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barge
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n 1: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on
canals) [syn: barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter]
v 1: push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room" [syn:
barge, thrust ahead, push forward]
2: transport by barge on a body of water
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barrage
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n 1: the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic
communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of
questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his
mistake" [syn: barrage, bombardment, outpouring,
onslaught]
2: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than
hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of
the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours
without pausing" [syn: barrage, barrage fire, battery,
bombardment, shelling]
v 1: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a
barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience";
"The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon
to the convicted killer" [syn: bombard, barrage]
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charge
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n 1: an impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the
wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the
battle began with a cavalry charge"
2: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;
"he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: charge,
complaint]
3: the price charged for some article or service; "the admission
charge"
4: the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either
positive or negative) and construed as an excess or
deficiency of electrons; "the battery needed a fresh charge"
[syn: charge, electric charge]
5: attention and management implying responsibility for safety;
"he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn: care, charge,
tutelage, guardianship]
6: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a
confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a
message" [syn: mission, charge, commission]
7: a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges
across the street"
8: financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against
the estate"
9: (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea
or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic
analog of an electrical charge" [syn: cathexis, charge]
10: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a
great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush
from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang,
boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick]
11: request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges
at the end of each month" [syn: charge, billing]
12: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do
something; "the judge's charge to the jury" [syn:
commission, charge, direction]
13: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence;
"the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of
drunken driving" [syn: accusation, charge]
14: heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a
shield [syn: charge, bearing, heraldic bearing,
armorial bearing]
15: a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this
cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" [syn: charge,
burster, bursting charge, explosive charge]
v 1: to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he
saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" [syn: charge,
bear down]
2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against;
"he charged the director with indifference" [syn: charge,
accuse]
3: demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We
were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed
only 3 nights" [syn: charge, bill]
4: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street";
"He came charging into my office" [syn: tear, shoot,
shoot down, charge, buck]
5: assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was
appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising
the creation of a concordance" [syn: appoint, charge]
6: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with
murdering his wife" [syn: charge, lodge, file]
7: make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that
the jurors were biased"
8: fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay" [ant:
discharge]
9: enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15"
10: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After
the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was
committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize,
institutionalise, send, charge]
11: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your
baggage" [syn: consign, charge]
12: pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone
payment by recording a purchase as a debt; "Will you pay
cash or charge the purchase?" [ant: pay cash]
13: lie down on command, of hunting dogs
14: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker
charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn:
agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove,
excite, charge up] [ant: calm, calm down, lull,
quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise,
tranquillize]
15: place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields,
and banners"
16: provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his
gun carefully"; "load the camera" [syn: load, charge]
17: direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged
his weapon at me" [syn: charge, level, point]
18: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged
her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn:
charge, saddle, burden]
19: instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the
weighing of evidence
20: instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the
children to memorize the poem"
21: attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on
her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" [syn:
blame, charge]
22: set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for
lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"
23: cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge
a conductor"
24: energize a battery by passing a current through it in the
direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car
battery"
25: saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
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collage
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n 1: a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or
photographs to form an artistic image; "he used his
computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a
map" [syn: collage, montage]
2: any collection of diverse things; "a collage of memories"
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corsage
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n 1: an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a
present [syn: bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay]
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dislodge
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v 1: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged
the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He
finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who
was buried in the rubble" [syn: dislodge, free] [ant:
deposit, lodge, stick, wedge]
2: change place or direction; "Shift one's position" [syn:
shift, dislodge, reposition]
3: remove or force from a position of dwelling previously
occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her
office space" [syn: dislodge, bump]
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dodge
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n 1: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or
evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us
off the track" [syn: contrivance, stratagem, dodge]
2: a quick evasive movement
3: a statement that evades the question by cleverness or
trickery [syn: dodge, dodging, scheme]
v 1: make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid;
"The child dodged the teacher's blow"
2: move to and fro or from place to place usually in an
irregular course; "the pickpocket dodged through the crowd"
3: 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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dressage
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n 1: maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the
rider
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entourage
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n 1: the group following and attending to some important person
[syn: cortege, retinue, suite, entourage]
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garage
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n 1: an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing
automobiles
2: a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired
[syn: garage, service department]
v 1: keep or store in a garage; "we don't garage our car"
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massage
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n 1: kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase
circulation and promote relaxation
v 1: manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal
or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a
sponge" [syn: massage, rub down, knead]
2: give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back"
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mirage
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n 1: an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a
layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant
objects
2: something illusory and unattainable
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montage
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n 1: a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or
photographs to form an artistic image; "he used his
computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a
map" [syn: collage, montage]
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surcharge
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n 1: an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as
a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common
skill)
v 1: charge an extra fee, as for a special service
2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge,
soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck,
rob, hook] [ant: undercharge]
3: fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged
the emergency wards"
4: print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote
5: fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with
tension"
6: place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" [syn:
overload, surcharge, overcharge]
7: show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to
have been given
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undercharge
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n 1: a price that is too low
2: an insufficient charge
v 1: charge (someone) too little money [ant: fleece, gazump,
hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak,
surcharge]
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plage
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n 1: the beach at a seaside resort
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raj
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n 1: British dominion over India (1757-1947)
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sparge
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n 1: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a
sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the
malt" [syn: sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge]
v 1: agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; "sparge the
water"
2: scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" [syn:
sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle]
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marge
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n 1: a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a
substitute for butter [syn: margarine, margarin,
oleo, oleomargarine, marge]
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overlarge
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adj 1: excessively large [syn: overlarge, too large]
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taj
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dhiraj
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paysage
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ajaj
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hodge
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demirag
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hauge
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sarge
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swaraj
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turbocharge
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