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altogether
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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]
2: with everything included or counted; "altogether he earns
close to a million dollars" [syn: altogether, all told,
in all]
3: with everything considered (and neglecting details);
"altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not so
bad" [syn: all in all, on the whole, altogether, tout
ensemble]
n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw,
altogether, birthday suit]
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another
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adj 1: any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to
another (or some other) day" [syn: another(a), some
other]
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bellwether
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n 1: someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity
2: sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell
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blether
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n 1: idle or foolish and irrelevant talk [syn: prate,
prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music]
v 1: to talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at
the baby" [syn: babble, blather, smatter, blether,
blither]
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brother
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n 1: a male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother
still lives with our parents" [syn: brother, blood
brother] [ant: sis, sister]
2: a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or
religion or other group); "none of his brothers would betray
him"
3: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their
activities [syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal,
sidekick]
4: used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in
the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!" [syn: brother,
comrade]
5: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as
form of address; "a Benedictine Brother"
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feather
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n 1: the light horny waterproof structure forming the external
covering of birds [syn: feather, plume, plumage]
2: turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls [syn:
feather, feathering]
v 1: join tongue and groove, in carpentry
2: cover or fit with feathers
3: turn the paddle; in canoeing [syn: feather, square]
4: turn the oar, while rowing [syn: feather, square]
5: grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"
[syn: fledge, feather]
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gather
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n 1: sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling
tight a thread in a line of stitching [syn: gather,
gathering]
2: the act of gathering something [syn: gather, gathering]
v 1: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your
thoughts together" [syn: gather, garner, collect,
pull together] [ant: distribute, spread]
2: collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement";
"Let's gather in the dining room" [syn: meet, gather,
assemble, forgather, foregather]
3: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office";
"The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate,
conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
4: conclude from evidence; "I gather you have not done your
homework"
5: draw together into folds or puckers [syn: gather, pucker,
tuck]
6: get people together; "assemble your colleagues"; "get
together all those who are interested in the project";
"gather the close family members" [syn: assemble, gather,
get together]
7: draw and bring closer; "she gathered her shawl around her
shoulders"
8: look for (food) in nature; "Our ancestors gathered nuts in
the Fall"
9: increase or develop; "the peace movement gained momentum";
"the car gathers speed" [syn: gain, gather]
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heather
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n 1: common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low
evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere [syn:
heather, ling, Scots heather, broom, Calluna
vulgaris]
2: interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish
shades with flecks of color [syn: heather mixture,
heather]
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leather
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n 1: an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the
hair and then tanning
v 1: whip with a leather strap
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mother
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n 1: a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term
of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
[syn: mother, female parent] [ant: begetter,
father, male parent]
2: a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and
bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or
wine to produce vinegar
3: a term of address for an elderly woman
4: a term of address for a mother superior
5: a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or
situation; "necessity is the mother of invention"
v 1: care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" [syn:
mother, fuss, overprotect]
2: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get,
engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring
forth]
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nether
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adj 1: lower; "gnawed his nether lip"
2: dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions"
[syn: chthonian, chthonic, nether]
3: located below or beneath something else; "nether garments";
"the under parts of a machine" [syn: nether, under]
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other
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adj 1: not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied;
"today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the
construction of highways and other public works"; "he
asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell
the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then
we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his
other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side
of the street from me"; "went in the other direction"
[ant: same]
2: recently past; "the other evening"
3: belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of
Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" [syn:
early(a), former(a), other(a)]
4: very unusual; different in character or quality from the
normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his
powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow
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tether
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n 1: restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to
restrain an animal [syn: leash, tether, lead]
v 1: tie with a tether; "tether horses"
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together
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adv 1: in contact with each other or in proximity; "the leaves
stuck together"
2: assembled in one place; "we were gathered together"
3: in each other's company; "we went to the movies together";
"the family that prays together stays together"
4: at the same time; "we graduated together"
5: with cooperation and interchange; "we worked together on the
project" [syn: together, unitedly]
6: with a common plan; "act in concert" [syn: in concert,
together]
adj 1: mentally and emotionally stable; "she's really together"
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weather
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adj 1: towards the side exposed to wind [syn: upwind,
weather(a)]
n 1: the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the
atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and
precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every
day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no
exception"; "the conditions were too rainy for playing in
the snow" [syn: weather, weather condition,
conditions, atmospheric condition]
v 1: face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements"
[syn: weather, endure, brave, brave out]
2: cause to slope
3: sail to the windward of
4: change under the action or influence of the weather; "A
weathered old hut"
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wether
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n 1: male sheep especially a castrated one
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pinfeather
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whether
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grether
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raether
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birdfeather
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merriweather
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whitleather
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