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banal
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adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
"repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat,
shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, well-worn]
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bole
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n 1: a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish
brown pigment)
2: the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole
is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
[syn: trunk, tree trunk, bole]
3: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely
related to Hausa [syn: Bole, Bolanci]
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boll
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n 1: the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
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bowl
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n 1: a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for
holding food or liquids;
2: a concave shape with an open top [syn: bowl, trough]
3: a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
4: the quantity contained in a bowl [syn: bowl, bowlful]
5: a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments [syn:
stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium]
6: a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling
[syn: bowling ball, bowl]
7: a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a
curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling
8: a small round container that is open at the top for holding
tobacco [syn: bowl, pipe bowl]
9: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) [syn:
roll, bowl]
v 1: roll (a ball)
2: hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the
batsman at the other end
3: engage in the sport of bowling; "My parents like to bowl on
Friday nights"
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cabal
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n 1: a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through
intrigue [syn: cabal, faction, junto, camarilla]
2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a
political plot) [syn: conspiracy, cabal]
v 1: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
[syn: conspire, cabal, complot, conjure,
machinate]
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col
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n 1: a pass between mountain peaks [syn: col, gap]
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dole
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n 1: a share of money or food or clothing that has been
charitably given
2: money received from the state [syn: dole, pogy, pogey]
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doll
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n 1: a small replica of a person; used as a toy [syn: doll,
dolly]
2: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll,
wench, skirt, chick, bird]
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droll
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adj 1: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little
man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"
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fall
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n 1: the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the
fall of 1973" [syn: fall, autumn]
2: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill
on the ice" [syn: spill, tumble, fall]
3: the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of
Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
4: a downward slope or bend [syn: descent, declivity,
fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope]
[ant: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise,
upgrade]
5: a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall
from virtue"
6: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the
fall of the House of Hapsburg" [syn: fall, downfall]
[ant: rise]
7: a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides" [ant:
ascension, ascent, rise, rising]
8: the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions);
"they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
[syn: capitulation, fall, surrender]
9: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the
twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn:
twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall,
evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle]
10: when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat [syn:
fall, pin]
11: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a
miracle that he survived the drop from that height" [syn:
drop, fall]
12: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57
points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in
pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when
that became known the price of their stock went into free
fall" [syn: drop, dip, fall, free fall]
v 1: descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The
branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell
into a crevasse"
2: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
"The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling";
"The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then
fell again" [syn: descend, fall, go down, come down]
[ant: arise, ascend, come up, go up, lift, move
up, rise, uprise]
3: pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind;
"fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor";
"Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter";
"fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces
after she lost her work"
4: come under, be classified or included; "fall into a
category"; "This comes under a new heading" [syn: fall,
come]
5: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling";
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on
Herculaneum" [syn: precipitate, come down, fall]
6: suffer defeat, failure, or ruin; "We must stand or fall";
"fall by the wayside"
7: die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at
Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The
shooting victim fell dead"
8: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell
on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light
struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
[syn: fall, shine, strike]
9: be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"
10: occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a
Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
11: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework
decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin
pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a
hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" [syn:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall] [ant: increase]
12: yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"
13: lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The
Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
14: to be given by assignment or distribution; "The most
difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team";
"The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the
youngest student"
15: move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall
forward"
16: be due; "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
17: lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"
18: to be given by right or inheritance; "The estate fell to the
oldest daughter"
19: come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the
oldest son" [syn: accrue, fall]
20: fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to
me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
[syn: fall, light]
21: be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land
returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir
that everybody had assumed to be dead" [syn: fall,
return, pass, devolve]
22: slope downward; "The hills around here fall towards the
ocean"
23: lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and
the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her
forehead" [syn: fall, fall down]
24: drop oneself to a lower or less erect position; "She fell
back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
25: fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her
long black hair flowed down her back" [syn: hang, fall,
flow]
26: assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when
she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
27: be cast down; "his eyes fell"
28: come out; issue; "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
29: be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the
afternoon"
30: begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"
31: go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"
32: come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" [syn:
fall, descend, settle]
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foal
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n 1: a young horse
v 1: give birth to a foal; "the mare foaled"
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goal
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n 1: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and
that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to
achieve it; "the ends justify the means" [syn: goal,
end]
2: the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a
crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as
their destination came into view" [syn: finish,
destination, goal]
3: game equipment consisting of the place toward which players
of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score
points
4: a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with
less than a minute left to play"
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hall
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n 1: an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the
elevators were at the end of the hall" [syn: hallway,
hall]
2: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn: anteroom,
antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby,
vestibule]
3: a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall";
"pool hall"
4: a college or university building containing living quarters
for students [syn: dormitory, dorm, residence hall,
hall, student residence]
5: the large room of a manor or castle [syn: manor hall,
hall]
6: English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was
banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943) [syn: Hall,
Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall]
7: United States child psychologist whose theories of child
psychology strongly influenced educational psychology
(1844-1924) [syn: Hall, G. Stanley Hall, Granville
Stanley Hall]
8: United States chemist who developed an economical method of
producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914) [syn: Hall,
Charles Martin Hall]
9: United States explorer who led three expeditions to the
Arctic (1821-1871) [syn: Hall, Charles Francis Hall]
10: United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos
(the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907) [syn: Hall,
Asaph Hall]
11: a large and imposing house [syn: mansion, mansion house,
manse, hall, residence]
12: a large building used by a college or university for
teaching or research; "halls of learning"
13: a large building for meetings or entertainment
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hole
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n 1: an opening into or through something
2: an opening deliberately made in or through something
3: one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he
played 18 holes" [syn: hole, golf hole]
4: an unoccupied space
5: a depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: hole,
hollow]
6: a fault; "he shot holes in my argument"
7: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn:
fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of
fish]
8: informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole,
hole, maw, yap, gob]
v 1: hit the ball into the hole [syn: hole, hole out]
2: make holes in
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knoll
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n 1: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock,
hummock, hammock]
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loll
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v 1: hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled" [syn: droop,
loll]
2: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
[syn: bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse
about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's
time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge
about]
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maul
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n 1: a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
[syn: maul, sledge, sledgehammer]
v 1: split (wood) with a maul and wedges
2: injure badly by beating [syn: maul, mangle]
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mote
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n 1: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom,
molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
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natal
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adj 1: relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries";
"natal day"; "natal influences"
2: of or relating to the buttocks
n 1: a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean;
"Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994" [syn: Natal,
KwaZulu-Natal]
2: a port city in northeastern Brazil
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pole
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n 1: a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
2: a native or inhabitant of Poland
3: one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they
are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart"
4: a linear measure of 16.5 feet [syn: perch, rod, pole]
5: a square rod of land [syn: perch, rod, pole]
6: one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the
celestial sphere [syn: pole, celestial pole]
7: one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of
rotation intersects the Earth's surface
8: a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at
which electric current enters or leaves [syn: terminal,
pole]
9: a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting
10: one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to
be concentrated [syn: pole, magnetic pole]
v 1: propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went
punting in Cambridge" [syn: punt, pole]
2: support on poles; "pole climbing plants like beans"
3: deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
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poll
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n 1: an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a
random sample of people [syn: poll, opinion poll,
public opinion poll, canvass]
2: the top of the head [syn: pate, poll, crown]
3: the part of the head between the ears
4: a tame parrot [syn: poll, poll parrot]
5: the counting of votes (as in an election)
v 1: get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
[syn: poll, canvass, canvas]
2: vote in an election at a polling station
3: get the votes of
4: convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" [syn: poll,
pollard]
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recall
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n 1: a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to
return the product (as for replacement or repair) [syn:
recall, callback]
2: a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"
3: a bugle call that signals troops to return
4: the process of remembering (especially the process of
recovering information by mental effort); "he has total
recall of the episode" [syn: recall, recollection,
reminiscence]
5: the act of removing an official by petition
v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't
remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her
last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do
you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
[syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call
up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block,
draw a blank, forget]
2: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous
remark of his" [syn: hark back, return, come back,
recall]
3: call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn:
echo, recall]
4: summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his
country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had
laid off during the recession" [syn: recall, call back]
5: cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to
return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a
loud laugh"
6: make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company
recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" [ant:
issue, supply]
7: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The
manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn:
recall, call in, call back, withdraw]
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reinstall
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v 1: install again; "She reinstalled the washer after it had
been repaired"
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role
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n 1: the actions and activities assigned to or required or
expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher";
"the government must do its part"; "play its role" [syn:
function, office, part, role]
2: an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the
part of Desdemona" [syn: character, role, theatrical
role, part, persona]
3: what something is used for; "the function of an auger is to
bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" [syn:
function, purpose, role, use]
4: normal or customary activity of a person in a particular
social setting; "what is your role on the team?"
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roll
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n 1: rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in
axial rotation" [syn: axial rotation, axial motion,
roll]
2: a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls" [syn:
roll, roster]
3: a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore [syn:
roller, roll, rolling wave]
4: photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it
from light
5: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as
formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl,
roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
6: a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a
person or business etc.); "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed
nag" [syn: bankroll, roll]
7: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun,
roll]
8: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) [syn:
peal, pealing, roll, rolling]
9: the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly
and continuously [syn: paradiddle, roll, drum roll]
10: a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) [syn:
scroll, roll]
11: anything rolled up in cylindrical form
12: the act of throwing dice [syn: cast, roll]
13: walking with a swaying gait
14: a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal
axis without changing direction or losing altitude
15: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) [syn:
roll, bowl]
v 1: move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down
the hill"; "turn over on your left side" [syn: roll,
turn over]
2: move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The
President's convoy rolled past the crowds" [syn: wheel,
roll]
3: occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past" [syn:
roll, undulate]
4: flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper" [syn:
roll out, roll]
5: emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating
sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
6: arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your
finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped
her arms around the child" [syn: wind, wrap, roll,
twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off]
7: begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The
presses are already rolling"
8: shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette"
9: execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
10: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and
especially underhanded activity [syn: hustle, pluck,
roll]
11: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
"The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the
beach" [syn: roll, undulate, flap, wave]
12: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the
woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle
roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town
to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll,
wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast,
ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]
13: move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on
the heavy seas"
14: cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as
if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their
eyes at his words" [syn: roll, revolve]
15: pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her
r's"
16: boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water
rolled" [syn: seethe, roll]
17: take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled
out"; "Yarn rolls well"
18: show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls
unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" [syn: roll,
roll up]
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scrawl
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n 1: poor handwriting [syn: scribble, scratch, scrawl,
cacography]
v 1: write carelessly [syn: scribble, scrawl]
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scroll
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n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as
formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl,
roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
2: a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) [syn:
scroll, roll]
v 1: move through text or graphics in order to display parts
that do not fit on the screen; "Scroll down to see the
entire text"
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shoal
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n 1: a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low
tide
2: a stretch of shallow water [syn: shoal, shallow]
3: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish
swam by" [syn: school, shoal]
v 1: make shallow; "The silt shallowed the canal" [syn:
shallow, shoal]
2: become shallow; "the lake shallowed over time" [syn:
shallow, shoal]
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small
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adv 1: on a small scale; "think small" [ant: big]
adj 1: limited or below average in number or quantity or
magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little
house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group" [syn:
small, little] [ant: big, large]
2: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper
with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-
size country" [syn: minor, modest, small, small-
scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized]
3: (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little
boy you are"; "small children" [syn: little, small]
4: slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or
scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in
between"
5: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a
lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small
beginnings" [syn: humble, low, lowly, modest,
small]
6: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is
written all in minuscule letters" [syn: little,
minuscule, small]
7: (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice"
[syn: little, small]
8: have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty
rain"
9: not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest
salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
[syn: modest, small]
10: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her
comments made me feel small" [syn: belittled,
diminished, small]
n 1: the slender part of the back
2: a garment size for a small person
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sole
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adj 1: not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive
use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" [syn:
exclusive, sole(a)]
2: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the
lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an
only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary
instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn:
lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a),
solitary(a)]
n 1: the underside of footwear or a golf club
2: lean flesh of any of several flatfish [syn: sole, fillet
of sole]
3: the underside of the foot
4: right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in
warm seas especially European
v 1: put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" [syn: sole, resole]
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soul
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n 1: the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an
individual life [syn: soul, psyche]
2: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
[syn: person, individual, someone, somebody,
mortal, soul]
3: deep feeling or emotion [syn: soul, soulfulness]
4: the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor"
5: a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre
in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant
during the Civil Rights movement"
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sprawl
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n 1: an aggregation or continuous network of urban communities
[syn: conurbation, urban sprawl, sprawl]
2: an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about [syn:
sprawl, sprawling]
v 1: sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
2: go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches
straggling out quite far" [syn: sprawl, straggle]
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squall
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n 1: sudden violent winds; often accompanied by precipitation
v 1: make high-pitched, whiney noises [syn: squall, waul,
wawl]
2: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor
inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but
she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout out, cry,
call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall]
3: blow in a squall; "When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs
his sails"
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stall
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n 1: a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined
and fed
2: small area set off by walls for special use [syn: booth,
cubicle, stall, kiosk]
3: a booth where articles are displayed for sale [syn: stall,
stand, sales booth]
4: a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is
a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the
plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it"
5: seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
6: small individual study area in a library [syn: carrel,
carrell, cubicle, stall]
7: a tactic used to mislead or delay [syn: stall, stalling]
v 1: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want
to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn:
procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's
heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally]
2: come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway" [syn:
stall, conk]
3: deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to
write the report, so she is stalling"
4: put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"
5: experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
6: cause an airplane to go into a stall
7: cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept
stalling the car"
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stole
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n 1: a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
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stroll
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n 1: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn:
amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation]
v 1: walk leisurely and with no apparent aim [syn: stroll,
saunter]
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tall
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adj 1: great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall
people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"
[ant: little, short]
2: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never
really realizes what he is saying" [syn: grandiloquent,
magniloquent, tall]
3: impressively difficult; "a tall order"
4: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" [syn:
improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)]
n 1: a garment size for a tall person
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thrall
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n 1: the state of being under the control of another person
[syn: bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom,
thraldom]
2: someone held in bondage
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toll
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n 1: a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for
maintenance)
2: value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to
obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the
price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?" [syn:
price, cost, toll]
3: the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she
heard the distant toll of church bells" [syn: bell, toll]
v 1: ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls"
2: charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City"
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trawl
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n 1: a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks
attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) [syn:
trawl, trawl line, spiller, setline, trotline]
2: a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
[syn: trawl, dragnet, trawl net]
v 1: fish with trawlers
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troll
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n 1: (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a
dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in
the mountains
2: a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice
starts and others join in one after another until all are
singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they
enjoyed singing rounds" [syn: round, troll]
3: a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling; "he used a
spinner as his troll"
4: angling by drawing a baited line through the water [syn:
troll, trolling]
v 1: circulate, move around
2: cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop"
3: sing the parts of (a round) in succession
4: angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
5: sing loudly and without inhibition
6: praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you"
7: speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
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vote
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n 1: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in
favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in
favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per
person" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting]
2: the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the
question to a vote"
3: a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US
Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment;
"American women got the vote in 1920" [syn: right to vote,
vote, suffrage]
4: a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to
get the Black vote"
5: the total number of voters who participated; "they are
expecting a large vote" [syn: vote, voter turnout]
v 1: express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure
or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion";
"None of the Democrats voted last night"
2: express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the
Democratic ticket"
3: express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home";
"She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
4: be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience"
5: bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted
aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"
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wall
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n 1: an architectural partition with a height and length greater
than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to
support another structure; "the south wall had a small
window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
2: anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or
effect; "a wall of water"; "a wall of smoke"; "a wall of
prejudice"; "negotiations ran into a brick wall"
3: (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a
structure; "stomach walls" [syn: wall, paries]
4: a difficult or awkward situation; "his back was to the wall";
"competition was pushing them to the wall"
5: a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a
cave or mountain)
6: a layer of material that encloses space; "the walls of the
cylinder were perforated"; "the container's walls were blue"
7: a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall
followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and
waited"
8: an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes;
"they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the
trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" [syn: rampart,
bulwark, wall]
v 1: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: wall,
palisade, fence, fence in, surround]
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whole
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adv 1: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent
(`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was
wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal";
"it was completely different from what we expected"; "was
completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the
directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her
fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
[syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally,
all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially,
partly]
adj 1: including all components without exception; being one
unit or constituting the full amount or extent or
duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole
wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole
week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole
loaf of bread" [ant: fractional]
2: (of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and
sisters" [ant: half]
3: not injured [syn: unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole]
4: exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and
hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
[syn: hale, whole]
5: acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid
voting bloc" [syn: solid, unanimous, whole]
n 1: all of something including all its component elements or
parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of
American literature"
2: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity;
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a
unit" [syn: whole, unit]
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joel
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n 1: a Hebrew minor prophet
2: an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies [syn: Joel,
Book of Joel]
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seoul
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n 1: the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia;
located in northwestern South Korea [syn: Seoul, capital
of South Korea]
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caul
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n 1: part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the
colon and covering the intestines [syn: greater omentum,
gastrocolic omentum, caul]
2: the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates
(especially when covering the head at birth) [syn: caul,
veil, embryonic membrane]
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dahl
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n 1: tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat
pods; much cultivated in the tropics [syn: pigeon pea,
pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram,
dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan]
2: small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
[syn: cajan pea, pigeon pea, dahl]
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mol
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n 1: the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the
basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme
International d'Unites [syn: gram molecule, mole,
mol]
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pol
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n 1: a person active in party politics [syn: politician,
politico, pol, political leader]
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sol
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n 1: a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a
solid is suspended in a liquid [syn: sol, colloidal
solution, colloidal suspension]
2: (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the
sun; counterpart of Greek Helios
3: the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical
scale in solmization [syn: sol, soh, so]
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chagall
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n 1: French painter (born in Russia) noted for his imagery and
brilliant colors (1887-1985) [syn: Chagall, Marc
Chagall]
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transvaal
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n 1: a province of northeastern South Africa originally
inhabited by Africans who spoke Bantu; colonized by the
Boers
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senegal
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n 1: a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the
Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved
independence in 1960 [syn: Senegal, Republic of
Senegal]
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costa
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n 1: a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib
of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
2: any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from
the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar
bones in most vertebrates) [syn: rib, costa]
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dhole
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n 1: fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast
Asia that hunts in packs [syn: dhole, Cuon alpinus]
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kohl
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n 1: a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to
darken the edges of their eyelids
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thole
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n 1: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg,
pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock]
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ahl
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bahl
0
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bol
0
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bolle
0
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coll
0
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kahl
0
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wal
0
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amal
0
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bhopal
0
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bonsall
0
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cabrall
0
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casal
0
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centrale
0
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devall
0
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duvall
0
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jamal
0
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yigal
0
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avenall
0
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aerospatiale
0
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stol
0
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chasles
0