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achieve
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v 1: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite
setbacks" [syn: achieve, accomplish, attain, reach]
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aggrieve
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v 1: infringe on the rights of
2: cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother" [syn:
grieve, aggrieve]
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believe
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v 1: accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report";
"We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes
in spirits" [ant: disbelieve, discredit]
2: judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very
smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is
her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be
inferior" [syn: think, believe, consider, conceive]
3: be confident about something; "I believe that he will come
back from the war" [syn: believe, trust]
4: follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer; "When you hear
his sermons, you will be able to believe, too"
5: credit with veracity; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should
we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?"
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bereave
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v 1: deprive through death
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cleave
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v 1: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;
"cleave the bone" [syn: cleave, split, rive]
2: make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel
into the rock"
3: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and
resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label
stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere" [syn:
cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere]
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conceive
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v 1: have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help
paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
[syn: gestate, conceive, conceptualize,
conceptualise]
2: judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very
smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is
her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be
inferior" [syn: think, believe, consider, conceive]
3: become pregnant; undergo conception; "She cannot conceive";
"My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
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deceive
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v 1: be false to; be dishonest with [syn: deceive, lead on,
delude, cozen]
2: 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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disbelieve
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v 1: reject as false; refuse to accept [syn: disbelieve,
discredit] [ant: believe]
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eve
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n 1: (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology:
the first woman and mother of the human race; God created
Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden
of Eden
2: the day before; "he always arrives on the eve of her
departure"
3: the period immediately before something; "on the eve of the
French Revolution"
4: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight
from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening
light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve, even,
eventide]
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give
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n 1: the elasticity of something that can be stretched and
returns to its original length [syn: give, spring,
springiness]
v 1: cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense;
"She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"
2: be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble";
"Our meeting afforded much interesting information" [syn:
yield, give, afford]
3: transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to
somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?";
"She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
[ant: take]
4: convey or reveal information; "Give one's name"
5: convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow;
"Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my
best regards"; "pay attention" [syn: give, pay]
6: organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have,
throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: hold,
throw, have, make, give]
7: convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical
gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look" [syn:
give, throw]
8: give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her
for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present]
9: cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave
the team the victory" [syn: give, yield]
10: dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay
attention to" [syn: give, pay, devote]
11: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This
year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate
renders some revenue for the family" [syn: render,
yield, return, give, generate]
12: transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the
Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new
skill to the students" [syn: impart, leave, give,
pass on]
13: bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
[syn: establish, give]
14: leave with; give temporarily; "Can I give you my keys while
I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the
weekend?"
15: emit or utter; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp"
16: endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I
gave two sons to the war" [syn: sacrifice, give]
17: place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon,
please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned
over the prisoner to his lawyers" [syn: pass, hand,
reach, pass on, turn over, give]
18: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She
committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents
to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" [syn:
give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote]
19: give (as medicine); "I gave him the drug"
20: give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave
him a punch in the nose" [syn: give, apply]
21: bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks" [syn: give,
render]
22: bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a
divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: grant,
give]
23: move in order to make room for someone for something; "The
park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the
crowd" [syn: move over, give way, give, ease up,
yield]
24: give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't
give the child this tough meat" [syn: feed, give] [ant:
famish, starve]
25: contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office" [syn:
contribute, give, chip in, kick in]
26: break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall
collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The
roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave
under the weight of the ice" [syn: collapse, fall in,
cave in, give, give way, break, founder]
27: estimate the duration or outcome of something; "He gave the
patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good
chance at success"
28: execute and deliver; "Give bond"
29: deliver in exchange or recompense; "I'll give you three
books for four CDs"
30: afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French
doors give onto a terrace" [syn: afford, open, give]
31: present to view; "He gave the sign to start"
32: perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert
in New York"
33: be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material
doesn't give" [syn: give, yield]
34: propose; "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday
party"
35: accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff"
36: manifest or show; "This student gives promise of real
creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering"
37: offer in good faith; "He gave her his word"
38: submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's
opinion"; "give an excuse"
39: guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; "You gave me
to think that you agreed with me"
40: allow to have or take; "I give you two minutes to respond"
41: inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking";
"The judge gave me 10 years"
42: occur; "what gives?"
43: consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She
gave herself to many men"
44: proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little
sister"
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greave
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n 1: armor plate that protects legs below the knee [syn:
greave, jambeau]
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grieve
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v 1: feel grief [syn: grieve, sorrow]
2: cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother" [syn:
grieve, aggrieve]
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heave
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n 1: an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and
falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea" [syn:
heave, heaving]
2: (geology) a horizontal dislocation
3: the act of lifting something with great effort [syn: heave,
heaving]
4: an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of
the heaves" [syn: heave, retch]
5: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of
his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for
getting ladders up" [syn: lift, raise, heave]
6: throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a
mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes" [syn:
heave, heaving]
v 1: utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep
sigh when she saw the list of things to do"
2: throw with great effort
3: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged
forward" [syn: billow, surge, heave]
4: lift or elevate [syn: heave, heave up, heft, heft up]
5: move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or
position; "The vessel hove into sight"
6: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners
reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant,
puff, gasp, heave]
7: bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The
highway buckled during the heat wave" [syn: heave,
buckle, warp]
8: make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit [syn:
gag, heave, retch]
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interleave
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v 1: provide (books) with blank leaves
2: intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular
patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the
storing and recording of data
3: intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book
illustrations
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interweave
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v 1: interlace by or as if by weaving [syn: weave,
interweave] [ant: unweave]
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leave
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n 1: the period of time during which you are absent from work or
duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother" [syn:
leave, leave of absence]
2: permission to do something; "she was granted leave to speak"
3: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells";
"he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn:
farewell, leave, leave-taking, parting]
v 1: go away from a place; "At what time does your train
leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship
leaves at midnight" [syn: leave, go forth, go away]
[ant: arrive, come, get]
2: go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or
forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His
good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20
years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left
behind"
3: act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The
inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left
us speechless"
4: leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave
it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers
that you see in the park behind" [syn: leave, leave
alone, leave behind]
5: move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive
has left the country" [syn: exit, go out, get out,
leave] [ant: come in, enter, get in, get into, go
in, go into, move into]
6: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be
attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for
improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion";
"allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip";
"This procedure provides for lots of leeway" [syn: leave,
allow for, allow, provide]
7: have as a result or residue; "The water left a mark on the
silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" [syn:
leave, result, lead]
8: remove oneself from an association with or participation in;
"She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her
position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two
terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up
stakes" [syn: leave, depart, pull up stakes]
9: put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the
decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"
[syn: entrust, leave]
10: leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed
me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire
estate" [syn: bequeath, will, leave] [ant:
disinherit, disown]
11: have left or have as a remainder; "That left the four of
us"; "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
12: be survived by after one's death; "He left six children";
"At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
[syn: leave, leave behind]
13: transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the
Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new
skill to the students" [syn: impart, leave, give,
pass on]
14: leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the
restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the
doors" [syn: forget, leave]
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live
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adv 1: not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"
adj 1: actually being performed at the time of hearing or
viewing; "a live television program"; "brought to you
live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves
performers actually in the physical presence of a live
audience" [syn: live, unrecorded] [ant: recorded]
2: exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossed a
live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live
wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball
is one in play" [ant: dead]
3: possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is
alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned
alive"; "a live canary" [syn: alive(p), live] [ant:
dead]
4: highly reverberant; "a live concert hall"
5: charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
6: elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively
tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy
turf" [syn: bouncy, live, lively, resilient,
springy]
7: abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a
really live bunch"
8: in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be
set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
9: of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"
10: charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live
wire" [syn: hot, live]
11: capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very
much alive" [syn: alive, live]
v 1: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in
Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the
islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells
near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the
woods" [syn: populate, dwell, live, inhabit]
2: lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had
to live frugally after the war"
3: continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went
without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions
survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver
lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can
a person last without food and water?" [syn: survive,
last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold
out]
4: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage";
"Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many
people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" [syn:
exist, survive, live, subsist]
5: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My
grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live]
6: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or
sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known
hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug
addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I
lived through two divorces" [syn: know, experience,
live]
7: pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept
yourself and others if you really want to live"
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misconceive
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v 1: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments
as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks" [syn:
misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive,
misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss]
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misperceive
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v 1: perceive incorrectly
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naive
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adj 1: marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of
guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive
ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can
only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide
friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" [syn:
naive, naif] [ant: sophisticated]
2: of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive
in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is
often colorful and striking" [syn: primitive, naive]
3: inexperienced
4: lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened
as to the laws" [syn: uninstructed, unenlightened,
naive]
5: not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; "it seemed a
bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part
in the experiment as a naive subject" [syn: uninitiate,
uninitiated, naive]
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peeve
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n 1: an annoyed or irritated mood
v 1: cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful
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perceive
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v 1: to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive
the ship coming over the horizon" [syn: perceive,
comprehend]
2: become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of
her protest"
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preconceive
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v 1: conceive beforehand; "a preconceived notion"
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reave
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v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn:
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle,
ransack, pillage, foray]
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receive
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v 1: get something; come into possession of; "receive payment";
"receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" [syn:
receive, have]
2: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of
civilization do not find expression or receive an
interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got
nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive,
get, find, obtain, incur]
3: register (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" [syn: pick
up, receive]
4: go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get
an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive
injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: experience, receive,
have, get]
5: express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The
community warmly received the refugees" [syn: receive,
take in, invite]
6: accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"
7: bid welcome to; greet upon arrival [syn: welcome,
receive] [ant: say farewell]
8: convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio
signals"
9: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
opposition" [syn: meet, encounter, receive]
10: have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday
morning"
11: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in
prison" [syn: get, receive]
12: partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
13: regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of
poems was not well received"
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reeve
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n 1: female ruff
v 1: pass a rope through; "reeve an opening"
2: pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope"
3: fasten by passing through a hole or around something
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relieve
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v 1: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will
relieve your headaches" [syn: relieve, alleviate,
palliate, assuage]
2: free someone temporarily from his or her obligations [syn:
take over, relieve]
3: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
"She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve,
free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement]
4: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my
conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay,
relieve, ease]
5: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage,
salve, relieve, save]
6: relieve oneself of troubling information [syn: unbosom,
relieve]
7: provide relief for; "remedy his illness" [syn: remedy,
relieve]
8: free from a burden, evil, or distress
9: take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"
10: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this
class" [syn: excuse, relieve, let off, exempt]
11: alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less
oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten
the burden of caring for her elderly parents" [syn:
relieve, lighten]
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reprieve
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n 1: a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort [syn:
reprieve, respite]
2: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something [syn:
suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement]
3: a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the
execution of the death sentence)
4: the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
[syn: reprieve, respite]
v 1: postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an
execution [syn: reprieve, respite]
2: relieve temporarily
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retrieve
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v 1: get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control
of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
[syn: recover, retrieve, find, regain]
2: go for and bring back; "retrieve the car from the parking
garage"
3: run after, pick up, and bring to the master; "train the dog
to retrieve"
4: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't
remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last
name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you
remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn:
remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up,
recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a
blank, forget]
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sieve
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n 1: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or
grading particles [syn: sieve, screen]
v 1: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these
samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen,
screen out, sieve, sort]
2: check and sort carefully; "sift the information" [syn:
sieve, sift]
3: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device
to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" [syn:
sift, sieve, strain]
4: distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job
candidates" [syn: sieve, sift]
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sleeve
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n 1: the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and
that provides a cloth covering for the arm [syn: sleeve,
arm]
2: small case into which an object fits
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spiv
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n 1: a person without employment who makes money by various
dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a
good time
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thieve
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v 1: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook,
snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom]
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weave
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n 1: pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric
v 1: interlace by or as if by weaving [syn: weave,
interweave] [ant: unweave]
2: create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric,
such as wool or cotton; "tissue textiles" [syn: weave,
tissue]
3: sway to and fro [syn: waver, weave]
4: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular
course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path
meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders
through the entire body" [syn: weave, wind, thread,
meander, wander]
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geneve
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n 1: a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of
Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various
international organizations [syn: Geneva, Geneve,
Genf]
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aleve
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n 1: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and
Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
[syn: naproxen sodium, Aleve, Anaprox, Aflaxen]
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shiv
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n 1: a knife used as a weapon
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breve
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n 1: a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to
indicate a short sound
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eave
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reive
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sheave
0
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biev
0
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gleave
0
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neave
0
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steeve
0
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steve
0
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yves
0
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aviv
0
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viv
0
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chiv
0