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a low and marshy or frequently flooded area of land.
flat low-lying areas of eastern England, formerly marshland but largely drained for agriculture since the 17th century.
wetland with alkaline, neutral, or only slightly acid peaty soil.
Syn.: marsh, marshland, salt marsh, fenland, wetland, bog
Ant.: desert |
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adj:lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downward
verb:lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission.
of distress, exhaustion, or illness) reduce (someone) to extreme physical weakness. |
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| lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward. |
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(in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
2.a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve.
"the economic sovereignty you claim to defend is a chimera"
synonyms: illusion, fantasy, delusion, dream, daydream, pipe dream, figment of the/one's imagination, castle in the air, mirage
"is this great love of hers merely a chimera?" |
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verb
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encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
"the teacher's task is to foster learning"
synonyms: encourage, promote, further, stimulate, advance, forward, cultivate, nurture, strengthen, enrich; More
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bring up (a child that is not one's own by birth).
synonyms: bring up, rear, raise, care for, take care of, look after, nurture, provide for; More
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denoting someone that has a specified family connection through fostering rather than birth.
"foster parent" |
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adjective: rapacious
aggressively greedy or grasping.
"rapacious landlords"
synonyms: grasping, greedy, avaricious, acquisitive, covetous; More
antonyms: generous |
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a mass of whirling fluid or air, especially a whirlpool or whirlwind.
"we were caught in a vortex of water"
synonyms: whirlwind, cyclone, whirlpool, gyre, maelstrom, eddy, swirl, spiral; black hole
"a whirling vortex of smoke" |
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impose a misleading belief upon (someone); deceive; fool.
"too many theorists have deluded the public"
synonyms: mislead, deceive, fool, take in, trick, dupe, hoodwink, gull, lead on; |
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adjective
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using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor.
"a wry smile"
synonyms: ironic, sardonic, satirical, mocking, sarcastic; More
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(of a person's face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
synonyms: unimpressed, displeased, annoyed, irritated, irked, vexed, piqued, disgruntled, dissatisfied; informal peeved
"a wry expression" |
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care for and encourage the growth or development of.
"Jarrett was nurtured by his parents in a close-knit family"
synonyms: bring up, care for, take care of, look after, tend, rear, raise, support, foster; More
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the process of caring for and encouraging the growth or development of someone or something.
"the nurture of ethics and integrity"
synonyms: encouragement, promotion, fostering, development, cultivation
"the nurture of ideas" |
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direct one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something.
"we never thought that we might aspire to those heights"
synonyms: desire, hope for, dream of, long for, yearn for, set one's heart on, wish for, want, be desirous of; More
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rise high; tower.
"above the domes of loftiest mosques, these pinnacles of death aspire" |
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(of a person, especially a man) suave, courteous, and refined in manner.
synonyms: suave, sophisticated, debonair, worldly, cultivated, cultured, civilized, cosmopolitan; |
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extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
synonyms: greed, greediness, acquisitiveness, cupidity, covetousness, rapacity, materialism, mercenariness; |
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verb
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work hard over a period of time.
"they were slogging away to meet a deadline"
synonyms: work hard, toil, labor, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan/dog, exert oneself, grind, slave, grub, plow, plod, peg; More
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hit forcefully and typically wildly, especially in boxing.
"the fighters were slogging away"
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a spell of difficult, tiring work or traveling.
"it would be a hard slog back to the camp"
synonyms: hard work, toil, toiling, labor, effort, exertion, grind, drudgery; |
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polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way.
synonyms: refined, respectable, decorous, mannerly, well mannered, courteous, polite, proper, correct, seemly; |
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one who supplicates; supplicates def:
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polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way.
synonyms: refined, respectable, decorous, mannerly, well mannered, courteous, polite, proper, correct, seemly; |
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obtain or withhold money from (someone) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud.
"government waste has bilked the taxpayer of billions of dollars"
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evade; elude.
"I ducked into the pantry, bilking Edward for the third time this week" |
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rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
"it seems churlish to complain"
synonyms: rude, ill-mannered, ill-bred, discourteous, impolite, unmannerly, uncivil, unchivalrous; |
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a semiliquid mixture, typically of fine particles of manure, cement, or coal suspended in water. |
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jump or dance around excitedly.
"spider monkeys leap and cavort in the branches"
synonyms: skip, dance, romp, jig, caper, frisk, play/horse around, gambol, prance, frolic, lark; More
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apply oneself enthusiastically to sexual or disreputable pursuits.
"he spent his nights cavorting with the glitterati" |
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(of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree.
"his letter plunged her into abject misery"
synonyms: wretched, miserable, hopeless, pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, sorry, woeful, lamentable, degrading, appalling, atrocious, awful
"abject poverty"
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(of a person or their behavior) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing.
"an abject apology"
synonyms: contemptible, base, low, vile, worthless, debased, degraded, despicable, ignominious, mean, unworthy, ignoble |
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an uncouth or aggressive man or boy.
"drunken louts"
synonyms: ruffian, hooligan, thug, boor, barbarian, oaf, hoodlum, rowdy, lubber; |
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crouch down in fear.
"children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted"
synonyms: cringe, shrink, crouch, recoil, flinch, pull back, draw back, tremble, shake, quake, blench, quail, grovel
"they cowered at the sound of gunfire" |
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of or concerning a province of a country or empire.
"provincial elections"
synonyms: nonmetropolitan, small-town, nonurban, outlying, rural, country, rustic, backwoods, backwater; More
2.
of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.
"scenes of violence were reported in provincial towns"
synonyms: regional, state, territorial, district; More
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an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
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an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.
synonyms: hillbilly, (country) bumpkin, country cousin, rustic, yokel, village idiot, peasant, hayseed, hick, rube, redneck
"they were dismissed as provincials" |
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habitual greed or excess in eating.
synonyms: greed, greediness, overeating, gourmandism, gourmandizing, voracity, insatiability; informalpiggishness
"the gluttony you displayed last evening was reprehensible" |
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