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beading
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n 1: ornamentation with beads [syn: beading, beadwork]
2: a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture [syn:
beading, bead, beadwork, astragal]
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bleeding
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n 1: the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel [syn:
bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage]
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breeding
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adj 1: producing offspring or set aside especially for producing
offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few
bulls for breeding purposes"
n 1: elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
[syn: breeding, genteelness, gentility]
2: the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of
correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and
refinement" [syn: education, training, breeding]
3: helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the
community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more
important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering,
fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing]
4: the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or
hybridization
5: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring [syn:
reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life]
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ceding
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n 1: the act of ceding [syn: cession, ceding]
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conceding
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n 1: the act of conceding or yielding [syn: concession,
conceding, yielding]
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exceeding
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adj 1: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night
of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory";
"olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the
young Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding,
exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing]
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feeding
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n 1: the act of consuming food [syn: eating, feeding]
2: the act of supplying food and nourishment [syn: feeding,
alimentation]
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impeding
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adj 1: preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers
overflowing into the street" [syn: clogging,
hindering, impeding, obstructive]
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inbreeding
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n 1: the act of mating closely related individuals
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leading
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adj 1: indicating the most important performer or role; "the
leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star
figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a
stellar performance" [syn: leading(p), prima(p),
star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)]
2: greatest in importance or degree or significance or
achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading
poet"; "a preeminent archeologist" [syn: leading(a),
preeminent]
3: going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we
rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology"
[ant: following]
4: having the leading position or higher score in a contest; "he
is ahead by a pawn"; "the leading team in the pennant race"
[syn: ahead(p), in the lead, leading]
n 1: thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in
printing [syn: lead, leading]
2: the activity of leading; "his leadership inspired the team"
[syn: leadership, leading]
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misleading
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adj 1: designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or
inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the
storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading
similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that
are misleading"; "shoddy business practices" [syn:
deceptive, misleading, shoddy]
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misreading
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n 1: misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading
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pleading
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adj 1: begging [syn: beseeching, pleading, imploring]
[ant: imperative]
n 1: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating
something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
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preceding
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adj 1: existing or coming before [ant: succeeding(a)]
2: of a person who has held and relinquished a position or
office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a),
preceding(a), retiring(a)]
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proceeding
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n 1: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal
judgments are invoked [syn: proceeding, legal
proceeding, proceedings]
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reading
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n 1: the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic
message; "his main reading was detective stories";
"suggestions for further reading"
2: a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading
it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"
3: a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user
by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the
meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an
approaching storm" [syn: reading, meter reading,
indication]
4: written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned
new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the
airport" [syn: reading, reading material]
5: a mental representation of the meaning or significance of
something [syn: interpretation, reading, version]
6: a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
7: a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory)
something prepared in advance; "the program included songs
and recitations of well-loved poems" [syn: recitation,
recital, reading]
8: the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he
has a job meter reading for the gas company" [syn: reading,
meter reading]
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receding
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adj 1: (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back
n 1: a slow or gradual disappearance [syn: receding,
fadeout]
2: the act of becoming more distant [syn: receding,
recession]
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speeding
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n 1: changing location rapidly [syn: speed, speeding,
hurrying]
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succeeding
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adj 1: coming after or following [ant: preceding(a)]
2: (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next
president" [syn: future(a), next, succeeding(a)]
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acceding
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deeding
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heeding
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kneading
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needing
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rereading
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seceding
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seeding
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stampeding
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superseding
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reding
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preceeding
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interceding
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