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align
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v 1: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or
straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets
of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, line up,
adjust] [ant: skew]
2: be or come into adjustment with
3: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn:
align, array]
4: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable
coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car";
"ordinate similar parts" [syn: align, ordinate,
coordinate]
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assign
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v 1: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a
task to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute,
assign]
2: give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign,
allot, portion]
3: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to
Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" [syn:
impute, ascribe, assign, attribute]
4: select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The
teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
[syn: assign, specify, set apart]
5: attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last
statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The
teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the
story" [syn: put, assign]
6: make undue claims to having [syn: arrogate, assign]
7: transfer one's right to
8: decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The
biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" [syn:
assign, attribute]
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benign
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adj 1: not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive
(especially of a tumor) [ant: malignant]
2: pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign
smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air"
[syn: benign, benignant] [ant: malign]
3: kindness of disposition or manner; "the benign ruler of
millions"; "benign intentions"
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brine
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n 1: water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all
saltwater" [syn: seawater, saltwater, brine] [ant:
fresh water, freshwater]
2: a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
v 1: soak in brine
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calamine
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n 1: a white mineral; a common ore of zinc [syn: hemimorphite,
calamine]
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carmine
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adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to
orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or
tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy,
blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red,
crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
n 1: a variable color averaging a vivid red [syn: cardinal,
carmine]
v 1: color carmine
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combine
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n 1: harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while
moving across the field
2: a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit
competition by controlling the production and distribution of
a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of
gaining a monopoly" [syn: trust, corporate trust,
combine, cartel]
3: an occurrence that results in things being united [syn:
combining, combine]
v 1: have or possess in combination; "she unites charm with a
good business sense" [syn: unite, combine]
2: put or add together; "combine resources" [syn: compound,
combine]
3: combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the
ingredients" [syn: compound, combine]
4: add together from different sources; "combine resources"
5: join for a common purpose or in a common action; "These
forces combined with others"
6: gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: aggregate, combine]
7: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
[syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
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confine
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v 1: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of
this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit,
bound, confine, throttle]
2: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a
day" [syn: limit, circumscribe, confine]
3: prevent from leaving or from being removed
4: close in; darkness enclosed him" [syn: enclose, hold in,
confine]
5: deprive of freedom; take into confinement [syn: confine,
detain] [ant: free, liberate, loose, release,
unloose, unloosen]
6: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
"This holds the local until the express passengers change
trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the
stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention
center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
[syn: restrain, confine, hold]
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consign
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v 1: commit forever; commit irrevocably
2: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your
baggage" [syn: consign, charge]
3: send to an address
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melamine
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n 1: a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making
melamine resins [syn: melamine, cyanuramide]
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mine
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n 1: excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are
extracted
2: explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to
destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
v 1: get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals"
2: lay mines; "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"
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undermine
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v 1: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The
Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
[syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract,
subvert, weaken]
2: hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was
caving the banks" [syn: cave, undermine]
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bahrain
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n 1: an island in the Persian Gulf [syn: Bahrain, Bahrain
Island, Bahrein, Bahrein Island]
2: an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi
Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until
reserves were exhausted in 1970s [syn: Bahrain, State of
Bahrain, Bahrein]
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goldmine
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n 1: a good source of something that is desired [syn:
goldmine, gold mine]
2: a mine where gold ore is found [syn: goldmine, gold mine]
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countermine
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n 1: (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the
enemy
v 1: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The
Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
[syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract,
subvert, weaken]
2: destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; "We countermined
the banks of the river"
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coalmine
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coppermine
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sycamine
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