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drink
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(n) the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess; "drink was his downfall"

(n) the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"

(n) any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

(n) a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"

(n) any large deep body of water; "he jumped into the drink and had to be rescued"

(v) be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage"

(v) take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda"

(v) consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"

(v) drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife"

(v) propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"

decline
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(n) a downward slope or bend

(n) a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

(n) change toward something smaller or lower

(n) a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

(v) grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

(v) grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

(v) show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"

(v) inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"

(v) go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"

(v) go down; "The roof declines here"

(v) refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

definitely
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(r) without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds they should win"

dance
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(n) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

(n) an artistic form of nonverbal communication

(n) a party for social dancing

(n) a party of people assembled for dancing

(v) move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"

(v) move in a graceful and rhythmical way; "The young girl danced into the room"

(v) skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways; "Dancing flames"; "The children danced with joy"

divide
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(n) a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

(n) a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

(v) perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"

(v) force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

(v) come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

(v) make a division or separation

(v) separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

(v) act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"

dish
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(n) an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish"

(n) a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food; "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present"

(n) directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for microwave or radio frequency radiation

(n) a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"

(n) a very attractive or seductive looking woman

(n) the quantity that a dish will hold; "they served me a dish of rice"

(v) make concave; shape like a dish

(v) provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show"

doubt
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(n) uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise"

(n) the state of being unsure of something

(v) consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"

(v) lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"

debt
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(n) an obligation to pay or do something

(n) money or goods or services owed by one person to another

(n) the state of owing something (especially money); "he is badly in debt"

division
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(n) the act or process of dividing

(n) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

(n) an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

(n) one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"

(n) discord that splits a group

(n) an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve"

(n) a group of ships of similar type

(n) a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

(n) an administrative unit in government or business

(n) (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

(n) (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

(n) a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"

duty
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(n) work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job"

(n) the social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- Jo

(n) a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"

defend
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(v) argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"

(v) state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"

(v) fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"

(v) be on the defensive; act against an attack

(v) protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"

(v) protect or fight for as a champion

(v) be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"

dress
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(n) clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress"

(n) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress"

(n) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

(v) arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding"

(v) dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"

(v) dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"

(v) give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"

(v) put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"

(v) provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"

(v) apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds"

(v) convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins"

(v) kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey"

(v) cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width

(v) put a finish on; "dress the surface smooth"

(v) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"

(v) put a dressing on; "dress the salads"

(v) provide with decoration; "dress the windows"

(v) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

(v) arrange in ranks; "dress troops"

(s) (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony"

(s) suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full-dress uniform"; "dress shoes"

declare
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(v) state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"

(v) declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"

(v) announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"

(v) proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"

(v) state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"

(v) make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"

(v) designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand

(v) authorize payments of; "declare dividends"

deep
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(n) literary term for an ocean; "denizens of the deep"

(n) a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

(n) the central and most intense or profound part; "in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter"

(s) exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy; "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot"

(s) strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red"

(s) very distant in time or space; "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"

(a) having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination; "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep m

(a) relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply; "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep"

(s) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"

(s) of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals t

(s) with head or back bent low; "a deep bow"

(s) having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"

(s) large in quantity or size; "deep cuts in the budget"

(s) extreme; "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness"

(s) (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"

(s) marked by depth of thinking; "deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory"

(s) relatively thick from top to bottom; "deep carpets"; "deep snow"

(s) extending relatively far inward; "a deep border"

(r) to a great depth; "dived deeply"; "dug deep"

(r) to far into space; "penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods";

(r) to an advanced time; "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening"

difficulty
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(n) an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"

(n) the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"

(n) a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"

(n) a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"

dance
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(n) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

(n) an artistic form of nonverbal communication

(n) a party for social dancing

(n) a party of people assembled for dancing

(v) move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"

(v) move in a graceful and rhythmical way; "The young girl danced into the room"

(v) skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways; "Dancing flames"; "The children danced with joy"

desk
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(n) a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments

disappear
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(v) become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"

(v) get lost, especially without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"

(v) cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished"

(v) become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke"

direct
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(v) plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

(v) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

(v) command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"

(v) give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"

(v) put an address on (an envelope, for example)

(v) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

(v) aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"

(v) guide the actors in (plays and films)

(v) lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"

(v) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

(v) cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"

(v) take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"

(v) be in charge of

(s) exact; "the direct opposite"

(s) effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives; "many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College"

(a) direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"

(a) of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating; "direct current"

(a) extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"

(a) similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)"

(a) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

(s) immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"

(s) in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"

(a) in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"

(s) as an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"

(r) without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

desire
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(n) an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires"

(n) the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

(n) something that is desired

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

(v) express a desire for

(v) expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"

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