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backyard
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n 1: the grounds in back of a house
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bombard
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n 1: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family [syn:
bombardon, bombard]
v 1: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They
pelted each other with snowballs" [syn: pelt, bombard]
2: throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed
Dresden" [syn: bombard, bomb]
3: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a
barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience";
"The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon
to the convicted killer" [syn: bombard, barrage]
4: direct high energy particles or radiation against
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boulevard
0
n 1: a wide street or thoroughfare [syn: avenue, boulevard]
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canard
0
n 1: a deliberately misleading fabrication
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card
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n 1: one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in
various ways and used for playing games or for telling
fortunes; "he collected cards and traded them with the
other boys"
2: a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show
his card to get in" [syn: card, identity card]
3: a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may
have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card
from Miami"
4: thin cardboard, usually rectangular
5: a witty amusing person who makes jokes [syn: wag, wit,
card]
6: a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a
poster advertised the coming attractions" [syn: poster,
posting, placard, notice, bill, card]
7: a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that
you have visited [syn: calling card, visiting card,
card]
8: (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); "you have to turn in
your card to get a handicap" [syn: card, scorecard]
9: a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in
French" [syn: menu, bill of fare, card, carte du
jour, carte]
10: (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will
bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at
home plate" [syn: batting order, card, lineup]
11: a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots
in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities [syn:
circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in,
add-in]
v 1: separate the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: tease, card]
2: ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she
is old enough to consume liquor; "I was carded when I tried
to buy a beer!"
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discard
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n 1: anything that is cast aside or discarded
2: (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or of failing
to follow suit
3: getting rid something that is regarded as useless or
undesirable [syn: discard, throwing away]
v 1: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn:
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck
out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out,
throw away, cast away, put away]
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disregard
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n 1: lack of attention and due care [syn: disregard,
neglect]
2: willful lack of care and attention [syn: disregard,
neglect]
v 1: refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting"
[syn: ignore, disregard, snub, cut]
2: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his
advances" [syn: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush
off, discount, push aside, ignore]
3: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
neglect, ignore, disregard]
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guard
0
n 1: a person who keeps watch over something or someone
2: the person who plays that position on a football team; "the
left guard was injured on the play"
3: a device designed to prevent injury or accidents [syn:
guard, safety, safety device]
4: a posture of defence in boxing or fencing; "keep your guard
up"
5: the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball
team
6: a military unit serving to protect some place or person
7: a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or
damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a
precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we
let our guard down" [syn: precaution, safeguard, guard]
8: the duty of serving as a sentry; "he was on guard that night"
[syn: guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry go]
9: (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage;
"guards must be good blockers"
10: a position on a basketball team
v 1: to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the
horses"
2: watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my
possessions while I'm away" [syn: guard, ward]
3: protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position
behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's
attacks" [syn: defend, guard, hold]
4: take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence;
"guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard
against infection"
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hard
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adv 1: with effort or force or vigor; "the team played hard";
"worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit
the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard"
2: with firmness; "held hard to the railing" [syn: hard,
firmly]
3: earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard
at the accused"
4: causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the
depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's
failure" [syn: hard, severely]
5: slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard"
6: indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" [syn: heavily,
intemperately, hard] [ant: lightly]
7: into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few
hours"
8: very near or close in space or time; "it stands hard by the
railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike
followed hard upon the plant's opening"
9: with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection
very hard"
10: to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the
ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"
adj 1: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to
accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task";
"nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access";
"difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a
secret?" [syn: difficult, hard] [ant: easy]
2: dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; [ant:
soft]
3: resisting weight or pressure [ant: soft]
4: very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the
chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" [syn: hard,
knockout, severe]
5: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;
especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the
mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy
work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the
project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous,
backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy,
laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome]
6: produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced
consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" [syn: unvoiced,
voiceless, surd, hard] [ant: soft, sonant,
voiced]
7: (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
[syn: hard, concentrated] [ant: diffuse, diffused,
soft]
8: (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue
raised toward or touching the velum; "Russian distinguished
between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"
[ant: soft]
9: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially
for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker" [syn:
intemperate, hard, heavy]
10: being distilled rather than fermented; having a high
alcoholic content; "hard liquor" [syn: hard, strong]
11: unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough
break" [syn: hard, tough]
12: dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
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regard
0
n 1: (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs
in that respect" [syn: respect, regard]
2: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people);
"his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to
the consequences" [syn: attentiveness, heed, regard,
paying attention] [ant: heedlessness, inattentiveness]
3: (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's
welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" [syn:
regard, wish, compliments]
4: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn:
gaze, regard]
5: the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well
regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high
regard" [syn: esteem, regard, respect] [ant:
disesteem]
6: a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly
regard for love"; "he inspires respect" [syn: regard,
respect]
7: an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect
for him" [syn: respect, esteem, regard] [ant:
disrespect]
v 1: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I
consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation
quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider,
reckon, view, regard]
2: look at attentively [syn: regard, consider]
3: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling
affects your business" [syn: involve, affect, regard]
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retard
0
n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot,
imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit,
retard]
v 1: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate;
"This drug will retard your heart rate"
2: be delayed
3: slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will
retard the child's language development" [syn: check,
retard, delay]
4: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [syn:
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard] [ant:
accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up]
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starred
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adj 1: marked with an asterisk; "the starred items" [syn:
asterisked, starred]
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yard
0
n 1: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44
centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a
stride [syn: yard, pace]
2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a
small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds,
curtilage]
3: a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes
paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a
repair yard on the edge of town"
4: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G,
grand, thou, yard]
5: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) [syn: cubic yard,
yard]
6: a tract of land where logs are accumulated
7: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for
storage and maintenance of cars and engines [syn: yard,
railway yard, railyard]
8: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support
and spread a square sail or lateen
9: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
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bernard
0
n 1: French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the
alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver
(1813-1878) [syn: Bernard, Claude Bernard]
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barnard
0
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bedard
0
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belgard
0
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bellard
0
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benard
0
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berrard
0
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bevard
0
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billard
0
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bovard
0
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bozard
0
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brossard
0
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brouillard
0
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broussard
0
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bunyard
0
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burchard
0
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burnard
0
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buzard
0
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0