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: often used or practiced : customary
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: adapted to existing conditions
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: being in the habit or custom |
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1: a person or thing committed to the care of another
2: the price demanded for something (no admission charge)
3: a violent rush forward (as to attack)
4: a formal assertion of illegality (a charge of murder)
5: the quantity of explosive used in a single discharge |
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adj.
1: of, relating to, or being a group of individuals
2: shared or assumed by all members of the group (collective responsibility) |
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adj.
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: governed by or conforming to the dictates of conscience : scrupulous (a conscientious public servant)
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: meticulous, careful (a conscientious listener) |
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noun
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: exultant high-spirited joy : merriment
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: a part-song for usually male voices |
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a : of, relating to, or distinctively associated with an individual (an individual effort)
b : being an individual or existing as an indivisible whole
c : intended for one person (an individual serving)
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: existing as a distinct entity : separate
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: having marked individuality (an individual style) |
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noun
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: a feeble shrill sound : cheep
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: a slight utterance especially of complaint or protest (don't let me hear another peep out of you)
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: any of several small sandpipers |
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noun
2: a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion |
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: to overcome or kill with smoke or fumes
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a : to kill by depriving of air
b : to overcome or discomfit through or as if through lack of air
c : to suppress (a fire) by excluding oxygen
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a : to cause to smolder
b : to suppress expression or knowledge of (smothered his rage)
c : to stop or prevent the growth or activity of (smother a child with too much care); also : overwhelm
d : to cover thickly : blanket (snow smothered the trails)
e : to overcome or vanquish quickly or decisively
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: to cook in a covered pan or pot with little liquid over low heat |
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intransitive verb
: to move with a sweep
transitive verb
: to gain or carry off in or as if in a swoop —usually used with up |
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