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1. Definition: 1. struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"

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1. Definition: 1. run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

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1. Definition: 1. uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'"

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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. make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court"

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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. a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem

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1. Definition: 1. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"

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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. fly in high wind

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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. a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion

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1. Definition: 1. question persistently; "She pumped the witnesses for information"

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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. sail with much tacking or with difficulty; "The boat beat in the strong wind"

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1. Definition: 1. press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"

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1. Definition: 1. press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

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1. Definition: 1. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

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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. (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"

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1. Definition: 1. pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

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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. be a social swinger; socialize a lot

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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. a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds"

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1. Definition: 1. the quality of being valid and rigorous

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1. Definition: 1. the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful

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

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1. Definition: 1. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure"

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

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

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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. not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

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

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1. Definition: 1. natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)

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1. Definition: 1. a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

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1. Definition: 1. a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

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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. loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail

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1. Definition: 1. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"

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

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1. Definition: 1. an artifact that is heavy

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1. Definition: 1. a twisting force

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1. Definition: 1. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables

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1. Definition: 1. the study of poetic meter and the art of versification

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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 state of being first in importance

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1. Definition: 1. the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

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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. (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 vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

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1. Definition: 1. a twisting force

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1. Definition: 1. a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables

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1. Definition: 1. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

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1. Definition: 1. preceding in time

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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. push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd"

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1. Definition: 1. intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights"

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1. Definition: 1. insert punctuation marks into

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1. Definition: 1. (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"

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1. Definition: 1. illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater

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1. Definition: 1. to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"

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1. Definition: 1. print in italics

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1. Definition: 1. the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart; "he could feel the beat of her heart"

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1. Definition: 1. a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)

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1. Definition: 1. power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"

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1. Definition: 1. rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby"

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1. Definition: 1. to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

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1. Definition: 1. draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to

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1. Definition: 1. the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

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1. Definition: 1. put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

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1. Definition: 1. the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet"

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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. displaying a sense of being better than others; "he hated the white man's superiority and condescension"

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1. Definition: 1. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"

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1. Definition: 1. mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)

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1. Definition: 1. the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"

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