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adjourn
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v 1: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn:
adjourn, recess, break up]
2: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch";
"The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw,
retire]
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auburn
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adj 1: (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair"
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burn
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n 1: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: burn,
burning]
2: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of
the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn]
3: an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or
radiation
4: a place or area that has been burned (especially on a
person's body) [syn: burn, burn mark]
5: damage inflicted by fire
v 1: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
[syn: burn, fire, burn down]
2: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in
the dark"; "The candles were burning" [syn: burn, glow]
3: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" [syn: burn,
combust]
4: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned
his face" [syn: bite, sting, burn]
5: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We
combust coal and other fossil fuels" [syn: burn, combust]
6: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was
burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new
skies"
7: cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns
only Diesel oil" [syn: burn, incinerate]
8: burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"
9: spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"
10: feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"
11: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric
current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the
wart" [syn: cauterize, cauterise, burn]
12: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: sunburn,
burn]
13: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" [syn:
cut, burn]
14: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous
exercise" [syn: burn off, burn, burn up]
15: burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole
in my dress"
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churn
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n 1: a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat
from buttermilk [syn: churn, butter churn]
v 1: stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
2: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn:
churn, boil, moil, roil]
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concern
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n 1: something that interests you because it is important or
affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's
concern"
2: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up
out of fear of public reaction" [syn: concern, care,
fear]
3: a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt
strong concern for those less fortunate" [ant: unconcern]
4: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of
unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's
a major worry" [syn: concern, worry, headache,
vexation]
5: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who
constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small
mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business
concern" [syn: business, concern, business concern,
business organization, business organisation]
v 1: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to
her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
[syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to,
bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with]
2: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic
consonant shift" [syn: concern, interest, occupy,
worry]
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discern
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v 1: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked
out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I
can't make out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot,
recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick
out, make out, tell apart]
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earn
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v 1: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as
salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new
job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger
brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
[syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn,
realize, realise, pull in, bring in]
2: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions [syn: earn,
garner]
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erne
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n 1: bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white
tail; of Europe and Greenland [syn: ern, erne, grey
sea eagle, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white-
tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla]
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fern
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n 1: any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants
having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl
upward; reproduce by spores
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heartburn
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n 1: a painful burning sensation in the chest caused by
gastroesophageal reflux (backflow from the stomach
irritating the esophagus); symptomatic of an ulcer or a
diaphragmatic hernia or other disorder [syn: heartburn,
pyrosis]
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kern
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n 1: United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)
[syn: Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome David Kern]
2: the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body
v 1: furnish with a kern [ant: kern]
2: remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) [ant:
kern]
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learn
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v 1: gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her
sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language
at an amazing rate" [syn: learn, larn, acquire]
2: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I
learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you
have been promoted" [syn: learn, hear, get word, get
wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover,
see]
3: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your
lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con,
learn]
4: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the
bar exam" [syn: learn, study, read, take]
5: impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He
instructed me in building a boat" [syn: teach, learn,
instruct]
6: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by
making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she
speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he
speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
[syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain,
watch, learn]
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return
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n 1: document giving the tax collector information about the
taxpayer's tax liability; "his gross income was enough that
he had to file a tax return" [syn: tax return, income
tax return, return]
2: a coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia
we gave him a welcoming party" [syn: return, homecoming]
3: the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite
direction [syn: return, coming back]
4: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the
book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue
lashing" [syn: restitution, return, restoration,
regaining]
5: the act of going back to a prior location; "they set out on
their return to the base camp"
6: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the
sale of land or other property; "the average return was about
5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds,
yield, payoff]
7: happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the
return of spring" [syn: recurrence, return]
8: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or
critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the
teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte,
replication, comeback, counter]
9: the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that
causes a carriage return and a line feed [syn: return key,
return]
10: a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good
as we got" [syn: return, paying back, getting even]
11: a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other
player; "he won the point on a cross-court return"
12: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a
kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
13: the act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as
Hamlet has been long awaited" [syn: reappearance,
return]
v 1: go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one
has been before; "return to your native land"; "the
professor returned to his teaching position after serving
as Dean"
2: give back; "render money" [syn: render, return]
3: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn
back]
4: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous
remark of his" [syn: hark back, return, come back,
recall]
5: bring back to the point of departure [syn: return, take
back, bring back]
6: return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
7: make a return; "return a kickback"
8: answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return,
riposte, rejoin]
9: be restored; "Her old vigor returned" [syn: come back,
return]
10: pay back; "Please refund me my money" [syn: refund,
return, repay, give back]
11: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn:
render, deliver, return]
12: elect again [syn: reelect, return]
13: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land
returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir
that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall,
return, pass, devolve]
14: return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point
returned to the interior of the figure"
15: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This
year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate
renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render,
yield, return, give, generate]
16: submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a
bill to a legislative body"
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sauterne
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n 1: semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around
Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California [syn:
Sauterne, Sauternes]
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spurn
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v 1: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn:
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh,
disdain, turn down]
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stern
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adj 1: of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in
aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" [syn:
austere, stern]
2: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim
determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it
seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless
persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" [syn: grim,
inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable,
unforgiving, unrelenting]
3: severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting
instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
[syn: stern, strict, exacting]
4: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: austere,
severe, stark, stern]
n 1: the rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part,
quarter, poop, tail]
2: United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
[syn: Stern, Isaac Stern]
3: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
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sunburn
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n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays
of the sun [syn: tan, suntan, sunburn, burn]
2: redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun
[syn: sunburn, erythema solare]
v 1: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun [syn: sunburn,
burn]
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turn
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n 1: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a
crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn]
2: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course;
"he took a turn to the right" [syn: turn, turning]
3: (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed
succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" [syn:
turn, play]
4: an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward
turn" [syn: turn, turn of events, twist]
5: a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind"
[syn: turning, turn]
6: the act of turning away or in the opposite direction; "he
made an abrupt turn away from her"
7: turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of
his head he surveyed the room" [syn: twist, turn]
8: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by
someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: go,
spell, tour, turn]
9: (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
[syn: turn, bout, round]
10: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer
program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she
had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best
numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number,
turn, bit]
11: a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn" [syn: turn,
good turn]
12: taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the
park"
v 1: change orientation or direction, also in the abstract
sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled
before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and
learned to listen to others' needs"
2: undergo a transformation or a change of position or action;
"We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned
against the President when he stole the election" [syn:
change state, turn]
3: undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice";
"Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned
traitor" [syn: become, turn]
4: cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm
this way"
5: change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides
turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was
revealed that the president had an affair with a White House
intern" [syn: change by reversal, turn, reverse]
6: pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around
the obstacle" [syn: turn, move around]
7: pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property
or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew
angry" [syn: turn, grow]
8: let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the
flour onto a plate" [syn: turn, release]
9: move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"
10: cause to move around a center so as to show another side of;
"turn a page of a book" [syn: turn, turn over]
11: to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate
of the governor's mansion"
12: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer
Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in
the Spring" [syn: plow, plough, turn]
13: shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel;
"turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"
14: change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"
15: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The
wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their
ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk
for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn,
wrick, rick]
16: cause to change or turn into something different;assume new
characteristics; "The princess turned the frog into a prince
by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into
gold"
17: accomplish by rotating; "turn a somersault"; "turn
cartwheels"
18: get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit
after a year"
19: cause to move along an axis or into a new direction; "turn
your face to the wall"; "turn the car around"; "turn your
dance partner around"
20: channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention
toward or away from something; "The pedophile turned to boys
for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of
a millennium"
21: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular
form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the
strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, bend,
deform, twist, turn] [ant: unbend]
22: alter the functioning or setting of; "turn the dial to 10";
"turn the heat down"
23: direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned
their flashlights on the car"
24: have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or
information to; "She called on her Representative to help
her"; "She turned to her relatives for help" [syn: call
on, turn]
25: go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked";
"The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" [syn:
sour, turn, ferment, work]
26: become officially one year older; "She is turning 50 this
year"
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unconcern
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n 1: the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a
casual lack of concern [syn: nonchalance, unconcern,
indifference]
2: a feeling of lack of concern [ant: concern]
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upturn
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n 1: an upward movement or trend as in business activity
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urn
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n 1: a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
2: a large pot for making coffee or tea
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windburn
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n 1: redness and irritation of the skin caused by exposure to
high-velocity wind
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yearn
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v 1: desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long,
yearn]
2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
"She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn:
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish]
3: have affection for; feel tenderness for
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bern
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n 1: the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland
[syn: Bern, Berne, capital of Switzerland]
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berne
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n 1: the capital of Switzerland; located in western Switzerland
[syn: Bern, Berne, capital of Switzerland]
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sterne
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n 1: English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766) [syn:
Sterne, Laurence Sterne]
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verne
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n 1: French writer who is considered the father of science
fiction (1828-1905) [syn: Verne, Jules Verne]
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sideburn
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n 1: facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in
front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is
shaved off) [syn: sideburn, burnside, mutton chop,
side-whiskers]
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hepburn
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n 1: United States film actress who appeared in many films with
Spencer Tracy (1907-2003) [syn: Hepburn, Katharine
Hepburn, Katharine Houghton Hepburn]
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bannockburn
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n 1: a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated
the English and assured the independence of Scotland
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blackburn
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n 1: black-and-white North American wood warbler having an
orange-and-black head and throat [syn: Blackburn,
Blackburnian warbler, Dendroica fusca]
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burne
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byrne
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durn
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stearn
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stearne
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alpern
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amburn
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cockburn
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thorburn
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washburn
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otterburn
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raeburn
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rayburn
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cliburn
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kilburn
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woburn
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gisborne
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tyburn
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shelburne
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