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follow
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v 1: to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings
followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the
guide through the museum" [ant: lead, precede]
2: be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday" [syn:
postdate, follow] [ant: antecede, antedate, forego,
forgo, precede, predate]
3: come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows
that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely"
[syn: follow, fall out]
4: travel along a certain course; "follow the road"; "follow the
trail" [syn: follow, travel along]
5: act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes;
"He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or
else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"
[syn: comply, follow, abide by]
6: come after in time, as a result; "A terrible tsunami followed
the earthquake" [syn: follow, come after]
7: behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a
pattern"; "Follow my example" [syn: follow, conform to]
8: be next; "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"
9: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies,
strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement";
"The candidate espouses Republican ideals" [syn: adopt,
follow, espouse]
10: to bring something about at a later time than; "She followed
dinner with a brandy"; "He followed his lecture with a
question and answer period"
11: imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow
their friends in everything" [syn: take after, follow]
12: follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of
something; "We must follow closely the economic development
is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress" [syn: trace,
follow]
13: follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby,
please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed
the men with the binoculars" [syn: watch, observe,
follow, watch over, keep an eye on]
14: be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles
succeed to the throne?" [syn: succeed, come after,
follow] [ant: come before, precede]
15: perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely
follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano" [syn:
play along, accompany, follow]
16: keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign
policies" [syn: keep up, keep abreast, follow]
17: to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine";
"Understanding comes from experience" [syn: come,
follow]
18: accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of;
"Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for
years"
19: adhere to or practice; "These people still follow the laws
of their ancient religion"
20: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a
specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our
resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow]
21: keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him
for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the
bombing" [syn: surveil, follow, survey]
22: follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the
suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted
her dreams all her life" [syn: pursue, follow]
23: grasp the meaning; "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he
lectures, I cannot follow"
24: keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet"
[syn: stick to, stick with, follow]
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hollow
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adj 1: not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow
wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became
gaunter and more hollow with each year" [ant: solid]
2: as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of
footsteps in the empty ballroom"
3: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow
victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: empty, hollow,
vacuous]
n 1: a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the
hollows in their cheeks"
2: a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin
in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" [syn: hollow,
holler]
3: a depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: hole,
hollow]
v 1: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company
wants to excavate the hillside" [syn: excavate, dig,
hollow]
2: remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" [syn:
hollow, hollow out, core out]
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swallow
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n 1: a small amount of liquid food; "a sup of ale" [syn:
swallow, sup]
2: the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was
enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
[syn: swallow, drink, deglutition]
3: small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight
and the regularity of its migrations
v 1: pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking;
"Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" [syn: swallow,
get down]
2: engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic
countries"
3: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge
waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury,
eat up]
4: utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her
speech"
5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn:
swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw]
6: keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
7: tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept
these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the
insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little
idiosyncrasies" [syn: accept, live with, swallow]
8: believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I
supposed to swallow that story?"
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wallow
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n 1: a puddle where animals go to wallow
2: an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the
water"
v 1: devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an
immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in
luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"
2: roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud" [syn: wallow,
welter]
3: rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky"
[syn: billow, wallow]
4: be ecstatic with joy [syn: wallow, rejoice, triumph]
5: delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"
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au
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n 1: a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent)
metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and
alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but
is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia [syn: gold, Au,
atomic number 79]
2: a unit of length used for distances within the solar system;
equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun
(approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
[syn: Astronomical Unit, AU]
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apollo
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n 1: (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and
poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin
brother of Artemis [syn: Apollo, Phoebus, Phoebus
Apollo]
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dalo
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n 1: herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics
for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental
for its large glossy leaves [syn: taro, taro plant,
dalo, dasheen, Colocasia esculenta]
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rollo
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n 1: Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy
(860-931) [syn: Rollo, Rolf, Hrolf]
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hollo
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n 1: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his
bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing,
holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar,
roaring, yowl]
v 1: encourage somebody by crying hollo
2: cry hollo
3: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor
inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but
she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout out, cry,
call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall]
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calo
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mallo
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malo
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mollo
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salo
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solow
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strollo
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wallo
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carballo
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carollo
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cefalo
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depalo
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dzialo
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figallo
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gonzalo
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khumalo
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lovallo
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manalo
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margalo
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metallo
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musalo
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pangallo
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ruffalo
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vassallo
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arebalo
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arevalo
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garafalo
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garofalo
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