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–verb (used with object) 1. to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
2. to reprove or scold, esp. in a mild and good-willed manner: The teacher admonished him about excessive noise.
3. to urge to a duty; remind: to admonish them about their obligations. |
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| –adjective, brawn⋅i⋅er, brawn⋅i⋅est. muscular; strong. |
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–adjective 1. of or like a corpse.
2. pale; ghastly.
3. haggard and thin. |
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–verb (used with object) 1. to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often fol. by to).
2. to transfer to another's custody or charge; entrust.
3. to set apart for or devote to (a special purpose or use): to consign two afternoons a week to the club.
4. to banish or set apart in one's mind; relegate: to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion.
5. Commerce. a. to ship, as by common carrier, esp. for sale or custody.
b. to address for such shipment.
6. Obsolete. to confirm or ratify, as with a seal or other token.
–verb (used without object) 7. to agree or assent.
8. Obsolete. to yield or submit. |
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| –adjective sorrowful; mournful; melancholy: a doleful look on her face. |
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–adjective marked by emaciation
–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing. to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh |
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| –verb (used without object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing. to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling. |
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–noun 1. a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
2. something of very small value: I don't care a farthing for your opinion. |
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–verb (used with object) 1. to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
2. to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.
3. to imitate deceptively: to feign another's voice.
–verb (used without object) 4. to make believe; pretend: She's only feigning, she isn't really ill. |
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–adjective 1. made of flax.
2. pertaining to flax.
3. resembling flax.
4. of the pale yellowish color of dressed flax.
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–noun an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
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–adjective 1. unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
2. not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties: an inexorable creditor |
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–adjective 1. unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
2. not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties: an inexorable creditor |
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–adjective 1. incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
2. not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable: an inscrutable smile.
3. incapable of being seen through physically; physically impenetrable: the inscrutable depths of the ocean. |
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–verb (used with object) 1. to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
2. to drive or force by, or as if by, pushing or shoving: The crowd jostled him into the subway.
3. to exist in close contact or proximity with: The three families jostle each other in the small house.
4. to contend with: rival gangs continually jostling each other.
5. to unsettle; disturb: The thought jostled her complacency.
6. Slang. to pick the pocket of.
–verb (used without object) 7. to bump or brush against someone or something, as in passing or in a crowd; push or shove (often fol. by with, for, or against): He jostled for position.
8. to exist in close contact or proximity with someone or something.
9. to compete; contend.
10. Slang. to pick pockets. |
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–noun 1. the act of lamenting or expressing grief.
2. a lament.
3. Lamentations, (used with a singular verb) a book of the Bible, traditionally ascribed to Jeremiah. Abbreviation: Lam. |
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–noun, plural -gies. 1. the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
2. Pathology. an abnormal state or disorder characterized by overpowering drowsiness or sleep. |
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–noun, plural -ties. 1. lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
2. an instance or exhibition of this.
3. fickleness.
4. lightness in weight. |
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| –noun a moderate or small amount: He hasn't even a modicum of common sense. |
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–noun 1. a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
2. any sedative, soporific, or narcotic.
3. anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the feelings.
–adjective 4. mixed or prepared with opium.
5. inducing sleep; soporific; narcotic.
6. causing dullness or inaction.
–verb (used with object) 7. to subject to an opiate; stupefy.
8. to dull or deaden. |
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–noun 1. a small, low, portable platform on which goods are placed for storage or moving, as in a warehouse or vehicle.
2. a flat board or metal plate used to support ceramic articles during drying.
3. Horology. a. a lever with three projections, two of which intermittently lock and receive impulses from the escape wheel and one which transmits these impulses to the balance.
b. either of the two projections of this lever that engage and release the escape wheel.
4. a painter's palette.
5. (on a pawl) a lip or projection that engages with the teeth of a ratchet wheel.
6. Printing. typeholder.
7. (in gilding) an instrument used to take up the gold leaves from the pillow and to apply and extend them.
8. a shaping tool used by potters and consisting of a flat blade or plate with a handle at one end.
9. Bookbinding. a. a tool for decorating the spine of a book.
b. the stamping of the name of the binder on the inside covers of a book. |
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing. 1. to make perpetual.
2. to preserve from extinction or oblivion: to perpetuate one's name. |
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| –adjective pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters. |
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| –noun a person who rides the left horse of the leading or only pair of horses drawing a carriage. |
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–adjective 1. penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
2. originating in or penetrating to the depths of one's being; profound grief.
3. being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious: profound insight.
4. of deep meaning; of great and broadly inclusive significance: a profound book.
5. pervasive or intense; thorough; complete: a profound silence.
6. extending, situated, or originating far down, or far beneath the surface: the profound depths of the ocean.
7. low: a profound bow.
8. deep.
–noun Literary. 9. something that is profound.
10. the deep sea; ocean.
11. depth; abyss. |
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–noun 1. dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock or other domestic animals; fodder.
2. food; provisions.
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–adjective 1. soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated.
2. heavy, lumpy, or soggy, as food that is poorly cooked.
3. having a soaked appearance.
4. bloated, as the face.
5. expressionless, dull, or stupid, esp. from drunkenness.
6. lacking spirit or alertness; inert; torpid; listless.
7. Archaic. boiled.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 8. to make or become sodden.
9. Obsolete. pp. of seethe. |
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–noun 1. a visible incorporeal spirit, esp. one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
2. some object or source of terror or dread: the specter of disease or famine. |
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–adjective 1. marked by tedium; long and tiresome: tedious tasks; a tedious journey.
2. wordy so as to cause weariness or boredom, as a speaker or writer; prolix. |
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| –noun a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag. |
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