Editing List of Old English Words in the OED/WO


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|Woad||n||A herb used anciently "Isatis tinctoria" of the mustard family; dyer's weed. 2. the blue dyestuff obtained from its leaves.
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|Woad ash ||n||Chiefly in plural ashes produced by the burning of various organic substances, specifically woad plants Isatis tinctori.
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|Woaded ||adj||Dyed or colored blue by woad.
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|Woaden ||adj||Bluish purplish in colour.
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|Woader ||n||One who dyes with woad; a dyer.
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|Woad house ||n||A building in which woad is prepared for use as a dye.
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|Woading ||n||The practice, activity or occupation of dyeing with woad,
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|Woad-waxen||n||The plant "Dyer's Broom" also wood-waxen.
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|Woadwoe ||n||Depression, the blues, the gloomies. 2. misfortune, misery, distress.
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|Woden ||n||The Old English name for Odin.
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|Woe ||n||Grief, sorrow, misery, heavy calamity. 2. curse, malediction. 3. misery resulting from affliction. 3. intense mournfulness.
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|Woe ||adj||Woeful, sorrowful, calamitous.
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|Woe ||phr||"Do or Work Woe" - to inflict or wrought distress, trouble upon.
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|Woe ||phr||"Woe Betide You." - From Early Modern English, loosely translating into modern-day English to mean May woe rise up against, formerly used to decry a person's actions. Grammatically, it is a phrase whose verb is in the subjunctive mood.
2. woe betide you will get into trouble if... 2. there will be unfortunate consequences for. 3. bad things will happen to, or befall, you.
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|Woe ||phr||"Woe Is Me" - an exclamation of distress.
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|Woe-begetting ||adj||"The natural progeny of a woe-begetting parent."
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|Woe-be-gone ||adj||Overcome with woe, mournful, sorrowful; doleful, downcast, miserable. 2.in a deplorable state. 2. filled with or deeply affected by woe. 3. dilapidated, despondent, melancholy, miserable, sad, depressed, miserable.
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|Woe-begoneness ||n||State or quality of being overcome with sorrow, affected by woe etc.
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|Woe-begonish ||adj||Of a countenance: somewhat trouble or distressed.
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|Woe-boding ||n||"The raven with it's woe-boding tone." - portends of woe.
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|Woe-day ||n||A day marked by misery, calamity, disastrous, etc. 2. doomsday; armegeddon.
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|Woefare ||n||The opposite of welfare.
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|Woe-foreboding ||adj||A sign of imminent evil, misery, calamity.
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|Woeful ||adj||Full of woe, sorrowful, distress, grief or calamity. 2. bringing calamity, distress or affliction. 3. wretched, poor, paltry.
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|Woefully ||adv||In a woeful manner.
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|Woefulness ||n||Quality or state of sadness, misery.
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|Woe-hearted ||adj||Afflicted by woe and sadness.
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|Woe-less ||adj||Free from woe.
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|Woemonger ||n||"Woe-news is good news for the woe-monger, whose stock-in-trade is misery, suffering, and misfortune.
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|Woeness ||n||Grief, sorrow.
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|Woesome ||adj||Woeful.
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|Woe-sprung ||adj||"Woe-sprung Tears" - tears of misery, grief and sorrow.
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|Woe-struck ||adj||Strickened or afflicted by woe.
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|Woe-thing ||n||An experience or misfortune, misery, distress.
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|Woe-wearied ||adj||Wearied and made tired by constant affliction and distress. 2. woe-worn.
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|Woe-wedded ||adj||In a state of wedded or marital unhappiness or wedded unbliss.
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|Woe-whelmed ||adj||Engulfed or turned upside down by woe, distress or grief
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|Woe-word ||n||Word bearing a sorrowful, distress or grief.
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|Woe-worn ||adj||Worn down, tired out by woe.
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|Woe-wrinkled ||adj||A brow wrinkled or furrowed by woe and worry.
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|Woke ||adj||Alert to injustice in society, especially racism. 2. See "Weak" and "Wake"
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|Wokeness ||n||Weakness
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|Wold ||n||Forest, forest land, wooded upland; woodland. 2. a hill, down, berg, fell. 3. a piece of open country. 4. a plain, the ground. 5. the earth, the planet. 6. in later use: an elevated tract of open country or . 7. rolling upland. 8. in specific designation of certain hilly tracts in England, as "The Yorkshire Wolds."
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|Wolder  ||n||A wold dweller, especially an inhabitant of the Yorkshire Wolds.
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|Wold-mouse ||n||The field-mouse; the vole.
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|Wolf ||n||Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs. 2. a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women, woman chaser, skirt chaser. 3. a cruelly rapacious person [syn: beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat. 2. a term used in forestry for a tree that grown faster than the surrounding trees and attained a greater height.
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|Wolf ||vb||To eat hastily; to devour greedily, to be "the man wolfed down the pizza"; wolf down.
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|Wolf ||phr||"A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing." - a person who conceals malicious intentions.
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|Wolf ||phr||"Be a Lone Wolf." - to remain alone, by oneself, solitary, to keep to oneself. 2. a person who prefers to act without involving others.
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|Wolf ||phr||"Be in a Wolf Mouth." - to be in great danger.
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|Wolf ||phr||"Be Thrown To the Wolves." - to sacrifice someone to save your own skin."
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|Wolf ||phr||"Between Dog and Wolf" - neither daylight or dark.
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|Wolf ||phr||"Dark as a Wolf's Mouth" - pitch black.
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|Wolf ||phr||"Have/Hold a Wolf by the Ears." - to put oneself into a precarious position.
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|Wolf ||phr||"He Has Seen a Wolf" - something has frightened him/her; formerly said of one who has lost his voice. our forefathers believed if a a man saw a wolf before the wolf saw him, he would become dumb at least for a while. To see a wolf was also a good time inasmuch as the wolf was dedicated to Odin, the giver of victory.
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|Wolf ||phr||"He Put His Head Into the Wolf's Mouth" - to expose oneself to needless danger. The allusion was to Aesop's fable of the crane who put his head into a wolf's mouth in order to take out a bone.
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|Wolf ||phr||"I Seen a Wolf." - to become tongue-tied; to lose one's ability to answer, lose one voice in a tense or confrontational situation.
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|Wolf ||phr||"Keep the Wolf from the Door." - to avoid or avert hunger, need and imminent trouble.
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|Wolf ||phr||"Throw to the Wolves" - sacrifice someone (figuratively) without compunction.
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|Wolf ||phr||"Wake Not a Sleeping Wolf" - to invite trouble into one's life. Let sleeping dogs lie. #. leave well alone.
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|Wolf ||phr||"Wolf Down" - to eat hastily, hungrily or greedily.
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|Wolf ||phr||"Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" - a hostile or evil person who pretends friendship, but is really an enemy.
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|Wolf-bane ||n||Aconitum lycotonum, wolfwort.
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|Wolf-berry ||n||Wolfberry, Goji, goji berry, or (pinyin: gǒuqǐ) is the fruit of either the Lycium barbarum or Lycium chinense, two closely related species of boxthorn in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The family also includes the potato, tomato, eggplant, belladonna, chili pepper, and tobacco. The two species are native to Asia.
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|Wolfdog ||n||A wolfdog (also called a wolf–dog hybrid or wolf hybrid) is a canid hybrid resulting from the hybridization of a domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) to one of four other Canis sub-species, the gray (Canis lupus), eastern timber (Canis lycaon), red (Canis rufus), and Ethiopian wolves (Canis simensis).
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|Wolfdom ||n||The realm or domain of the wolf.
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|Wolfen ||n||A she-wolf; a wolfess.
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|Wolf fish ||n||A large ferocious northern deep-sea fish with strong teeth and no pelvic fins, also known as the sea wolf.
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|Wolf hearted ||adj||Cruel, cunning, callous.
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|Wolfhood ||n||The state and time of being a wolf.
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|Wolf hound ||n||A dog of various breeds originally developed to hunt wolves.
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|Wolfish ||adj||Of or pertaining to a wolf or wolves. 2. characteristic of, befitting or resembling a wolf. 3. wolvish.
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|Wolfishly ||adv||In a wolfish manner.
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|Wolfishness ||n||State or condition of resembling a wolf.
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|Wolfkin ||n||The wolf family collectively.
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|Wolfland ||n||An old, former nickname for Ireland.
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|Wolflessness ||n||The state of not having a wolf at your door.
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|Wolflike ||adj||Characteristic of or resembling a wolf in some aspect.
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|Wolfling ||n||A little or young wolf.
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|Wolfly ||adv||In a wolfly or lupine manner.
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|Wolfman ||n||A male werewolf or lycanthrope.
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|Wolf month ||n||January, the month dedicated to Janus by the Romans. The Saxon knew it as Wulf-monath, because wolves were very troublesome then from the great scarcity of food. After the introduction of Christianity it became known as After-yule month. In other West Germanic languages it was called "Frosty-month.
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|Wolf moon ||n||The first Full Moon of the year is named after howling wolves. In some cultures, it was known as Old Moon, Ice Moon, Snow Moon, and the Moon after Yule. ... The Wolf Moon on the night between 1 and 2 January 2018 is a Super Moon. See: "Blood-moon, Ice moon, Old moon, Hunger moon.
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|Wolfness ||n||January, the month dedicated to Janus by the Romans.The state or quality of being a wolf.
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|Wolfsbane ||n||A plant of the genus Aconitum, esp. Aconitum lycoctonum; wolf-bane, wolf's-wort.
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|Wolf's milk ||n||A spurge, esp. the sun spurge (Euphorbia heliscopia).
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|Wolf spider ||n||Any ground-dwelling spider of the family lycosidae, hunting instead of trapping =its prey.
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|Wolf-whistle ||n||A whistle of, two notes, by a man to signify physical attraction and sexual interest in a woman.
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|Wolf-whistle ||vb||Of a man: to whistle to signify sexual interest in a woman.
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|Wolfwort ||n||A plant of the genus Aconitum, esp. Aconitum lycoctonum; wolf-bane, wolf's-wort. 2. a plant of the genus periploca - the juice which was used to poison wolves.
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|Wolfy ||adj||Wolf-like, characterized by, or suggestive of the presence of wolves. 2. ferocious, uncivilized, wild.
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|Wolve ||vb||To behave like a wolf, play the wolf. 2. of an organ, to give forth a hollow or wailing sound like the howl of a wolf.
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|Wolven ||adj||Of or pertaining to wolves; wolf-like; wolfish.  
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|Wolven ||n||One who is wolf-like in appearance or character.
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|Wolvish ||adj||Wolfy: wolf-like, characterized by, or suggestive of the presence of wolves. 2. ferocious, uncivilized, wild.
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|Wolvishness ||n||The nature or quality of a wolf characterised by ferociousness, wildness, etc.
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|Wolvy ||adj||Wolfish, savage, wild, menacing.
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|Woman ||n||To become woman-like. 2. to behave as a woman. 3. to be womanly. 4. to be subservience, weak. 5. to deprive of woman. 6. to furnish or provide with woman; to provide with a staff of woman. 7. to address as a woman.
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|Woman ||n||The female human being (distinguished from man). 2. an adult female person. 3.
a female attendant to a lady of rank. 4. a wife. 5. the nature, characteristics, or feelings often attributed to women; womanliness.
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|Woman ||vb||To put into the company of a woman. 2. to equip or staff with women. 3. obsolete . to cause to act or yield like a woman.
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|Woman ||adj||Of women; womanly. 2. a female worker.
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|Woman ||phr||"Be One's Own Woman" - a woman who is in control of her own life and destiny. 2. to be free from restrictions, control, or dictatorial influence
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|Woman ||phr||"My Good Woman" - a patronizing form of address.
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|Woman ||phr||"Woman Among Women" - a superior or remarkable woman who stands out from other women; a leader or exemplar for other women.
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|Woman ||phr||"Woman of Few Words" - a womwn who does not speak too much and speaks only for a short period.
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|Woman ||phr||"Woman of the Street" - a sex-worker, a prostitute, a frail
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|Woman ||phr||"Woman of the Town" - a sex-worker, a prostitute, a frail.
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|Woman ||phr||"Woman of the World." - pertaining to women universally. 2. a woman who is wise to worldly and carnal ways. 3. a sex-worker, a prostitute, a frail.
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|Woman ||phr||"Woman on Woman" - (said of violence) perpetrated by a woman onto another woman. 2. (informal) involving sexual contact between women; lesbian.
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|Woman ||phr||"Woman On the Street" - an ordinary woman from the general public (esp. one one who lacks special experience)
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|Woman ||phr||"Woman-to-woman" - between women; one woman to another in various senses.
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|Woman-built ||adj||Constructed, created or fashioned by a woman or women, as " a new-world babel - woman-built."
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|Woman-child ||n||A female child.
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|Womandom ||n||The realm of woman or woman-kind.
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|Womanfuly ||adv||With womanly courage and perseverance, like a woman of spirit.
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|Woman-grown ||adj||Grown to adult or womanhood.
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|Woman-hater ||n||Misogynist.
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|Woman-hood ||n||State or condition of being a woman. 2. state of being a grown woman. 3. the period of life after girlhood: the adult stage of a woman. 2. the disposition or character of woman; womanliness.
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|Woman-hunt ||n||(rare) A search of a particular woman, usually one who is wanted for a particular crime.
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|Womanish ||adj||Of or belonging to a woman or women. 2. used or done by a woman. 3. woman-like, resembling a woman, feminine. 4. liking or inclined to women. 5. to render womanish or effeminate.
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|Womanishly ||adv||In a womanly manner or style.
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|Womanishness ||n||The quality and state of being a woman.
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|Woman-kind ||n||Female part of the human race. 2. the female sex; women in general. 3. female, female humanity, women. 4. women of the family.
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|Womanless ||adj||Without a woman or women. 2. having no women.
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|Womanlike ||adj||Resembling, like or characteristic of a woman in some aspects.
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|Womanliness ||n||The quality of being womanly. 2. womanly of character. 3. effeminate.
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|Womanly ||adv||In a womanly manner. 2. having or showing qualities associated with women.
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|Woman-man ||n||An effeminate man, who resembles a woman.
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|Womanness ||n||Womanliness. 2. the quality or character of being a woman.
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|Woman-on-woman ||adj||(Said of violence) perpetrated by a woman onto another woman. 2. (informal) Involving sexual contact between women; lesbian
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|Woman's man ||n||A lady's man, a womanizer.
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|Woman-queller ||n||A woman killer. 2. slayer of women.
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|Womanshire ||n||The domain or sphere of a woman or women. 2. womandom.
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|Woman-tied ||adj||Hen-pecked.
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|Woman's woman ||n||A woman whose qualities are appreciated by other women; a woman popular with other women.
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|Woman-worshipper ||n||One who worship women in a religious way. 2. ardent love or extreme fondness for women. 3. a philogynist
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|Womb ||n||The belly, the abdomen, bowels. 2.. the belly piece of a hide or skin. 3. motherriff. 4. the soul (Vulgate translation). 5. a hollow cavity.
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|Womb ||vb||To enclose as in a womb. 2. to cause to swell out.
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|Womb ||phr||"The Womb of Time" - a place where something is generated. 2. an encompassing, protective hollow or space. 3. (obsolete) : the belly; uterus.
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|Womb ||phr||"Womb to Doom" - from birth to death (fate). 2. from womb to tomb. 3. from cradle to grave.
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|Wombed ||adj||Having a belly or womb. 2. great or big-bellied. 3. acpacious, cavernous.
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|Wombless ||adj||Not having or lacking a womb.
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|Womblike ||adj||Resembling or characteristic of a womb in some aspect.
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|Womby ||adv||Having a woman-like cavity, hollow.
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|Women ||n||The plural of woman.
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|Women ||phr||"Women and Children First" - the accepted order of precedence in rescue or relief work, especially evacuation of a sinking ship.
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|Women-folk ||n||Women collectively woman-kind. 2. women of the house.
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|Womenish ||adj||Pertaining to, characteristic of women. 2. somewhat women-like.
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|Women's rights ||n||Rights that promote a position of legal and social equality of women and men.
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|Womenswear ||n||Clothes for women
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|Won ||vb||To inhabit, dwell, live in a place, stay. 2. to continue to remain (in a certain state, condition or way of life). 3. to have an existence, live. 4. to be accustomed to, to accustom a person to something.
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|Wonde ||vb||To avoid, shun, refuse. 2. to shrink or flinch for fear. 3. hestitate, pull back, refrain.
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|Wonder ||n||A marvel. 2. miracle.
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|Wonder ||vb||To think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system. 2. to be filled with admiration, amazement, or awe; marvel (often followed by at): He wondered at her stupidity. 3. to doubt: I wonder if she'll really get here. 4.to speculate curiously or be curious about; be curious to know: to wonder what happened. 5. to feel wonder at: I wonder that you went.
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|Wonder ||n||Something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration: that painting is a wonder. 2. the emotion excited by what is strange and surprising; a feeling of surprised or puzzled interest, sometimes tinged with admiration. 3. miraculous deed or event; remarkable phenomenon, a marvel, miracle.
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|Wonder ||adj||Wondrous, marvelous, surprising, strange, astonishing, miraculous.
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|Wonder ||adv||Wondrously, marvelously, surprisingly, exceedingly, very.
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|Wonder ||phr||"A Gutless Wonder" - a coward; poltroon, timid and meek, weak when confronted.
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|Wonder ||phr||"A Nine Day Wonder" - a subject that arouses general surprise of public interest for a small time.
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|Wonder ||phr||"At a Wonder" - as the reverse of what one might experience.
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|Wonder ||phr||"I Shouldn't Wonder." - one shouldn't be surprised.
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|Wonder ||phr||"It's a Wonder" - it is surprising. 2. I think likely.
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|Wonder ||phr||"It's little Wonder." - it's hardly surprising.
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|Wonder ||phr||"I Wonder if You Mind (doing something)- please would you do (something).
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|Wonder ||phr||"Seven Wonders of the World" - seven buildings and monuments regarded in antiquity as specially remarkable.
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|Wonder ||phr||"No Small Wonder" - as expected.
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|Wonder ||phr||"No Wonder." - I'm not surprised.
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|Wonder ||phr||"The Wonder is." - the surprise is.
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|Wonder ||phr||"Wonder At." - to be greatly surprised or curious about something or someone. 2. have wonder at.
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|Wonder ||phr||Wonder of" - wonder about; be curious, ask oneself questions.
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|Wonder ||phr||"Wonders Will Never End" - an exclamation of extreme surprise.
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|Wonder ||phr||"Work Wonders" - do miracles. 2. succeed remarkably.
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|Wonder-bearing ||adj||Producing wonder and miraculous things.
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|Wonder-berry ||n||Solanum retroflexum, commonly known as Wonderberry or Sunberry, is a fruiting shrub. Both common names are also used for the sometimes poisonous European Black Nightshade (S. nigrum) in some places, particularly where the latter species has been introduced, so care must be taken to distinguish them. It is sometimes called Garden Huckleberry, but that properly refers to the Solanum. scabrum described by Philip Miller. As its old scientific name is still often seen, Solanum burbankii, indicates that, it is of hybrid origin. The plant was bred by Luther Burbank in the early 1900s and is a hybrid of S. villosum and S. guinense. 2. (slang) - marijuana, cannabis, weed.
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|Wonder bread ||n||(An ethnic slur) synonym of white bread, a white person, a person of European descent.
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|Wonder-child ||n||A wondrous off-spring, as Jesus.
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|Wonder-clout ||n||Something showy, but worthless.
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|Wondercraft ||n||Wondrous skill; miraculous powers.
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|Wonder-doing ||n||Doing or performing things in a wonderful manner. 2. to achieve spectacularly fine results.
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|Wondered ||adj||Marvel at, amazed at.
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|Wonderer ||n||One who wonders, is amazed, astonished or perplexed. 2. the question '?' mark.
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|Wonder-father ||n||"The Wonder Father" - God.
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|Wonderful ||adj||Full of wonders, such as to excite wonder or astonishment; sometimes used trivially with the meaning surprising large, fine,excellent; great; marvelous: as a wonderful weekend. 3. of a sort that causes or arouses wonder; amazing; astonishing. 4. awesome, wondrous, miraculous, prodigious, astonishing, amazing, astounding, phenomenal,
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|Wonderful ||n||"The Wonderful"- that which is wonderful. 2. wonderful things.
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|Wonderfully ||adv||In a wonderful manner, usu. with wonder or admiration.
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|Wonderfulness ||n||The quality of being filled with wonder. 2. wonderful character, marvelous.
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|Wonder-gem ||n||The sun, the day's eye, heaven's or day's candle. Nb: "Gem" OE. loanword.
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|Wonder-helm ||n||A crown.
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|Wonder-horn ||n||Cornocupia or wonders, miracles, amazing things.
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|Wondering ||n||An object of wonder, a very marvel, a prodigy.
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|Wondering ||adj||The mental activity by which one wonders; a query, puzzlement, etc. 2. filled with wonder.
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|Wonderingly ||adv||In a wondering manner, in or with wonder.
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|Wonderland ||n||An imaginary realm or domain of wonder and faery. 2. a country, realm or domain, which is full of wonders and marvels. 3. land of wonder and marvel. 4. a scene of beauty and wonder
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|Wonderlandish ||adj||Seemingly enchanted, marvelous, surpising. 2. perplexing somewhat.
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|Wonderless ||adj||Destitute of wonder.
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|Wonderly ||adv||In a wonderful manner, marvelously. 2. having a wonderful extent or degree.
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|Wonder-man ||n||A man whose achievements are admired.
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|Wonder-monger ||n||One who deals in wonders. 2. a wonder-worker or relater of wonders.
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|Wonder-mongering ||n||The act or work of a wonder-monger.
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|Wonderness ||n||State or condition of wonder.
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|Wonder-of-the-world ||n||Ginseng.
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|Wonder-ridden ||adj||Afflicted by wonder.
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|Wondersmith ||n||God, the supreme being, the shapend, shaper, the almighty. 2. a smith who makes wondrous things or works of wondrous art. 3. a maker of things wondrous; a worker of miracles. 4. an illusionist.
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|Wonders ||n||Things or persons who astonish, amaze or perplex.
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|Wondersome ||adj||Wonderful, surprising,
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|Wonder-song ||n||"The Wonder-song of Youth." - the idyllic age of youth, full of dreams and hope.
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|Wonderstone ||n||A soft bluish-grey rock of volcanic origin found in South Africa that takes a high polish.
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|Wonder-stricken ||adj||Suddenly stricken with wonder or admiration.
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|Wonder-struck ||adj||Astonished, as in "wights overcome by the wonder of the world."
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|Wonder-tales ||n||Legends, folk-stories, fairy tales.
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|Wonder-thing ||n||A marvel, a wonder-work, a wonder thing, a miracle. 2. a surprise.
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|Wonder water ||n||Steriods.
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|Wonder-weapon ||n||A new or latest weapon of decisive strategic importance , as the tank of WW1, the Stealth-bommber of the Coldwar and the V-2 of WW2.
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|Wonder woman ||n||A woman who seems wonderful or has wonderful qualities. 2. a woman who can be successful wife and have a professional career at the same time.
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|Wonder words ||n ||Glorious words, spoken by or in wondrous words.
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|Wonder-work ||n||Miracle work, marvelous work, achievement or act. 2. a wonder work or structure. 3. a marvelous work or workmanship.
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|Wonder-worker ||n||One who performs miracles or marvelous things, esp. a worker of miracles, a thaumaturge.
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|Wonderworld ||n||A place full of delights or marvels.
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|Wonding ||n||Flinching, hesitation.
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|Wone ||n||Habit, custom. 2. habitual action, or conduct of a person. 2. one's habits or practices collectively. 3. established usage or customs (wones) - (of a people, country, etc.)
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|Wone ||vb||OE: to bewail, moan, bemoan, lament.
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|Wone ||phr||"Have in Wone" -to be accustomed to do something. 2. to practize habitually.
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|Wone ||phr||"In Wone" - as a matter of custom, customarily.
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|Wone ||phr||"With Good Wone" - In an good, proper, right manner or habit.
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|Wone ||phr||"Without Wone" - without good or proper habit or practice.
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|Wone ||phr||"With Wone" - as a matter of custom, habit.
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|Wone ||phr||"Worthy in Wone" - having worth or value in habit or custom.
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|Wong ||n||A plain field; a piece of meadow land, spec. a portion of unenclosed land under the open field system; now surviving locally in the proper designation of certain fields or common lands.
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|Woning ||n||Moaning, lamentation.
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|Woning ||n||The action of or the state of dwelling or abiding. 2. custom, usage, habit
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|Woning ||phr||"To Take Up One's Woning." - to take up one's abide, to dwell in a place of habitation or dwelling place. 2. house, room, chamber, apartment.
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|Wonning-stead ||n||Dwelling-place.
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|Won't ||phr||A contraction of will not. used to indicate a future non-occurring action, as in 'Bob won't be doing any work today.'
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|Won't ||n||A refusal.
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|Wonted ||adj||Commonly used or done; habitual. 2. habtuated; accustomed ate ease; at home.
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|Wontedly ||adv||Customarily, habitually, usually.
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|Wonting ||n||The accustoming of a person to something; custom, wont. 2. ordinary manner of doing, or acting; habit.
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|Wonting ||vb||To be accustomed, be used. 2. to dwell.
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|Wonting ||adj||Doing habitually, accustomed; uused.
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|Won't-learn ||n||One who refuses to learn.
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|Wontless ||adj||Unaccustomed, unwonted,
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|Wontlike ||adj||Wonted, accustomed, habitual.
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|Wontly ||adv||Unaccustomarily, usually, usually.
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|Won't-work ||n||One who refuses to work, a lay-about, loafer, bludger.
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|Woo ||vb||To solicit, or pursue a woman in love, to court, to ask for a date.
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|Woo ||phr||"Woo Back" - win back the love of.
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|Wood ||adj||Out of one's mind, insane, crazy. 2. furious, violent, angry,enraged. 3. rabid, as of a dog or other beasts. 4. going beyond all bounds. 5. utter senseless, extremely, rash or reckless, wild, vehemently excited.
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|Wood ||phr||"In Wood Wroth" - madly, frantically furious.
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|Wood ||n||The hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other purposes; timber or lumber. 3. firewood. 4. the cask, barrel, or keg, as distinguished from the bottle: aged in the wood. 5. trees collectively.
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|Wood ||vb||To cover or plant with trees. 2. to supply with wood; get supplies of wood for.
3. to take in or get supplies of wood (often followed by up): to wood up before the approach of winter. 4. to surround or enclose in a wood or trees. 5. to take refuge in a wood. 3. to cover land with a wood or trees. 6. to plant trees; convert into woodland. 7. to supply with wood for fuel. 8. to procure or take in a supply of wood for fuel. 9. to load a vessel with wood.
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|Wood ||adj||Made of wood; wooden. 2. used to store, work, or carry wood: a wood chisel. 3. dwelling or growing in woods: wood bird.
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|Wood ||phr||Against the Wood." - against the grain.
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|Wood ||phr||"A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Wood." - it is better to have a small but certain advantage than a mere potential of a greater one.
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|Wood ||phr||"Be Out the Woods" - that previous difficulties have been overcome.
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|Wood ||phr||"Can't See the Wood for the Tree" - be over attentive to detail and fail to understand the main issue.
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|Wood ||phr||"Dead Wood." - in the fig. sense any useless person or thing; a non - productive or non-functional person. 2. an encumbrance.
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|Wood ||phr||"Drawn from the Wood" - said of beer and wine drawn directly from the cask.
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|Wood ||phr||"From the Wood" - out of the cask; not out of the bottle.
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|Wood ||phr||"Go into the Woods" - to lose one's social status. 2. to be banished from society.
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|Wood ||phr||"Have an Eye to the Wood" - to be on the look out for some advantage.
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|Wood ||phr||"Knock on Wood" (used when knocking on something wooden to assure continued good luck): 'the car's still in good shape, knock on wood.'
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|Wood ||phr||"More Ways to the Wood than One." - differing ways to achieve the same result.
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|Wood ||phr||"Neck of the Woods" - a particular place or location.
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|Wood ||phr||"Not Out if the Wood Yet" - still in jeopardy.
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|Wood ||phr||"Not See the Wood for the Trees."- to overlook the general picture because of undue concentration on the details. 2. fail to grasp the main issue from the over-attention to detail.
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|Wood ||phr||"Out of the Woods."- to have overcome previous difficulties, dangers or problems. 2. out of a dangerous, perplexing, or difficult situation; secure; safe. 3. no longer in precarious health or condition..
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|Wood ||phr||"Wood and Wood." - join closer together, esp of trees near one another.
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|Wood apple ||n||A small tree (Limoina acidissima or Feronia elephantum) of the family Rutaceae of southeastern Asia that yields a hard heavy durable yellowish wood and is often cultivated for its acid hard-rind fruit which is used as a food and together with the leaves in folk medicine.
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|Wood-bill ||n||An implement used for cutting wood or pruning trees.
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|Wood-bin ||n||A bin for holding wood, especially firewood.
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|Wood-bine ||n||The Virginia creeper of North America. 2. a honeysuckle, Lonicera periclymenum, of Europe, SW Asia, and N Africa, having fragrant creamy flowers. 4. slang, obsolete ( Australia ) an Englishman.
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|Woodbote ||n||An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing his hedges or fences.
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|Wood-brown ||n||The herb "bugle" (Ajuga reptans), in reference to the brownish tint of its leaves. 2. the ash tree (fraxinus)
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|Wood-burgess ||n||In a wood which officers, the wood-burgess, had the privilege of woodbote granted to them.
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|Woodburning ||n||Dsigned to burn wood.
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|Woodcare ||n||The care and treatment of wood.
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|Woodcarve ||vb||To carve wood as an art in order to make artifacts and objectives.
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|Woodcarving ||n||The art of carving wood to make decorative art or objects. 2. a decoration made in wood by carving.
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|Wood-chapman ||n||A dealer, trader of wood. 2. wood-monger.
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|Woodchip ||n||A medium size solid material made by cutting or chipping of large pieces wood.
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|Woodchipper ||n||A machine that cuts wood into chips.
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|Woodchipping ||n||The mechanized conversion of wood (esp. trunks and branches of felled trees) to woodchips.
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|Wood-coal ||n||Wood-charcoal, lignite or brown coal.
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|Woodcock ||n||One of the several wading birds of the genus Scolopax, characterized by a long slender bill and brown and black plumage. 2. a simpleton.
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|Woodcraft ||n||Any of the skills relating to woodland habitat, esp. those relating to outdoor survival; these skills collectively. 2. wood-lore; skill of woodcarving.
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|Wood duck ||n||A colorful north American duck, Aix sponsa that nests in hollow tress. 2. fig. an easy target; high vulnerable person.
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|Wooded ||adj||Covered with, or having many trees. 2. aged in wooded casks, such as wine.
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|Wooden ||adj||Made of wood. 2. (fig) as if made of wood. 3. awkward in movement. 4. unmoved emotionally. 5. plain, hackneyed, repitious, mechanical in approach.
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|Wooden ||phr||"Get the Wooden Spoon" - to come inglorious last.
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|Woodeness ||n||Of wooden quality or style.
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|Wooden head ||n||Fool, simpleton, idiot, slow-witted and dull person.
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|Wooden-headness ||n||The state or quality of being a fool, simpleton, idiot, slow-witted and dull person.
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|Wooden-horse ||n||A designation of a ship; a steed of the sea. 2. a name for the gallows. 3. the Trojan horse.
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|Woodenly ||adv||In a slow, awkwardly manner. 2. in an unemotionally, an unfeeling response or stance.
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|Wooden mare ||n||A instrument of torture and punishment used in the military.
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|Wooden-shoe ||n||A shoe made of wood, as the French "sabot"; in the C18th popularly taken as typical of the miserable condition of the French peasantry. 2. a clog.
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|Wooden-spoon||n||A wooden spoon presented by custom at Cambridge to the last (at mathematics) of junior optimes
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|Wooden-spooner ||n||Someone or some body who is awarded a wooden spoon for finishing last in a competition, usually sporting, such as football.
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|Wooden-top ||n||A uniformed policemen.
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|Wooden walls ||n||Ships or shipping as a defensive force. (Steel walls). 2. the Navy in the time of wooden ships.
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|Wooden-ware ||n||articles, esp. household utensils, made of wood. 2. woodware.
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|Wooden wedding ||n||The fifth anniversary of one's wedding, on which it is appropriate to give presents made from wood.
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|Woodeny ||adj||Of a wooden quality; woody.
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|Woodfired ||adj||That uses wood as fuel in cooking in an oven of this kind
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|Woodfree ||adj||Paper made from chemical process, rather than a mechanical pulping process.
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|Woodful ||adj||Full of wood.
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|Wood-geld ||n||Money paid for the privilege of cutting or gathering wood in the forest. 2. the privilege of immunity from such payment, a woodgeld.
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|Woodhack ||n||Woodpecker.
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|Woodhen ||n||A weka.
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|Woodhenge ||n||A henge (a prehistoric circular bank enclosing a circular dish) believed to have contained a circular timber structure) and represented by a ring of post holes; spec. (with capital initials) orig. the proper name of the first example of this kind to be discovered near Stonehenge.
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|Woodhole ||n||A place where wood is stored.
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|Woodhood ||n||State or condition of being mad, crazy, insane.
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|Woodhouse ||n||A house or shed where fire-wood is stored or kept.
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|Woodilessness ||n||The absence of wood, timber, trees. 2. devoid of forest, timberland.
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|Woodiness ||n||The state of being woody.
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|Wooding ||n||The action of taking or procuring wood for fuel. 2. the action of planting ground with trees. 3. the plantation or collection of trees.
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|Woodish ||adj||Being like wood, pertaining to wood, woody. 2. characteristic of woods or woodlands.
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|Woodland ||n||Land covered by wooding vegetation, forest, timberland.
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|Woodlander ||n||Dweller in a woodland, forest, etc.
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|Woodless ||adj||Without wood, deforested, unforested area, treeless, devoid of vegetation.
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|Woodlike ||adj||Resembling or characteristic of wood or some aspect of it.
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|Woodlock ||n||A thick piece fitted on a rudder of a ship to keep it in position.
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|Woodlore ||n||Skills relating to living in a woodland environment; woodcraft.
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|Woodlot ||n||A plot of land devoted to the growing of forest trees or consisting of woodland.
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|Woodlouse ||n||Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidera, which has a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, and often rolls into a ball, and feed only on dead plant plant matter, usually living in dark, dam places, such as under stones or bark. 2. a slater. butcher boy.
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|Woodly ||adj||Mad, furious, frantic.
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|Woodly ||adv||Madly, ferociously, wildly, passionately.
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|Woodman ||n||An inhabitant of the woods, a Wildman, savage. 2. a workman who makes something out of wood. 3. a forester.
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|Woodman ||n||A madman, lunatic, maniac.
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|Woodmanship ||n||The business or skill of a woodworker.
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|Woodmonger ||n||A dealer in wood. 2. a timber-merchant. 3. a seller of wood for fuel.
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|Woodmote ||n||Historically a court in the England presided over by verderers and wardens, that deal with those who had broken the laws of the forest.
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|Woodness ||n||The quality or condition of being woody. 2. woody texture, consistence or appearance. 3. the condition of being full of woods or forests. 4. prevalence or abundance of wood(s); woody. 5. of inanimate things: hardness, severity.
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|Woodness ||n||Mental derangement, insanity, frenzy, lunacy, craziness, madness. 2. extravagant folly or recklessness, vehemence of passion or desire, wildness. 3. violent, anger, wroth, fury, fierceness, ferocity, savageness, cruelty.
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|Wood rat ||n||A pack rat.
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|Woodreeve ||n||The steward or owner of a wood or forest.
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|Woodruff ||n||Galium odaratum, an aromatic herb
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|Woodrush ||n||Any grassy plant of the genus Luzula.
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|Woodscathe ||n||A fiend, malefactor, monster of the woods. (OE.-malefactor)
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|Woodshaw ||n||A thicket, copse.
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|Woodshed ||n||A place where musician met to practice. 2. a place where firewood is cut and stored.
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|Woodshed ||vb||To practice or rehearse privately.
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|Wood shifter ||n||A slang term for a chess player who is not good at the game.
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|Woodship ||n||Madness, woodiness.
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|Woodsick ||n||Mad, crazy. loopy.
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|Woodsick ||vb||To go mad, to have rage, be enraged.
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|Woodside ||n||The side, edge, periphery of a wood or forest.
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|Woodsman ||n||Someone who lives in the wood and whose job or occupation is to manages it. 2. someone who makes or crafts things from wood.
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|Woodsmanship ||n||A person who frequents or works in the woods; especially : one skilled in woodcraft.
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|Woodsmoke ||n||Smoke from a woodfire.
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|Woodspell ||n||A spell or charm against danger in passing through a wood or forest.
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|Woodstone ||n||Petrified wood. esp. of quartz consisting of silicified wood.
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|Woodsy ||adj||Of or pertaining to, characteristic, suggestive of the woods, sylvanic.
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|Wood turner ||n||One who shapes wood with a lathe.
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|Wood turning ||n||The shaping of wood with a lathe.
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|Woodward ||n||The keeper of the wood. 2. officer of the wood or forest, having charge of the growing of timber.. 3. as a title of an officer of the ancient order of foresters.
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|Woodware ||n||Articles made of wood collectively. 2. dairy and domestic kitchen and table utensils made of wood; bread platters, bowls, ladles, pastry boards, trenchers, pails, washboards etc. almost sometimes applied to fitments, cupboards etc., of loose or semi-loose type, especially when of mass production.
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|Wood wasp ||n||Any large sawfly of the family Siricidae.
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|Woodwaxen ||n||The plant 'dyer's broom' or 'green weed', (genista tinctoria).
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|Woodwight ||n||A worker in wood, as a carpenter.
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|Woodwind ||n||Music, any wooden musical instrument which produces sound by the player blowing into them, through a reed, or across an opening.
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|Wood wool ||n||Fine pine etc shavings used as a surgical dressing or for packing after treatment.
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|Woodwork ||n||Work done in wood; carpentry. 2. work done in cutting wood. 3. a grove or plantation artificially laid out.
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|Woodwork ||phr||"Come Out of the Woodwork" - to come out of hiding; emerge from obscurity.
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|Woodworker ||n||One who works in or makes thing out of wood; a carpenter.
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|Woodworking ||n||Manufacture of wooden articles.
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|Woodworm ||n||The wood-boring larva of the furniture beetle. 2. the damaged condition of wood affected by this.
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|Woodwort ||n||A wild plant.
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|Woodwose ||n||Late OE. wudewasa. a wildman of the woods. 2. a savage, satyr, faun. 3. a person dressed to represent such a being in a pageant. 3. in heraldry, a figure of such a being, as a decoration, a heraldic bearing or.
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|Woodwose ||vb||To run wild.
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|Woody ||adj||Covered in wood; wooded. 2. belonging to the woods, sylvan. 3. having wood-like properties.
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|Wood yard ||n||A yard where wood is stored.
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|Woodyer ||n||One who deals in timber and wood.
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|Wooer ||n||One who courts or woos a lover.
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|Woof ||n||The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced in a warp, carried by a shuttle. 2. texture of a fabric, weft.
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|Woof and Warp ||n||Resembling a woof or woolen fabric; a dense fabric.
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|Woofy ||adj||Having a close texture, dense. 2. prone to woofing
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|Wooing ||n||A courting, the process by which someone is wooed or solicited in love or persuaded to be married. 2. to endeavor to gain someone support. 3. to court wit solicitude. 4. to invite with importune.
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|Wooing ||adj||That woos; amatory. 2. that solicits love, courting, as a lover or wanton.
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|Wooingly ||adv||In a wooing manner. 2. wanton impudently; enticingly, alluringly.
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|Wool ||n||Fine, soft wavy hair from the fleece of sheep or goats, etc. 2. a yarn prodduced from this hair. 3. cloth or clothing made from this hair. 4. any of various wool-like (steel wool). 5. a soft, short under-fur or down. 6. a person's hair, esp. when short and curly.
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|Wool ||phr||"All Wool and a Yard Wide" - perfect in quantity and quality; hence, one hundred percent genuine.
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|Wool ||phr||"Dyed in the Wool" - genuine, of real quality, inveterate, no sham or substitute. 2. very loyal and partisan.
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|Wool ||phr||"Go for Wool and Come Home Shorn" - to have the tables turned on one.
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|Wool ||phr||"No Wool Is So White that a Dyer Cannot Blacken It" - no one is free from fault that slander can't find nothing bad to say about him. 2. no book is so perfect as to be free from adverse criticism.
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|Wool ||phr||"Pull the Wool Over Someone's Eyes" - deceive or deliberately mislead another person.
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|Woolcraft ||n||Wool manufacturing and production.
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|Woolen ||adj||Made of wool, woollen. 2. of or relating to wool or woolen cloth or clothing.
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|Woolfat ||n||Lanolin. 2. wool grease.
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|Wool-fell ||n||The wool of a sheep with the skin, still on; its pelt.
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|Wool-gathering ||n||Indulgence in idle imagining with aimless speculation; daydreaming. 2. woolly thoughts or idle fancies.
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|Wool grower ||n||A breeder of sheep for wool.
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|Wool-growing ||n||The breeding of sheep for wool.
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|Wooliness ||n||The nature or quality of wool, or being woolly. 2. vague or irrational thinking.
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|Wool-king ||n||In N.Z. and Australia, a farmer who has made his wealth through wool. 2. a large-scale sheep farmer.
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|Woollen ||adj||Woolen.
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|Woolless ||adj||Without wool.
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|Wool-like ||adj||Resembling wood in texture and appearance
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|Woolly ||adj||Made of wool. 2. vague or confused in expression or character.
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|Woolly back ||n||An unsophisticated person from the bush or sticks. 2. a garment made from wool. 3. a sheep.
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|Woolly-bear ||n||A hairy caterpillar, an after-fetch (caterpillar). 2. an explosive shell that gives out dense smoke when it bursts.
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|Woolly-headed ||adj||Of a person or an argument or (thought process) illogical, irrational.
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|Woolly-headness ||n||Quality of being woolly-headed in thought and logic: illogical, irrationality, woolly-minded.
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|Woolly-minded ||adj||Characterized by vague or confused thinking, woolly-witted.
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|Woolly-witted ||adj||Characterized by vague or confused thinking, woolly-witted.
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|Woolman ||n||A deal in wool, a wool merchant or breeder of sheep; a woolmonger.
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|Woolmonger ||n||Dealer in wool.
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|Woolner ||n||A dealer in woolen goods.
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|Woolness ||n||The quality or state of being wooly.
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|Woolsack ||n||"The Woolsack" - a term often applied to the position of Lord chancellor. 2. a sack of wool.
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|Woolshed ||n||A large shed for shearing and baling wool.
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|Wool-skin ||n||Wool-fell.
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|Woolwax ||n||Lanolin.
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|Woolwork ||n||Embroidery in wool, resembling tapestry.
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|Wooly-minded ||adj||Quality of being woolly in thoughts and logic. 2. illogical, irrationality, woolly-witted
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|Wooly-witted ||adj||Unclear or hazy in thought and reasoning; woolly-minded, lacking clarity in logic and reason.
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|Word ||n||A unit of language that native speakers can identify. 2. the blocks from which sentences are made. 3. the sacred writings of religions. 4. information about recent and important events. 5. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; a password.
6. a brief statement. 7. an exchange of views on some topic. 8. verbal command for action 
9. a promise. 10. the divine word of God. 11. a string of bits stored in computer memor
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|Word ||vb||Say or write particular words. 2. speak or formulate one's thoughts or concerns
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|Word ||adj||In qualifying nouns and pronouns giving more information about objects signified, such as a 'cloudy day' and 'fair lady'.
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|Word ||phr||"As Good as One's Wood" - fulfil what one has promised.
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|Word ||phr||"At One (first) Word." - in short, briefly, concisely.
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|Word ||phr||"At One's Word" - of one mind, unanimously.
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|Word ||phr||"Be as Good as One's Word" - keep one's promises.
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|Word ||phr||"Better than One's Word" - fulfill or exceded what one has promised.
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|Word ||phr||"Break One's Word" - to break a promise; betray trust.
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|Word ||phr||"By Word of Mouth" - use the spoken word rather than the printed or written word.
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|Word ||phr||"Can't Get a Word in Edgeways" - not manage to interrupt a conversation in order to put another point of view.
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|Word ||phr||"Eat One's Word" - deeply regret what one has said. 2. wordeat.
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|Word ||phr||"Fair Word" - pleasant or attractive speech (usually implying ...)
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|Word ||phr||"From the Word Go" - from the beginning or start.
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|Word ||phr||"Get a Word in Edgeways" - to manage to interrupt a conversation in order to put another point of view.
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|Word ||phr||"Give One's Word" - give a definite undertaking, make a binding promise.
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|Word ||phr||"Give One the Good Word" - to speak well of.
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|Word ||phr||"Half a Word" - very short utterance, a slight fragment of speech or conversation.
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|Word ||phr||"Have a Word in Somebody's Ear" -speak to somebody privately.
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|Word ||phr||"Have No Words for" - be unable to express in words.
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|Word ||phr||"Have the Last Word" - make the final comment in an argument.
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|Word ||phr||"Have Words (With)" - quarrel.
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|Word ||phr||"His Word is Law" - someone must be, or always is, obeyed, agreed with. 2. what he says goes.
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|Word ||phr||"Household Word" - a common saying, name or expression or what is a familiar to nearly everyone.
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|Word ||phr||"In a Word" - briefly, to sum up.
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|Word ||phr||"In a Few Words" - briefly, concisely, succinct.
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|Word ||phr||"In Other Words" - putting in other words.
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|Word ||phr||"In So many Words" - said explicitly and bluntly
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|Word ||phr||"Keep One's Word" - to keep a promise; remain trustworthy.
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|Word ||phr||"A Knife Wound Heals, a Wound from Words Does Not" - the negative aspect of words is more powerful and hurtful than a physical wound.
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|Word ||phr||"Man/Woman of Few Words" - somebody who says little.
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|Word ||phr||"Man of His Word" - someone who is trustworthy and honest.
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|Word ||phr||"Mark My Word" - take note of what I am now saying.
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|Word ||phr||"My Word" - exclamation of surprize.
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|Word ||phr||"Not a/the Word for It" - not an adequaute or appropriate description for.
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|Word ||phr||"Not be the Word for It" - be an understatement.
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|Word ||phr||"Not Get a Word in Edgeways" - be unable to interrupt someone who is talking continuously.
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|Word ||phr||"Not in So Many Words" - not exactly.
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|Word ||phr||"Of Few Words" - taciturn.
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|Word ||phr||"Of Many Words" -verbose, loquacious, talkative.
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|Word ||phr||"Of One's Word" - reliable in keeping promises.
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|Word ||phr||"One of Few Words" - somebody who has little to say.
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|Word ||phr||"Play On Words" - a pun, a joke that relies on a double meaning.
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|Word ||phr||"Put in a Good Word For" - praise, recommend somebody.
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|Word ||phr||"Put into Words" - speak or formulate one's thoughts or concerns.
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|Word ||phr||"Put Words into Somebody's Mouth" - to attempt to get someone to say something in the particular terms drafted by another person.
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|Word ||phr||"Say the Word" - say what you requiire.
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|Word ||phr||"Speak a Good Word for" - recommend, endorse.
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|Word ||phr||"Take at Her/His Word" - believe somebody without question.
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|Word ||phr||"Take the Words Out of Somebody's Mouth" - anticipate what somebody is about to say.
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|Word ||phr||"The Good Word" - friendly, favourable or laudatory utterances.
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|Word ||phr||"The Last Word" - the update, latest.
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|Word ||phr||"The Latest Words" - the final achievement, the latest thing. 2. to make but one word, speak briefly, laconic, taciturn.
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|Word ||phr||"The Seven Last Words" - (The Seven Words) - the seven utterances of Christ on the cross.
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|Word ||phr||"The Ten Words" - The Ten Commandments; the Decalogue.
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|Word ||phr||"The Word of God" - the bible
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|Word ||phr||"Upon My Word" - an exclamation of surprize or consternation.
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|Word ||phr||"Upon One's Word" - on the security of one's word; bound by one's word.
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|Word ||phr||"Without a Word" - without making one comment, exeplanation or complaint.
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|Word ||phr||"Without a Word of a Lie" - what I am telling or saying to you is absolutely true.
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|Word ||phr||"Word and a Stone Cannot be Taken Back" - physical and emotional hurt from angry and cruel behavior towards others can never be undone.
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|Word ||phr||"Word of Warning" - a warning statement, remark made to someone.
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|Word ||phr||"Word for Word" - with exact repetition of everything said or written; verbatim.
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|Word ||phr||"Word in (somebody's) Ear" - a brief message for your convenient.
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|Word ||phr||"Word is That" - it is said, reported, that ... 2. his/her word is that.
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|Word ||phr||"Word is Out" - it is not known.
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|Word ||phr||"Word of Finger" - interpersonal communication by digital media, using keyboard devices (by analogy with word of mouth)
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|Word ||phr||"Word of God" - the Bible
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|Word ||phr||"Word of Mouth" - executed, given or done by speaking, orally.
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|Word ||phr||Word of Warning" - a warning statement, remark, (made of somebody).
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|Word ||phr||"Word of Wisdom" - wise or sensible remarks and advice.
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|Word ||phr||"Word on the Wire" - the rumors or word going around on the internet, in business, on the street, or in social circles.
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|Word ||phr||"Words Stick in my Throat" be unable to speak because or nervousness or reluctance.
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|Word ||phr||"The Smart of a Blow Grows Less, the Sting of a Word Abides" - cruel words stays with one forever.
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|Word ||phr||"Word to the Wise" - a word is enough to the wise. 2. an intelligent person can take a hint, draw his/her conclusions without a lot of explanation.
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|Word ||phr||"Word Up" - a slang term meaning agree to, approve. 2. listen up! hat ahappened!
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|Word-bend ||vb||To form or create new words by functional shift (verbing).
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|Word-bender ||n||One who forms or creates new words by functional shift (verbing).
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|Wordbending ||n||The process of forming or creating new words by functional shift (verbing).
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|Word-blind ||adj||Unable to understand the written or printed word due to a brain defect. 2. dyslexic. 3. not able to associate a sound with a written or printed word.
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|Word-blindness ||n||The inability to read, and understand the written or printed word. 2. dyslexia.
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|Wordbook ||n||A book containing a list of words (as of the vocabulary of a language, a book of an art or science) arranged in alphabetical or other systematic order. 2. a libretto or "book of words' of a musical composition.
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|Wordbound ||adj||Silent, pledged to silence, taciturn.
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|Wordbuilder ||n||Wordsmith; wordshaper.
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|Wordbuilding ||n||The construction of words from a root word. 2. wordshaping; wordsmithing.
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|Word-craft ||n||The art of using words, oratorical or literary skill.
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|Word-deafness ||n||Inability to understand words when spoken, owing to an auditory disease; aphasia.
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|Word-dearthing ||n||Producing a dearth of words, involving a great expenditure of words. 2. word-drunk.
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|Worder ||n||A chatterer, one who uses many words. 2. one who puts something into words, one who frames the words or terms of a subject.
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|Word-field ||n||Linguistics, a group of lexical items (words, etc.) seen as associate in meaning because of occurring in similar context; see 'wordstock'.
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|Wordflow ||n||Articulation and fluency (in speech).
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|Word-flowing ||adj||Fluent in speech, articulate.
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|Wordgame ||n||A game involving the manipulating of words.
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|Word-hoard ||n||Treasure of speech; vocabulary.
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|Wordhood ||n||The quality of being a word.
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|Wordily ||adv||In a wordy manner or style; pedantic. 2. with an excess or abundance of words; verbosely.
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|Wordiness ||n||The quality of being wordy; excess or multiplicity or words, verbosity.
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|Wording ||n||Speaking, talking, uttering. 2. a saying, statement. 3. angry or abusive speech ('having words') 4. action of putting or condition of being put into words. 5. composition or expression in language (spoken or written); esp. in reference to the words used; mode of speech, form of words, phrasing.
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|Wordish ||adj||Consisting or concerned with words; esp. mere words (as exposed to realities); verbal, wordy, verbose.
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|Wordishness ||n||Loquacity, verbosity, wordy.
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|Word-keeper ||n||Lexiographer.
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|Wordless ||adj||Unspeakable, unutterable, inexpressible in words. 2. not expressed in words, unspeakable, unutterable. 3. speechless, silent, dumb, not uttering a word. 4. lacking the power or faculty of speech. 5. lacking words for expression. 6. without words.
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|Wordlessly ||adv||Lacking words for expression. 2. quiet, silence
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|Wordlessness ||n||The condition or state of lacking speech or expression. 2. silence
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|Wordlike ||adj||Resembling a word.
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|Wordliness ||n||The excessive often unnecessary use of words.
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|Wordlist ||n||A written collection of all words derived from a particular source, or sharing some other characteristic.
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|Wordlore ||n||The study of the etymology aand their history. 2. the words collectively of a language and their history. 3. the doctrine of the form and formation of words; morphology.
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|Wordly ||adj||Dealing in, or consisting in, mere words; verbal.
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|Wordmaker ||n||A wordsmith: a skilled user and maker of words.
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|Wordman ||n||One who deals with or has command of words. 2. a master of language. 3. one who loves reading, writing and intellectual debate.
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|Wordmanship ||n||Skill in the use of words and language.
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|Word-meeting ||n||Collocation; placed side by side.
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|Wordmonger ||n||One who deals in words, esp. in strange, pedantic words or empty words without sense or substance (often used in contempt).
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|Wordness ||n||The quality of being a word.
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|Word play ||n||Use of words to witty effect, especially by pinning.
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|Word-shot ||adj||(After earshot) - the distance within which one person can speak to other.
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|Word shy ||adj||Taciturn, uncommunicative, using few words, laconic.
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|Wordsmith ||n||A skilled user or maker of words.
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|Wordsmithing ||n||The act or processing of creating words.
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|Wordster ||n||One who deals in or handles words. 2. one who talks rather than acts . 3. a skilful user of words. 4. a student of words and their meanings.
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|Word-stock ||n||The sum of words available in a language or dialect; vocabulary. 2. the wordstock of English: Germanic, Romance, and Greek and their contribution to various word-fields, e.g. skinny, subcutaneous and dermatitis.
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|Wordwar ||n||Wordy-war; an argument, row, dispute
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|Word-watch ||n||The observation of linguistic usage, esp. in regard to change and innovation.
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|Word-watcher ||n||A close observer of words and their ways.
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|Word-watching ||n||One who searches the written word in newspapers, literature for correctness ogf grammar and usage.
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|Word-wealth ||n||The richness of the vocabulary of a particular language.
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|Word wheel ||n||A lookup method in which each character that is typed in moves the on-screen index to the closest match. By watching the index move character by character, you can easily tell if you have made a typo. In addition, you can get to the beginning of a word group quickly and then scroll to the word or phrase you are looking for.
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|Word-wheeling ||n||Computing software, a method of database searching that produces an instantly refreshed list of results as the user enters each character of the term.
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|Word-winsome ||adj||Affable, pleasant speaking.
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|Wordwise ||adj||Of or characteristic of a word; words, verbal.
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|Wordwise ||adv||pertaining to, or concerning or regarding a word; verbally.
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|Word-wood ||adj||Mad, wild, unrestrained in speech; gibbering.
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|Word-writing ||n||A nonce term for "ideographic' writing.
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|Wordy ||adj||Full of or abounding in words. 2. in speech, consisting of or concerning words. 3. of a person , using too many words; verbose, garrulous, talkative. 4. skilled in the use of words. 5. consisting or expressed in words; of words : verbal.
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|Wordy-war ||n||An argument, row, dispute; word-war.
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|Wore ||n||Seaweed, ware. 2. seashore(?).
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|Workaday ||n||Routine, mundane, and calm, 'I heard her voice, composed and workaday, as if nothing was wrong.'
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|Work ||n||Labour, employment, occupation, job. 2. place where one is employed. 3. effort expended on a particular task. 4. result of a particular manner of production. 5. something produced using the specified material or tool. . literary, artistic, or intellectual production. 7. measure of energy expended in moving an object. 8. thermodynamics: energy in transit between one form or repository and another. 9. fortification.
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|Work ||vb||to do a specific task. 2. to effect by gradual degrees. 3. to embroider with thread. 4. to set into action. 5. to cause to ferment. 6. to exhaust. 7. to shape, form, or improve a material. 8. to operate in a certain place, area, or specialty. 9. to operate in or through. 10. to provoke or excite. 11. to use or manipulate. 12. to cause to happen. 13. to cause to work. 14. to function correctly. 15. to effect by gradual degrees. 16. to move in an agitated manner. 17. to behave in a certain way when handled.]cause to feel.
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|Work ||phr||"All in a Day's Work" - within one's duties, obligations.
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|Work ||phr||"All Worked Up" - anxious, excited.
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|Work ||phr||"At Work" - be in action.
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|Work ||phr||"Be in the Works" - to be being dealt with.
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|Work ||phr||"Do Somebody's Dirty Work" - do something unethical on behalf of another person.
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|Work ||phr||"Do the Spadework" - to prepare.
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|Work ||phr||"Get the Works" - get the full treatment. 2. to receive severe punishment; adverse criticism.
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|Work ||phr||"Get Worked Up" - become angry, excited, or tense.
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|Work ||phr||"Give Somebody the Works" - let somebody have everything that is available. 2. to hit or attack forcibly. 3. to murder.
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|Work ||phr||"Go to Work on Something" - begin working on something,
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|Work ||phr||"In the Works" - being planned, worked on, or produced.
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|Work ||phr||"Keep up the Good Work" - a general phrase of encouragement meaning to continue doing good work.
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|Work ||phr||"Make Short Work of" - complete, conclude quickly.
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|Work ||phr||"Make Work" - work usually of little importance to keep a person from being idle or unemployed.
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|Work ||phr||"Make Work for" - make unnecessary work for.
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|Work ||phr||"Many Hands Make Light Work" - task is easier when one has help.
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|Work ||phr||"Out of Work" - unemployed.
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|Work ||phr||"Set Somebody to Work" - begin working.
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|Work ||phr||"Shoot the Works" - maul, kill by shooting.
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|Work ||phr||"The Whole Works" - the whole lot, all, the total amount, everything.
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|Work ||phr||"Things Work Themselves Out" - of personal problems: be resolved, settled.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Against" - affect negatively, impede.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Among" - practice a profession. 2. provide a service, in and for a community.
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|Work ||phr||"Work at" - give thougt, energy, etc to get rid ofor solving someting.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Away at" - give continuous effort, thought, etc to something.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Blue" - blue comedy is comedy that is off-color, risqué, indecent or profane, largely about sex. It often contains profanity or sexual imagery that may shock and offend some audience members. "Working blue" refers to the act of using curse words and discussing things that people do not discuss in "polite society
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|Work ||phr||"Work Hand in Glove With" - work in close co-operation with. 2. to work in collusion with a person to the detriment of others.
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|Work ||phr||"Work In/Into" - insert something. 2. gradually by moving it side to side.
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|Work ||phr||"Work In/Into" - include something by showing special care or cunning.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Into" - intermix, find room for.
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|Work ||phr||"Work It So That" - arrange affairs, situation, to suit a particular purpose.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Like a Dog" - work very hard for little reward.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Like a Horse" - work extremely hard and continuously.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Off" - get rid of something extra and burdensome by exercise etc. 2. get rid of unpleasant feeling (at smebody's expense); take out on. 3. get rid of gradually; penetrate slowly; percolate, soak.
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|Work ||phr||"Work On/Onto" - give thought or effort etc to making or discovering something. 2. place one thing gradually around anorher, by moving it from side to side, as a nut, washer, bolt.
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|Work ||phr||"Work One's Arse Off" - work extremely hard and long.
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|Work ||phr||"Work One's Fingers to the Bone" - work very hard and long of duration.
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|Work ||phr||"Work One's Way Along, Back" - move, progress, usually in the face of obstacles, in a given direction.
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|Work ||phr||"Work One's Way Up From" - rise, move, to a more responsible position by one's own efforts.
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|Work ||phr||"Work One's Will" - accomplish one's purpose on a person or thing.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Or Want" - work hard or suffer a life of poverty. 2. earn what one needs or do without it.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Out" - plan, devise, develop. 2. calculate, solve, find the answer to, get; prove. 3. come to a happy conclusion. 4. understand the nature of of somebody, or something; make out, pan out. 5. train fot a sporting event or contest.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Out at" - be equal to, be calculated as, come out at.
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|Work ||phr||Work Over" - be somebody all over to extract information, as a punishment; beat up.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Smarter not Harder" - it is better to be wise than vigorous.
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|Work ||phr||"Work the Crowd" - work the room, esp. out of doors.
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|Work ||phr||"Work the Room" - to interact enthusiastically with those in attendance of an event and or function by moving among them, and engaging in conversation.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Things Out" - settle personal matters, often said of a married couple.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Things that" - arrange things, situation to suit a particular purpose.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Through" - complete, finish, a task by giving steady attention to it.
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|Work ||phr||"Work to " - be guided, governed by a plan etc when doing something.
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|Work ||phr||"Work (Something) to Death" - force someone to work excessively. 2. overexpose something.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Towards" - strive to reach or achieve.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Under" - do a job under somebodys direction or guidance.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Until One Drops" - continue working until one is totally exhausted.
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|Work ||phr||"Work(ed) Up" - excited, agitated, excessively, emotional aroused or angered.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Up" - develop, extend gradually the shape or nature of something. 2. increse something in numbers or strength. 3. stimulate; make more keen. 4. raise somebody or oneself to a high point of excitement.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Up Into" - raise somebody or oneself to a high point of excitement. 2. whip up to.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Upon" - to influence insidiously.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Up to" - develop what one is doingor saying to a high point.
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|Work ||phr||"Work Wonders" - have an unusually, or marveously beneficial effect. 2. do miracles, wonders, amazing feats.
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|Workaday ||adj||ordinary, everyday, practical. 2. fit for, used, or seen oe workdays.
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|Work-bench ||n||A bench for doing mechanical or practical work, esp. carpentry.
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|Work boat ||n||A boat used for carrying out work such as fishing, transporting freight, etc.
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|Work book ||n||A sudent's book, including exercises.
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|Work box ||n||A receptacle for sewing materials.
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|Work-day ||n||Those days of the week on which work is done. 2. part of the day in which is done. 3. a week day, a day of business.
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|Worker ||n||A person who performs labour for his living. 2. a non-productive social insect, such as an act, esp. bees, termites, wasps. 3. computing. a thread performing one instance of a particular task within a program.
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|Worker bee ||n||A sterile bee whose speciality is to supported the hive , especially by collecting pollen.
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|Workerlike ||adj||Resembling or characteristic of a worker.
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|Workfare ||n||A welfare system which requires some work or training from those receiving benefits. 2. a policy of requiring recipients of welfare money to do some work in the exchange for this benefit.
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|Work-fellow ||n||A companion in work; a fellow-worker.
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|Work-flow ||n||A rate of which a flow of work takes place. 2. in business: a process and or procedure in which tasks are completed.
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|Work-folk ||n||People who labor or industrial work.
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|Workfree ||adj||Free from having to work, voluntary unemployed.
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|Workful ||adj||Active, operative. 2. full of (hard) work; hardwork, industrious.
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|Workfulness ||n||Activity, laborious acivity, diligency, industriousness.
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|Workgang ||n||A gang especially of prisoners that carry out manual and physical work.
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|Work-harden ||adj||Of a person inured to rigors of work by frequent and thorough laboring.
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|Work-hardening ||n||A rehabilitation program designed to restore functional and work capacities to the injured worker through application of graded work simulation.
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|Work-holy ||adj||Aiming at, or pretending holiness on the grounds of works.
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|Work-horse ||n||A horse used primarily for manual labour, a draught horse. 2. by extension: anyone or anything that does a lot does a lot of work. 3. someone or something which works consistently or regularly.
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|Work-house ||n||A institution for the poor homeless, founded by the local parish where able-bodied were required to work. 3. a prison in which the sentence imposed includes manual labour.
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|Work-in ||n||A form of protest, usually against threatened closure of a factory, etc., which workers occupy the workplace and keep on working.
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|Working ||n||Engaged in work, esp. in manual or industrial labor. 2. spent in work or employment; one working life. 3. functioning or able to function. 4. the activity of work. 5. the act or manner of functioning of a thing. 6. a mine or quarry. 7. the part of this in which work is being or has been done.
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|Working-day ||n||Those days of the week in which work is done. 2. pertaining to the days on which work is done. 3. a week-day, a business day.
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|Working dog ||n||A breed of dog developed primarily to assist humans in pergforming tasks , such as farm controlling livestock, law enforcement or assisting the blind.
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|Working-drawing ||n||A drawing to scale, serving as a guide for construction or manufacture.
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|Working-end ||n||The end of the rope that is used to make a knot.
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|Working knowledge ||n||(Note etymology of second element unknown in O.E.) knowledge adequate to work with.
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|Workingly ||adv||Effectively, industriously.
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|Working man ||n||A man who works in exchange for payment, esp. one who does manual labour. 2. "The Workingman" - workers collectively or as a class. 3. "the worker" or "the common man."
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|Workingness ||n||Effectiveness.
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|Working-off ||n||To lose weight by doing physical or strenuous exercise. 2. the action taken to end, pay off a debt by doing labour for the debtor.
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|Working-out ||n||Work-out; any sporting activity done for practice. 2. a training session, exercise session, practice, test-run.
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|Working-over ||n||Work over: to improve a protype, a first draft. 2. to physical attack another in order to injure and intimidate.
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|Workings ||n||A system of holes dug in the ground in order to remove metals, coal etc. 2. the calcualtions you do in order to reach an answer to a mathematical question. 3. the way that an organization operates.
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|Working-together ||n||To collaborate in a mental task, as generating ideas. 2. to co-operate in joint venture or project. 3. co-operation in a general sense.
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|Working-week ||n||The total number of hours worked during the week; also, the number of working hours in a week.
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|Working woman ||n||A woman who is employed.
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|Working-world ||n||Employment, the workplace. 2. the demands of the workplace.
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|Workless ||adj||Doing no works; inactive, idle. 2. of faith, without works. 3. unprovided with work, having no work to do; out of work, unemployed.
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|Worklessness ||n||The condition of being without work; in workless state. 2. unemployment.
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|Workload ||n||The amount of work to be done by an individual.
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|Work-loom ||n||A tool or implement.
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|Workman ||n||A man employed to do manual labor. 2. a person considered with regard to skill in a job.
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|Workman ||n||"The Workman" - God, the Creator. 2. the Almighty, Almightend, Shaper, Shapend, Great Father.
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|Workman-like ||adj||Performed with the skill of an artisan or craftsman. 2. characteristic of a good workman. 3. done with concentration and persistent; industrious..
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|Workmanliness ||n||Done in a way or in a manner of industriousness.
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|Workmanly ||adv||Efficiently, effectively, skillfully.
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|Workmanship ||n||Action, agency, operation, creation, making, manufacturing, production. 2. craftsmanship.
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|Workmonger ||n||A controversial term in religious matters for one who expects to be justified by works. 2. one who considers moral actions in relation to justification before God; usually as contrasted with faith or grace.
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|Work-name ||n||An alias used by someone engaged in intelligence work.
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|Work nights ||n||A night on which work is usually done.
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|Work-out ||n||Any sporting activity done for practice; working-out. 2. a training session, exercise session, practice, test-run.
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|Work-over ||n||The repair or maintenance of something, esp. an oil well or rig.
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|Work room ||n||A room for working in; esp. in equipped for a certain ind of work.
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|Works ||phr||"Get the Works" - to receive severe punishment; adverse criticism.
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|Works ||phr||"Give It (someone) the Works" - to hit or attack forcibly. 2. to murder.
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|Works ||phr||"Shoot the Works" - maul, kill by shooting.
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|Works ||phr||"The Whole Works" - the whole lot, all, the total amount, everything.
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|Work-school ||n||A day continuation school for apprentices provided by their employers.
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|Work-seeker ||n||One looking for and hoping to find work.
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|Work-shadowing ||n||A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker. The job shadowing work experience is a temporary, unpaid exposure to the workplace in an occupational area of interest to the student.
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|Work-sharing ||n||A program available to employers who reduce employee hours and wages as an alternative to layoffs. This program allows the payment of a percentage of unemployment benefits to employees whose hours and wages are reduced.
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|Worksheet ||n||Paper for recording work done or in progress. 2. a paper listing questions or activities for students, etc to work through.
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|Workship ||n||Workmanship.
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|Workshop ||n||A room, esp. one which is not particularly large used for manufacturing or other light manufacturing work. 2. a brief, intensive course of education of a small group, emphasing interaction and practical problem solving. 3. an academic conference.
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|Workshop ||phr||"Workshop of the World" - England in its C19th zenith as the leading industrial nation.
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|Work-shy ||adj||Disclined to work, lazy, indolent.
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|Work-shyness ||n||The state or quality of being disclined to work; indolence.
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|Worksome ||adj||Industrious, diligent, efficacious, operative.
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|Worksong ||n||A piece of music closely connected to a form of work, either sung while conducting a task(usually to co-ordinate timing). 2. a song linked to a task which might be a connected narrative, description, or protest song.
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|Workstead ||n||Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio established where work can be done. 2. a work station, a place of employment, work place. 3. a laboratory.
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|Workstrain ||n||The response of the human body to stress experienced in the performance of work.
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|Workstream ||n||The progressive completion of tasks completed by different groups within a company which are required to finish a single project. 2. an area focus within a project.
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|Work-top ||n||A flat surface for working on, esp. in a kitchen.
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|Work-wan ||adj||The boring, bland, uninteresting aspect of some types of work or employment.
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|Workwards ||adv||Concerning, directed or relating to work.
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|Workwear ||n||Hard-wearing clothes for work.
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|Work-weary ||adj||Wearied or fatigued by the physical or mental exertion and stress of work.
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|Work-week ||n||he total number hours worked in a week; also the number of hours worked in a week.
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|Workwise ||adj||In the way, manner or method of work or working.
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|Workwoman ||n||A woman engaged in manual labor.
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|Worky ||n||A worker, operative, trady, sparky, chalky, chippy.
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|World ||adj||Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope.
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|World ||n||The word "World' is made up of the roots 'wer' (man) and 'ald' (age) meaning 'age of man' or (the period of our existence). All of the living human inhabitants of the earth. 2. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife. 3. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you. 4. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; the Western world. 5. people in general considered as a whole, as a hero; a legend. 6. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on (Earth). 7. everything that exists anywhere; the universe. 8. part of the earth that can be considered separately; the world of insects.
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|World ||vb||To furnish with a "world' of people . 2. to people, populate. 3. to bring a child into the world.
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|World ||phr||"All the World and His Wife" - any large group mixed gathering of people. 2. a large group of people with pretensions to fashion.
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|World ||phr||"All the World Over" - in every respect or way. 2. all the inhabited globe.
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|World ||phr||"A World of" - very much, as a 'world of difference'
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|World ||phr||"Bring into the World" - to give birth to or attend to at a birth.
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|World ||phr||"By World's End" - the farthest attainable point of travel.
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|World ||phr||"Come into the World" - to be born. 2. of a book to be published.
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|World ||phr||"Dead to the World" - sound asleep.
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|World ||phr||"For All the World" - for anything.
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|World ||phr||"For All the World Like" - exactly like.
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|World ||phr||"Get the Worst of All Worlds" - to get a series of disadvantages without out getting back any corresponding advantages. 2. get the best of both worlds.
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|World ||phr||"Get Up in the World" - to succeed, become prosperous or wealthy.
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|World ||phr||"Go Down in the World" - to suffer setback and misfortune; become poor or indigent.
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|World ||phr||"Go from the World" - to die, pass away, depart.
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|World ||phr||"Go to the World" - get married.
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|World ||phr||"Go to the Next World" - to die, depart, pass away.
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|World ||phr||"Go up Against the World" - opposition in fac of all mankind. 2. gen. against all opposition.
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|World ||phr||"Have the Best of Both Worlds" - have the advantages of two different situations.
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|World ||phr||"Have the World at One's Feet" - be well-placed to success.
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|World ||phr||"He Thinks the World Owes Him a Living" - the belief is entitled to be well supported, or provided for, either on account of one's merits, or simply because one exists.
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|World ||phr||"How goes the World" - how are you; how are things, matters, affairs. 2. how the world goes.
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|World ||phr||"In the World or in Hell" - in any set of circumstances whatsoever. 2. in no way am I (one) will do that. 3. why should I (one) believe that. 4. how could I or (one) expect or anticipated that (often in interrogative sentences, preceded by what, where, when, how or why)
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|World ||phr||"It's a Small World" - it is surprizing to meet people one knows in unexpected places.
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|World ||phr||"Man of the World" - somebody with worldly experience who has seen some aspects of life.
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|World ||phr||"Not for the World" - not whatever the inducement.
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|World ||phr||"Not Long for this World" - on the point of death; moribund, marcessant.
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|World ||phr||"Not the End of the World" - the situation is not as bad as it seems.
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|World ||phr||"On Top of the World" - to be very happy.
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|World ||phr||"Out of this World" - extremely good, unusual.
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|World ||phr||"See the World" - travel widely; gain wide experience.
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|World ||phr||"The Next World" - the other world, the spiritual world.
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|World ||phr||"The New World" - the Americas, Africa, Australia etc.
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|World ||phr||"The Other World" - the next, or spiritual world.
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|World ||phr||"The Third World" - an expression coined in France (le Tiers-monde) and applied to those less developed countries of Africa, Asia and south America which are not substantially aligned with the capitalist and communist political groupings.
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|World ||phr||"Through all the World" - for ever, for all time, through eternity.
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|World ||phr||"The World owes Me a Living" - to think that one should be supported, or provided for, either on account of one's merits, or simply because one exists.
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|World ||phr||"The Whole World Over" - everywhere, any place in the world, all over the world. 2. ubiquitous.
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|World ||phr||"The World to Come" - supposed life after death.
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|World ||phr||"Think the World (of Somebody)" - be very fond of. 2. have a high opinion of somebody or something.
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|World ||phr||"Think the World Well Lost" - think that the loss of many of life's advantages and rewards is either not regrettable, or is amply compensated for( by something specified by the context).
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|World ||phr||"Why, Where, What in All the World" - emphatically what?, why? as an intensive form of interrogation.
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|World ||phr||"With the Best Will in the World" - no matter how hard one tries or wants to do.
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|World ||phr||"Workshop of the World" - England in the C19th heyday as the leading industrial nation.
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|World ||phr||"World and His Wife" - all, or most people. 2. a very large company of people.
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|World ||phr||"World Away from Something" - vey different from. 2. separated from something in space or time.
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|World ||phr||"World is His/Her Oyster" - one is fortunate enough to do in life, or get from life, whatever he/she wants or enjoys. (O.E ostre: oyster).
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|World ||phr||"World, the Flesh and the Devil" - all that is not holy. 2. all that which tempts mankind to wickednessor imperfection.
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|World ||phr||"World to Come" - in a future state, the next world, paradise, heaven. 2. life after death, realm of the departed spirits.
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|World ||phr||"World Turned Upside Down" - an illusion to the antipodes.
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|World ||phr||"World Without End" - eternally; for ever, incessantly , without respite, too long or frequently.
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|World-all ||n||The universe, the world considered as a unit.
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|World-beater ||adj||A person or thing that is better than all others in the world.
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|World-beating ||n||Better than all other of the same kind.
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|World-builder ||n||One who constructs a world, esp. a convincing fictional for literature, etc.
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|World-ending ||n||An end of the world; a scenario in which the world ends.
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|World-ending ||adj||Relating to the destruction of the planet Earth and all life on it.
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|Worldful ||adj||As much or as many as can fill a world (chiefly, hyperbolical)
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|World-gem ||n||The Sun.
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|World-ground ||n||The reality or principle, that underlies the world.
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|Worldhood ||n||State or condition of the world. 2. worldly possession.
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|Worldish ||adj||Of or belonging to this world. 2.
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|Worldkin ||n||A little world, microcosm.
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|World-leader ||n||Someone who is a leader of a country, especially an economically powerful country. 2. a product, company, organization that is the most successful, or advanced one in a particular area of activity.
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|Worldless ||adj||Fig. not having a world to live in. 2. not containing a world or worlds.
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|Wordlessness ||n||The state or condition of not having a world to live in.
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|Worldlike ||adj||Resembling or characteristic of a world.
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|Word-line ||n||In physics, a curve in space time joining the position of a particle throughout its existence.
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|Worldliness ||n||The condition of being worldly. 2. devotion to worldly affairs to the neglect of religious duties or spiritual needs. 3. love of the world and its pleasures. 4. worldly affairs.
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|Worldling ||n||One devoted to the interests and pleasures of the world. 2. a worldly or worldly-minded person. 2. a citizen or inhabitant of the world, cosmophile.
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|Worldling-like ||adj||Worldly, of this world; in the manner of this world.
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|Word-long ||adj||As long (old) as the world.
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|World love ||n||A campaign to spread love and happiness throughout the world. 2. love of the world (in early use specifically the material world)
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|World mind ||n||World spirit, spirit of the ages, weltgeist.
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|Worldly ||adj||Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual. 2. concerned with the secular rather than sacred matters. 3. sophisticated, esp. because of surfeit; versed in the way of the world. 4. material, mundane, lay, profane, sophisticated, street smart.
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|Worldly-minded ||adj||Having a worldly mind. 2. having one's mind or thoughts set upon things of this world.
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|Worldly-mindedness ||n||State or quality having one's mind or thoughts set upon things of this world.
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|Worldly-ship ||n||Worldliness, of the secular world.
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|Worldly-willed ||adj||Of the secular, shallow, non-spiritual world, as "the shallow craft of world-willed fools.'
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|Wordly-wisdom ||n||Prudence as regards one's own interest.
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|Worldly-wise ||adj||Alert, mentally-alert. 2. quick, not dull and slow. 3. wise in a worldly manner or in worldly affairs, not gullible, gormless and stupid. 4. experienced and shrewd in worldly affairs, business, socail behaviour, current trends etc.
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|Worldly-wiseman ||n||A wiseling, a wiseman.
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|Worldman ||n||A man of this world, a human being. 2. a man devoted to this world. 3. a wordling.
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|World-old ||n||As old as the world; ancient. 2. as long as the world has existed.
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|World-ready ||adj||Fully prepared for the demands of life.
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|World-riche ||n||The kingdom of this world; a world-rike. 2. the world itself.
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|World sadness ||n||Sadness felt by some people at the disasters, tragedies and man inhumanity to his fellow-man. 2. world-sorrow.
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|World's end ||n||The farthest attainable point of travel.
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|World-shaking ||n||Of extreme importance.
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|World-shame ||n||Public disgrace, national disgrace; international disgrace, such as genocide
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|Worldship ||n||The state or condition of the world. 2. worldhood.
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|World sorrow  ||n||See "World sadness"
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|World-soul ||n||(Weltgeist)- the animating spirit that informs the physical world. 2. the world spirit in all its mundane aspects and achieves.
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|World-thane ||n||A secular thane, as opposed to 'momk-thane'
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|World tree ||n||The world tree is a motif present in several religions and mythologies, particularly Indo-European religions, Siberian religions, and Native American religions. The world tree is represented as a colossal tree which supports the heavens, thereby connecting the heavens, the terrestrial world, and, through its roots, the underworld. It may also be strongly connected to the motif of the tree of life, but it is the source of wisdom of the ages. It is known as Yggdrasil in norse mythology.
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|World-wandering ||adj||Traveling or going throughout the world.
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|World War ||n||A war involving many important nations.
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|Worldward ||adv||In regards to this world, worldwards. 2. towards or in the direction of this world. 3. directed to or facing this world.
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|Worldwater ||n||An ocean; a large expanse of water.
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|World-wealth ||n||The value, material wealth and possessions, richness of the world. 2. world-wealth
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|World-weariness ||n||The state or condition of being weary of the world and life on it. 2. pessimism.
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|World-weary ||adj||Weary of the world and life on it. 2. dissatisfied with life and its conditions; weary and tired of life. 2. pessimistic.
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|Worldwide ||adj||Universal, catholic, throughout or across the whole world; earthly.
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|Word Wide Web ||n||All of the Web pages on the internet that hyperlink to each other and to other kinds of documents and media.
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|World-winning ||adj||Achieving or happening on a worldwide basis.
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|World-wiseness ||n||Across the earth, throughout the world. 2. state or condition of being worldly wise or having wisdom about the world. 2. sophisticated, experienced, knowledgeable about rhe world.
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|World-worm ||n||A low creature of earth.
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|World-worn ||adj||Wearied by the travails or the unfairness of one's life. 2. world-weary.
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|Worm ||n||Any animal that creeps or crawls; an earthworm; serpent; (obsolete) any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.. 2. generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum.  2. contemptible or devious being. 3.(computing) a self-replicating program that propagates through a network. 4. (cricket) a graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings. 5. anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.  6. a spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms. 7. (anatomy) a muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta. 8. the condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space. 9.(archaic) a dragon or mythological serpent. 10. an internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse, as the worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!"
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|Worm ||vb||To make (one's way) with a crawling motion. We wormed our way through the underbrush. 2. figuratively) To work one's way by artful or devious means. 3. figuratively) to work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate. He wormed his way into the organization. 4 .to effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; often followed by out. 5. figuratively) To obtain information from someone through artful or devious means (usually used with out of) 6. to deworm an animal. 7. to move with one's body dragging the ground.  8. to cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness. 10. to clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
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|Worm ||n||"The Worm" - a toothache. 2. colic.
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|Worm ||phr||"Be a Greedy Worm" - be avarice; as greedy as an itching passion of the heart.'
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|Worm ||phr||"Can of Worms" - a diverse collection of problemss and difficulties.
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|Worm ||phr||"Early Birds gets the Worm" - a personn eho acts with initiative will have advantage over others.
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|Worm ||phr||"Even a Worm Will Turn" - even the meek will retaliate if pushed too far. 2. "The Worm Has Turned" - a previously compliance person is noe exerting his personality.
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|Worm ||phr||"Food for Worms" - a dead person; a corpse, cadaver.
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|Worm ||phr||"Have Worms in One's Tongue" - to be cantankerous; snare and bite like a wild dog.
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|Worm ||phr||"Idle Worms" - it was once supposed the little worms were bred in the fingers of idle servants.
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|Worm ||phr||"Worm One's Way Into" - move gradually and cunningly in order to get the trust of others.
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|Worm ||phr||"Worm Out " - extract, obtain something slowly by cunning and stealth.
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|Worm-cast ||n||A convoluted mass of earth left on the surface by burrowing worms.
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|Worm-eaten ||adj||Eaten by worms; esp. by a worm inside, a piece of fruit, animal. 2. rotten decayed and decrepit. 3. maggoty.
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|Wormer ||n||One who pries into the affairs of another. 2. one who 'worms' out secrets. 3. a medicine for the treatment of worms in humans and animals.
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|Worm-fishing ||n||Fishing with worms with bait.
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|Worm food ||n||Carrion, dead body, corpse, cadaver.
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|Worm-hole ||n||A hole made by a burrowing worm or insect in wood, fruit,books, etc.
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|Worming ||n||The treatment of animals by medication to kill worms in their intestines.
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|Worming ||adj||Winding, twisting. 2. fig. working or advancing insidiously or tortuously. 3. attacked, gnared or bored by worms, worm-eaten. 4. of the earth, soil, grave infested by or full of worms. 5. wormlike, resembling. 6. groveling, earthy, crooked, torturous.
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|Wormish ||adj||Wormlike. 2. despicable (as a worm)
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|Wormishness ||n||Wormish or craven behavior.
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|Worm-kin(d) ||n||The race of worms or serpents, or a species of these.
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|Wormland ||n||A churchyard cemetery.
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|Worm-like ||adj||Similar to a worm. 2. helminthic, vermiform.
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|Wormling ||n||A small worm. 2. a despicable creature.
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|Worm root ||n||Pinkroot.
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|Worm seed ||n||Seed used to expel intestinal worms.
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|Worm's eye ||adj||Seen from ground level or from the lowest levels of a hierarchy
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|Worm's meat ||n||Of persons and things: decayed, decrepit, antiquated, wormed-out fruit.
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|Worm wheel ||n||A toothed wheel gearing with a worm screw.
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|Wormwood ||n||Origin: 1350–1400; late Middle English wormwode (see worm, wood ); taking place of ME. wermode, O.E. wermōd; cognate with German wermut; see vermouth. 2. any composite herb or low shrub of genus Artemisia. 3. a bitter, aromatic plant, A. absinthium, of the Old World, used as a vermifuge and a tonic, and an ingredient in absinthe. 4.something bitter, grievous, or extremely unpleasant.
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|Wormwort ||n||Worm-seed weed, 'chenopodium anthelminticum'
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|Wormy ||adj||Full of worms. 2. worm-eaten.
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|Worn ||adj||Looking tired and exhausted.
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|Worn ||phr||"Worn in" - made comfortable or ready for wearing.
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|Worn ||phr||"Worn Out" - damaged and useless due to hard or continued use. 2. exhausted or fatigued from exertion.
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|Worn ||phr||"Worn to a Shadow" - made thin by overwork.
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|Worn out ||vb||Damaged and useless due to hard or continued use. 2. exhausted or fatigued from exertion.
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|Worn'out-ness ||n||State or condition of being exhausted, completely tired out.
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|Worried ||adj||Anxious, agitated or sad because of problems that you have or, about problems that you think may affect you
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|Worriedly ||adv||In an anxious, agitated, sad manner because of problems or anticipated problems.
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|Worrier ||n||An animal that kills an other by biting and rough treatment. 2. one who persecutes and harasses another. 3. one who causes distress of mind to another. 4. one who gives way to mental disquiet or anxiety.
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|Worriless ||adj||Free from worry
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|Worrisome ||adj||Causing worry, perturbing or vexing. 2. said of a person: inclined to worry.
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|Worrit ||n||Worry; vexation.
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|Worry ||n||The state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems.
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|Worry ||vb||To kill (a person or an animal) by strangling. 2. to choke (a person or animal) with a mouthful of food. 3. to devour greedily, ('to worry oneself on'). 4. to be choked, to choke. 5. of smoke,to suffocate a person, etc 6. to sieze by the throat and with the teeth tear and or lacerate. 7. to kill by being bitten and shaken (said of dogs and wolves attacking other animals). 8. to bite at or upon. 9. to kiss or hug vehemently. 10. to utter one's words with teeth almost closed. 11. to pull or tear at another with the teeth. 12. to harass by rough or severe treatment, by repeated attack. 13. to assail with hostile or menacing attack.
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|Worry ||vb||To cause or feel uneasy in one's mind; trouble. 2. to bother, pester. 3. physically ill in a greater degree. 4. to mangle or kill by shaking or tearing with teeth. 5. to strangle, choke.
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|Worry ||phr||"Not to Worry" - there is no need to worry.
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|Worry ||phr||"Worry Along" - to continue to live. 2. keep going in the teeth of trial and difficulty.
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|Worry ||phr||"Worry Oneself" - take needless trouble.
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|Worry ||phr||"Worry Out" - obtain the solution to a problem by dogged effort.
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|Worry ||phr||"Worry Over" - cause oneself anxiety; trouble oneself about some matter.
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|Worry ||phr||"You Should Worry" - you certainly have no reason to worry.
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|Worry-beads ||n||Strings of bead manipulated by the hands to occupy and calm oneself.
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|Worry-guts ||n||An inveterate or habitual worrier.
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|Worrying ||n||Given to harrying or harassing. 2. harassing, distressing to the mind or spirit.
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|Worryingly ||adv||In a state or manner manner worried and anxious.
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|Worry-lines ||n||Lines on the face of people, believed to be cause by worry.
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|Worry stones ||n||Smooth, polished gemstones, usually in the shape of an oval with a thumb-sized indentation, used for relaxation or anxiety relief. The size of a worry stone is often about half the size of a U.S. silver dollar. Other names that worry stones may be called are thumb stones or soothing stones.
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|Worry-wart ||n||One who frets unneccesarily.
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|Worse ||n||Something inferior in quality or condition or effect "for better or for worse".
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|Worse ||adj||(Comparitive of 'bad')inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability "she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying" 2. changed for the worse in health or fitness.
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|Worse ||adv||(Comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner "he did worse on the second exam"
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|Worse ||phr||"Be Worse off" - more badly off than most.
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|Worse ||phr||"Be Worse to One's Word" - to fail to carry out, or act up to, what one has promised.
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|Worse ||phr||"For the Worse" - to come unto the worse- to be defeated or worsted, fail.
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|Worse ||phr||"Go Further and For Worst" - be satisfied at what is close at hand rather than searching further afield and pssibly ending up worse off.
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|Worse ||phr||"His Bark is Worse than His Bite" - one's harsh words belie the reality of mild action.
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|Worse ||phr||"If Worse Comes to Worst" - if the worst thing could happen does.
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|Worse ||phr||"Of One Worse (s)" - inferiors.
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|Worse ||phr||"Worse for Drink" - intoxicated; fairly drunk.
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|Worse ||phr||"Worse for Wear" - worn or damaged by use, misuse, age, or temporary infirmity.
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|Worse ||phr||"Worse Off" - in a worse financial position.
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|Worse-half ||n||Jocularly used as opposite to 'better-half' or one's spouse.
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|Worsen ||vb||To make or become worse.
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|Worseness ||n||The state or quality of being worse or inferior.
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|Worsening ||n||State of growing worse; deterioration. aggravation.
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|Worsening ||adj||Deteriorating, aggravating, acerbated.
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|Worse-off ||n||"The Worse-off" - those in worse financial, medical, emotional, less happy or fortunate circumstances than you.
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|Worse-off ||adj||More badly off than most.
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|Worse-willing ||adj||Less well disposed; more unwilling or co-operative.
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|Worship ||n||The condition of being worthy. 2. devotion accorded to a deity or to an scared object. 3. the religious ceremonies that express devotion to a deity or "leader". 4. the ardent love of something or someone. 5. an object of worship. 6. honour, respect, civil deference, adoration, reverence, idolatry.
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|Worship ||n||"His Worship" - the title given and accorded to a magistrate.
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|Worship ||phr||"Win One's Worship" - to gain honour or renown.
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|Worship ||phr||"Worship the Ground Someone's Walks/Treads On" - be completely devoted to, infatuate with.
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|Worship-deed ||n||An act of worship or worshipping. 2. a document relating to practice of worship.
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|Worshipful ||adj||Of things, notable or outstanding in respect of some good quality. 2. of property, distinguished, impressive, reputable, honourable. 3. of persons, distinguishable in respect of character or rank; entitled to honour or respect on this account. 4. showing or bringing honour or distinction to a person. 5. imbued with the spirit of worship or veneration. 6. deserving or capable of being worshipped; worshipable.
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|Worshipfulness ||n||The quality of being worshipful, in various senses.
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|Worship-house ||n||A place of worship. 2. church, temple, mosque, pagoda, tabernacle etc.
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|Worshipless ||adj||Not practicing worship, unworshipping. 2. destitute of worship, unworshipped.
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|Worshipper ||n||One who worships.
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|Worshipping ||n||An act of worship.
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|Worshiply ||adv||Adoringly
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|Worship-willer ||n||One with desires to be worshipped.
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|Worship-worthy ||adj||Worthy of being worshipped, revered and honoured.
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|Worst ||n||"The Worst" - one of those who are the most objectionable or at least estimable in moral character, accomplishment, behavior. 2. the devil, old sooty, shuck,
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|Worst ||vb||To be the better of; defeat.
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|Worst ||adj||Evil or bad in the highest degree. 2.of least value or worth. 3.
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|Worst ||adv||In the most inferior manner, or degree.
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|Worst ||phr||"At the Worst" - regarding a situation in the least optimistic way.
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|Worst ||phr||"At the Worst Hand' - in a position of defeat. 2. mostly clearly or unprofitably on the lowest estimate.
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|Worst ||phr||"Come Off Worst/Get the Worst of" - get the worst of something.
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|Worst ||phr||"Do One's Worst" - to do the utmost evil or harm possible to others.
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|Worst ||phr||"Get the Worst of" - to be defeated or put at a disadvantage.
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|Worst ||phr||"Get the Worst of All Worlds" - to get a series of disadvantages without out getting back any corresponding advantages. 2. get the best of both worlds.
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|Worst ||phr||"Have (Have) the Worst of It" - be defeated.
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|Worst ||phr||"If the Worst Come to Worst" -if the most unpleasant thing possible happens.
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|Worst ||phr||"In the Worst Way" - very much.
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|Worse ||phr||"See in the Worst Light" - consider something or somebody in a negative way.
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|Worst ||phr||"The Worst of it is That" - the most unfortunate/unpleasant thing about that situation is .
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|Worst ||phr||"The Worst of the Worst" - the things that are the worst.
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|Worstness ||n||The quality or state of being worst, most evil, bad, incompetent, stupid, dull etc.
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|Worsts ||n||The things that are worst or the worst of the worst.
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|Worsum ||n||Purulent matter, pus.
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|Wort ||n||A plant, herb or vegetable, used for food or medicine. 2. a general name for any plant of the cabbage kind, brassica, colewort etc.
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|Wort ||n||The infusion of malt which after fermentation becomes beer.
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|Wort ||phr||"To Be In Wort" - be unfermented..
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|Wortcraft ||n||The medicinal use of worts (plants and herbs)as remedies; herblore, wortlore.
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|Wort-cropper ||n||The hare
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|Wort-cunning ||n||The knowledge of plants and herbs.
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|Worth ||n||Pecuniary value, price, money. 2. the equivalent of a specified sum or amount. 3. the amount or value of something, sometimes small or insignificant. 3. money in contrast to goods.
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|Worth ||n||An enclosed place, homestead.
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|Worth ||vb||To come to be, betide, come to pass, befall, come about, happen, take place - used now only in the phrase 'woe worth'.
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|Worth ||sfx||Of the value, as pennyworth.
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|Worth ||phr||"A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Wood." - it is better to have a small but certain advantage than a mere potential of a greater one.
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|Worthwhile ||phr||"Be Worth While" - to repay one for one's troubles.
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|Worth ||phr||"For All It's Worth" - what it's value is.
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|Worth ||phr||"For All Ones Worth" - with all of one's energyand vigor.
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|Worth ||phr||"For What It Is Worth" - if something is worthy of consideration (usually said by someome who thinks the matter is important).
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|Worth ||phr||"Not Worth a Row of Beans" - not even of the slighestt value.
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|Worth ||phr||"Not Worth the Salt" - not pulling one's weight (refers to Roman soldiers being paid in salt).
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|Worth ||phr||"Take at Worth" - to take something at it's true or proper value.
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|Worth ||phr||"Throw in One's Six Pennies' Worth" - to modestly supply one's own facts or views.
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|Worth ||phr||"Well Worth Doing" certain, or very likely, to repay the effort, time, etc sacrifice given etc. 2. well worth it. 2. worth it.
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|Worth ||phr||"Worth Every Penny" - having true value for money.
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|Worth ||phr||"Worth its Weight in Gold" - usually valuable or useful.
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|Worth ||phr||"Worth of a Thing is What it Brings" - it is easy to determine the price of a product or service, but less easy to appreciate its worth. Not least because it’s worth, or value, may not become apparent for some considerable time.
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|Worth ||phr||"Worth One's Salt" - deserving what one earns. 2. fulfilling one's function or performing one's work, competently.
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|Worth ||phr||"Worth One's While" - profitable or interesting to somebody.
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|Worthful ||adj||Valuable.
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|Worthfulness ||n||Value; nonour, distinction, worthiness.
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|Worthies ||phr||"The Nine Worthies" - the nine heroes - three from the Bible; three from the classics and three from romance.
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|Worthies ||phr||"The Nine Worthies of London" - a kind of chronicle-history in mixed verse and prose of nine prominent citizens of London, published in 1592 by Richard Johnson, author of the Seven Champions of Christendom.
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|Worthily ||adv||In a worthy manner; with worthiness; excellently, according to merit, becomingly.
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|Worthine ||n||Survival as "wardine" - an enclosure, close.
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|Worthiness ||n||Ceremony, pomp.
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|Worthing ||n||Honour, respect.
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|Worthing-day ||n||Sunday.
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|Worthing-night ||n||Sunday night.
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|Worthless ||adj||Without value or merit. 2. of no use or value; useless, despicable, vile.
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|Worthlessly ||adv||In manner without value or merit; or of no use or value; useless, despicable, vile.
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|Worthlessness ||n||The character or quality of being worthless.
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|Worthly ||adj||Of things having great value or importance; nobly, fine, excellent. ****
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|Worthmint ||n||Honour, worship.
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|Worthness ||n||Honour, worthness.
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|Worthwhile ||adj||Worthy, having value in itself, sufficiently important , interesting, profitable etc to give a good return for time, for attention spent.
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|Worthwhile ||phr||"Be Worthwhile" - to repay one for one's troubles.
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|Worthwhileness ||n||The quality of beibg worthwhile.
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|Worthy ||sfx||Having worth or merit or value and found in combinations, such as nameworthy, thanksworthy, laughworthy, song-worthy.
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|Worthy ||adj||Having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way. 2. having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable. 3. deserving respect, admiration, or support. 4. worthy, but not very interesting, but should be admired for its good and useful qualities.
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|Worthy ||n||An important, honorable person (word is often used humorously).
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|Worthy ||sfx||Meriting or deserving, as trustworthy. 2. valuable, having worth, as newsworthy.
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|Worthy ||phr||"Worthy of the Name" - deserving to be named or defined, as something (which is specified by context)as a doctor etc.
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|Worthy-end ||n||Something done or said In the pursuit of a good cause.
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|Wortling ||n||A young plant.
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|Wortlore ||n||The learning and knowledge about worts or plants. It is an arm of biology that holds the knowledge about the growth, feeding, begetting and sicknesses of worts or plants
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|Wort-worm ||n||A caterpillar, esp. one who feeds on cabbage, coles etc.
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|Wort-yard ||n||A herb garden.
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|Wosith ||n||(Woe & Sith) - trouble, grief, affliction.
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|Wot ||vb||To know; to be aware.
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|Wough ||n||A wall of a house, partition.
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|Wough ||n||Evil, wrong, harm, injury.
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|Wough ||adj||Crooked, bent. 2. evil, bad, wrong.
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|Would ||vb||Anyone dealing in ifs, as-ifs, promises, threats, hopes, wishes, or similar feelings and attitudes about real or imagined future, will find themselves making plentiful use of would ans/or should, which do duty to express the vestigial and fast vanishing subjunctive mood.
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|Wough ||phr||"To do Wough" - to carry out evil, do harm or injury.
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|Would ||phr||"Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda" -
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|Would ||phr||"Would as Soon Do" - would as willingly, or more willingly, do something.
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|Would ||phr||"Would Be If He Could Be" - a pretender; a wishful thinker, a Walter Mitty.
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|Would ||phr||"Would Have Liked To" - almost, nearly.
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|Would ||phr||"Wouldn't be Seen Dead in the Ditch with" - strongly dislike, despise somebody, something.
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|Would ||phr||"Wouldn't Hurt? a Fly" - said of an extremely inoffensive and harmless person.
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|Wouldn't ||phr||"Wouldn't Know Someone/Something If One Saw Him" - not even know what a particular object, animal etc is. 2. know nothing about a particular skill, activity, etc.
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|Would ||phr||"Wouldn't Throw Out of Bed" - be romantically attracted to!
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|Would ||phr||"Wouldn't You Know It" - used to emphasize something annoying that has happened.
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|Would ||phr||"Would You Believe" - an exclamatory comment expressing or inviting, astonishment or delay.
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|Would-be ||n||Of persons that would be; wishing or desiring to be, posing; a pretender. 2. of things intended to be.
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|Would-be-if-he-could-be ||phr||A pretender; a wishful thinker, a Walter Mitty.
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|Would-be-thought ||adj||Wishing to be considered. 2. one who feigns something: a "would-be if he could be"
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|Woulder ||n||One who indulges in idle wishes, instead of making active efforts.
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|Would-have-been ||n||That the action didn't or hasn't happened, because something else has happened first.
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|Would-have-been ||adj||That (one) would have liked to be, or that they aimed at being.
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|Woulding ||n||The action or fact of desiring, usually coupled with wishes. 2. desires, inclination.
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|Woulds ||n||Those things one would do in idle fanciful, but rarely does in reality.
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|Woulds ||phr||"Wishes and Woulds" - those giving to saying "I wish and I would."
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|Wound ||n||An injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease. 2.
a similar injury to the tissue of a plant. 3. an injury or hurt to feelings, sensibilities, reputation, etc. 4. a cut, stab, laceration, lesion, trauma. 5. insult, pain, anguish. 6. harm, damage; cut, stab, lacerate
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|Wound ||vb ||To inflict a wound upon; injure; hurt. 2. to inflict a wound. 3. to harm, damage; cut, stab, lacerate
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|Wound ||phr||"Heal One's Wounds" - to effect a reconciliation.
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|Wound ||phr||"Lick One's Wounds" - to attempt to heal one's injuries or soothe one's hurt feelings after a defeat.
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|Wound ||phr||"Open Up Old Wounds" - to take action which revives a long-standing grievance.
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|Wound ||vb||To subject to twisting in various senses.
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|Wounded ||n||People who are injured or suffering from physical injury, esp. suffered in battle.
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|Wounded ||adj||Injured or suffering from physical injury, esp. suffered in battle.
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|Woundedness ||n||The state or condition of being injured, wounded, esp. in battle.
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|Wounder ||n||One who wounds or physically injures others. 2. one who wounds others emotionally.
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|Woundless ||adj||Free from injury or hurt. 2. invulnerable, incapable of being wounded.
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|Woundwite ||n||Compensation for the wounding of another person under Anglo-saxon law.
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|Woundwood ||n||In woody stems, the new wood developing in response to a wound, often resulting in a swelling (as round a pruning wound) which gradually occludes the wound. Wound wood, or the scar it forms over a healed wound, is sometimes called a cicatrix or cicatrice.
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|Woundwort ||n||Any of the several plants of the genus Stachys, including the hedge-woundwort and the fen-woundwort, several used to make poultice for the healing of wounds.
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|Woundy ||adj||Extreme; excessive. 2. causing or involving wounds
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|Woundy ||adv||In an extreme or excessive manner.
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|Wowe ||n||Misery, distress, trouble, woe.
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