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blancmange
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n 1: sweet almond-flavored milk pudding thickened with gelatin
or cornstarch; usually molded
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expunge
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v 1: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a
line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch
that remark" [syn: strike, scratch, expunge,
excise]
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lunge
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n 1: the act of moving forward suddenly [syn: lurch, lunge]
2: (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and
the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched
forward [syn: lunge, straight thrust, passado]
v 1: make a thrusting forward movement [syn: lunge, hurl,
hurtle, thrust]
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muskellunge
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n 1: flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish
2: large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America [syn:
muskellunge, Esox masquinongy]
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plunge
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n 1: a brief swim in water [syn: dip, plunge]
2: a steep and rapid fall
v 1: thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" [syn:
immerse, plunge]
2: drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" [syn: dive,
plunge, plunk]
3: dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She
plunged at it eagerly"
4: begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She
plunged into a dangerous adventure" [syn: plunge, launch]
5: cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students
into the study of the Italian text" [syn: plunge,
immerse]
6: fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well" [syn:
plunge, dump]
7: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or
saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip
the brush into the paint" [syn: dunk, dip, souse,
plunge, douse]
8: devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his
studies" [syn: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge,
engross, absorb, soak up]
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sponge
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n 1: a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal
skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb
water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly
used
2: someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and
easily; "she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge" [syn:
quick study, sponge]
3: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the
host) in hope of gain or advantage [syn: leech, parasite,
sponge, sponger]
4: primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is
supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in
sessile colonies [syn: sponge, poriferan, parazoan]
v 1: wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
2: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: mooch, bum,
cadge, grub, sponge]
3: erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
4: soak up with a sponge
5: gather sponges, in the ocean
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grunge
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n 1: the state of being covered with unclean things [syn:
dirt, filth, grime, soil, stain, grease,
grunge]
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gunge
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tonge
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maskinonge
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blunge
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