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abound
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v 1: be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities
2: be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with
screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
[syn: abound, burst, bristle]
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aground
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adv 1: with the bottom lodged on the ground; "he ran the ship
aground"
adj 1: stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float; "a
ship aground offshore"; "a boat aground on the beach
waiting for the tide to lift it" [ant: afloat(p)]
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around
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adv 1: in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing
about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next
flight" [syn: about, around]
2: by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way
around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"
3: used of movement to or among many different places or in no
particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go";
"people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)";
"traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone
who's been around"; "she sleeps around" [syn: about,
around]
4: in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning
around"
5: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
"lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute";
"he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand";
"we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came";
"weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3
gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"
[syn: approximately, about, close to, just about,
some, roughly, more or less, around, or so]
6: in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face";
"suddenly she turned around" [syn: about, around]
7: to a particular destination either specified or understood;
"she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for
supper"
8: all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or
about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees
growing all around"; "she looked around her" [syn: about,
around]
9: in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond
is two miles around"
10: from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round
on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" [syn: round,
around]
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astound
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v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages
amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound]
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bound
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adj 1: confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages" [ant:
unbound]
2: held with another element, substance or material in chemical
or physical union [ant: free]
3: secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining
form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes" [ant:
unbound]
4: (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to
happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is
destined to be famous" [syn: bound(p), destined]
5: covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the
back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze" [syn:
bandaged, bound]
6: headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often
used as a combining form as in `college-bound students';
"children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York"
[syn: bound, destined]
7: bound by an oath; "a bound official"
8: bound by contract [syn: apprenticed, articled, bound,
indentured]
9: confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly"
n 1: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary,
edge, bound]
2: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
[syn: boundary, bound, bounds]
3: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was
beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of
his ability" [syn: limit, bound, boundary]
4: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn:
leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce]
v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across
the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you
jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound,
spring]
2: form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: bound,
border]
3: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this
parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit,
bound, confine, throttle]
4: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after
they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate,
ricochet]
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browned
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adj 1: (of skin) deeply suntanned [syn: brown, browned]
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compound
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adj 1: composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are
composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads" [ant:
simple, unsubdivided]
2: consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or
elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop
is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit"
3: composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole
or colony; "coral is a colonial organism" [syn: colonial,
compound]
n 1: a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
2: (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or
more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
[syn: compound, chemical compound]
3: an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in
the Orient)
v 1: make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts
were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike
for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness";
"This event only deepened my convictions" [syn:
intensify, compound, heighten, deepen]
2: put or add together; "combine resources" [syn: compound,
combine]
3: calculate principal and interest
4: create by mixing or combining
5: combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the
ingredients" [syn: compound, combine]
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confound
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v 1: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think
clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This
question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled
even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox,
befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound,
discombobulate]
2: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the
other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" [syn:
confuse, confound]
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crowned
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adj 1: having an (artificial) crown on a tooth; "had many
crowned teeth" [ant: uncrowned]
2: crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory [syn:
laureled, laurelled, crowned] [ant: unlaureled,
unlaurelled]
3: provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified;
often used in combination; "a high-crowned hat"; "an orange-
crowned bird"; "a crowned signet ring" [ant: crownless,
uncrowned]
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expound
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v 1: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning
of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She
elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit,
enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate]
[ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut,
foreshorten, reduce, shorten]
2: state; "set forth one's reasons" [syn: set forth,
expound, exposit]
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ground
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n 1: the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned
away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth
shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the
ground" [syn: land, dry land, earth, ground, solid
ground, terra firma]
2: a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that
war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration" [syn:
reason, ground]
3: the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the
land surface; "they dug into the earth outside the church"
[syn: earth, ground]
4: a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they
were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
[syn: footing, basis, ground]
5: a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in
battle); "they gained ground step by step"; "they fought to
regain the lost ground"
6: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in
the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling
hills" [syn: background, ground]
7: material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in
which plants can grow (especially with reference to its
quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good
agricultural soil" [syn: land, ground, soil]
8: a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure
on which attention is focused [ant: figure]
9: a connection between an electrical device and a large
conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at
zero voltage) [syn: ground, earth]
10: (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the
paint for a painting
11: the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a
surface [syn: flat coat, ground, primer, priming,
primer coat, priming coat, undercoat]
v 1: fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
[syn: anchor, ground]
2: confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they
grounded the plane and the pilot"
3: place or put on the ground
4: instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
5: bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship" [syn:
ground, strand, run aground]
6: hit or reach the ground [syn: ground, run aground]
7: throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being
tackled behind the line of scrimmage
8: hit a groundball; "he grounded to the second baseman"
9: hit onto the ground
10: cover with a primer; apply a primer to [syn: prime,
ground, undercoat]
11: connect to a ground; "ground the electrical connections for
safety reasons"
12: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some
observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found]
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hound
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n 1: any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically
having large drooping ears [syn: hound, hound dog]
2: someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog" [syn:
cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound, heel]
v 1: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer
into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until
they found him" [syn: hound, hunt, trace]
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impound
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v 1: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal
authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents
impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated
the stolen artwork" [syn: impound, attach, sequester,
confiscate, seize]
2: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't
stray" [syn: impound, pound]
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inbound
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adj 1: directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the
inbound train"; "inward flood of capital" [syn:
inbound, inward]
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newfound
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adj 1: newly discovered; "his newfound aggressiveness"; "Hudson
pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea"
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profound
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adj 1: showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; "the
differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a
profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt";
"profound regret" [ant: superficial]
2: of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a
state of profound shock"
3: far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the
nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human
values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental
changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing
spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes" [syn:
fundamental, profound]
4: coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh"
5: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
[syn: heavy, profound, sound, wakeless]
6: situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have
been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the sea";
"the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray; "unplumbed
depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns" [syn:
profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded]
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propound
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v 1: put forward, as of an idea
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rebound
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n 1: a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil,
repercussion, rebound, backlash]
2: a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is
still on the rebound from his wife's death"
3: the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball
after a missed shot
v 1: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate,
ricochet]
2: return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied
and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" [syn:
rally, rebound]
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redound
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v 1: return or recoil; "Fame redounds to the heroes"
2: contribute; "Everything redounded to his glory"
3: have an effect for good or ill; "Her efforts will redound to
the general good"
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resound
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v 1: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
[syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate]
2: emit a noise [syn: make noise, resound, noise]
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round
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adv 1: from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year
round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" [syn:
round, around]
adj 1: having a circular shape [syn: round, circular] [ant:
square]
2: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and
reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" [syn: orotund,
rotund, round, pear-shaped]
3: (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred,
or thousand; "in round numbers"
n 1: a charge of ammunition for a single shot [syn: round,
unit of ammunition, one shot]
2: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events
occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons" [syn:
cycle, rhythm, round]
3: a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a
policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
[syn: beat, round]
4: (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a
set order); "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every
morning"; "the postman's rounds"; "we enjoyed our round of
the local bars"
5: the activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf
takes about 4 hours" [syn: round of golf, round]
6: the usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his
rounds" [syn: round, daily round]
7: (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
[syn: turn, bout, round]
8: the course along which communications spread; "the story is
going the rounds in Washington"
9: a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered
a second round" [syn: round, round of drinks]
10: a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
11: a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice
starts and others join in one after another until all are
singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they
enjoyed singing rounds" [syn: round, troll]
12: an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause"
13: a crosspiece between the legs of a chair [syn: rung,
round, stave]
14: any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out
metal circles" [syn: circle, round]
v 1: wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend"
2: make round; "round the edges" [syn: round, round out,
round off]
3: pronounce with rounded lips [syn: round, labialize,
labialise]
4: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning
paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: attack,
round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault]
5: bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state;
"polish your social manners" [syn: polish, round, round
off, polish up, brush up]
6: express as a round number; "round off the amount" [syn:
round off, round down, round out, round]
7: become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing
out" [syn: round, flesh out, fill out]
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sound
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adj 1: financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a
sound economy" [ant: unsound]
2: exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a
healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of
French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and
management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to
the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his
decision" [syn: healthy, intelligent, levelheaded,
level-headed, sound]
3: in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a
sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation"
[ant: unsound]
4: in excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have
one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" [syn: good,
sound]
5: logically valid; "a sound argument" [syn: reasoned,
sound, well-grounded]
6: having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the
property" [syn: legal, sound, effectual]
7: free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"
8: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
[syn: heavy, profound, sound, wakeless]
9: thorough; "a sound thrashing"
n 1: the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause;
"the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of
music" [ant: quiet, silence]
2: the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained
to hear the faint sounds" [syn: sound, auditory
sensation]
3: mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium;
"falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is
there to hear them"
4: the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound
awakened them"
5: the audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise
the audio for commercials" [syn: audio, sound]
6: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without
concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
[syn: phone, speech sound, sound]
7: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of
water [syn: strait, sound]
8: a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound
ran parallel to the coast"
v 1: appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
2: make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun
went `bang'" [syn: sound, go]
3: give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds
scratchy"
4: announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
5: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: voice, sound,
vocalize, vocalise] [ant: devoice]
6: cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
7: measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
[syn: fathom, sound]
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surround
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n 1: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--
the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environment,
environs, surroundings, surround]
v 1: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The
forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ,
ring, skirt, border]
2: envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [syn:
smother, surround]
3: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in,
circumvent]
4: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: wall,
palisade, fence, fence in, surround]
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ultrasound
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n 1: very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography
2: using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to
construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly
used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs [syn:
sonography, ultrasonography, echography, ultrasound]
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unbound
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adj 1: not secured within a cover; "an unbound book" [ant:
bound]
2: not restrained or tied down by bonds [ant: bound]
3: not held in chemical or physical combination
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unsound
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adj 1: not in good condition; damaged or decayed; "an unsound
foundation" [ant: sound]
2: not sound financially; "unsound banking practices" [ant:
sound]
3: containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an
unsound argument" [syn: fallacious, unsound]
4: suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind" [syn:
mentally ill, unsound, unstable]
5: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad
heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth" [syn:
bad, unfit, unsound]
6: of e.g. advice
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wound
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adj 1: put in a coil
n 1: an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving
a cut or break in the skin) [syn: wound, lesion]
2: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat [syn:
wound, injury, combat injury]
3: a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared
that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her
breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good
poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an
immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost
4: the act of inflicting a wound [syn: wound, wounding]
v 1: cause injuries or bodily harm to [syn: injure, wound]
2: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
[syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite]
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attuned
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ballooned
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drowned
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unwound
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unpruned
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