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noun
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- of or relating to or suggestive of flowers
- Melodramatic, overexaggerated.
- Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
- Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
- marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details
noun
- a flowery and highly rhetorical oration
- (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration
- The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.
- A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.
noun
- (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- The tip of an object.
- (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (perfumery) A perfumer.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (slang) An informer.
- The sense of smell.
- a symbol of inquisitiveness
- a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- a natural skill
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- a small distance
- the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
- defeat by a narrow margin
- push or move with the nose
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- rub noses
- advance the forward part of with caution
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
noun
- (figuratively) Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.
- (US) Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup.
- A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.
- (figuratively) Something which moves or works extremely slowly.
- (geology) plural of molasse
- thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
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- (transitive) To utter carelessly (a remark, suggestion, proposal, etc.).
- (transitive) To cause or experience debilitating muscle or joint pain in (a body part).
- (idiomatic) To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.
- (transitive) To put into a state of confusion.
- (idiomatic) To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.
- (transitive) To emit.
- (idiomatic) To offer an idea for consideration.
- (transitive) To cause to project.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, out.
- (transitive) To outdistance; to leave behind.
- To produce in a haphazard fashion.
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- remove from a position or office
- throw or cast away
- force to leave or move out
- cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
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- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- A puffball.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- A powder puff.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- thick cushion used as a seat
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
verb
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
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- (intransitive, obsolete except figuratively) To burst into bloom; to flower.
- Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
- Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
- Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
- become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation
- assume crystalline form; become crystallized
- come into or as if into flower
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- descriptive word or phrase
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- (taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
- (mythology) A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
- A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
- An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
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- (figurative) To say (something) crisply or sharply.
- To speak crisply or sharply.
- To strike sharply.
- To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
- (specifically, especially archaeology) To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.
- (intransitive) To take a small, quick bite.
- Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
- To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
- (transitive) To take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.
- To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
- To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
- strike sharply
- break a small piece off from
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- A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
- A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
- (agriculture) Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”).
- The crest or top of a hill.
- The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
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- A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
- A personal slogan.
- (heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual
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- (sometimes with a negative connotation) An exaggeratedly enthusiastic or exalted expression of feeling in speech or writing.
- (Ancient Greece, poetry, historical) An epic poem, or part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation.
- (music) An instrumental composition of irregular form, often incorporating improvisation.
- an enthusiastic expression of emotion
- (in ancient Greece) an epic poem adapted for recitation
- (music) a free instrumental composition in one extended movement; typically emotional or exuberant in character
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- (mathematics, graph theory) A graph with only one vertex.
- A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
- A flower of the rose plant.
- (heraldry) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.
- (countable, uncountable) A purplish-red or pink color, the color of some rose flowers.
- A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
- The usually circular base of a light socket in the ceiling, from which the fitting or chandelier is suspended.
- A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
- (mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.
- A type of sex toy shaped like a rose.
- Alternative spelling of rosé.
- Something resembling a rose flower, such as a compass rose.
- Any of various large, red-bodied, papilionid butterflies of the genus Pachliopta.
- (mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece that can make knight moves in a circular path.
- any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
- pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
- a dusty pink color
noun
- (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
- (rare) Nectar.
- A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
- (countable) A variety of this substance.
- (African-American Vernacular, vulgar) Precum; pre-ejaculate.
- A term of affection.
- (countable, informal) A woman, especially an attractive one.
- (uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
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- (figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.
- Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).
- (chiefly botany, geology) Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.
- overly sweet
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- (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
- (hunting) The track of an animal.
- (chiefly uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- (hydrodynamics, nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- (architecture) A small arc in the tracery of a window, etc.
- (figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- (authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- A very thin sheet of metal or plastic.
- (aerodynamics, aviation) Clipping of aerofoil/airfoil.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- A premium trading card with a glossy finish.
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
verb
- (nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
- (transitive) To cover or wrap with foil.
- (mathematics) To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- cover or back with foil
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- enhance by contrast
verb
- (transitive) To say (something) with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.
- (intransitive) To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something).
- (intransitive) To perform a rhapsody.
- (transitive) To recount or describe (something) as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody.
- say (something) with great enthusiasm
- recite a rhapsody
noun
- (figurative) Geniality or cheerfulness.
- The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.
- The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
- A source of cheerfulness or joy.
- (UK, Ireland) Ironic form of address used to an inferior or troublemaker.
- (humorous) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.
- A location on which the sun's rays fall.
- (UK, Ireland) Friendly form of address often reserved for juniors.
- (slang, uncountable, uncommon) Ellipsis of orange sunshine.
- the rays of the sun
- the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
- moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
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- (intransitive, transitive, figurative) To make an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment.
- (intransitive, especially of a woman) To ejaculate during orgasm.
- (intransitive, also figurative) To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
- (transitive, also figurative) To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume.
- praise enthusiastically
- issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
- gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
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- (figurative, intransitive) To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)
- (intransitive) To swell due to injury or illness.
- (transitive) To inflate with air.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fluff up, such as an animal raising its fur or feathers to appear larger or conserve body heat.
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- make larger or distend
- praise extravagantly
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
noun
- A platitude.
- (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
- (inorganic chemistry) The anionic form of a bromine atom.
- (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of hydrobromic acid.
- A dull person with conventional thoughts.
- (photography) A print made on bromide paper.
- a trite or obvious remark
- any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
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- (transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.
- (transitive) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
- (ambitransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.
- (transitive, figurative) To feel or express enthusiasm for (something).
- give encouragement to
- cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
- become cheerful
- show approval or good wishes by shouting
- spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
noun
- (chiefly Canada, US) Cheerleading, especially when practiced as a competitive sport.
- (countable) A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.
- (countable) A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".
- Pronunciation spelling of chair.
- (now uncountable) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.
- (uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
- the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
- a cry or shout of approval
verb
- (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
- (intransitive) To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.
- (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
- (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
- (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
- (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
- grow vigorously
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- move or swing back and forth
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- An ornamentation.
- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
- (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
- (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
- (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
- a display of ornamental speech or language
- an ornamental embellishment in writing
- the act of waving
- a showy gesture
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- (figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
- Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
- Friendly and with affection.
- (informal) Close to a goal or correct answer.
- Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
- Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
- easily aroused or excited
- having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
- inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows when referring to color
- characterized by strong enthusiasm
- psychologically warm; friendly and responsive
- uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble
- freshly made or left
- characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement
- of a seeker; near to the object sought
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- (transitive) To give emotional warmth to a person.
- (transitive, colloquial) To beat or spank.
- (transitive) To make or keep warm.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scold or abuse verbally.
- (intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
- (Internet, transitive) To send electronic mail from (a domain) to improve its reputation for mail sending.
- (ditransitive with to) To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
- (intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
- (computing, transitive) To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
- (intransitive) (sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly. [with to]
- (transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
- get warm or warmer
- make warm or warmer
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- of or relating to or suggestive of flowers
- Melodramatic, overexaggerated.
- Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
- Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
- marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details
noun
- a flowery and highly rhetorical oration
- (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration
- The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.
- A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.
noun
- (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- The tip of an object.
- (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (perfumery) A perfumer.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (slang) An informer.
- The sense of smell.
- a symbol of inquisitiveness
- a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- a natural skill
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- a small distance
- the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
- defeat by a narrow margin
- push or move with the nose
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- rub noses
- advance the forward part of with caution
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
noun
- (figuratively) Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.
- (US) Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup.
- A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.
- (figuratively) Something which moves or works extremely slowly.
- (geology) plural of molasse
- thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
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- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- A puffball.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- A powder puff.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- thick cushion used as a seat
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
verb
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
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- descriptive word or phrase
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- (taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
- (mythology) A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
- A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
- An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
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- A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
- A personal slogan.
- (heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual
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- (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
- (rare) Nectar.
- A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.
- (countable) A variety of this substance.
- (African-American Vernacular, vulgar) Precum; pre-ejaculate.
- A term of affection.
- (countable, informal) A woman, especially an attractive one.
- (uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
- a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
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- (heraldry) A stylized flower or leaf.
- (hunting) The track of an animal.
- (chiefly uncountable) Thin aluminium/aluminum (or, formerly, tin) used for wrapping food.
- (hydrodynamics, nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- (architecture) A small arc in the tracery of a window, etc.
- (figuratively) Anything that acts by contrast to emphasise the characteristics of something.
- (authorship, figuratively) In literature, theatre/theater, etc., a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character and who usually acts as an opponent or antagonist, but can also serve as the sidekick of the protagonist.
- A thin layer of metal put between a jewel and its setting to make it seem more brilliant.
- Failure when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
- (fencing) A very thin sword with a blunted (or foiled) tip
- A very thin sheet of metal or plastic.
- (aerodynamics, aviation) Clipping of aerofoil/airfoil.
- One of the incorrect answers presented in a multiple-choice test.
- A premium trading card with a glossy finish.
- A thin, transparent plastic material on which marks are made and projected for the purposes of presentation. See transparency.
- a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
- a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
- picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
- a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
verb
- (nautical) Clipping of hydrofoil.
- To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
- To blunt; to dull; to spoil.
- (transitive) To cover or wrap with foil.
- (mathematics) To expand a product of two or more algebraic expressions, typically binomials.
- To prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
- cover or back with foil
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- enhance by contrast
noun
- (figurative) Geniality or cheerfulness.
- The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.
- The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
- A source of cheerfulness or joy.
- (UK, Ireland) Ironic form of address used to an inferior or troublemaker.
- (humorous) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.
- A location on which the sun's rays fall.
- (UK, Ireland) Friendly form of address often reserved for juniors.
- (slang, uncountable, uncommon) Ellipsis of orange sunshine.
- the rays of the sun
- the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
- moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
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verb
noun
- A platitude.
- (inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
- (inorganic chemistry) The anionic form of a bromine atom.
- (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of hydrobromic acid.
- A dull person with conventional thoughts.
- (photography) A print made on bromide paper.
- a trite or obvious remark
- any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
verb
- (transitive) To utter carelessly (a remark, suggestion, proposal, etc.).
- (transitive) To cause or experience debilitating muscle or joint pain in (a body part).
- (idiomatic) To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.
- (transitive) To put into a state of confusion.
- (idiomatic) To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.
- (transitive) To emit.
- (idiomatic) To offer an idea for consideration.
- (transitive) To cause to project.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, out.
- (transitive) To outdistance; to leave behind.
- To produce in a haphazard fashion.
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- remove from a position or office
- throw or cast away
- force to leave or move out
- cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
noun
verb
- (intransitive, obsolete except figuratively) To burst into bloom; to flower.
- Of the surface of a material: to become covered with a powdery salt (as described in sense 3.2).
- (intransitive, figuratively) Of something hidden: to come forth, to emerge; also, to reach full glory or power.
- Of a substance: to change from being crystalline to powdery by losing water of crystallization.
- Of a salt: to seep through some material (bricks, concrete, earth, rock, etc.) in a dissolved state, and then crystallize on a surface in a powdery form.
- become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation
- assume crystalline form; become crystallized
- come into or as if into flower
verb
- (figurative) To say (something) crisply or sharply.
- To speak crisply or sharply.
- To strike sharply.
- To make a cracking or snapping sound; to crack, to snap.
- (specifically, especially archaeology) To break away flakes from (a brittle material which fractures conchoidally (“with planar concentric curves”), usually a mineral such as chert, flint, or obsidian), often to form a tool with a sharp edge or point.
- (intransitive) To take a small, quick bite.
- Followed by off: to break (something) away from another thing by striking or tapping sharply.
- To break (something) into small pieces with a cracking sound; to fragment, to smash; also, to break (something) apart sharply; to snap.
- (transitive) To take a small, quick bite at or of (someone or something); to nibble, to nip, to snap.
- To break or fracture suddenly; to snap.
- To strike (something) sharply; to knock, to rap.
- strike sharply
- break a small piece off from
noun
- A piece of raised ground or a short, steep slope; a small hill; a hillock, a knoll.
- A sudden, sharp blow, knock, or slap; a rap, a whack.
- (agriculture) Synonym of chattering damsel (“a component of a traditional mill which creates a vibratory motion to impel portions of grain toward the millstone; a clapper”).
- The crest or top of a hill.
- The sound made by such a blow, knock, or slap.
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noun
- (sometimes with a negative connotation) An exaggeratedly enthusiastic or exalted expression of feeling in speech or writing.
- (Ancient Greece, poetry, historical) An epic poem, or part of one, suitable for uninterrupted recitation.
- (music) An instrumental composition of irregular form, often incorporating improvisation.
- an enthusiastic expression of emotion
- (in ancient Greece) an epic poem adapted for recitation
- (music) a free instrumental composition in one extended movement; typically emotional or exuberant in character
verb
adj
noun
- (mathematics, graph theory) A graph with only one vertex.
- A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)
- A flower of the rose plant.
- (heraldry) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.
- (countable, uncountable) A purplish-red or pink color, the color of some rose flowers.
- A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
- The usually circular base of a light socket in the ceiling, from which the fitting or chandelier is suspended.
- A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
- (mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.
- A type of sex toy shaped like a rose.
- Alternative spelling of rosé.
- Something resembling a rose flower, such as a compass rose.
- Any of various large, red-bodied, papilionid butterflies of the genus Pachliopta.
- (mathematics) A bouquet of circles.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece that can make knight moves in a circular path.
- any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
- pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
- a dusty pink color
verb
- (transitive) To say (something) with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm.
- (intransitive) To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something).
- (intransitive) To perform a rhapsody.
- (transitive) To recount or describe (something) as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody.
- say (something) with great enthusiasm
- recite a rhapsody
verb
- (intransitive, transitive, figurative) To make an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment.
- (intransitive, especially of a woman) To ejaculate during orgasm.
- (intransitive, also figurative) To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.
- (transitive, also figurative) To send (something) flowing forth suddenly in great volume.
- praise enthusiastically
- issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth
- gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
noun
verb
- (figurative, intransitive) To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)
- (intransitive) To swell due to injury or illness.
- (transitive) To inflate with air.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fluff up, such as an animal raising its fur or feathers to appear larger or conserve body heat.
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- make larger or distend
- praise extravagantly
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
verb
- (transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.
- (transitive) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
- (ambitransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.
- (transitive, figurative) To feel or express enthusiasm for (something).
- give encouragement to
- cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
- become cheerful
- show approval or good wishes by shouting
- spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
noun
- (chiefly Canada, US) Cheerleading, especially when practiced as a competitive sport.
- (countable) A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.
- (countable) A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".
- Pronunciation spelling of chair.
- (now uncountable) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.
- (uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
- the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
- a cry or shout of approval
verb
- (transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
- (intransitive) To be known to have been alive at a particular time or in a particular period, where one's birth and death dates are not known; to have been active during a specified period; floruit.
- (intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
- (intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
- (intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
- (intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
- (intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
- (transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
- (intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
- (intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
- (transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
- grow vigorously
- make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
- move or swing back and forth
noun
- An ornamentation.
- A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
- (architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
- (music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
- (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
- a display of ornamental speech or language
- an ornamental embellishment in writing
- the act of waving
- a showy gesture
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noun
adj
- of or relating to or suggestive of flowers
- Melodramatic, overexaggerated.
- Decorated with or abundant in flowers.
- Of a speech or piece of writing: overly complicated or elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; marked by rhetorical elegance.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of flowers.
- marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details
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adj
- (figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.
- Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).
- (chiefly botany, geology) Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.
- overly sweet
noun
adj
- (figurative) Communicating a sense of comfort, ease, or pleasantness.
- Fresh, of a scent; still able to be traced.
- Friendly and with affection.
- (informal) Close to a goal or correct answer.
- Having a color in the part of the visible electromagnetic spectrum between red and yellow-green.
- Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.
- easily aroused or excited
- having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
- inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows when referring to color
- characterized by strong enthusiasm
- psychologically warm; friendly and responsive
- uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble
- freshly made or left
- characterized by liveliness or excitement or disagreement
- of a seeker; near to the object sought
noun
verb
- (transitive) To give emotional warmth to a person.
- (transitive, colloquial) To beat or spank.
- (transitive) To make or keep warm.
- (transitive, colloquial) To scold or abuse verbally.
- (intransitive) To become ardent or animated.
- (Internet, transitive) To send electronic mail from (a domain) to improve its reputation for mail sending.
- (ditransitive with to) To cause (someone) to favour (something) increasingly.
- (intransitive) To become warm, to heat up.
- (computing, transitive) To prepopulate (a cache) so that its contents are ready for other users.
- (intransitive) (sometimes in the form warm up) To favour increasingly. [with to]
- (transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
- get warm or warmer
- make warm or warmer