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approve
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v 1: give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
[syn: approve, O.K., okay, sanction] [ant:
disapprove, reject]
2: judge to be right or commendable; think well of [ant:
disapprove]
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countermove
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n 1: an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy
force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy
advance units etc. [syn: counterattack, countermove]
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disapprove
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v 1: consider bad or wrong [ant: approve]
2: deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child
rearing methods" [syn: disapprove, reject] [ant: O.K.,
approve, okay, sanction]
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disprove
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v 1: prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues'
theories" [syn: disprove, confute] [ant: demonstrate,
establish, prove, shew, show]
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groove
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n 1: a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such
as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph
record) [syn: groove, channel]
2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape;
"they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: rut, groove]
3: (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
[syn: groove, vallecula]
v 1: make a groove in, or provide with a groove; "groove a vinyl
record"
2: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
[syn: furrow, rut, groove]
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improve
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v 1: to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with
his changes" [syn: better, improve, amend,
ameliorate, meliorate] [ant: aggravate, exacerbate,
exasperate, worsen]
2: get better; "The weather improved toward evening" [syn:
better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate] [ant:
decline, worsen]
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louvre
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n 1: an art museum that is a famous tourist attraction in Paris
[syn: Louvre, Louvre Museum]
2: one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit
air and reject rain [syn: louver, louvre, fin]
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love
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n 1: a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his
love for his work"; "children need a lot of love" [ant:
hate, hatred]
2: any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was
her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting"; [syn:
love, passion]
3: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn:
beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love]
4: a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love
left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his
first love" [syn: love, sexual love, erotic love]
5: a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love"
6: sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse)
between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he
hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated
love life" [syn: sexual love, lovemaking, making love,
love, love life]
v 1: have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food";
"She loves her boss and works hard for him" [ant: detest,
hate]
2: get pleasure from; "I love cooking" [syn: love, enjoy]
3: be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"
4: 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]
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move
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n 1: the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move
to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"
2: the act of changing your residence or place of business;
"they say that three moves equal one fire" [syn: move,
relocation]
3: a change of position that does not entail a change of
location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his
surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move
of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" [syn: motion,
movement, move, motility]
4: the act of changing location from one place to another;
"police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of
people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him
directly in my path" [syn: motion, movement, move]
5: (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the
rules of the game
v 1: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also
metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We
travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went
from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers
moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before
night fell"; "news travelled fast" [syn: travel, go,
move, locomote] [ant: stay in place]
2: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in
a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into
the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank";
"The director moved more responsibilities onto his new
assistant" [syn: move, displace]
3: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational
motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" [ant:
stand still]
4: change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We
moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved
from one team to another" [ant: stay, stay put, stick,
stick around]
5: follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in
this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about
the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through
diplomatic channels" [syn: go, proceed, move]
6: be in a state of action; "she is always moving" [syn: be
active, move] [ant: rest]
7: go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved
from family values to the economy"
8: perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think
before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should
act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by
grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" [syn:
act, move] [ant: forbear, refrain]
9: 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]
10: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my
career" [syn: motivate, actuate, propel, move,
prompt, incite]
11: arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all"
12: dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the
salesmen to move the computers"
13: progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through
several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before
the meeting" [syn: move, go, run]
14: live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in
certain circles only"
15: have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"
[syn: move, go]
16: propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting [syn:
move, make a motion]
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prove
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v 1: be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The
medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV
positive" [syn: prove, turn out, turn up]
2: establish the validity of something, as by an example,
explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the
instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the
validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate,
establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove]
3: provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the
father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" [syn:
testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show]
4: prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
5: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use
to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test
this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out,
examine, essay]
6: increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
[syn: rise, prove]
7: cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" [syn:
raise, leaven, prove]
8: take a trial impression of
9: obtain probate of; "prove a will"
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remove
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n 1: degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one
remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a
Shakespearean tragedy";
v 1: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or
taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a
threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from
the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine
withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: remove,
take, take away, withdraw]
2: remove from a position or an office
3: dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got
rid of all the dead wood" [syn: get rid of, remove]
4: cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the
classroom" [syn: take out, move out, remove]
5: 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]
6: go away or leave; "He absented himself" [syn: absent,
remove]
7: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss
ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit,
dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove]
8: get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother
removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away
your sins" [syn: remove, take away]
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reprove
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v 1: take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad
behavior" [syn: admonish, reprove]
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behoove
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v 1: be appropriate or necessary; "It behooves us to reflect on
this matter" [syn: behoove, behove]
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microgroove
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who've
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you've
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duve
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interfluve
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