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ant
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n 1: social insect living in organized colonies;
characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings
during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the
workers [syn: ant, emmet, pismire]
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aunt
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n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
[syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]
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cant
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n 1: stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless
repetition [syn: buzzword, cant]
2: a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher
than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal
force [syn: bank, cant, camber]
3: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang, cant,
jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
4: insincere talk about religion or morals [syn: cant, pious
platitude]
5: two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
[syn: bevel, cant, chamfer]
v 1: heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is
slanting" [syn: cant, cant over, tilt, slant,
pitch]
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chant
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n 1: a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary
are assigned to a single tone
v 1: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a
psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant,
intone, intonate, cantillate]
2: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The
students chanted the same slogan over and over again" [syn:
tone, chant, intone]
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commandant
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n 1: an officer in command of a military unit [syn: commanding
officer, commandant, commander]
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confidant
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n 1: someone to whom private matters are confided [syn:
confidant, intimate]
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confidante
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n 1: a female confidant
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decant
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v 1: pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" [syn:
decant, pour, pour out]
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descant
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n 1: a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added
above a basic melody [syn: descant, discant]
v 1: sing in descant
2: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians
were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: yodel, warble,
descant]
3: talk at great length about something of one's interest
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eggplant
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n 1: egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark
purple but occasionally white or yellow [syn: eggplant,
aubergine, mad apple]
2: hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely
cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as
a vegetable [syn: eggplant, aubergine, brinjal,
eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum
melongena]
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enchant
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v 1: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport,
enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant:
disenchant, disillusion]
2: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's
hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch,
becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm,
fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant]
3: cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone
or something [syn: hex, bewitch, glamour, witch,
enchant, jinx]
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grant
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n 1: any monetary aid
2: the act of providing a subsidy [syn: grant,
subsidization, subsidisation]
3: (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance [syn:
grant, assignment]
4: Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the
Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978) [syn: Grant, Duncan Grant,
Duncan James Corrow Grant]
5: United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant
leading man in many films (1904-1986) [syn: Grant, Cary
Grant]
6: 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union
armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885) [syn: Grant,
Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant,
Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant]
7: a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary
business; "he got the beer concession at the ball park" [syn:
concession, grant]
8: a right or privilege that has been granted
v 1: let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few
visitors in prison" [syn: allow, grant] [ant: deny,
refuse]
2: give as judged due or on the basis of merit; "the referee
awarded a free kick to the team"; "the jury awarded a million
dollars to the plaintiff";"Funds are granted to qualified
researchers" [syn: award, grant]
3: be willing to concede; "I grant you this much" [syn:
concede, yield, grant]
4: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot,
grant]
5: bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a
divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: grant,
give]
6: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of
another [syn: concede, yield, cede, grant]
7: transfer by deed; "grant land" [syn: grant, deed over]
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implant
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n 1: a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
v 1: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the
back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in
the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed,
plant]
2: become attached to and embedded in the uterus; "The egg
fertilized in vitro implanted in the uterus of the birth
mother with no further complications"
3: put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students'
minds" [syn: plant, implant]
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pant
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n 1: the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
2: (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to
the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a
sharp crease in his trousers" [syn: trouser, pant]
3: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she
gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: gasp, pant]
v 1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners
reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant,
puff, gasp, heave]
2: utter while panting, as if out of breath
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plant
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n 1: buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a
large plant to manufacture automobiles" [syn: plant,
works, industrial plant]
2: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
[syn: plant, flora, plant life]
3: an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed
but seems spontaneous to the audience
4: something planted secretly for discovery by another; "the
police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that
the evidence against him was a plant"
v 1: put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground;
"Let's plant flowers in the garden" [syn: plant, set]
2: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back
of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
[syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant]
3: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new
department" [syn: establish, found, plant,
constitute, institute]
4: place into a river; "plant fish"
5: place something or someone in a certain position in order to
secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant
bugs in the dissident's apartment"
6: put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students'
minds" [syn: plant, implant]
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rant
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n 1: a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
[syn: harangue, rant, ranting]
2: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast,
fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
v 1: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn:
rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on,
rave]
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recant
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v 1: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about
his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: abjure,
recant, forswear, retract, resile]
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replant
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v 1: plant again or anew; "They replanted the land"; "He
replanted the seedlings"
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scant
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adj 1: less than the correct or legal or full amount often
deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar";
"regularly gives short weight" [syn: light, scant(p),
short]
v 1: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and
superficially [syn: skimp, scant]
2: limit in quality or quantity [syn: scant, skimp]
3: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with
the allowance" [syn: stint, skimp, scant]
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slant
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n 1: a biased way of looking at or presenting something [syn:
slant, angle]
2: degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a
steep pitch" [syn: pitch, rake, slant]
v 1: lie obliquely; "A scar slanted across his face"
2: present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to
please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight]
3: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over
the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle]
4: heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
[syn: cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch]
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supplant
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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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transplant
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n 1: (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a
recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and
recipient [syn: graft, transplant]
2: an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to
another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the
long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now
excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two
months ago" [syn: transplant, transplantation, organ
transplant]
3: the act of removing something from one location and
introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not
flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is
not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she
could not bear transplantation" [syn: transplant,
transplantation, transplanting]
v 1: lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant
the young rice plants" [syn: transplant, transfer]
2: be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant
easily"
3: place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient [syn:
transplant, graft]
4: transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient
Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [syn:
transfer, transpose, transplant]
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brandt
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n 1: German statesman who as chancellor of West Germany worked
to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992) [syn:
Brandt, Willy Brandt]
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brant
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n 1: small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate
southward [syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent
goose]
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levant
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n 1: a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding [syn: Levant,
Levant morocco]
2: the former name for the geographical area of the eastern
Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and
Israel
v 1: run off without paying a debt
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kant
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n 1: influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804) [syn:
Kant, Immanuel Kant]
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rembrandt
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n 1: influential Dutch artist (1606-1669) [syn: Rembrandt,
Rembrandt van Rijn, Rembrandt van Ryn, Rembrandt
Harmensz van Rijn]
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incant
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grandt
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plante
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quant
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schrandt
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labant
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bandt
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dant
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lant
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brabant
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