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bring
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v 1: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring
me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the
boss"; "This brings me to the main point" [syn: bring,
convey, take]
2: cause to come into a particular state or condition; "Long
hard years of on the job training had brought them to their
competence"; "bring water to the boiling point"
3: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work
a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke";
"The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" [syn:
bring, work, play, wreak, make for]
4: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books
over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog
fetched the hat" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch]
[ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off,
take away]
5: bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
[syn: bring, land]
6: be accompanied by; "Can I bring my cousin to the dinner?"
7: advance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute
proceedings" [syn: institute, bring]
8: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to
the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She
brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a
light note to the program" [syn: lend, impart, bestow,
contribute, add, bring]
9: be sold for a certain price; "The painting brought $10,000";
"The old print fetched a high price at the auction" [syn:
fetch, bring in, bring]
10: attract the attention of; "The noise and the screaming
brought the curious"
11: induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused
brought the others to admit to the crime as well"
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cling
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n 1: fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to
the pit [syn: cling, clingstone]
v 1: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together
and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The
label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
[syn: cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere]
2: to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings
to the idea that she might still love him."
3: hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's
hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron" [syn:
cling, hang]
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ring
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n 1: a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"
2: a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of
smoke" [syn: ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor
ring]
3: a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used
for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was
still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" [syn: hoop,
ring]
4: (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a
closed loop [syn: closed chain, ring] [ant: open chain]
5: an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the
gang"; "a pack of thieves" [syn: gang, pack, ring,
mob]
6: the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the
church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the
tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing
and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe [syn: ring,
ringing, tintinnabulation]
7: a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants
box or wrestle
8: jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set
with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every
finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" [syn:
ring, band]
9: a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify
it (as in studies of bird migration) [syn: band, ring]
v 1: sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" [syn: ring,
peal]
2: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
[syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate]
3: make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical
edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday
at the local church" [syn: ring, knell]
4: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by
telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin
and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone, call
up, phone, ring]
5: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest
surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ, ring,
skirt, border]
6: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring
birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
[syn: ring, band]
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sing
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v 1: deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"
2: produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was
cooking"; "My brother sings very well"
3: to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"
4: make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was
singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle,
sing]
5: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his
secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of
the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble,
sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth
shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth]
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sling
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n 1: a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or
lime juice
2: a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic
between the arms; used to propel small stones [syn:
slingshot, sling, catapult]
3: a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel [syn:
slingback, sling]
4: a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a
projectile is whirled and then released
5: bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide
triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck [syn:
sling, scarf bandage, triangular bandage]
v 1: hurl as if with a sling [syn: sling, catapult]
2: hang loosely or freely; let swing
3: move with a sling; "sling the cargo onto the ship"
4: hold or carry in a sling; "he cannot button his shirt with
his slinged arm"
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spring
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n 1: the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign
of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next
year" [syn: spring, springtime]
2: a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position
when pushed or pulled or pressed; "the spring was broken"
3: a natural flow of ground water [syn: spring, fountain,
outflow, outpouring, natural spring]
4: a point at which water issues forth
5: the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns
to its original length [syn: give, spring, springiness]
6: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn:
leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce]
v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across
the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you
jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound,
spring]
2: develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take
shape" [syn: form, take form, take shape, spring]
3: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after
they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate,
ricochet]
4: develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak"
5: produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang
these news on me just as I was leaving"
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sting
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n 1: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being
stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of
nettles" [syn: sting, stinging]
2: a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" [syn:
pang, sting]
3: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger
into skin [syn: sting, bite, insect bite]
4: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person
to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game,
bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence
game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam]
v 1: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun
burned his face" [syn: bite, sting, burn]
2: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn:
sting, bite, prick]
3: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They
stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax
bill" [syn: stick, sting]
4: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn:
prick, sting, twinge]
5: cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung
her"
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string
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n 1: a lightweight cord [syn: string, twine]
2: stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings
played superlatively well" [syn: bowed stringed instrument,
string]
3: a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound
when plucked, struck, or bowed
4: a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in
which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a
string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"
[syn: string, train]
5: a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
6: a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an
opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag" [syn:
drawstring, drawing string, string]
7: a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food
(especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a
bean pod)
8: (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle
having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties
of a flexible loop [syn: string, cosmic string]
9: a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
10: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string
of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string,
strand]
v 1: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a
string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread
dried cranberries" [syn: string, thread, draw]
2: add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string
up these songs and you'll have a musical" [syn: string,
string up]
3: move or come along [syn: string, string along]
4: stretch out or arrange like a string
5: string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the
package"
6: remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"
7: provide with strings; "string my guitar" [ant: unstring]
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swing
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n 1: a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of
an activity; "the party went with a swing"; "it took time
to get into the swing of things"
2: mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone
swinging back and forth
3: a sweeping blow or stroke; "he took a wild swing at my head"
4: changing location by moving back and forth [syn: swing,
swinging, vacillation]
5: a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s;
flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
[syn: swing, swing music, jive]
6: a jaunty rhythm in music [syn: lilt, swing]
7: the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually)
hitting it [syn: golf stroke, golf shot, swing]
8: in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball; "he
took a vicious cut at the ball" [syn: baseball swing,
swing, cut]
9: a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance
around a point between them
v 1: move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting;
"He swung his left fist"; "swing a bat"
2: move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner; "He swung back"
[syn: swing, sway]
3: change direction with a swinging motion; turn; "swing back";
"swing forward"
4: influence decisively; "This action swung many votes over to
his side" [syn: swing, swing over]
5: make a big sweeping gesture or movement [syn: swing,
sweep, swing out]
6: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The
light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: dangle, swing,
drop]
7: hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer
player began to swing at the referee"
8: alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood
swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
9: live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style; "The Woodstock
generation attempted to swing freely"
10: have a certain musical rhythm; "The music has to swing"
11: be a social swinger; socialize a lot [syn: swing, get
around]
12: play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
13: engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or
wife of one's friends; "There were many swinging couples in
the 1960's"
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thing
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n 1: a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a
remarkable thing"
2: an action; "how could you do such a thing?"
3: a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of
the heart"
4: an artifact; "how does this thing work?"
5: an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
6: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to";
"it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" [syn:
matter, affair, thing]
7: a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in
other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
8: an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell
what the thing was"
9: any attribute or quality considered as having its own
existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."
10: a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"
11: a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he
has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
12: a separate and self-contained entity
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ting
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n 1: a light clear metallic sound as of a small bell [syn:
ting, tinkle]
v 1: cause to make a ting
2: make a light, metallic sound; go `ting'
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wing
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n 1: a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
2: one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage
of an airplane
3: a stage area out of sight of the audience [syn: wing,
offstage, backstage]
4: a unit of military aircraft
5: the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the
enemy's right flank" [syn: flank, wing]
6: a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either
side
7: (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the
rear of another aircraft
8: a group within a political party or legislature or other
organization that holds distinct views or has a particular
function; "they are the progressive wing of the Republican
Party"
9: the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the
wings"
10: a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block
splashing water or mud; "in Britain they call a fender a
wing" [syn: fender, wing]
11: an addition that extends a main building [syn: annex,
annexe, extension, wing]
v 1: travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" [syn:
fly, wing]
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wring
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n 1: a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" [syn:
squeeze, wring]
v 1: twist and press out of shape [syn: contort, deform,
distort, wring]
2: twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's
hand" [syn: wring, wrench]
3: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from
the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the
company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the
business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze,
rack, gouge, wring]
4: twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid;
"wring the towels"
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zing
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n 1: a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound; "the zing of
the passing bullet"
2: the activeness of an energetic personality [syn: dynamism,
pizzazz, pizzaz, oomph, zing]
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ming
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n 1: the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 [syn:
Ming, Ming dynasty]
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ng
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n 1: one billionth (1/1,000,000,000) gram [syn: nanogram,
ng]
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beijing
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n 1: capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei
province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
[syn: Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red
China]
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chongqing
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n 1: a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a
commercial center for western China [syn: Chongqing,
Chungking]
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qing
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n 1: the last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912)
which was overthrown by revolutionaries; during the Qing
dynasty China was ruled by the Manchu [syn: Qing, Qing
dynasty, Ch'ing, Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu, Manchu
dynasty]
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upswing
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bing
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singh
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xing
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dring
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gring
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kling
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kring
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pring
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schwing
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thwing
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unring
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xiaoping
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yenching
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ching
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ging
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hing
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jing
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lyng
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ning
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shing
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ying
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ringe
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