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1. Words classifiable in 4 different ways as a Noun,
Adjective, Verb and Adverb
Andrew Ernest Ritz
Langtech
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2. Introduction
Words classifiable in four different ways as either a noun, adjective,
verb or adverb, are very useful when trying to understand the semantic
relationships that exist between words and are defined in Wordnet.
Wordnet is a free lexical database of English available from Stanford
University.
The main semantic relationships defined between words are
Synonymy/Antonymy
Hypernymy/Hyponymy,
Meronymy/Holonymy
Troponymy
Entailment
Why not download Wordnet and type in one of the words listed in
this presentation and explore these relationships.
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3. best
noun –1. (6) best – (the supreme effort one can make; ”they did
their best”)
verb –. (1) outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop – (get the better of;
”the goal was to best the competition”)
adj –1. (94) best – ((superlative of ‘good’) having the most positive
qualities; ”the best film of the year”; ”the best solution”; ”the best
time for planting”; ”wore his best suit”)
adv –1. (14) best – (in a most excellent way or manner; ”he played
best after a couple of martinis”)
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4. better
noun –1. (1) better – (something superior in quality or condition or
effect; ”a change for the better”)
verb –1. (1) better, break – (surpass in excellence; ”She bettered her
own record”; ”break a record”)
adj –1. (69) better – ((comparative of ‘good’) superior to another (of
the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or
suitability; more highly skilled than another; ”You’re a better man
than I am, Gunga Din”; ”a better coat”; ”a better type of car”; ”a
suit with a better fit”; ”a better chance of success”; ”produced a
better mousetrap”; ”she’s better in math than in history”)
adv –1. (45) better – (comparative of ‘well’; in a better or more
excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a
greater degree etc.; ”She had never sung better”; ”a deed better left
undone”; ”better suited to the job”)
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5. bitter
noun –1. bitter – (English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with
strong flavor of hops (usually on draft))
verb –. bitter – (make bitter)
adj –1. (12) acrimonious, bitter – (marked by strong resentment or
cynicism; ”an acrimonious dispute”; ”bitter about the divorce”)
adv –. piercingly, bitterly, bitingly, bitter – (extremely and sharply; ”it
was bitterly cold”; ”bitter cold”)
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6. broadside
noun –1. (1) circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer,
throwaway – (an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a
leaflet) intended for wide distribution; ”he mailed the circular to all
subscribers”)
verb –. broadside – (collide with the broad side of; ”her car
broad-sided mine”)
adj –. broadside – (toward a full side; ”a broadside attack”)
adv –. broadside – (with a side facing an object; ”the train hit the
truck broadside”; ”the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized
it”)
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7. clean
noun –. (1) clean and jerk, clean – (a weightlift in which the barbell
is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead)
verb –1. (16) clean, make clean – (make clean by removing dirt, filth,
or unwanted substances from; ”Clean the stove!”; ”The dentist
cleaned my teeth”)
adj –1. (17) clean – (free from dirt or impurities; or having clean
habits; ”children with clean shining faces”; ”clean white shirts”;
”clean dishes”; ”a spotlessly clean house”; ”cats are clean animals”)
adv –1. (1) clean, plumb, plum – (completely; used as intensifiers;
”clean forgot the appointment”; ”I’m plumb (or plum) tuckered out”)
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8. clear
noun –1. clear – (the state of being free of suspicion; ”investigation
showed that he was in the clear”)
verb –1. (16) unclutter, clear – (rid of obstructions; ”Clear your
desk”)
adj –1. (55) clear – (readily apparent to the mind; ”a clear and
present danger”; ”a clear explanation”; ”a clear case of murder”; ”a
clear indication that she was angry”; ”gave us a clear idea of human
nature”)
adv –1. (3) clear, all the way – (completely; ”read the book clear to
the end”; ”slept clear through the night”; ”there were open fields
clear to the horizon”)
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9. close
noun –1. (8) stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion,
close – (the temporal end; the concluding time; ”the stopping point
of each round was signaled by a bell”; ”the market was up at the
finish”; ”they were playing better at the close of the season”)
verb –1. (32) close, shut – (move so that an opening or passage is
obstructed; make shut; ”Close the door”; ”shut the window”)
adj –1. (38) close – (at or within a short distance in space or time or
having elements near each other; ”close to noon”; ”how close are we
to town?”; ”a close formation of ships”)
adv –1. (17) near, nigh, close – (near in time or place or relationship;
”as the wedding day drew near”; ”stood near the door”; ”don’t shoot
until they come near”; ”getting near to the true explanation”; ”her
mother is always near”; ”The end draws nigh”; ”the bullet didn’t
come close”; ”don’t get too close to the fire”)
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10. cod
noun –1. pod, cod, seedcase – (the vessel that contains the seeds of
a plant (not the seeds themselves))
verb –1. gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one
over, put one across – (fool or hoax; ”The immigrant was duped
because he trusted everyone”; ”You can’t fool me!”)
adj –. collect, cod – (payable by the recipient on delivery; ”a collect
call”; ”the letter came collect”; ”a COD parcel”)
adv –. C.O.D., COD, cash on delivery – (collecting the charges upon
delivery; ”mail a package C.O.D.”)
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11. collect
noun –. collect – (a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the
Church of Rome or the Church of England)
verb –1. (16) roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile,
hoard – (get or gather together; ”I am accumulating evidence for the
man’s unfaithfulness to his wife”; ”She is amassing a lot of data for
her thesis”; ”She rolled up a small fortune”)
adj –. collect, cod – (payable by the recipient on delivery; ”a collect
call”; ”the letter came collect”; ”a COD parcel”)
adv –. collect – (make a telephone call or mail a package so that the
recipient pays; ”call collect”; ”send a package collect”)
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12. counter
noun –1. (3) counter – (table consisting of a horizontal surface over
which business is transacted)
verb –1. (2) counter – (speak in response; ”He countered with some
very persuasive arguments”)
adj –. (2) antagonistic, counter – (indicating opposition or resistance)
adv –. (1) counter – (in the opposite direction; ”run counter”)
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13. crisscross
noun –. crisscross, cross, mark – (a marking that consists of lines
that cross each other)
verb –1. (1) crisscross – (cross in a pattern, often random)
adj –. crisscross, crisscrossed – (marked with crossing lines)
adv –. crisscross – (crossing one another in opposite directions)
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14. damn
noun –. (1) damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker’s damn,
tinker’s dam – (something of little value; ”his promise is not worth a
damn”; ”not worth one red cent”; ”not worth shucks”)
verb –. (7) curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise,
imprecate, maledict – (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; ”The bad
witch cursed the child”)
adj –1. (19) damn, goddamn – (used as expletives; ”oh, damn (or
goddamn)!”)
adv –. (2) bloody, damn, all-fired – (extremely; ”you are bloody
right”; ”Why are you so all-fired aggressive?”)
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15. double
noun –1. (12) double, two-base hit, two-bagger, two-baser – (a base
hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; ”he hit a double
to deep centerfield”)
verb –1. (12) double, duplicate – (increase twofold; ”The population
doubled within 50 years”)
adj –1. (5) double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold,
three-fold – (having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or
qualities; ”a double (or dual) role for an actor”; ”the office of a
clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence”-
R.W.Emerson; ”every episode has its double and treble
meaning”-Frederick Harrison)
adv –1. double – (downward and forward; ”he was bent double with
pain”)
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16. down
noun –1. (1) down, down feather – (soft fine feathers)
verb –1. (3) toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down,
drink down, kill – (drink down entirely; ”He downed three martinis
before dinner”; ”She killed a bottle of brandy that night”; ”They
popped a few beer after work”)
adj –1. (9) down – (being or moving lower in position or less in some
value; ”lay face down”; ”the moon is down”; ”our team is down by a
run”; ”down by a pawn”; ”the stock market is down today”)
adv –1. (98) down, downwards, downward, downwardly – (spatially
or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; ”don’t fall
down”; ”rode the lift up and skied down”; ”prices plunged
downward”)
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17. express
noun –1. express, express mail – (mail that is distributed by a rapid
and efficient system)
verb –1. (59) express, show, evince – (give expression to; ”She
showed her disappointment”)
adj –1. (1) express – (not tacit or implied; ”her express wish”)
adv –. (1) express – (by express; ”please send the letter express”)
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18. fair
noun –1. (1) carnival, fair, funfair – (a traveling show; having
sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.)
verb –. (1) fair – (join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly)
adj –1. (10) fair, just – (free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or
deception; conforming with established standards or rules; ”a fair
referee”; ”fair deal”; ”on a fair footing”; ”a fair fight”; ”by fair means
or foul”)
adv –1. fairly, fair, clean – (in conformity with the rules or laws and
without fraud or cheating; ”they played fairly”)
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19. fast
noun –. (1) fast, fasting – (abstaining from food)
verb –1. fast – (abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical
reasons; ”Catholics sometimes fast during Lent”)
adj –1. (18) fast – (acting or moving or capable of acting or moving
quickly; ”fast film”; ”on the fast track in school”; ”set a fast pace”;
”a fast car”)
adv –1. (16) fast – (quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining
form); ”how fast can he get here?”; ”ran as fast as he could”; ”needs
medical help fast”; ”fast-running rivers”; ”fast-breaking news”;
”fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters”)
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20. fine
noun –. fine, mulct, amercement – (money extracted as a penalty)
verb –. ticket, fine – (issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; ”I was
fined for parking on the wrong side of the street”; ”Move your car or
else you will be ticketed!”)
adj –1. (4) all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory – (being
satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; ”an all-right movie”; ”the
passengers were shaken up but are all right”; ”is everything all
right?”; ”everything’s fine”; ”things are okay”; ”dinner and the
movies had been fine”; ”another minute I’d have been fine”)
adv –1. (3) very well, fine, alright, all right, OK – (an expression of
agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence)
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21. firm
noun –. (26) firm, house, business firm – (the members of a business
organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; ”he
worked for a brokerage house”)
verb –1. tauten, firm – (become taut or tauter; ”Your muscles will
firm when you exercise regularly”; ”the rope tautened”)
adj –1. (12) firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering,
unshakable, unwavering – (marked by firm determination or
resolution; not shakable; ”firm convictions”; ”a firm mouth”;
”steadfast resolve”; ”a man of unbendable perseverence”;
”unwavering loyalty”)
adv –. (1) firm, firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly – (with resolute
determination; ”we firmly believed it”; ”you must stand firm”)
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22. flush
noun –1. (1) flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom,
efflorescence, flush – (the period of greatest prosperity or productivity)
verb –1. (3) blush, crimson, flush, redden – (turn red, as if in
embarrassment or shame; ”The girl blushed when a young man
whistled as she walked by”)
adj –1. (1) flush – (of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one,
forming the same plane; ”a door flush with the wall”; ”the bottom of
the window is flush with the floor”)
adv –1. (2) flush – (squarely or solidly; ”hit him flush in the face”)
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23. forward
noun –1. forward – (the person who plays the position of forward in
certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey)
verb –. (3) forward, send on – (send or ship onward from an
intermediate post or station in transit; ”forward my mail”)
adj –1. (8) forward – (at or near or directed toward the front; ”the
forward section of the aircraft”; ”a forward plunge down the stairs”;
”forward motion”)
adv –1. (53) forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard
– (at or to or toward the front; ”he faced forward”; ”step forward”;
”she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new
sewing machine”; (‘forrad’ and ‘forrard’ are dialectal variations))
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24. free
noun –. free, free people – (people who are free; ”the home of the
free and the brave”)
verb –1. (6) free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose – (grant
freedom to; free from confinement)
adj –1. (38) free – (able to act at will; not hampered; not under
compulsion or restraint; ”free enterprise”; ”a free port”; ”a free
country”; ”I have an hour free”; ”free will”; ”free of racism”; ”feel
free to stay as long as you wish”; ”a free choice”)
adv –. loose, free – (without restraint; ”cows in India are running
loose”)
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25. home
noun –1. (55) home, place – (where you live at a particular time;
”deliver the package to my home”; ”he doesn’t have a home to go
to”; ”your place or mine?”)
verb –1. home – (provide with, or send to, a home)
adj –1. (7) home – (used of your own ground; ”a home game”)
adv –1. (59) home – (at or to or in the direction of one’s home or
family; ”He stays home on weekends”; ”after the game the children
brought friends home for supper”; ”I’ll be home tomorrow”; ”came
riding home in style”; ”I hope you will come home for Christmas”;
”I’ll take her home”; ”don’t forget to write home”)
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26. jolly
noun –1. jolly – (a happy party)
verb –. kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter – (be silly or tease one another;
”After we relaxed, we just kidded around”)
adj –. (2) gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful – (full of or
showing high-spirited merriment; ”when hearts were young and gay”;
”a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company”-
Wordsworth; ”the jolly crowd at the reunion”; ”jolly old Saint Nick”;
”a jovial old gentleman”; ”have a merry Christmas”; ”peals of merry
laughter”; ”a mirthful laugh”)
adv –. reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly,
middling, passably – (to a moderately sufficient extent or degree;
”pretty big”; ”pretty bad”; ”jolly decent of him”; ”the shoes are
priced reasonably”; ”he is fairly clever with computers”)
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27. last
noun –1. (3) stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion,
close – (the temporal end; the concluding time; ”the stopping point
of each round was signaled by a bell”; ”the market was up at the
finish”; ”they were playing better at the close of the season”)
verb –1. (19) last, endure – (persist for a specified period of time;
”The bad weather lasted for three days”)
adj –1. (109) last – (immediately past; ”last Thursday”; ”the last
chapter we read”)
adv –1. (4) last – (most recently; ”I saw him last in London”)
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28. light
noun –1. (46) light, visible light, visible radiation – ((physics)
electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; ”the
light was filtered through a soft glass window”)
verb –1. (12) light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate – (make
lighter or brighter; ”This lamp lightens the room a bit”)
adj –1. (14) light – (of comparatively little physical weight or density;
”a light load”; ”magnesium is a light metal–having a specific gravity
of 1.74 at 20 degrees C”)
adv –. lightly, light – (with few burdens; ”experienced travellers
travel light”)
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29. low
noun –1. low, depression – (an air mass of lower pressure; often
brings precipitation; ”a low moved in over night bringing sleet and
snow”)
verb –. moo, low – (make a low noise, characteristic of bovines)
adj –1. (55) low – (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount;
”low prices”; ”the reservoir is low”)
adv –. (3) low – (in a low position; near the ground; ”the branches
hung low”)
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30. okay
noun –. O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh – (an endorsement; ”they gave
us the O.K. to go ahead”)
verb –. approve, O.K., okay, sanction – (give sanction to; ”I approve
of his educational policies”)
adj –. (2) all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory – (being
satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; ”an all-right movie”; ”the
passengers were shaken up but are all right”; ”is everything all
right?”; ”everything’s fine”; ”things are okay”; ”dinner and the
movies had been fine”; ”another minute I’d have been fine”)
adv –. okay, O.K., all right, alright – (in a satisfactory or adequate
manner; ”she’ll do okay on her own”; ”held up all right under
pressure”; (‘alright’ is a nonstandard variant of ‘all right’))
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31. out
noun –. out – ((baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a
base safely in baseball; ”you only get 3 outs per inning”)
verb –1. come out of the closet, out, come out – (to state openly
and publicly one’s homosexuality; ”This actor outed last year”)
adj –1. (3) out – (not allowed to continue to bat or run; ”he was
tagged out at second on a close play”; ”he fanned out”)
adv –1. (5) out – (away from home; ”they went out last night”)
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32. pat
noun –1. pat, rap, tap – (the sound made by a gentle blow)
verb –1. (11) chuck, pat – (pat or squeeze fondly or playfully,
especially under the chin)
adj –1. glib, pat, slick – (having only superficial plausibility; ”glib
promises”; ”a slick commercial”)
adv –. pat – (completely or perfectly; ”he has the lesson pat”; ”had
the system down pat”)
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33. plumb
noun –. plumb bob, plumb, plummet – (the metal bob of a plumb
line)
verb –1. (1) plumb – (measure the depth of something)
adj –. plumb – (exactly vertical; ”the tower of Pisa is far out of
plumb”)
adv –1. (2) clean, plumb, plum – (completely; used as intensifiers;
”clean forgot the appointment”; ”I’m plumb (or plum) tuckered out”)
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34. plump
noun –. plump – (the sound of a sudden heavy fall)
verb –1. plummet, plump – (drop sharply; ”The stock market
plummeted”)
adj –. (2) chubby, embonpoint, plump – (sufficiently fat so as to have
a pleasing fullness of figure; ”a chubby child”; ”pleasingly plump”;)
adv –. plump – (straight down especially heavily or abruptly; ”the
anchor fell plump into the sea”; ”we dropped the rock plump into the
water”)
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35. pop
noun –1. (1) dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop – (an informal
term for a father; probably derived from baby talk)
verb –1. (3) start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out,
come out – (bulge outward; ”His eyes popped”)
adj –. popular, pop – ((of music or art) new and of general appeal
(especially among young people))
adv –. pop – (like a pop or with a pop; ”everything went pop”)
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36. quiet
noun –1. (1) lull, quiet – (a period of calm weather; ”there was a lull
in the storm”)
verb –1. (1) quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down –
(become quiet or quieter; ”The audience fell silent when the speaker
entered”)
adj –1. (13) quiet – (characterized by an absence or near absence of
agitation or activity; ”a quiet life”; ”a quiet throng of onlookers”;
”quiet peace-loving people”; ”the factions remained quiet for almost
10 years”)
adv –. (1) quietly, quiet – (with little or no activity or no agitation
(‘quiet’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘quietly’); ”her hands rested
quietly in her lap”; ”the rock star was quietly led out the back door”;
”sit here as quiet as you can”)
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37. right
noun –1. (41) right – (an abstract idea of that which is due to a
person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; ”they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”; ”Certain
rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in
the hands of the people”- Eleanor Roosevelt; ”a right is not
something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can
take away”)
verb –1. right, compensate, redress, correct – (make reparations or
amends for; ”right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”)
adj –1. (20) right – (being or located on or directed toward the side
of the body to the east when facing north; ”my right hand”; ”right
center field”; ”a right-hand turn”; ”the right bank of a river is the
bank on your right side when you are facing downstream”)
adv –1. (17) right – (precisely, exactly; ”stand right here!”)
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38. rough
noun –. rough – (the part of a golf course bordering the fairway
where the grass is not cut short)
verb –. (1) rough in, rough, rough out – (prepare in preliminary or
sketchy form)
adj –1. (13) rough, unsmooth – (having or caused by an irregular
surface; ”trees with rough bark”; ”rough ground”; ”rough skin”;
”rough blankets”; ”his unsmooth face”)
adv –1. (1) roughly, rough – (with roughness or violence (‘rough’ is
an informal variant for ‘roughly’); ”he was pushed roughly aside”;
”they treated him rough”)
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39. round
noun –1. (6) round, unit of ammunition, one shot – (a charge of
ammunition for a single shot)
verb –1. (3) round – (wind around; move along a circular course;
”round the bend”)
adj –1. (12) round, circular – (having a circular shape)
adv –. (3) round, around – (from beginning to end; throughout; ”It
rains all year round on Skye”; ”frigid weather the year around”)
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40. second
noun –1. (24) second, sec, s – (1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of
time adopted under the Systeme International d’Unites)
verb –1. second, back, endorse, indorse – (give support or one’s
approval to; ”I’ll second that motion”; ”I can’t back this plan”;
”endorse a new project”)
adj –1. (108) second, 2nd, 2d – (coming next after the first in
position in space or time or degree or magnitude)
adv –. (9) second, secondly – (in the second place; ”second, we must
consider the economy”)
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41. short
noun –1. (3) short – (the location on a baseball field where the
shortstop is stationed)
verb –1. short-change, short – (cheat someone by not returning him
enough money)
adj –1. (43) short – (primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or
seeming to be limited in duration; ”a short life”; ”a short flight”; ”a
short holiday”; ”a short story”; ”only a few short months”)
adv –1. (1) abruptly, suddenly, short, dead – (quickly and without
warning; ”he stopped suddenly”)
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42. solo
noun –1. (1) solo – (any activity that is performed alone without
assistance)
verb –1. solo – (fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers)
adj –. solo – (composed or performed by a single voice or instrument;
”a passage for solo clarinet”)
adv –. alone, solo, unaccompanied – (without anybody else or
anything else; ”the child stayed home alone”; ”the pillar stood alone,
supporting nothing”; ”he flew solo”)
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43. square
noun –1. (23) square, foursquare – ((geometry) a plane rectangle
with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular
polygon; ”you can compute the area of a square if you know the
length of its sides”)
verb –1. (4) square, square up – (make square; ”Square the circle”;
”square the wood with a file”)
adj –1. (7) square – (having four equal sides and four right angles or
forming a right angle; ”a square peg in a round hole”; ”a square
corner”)
adv –1. (2) squarely, square – (in a straight direct way; ”looked him
squarely in the eye”; ”ran square into me”)
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44. steady
noun –. sweetheart, sweetie, steady, truelove – (a person loved by
another person)
verb –1. (2) steady, calm, becalm – (make steady; ”steady yourself”)
adj –1. (11) steady – (not subject to change or variation especially in
behavior; ”a steady beat”; ”a steady job”; ”a steady breeze”; ”a
steady increase”; ”a good steady ballplayer”)
adv –. steadily, steady – (in a steady manner; ”he could still walk
steadily”)
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45. still
noun –1. (2) still – (a static photograph (especially one taken from a
movie and used for advertising purposes); ”he wanted some stills for a
magazine ad”)
verb –1. (1) calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize,
tranquillise, quieten, lull, still – (make calm or still; ”quiet the
dragons of worry and fear”)
adj –1. (16) inactive, motionless, static, still – (not in physical
motion; ”the inertia of an object at rest”)
adv –1. (233) still – (with reference to action or condition; without
change, interruption, or cessation; ”it’s still warm outside”; ”will you
still love me when we’re old and grey?”)
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46. tiptoe
noun –. tiptoe – (the tip of a toe)
verb –. (1) tiptoe, tip, tippytoe – (walk on one’s toes)
adj –. tiptoe – (walking on the tips of ones’s toes so as to make no
noise; ”moving with tiptoe steps”)
adv –. (1) tiptoe – (on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe; ”standing tiptoe”)
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47. true
noun –. true – (proper alignment; the property possessed by
something that is in correct or proper alignment; ”out of true”)
verb –. true, true up – (make level, square, balanced, or concentric;
”true up the cylinder of an engine”)
adj –1. (83) true – (consistent with fact or reality; not false; ”the
story is true”; ”it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is
no ground whatever for supposing it true”- B. Russell; ”the true
meaning of the statement”)
adv –. (2) true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly – (as
acknowledged; ”true, she is the smartest in her class”)
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48. well
noun –1. (8) well – (a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain
water or oil or gas or brine)
verb –. (3) well, swell – (come up, as of a liquid; ”Tears well in her
eyes”; ”the currents well up”)
adj –1. (4) well – (in good health especially after having suffered
illness or injury; ”appears to be entirely well”; ”the wound is nearly
well”; ”a well man”; ”I think I’m well; at least I feel well”)
adv –1. (76) well, good – ((often used as a combining form) in a
good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (‘good’ is
a nonstandard dialectal variant for ‘well’); ”the children behaved
well”; ”a task well done”; ”the party went well”; ”he slept well”; ”a
well-argued thesis”; ”a well-seasoned dish”; ”a well-planned party”;
”the baby can walk pretty good”)
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49. wholesale
noun –. wholesale – (the selling of goods to merchants; usually in
large quantities for resale to consumers)
verb –. wholesale – (sell in large quantities)
adj –. sweeping, wholesale – (ignoring distinctions; ”sweeping
generalizations”; ”wholesale destruction”)
adv –1. wholesale – (at a wholesale price; ”I can sell it to you
wholesale”)
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50. wrong
noun –1. (3) wrong, wrongfulness – (that which is contrary to the
principles of justice or law; ”he feels that you are in the wrong”)
verb –. (1) wrong – (treat unjustly; do wrong to)
adj –1. (15) incorrect, wrong – (not correct; not in conformity with
fact or truth; ”an incorrect calculation”; ”the report in the paper is
wrong”; ”your information is wrong”; ”the clock showed the wrong
time”; ”found themselves on the wrong road”; ”based on the wrong
assumptions”)
adv –. (1) incorrectly, wrongly, wrong – (in an inaccurate manner;
”he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported
them incorrectly”; ”she guessed wrong”)
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51. zigzag
noun –. zigzag, zig, zag – (an angular shape characterized by sharp
turns in alternating directions)
verb –. (2) zigzag, crank – (travel along a zigzag path; ”The river
zigzags through the countryside”)
adj –. zigzag, zig-zag – (having short sharp turns or angles)
adv –. zigzag – (in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; ”birds flew
zigzag across the blue sky”)
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