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ahead
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adv 1: at or in the front; "I see the lights of a town ahead";
"the road ahead is foggy"; "staring straight ahead"; "we
couldn't see over the heads of the people in front";
"with the cross of Jesus marching on before" [syn:
ahead, in front, before]
2: toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in
imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to
seeing you" [syn: ahead, forward] [ant: back,
backward]
3: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead
slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the
forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: ahead,
onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader]
4: ahead of time; in anticipation; "when you pay ahead (or in
advance) you receive a discount"; "We like to plan ahead";
"should have made reservations beforehand" [syn: ahead, in
advance, beforehand]
5: to a more advanced or advantageous position; "a young man
sure to get ahead"; "pushing talented students ahead"
6: to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced
either toward the present or toward the future); "moved the
appointment ahead from Tuesday to Monday"; "pushed the
deadline ahead from Tuesday to Wednesday"
7: leading or ahead in a competition; "the horse was three
lengths ahead going into the home stretch"; "ahead by two
pawns"; "our candidate is in the lead in the polls"; "way out
front in the race"; "the advertising campaign put them out
front in sales" [syn: ahead, out front, in the lead]
adj 1: 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]
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bedspread
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n 1: decorative cover for a bed [syn: bedspread, bedcover,
bed cover, bed covering, counterpane, spread]
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bread
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n 1: food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised
with yeast or baking powder and then baked [syn: bread,
breadstuff, staff of life]
2: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage,
clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce,
lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch,
shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
v 1: cover with bread crumbs; "bread the pork chops before
frying them"
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cornbread
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n 1: bread made primarily of cornmeal
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crossbred
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adj 1: bred from parents of different varieties or species [ant:
purebred]
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dead
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adv 1: quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn:
abruptly, suddenly, short, dead]
2: completely and without qualification; used informally as
intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a
perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly
miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead
tired"; "dead right" [syn: absolutely, perfectly,
utterly, dead]
adj 1: no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have
life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was
marked as a dead man by the assassin" [ant: alive(p),
live]
2: not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity
to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or
heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals";
"the fire is dead" [ant: live]
3: very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I
could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all
that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip" [syn: all
in(p), beat(p), bushed(p), dead(p)]
4: unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"
5: physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead
volcano of the Cascade Range"
6: (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity;
unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help";
"numb to the cries for mercy" [syn: dead(p), numb(p)]
7: devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from
the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled
her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous
television coverage of atrocities" [syn: dead, deadened]
8: lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of
some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording
studio"
9: not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds" [syn:
dead, idle]
10: not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water";
"stagnant water" [syn: dead(a), stagnant]
11: not surviving in active use; "Latin is a dead language"
12: lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball"
13: out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a
dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"
14: no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue"
15: complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness" [syn:
dead(a), utter]
16: drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery";
"left the lights on and came back to find the battery
drained" [syn: dead, drained]
17: devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever
happens here"
n 1: people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"
[ant: living]
2: a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with
death) is intense; "the dead of winter"
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dread
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adj 1: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an
awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so
direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of
the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease
it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling";
"horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible
curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread(a),
dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome,
frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible]
n 1: fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked
around the examination room with apprehension" [syn:
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread]
v 1: be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the
winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
[syn: fear, dread]
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ed
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n 1: impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or
maintain an erection of his penis [syn: erectile
dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction, ED]
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embed
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v 1: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the
back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in
the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed,
plant]
2: attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting
on a war; "The young reporter was embedded with the Third
Division"
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fed
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n 1: any federal law-enforcement officer [syn: Federal, Fed,
federal official]
2: the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12
Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and
state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies;
"the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by
raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money
supply" [syn: Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve,
Fed, FRS]
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gingerbread
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n 1: cake flavored with ginger
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head
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n 1: the upper part of the human body or the front part of the
body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck
his head out the window" [syn: head, caput]
2: a single domestic animal; "200 head of cattle"
3: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings;
the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I
couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head,
brain, psyche, nous]
4: a person who is in charge; "the head of the whole operation"
[syn: head, chief, top dog]
5: the front of a military formation or procession; "the head of
the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the
attack" [ant: rear]
6: the pressure exerted by a fluid; "a head of steam"
7: the top of something; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of
the page"; "the head of the list" [ant: foot]
8: the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked
him back toward the head of the stream" [syn: fountainhead,
headspring, head]
9: (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays
the same grammatical role as the whole constituent [syn:
head, head word]
10: the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates)
11: the length or height based on the size of a human or animal
head; "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his
horse won by a head"
12: a dense cluster of flowers or foliage; "a head of
cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" [syn: capitulum, head]
13: the educator who has executive authority for a school; "she
sent unruly pupils to see the principal" [syn: principal,
school principal, head teacher, head]
14: an individual person; "tickets are $5 per head"
15: a user of (usually soft) drugs; "the office was full of
secret heads"
16: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out
into the sea) [syn: promontory, headland, head,
foreland]
17: a rounded compact mass; "the head of a comet"
18: the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour
an effervescent liquid into a container; "the beer had a
large head of foam"
19: the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the
forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" [syn:
forefront, head]
20: a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a
head yesterday" [syn: pass, head, straits]
21: forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the
gale" [syn: headway, head]
22: a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point
of the arrow was due north" [syn: point, head]
23: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits
serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"
[syn: question, head]
24: a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it
is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the
text" [syn: heading, header, head]
25: the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in
another bone to form a joint; "the head of the humerus"
26: that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone
that it moves
27: (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal
pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
[syn: read/write head, head]
28: (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually
bears the representation of a person's head; "call heads or
tails!" [ant: tail]
29: the striking part of a tool; "the head of the hammer"
30: (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship
31: a projection out from one end; "the head of the nail", "a
pinhead is the head of a pin"
32: a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum [syn:
drumhead, head]
33: oral stimulation of the genitals; "they say he gives good
head" [syn: oral sex, head]
v 1: to go or travel towards; "where is she heading"; "We were
headed for the mountains"
2: be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" [syn: head,
lead]
3: travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession
was headed by John" [syn: lead, head]
4: be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This
student heads the class" [syn: head, head up]
5: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
[syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre,
direct, point, head, guide, channelize,
channelise]
6: take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in
the Himalayas"
7: be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the
name of the president"
8: form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed
early this year"
9: remove the head of; "head the fish"
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imbed
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v 1: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the
back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in
the gum" [syn: implant, engraft, embed, imbed,
plant]
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inbred
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adj 1: produced by inbreeding [ant: outbred]
2: normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of
the good" [syn: connatural, inborn, inbred]
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infrared
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adj 1: having or employing wavelengths longer than light but
shorter than radio waves; lying outside the visible
spectrum at its red end; "infrared radiation"; "infrared
photography"
n 1: the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum;
electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range;
"they could sense radiation in the infrared" [syn:
infrared, infrared frequency]
2: electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than
visible light but shorter than radio waves [syn: infrared,
infrared light, infrared radiation, infrared emission]
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instead
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adv 1: in place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a
herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a
used car" [syn: alternatively, instead, or else]
2: on the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did
two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or
instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead
of Latin ones" [syn: rather, instead]
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lead
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n 1: an advantage held by a competitor in a race; "he took the
lead at the last turn"
2: a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white
when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the
children were playing with lead soldiers" [syn: lead, Pb,
atomic number 82]
3: evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are
following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the
perpetrator" [syn: lead, track, trail]
4: a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the
lead'); "he takes the lead in any group"; "we were just
waiting for someone to take the lead"; "they didn't follow
our lead"
5: the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the
position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time
of the missile)
6: the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing lead-
in to a very serious matter" [syn: lead, lead-in, lede]
7: (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
[ant: deficit]
8: an actor who plays a principal role [syn: star,
principal, lead]
9: (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to
advance to the next base; "he took a long lead off first"
10: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead,
steer, confidential information, wind, hint]
11: a news story of major importance [syn: lead, lead story]
12: the timing of ignition relative to the position of the
piston in an internal-combustion engine [syn: spark
advance, lead]
13: restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to
restrain an animal [syn: leash, tether, lead]
14: thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in
printing [syn: lead, leading]
15: mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of
hardness; the marking substance in a pencil [syn: lead,
pencil lead]
16: a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire; "it was a
tangle of jumper cables and clip leads" [syn: jumper
cable, jumper lead, lead, booster cable]
17: the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge; "the lead
was in the dummy"
v 1: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can
you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the
palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide]
2: 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]
3: tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments
among the guests"
4: travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession
was headed by John" [syn: lead, head]
5: cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to
forge the checks"
6: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or
extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service
runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very
far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life";
"The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal
assets" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend]
7: be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" [syn: head,
lead]
8: be ahead of others; be the first; "she topped her class every
year" [syn: lead, top]
9: be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead
to better writing" [syn: contribute, lead, conduce]
10: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an
orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for
years" [syn: conduct, lead, direct]
11: lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the
basement"; "The road runs South" [syn: go, lead]
12: move ahead (of others) in time or space [syn: precede,
lead] [ant: follow]
13: cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire
behind the cabinet" [syn: run, lead]
14: preside over; "John moderated the discussion" [syn:
moderate, chair, lead]
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led
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n 1: diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is
proportional to the bias current; color depends on the
material used [syn: light-emitting diode, LED]
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med
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n 1: a master's degree in education [syn: Master of Education,
MEd]
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misread
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v 1: read or interpret wrongly; "He misread the data"
2: interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" [syn:
misread, misinterpret]
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outspread
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adj 1: fully extended in width; "outspread wings"; "with arms
spread wide" [syn: outspread, spread]
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overhead
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adv 1: above your head; in the sky; "planes were flying
overhead"
2: above the head; over the head; "bring the legs together
overhead"
adj 1: located or originating from above; "an overhead crossing"
[ant: subsurface, surface]
n 1: the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property
taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include
depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes [syn:
operating expense, operating cost, overhead, budget
items]
2: (computer science) the processing time required by a device
prior to the execution of a command [syn: command processing
overhead time, command processing overhead, command
overhead, overhead]
3: (computer science) the disk space required for information
that is not data but is used for location and timing [syn:
disk overhead, overhead]
4: a transparency for use with an overhead projector [syn:
viewgraph, overhead]
5: (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
6: a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head [syn:
overhead, smash]
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overspread
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v 1: spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the
water" [syn: spread, overspread]
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packthread
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n 1: a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages
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proofread
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v 1: read for errors; "I should proofread my manuscripts" [syn:
proofread, proof]
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purebred
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adj 1: bred for many generations from member of a recognized
breed or strain [ant: crossbred]
n 1: a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of
horses [syn: thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood]
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read
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n 1: something that is read; "the article was a very good read"
v 1: interpret something that is written or printed; "read the
advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
2: have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads
as follows"; "What does the law say?" [syn: read, say]
3: look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is
written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at
noon"
4: obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read
by the computer" [syn: read, scan]
5: interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves,
intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the
sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior";
"The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
6: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular
meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire";
"How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for
this!" [syn: take, read]
7: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the
bar exam" [syn: learn, study, read, take]
8: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The
thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge
read `empty'" [syn: read, register, show, record]
9: audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is
auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
10: to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
11: make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you
read Greek?" [syn: understand, read, interpret,
translate]
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reread
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v 1: read anew; read again; "He re-read her letters to him"
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retread
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n 1: a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it
new treads [syn: retread, recap]
v 1: use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" [syn:
rework, make over, retread]
2: give new treads to (a tire) [syn: retread, remold,
remould]
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shortbread
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n 1: very rich thick butter cookie [syn: shortbread,
shortbread cookie]
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sled
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n 1: a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs;
for transportation over snow [syn: sled, sledge,
sleigh]
v 1: ride (on) a sled [syn: sled, sleigh]
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spread
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adj 1: distributed or spread over a considerable extent; "has
ties with many widely dispersed friends"; "eleven million
Jews are spread throughout Europe" [syn: dispersed,
spread]
2: prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set
out; "a table spread with food"
3: fully extended in width; "outspread wings"; "with arms spread
wide" [syn: outspread, spread]
n 1: process or result of distributing or extending over a wide
expanse of space [syn: spread, spreading]
2: a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures;
"gap between income and outgo"; "the spread between lending
and borrowing costs" [syn: gap, spread]
3: farm consisting of a large tract of land along with
facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
[syn: ranch, spread, cattle ranch, cattle farm]
4: a haphazard distribution in all directions [syn: scatter,
spread]
5: a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in
preparing other dishes [syn: spread, paste]
6: a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; "a banquet
for the graduating seniors"; "the Thanksgiving feast"; "they
put out quite a spread" [syn: banquet, feast, spread]
7: two facing pages of a book or other publication [syn:
spread, spread head, spreadhead, facing pages]
8: the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age);
"she exercised to avoid that middle-aged spread"
9: decorative cover for a bed [syn: bedspread, bedcover,
bed cover, bed covering, counterpane, spread]
10: act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or
time [syn: spread, spreading]
v 1: distribute or disperse widely; "The invaders spread their
language all over the country" [syn: spread,
distribute] [ant: collect, garner, gather, pull
together]
2: become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread";
"Optimism spread among the population" [syn: spread,
propagate]
3: spread across or over; "A big oil spot spread across the
water" [syn: spread, overspread]
4: spread out or open from a closed or folded state; "open the
map"; "spread your arms" [syn: unfold, spread, spread
out, open] [ant: fold, fold up, turn up]
5: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
"circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate,
circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate,
propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse,
pass around]
6: become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the
story went around in the office" [syn: go around, spread,
circulate]
7: strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over
the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" [syn: spread,
scatter, spread out]
8: move outward; "The soldiers fanned out" [syn: diffuse,
spread, spread out, fan out]
9: cover by spreading something over; "spread the bread with
cheese"
10: distribute over a surface in a layer; "spread cheese on a
piece of bread"
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stead
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n 1: the post or function properly or customarily occupied or
served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his
place"; "in lieu of" [syn: stead, position, place,
lieu]
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sweetbread
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n 1: edible glands of an animal [syn: sweetbread,
sweetbreads]
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thoroughbred
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adj 1: having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred
animal [syn: pedigree(a), pedigreed, pureblood,
pureblooded, thoroughbred]
n 1: a well-bred person
2: a racehorse belonging to a breed that originated from a cross
between Arabian stallions and English mares
3: a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of
horses [syn: thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood]
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thread
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n 1: a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or
nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving [syn: thread,
yarn]
2: any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of
land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the
road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
[syn: ribbon, thread]
3: the connections that link the various parts of an event or
argument together; "I couldn't follow his train of thought";
"he lost the thread of his argument" [syn: train of
thought, thread]
4: the raised helical rib going around a screw [syn: screw
thread, thread]
v 1: 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]
2: pass a thread through; "thread a needle"
3: remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and
pulling at the string; "She had her eyebrows threaded"
4: pass through or into; "thread tape"; "thread film"
5: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string";
"the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried
cranberries" [syn: string, thread, draw]
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unread
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adj 1: not informed through reading; "he seems to have been
wholly unread in political theory"- V.L.Parrington
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unwed
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adj 1: of someone who has not been married; "unwed mother" [syn:
unwed, unwedded]
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wed
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adj 1: having been taken in marriage [syn: wed, wedded]
n 1: the fourth day of the week; the third working day [syn:
Wednesday, Midweek, Wed]
v 1: take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed,
conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse]
2: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on
Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got
spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice]
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widespread
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adj 1: widely circulated or diffused; "a widespread doctrine";
"widespread fear of nuclear war"
2: distributed over a considerable extent; "far-flung trading
operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain ranges";
"widespread nuclear fallout" [syn: far-flung, widespread]
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wingspread
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n 1: distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or
insect) when fully extended
2: linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil [syn:
wingspan, wingspread]
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ted
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n 1: a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style
clothes [syn: Ted, Teddy boy]
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interbred
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adj 1: bred of closely related parents
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flatbread
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n 1: any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough
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ethelred
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n 1: king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his
half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled
unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016) [syn:
Ethelred, Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready]
2: king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred
joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and
succeeded him on his death (died in 871) [syn: Ethelred,
Ethelred I]
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underbred
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adj 1: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: ill-
bred, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred,
yokelish]
2: of inferior or mixed breed; "an underbred dog"
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sowbread
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n 1: common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers [syn:
sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium, Cyclamen
neopolitanum]
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bred
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fled
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misled
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sped
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unthread
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ned
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shewbread
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waybread
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crispbread
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