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allege
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v 1: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a
crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war";
"The registrar says that I owe the school money" [syn:
allege, aver, say]
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dredge
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n 1: a power shovel to remove material from a channel or
riverbed
v 1: cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before
frying it"
2: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something
valuable or lost [syn: dredge, drag]
3: remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body
of water
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edge
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n 1: the boundary of a surface [syn: edge, border]
2: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary,
edge, bound]
3: a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an
object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
4: the attribute of urgency in tone of voice; "his voice had an
edge to it" [syn: edge, sharpness]
5: a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the
competition"
6: the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place
farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the
leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's
edge"
v 1: advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car"
[syn: edge, inch]
2: provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with
embroidery" [syn: border, edge]
3: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins
the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border,
adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against,
butt on]
4: provide with an edge; "edge a blade"
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fledge
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v 1: feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight
2: decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" [syn: fledge,
flight]
3: grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"
[syn: fledge, feather]
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hedge
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n 1: a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
[syn: hedge, hedgerow]
2: any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk;
for example, taking two positions that will offset each other
if prices change [syn: hedge, hedging]
3: an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement; "when
you say `maybe' you are just hedging" [syn: hedge,
hedging]
v 1: 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]
2: hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge; "The animals
were hedged in"
3: enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges;
"hedge the property" [syn: hedge, hedge in]
4: minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to
hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"
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ledge
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n 1: a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
[syn: ledge, shelf]
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pledge
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n 1: a deposit of personal property as security for a debt; "his
saxophone was in pledge"
2: someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to
the group
3: a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
[syn: pledge, toast]
4: a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something;
"an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to
reveal the secret" [syn: assurance, pledge]
v 1: promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that I will honor
my wife" [syn: pledge, plight]
2: pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or
service, especially at regular intervals; "I pledged $10 a
month to my favorite radio station" [syn: pledge,
subscribe]
3: propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's
drink to the New Year" [syn: toast, drink, pledge,
salute, wassail]
4: give as a guarantee; "I pledge my honor"
5: bind or secure by a pledge; "I was pledged to silence"
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sedge
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n 1: grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having
solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of
inconspicuous flowers
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sledge
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n 1: a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs;
for transportation over snow [syn: sled, sledge,
sleigh]
2: a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
[syn: maul, sledge, sledgehammer]
v 1: transport in a sleigh
2: ride in or travel with a sledge; "the antarctic expedition
sledged along the coastline"; "The children sledged all day
by the lake"
3: beat with a sledgehammer [syn: sledgehammer, sledge]
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wedge
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n 1: any shape that is triangular in cross section [syn:
wedge, wedge shape, cuneus]
2: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise
and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and
lettuce and condiments); different names are used in
different sections of the United States [syn: bomber,
grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban
sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub,
submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep]
3: a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above
certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate
pronunciation [syn: hacek, wedge]
4: a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe [syn:
wedge heel, wedge]
5: (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
6: something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped
like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate
them
7: a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a
heavy object [syn: chock, wedge]
v 1: put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table";
"stick your thumb in the crack" [syn: lodge, wedge,
stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge, free]
2: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself
into the corner" [syn: wedge, squeeze, force]
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veg
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n 1: edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers
or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
[syn: vegetable, veggie, veg]
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kedge
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alldredge
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eldredge
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reg
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cumberledge
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