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intertwine
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v 1: spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons";
"Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn:
intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace,
lace] [ant: untwine]
2: make lacework by knotting or looping [syn: tat,
intertwine]
3: make a loop in; "loop a rope" [syn: loop, intertwine]
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mine
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n 1: excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are
extracted
2: explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to
destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
v 1: get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals"
2: lay mines; "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"
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nine
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adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and
one less than ten [syn: nine, 9, ix]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one [syn:
nine, 9, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead]
2: a team of professional baseball players who play and travel
together; "each club played six home games with teams in its
own division" [syn: baseball club, ball club, club,
nine]
3: one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the
face [syn: nine-spot, nine]
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opine
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v 1: express one's opinion openly and without fear or
hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting" [syn: opine,
speak up, speak out, animadvert, sound off]
2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad
state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I
guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think,
opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]
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pine
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n 1: a coniferous tree [syn: pine, pine tree, true pine]
2: straight-grained durable and often resinous white to
yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
v 1: have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
"She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
[syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish]
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realign
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v 1: align anew or better; "The surgeon realigned my jaw after
the accident" [syn: realign, realine]
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reassign
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v 1: transfer somebody to a different position or location of
work [syn: transfer, reassign]
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recombine
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v 1: undergo genetic recombination; "The DNA can recombine"
2: cause genetic recombination; "should scientists recombine
DNA?"
3: to combine or put together again
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redefine
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v 1: give a new or different definition to; "She redefined his
duties"
2: give a new or different definition of (a word)
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redesign
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v 1: design anew, make a new design for
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refine
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v 1: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's
style of writing" [syn: polish, refine, fine-tune,
down]
2: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or
pattern" [syn: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate]
3: treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine
paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil"
4: reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from
extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar"
[syn: refine, rectify]
5: attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by
polishing or purifying; "many valuable nutrients are refined
out of the foods in our modern diet"
6: make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of;
"refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the
equation"
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resign
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v 1: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated
the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned
when he was found to have misappropriated funds" [syn:
vacate, resign, renounce, give up]
2: give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy
will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over
the financial scandal" [syn: leave office, quit, step
down, resign] [ant: take office]
3: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the
throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free,
give up]
4: accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" [syn:
resign, reconcile, submit]
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shine
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n 1: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
[syn: radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence,
refulgence, refulgency]
v 1: be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully
--the wet road reflects" [syn: reflect, shine]
2: emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun
shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"
[syn: shine, beam]
3: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn:
glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine]
4: be distinguished or eminent; "His talent shines"
5: be clear and obvious; "A shining example"
6: have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or
pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" [syn:
glow, beam, radiate, shine]
7: throw or flash the light of (a lamp); "Shine the light on
that window, please"
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: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good
health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy";
"Her face radiated with happiness" [syn: glow, beam,
radiate, shine]
10: make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish
my shoes" [syn: polish, smooth, smoothen, shine]
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shrine
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n 1: a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred
thing or person
v 1: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in
the cathedral" [syn: enshrine, shrine]
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sign
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adj 1: used of the language of the deaf [syn: gestural,
sign(a), signed, sign-language(a)]
n 1: a perceptible indication of something not immediately
apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened);
"he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of
spring" [syn: sign, mark]
2: a public display of a message; "he posted signs in all the
shop windows"
3: any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message;
"signals from the boat suddenly stopped" [syn: signal,
signaling, sign]
4: structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be
posted; "the highway was lined with signboards" [syn:
signboard, sign]
5: (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is
divided [syn: sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign,
mansion, house, planetary house]
6: (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a
disorder or disease; "there were no signs of asphyxiation"
7: having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive
and negative electric charges); "he got the polarity of the
battery reversed"; "charges of opposite sign" [syn:
polarity, sign]
8: an event that is experienced as indicating important things
to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from
God" [syn: augury, sign, foretoken, preindication]
9: a gesture that is part of a sign language
10: a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that
which is signified; "The bond between the signifier and the
signified is arbitrary"--de Saussure
11: a character indicating a relation between quantities; "don't
forget the minus sign"
v 1: mark with one's signature; write one's name (on); "She
signed the letter and sent it off"; "Please sign here"
[syn: sign, subscribe]
2: approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation;
"All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed
your contract yet?" [syn: sign, ratify]
3: be engaged by a written agreement; "He signed to play the
casino on Dec. 18"; "The soprano signed to sing the new
opera"
4: engage by written agreement; "They signed two new pitchers
for the next season" [syn: sign, contract, sign on,
sign up]
5: communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs;
"He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture";
"The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu" [syn:
sign, signal, signalize, signalise]
6: place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This
road has been signed"
7: communicate in sign language; "I don't know how to sign, so I
could not communicate with my deaf cousin"
8: make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on
God for protection; consecrate [syn: bless, sign]
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sine
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n 1: ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to
the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
[syn: sine, sin]
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spine
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n 1: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton
and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
[syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine,
backbone, back, rachis]
2: any sharply pointed projection [syn: spur, spine,
acantha]
3: a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or
leaf [syn: spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker,
spikelet]
4: the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of
the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is
shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of
the book" [syn: spine, backbone]
5: a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine
quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
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spline
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n 1: a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved
lines
2: a thin strip (wood or metal) [syn: slat, spline]
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stein
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n 1: a mug intended for serving beer [syn: beer mug, stein]
2: experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946)
[syn: Stein, Gertrude Stein]
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supine
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adj 1: lying face upward [syn: supine, resupine]
2: offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other
colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing
her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore
Roosevelt [syn: resistless, supine, unresisting]
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swine
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n 1: stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals
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tine
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n 1: prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
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trine
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n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce,
leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary,
ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-
ace]
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twine
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n 1: a lightweight cord [syn: string, twine]
v 1: spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons";
"Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [syn:
intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace,
lace] [ant: untwine]
2: 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]
3: make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"
4: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn:
twist, twine, distort] [ant: untwist]
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vine
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n 1: a plant with a weak stem that derives support from
climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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whine
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n 1: a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way [syn:
whimper, whine]
v 1: move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past
us"
2: talk in a tearful manner [syn: snivel, whine]
3: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when
I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
[syn: whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak,
skreak]
4: complain whiningly [syn: whine, grizzle, yammer,
yawp]
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wine
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n 1: fermented juice (of grapes especially) [syn: wine,
vino]
2: a red as dark as red wine [syn: wine, wine-colored,
wine-coloured]
v 1: drink wine
2: treat to wine; "Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for
a week"
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jain
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Jainism; "Jain gods"
[syn: Jain, Jainist]
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rhein
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n 1: a major European river carrying more traffic than any other
river in the world; flows into the North Sea [syn: Rhine,
Rhine River, Rhein]
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rhine
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n 1: United States parapsychologist (1895-1980) [syn: Rhine,
J. B. Rhine, Joseph Banks Rhine]
2: a major European river carrying more traffic than any other
river in the world; flows into the North Sea [syn: Rhine,
Rhine River, Rhein]
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aline
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v 1: place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or
straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets
of paper on the table" [syn: align, aline, line up,
adjust] [ant: skew]
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copaline
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n 1: partly mineralized copal dug from the ground [syn:
copalite, copaline, fossil copal]
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aleen
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alene
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