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allay
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v 1: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my
conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay,
relieve, ease]
2: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn:
quench, slake, allay, assuage]
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array
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n 1: an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle
order"
2: an impressive display; "it was a bewildering array of books";
"his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
3: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: array,
raiment, regalia]
4: an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional
characteristics
v 1: lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line;
"lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" [syn:
range, array, lay out, set out]
2: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn:
align, array]
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astray
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adv 1: away from the right path or direction; "he was led
astray"
2: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the
mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn:
wide, astray]
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away
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adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is
obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away
from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school";
"the teacher waved the children away from the dead
animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go
forth and preach" [syn: away, off, forth]
2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave
away the tickets" [syn: away, out]
3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush
the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn:
aside, away]
4: out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain
away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours
away"; "her fingernails were worn away"
5: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or
away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away
back in the 18th century" [syn: off, away]
6: indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he
worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child
kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"
7: so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess
away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
8: freely or at will; "fire away!"
9: in or into a proper place (especially for storage or
safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked
away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"
10: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside]
11: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age";
"has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside,
by, away]
adj 1: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you
must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother
is away"
2: used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: home(a)]
3: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the
batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
[syn: away, outside]
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ballet
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n 1: a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to
music by trained dancers [syn: ballet, concert dance]
2: music written for a ballet
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betray
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v 1: reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true
feelings" [syn: betray, bewray]
2: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The
spy betrayed his country" [syn: betray, sell]
3: disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His
sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally
failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis" [syn:
fail, betray]
4: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She
cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
[syn: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander]
5: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce,
tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit,
shop, snitch, stag]
6: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company
deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
[syn: deceive, betray, lead astray] [ant: undeceive]
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bouquet
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n 1: an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a
present [syn: bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay]
2: a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: bouquet,
fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness]
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brae
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n 1: a slope or hillside
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bray
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n 1: the cry of an ass
v 1: braying characteristic of donkeys [syn: hee-haw, bray]
2: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn:
grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute]
3: laugh loudly and harshly
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buffet
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n 1: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining
room; has shelves and drawers [syn: buffet, counter,
sideboard]
2: a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
3: usually inexpensive bar [syn: snack bar, snack counter,
buffet]
v 1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn:
buffet, knock about, batter]
2: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him" [syn:
buffet, buff]
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cache
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n 1: a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)
2: a secret store of valuables or money [syn: hoard, cache,
stash]
3: (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a
specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used
to optimize data transfers between system elements with
different characteristics [syn: cache, memory cache]
v 1: save up as for future use [syn: hoard, stash, cache,
lay away, hive up, squirrel away]
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cafe
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n 1: a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold [syn:
cafe, coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar]
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chalet
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n 1: a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house
built in this style
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clay
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n 1: a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but
hard when fired
2: water soaked soil; soft wet earth [syn: mud, clay]
3: United States general who commanded United States forces in
Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift
(1897-1978) [syn: Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon
Clay]
4: United States politician responsible for the Missouri
Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) [syn:
Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser]
5: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for
dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery
of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff
in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps
their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay,
remains]
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cod
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adv 1: collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package
C.O.D." [syn: C.O.D., COD, cash on delivery]
adj 1: payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call";
"the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn:
collect, cod]
n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the
seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase]
2: lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish;
usually baked or poached [syn: cod, codfish]
3: major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters [syn:
cod, codfish]
v 1: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe,
slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put
one over, put one across]
2: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod,
tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally,
ride]
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convey
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v 1: make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the
message to me"
2: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of
Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of
anger" [syn: carry, convey, express]
3: transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: convey,
transmit, communicate]
4: transmit a title or property
5: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
"Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct,
transmit, convey, carry, channel]
6: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me
the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the
boss"; "This brings me to the main point" [syn: bring,
convey, take]
7: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books
over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog
fetched the hat" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch]
[ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off,
take away]
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crochet
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n 1: needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a
hooked needle [syn: crochet, crocheting]
v 1: create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread"
2: make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread
with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"
[syn: crochet, hook]
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croquet
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n 1: a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series
of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops
and hit a peg
v 1: drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the
opponent's ball"
2: play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a
series of hoops
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de
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n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]
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decay
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n 1: the process of gradually becoming inferior
2: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn:
decay, decline]
3: the organic phenomenon of rotting [syn: decay,
decomposition]
4: an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying;
"the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house
had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"
5: the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance
along with the emission of ionizing radiation [syn: decay,
radioactive decay, disintegration]
v 1: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the
particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
[syn: disintegrate, decay, decompose]
2: fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to
decay" [syn: decay, crumble, dilapidate]
3: undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay
and needed to be cremated"
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defray
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v 1: bear the expenses of
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delay
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n 1: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay
caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
[syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait]
2: the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being
put off until a later time [syn: delay, holdup]
v 1: cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by
the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't
want to perform" [syn: delay, detain, hold up] [ant:
hurry, rush]
2: act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay
your application to graduate school or else it won't be
considered"
3: stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [syn: stay,
detain, delay]
4: slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will
retard the child's language development" [syn: check,
retard, delay]
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disarray
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n 1: a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly
thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" [syn:
confusion, mental confusion, confusedness,
muddiness, disarray]
2: untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance) [syn:
disarray, disorderliness]
v 1: bring disorder to [syn: disorder, disarray] [ant:
order]
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dismay
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n 1: the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles [syn:
discouragement, disheartenment, dismay]
2: fear resulting from the awareness of danger [syn: alarm,
dismay, consternation]
v 1: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news
depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health
demoralizes her" [syn: depress, deject, cast down,
get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize,
demoralise] [ant: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick
up, uplift]
2: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly
surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for
my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"
[syn: dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify]
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disobey
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v 1: refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient;
"He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" [ant: obey]
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display
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n 1: something intended to communicate a particular impression;
"made a display of strength"; "a show of impatience"; "a
good show of looking interested" [syn: display, show]
2: something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits
of oriental art" [syn: display, exhibit, showing]
3: a visual representation of something [syn: display,
presentation]
4: behavior that makes your feelings public; "a display of
emotion"
5: exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage"
6: an electronic device that represents information in visual
form [syn: display, video display]
v 1: to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum
is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show
your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders
will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
[syn: expose, exhibit, display]
2: attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of
animals
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dossier
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n 1: a collection of papers containing detailed information
about a particular person or subject (usually a person's
record)
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today
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adv 1: in these times; "it is solely by their language that the
upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford;
"we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets";
"today almost every home has television" [syn:
nowadays, now, today]
2: on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow; "I can't
meet with you today"
n 1: the present time or age; "the world of today"; "today we
have computers"
2: the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to
yesterday or tomorrow); "Today is beautiful"; "did you see
today's newspaper?"
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dah
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n 1: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse
code [syn: dash, dah]
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they
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coday
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aweida
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