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adjudge
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v 1: declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held
that the defendant was innocent" [syn: declare,
adjudge, hold]
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begrudge
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v 1: be envious of; set one's heart on [syn: envy, begrudge]
2: wish ill or allow unwillingly [syn: begrudge, resent]
[ant: wish, wish well]
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budge
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n 1: United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to
win the Australian and French and English and United States
singles championship in the same year (1915-2000) [syn:
Budge, Don Budge, John Donald Budge]
v 1: move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: stir,
shift, budge, agitate]
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drudge
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n 1: one who works hard at boring tasks [syn: hack, drudge,
hacker]
2: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge,
peon, navvy, galley slave]
v 1: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor,
labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge,
dig, moil]
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fudge
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n 1: soft creamy candy
v 1: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures";
"cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge,
manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle,
misrepresent]
2: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
(duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she
skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their
responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry,
elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
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grudge
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n 1: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding
a grudge"; "settling a score" [syn: grudge, score,
grievance]
v 1: bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings [syn: stew, grudge]
2: accept or admit unwillingly
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judge
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n 1: a public official authorized to decide questions brought
before a court of justice [syn: judge, justice,
jurist]
2: an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality [syn:
evaluator, judge]
v 1: determine the result of (a competition)
2: form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of
modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We
shouldn't pass judgment on other people" [syn: evaluate,
pass judgment, judge]
3: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or
time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn:
estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge]
4: pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
[syn: pronounce, label, judge]
5: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial
of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife";
"The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
[syn: judge, adjudicate, try]
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misjudge
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v 1: judge incorrectly
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nudge
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n 1: a slight push or shake [syn: nudge, jog]
v 1: to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw
her friend enter the restaurant" [syn: nudge, poke at,
prod]
2: push into action by pestering or annoying gently
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prejudge
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v 1: judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence
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sludge
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n 1: the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
2: any thick, viscous matter [syn: sludge, slime, goo,
goop, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze]
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smudge
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n 1: a smoky fire to drive away insects
2: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
v 1: make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, blur,
smudge, smutch]
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trudge
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n 1: a long difficult walk
v 1: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
"Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn:
slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp]
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pudge
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n 1: a short fat person
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forejudge
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rudge
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bludge
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