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alley
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n 1: a narrow street with walls on both sides [syn: alley,
alleyway, back street]
2: a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins [syn:
bowling alley, alley, skittle alley]
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ally
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n 1: a friendly nation
2: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a
good ally in fight" [syn: ally, friend] [ant: enemy,
foe]
v 1: become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage;
"He allied himself with the Communists"
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belie
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v 1: be in contradiction with [syn: contradict, belie,
negate]
2: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my
intentions" [syn: misrepresent, belie]
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chalet
0
n 1: a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house
built in this style
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challis
0
n 1: a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
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dally
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v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a
young girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play,
flirt]
2: waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!" [syn: dally, dawdle]
3: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The
guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband
never flirts with other women" [syn: chat up, flirt,
dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance,
philander, mash]
4: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She
plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: dally,
trifle, play]
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dry
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adj 1: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal
moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry
land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery
boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" [ant:
wet]
2: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an
ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
[syn: dry, ironic, ironical, wry]
3: lacking moisture or volatile components; "dry paint" [ant:
wet]
4: opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of
alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and
bootleggers"; "a dry state" [ant: wet]
5: not producing milk; "a dry cow" [ant: lactating, wet]
6: (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of
decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white
burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux" [ant: sweet]
7: without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that
rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
[ant: phlegmy]
8: not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
9: lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry
book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and
juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated
to...life"- John Mason Brown [syn: dry, juiceless]
10: used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry
weight"
11: unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry
run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
12: having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off
the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
13: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;
"dry toast"; "dry meat"
14: having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry
martini is almost straight gin"
15: lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting";
"a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
16: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;
"he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be
teetotal" [syn: dry, teetotal]
n 1: a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
[syn: dry, prohibitionist]
v 1: remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry
hair" [syn: dry, dry out] [ant: wet]
2: become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" [syn:
dry, dry out]
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dye
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n 1: a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g.
fabrics or hair [syn: dye, dyestuff]
v 1: color with dye; "Please dye these shoes"
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eye
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n 1: the organ of sight [syn: eye, oculus, optic]
2: good discernment (either visually or as if visually); "she
has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye"
3: attention to what is seen; "he tried to catch her eye"
4: an area that is approximately central within some larger
region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into
the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the
storm" [syn: center, centre, middle, heart, eye]
5: a small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't
go through the eye"
v 1: look at [syn: eye, eyeball]
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fly
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adj 1: (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
n 1: two-winged insects characterized by active flight
2: flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back
to provide entrance to a tent [syn: tent-fly, rainfly,
fly sheet, fly, tent flap]
3: an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by
buttons concealed under a fold of cloth [syn: fly, fly
front]
4: (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air [syn: fly, fly
ball]
5: fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look
like an insect
v 1: travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" [syn:
fly, wing]
2: move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"
3: operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly,
aviate, pilot]
4: transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to
North America"
5: cause to fly or float; "fly a kite"
6: be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are
flying"
7: change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into
a rage"
8: pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing
beneath him" [syn: fly, fell, vanish]
9: travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight";
"Are we driving or flying?"
10: display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All
nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."
11: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn:
flee, fly, take flight]
12: travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft;
"Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
13: hit a fly
14: decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las
Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish,
fly, vaporize]
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fry
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n 1: English painter and art critic (1866-1934) [syn: Fry,
Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Fry]
2: English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born
1907) [syn: Fry, Christopher Fry]
3: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term
for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor,
shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke,
fry, nestling]
v 1: be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach
for another hour, they'll be fried"
2: cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"
3: kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial
killer was electrocuted" [syn: electrocute, fry]
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galley
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n 1: a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by
sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of
1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and
trading
2: (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel
propelled by oars
3: the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner
4: the area for food preparation on a ship [syn: galley,
ship's galley, caboose, cookhouse]
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goodbye
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n 1: a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn:
adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au
revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby,
good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long]
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guy
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n 1: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the
guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat,
hombre, bozo]
2: an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy
Fawkes Day
3: a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something
(especially a tent) [syn: guy, guy cable, guy wire,
guy rope]
v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed
the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun
at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted
the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule,
roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib,
make fun, poke fun]
2: steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians
guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"
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hereby
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adv 1: (formal) by means of this; "I hereby declare you man and
wife" [syn: hereby, herewith]
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hi
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n 1: an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged
polite hellos" [syn: hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-
do-you-do]
2: a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the
Hawaiian Islands [syn: Hawaii, Hawai'i, Aloha State,
HI]
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high
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adv 1: at a great altitude; "he climbed high on the ladder"
[syn: high, high up]
2: in or to a high position, amount, or degree; "prices have
gone up far too high"
3: in a rich manner; "he lives high" [syn: high, richly,
luxuriously]
4: far up toward the source; "he lives high up the river"
adj 1: greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a
high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his
career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is
high"; "he has a high opinion of himself" [ant: low]
2: (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or
specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in
combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high
ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high
incline"; "a foot high" [ant: low]
3: standing above others in quality or position; "people in high
places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the
community" [syn: eminent, high]
4: used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency [syn:
high, high-pitched] [ant: low, low-pitched]
5: happy and excited and energetic [syn: high, in high
spirits]
6: (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted [syn:
gamey, gamy, high]
7: slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug
(especially marijuana) [syn: high, mellow]
n 1: a lofty level or position or degree; "summer temperatures
reached an all-time high" [ant: low]
2: an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast
benefits from a Bermuda high"
3: a state of sustained elation; "I'm on a permanent high these
days" [ant: low spirits]
4: a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or
narcotics; "they took drugs to get a high on"
5: a high place; "they stood on high and observed the
countryside"; "he doesn't like heights" [syn: high,
heights]
6: a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through
12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool" [syn: senior
high school, senior high, high, highschool, high
school]
7: a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest
vehicle velocity for a given engine speed [syn: high gear,
high]
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imply
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v 1: express or state indirectly [syn: imply, connote]
2: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
3: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that
we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: entail, imply,
mean]
4: suggest that someone is guilty [syn: incriminate, imply,
inculpate]
5: have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many
changes" [syn: imply, involve]
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kali
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n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches
having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
[syn: saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali,
kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda]
2: wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi; "the black"
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lie
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n 1: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth [syn:
lie, prevarication]
2: Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the
United Nations (1896-1968) [syn: Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve
Halvden Lie]
3: position or manner in which something is situated
v 1: be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
2: be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The
sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the
shelf" [ant: sit, sit down, stand, stand up]
3: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices
in this country" [syn: dwell, consist, lie, lie in]
4: be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie
dormant"
5: tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie
to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
6: have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of
Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility
rests with the Allies" [syn: lie, rest]
7: assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you
feel better" [syn: lie down, lie] [ant: arise, get
up, rise, stand up, uprise]
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lye
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n 1: a strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide
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nearby
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adv 1: not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the
planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"
adj 1: close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his
study on the nearby planet Venus"
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nigh
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adv 1: near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding
day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until
they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation";
"her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the
bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the
fire" [syn: near, nigh, close]
2: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the
baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost
finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly
fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is
well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the
contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone
agrees" [syn: about, almost, most, nearly, near,
nigh, virtually, well-nigh]
adj 1: not far distant in time or space or degree or
circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future";
"they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to
success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb";
"she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a
close call" [syn: near, close, nigh] [ant: far]
2: being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one on
the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
[syn: near(a), nigh(a)]
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phi
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n 1: the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
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pie
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n 1: dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
2: a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of
all Indo-European languages [syn: Proto-Indo European,
PIE]
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ply
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n 1: one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or
thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four-
ply yarn"
2: (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or
paper or wood as in plywood
v 1: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or
sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
[syn: provide, supply, ply, cater]
2: apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade"
3: travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the
coast" [syn: ply, run]
4: join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply
fabric"
5: wield vigorously; "ply an axe"
6: use diligently; "ply your wits!"
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pry
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n 1: a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge [syn:
crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar]
v 1: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something
open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to
pry the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: pry, prise,
prize, lever, jimmy]
2: be nosey; "Don't pry into my personal matters!"
3: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always
nosing around the office" [syn: intrude, horn in, pry,
nose, poke]
4: make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry; "They pried the
information out of him" [syn: pry, prise]
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rally
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n 1: a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
[syn: rally, mass meeting]
2: the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he
singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the
rallying of their troops for a counterattack" [syn: rally,
rallying]
3: a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
4: an automobile race run over public roads
5: (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes;
"after a short rally Connors won the point" [syn: rally,
exchange]
v 1: gather; "drum up support" [syn: beat up, drum up,
rally]
2: call to arms; of military personnel [syn: call up,
mobilize, mobilise, rally] [ant: demobilise,
demobilize, inactivate]
3: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do
something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your
courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, come up,
muster up]
4: return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied
and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" [syn:
rally, rebound]
5: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod,
tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally,
ride]
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rely
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v 1: have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely
on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear
by my grandmother's recipes" [syn: trust, swear,
rely, bank] [ant: distrust, mistrust, suspect]
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reply
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n 1: a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to
reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation;
"I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies
to several of his critics" [syn: answer, reply,
response]
2: the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he
growled his reply" [syn: reply, response]
v 1: react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the
question"; "We answered that we would accept the
invitation" [syn: answer, reply, respond]
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reveille
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n 1: (military) signal to wake up [syn: reveille, wake-up
signal]
2: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a
bugle call at sunrise
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sally
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n 1: witty remark [syn: wisecrack, crack, sally, quip]
2: a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from
their position [syn: sortie, sally]
3: a venture off the beaten path; "a sally into the wide world
beyond his home" [syn: sally, sallying forth]
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sigh
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n 1: an utterance made by exhaling audibly [syn: sigh,
suspiration]
2: a sound like a person sighing; "she heard the sigh of the
wind in the trees"
v 1: heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She
sighed sadly" [syn: sigh, suspire]
2: utter with a sigh
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tally
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n 1: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four
bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of
the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn:
run, tally]
2: a bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning, tally]
3: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order;
"the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count,
counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning,
tally]
v 1: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their
characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many
details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the
check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on
the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check,
jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord,
disagree, discord]
2: gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He
hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn:
score, hit, tally, rack up]
3: keep score, as in games [syn: tally, chalk up]
4: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot
up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add
together, tally, add up]
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tie
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n 1: neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn
(mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the
front; "he stood in front of the mirror tightening his
necktie"; "he wore a vest and tie" [syn: necktie, tie]
2: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial
affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with
other members of the team"; "many close associations with
England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie-up]
3: equality of score in a contest
4: a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural
members from spreading apart or separating; "he nailed the
rafters together with a tie beam" [syn: tie, tie beam]
5: a fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are
held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar
during construction" [syn: link, linkup, tie, tie-in]
6: the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the
winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their
record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" [syn: draw,
standoff, tie]
7: (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates
that the note is to be sustained for their combined time
value
8: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway
track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn:
tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper]
9: a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which
something is tied; "he needed a tie for the packages"
v 1: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied
their victim to the chair" [syn: tie, bind] [ant:
unbrace, unlace, untie]
2: finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;
"The teams drew a tie" [syn: tie, draw]
3: limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets
are tied to large airports"
4: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you
connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together";
"Link arms" [syn: connect, link, tie, link up] [ant:
disconnect]
5: form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie"
6: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond]
7: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on
Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got
spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice]
8: make by tying pieces together; "The fishermen tied their
flies"
9: unite musical notes by a tie
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tomalley
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n 1: edible greenish substance in boiled lobster
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underlie
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v 1: be or form the base for
2: lie underneath
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valley
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n 1: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually
contains a river [syn: valley, vale]
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verbally
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adv 1: as a verb; "he had a habit of using nouns verbally"
2: by means of language; "verbally expressive"
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ai
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n 1: an agency of the United States Army responsible for
providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized
intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic
level commanders [syn: Army Intelligence, AI]
2: the branch of computer science that deal with writing
computer programs that can solve problems creatively;
"workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in
computers and robots" [syn: artificial intelligence, AI]
3: a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each
hindfoot [syn: three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus
tridactylus]
4: the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some
means other than sexual intercourse [syn: artificial
insemination, AI]
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july
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n 1: the month following June and preceding August
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shanghai
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n 1: the largest city of China; located in the east on the
Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
v 1: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service,
especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after
being drugged" [syn: shanghai, impress]
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halle
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n 1: a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River;
a member of the Hanseatic League during the 13th and 14th
centuries [syn: Halle, Halle-an-der-Saale]
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pally
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adj 1: (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or
pals [syn: chummy, matey, pally, palsy-walsy]
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cali
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n 1: city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area
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calais
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n 1: a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that
serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured
by the English king Edward III after a long siege and
remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the
French king Henry II in 1558
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raleigh
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n 1: English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to
colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to
England (1552-1618) [syn: Raleigh, Walter Raleigh, Sir
Walter Raleigh, Ralegh, Walter Ralegh, Sir Walter
Ralegh]
2: capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east
central part of the North Carolina [syn: Raleigh, capital
of North Carolina]
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mexicali
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n 1: a city in northwestern Mexico near the California border
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bally
0
adj 1: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking)
nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you
flaming idiot" [syn: bally(a), blinking(a),
bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a),
fucking(a)]
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mallee
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n 1: any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts
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my
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braley
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bralley
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cavalli
0
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mcnally
0
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palais
0
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hailey
0
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alie
0
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alli
0
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allie
0
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balli
0
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calley
0
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cally
0
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dalley
0
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talley
0
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mcanally
0
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teocalli
0