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acclaim
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n 1: enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim";
"he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him
more eclat than he really deserved" [syn: acclaim,
acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat]
v 1: praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist
as a new Rubinstein" [syn: acclaim, hail, herald]
2: clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate
approval [syn: applaud, clap, spat, acclaim] [ant:
boo, hiss]
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aim
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n 1: an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your
planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new
translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was
created with the conscious aim of answering immediate
needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" [syn: purpose,
intent, intention, aim, design]
2: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be
attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her
children" [syn: aim, object, objective, target]
3: the action of directing something at an object; "he took aim
and fired"
4: the direction or path along which something moves or along
which it lies [syn: bearing, heading, aim]
v 1: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as
photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your
little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar";
"Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at
one's opponent" [syn: aim, take, train, take aim,
direct]
2: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim,
purpose, purport, propose]
3: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you
driving at?" [syn: drive, get, aim]
4: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a
certain public [syn: calculate, aim, direct]
5: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed
his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed
at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not
towards yourself" [syn: target, aim, place, direct,
point]
6: direct (a remark) toward an intended goal; "She wanted to aim
a pun"
7: have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: draw a bead
on, aspire, aim, shoot for]
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blame
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adj 1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a
blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold
winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or
blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such
thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a
deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted,
blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned,
deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal]
n 1: an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or
misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony";
"the police laid the blame on the driver" [syn:
incrimination, inculpation, blame]
2: a reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for
it"; "it was a bum rap" [syn: blame, rap]
v 1: put or pin the blame on [syn: blame, fault] [ant:
absolve, free, justify]
2: harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your
little brother" [syn: blame, find fault, pick]
3: attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her";
"The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" [syn: blame,
charge]
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brome
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n 1: any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus
Bromus; native to temperate regions [syn: brome,
bromegrass]
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chrome
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n 1: another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or
pigments
v 1: plate with chromium; "chrome bathroom fixtures" [syn:
chrome, chromium-plate]
2: treat with a chromium compound
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claim
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n 1: an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his
claim asked for damages"
2: an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim
that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the
government's claims"
3: demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in
support of their claim for a shorter work day"
4: an informal right to something; "his claim on her
attentions"; "his title to fame" [syn: claim, title]
5: an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to
the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to
his father's estate"; "he staked his claim" [syn: title,
claim]
6: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn:
call, claim]
v 1: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing;
"He claimed that he killed the burglar" [ant: disclaim]
2: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or
title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter";
"Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a
foreign resident" [syn: claim, lay claim, arrogate]
[ant: forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw
overboard, waive]
3: ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for
example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
4: lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole
idea" [syn: claim, take] [ant: disclaim]
5: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of
affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work
took its toll on her" [syn: claim, take, exact]
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declaim
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v 1: recite in elocution [syn: declaim, recite]
2: speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against
the wasteful ways of modern society" [syn: declaim,
inveigh]
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defame
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v 1: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have
defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my
reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse,
denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch]
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disclaim
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v 1: renounce a legal claim or title to [ant: claim, take]
2: make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility"
[ant: claim]
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exclaim
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v 1: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!'
he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother
shouted when she saw her child looking lost" [syn:
exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout]
2: state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed";
"The King will proclaim an amnesty" [syn: proclaim,
exclaim, promulgate]
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fame
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n 1: the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
[syn: fame, celebrity, renown] [ant: infamy,
opprobrium]
2: favorable public reputation [ant: infamy]
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flame
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n 1: the process of combustion of inflammable materials
producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one
of our ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: fire, flame,
flaming]
v 1: shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the
massive bombardment" [syn: flare, flame]
2: be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the
Hawaiian sunset"
3: criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium; "the
person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed"
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frame
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n 1: the framework for a pair of eyeglasses
2: a single one of a series of still transparent pictures
forming a cinema, television or video film
3: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo
studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the
spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human body,
physical body, material body, soma, build, figure,
physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame,
form, flesh]
4: (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each
team has a turn at bat [syn: inning, frame]
5: a single drawing in a comic_strip
6: an application that divides the user's display into two or
more windows that can be scrolled independently
7: a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior
and give it meaning [syn: frame of reference, frame]
8: the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a
frame for the body of an animal [syn: skeletal system,
skeleton, frame, systema skeletale]
9: the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its
shape; "the building has a steel skeleton" [syn: skeleton,
skeletal frame, frame, underframe]
10: a framework that supports and protects a picture or a
mirror; "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of
attention"; "the frame was much more valuable than the miror
it held" [syn: frame, framing]
11: one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided
v 1: enclose in or as if in a frame; "frame a picture" [syn:
frame, frame in, border]
2: enclose in a frame, as of a picture
3: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The
innocent man was framed by the police" [syn: ensnare,
entrap, frame, set up]
4: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
[syn: frame, redact, cast, put, couch]
5: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn:
frame, compose, draw up]
6: construct by fitting or uniting parts together [syn: frame,
frame up]
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gnome
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n 1: a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in
the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure [syn:
gnome, dwarf]
2: a short pithy saying expressing a general truth
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inflame
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v 1: cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her
joint"
2: catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled,
spreading the flames for miles" [syn: kindle, inflame]
3: cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with
oranges and reds" [syn: kindle, enkindle, conflagrate,
inflame]
4: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way
of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The
refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake
old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake,
ignite, heat, fire up]
5: become inflamed; get sore; "His throat inflamed"
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lame
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adj 1: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble
excuse"; "a lame argument" [syn: feeble, lame]
2: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game
leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy,
game]
n 1: someone who doesn't understand what is going on [syn:
square, lame]
2: a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold
lame dress"
v 1: deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The
accident has crippled her for life" [syn: cripple,
lame]
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maim
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v 1: injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration
or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"
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name
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n 1: a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his
name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for
the same thing"
2: a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"
3: family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was
no one to carry on his name" [syn: name, gens]
4: a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great
names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure
in modern music" [syn: name, figure, public figure]
5: by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the
law"
6: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase [syn: name,
epithet]
v 1: assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They
named their son David"; "The new school was named after the
famous Civil Rights leader" [syn: name, call]
2: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by
name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many
senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The
almanac identifies the auspicious months" [syn: name,
identify]
3: charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of
the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn:
name, nominate, make]
4: create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a
committee" [syn: appoint, name, nominate, constitute]
5: mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
6: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with
the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite,
name, refer]
7: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn:
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish,
describe, name]
8: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of;
"List the states west of the Mississippi" [syn: list,
name]
9: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an
illness through a diagnostic analysis [syn: diagnose,
name]
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ohm
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n 1: a unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance
between two points on a conductor when a potential
difference of one volt between them produces a current of
one ampere
2: German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854) [syn:
Ohm, Georg Simon Ohm]
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proclaim
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v 1: declare formally; declare someone to be something; of
titles; "He was proclaimed King"
2: state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed";
"The King will proclaim an amnesty" [syn: proclaim,
exclaim, promulgate]
3: affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech
predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
[syn: predicate, proclaim]
4: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's
children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: laud,
extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim]
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reclaim
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v 1: claim back [syn: reclaim, repossess]
2: reuse (materials from waste products) [syn: reclaim,
recover]
3: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of
life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed
me"; "reform your conduct" [syn: reform, reclaim,
regenerate, rectify]
4: make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated
state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
5: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He
tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" [syn:
domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim,
tame]
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rename
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v 1: assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East
Germany were renamed in 1990"
2: name again or anew; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior"
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same
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adj 1: same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never
wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we
were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
[ant: other]
2: closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity
or degree; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls
of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes";
"animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before";
"two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next
year" [ant: different]
3: equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent
amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the
other a like number"; "the same number" [syn: like, same]
[ant: unlike]
4: unchanged in character or nature; "the village stayed the
same"; "his attitude is the same as ever"
n 1: a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern
Scandinavia and herding reindeer [syn: Lapp,
Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Same, Saame]
2: the language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the
Kola Peninsula [syn: Lapp, Sami, Saami, Same,
Saame]
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shame
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n 1: a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy
or guilt
2: a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his
family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
[syn: shame, disgrace, ignominy]
3: an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
[syn: pity, shame]
v 1: bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by
committing a serious crime" [syn: dishonor, disgrace,
dishonour, attaint, shame] [ant: honor, honour,
reward]
2: compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making
amends"
3: cause to be ashamed
4: surpass or beat by a wide margin
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boehm
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n 1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;
influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: Boehme, Jakob
Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm,
Behmen, Jakob Behmen]
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boehme
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n 1: German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;
influenced George Fox (1575-1624) [syn: Boehme, Jakob
Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm,
Behmen, Jakob Behmen]
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drome
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n 1: an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well
as accommodations for passengers and cargo [syn: airport,
airdrome, aerodrome, drome]
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jerome
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n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the
early Christian Church whose major work was his translation
of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which
became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church
(347-420) [syn: Jerome, Saint Jerome, St. Jerome,
Hieronymus, Eusebius Hieronymus, Eusebius Sophronius
Hieronymus]
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aum
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n 1: a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan
and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987
that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity; "in
1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo
subway train" [syn: Aum Shinrikyo, Aum, Supreme
Truth]
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became
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overcame
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aime
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ame
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