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1. Definition: 1. situated in a particular spot or position; "valuable centrally located urban land"; "strategically placed artillery"; "a house set on a hilltop"; "nicely situated on a quiet riverbank"

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1. Definition: 1. the outward flow of the tide

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1. Definition: 1. the act of rowing as a sport

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1. Definition: 1. run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

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1. Definition: 1. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

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1. Definition: 1. take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; "She dropped acid when she was a teenager"

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1. Definition: 1. people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

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1. Definition: 1. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"

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1. Definition: 1. a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"

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1. Definition: 1. one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"

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1. Definition: 1. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

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1. Definition: 1. growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"

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1. Definition: 1. remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"

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1. Definition: 1. take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"

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1. Definition: 1. an inclined surface connecting two levels

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1. Definition: 1. be cast down; "his eyes fell"

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1. Definition: 1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

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1. Definition: 1. a sudden forceful flow

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1. Definition: 1. a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

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1. Definition: 1. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

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1. Definition: 1. deign

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1. Definition: 1. a braid of hair at the back of the head

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1. Definition: 1. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

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1. Definition: 1. take by attacking with scaling ladders; "The troops scaled the walls of the fort"

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1. Definition: 1. cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"

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1. Definition: 1. an outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause"

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1. Definition: 1. fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"

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1. Definition: 1. general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"

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1. Definition: 1. be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"

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1. Definition: 1. the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory"

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1. Definition: 1. the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"

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1. Definition: 1. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

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1. Definition: 1. a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"

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1. Definition: 1. a very rapid raid

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1. Definition: 1. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

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1. Definition: 1. get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

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1. Definition: 1. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;

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1. Definition: 1. a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

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1. Definition: 1. (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions

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1. Definition: 1. Stock; race; family.

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1. Definition: 1. the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero

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1. Definition: 1. a part of a river where the current is very fast

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1. Definition: 1. thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"

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1. Definition: 1. the immediate descendants of a person;

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1. Definition: 1. the number of lines in a piece of printed material

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1. Definition: 1. found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant

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1. Definition: 1. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

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1. Definition: 1. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

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1. Definition: 1. an inclined surface connecting two levels

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1. Definition: 1. loosening the ties that fasten something; "the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy"

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1. Definition: 1. develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

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1. Definition: 1. ancestry of a purebred animal

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1. Definition: 1. failing to hold or slipping out of place; "the knots allowed no slippage"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music"

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1. Definition: 1. a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities

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1. Definition: 1. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

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1. Definition: 1. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

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1. Definition: 1. the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of reducing complexity

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1. Definition: 1. the study or investigation of ancestry and family history

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1. Definition: 1. a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

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1. Definition: 1. a steep descent of the water of a river

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1. Definition: 1. the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man"

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1. Definition: 1. acquisition of property by descent or by will

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1. Definition: 1. the path followed by an object moving through space

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