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

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1. Definition: 1. hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

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1. Definition: 1. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

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1. Definition: 1. cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"

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1. Definition: 1. spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"

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1. Definition: 1. bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

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1. Definition: 1. the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"

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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. a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication

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1. Definition: 1. optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

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1. Definition: 1. disagreement among those expected to cooperate

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1. Definition: 1. doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"

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1. Definition: 1. the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice

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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. (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing; "his leg was in traction for several days"

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1. Definition: 1. comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction

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1. Definition: 1. a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

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1. Definition: 1. the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"

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1. Definition: 1. intense aversion

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1. Definition: 1. a movement back from an impact

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1. Definition: 1. the trait of being unmanageable

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