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pray
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v 1: address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of
worship; say a prayer; "pray to the Lord"
2: call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"
[syn: beg, implore, pray]
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prepay
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v 1: pay for something before receiving it
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prey
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n 1: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim
of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or
influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair
game"; "the target of a manhunt" [syn: prey, quarry,
target, fair game]
2: animal hunted or caught for food [syn: prey, quarry]
v 1: profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her
insecurity" [syn: prey, feed]
2: prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"
[syn: raven, prey, predate]
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puree
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n 1: food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a
blender
v 1: rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender;
"puree the vegetables for the baby" [syn: puree,
strain]
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purvey
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v 1: supply with provisions [syn: provision, purvey]
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quay
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n 1: wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
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ray
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n 1: a column of light (as from a beacon) [syn: beam, beam of
light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft,
shaft of light, irradiation]
2: a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence
3: (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point
4: a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
[syn: beam, ray, electron beam]
5: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major
scale in solmization [syn: re, ray]
6: any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish
7: cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and
enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside;
most swim by moving the pectoral fins
v 1: emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles
across the sky"
2: extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward
towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel";
"This plants radiate spines in all directions" [syn:
radiate, ray]
3: expose to radiation; "irradiate food" [syn: irradiate,
ray]
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re
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n 1: a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles
manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is
obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum [syn:
rhenium, Re, atomic number 75]
2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal
creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the
king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re]
3: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major
scale in solmization [syn: re, ray]
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repay
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v 1: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund,
return, repay, give back]
2: make repayment for or return something [syn: requite,
repay]
3: act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior
or actions [syn: reward, repay, pay back]
4: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return,
riposte, rejoin]
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replay
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n 1: something (especially a game) that is played again [syn:
replay, rematch]
2: the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports
action) that has been recorded on videotape [syn: replay,
instant replay, action replay]
v 1: reproduce (a recording) on a recorder; "The lawyers played
back the conversation to show that their client was
innocent" [syn: play back, replay]
2: play (a melody) again
3: repeat a game against the same opponent; "Princeton replayed
Harvard"
4: play again; "We replayed the game"; "replay a point"
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sachet
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n 1: a small soft bag containing perfumed powder; used to
perfume items in a drawer or chest
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say
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n 1: the chance to speak; "let him have his say"
v 1: express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her";
"tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion";
"state your name" [syn: state, say, tell]
2: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a
crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war";
"The registrar says that I owe the school money" [syn:
allege, aver, say]
3: express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the
truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you
do?" [syn: suppose, say]
4: have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads
as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: read, say]
5: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with
authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do
the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
[syn: order, tell, enjoin, say]
6: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces
French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can
the child sound out this complicated word?" [syn:
pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out,
enunciate, say]
7: communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting
say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"
8: utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"
9: state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's
forget this whole business"
10: recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her
`Hail Mary'"
11: indicate; "The clock says noon"
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soiree
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n 1: a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a
private house)
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splay
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adj 1: turned outward in an ungainly manner; "splay knees"
n 1: an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem
larger
v 1: spread open or apart; "He splayed his huge hands over the
table"
2: turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet
dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" [syn: turn
out, splay, spread out, rotate]
3: move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip
joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" [syn:
dislocate, luxate, splay, slip]
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spray
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n 1: a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for
spraying
2: a quantity of small objects flying through the air; "a spray
of bullets" [syn: spray, spraying]
3: flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot
bearing flowers and foliage
4: a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine
mist [syn: atomizer, atomiser, spray, sprayer,
nebulizer, nebuliser]
5: water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or
thrown up by a waterfall
6: a jet of vapor
v 1: be discharged in sprays of liquid; "Water sprayed all over
the floor"
2: scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on
someone"; "spray paint on the wall"
3: cover by spraying with a liquid; "spray the wall with paint"
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stray
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adj 1: not close together in time; "isolated instances of
rebellion"; "a few stray crumbs" [syn: isolated,
stray]
2: (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from
home; "a stray calf"; "a stray dog"
n 1: an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)
v 1: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the
woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The
cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from
one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
[syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam,
cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]
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]
3: 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]
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survey
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n 1: a detailed critical inspection [syn: survey, study]
2: short descriptive summary (of events) [syn: sketch,
survey, resume]
3: the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a
better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was
limited" [syn: view, survey, sight]
v 1: consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the
situation carefully before acting" [syn: survey,
appraise]
2: look over carefully or inspect; "He surveyed his new
classmates"
3: keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him
for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the
bombing" [syn: surveil, follow, survey]
4: hold a review (of troops) [syn: review, go over,
survey]
5: make a survey of; for statistical purposes
6: plot a map of (land)
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sway
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n 1: controlling influence
2: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen,
sway, tilt]
v 1: move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking";
"the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on
her feet" [syn: rock, sway, shake]
2: move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
[syn: swing, sway]
3: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His
speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade,
sway]
4: cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the
baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" [syn: rock,
sway]
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today
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adv 1: in these times; "it is solely by their language that the
upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford;
"we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets";
"today almost every home has television" [syn:
nowadays, now, today]
2: on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow; "I can't
meet with you today"
n 1: the present time or age; "the world of today"; "today we
have computers"
2: the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to
yesterday or tomorrow); "Today is beautiful"; "did you see
today's newspaper?"
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toupee
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n 1: a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness [syn: toupee,
toupe]
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tray
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n 1: an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving
articles or food
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trey
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n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce,
leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary,
ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-
ace]
2: one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips [syn:
trey, three]
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underpay
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v 1: pay too little [ant: overpay]
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underplay
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v 1: act (a role) with great restraint [syn: underact,
underplay] [ant: ham, ham it up, overact,
overplay]
2: play a card lower than (a held high card)
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underway
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adj 1: currently in progress; "there is mischief afoot"; "plans
are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway"
[syn: afoot(p), underway]
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valet
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n 1: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his
employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: valet,
valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman,
man]
v 1: serve as a personal attendant to
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way
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adv 1: to a great degree or by a great distance; very much
(`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way
over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill
is right smart steeper than the side we are on" [syn:
way, right smart]
n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode
of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a
lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn:
manner, mode, style, way, fashion]
2: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of
control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction";
"the true way to success" [syn: means, agency, way]
3: a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other
direction"; "didn't know the way home" [syn: direction,
way]
4: the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I
felt the same way"
5: a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our
separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius
usually follows a revolutionary path" [syn: way, path,
way of life]
6: any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage
from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the
way out"
7: a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
8: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly
enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: room, way, elbow
room]
9: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to
Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
10: doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
11: a general category of things; used in the expression `in the
way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
12: a portion of something divided into shares; "they split the
loot three ways"
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whey
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n 1: the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the
curd in making cheese [syn: whey, milk whey]
2: watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and
coagulates; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some
curds and whey"
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cabernet
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n 1: superior Bordeaux type of red wine [syn: Cabernet,
Cabernet Sauvignon]
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they
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beaupre
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choper
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