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amble
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n 1: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn:
amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation]
v 1: walk leisurely [syn: amble, mosey]
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assemble
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v 1: create by putting components or members together; "She
pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They
set up a committee" [syn: assemble, piece, put
together, set up, tack, tack together] [ant: break
apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle, take
apart]
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: 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]
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bramble
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n 1: any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
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bumble
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v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up]
2: walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" [syn:
stumble, falter, bumble]
3: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
opponent enter the room" [syn: bumble, stutter,
stammer, falter]
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crumble
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v 1: fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion";
"Negotiations broke down" [syn: crumble, crumple,
tumble, break down, collapse]
2: break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled";
"The Sphinx is crumbling" [syn: crumble, fall apart]
3: fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to
decay" [syn: decay, crumble, dilapidate]
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cymbal
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n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk;
makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or
when two are struck together
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disassemble
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v 1: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble,
dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart] [ant:
assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack,
tack together]
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dissemble
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v 1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that
he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham,
pretend, affect, dissemble]
2: hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"
[syn: dissemble, cloak, mask]
3: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" [syn:
dissemble, pretend, act]
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ensemble
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n 1: a group of musicians playing or singing together; "a string
ensemble"
2: a cast other than the principals [syn: ensemble,
supporting players]
3: the chorus of a ballet company [syn: corps de ballet,
ensemble]
4: an assemblage of parts or details (as in a work of art)
considered as forming a whole [syn: ensemble, tout
ensemble]
5: a coordinated outfit (set of clothing)
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fumble
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n 1: (sports) dropping the ball [syn: fumble, muff]
v 1: feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her
glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" [syn: grope,
fumble]
2: make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the
door" [syn: fumble, blunder]
3: handle clumsily
4: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we
had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff,
bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble,
mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]
5: drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a
grounder"
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gamble
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n 1: money that is risked for possible monetary gain
2: a risky act or venture
v 1: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you
buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble,
chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure,
run a risk, take a chance]
2: play games for money
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gambol
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n 1: gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or
amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the
surf threatened to become ugly" [syn: play, frolic,
romp, gambol, caper]
v 1: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden";
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped
in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick,
skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk,
romp, run around, lark about]
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grumble
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n 1: a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling
of thunder" [syn: rumble, rumbling, grumble,
grumbling]
2: a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone [syn:
grumble, grumbling, murmur, murmuring, mutter,
muttering]
v 1: show one's unhappiness or critical attitude; "He scolded
about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled
about the increased work load" [syn: grouch, grumble,
scold]
2: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she
grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: murmur, mutter,
grumble, croak, gnarl]
3: to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a
rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff" [syn:
grumble, growl, rumble]
4: make a low noise; "rumbling thunder" [syn: rumble,
grumble]
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humble
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adj 1: 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]
2: marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a
humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he
achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"-
B.K.Malinowski [ant: proud]
3: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn:
humble, menial, lowly]
4: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly)
birth" [syn: base, baseborn, humble, lowly]
v 1: cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble
him"
2: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his
colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn:
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase]
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jumble
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n 1: a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter, jumble,
muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother]
2: small flat ring-shaped cake or cookie [syn: jumble,
jumbal]
3: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous
ideas [syn: patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble]
v 1: be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled"
[syn: jumble, mingle]
2: assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when
she is supposed to write a sentence" [syn: jumble,
confuse, mix up]
3: bring into random order [syn: scramble, jumble, throw
together]
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mumble
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n 1: a soft indistinct utterance
v 1: talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice [syn: mumble,
mutter, maunder, mussitate]
2: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great
difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his
food" [syn: mumble, gum]
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nimble
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adj 1: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a
gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick
of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the
stairs before we could stop it" [syn: agile, nimble,
quick, spry]
2: mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" [syn: agile,
nimble]
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preamble
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n 1: a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution
(usually explaining its purpose)
v 1: make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal
document
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ramble
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n 1: an aimless amble on a winding course [syn: ramble,
meander]
v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This
novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: ramble on, ramble,
jog]
2: 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]
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reassemble
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v 1: assemble once again, after taking something apart
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resemble
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v 1: appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She
resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my
own work"
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scramble
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n 1: an unceremonious and disorganized struggle [syn:
scramble, scuffle]
2: rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: scamper,
scramble, scurry]
v 1: to move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them"
2: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber,
scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]
3: bring into random order [syn: scramble, jumble, throw
together]
4: stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
[syn: beat, scramble]
5: make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can
understand it" [ant: unscramble]
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shamble
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n 1: walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your
feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" [syn:
shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling]
v 1: walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room";
"We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" [syn:
shuffle, scuffle, shamble]
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stumble
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n 1: an unsteady uneven gait [syn: lurch, stumble,
stagger]
2: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the
whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to
avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate
misstep" [syn: trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep]
v 1: walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" [syn:
stumble, falter, bumble]
2: miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the
tree root" [syn: stumble, trip]
3: encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin
last night in a restaurant" [syn: stumble, hit]
4: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name" [syn:
stumble, slip up, trip up]
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symbol
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n 1: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a
conventional significance
2: something visible that by association or convention
represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a
symbol of the United States" [syn: symbol, symbolization,
symbolisation, symbolic representation]
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thimble
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n 1: as much as a thimble will hold [syn: thimble,
thimbleful]
2: a small metal cap to protect the finger while sewing; can be
used as a small container
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timbale
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n 1: individual serving of minced e.g. meat or fish in a rich
creamy sauce baked in a small pastry mold or timbale shell
2: small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods [syn:
timbale, timbale case]
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tremble
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n 1: a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement [syn:
tremble, shiver, shake]
v 1: move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or
sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the
document"
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tumble
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n 1: an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
2: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill
on the ice" [syn: spill, tumble, fall]
v 1: fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade
Center tumbled after the plane hit it" [syn: tumble,
topple]
2: cause to topple or tumble by pushing [syn: topple,
tumble, tip]
3: roll over and over, back and forth
4: fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke
whirled in the air" [syn: whirl, tumble, whirl around]
5: fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion";
"Negotiations broke down" [syn: crumble, crumple,
tumble, break down, collapse]
6: throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams
with no apparent pattern"
7: understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She
didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally
caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto,
tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it]
8: fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the
devaluation of the currency"
9: put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled
about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash
in warm water and tumble dry"
10: suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
11: do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
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umbel
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n 1: flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the
family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks
arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at
the center
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unscramble
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v 1: make intelligible; "Can you unscramble the message?" [ant:
scramble]
2: become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or
threads of; "unravel the thread" [syn: unravel, unknot,
unscramble, untangle, unpick] [ant: knot, ravel,
tangle]
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wimble
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n 1: hand tool for boring holes [syn: auger, gimlet, screw
auger, wimble]
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campbell
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n 1: United States mythologist (1904-1987) [syn: Campbell,
Joseph Campbell]
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trumbull
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n 1: American Revolutionary leader who as governor of
Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army
(1710-1785) [syn: Trumbull, Jonathan Trumbull]
2: American painter of historical scenes (1756-1843) [syn:
Trumbull, John Trumbull]
3: American satirical poet (1750-1831) [syn: Trumbull, John
Trumbull]
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beall
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kemble
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timbal
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descramble
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gimbel
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kimball
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