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blaze
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n 1: a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread
rapidly" [syn: blaze, blazing]
2: a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to
blazes" [syn: hell, blaze]
3: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [syn:
hell, blaze]
4: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the
brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of
sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance]
5: a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the
trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
v 1: shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the
atmosphere"
2: shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men"
[syn: blaze away, blaze]
3: burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause
a pine to blaze"
4: move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out
into space" [syn: blaze, blaze out]
5: indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"
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braise
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v 1: cook in liquid; "braise beef"
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braze
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v 1: solder together by using hard solder with a high melting
point
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craze
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n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always
follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
[syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage]
2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium,
frenzy, fury, hysteria]
3: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface
v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden,
craze]
2: develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"
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glaze
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n 1: any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings
applied to foods
2: a glossy finish on a fabric
3: a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
v 1: coat with a glaze; "the potter glazed the dishes"; "glaze
the bread with eggwhite"
2: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes
glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass
over, glaze over]
3: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass,
glaze]
4: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn:
sugarcoat, glaze, candy]
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graze
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n 1: a superficial abrasion
2: the act of grazing [syn: graze, grazing]
v 1: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
[syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture]
2: break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed
by the stray bullet"
3: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: crop,
graze, pasture]
4: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease,
rake]
5: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at
the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn:
browse, graze]
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malaise
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n 1: physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) [syn:
malaise, unease, uneasiness]
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phrase
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n 1: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a
grammatical constituent of a sentence
2: a short musical passage [syn: phrase, musical phrase]
3: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the
meanings of the words that make it up [syn: idiom,
idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase,
phrase]
4: dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic
sequence
v 1: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his
concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice,
formulate, word, phrase, articulate]
2: divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical
passage"
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polonaise
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n 1: a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn
back to reveal a colorful underskirt
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praise
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n 1: an expression of approval and commendation; "he always
appreciated praise for his work" [syn: praise,
congratulations, kudos, extolment]
2: offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a
hymn of praise to God"
v 1: express approval of; "The parents praised their children
for their academic performance" [ant: criticise,
criticize, knock, pick apart]
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rephrase
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v 1: express the same message in different words [syn:
paraphrase, rephrase, reword]
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stays
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n 1: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset,
girdle, stays]
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fraise
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n 1: a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
2: sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
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lyonnais
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n 1: a former province of east central France; now administered
by Rhone-Alpes
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lyonnaise
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adj 1: cooked with onions
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blase
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adj 1: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed
in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to
the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of
his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly]
2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his
blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze
of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored]
3: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about
housecleaning"
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arrays
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berets
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cabarets
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delays
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disarrays
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displays
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essays
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plays
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portrays
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strays
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surveys
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trays
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crase
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grays
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cliches
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iras
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morays
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