"My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn:
progress, come on, come along, advance, get on,
get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde,
retrogress]
2: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches
on" [syn: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march
on, go on] [ant: draw back, move back, pull away,
pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw]
3: form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's
plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the
Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: build up, work up,
build, progress]
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redress
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n 1: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
[syn: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification,
restitution, redress]
2: act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn:
redress, remedy, remediation]
v 1: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate,
redress, correct] [ant: wrong]
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regress
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n 1: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is
true and reason backward to the evidence [syn: regress,
reasoning backward]
2: returning to a former state [syn: regression, regress,
reversion, retrogression, retroversion]
v 1: go back to a statistical means
2: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn
back]
3: get worse or fall back to a previous condition [syn:
regress, retrograde, retrogress] [ant: advance, come
along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape
up]
4: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often
minor criminals" [syn: relapse, lapse, recidivate,
regress, retrogress, fall back]
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repress
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v 1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes
any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her
dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners
subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: repress,
quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce]
2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle,
muffle, repress]
3: put out of one's consciousness [syn: suppress, repress]
4: block the action of
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retrogress
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v 1: get worse or fall back to a previous condition [syn:
regress, retrograde, retrogress] [ant: advance,
come along, come on, get along, get on, progress,
shape up]
2: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often
minor criminals" [syn: relapse, lapse, recidivate,
regress, retrogress, fall back]
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sorceress
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n 1: a woman sorcerer
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stress
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n 1: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note
(especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the
stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: stress, emphasis,
accent]
2: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or
suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension";
"stress is a vasoconstrictor" [syn: tension, tenseness,
stress]
3: special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more
on accuracy than on speed" [syn: stress, focus]
4: 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]
5: (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the
intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by
units of area"
v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes
exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress,
emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent,
accentuate]
2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent
the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent,
accentuate]
3: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" [syn:
try, strain, stress]
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success
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n 1: an event that accomplishes its intended purpose; "let's
call heads a success and tails a failure"; "the election
was a remarkable success for the Whigs" [ant: failure]
2: an attainment that is successful; "his success in the
marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"
3: a state of prosperity or fame; "he is enjoying great
success"; "he does not consider wealth synonymous with
success" [ant: failure]
4: a person with a record of successes; "his son would never be
the achiever that his father was"; "only winners need apply";
"if you want to be a success you have to dress like a
success" [syn: achiever, winner, success, succeeder]
[ant: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful
person]
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sundress
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n 1: a light loose sleeveless summer dress with a wide neckline
and thin shoulder straps that expose the arms and shoulders
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suppress
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v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent
uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's
desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, inhibit,
subdue, conquer, curb]
2: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
"The government oppresses political activists" [syn:
oppress, suppress, crush]
3: control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires,
impulses, or behavior [syn: inhibit, bottle up,
suppress]
4: put out of one's consciousness [syn: suppress, repress]
5: reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a
yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
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tigress
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n 1: a female tiger
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transgress
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v 1: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
"offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or
human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn:
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against,
breach, break] [ant: keep, observe]
2: spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline;
"The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"
3: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn:
sin, transgress, trespass]
4: pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress,
trespass, overstep]
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tress
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n 1: a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn:
braid, plait, tress, twist]
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undress
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n 1: partial or complete nakedness; "a state of undress"
v 1: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of
everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night
for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase,
unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant:
apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out,
garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment,
tog]
2: remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly
undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her
outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
[syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest]
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watercress
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adj 1: of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and
deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea
green [syn: cress green, cresson, watercress]
n 1: any of several water-loving cresses
2: cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams
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winepress
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n 1: a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes
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shirtdress
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n 1: a dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all
the way down the front
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underdress
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v 1: dress without sufficient warmth; "She was underdressed for
the hiking trip and suffered hypothermia" [ant:
overclothe, overdress]
2: dress informally and casually; "On Fridays, employees can
underdress" [syn: dress down, underdress] [ant: attire,
deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out,
fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig
out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up]
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negress
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n 1: a Black woman or girl
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anchoress
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jess
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minidress
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battledress
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readdress
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