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1. Definition: 1. a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

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1. Definition: 1. a light touch or stroke

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1. Definition: 1. compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"

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1. Definition: 1. a slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one"

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1. Definition: 1. penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the surface"

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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. a small sharp bite or snip

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1. Definition: 1. seize suddenly

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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. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

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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. feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"

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1. Definition: 1. an unforeseen obstacle

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1. Definition: 1. push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

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1. Definition: 1. develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"

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1. Definition: 1. a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)

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1. Definition: 1. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

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

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1. Definition: 1. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"

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1. Definition: 1. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"

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1. Definition: 1. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

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1. 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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1. Definition: 1. sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"

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1. Definition: 1. fly in high wind

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1. Definition: 1. the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet

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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. the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

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1. Definition: 1. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

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1. Definition: 1. stick of wax with a wick in the middle

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1. Definition: 1. produce specks in or on; "speck the cloth"

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

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1. Definition: 1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

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1. Definition: 1. take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"

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1. Definition: 1. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

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1. Definition: 1. one who is playfully mischievous

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1. Definition: 1. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

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1. Definition: 1. a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting

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1. Definition: 1. lift weights; "This guy can press 300 pounds"

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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. something of sentimental value

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1. Definition: 1. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"

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1. Definition: 1. entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"

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1. Definition: 1. capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; "smart weapons"

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1. Definition: 1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"

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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. limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

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1. Definition: 1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

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1. Definition: 1. obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"

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

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

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

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1. Definition: 1. join or combine; "We merged our resources"

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1. Definition: 1. a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled

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1. Definition: 1. a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch"

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1. Definition: 1. pinch or squeeze sharply

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1. Definition: 1. a sweeping stroke or blow

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1. Definition: 1. steal a base

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1. Definition: 1. the act of giving hope or support to someone

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1. Definition: 1. any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

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1. Definition: 1. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

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1. Definition: 1. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

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1. Definition: 1. a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"

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1. Definition: 1. die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"

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1. Definition: 1. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

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1. Definition: 1. take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"

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1. Definition: 1. a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

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1. Definition: 1. an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"

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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. make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion; "his face is twitching"

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1. Definition: 1. make off with belongings of others

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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. make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"

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1. Definition: 1. subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"

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1. Definition: 1. to make grasping motions; "the cat snatched at the butterflies"

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

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1. Definition: 1. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

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1. Definition: 1. fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

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1. Definition: 1. declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another; "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"

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

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1. Definition: 1. consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"

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1. Definition: 1. (Middle Ages) an introductory curriculum at a medieval university involving grammar and logic and rhetoric; considered to be a triple way to eloquence

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1. Definition: 1. a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing

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1. Definition: 1. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

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1. Definition: 1. larceny by threat of violence

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1. Definition: 1. the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"

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1. Definition: 1. the taking possession of something by legal process

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

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1. Definition: 1. an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action

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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. the act of stealing

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1. Definition: 1. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

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1. Definition: 1. pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"

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1. Definition: 1. the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility; "the cost of utilities never decreases"; "all the utilities were lost after the hurricane"

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1. Definition: 1. the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

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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. fit or restrain with a snaffle; "snaffle a horse"

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1. Definition: 1. any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

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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. make off with belongings of others

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1. Definition: 1. narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"

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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. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"

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1. Definition: 1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

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1. Definition: 1. given to thievery

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1. Definition: 1. score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"

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1. Definition: 1. steal in a store

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1. Definition: 1. take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

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1. Definition: 1. collect or look around for (food)

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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. being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"

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1. Definition: 1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

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1. Definition: 1. a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

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1. Definition: 1. suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement"

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1. Definition: 1. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

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1. Definition: 1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

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