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1. Definition: 1. be a mystery or bewildering to;

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1. Definition: 1. move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"

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1. Definition: 1. intense mournfulness

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1. Definition: 1. put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice; "Try on this sweater to see how it looks"

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1. Definition: 1. cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

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1. Definition: 1. roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"

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1. Definition: 1. prompt willingness; "readiness to continue discussions"; "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle"

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1. Definition: 1. cook slowly and for a long time in liquid; "Stew the vegetables in wine"

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1. Definition: 1. have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

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1. Definition: 1. feelings of mental or physical pain

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1. Definition: 1. stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

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1. Definition: 1. prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"

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1. Definition: 1. a somatic sensation of acute discomfort; "as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain"

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1. Definition: 1. a coarse file with sharp pointed projections

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1. Definition: 1. fly in high wind

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1. Definition: 1. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

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1. Definition: 1. cause injuries or bodily harm to

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1. Definition: 1. pinch or squeeze sharply

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1. Definition: 1. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

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1. Definition: 1. touch or rub constantly; "The old man worried his beads"

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1. Definition: 1. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

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1. Definition: 1. any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

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1. Definition: 1. the state of being contaminated

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1. Definition: 1. a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body; "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"

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1. Definition: 1. (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)

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1. Definition: 1. deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"

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1. Definition: 1. something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the balloon a small prick"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"

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1. Definition: 1. form metals with a swage

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1. Definition: 1. an acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom

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1. Definition: 1. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"

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1. Definition: 1. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

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1. Definition: 1. something that causes great unhappiness; "her death was a great grief to John"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of damaging something or someone

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1. Definition: 1. a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

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1. Definition: 1. difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;

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1. Definition: 1. a light touch with the hands

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1. Definition: 1. a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light

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1. Definition: 1. criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

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1. Definition: 1. be a mystery or bewildering to;

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1. Definition: 1. an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

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1. Definition: 1. an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

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1. Definition: 1. the trait of seeming ill at ease

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1. Definition: 1. feel grief

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1. Definition: 1. feel grief

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1. Definition: 1. gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"

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1. Definition: 1. violent pangs of suffering; "death throes"

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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. come to feel sad

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1. Definition: 1. (Yiddish) aggravating trouble; "the frustrating tsuris he subjected himself to"

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1. Definition: 1. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

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1. Definition: 1. a feeling of restless agitation

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1. Definition: 1. draw a harrow over (land)

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1. Definition: 1. an artifact that is heavy

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1. Definition: 1. an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

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1. Definition: 1. extreme mental distress

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1. Definition: 1. the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness

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1. Definition: 1. destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy"

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1. Definition: 1. squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

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1. Definition: 1. annoy continually or chronically;

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1. Definition: 1. cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"

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1. Definition: 1. (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear"

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1. Definition: 1. subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

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1. Definition: 1. disturbance usually in protest

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1. Definition: 1. a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday"

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1. Definition: 1. the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

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1. Definition: 1. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

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1. Definition: 1. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"

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1. Definition: 1. cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother"

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1. Definition: 1. excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense"

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1. Definition: 1. an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

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1. Definition: 1. the act of troubling or annoying someone

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1. Definition: 1. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"

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1. Definition: 1. harshness of manner

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1. Definition: 1. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

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1. Definition: 1. inflict a trauma upon

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1. Definition: 1. being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance; "the uncertainty of the outcome"; "the precariousness of his income"

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