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(noun) flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"
drip, dribble, trickle
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(noun) stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
cicala, cicada
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(noun) a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted
skewer
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(noun) available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
resource
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(noun) the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace"
market place, marketplace, market
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(noun) sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
regret, ruefulness, rue, sorrow
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(noun) a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"
cliff, drop-off, drop
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(noun) a person who shows fear or timidity
coward
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(noun) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
toad frog, batrachian, frog, toad, anuran, salientian
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(noun) (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
comet
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(noun) continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature; "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"
meditation, speculation
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(verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
calumniate, sully, denigrate, besmirch, defame, smirch, smear, slander, asperse
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(verb) move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"
tremble
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(verb) become level or even; "The ground levelled off"
level, level off
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(verb) spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"
vilify, vituperate, rail, revile
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(verb) dig with or as if with a shovel; "shovel sand"; "he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long"
shovel
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(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
debase, stretch, adulterate, load, dilute
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(verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
tangle, snarl, entangle, mat
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(adjective) uncertain how to act or proceed; "the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute"
irresolute
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(adjective) characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
graceful
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(adverb) with smiles; in a smiling manner; "the girl reminded her smilingly of their childhood spent together"
smilingly
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