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accede
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v 1: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed
to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer,
accede, give in]
2: take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" [syn:
accede, enter]
3: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the
request for an encore" [syn: assent, accede, acquiesce]
[ant: dissent]
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agreed
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adj 1: united by being of the same opinion; "agreed in their
distrust of authority" [syn: agreed, in agreement(p)]
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bead
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n 1: a small ball with a hole through the middle
2: a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes
of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
[syn: drop, bead, pearl]
3: a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture [syn:
beading, bead, beadwork, astragal]
v 1: form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example
2: decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown"
3: string together like beads
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bleed
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v 1: lose blood from one's body [syn: shed blood, bleed,
hemorrhage]
2: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients
as part of the treatment" [syn: bleed, leech,
phlebotomize, phlebotomise]
3: get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone;
"They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
4: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to
run" [syn: run, bleed]
5: drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the
mechanic bled the engine"
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breed
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n 1: a special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
"he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he
created a new strain of sheep" [syn: breed, strain,
stock]
2: a special type; "Google represents a new breed of
entrepreneurs"
v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
2: copulate with a female, used especially of horses; "The horse
covers the mare" [syn: breed, cover]
3: cause to procreate (animals); "She breeds dogs"
4: have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely
breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" [syn:
breed, multiply]
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cede
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v 1: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control
of another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
2: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn:
surrender, cede, deliver, give up]
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concede
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v 1: admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken
the money" [syn: concede, profess, confess]
2: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn:
concede, yield, grant]
3: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of
another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
4: acknowledge defeat; "The candidate conceded after enough
votes had come in to show that he would lose"
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creed
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n 1: any system of principles or beliefs [syn: creed, credo]
2: the written body of teachings of a religious group that are
generally accepted by that group [syn: religious doctrine,
church doctrine, gospel, creed]
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decreed
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adj 1: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at
the time appointed (or the appointed time") [syn:
appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed]
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deed
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n 1: a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect
a transfer of property and to show the legal right to
possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his
car in the glove compartment" [syn: deed, deed of
conveyance, title]
2: something that people do or cause to happen [syn: act,
deed, human action, human activity]
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impede
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v 1: be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the
progress of our project" [syn: impede, hinder]
2: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct,
obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up]
[ant: disengage, free]
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screed
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n 1: a long monotonous harangue
2: a long piece of writing
3: an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or
floor as guide for the even application of plaster or
concrete
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secede
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v 1: withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the
break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"
[syn: secede, splinter, break away]
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seed
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n 1: a small hard fruit
2: a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and
its food source and having a protective coat or testa
3: one of the outstanding players in a tournament [syn: seeded
player, seed]
4: anything that provides inspiration for later work [syn:
source, seed, germ]
5: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed,
seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come]
v 1: go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"
2: help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by
providing seed money
3: bear seeds
4: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She
sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: sow, seed]
5: distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or
players will not meet in the early rounds
6: sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause
rain; "seed clouds"
7: inoculate with microorganisms
8: remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"
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speed
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n 1: distance travelled per unit time [syn: speed, velocity]
2: a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the
project advanced with gratifying speed" [syn: speed,
swiftness, fastness]
3: changing location rapidly [syn: speed, speeding,
hurrying]
4: the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera)
lens system [syn: focal ratio, f number, stop number,
speed]
5: a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and
decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms
of depression [syn: amphetamine, pep pill, upper,
speed]
v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
"The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot,
hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush
along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along,
step on it] [ant: dawdle, linger]
2: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate, speed
up, speed, quicken] [ant: decelerate, retard,
slow, slow down, slow up]
3: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck
speed" [syn: travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip]
4: travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket
for speeding"
5: cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" [syn:
accelerate, speed, speed up] [ant: decelerate, slow
down]
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stampede
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n 1: a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he
shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"
2: a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
v 1: cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"
2: cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or
hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us
into overeating"
3: act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies
will now stampede to release their latest software"
4: run away in a stampede
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steed
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n 1: (literary) a spirited horse for state or war
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succeed
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v 1: attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise
succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show";
"she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" [syn:
succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon,
deliver the goods] [ant: fail, go wrong, miscarry]
2: be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles
succeed to the throne?" [syn: succeed, come after,
follow] [ant: come before, precede]
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supersede
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v 1: take the place or move into the position of; "Smith
replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer
has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the
team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
[syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon,
supercede]
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treed
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adj 1: forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she
had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a
trapped animal" [syn: at bay(p), cornered, trapped,
treed]
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weed
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n 1: any plant that crowds out cultivated plants [ant:
cultivated plant]
2: a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of
mourning [syn: weed, mourning band]
3: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green
goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke,
skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
v 1: clear of weeds; "weed the garden"
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bede
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n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)
[syn: Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint
Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the
Venerable Bede]
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meade
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n 1: English economist noted for his studies of international
trade and finance (1907-1995) [syn: Meade, James Edward
Meade]
2: United States general in charge of the Union troops at the
Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872) [syn: Meade, George
Gordon Meade]
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snead
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n 1: United States golfer known for the graceful arc of his
swing (1912-2002) [syn: Snead, Sam Snead, Samuel
Jackson Snead]
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disagreed
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skied
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beede
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brede
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dede
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frede
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freid
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friede
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gaede
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grede
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leed
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nead
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nied
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teed
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aidid
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alwaleed
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aristede
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aristide
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