- Definition: 1. strike lightly; "He tapped me on the shoulder"
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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. activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"
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- Definition: 1. evidence that helps to solve a problem
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- Definition: 1. notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"
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- Definition: 1. (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"
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- Definition: 1. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess;
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- Definition: 1. keep in check; "rule one's temper"
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- Definition: 1. develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"
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- Definition: 1. stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
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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. a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
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- Definition: 1. measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
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- Definition: 1. accustom gradually to some action or attitude; "The child is taught to obey her parents"
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- Definition: 1. a Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher
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- Definition: 1. the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape')
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- Definition: 1. cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
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- Definition: 1. a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
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- Definition: 1. be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She tutored me in Spanish"
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- Definition: 1. emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)
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- Definition: 1. a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous style"
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- Definition: 1. direct (oneself) somewhere; "Steer clear of him"
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- Definition: 1. an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
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- 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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- Definition: 1. take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats"
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- Definition: 1. explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
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- Definition: 1. the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
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- Definition: 1. yield to the control of another
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- Definition: 1. a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
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- Definition: 1. a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
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- Definition: 1. an English country landowner
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- Definition: 1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
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- Definition: 1. the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"
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- Definition: 1. a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
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- Definition: 1. give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
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- Definition: 1. a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers
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- Definition: 1. a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
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- Definition: 1. achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
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- Definition: 1. plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
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- Definition: 1. serve as a teacher or trusted counselor; "The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school"; "She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring"
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- Definition: 1. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
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- Definition: 1. several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueur
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- Definition: 1. an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"
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- Definition: 1. furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
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- Definition: 1. a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
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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. an expert who gives advice; "an adviser helped students select their courses"; "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala"
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- Definition: 1. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases"
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- Definition: 1. lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
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- Definition: 1. a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
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- Definition: 1. a personified abstraction that teaches; "books were his teachers"; "experience is a demanding teacher"
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- Definition: 1. the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field; "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy"
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- Definition: 1. mark with a signpost, as of a path
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- Definition: 1. guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy
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- Definition: 1. check the emission of (sound)
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- Definition: 1. the act of being present
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- Definition: 1. a breathing orifice
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- Definition: 1. Shepherding is a tactic and skill in Australian rules football, a team sport. Shepherding is the act of legally pushing, bumping or blocking an opposing player from gaining possession of the ball or reaching the contest.
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- Definition: 1. commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment"
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- Definition: 1. providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods"
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- Definition: 1. a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
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- Definition: 1. make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"
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- Definition: 1. the person who steers a ship
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- Definition: 1. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"
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- Definition: 1. have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
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- Definition: 1. the head and sharpened point of a spear
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- Definition: 1. in earlier times, a person who explored by ship
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- Definition: 1. issue commands or orders for
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- Definition: 1. a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)
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- Definition: 1. an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
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- Definition: 1. an ancestor in the direct line
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- Definition: 1. watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"
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- Definition: 1. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
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- Definition: 1. food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters
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- Definition: 1. a teacher in a school below the college level
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