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- Definition: 1. To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other.
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- Definition: 1. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
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- Definition: 1. the act of projecting out from something
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- Definition: 1. run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"
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- Definition: 1. be and remain in a particular state or condition
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- Definition: 1. To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other.
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- Definition: 1. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
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- Definition: 1. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
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- Definition: 1. question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information"
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- Definition: 1. live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only"
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- Definition: 1. have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way"
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- Definition: 1. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
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- Definition: 1. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
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- Definition: 1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"
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- Definition: 1. cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place"
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- Definition: 1. the act of sitting or standing astride
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- Definition: 1. forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
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- Definition: 1. a snow, snaw or snauw is a square rigged vessel with two masts, complemented by a snow- or trysail-mast stepped immediately abaft (behind) the main mast
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- Definition: 1. choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots"
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- Definition: 1. prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"
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- Definition: 1. anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"
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- Definition: 1. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
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- Definition: 1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
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- Definition: 1. remain inactive or immobile; "standing water"
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- Definition: 1. leave slowly and hesitantly
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- Definition: 1. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
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- Definition: 1. cause to bulge or swell outwards
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- Definition: 1. move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
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- Definition: 1. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
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- Definition: 1. the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
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- Definition: 1. do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function; "He served as head of the department for three years"; "She served in Congress for two terms"
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- Definition: 1. become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened"
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- 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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- Definition: 1. avail oneself to;
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- Definition: 1. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another
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- Definition: 1. a grass border along a road
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- Definition: 1. bet more than the previous player
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- Definition: 1. an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
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- Definition: 1. organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
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- Definition: 1. a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
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- Definition: 1. a special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"
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- Definition: 1. arrange or enter in tabular form
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- Definition: 1. cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market"
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- Definition: 1. expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
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- Definition: 1. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
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- Definition: 1. develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity"
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- Definition: 1. make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"
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- Definition: 1. propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
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- Definition: 1. close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
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- Definition: 1. cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"
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- Definition: 1. have or develop complicating consequences; "These actions will ramify"
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- Definition: 1. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
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- Definition: 1. like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"
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- Definition: 1. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
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- Definition: 1. keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"
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- Definition: 1. sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
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- Definition: 1. a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
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- Definition: 1. the act of smoothing; "he gave his hair a quick smooth"
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- Definition: 1. provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"
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- Definition: 1. place on a shelf; "shelve books"
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- Definition: 1. yield to the control of another
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- Definition: 1. release from mental strain, tension, or formality; "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information"
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- Definition: 1. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
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- Definition: 1. reach a point in time, or a certain state or level;
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- Definition: 1. abandon by leaving out in the open air;
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- Definition: 1. become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
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- Definition: 1. ions"
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- Definition: 1. (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups;
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- Definition: 1. To exceed in lying.
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- Definition: 1. a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes
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- Definition: 1. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
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- Definition: 1. advance evidence for
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- Definition: 1. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
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- Definition: 1. make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"
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- Definition: 1. a section of something that is long and narrow; "a length of timber"; "a length of tubing"
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- Definition: 1. a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
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- Definition: 1. narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"
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- Definition: 1. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
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- Definition: 1. extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
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- Definition: 1. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard";
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- Definition: 1. increase the volume of; "amplify sound"
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- Definition: 1. put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
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- Definition: 1. become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
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- Definition: 1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
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- Definition: 1. convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"
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- Definition: 1. make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"
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- Definition: 1. enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"
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- Definition: 1. become broader; "The road broadened"
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- Definition: 1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
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- Definition: 1. support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
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- Definition: 1. cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
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- Definition: 1. a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
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- Definition: 1. advance beyond the usual limit
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- Definition: 1. walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town"
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- Definition: 1. make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax"
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- Definition: 1. s"
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- Definition: 1. support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
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- Definition: 1. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
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- Definition: 1. 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"
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- Definition: 1. present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink"
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- Definition: 1. requiring a standing position; "a stand-up bar"; "a stand-up comic"
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- Definition: 1. the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"
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- Definition: 1. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar
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- Definition: 1. be noncommittal
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- Definition: 1. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
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- Definition: 1. make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"
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- Definition: 1. exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
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- Definition: 1. go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"
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- Definition: 1. Accelerating
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- 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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- Definition: 1. swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal"
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- Definition: 1. surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
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- Definition: 1. become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"
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- Definition: 1. transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
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- Definition: 1. come to understand
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- Definition: 1. grant in a condescending manner
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- Definition: 1. add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
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- Definition: 1. To stretch out.
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- Definition: 1. located close together; "with heads close together"; "approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
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- Definition: 1. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
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- Definition: 1. postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
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