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thumb mark
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browse
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the act of feeding by continual nibbling
reading superficially or at random
eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"
related words >
batten upon
,
crop
,
dip into
,
fatten on
,
fatten upon
,
feast on
,
feast upon
,
feed on
,
flip through
,
glance at
,
glance over
,
glance through
,
go marketing
,
go over
,
go shopping
,
graze
,
live on
,
look over
,
look through
,
market
,
pasture on
,
peruse
,
prey on
,
run over
,
run through
,
scan
,
shop
,
skim
,
thumb over
,
thumb through
,
window-shop
dip into
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read selectively; read only certain passages from a text
related words >
browse
,
examine cursorily
,
flip
,
give the once-over
,
glance at
,
glance over
,
glance through
,
page through
,
pass over lightly
,
run over
,
run through
,
scan
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skip over
,
slip through
,
slur
,
slur over
,
thumb over
,
thumb through
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
,
zip through
thumb through
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related words >
browse
,
dip into
,
examine cursorily
,
flip
,
give the once-over
,
glance at
,
glance over
,
glance through
,
page through
,
pass over lightly
,
run over
,
run through
,
scan
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skip over
,
slip through
,
slur
,
slur over
,
thumb over
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
,
zip through
time signature
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a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat
related words >
accent
,
accent mark
,
bar
,
cancel
,
character
,
custos
,
direct
,
dot
,
expression mark
,
fermata
,
hold
,
key signature
,
lead
,
ligature
,
mark
,
measure
,
metronomic mark
,
notation
,
pause
,
presa
,
segno
,
sign
,
signature
,
slur
,
swell
,
symbol
,
tempo mark
,
tie
,
vinculum
thumb
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the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
related words >
OK
,
accept
,
all thumbs
,
annulary
,
approve of
,
awkward
,
be contemptuous of
,
catch a ride
,
clumsy
,
come in contact
,
contemn
,
dactylion
,
deride
,
digit
,
disapprove of
,
dismiss
,
feel
,
feel of
,
finger
,
flick
,
flip through
,
flout
,
forefinger
,
ham-fisted
,
handle
,
hitch
,
hitch a ride
,
hitch rides
,
hitchhike
,
index
,
index finger
,
jeer at
,
little finger
,
maladroit
,
manipulate
,
medius
,
middle finger
,
minimus
,
mock
,
okay
,
palm
,
palpate
,
paw
,
pinkie
,
ply
,
poke at
,
pollex
,
prod
,
rebuff
,
reject
,
ring finger
,
scoff at
,
scorn
,
tap
,
thumb through
,
touch
,
turn down
,
twiddle
,
welcome
,
wield
rope off
collapse
related words >
bound
,
circle in
,
circumscribe
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
define
,
delimit
,
delimitate
,
demarcate
,
determine
,
enclose
,
fix
,
isolate
,
lay off
,
mark boundaries
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mark the periphery
,
quarantine
,
seal off
,
seclude
,
segregate
,
separate
,
set the limit
,
specify
,
stake out
,
surround
hit the high spots
collapse
related words >
abridge
,
blink
,
brief
,
browse
,
capsule
,
capsulize
,
carefully ignore
,
cold-shoulder
,
condense
,
cut a corner
,
cut corners
,
dip into
,
dodge
,
examine cursorily
,
fudge
,
give the once-over
,
glance at
,
glance over
,
glance through
,
nutshell
,
outline
,
page through
,
pass over
,
pass over lightly
,
run over
,
run through
,
scamp
,
scan
,
scratch the surface
,
shorten
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skim the surface
,
skimp
,
skip over
,
slight
,
slip through
,
slubber over
,
slur
,
slur over
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
thumb over
,
thumb through
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
,
zip through
stake out
collapse
related words >
bound
,
bug
,
case
,
circle in
,
circumscribe
,
define
,
delimit
,
delimitate
,
demarcate
,
determine
,
enclose
,
fix
,
lay off
,
make a reconnaissance
,
mark boundaries
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mark the periphery
,
peep
,
play the spy
,
put under surveillance
,
reconnoiter
,
rope off
,
scout
,
scout out
,
set the limit
,
specify
,
spy
,
spy out
,
surround
,
watch
key signature
collapse
the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key
related words >
accent
,
accent mark
,
bar
,
cancel
,
character
,
custos
,
direct
,
dominant
,
dot
,
expression mark
,
fermata
,
hold
,
key
,
keynote
,
lead
,
ligature
,
major
,
major key
,
mark
,
measure
,
mediant
,
metronomic mark
,
minor
,
notation
,
pause
,
pedal point
,
presa
,
segno
,
sign
,
signature
,
slur
,
subdominant
,
submediant
,
subtonic
,
supertonic
,
swell
,
symbol
,
tempo mark
,
tie
,
time signature
,
tonality
,
tonic
,
tonic key
,
vinculum
watermark
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a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light
related words >
Plimsoll line
,
Plimsoll mark
,
birthmark
,
blaze
,
blemish
,
blotch
,
brand
,
caste mark
,
check
,
checkmark
,
cicatrix
,
cut
,
dapple
,
discoloration
,
dot
,
earmark
,
engraving
,
fleck
,
flick
,
freckle
,
gash
,
graving
,
hack
,
high-water mark
,
jot
,
lentigo
,
load waterline
,
macula
,
mark
,
marking
,
mole
,
mottle
,
nevus
,
nick
,
notch
,
patch
,
point
,
polka dot
,
prick
,
puncture
,
scar
,
scarification
,
score
,
scotch
,
scratch
,
scratching
,
speck
,
speckle
,
splash
,
splotch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
strawberry mark
,
tattoo
,
tattoo mark
,
tick
,
tidemark
,
tittle
,
waterline
punctuation
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the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
related words >
alphabet
,
ampersand
,
angle brackets
,
apostrophe
,
braces
,
colon
,
comma
,
dash
,
decimal point
,
diacritical mark
,
diagonal
,
dot
,
ellipsis
,
end stop
,
exclamation mark
,
full stop
,
hyphen
,
letter
,
parens
,
parentheses
,
period
,
point
,
punctuation marks
,
question mark
,
quotation marks
,
quotes
,
reference
,
reference mark
,
semicolon
,
single quotes
,
solidus
,
stop
,
tittle
,
virgule
,
writing system
,
written character
slur
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(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
utter indistinctly
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"
play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
related words >
accent
,
accent mark
,
affront
,
asperse
,
aspersion
,
attaint
,
bad-mouth
,
badge of infamy
,
bar
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bedaub
,
befoul
,
bend sinister
,
besmear
,
besmirch
,
besmoke
,
bespatter
,
bestain
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blacken
,
blink
,
blot
,
blow upon
,
blur
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
calumniate
,
calumny
,
cancel
,
cantando
,
carefully ignore
,
cast aspersions on
,
cast reflections on
,
censure
,
champain
,
character
,
cold-shoulder
,
custos
,
cut a corner
,
cut corners
,
darken
,
daub
,
defame
,
defile
,
demilegato
,
denigrate
,
dip into
,
direct
,
dirty
,
disapprove
,
discolor
,
discredit
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
disregard
,
dodge
,
dot
,
examine cursorily
,
execution
,
expose
,
expose to infamy
,
expression
,
expression mark
,
fermata
,
fingering
,
fudge
,
garble
,
gibbet
,
give the once-over
,
glance at
,
glissando
,
gloss over
,
hang in effigy
,
hold
,
ignore
,
imputation
,
innuendo
,
insinuation
,
insult
,
intonation
,
key signature
,
lead
,
legato
,
libel
,
ligature
,
lisp
,
malign
,
mark
,
mark of Cain
,
measure
,
metronomic mark
,
mezzo staccato
,
mumble
,
music-making
,
notation
,
obloquy
,
odium
,
onus
,
page through
,
parlando
,
pass over
,
pass over lightly
,
pause
,
performance
,
personal remark
,
personality
,
pianism
,
pillory
,
pillorying
,
pizzicato
,
point champain
,
presa
,
put-down
,
reflection
,
rendering
,
rendition
,
repercussion
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
rubato
,
scamp
,
scan
,
scorch
,
sear
,
segno
,
sign
,
signature
,
singe
,
skid
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skim the surface
,
skimp
,
skip over
,
slam
,
slander
,
slidder
,
slight
,
slip
,
slip through
,
slubber
,
slubber over
,
slur over
,
sly suggestion
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smoke
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
soil
,
spiccato
,
spot
,
staccato
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
stigmatize
,
stricture
,
stutter
,
suggestion
,
sully
,
swell
,
symbol
,
taint
,
tarnish
,
tear down
,
tempo mark
,
thumb through
,
tie
,
time signature
,
touch
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
,
traduce
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
vilify
,
vinculum
,
whispering campaign
,
zip through
delimit
collapse
related words >
bar
,
blaze
,
blaze a trail
,
blemish
,
blotch
,
bound
,
brand
,
chalk
,
chalk up
,
check
,
check off
,
cicatrize
,
circle in
,
circumscribe
,
confine
,
dapple
,
dash
,
decide
,
define
,
delimitate
,
demarcate
,
determine
,
discolor
,
dot
,
enclose
,
engrave
,
fix
,
fleck
,
freckle
,
gash
,
hatch
,
impress
,
imprint
,
lay off
,
limit
,
line
,
make a mark
,
mark
,
mark boundaries
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mark the periphery
,
measure
,
mottle
,
nick
,
notch
,
pencil
,
pepper
,
point
,
prick
,
print
,
punch
,
punctuate
,
puncture
,
restrict
,
riddle
,
rope off
,
scar
,
scarify
,
score
,
scotch
,
scratch
,
seal
,
seam
,
set the limit
,
specify
,
speck
,
speckle
,
splotch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stake out
,
stamp
,
stigmatize
,
streak
,
striate
,
stripe
,
surround
,
tattoo
,
tick
,
tick off
,
trace
,
underline
,
underscore
individualize
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make or mark or treat as individual; "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"
related words >
analyze
,
anatomize
,
atomize
,
change
,
chop logic
,
descend to particulars
,
desynonymize
,
detail
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
discriminate
,
disequalize
,
disjoin
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
individuate
,
itemize
,
make a distinction
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
modify
,
particularize
,
peculiarize
,
personalize
,
precise
,
quality
,
refine a distinction
,
segregate
,
separate
,
set apart
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
signalize
,
specialize
,
spell out
,
split hairs
,
vary
below the mark
collapse
related words >
amiss
,
astray
,
at a disadvantage
,
at the nadir
,
below
,
below deck
,
below par
,
below standard
,
belowstairs
,
beside the mark
,
beside the point
,
bootlessly
,
down below
,
downstairs
,
far from it
,
fruitlessly
,
in the gutter
,
in vain
,
infra
,
least
,
least of all
,
less
,
off
,
short of
,
substandard
,
to no purpose
,
under
,
under par
,
underfoot
,
vainly
black eye
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a bad reputation; "his behavior gave the whole family a black eye"
related words >
aspersion
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bend sinister
,
black mark
,
black-and-blue mark
,
blot
,
blur
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
bruise
,
censure
,
champain
,
contusion
,
disparagement
,
ecchymosis
,
imputation
,
mark of Cain
,
mouse
,
odium
,
onus
,
pillorying
,
point champain
,
reflection
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
shiner
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
taint
,
tarnish
Lilliputian
collapse
a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
related words >
Tom Thumb
,
brownie
,
dumpy
,
dwarf
,
dwarfed
,
dwarfish
,
elf
,
elfin
,
gnome
,
homunculus
,
incipient
,
manikin
,
meager
,
midge
,
midget
,
nanoid
,
peewee
,
pip-squeak
,
pygmy
,
rudimental
,
rudimentary
,
runt
,
runty
,
scraggy
,
scrubby
,
shrimp
,
shriveled
,
shrunk
,
shrunken
,
squat
,
stunted
,
undersize
,
undersized
,
wart
,
wizened
discoloration
collapse
the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded
related words >
achromatization
,
birthmark
,
blanching
,
blaze
,
bleach
,
bleaching
,
blemish
,
blotch
,
brand
,
bruise
,
caste mark
,
check
,
checkmark
,
cicatrix
,
cut
,
dapple
,
decoloration
,
decolorization
,
decolorizing
,
discolor
,
discolorment
,
dot
,
earmark
,
engraving
,
etiolation
,
fading
,
fleck
,
flick
,
freckle
,
gash
,
graving
,
hack
,
jot
,
lentigo
,
lightening
,
macula
,
madder bleach
,
mark
,
market bleach
,
marking
,
mole
,
mottle
,
nevus
,
nick
,
notch
,
paling
,
patch
,
point
,
polka dot
,
prick
,
puncture
,
scar
,
scarification
,
score
,
scotch
,
scratch
,
scratching
,
speck
,
speckle
,
splash
,
splotch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
strawberry mark
,
tattoo
,
tattoo mark
,
tick
,
tittle
,
watermark
,
whitening
destine
collapse
decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"
related words >
aim
,
aim at
,
allocate
,
allot
,
appoint
,
appropriate to
,
aspire after
,
aspire to
,
assign
,
assign to
,
be after
,
design
,
designate
,
desire
,
destinate
,
detail
,
determine
,
devote
,
doom
,
drive at
,
earmark
,
fate
,
foredoom
,
foreordain
,
go for
,
harbor a design
,
have every intention
,
intend
,
lot
,
make assignments
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out for
,
mean
,
ordain
,
plan
,
portion off
,
predestine
,
predetermine
,
preordain
,
project
,
propose
,
purport
,
purpose
,
reserve
,
resolve
,
restrict
,
restrict to
,
schedule
,
set
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set off
,
tag
,
think
beside the point
collapse
related words >
adrift
,
amiss
,
astray
,
below the mark
,
beside the mark
,
beside the question
,
bootlessly
,
extraneous
,
extrinsic
,
far from it
,
fruitlessly
,
immaterial
,
impertinent
,
in vain
,
inadmissible
,
inapplicable
,
inapposite
,
inappropriate
,
incidental
,
inconsequent
,
irrelative
,
irrelevant
,
nihil ad rem
,
nonessential
,
not at issue
,
off the subject
,
out-of-the-way
,
parenthetical
,
to no purpose
,
unessential
,
vainly
high water mark
collapse
related words >
Plimsoll line
,
Plimsoll mark
,
border line
,
bound
,
boundary
,
boundary condition
,
boundary line
,
bourn
,
break boundary
,
breakoff point
,
ceiling
,
circumscription
,
compass
,
confine
,
cutoff
,
cutoff point
,
deadline
,
delimitation
,
determinant
,
division line
,
end
,
extremity
,
finish
,
floor
,
frontier
,
hedge
,
interface
,
limen
,
limit
,
limitation
,
limiting factor
,
line
,
line of demarcation
,
load waterline
,
low-water mark
,
lower limit
,
march
,
mark
,
mete
,
start
,
starting line
,
starting point
,
target date
,
term
,
terminal date
,
terminus
,
threshold
,
tidemark
,
time allotment
,
upper limit
,
waterline
,
watermark
discriminate
collapse
marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people"
noting distinctions with nicety; "a discriminating interior designer"; "a nice sense of color"; "a nice point in the argument"
recognize or perceive the difference
distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"
treat differently on the basis of sex or race
related words >
analyze
,
anatomize
,
atomize
,
change
,
chop logic
,
collate
,
compare
,
contradistinguish
,
contrast
,
demarcate
,
demark
,
desynonymize
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
discern
,
discriminate against
,
disequalize
,
disfavor
,
disjoin
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
draw the line
,
extricate
,
favor
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
make a distinction
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mark the interface
,
modify
,
note
,
particularize
,
perceive
,
personalize
,
pick out
,
play favorites
,
prefer
,
red-bait
,
refine a distinction
,
remark
,
screen
,
screen out
,
segregate
,
select
,
separate
,
set a limit
,
set apart
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
show preference
,
sieve
,
sieve out
,
sift
,
sift out
,
sort
,
sort out
,
specialize
,
split hairs
,
subdivide
,
subtilize
,
treat unequally
,
vary
,
winnow
tick off
collapse
related words >
admonish
,
anger
,
blaze
,
blaze a trail
,
blemish
,
blotch
,
brand
,
call down
,
chalk
,
chalk up
,
check
,
check off
,
chide
,
cicatrize
,
dapple
,
dash
,
define
,
delimit
,
demarcate
,
discolor
,
dot
,
engrave
,
fleck
,
freckle
,
gash
,
hatch
,
impress
,
imprint
,
lesson
,
line
,
list
,
make a mark
,
make angry
,
make mad
,
make sore
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mottle
,
nick
,
notch
,
numerate
,
pencil
,
pepper
,
point
,
prick
,
print
,
punch
,
punctuate
,
puncture
,
rebuke
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
riddle
,
scar
,
scarify
,
score
,
scotch
,
scratch
,
seal
,
seam
,
speck
,
speckle
,
splotch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stamp
,
stigmatize
,
streak
,
striate
,
stripe
,
tattoo
,
tick
,
trace
,
underline
,
underscore
describe
collapse
give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
related words >
be characteristic
,
bring to life
,
character
,
characterize
,
chronicle
,
construe
,
define
,
delineate
,
demarcate
,
depict
,
detail
,
diagnose
,
differentiate
,
distinguish
,
draw
,
earmark
,
evoke
,
explain
,
express
,
give words to
,
identify
,
interpret
,
keynote
,
label
,
limn
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
narrate
,
outline
,
paint
,
picture
,
portray
,
read
,
read into
,
recite
,
recount
,
relate
,
render
,
report
,
represent
,
retail
,
set apart
,
set forth
,
set the pace
,
set the tone
,
sketch
,
sound the keynote
,
specify
,
style
,
take
,
take it that
,
take to mean
,
trace
,
traverse
,
understand
,
understand by
,
write
scan
collapse
the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"
an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"
read metrically; "scan verses"
make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"
move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
conform to a metrical pattern
related words >
alliterate
,
analysis
,
assonate
,
audit
,
autopsy
,
block out
,
browse
,
canvass
,
cap verses
,
check
,
check out
,
check over
,
check up on
,
command
,
con
,
delve into
,
detail
,
dip into
,
domination
,
enumerate
,
examination
,
examine
,
examine cursorily
,
eyereach
,
eyeshot
,
eyesight
,
field of view
,
field of vision
,
flip through
,
give an examination
,
give the once-over
,
glance
,
glance at
,
glance over
,
glance through
,
go over
,
home on
,
horizon
,
identify
,
inspect
,
inspection
,
investigate
,
itemize
,
jingle
,
ken
,
limit of vision
,
line of sight
,
look
,
look at
,
look over
,
map
,
monitor
,
naked eye
,
number
,
observation
,
observe
,
outline
,
outlook
,
outlook over
,
overhaul
,
overhauling
,
overlook
,
overview
,
page through
,
parse
,
pass over
,
pass over lightly
,
pass under review
,
peer at
,
perlustration
,
perspective
,
perusal
,
peruse
,
pick up
,
pinpoint
,
pore over
,
postmortem
,
prospect
,
quality control
,
range
,
receive
,
reconnaissance
,
research
,
resolve
,
review
,
rhyme
,
run over
,
run through
,
run-through
,
schematize
,
scope
,
scope of vision
,
scrutinize
,
scrutiny
,
set an examination
,
sight
,
sightliness
,
size
,
size up
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skip over
,
slip through
,
slur
,
slur over
,
spot
,
study
,
survey
,
sweep
,
take stock of
,
take the measure
,
thumb over
,
thumb through
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
,
trigger
,
tune in
,
view
,
visitation
,
vista
,
zip through
reference mark
collapse
related words >
asterisk
,
bullet
,
centered dot
,
dagger
,
diacritical mark
,
end stop
,
fist
,
index
,
leaders
,
obelisk
,
paragraph
,
point
,
prime
,
punctuation
,
punctuation marks
,
reference
,
section
,
star
,
stop
,
tittle
midget
collapse
related words >
Lilliputian
,
Tom Thumb
,
brownie
,
diminutive
,
dumpy
,
dwarf
,
dwarfed
,
dwarfish
,
elf
,
elfin
,
gnome
,
homunculus
,
incipient
,
lilliputian
,
manikin
,
meager
,
midge
,
miniature
,
minikin
,
nanoid
,
peewee
,
pip-squeak
,
pygmy
,
rudimental
,
rudimentary
,
runt
,
runty
,
scraggy
,
scrubby
,
shrimp
,
shriveled
,
shrunk
,
shrunken
,
squat
,
stunted
,
teeny
,
undersize
,
undersized
,
wart
,
wee
,
wizened
research and development
collapse
related words >
R and D
,
control
,
control experiment
,
controlled experiment
,
cut and try
,
empiricism
,
experiment
,
experimental design
,
experimental method
,
experimental proof
,
experimentalism
,
experimentation
,
hit and miss
,
noble experiment
,
pragmatism
,
rule of thumb
,
tentative method
,
tentativeness
,
testing
,
trial
,
trial and error
,
trying
rule of thumb
collapse
related words >
R and D
,
control
,
control experiment
,
controlled experiment
,
cut and try
,
empiricism
,
experiment
,
experimental design
,
experimental method
,
experimental proof
,
experimentalism
,
experimentation
,
hit and miss
,
noble experiment
,
pragmatism
,
research and development
,
tentative method
,
tentativeness
,
testing
,
trial
,
trial and error
,
trying
R and D
collapse
related words >
control
,
control experiment
,
controlled experiment
,
cut and try
,
empiricism
,
experiment
,
experimental design
,
experimental method
,
experimental proof
,
experimentalism
,
experimentation
,
hit and miss
,
noble experiment
,
pragmatism
,
research and development
,
rule of thumb
,
tentative method
,
tentativeness
,
testing
,
trial
,
trial and error
,
trying
demarcate
collapse
set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
separate clearly and as if by boundaries
related words >
analyze
,
be characteristic
,
blaze
,
blaze a trail
,
blemish
,
blotch
,
bound
,
brand
,
chalk
,
chalk up
,
characterize
,
check
,
check off
,
cicatrize
,
circle in
,
circumscribe
,
contradistinguish
,
dapple
,
dash
,
define
,
delimit
,
delimitate
,
demark
,
describe
,
determine
,
differentiate
,
discolor
,
discriminate
,
distinguish
,
divide
,
dot
,
draw the line
,
earmark
,
enclose
,
engrave
,
fix
,
fleck
,
freckle
,
gash
,
hatch
,
impress
,
imprint
,
keynote
,
lay off
,
limit
,
line
,
make a mark
,
mark
,
mark boundaries
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mark the interface
,
mark the periphery
,
mottle
,
nick
,
notch
,
pencil
,
pepper
,
pick out
,
point
,
prick
,
print
,
punch
,
punctuate
,
puncture
,
riddle
,
rope off
,
scar
,
scarify
,
score
,
scotch
,
scratch
,
screen
,
screen out
,
seal
,
seam
,
segregate
,
select
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set a limit
,
set apart
,
set off
,
set the limit
,
set the pace
,
set the tone
,
sever
,
severalize
,
sieve
,
sieve out
,
sift
,
sift out
,
sort
,
sort out
,
sound the keynote
,
specify
,
speck
,
speckle
,
split hairs
,
splotch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stake out
,
stamp
,
stigmatize
,
streak
,
striate
,
stripe
,
subdivide
,
subtilize
,
surround
,
tattoo
,
tick
,
tick off
,
trace
,
underline
,
underscore
,
winnow
experimentation
collapse
related words >
R and D
,
control
,
control experiment
,
controlled experiment
,
cut and try
,
empiricism
,
experiment
,
experimental design
,
experimental method
,
experimental proof
,
experimentalism
,
hit and miss
,
noble experiment
,
pragmatism
,
research and development
,
rule of thumb
,
tentative method
,
tentativeness
,
test
,
testing
,
trial
,
trial and error
,
trial run
,
trying
personalize
collapse
make personal or more personal; "personalized service"
related words >
analyze
,
anatomize
,
anthropomorphize
,
atomize
,
change
,
chop logic
,
descend to particulars
,
desynonymize
,
detail
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
discriminate
,
disequalize
,
disjoin
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
emblematize
,
embody
,
epitomize
,
exemplify
,
exteriorize
,
externalize
,
figure
,
illustrate
,
incarnate
,
incarnation
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
itemize
,
make a distinction
,
manifest
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
materialize
,
metaphorize
,
mirror
,
modify
,
objectify
,
particularize
,
peculiarize
,
personate
,
personification
,
personify
,
precise
,
refine a distinction
,
segregate
,
separate
,
set apart
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
similize
,
specialize
,
spell out
,
split hairs
,
substantiate
,
symbolize
,
typify
,
vary
wield
collapse
handle effectively; "The burglar wielded an axe"
have and exercise; "wield power and authority"
related words >
brandish
,
come in contact
,
conduct
,
control
,
dispense
,
do with
,
employ
,
exercise
,
exert
,
feel
,
feel of
,
finger
,
flap
,
flaunt
,
flick
,
float
,
flourish
,
flutter
,
fly
,
handle
,
make use of
,
manage
,
maneuver
,
manipulate
,
operate
,
palm
,
palpate
,
paw
,
play
,
ply
,
poke at
,
practice
,
prod
,
put out
,
shake
,
swing
,
tap
,
throw
,
thumb
,
touch
,
twiddle
,
undulate
,
use
,
utilize
,
wag
,
wave
,
wigwag
,
work
mottle
collapse
an irregular arrangement of patches of color; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green"
colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
related words >
band
,
bar
,
bespangle
,
bespeckle
,
bespot
,
birthmark
,
blaze
,
blaze a trail
,
blemish
,
blotch
,
brand
,
caste mark
,
chalk
,
chalk up
,
check
,
check off
,
checker
,
checkmark
,
cicatrix
,
cicatrize
,
cut
,
dapple
,
dappledness
,
dappleness
,
dash
,
define
,
delimit
,
demarcate
,
discolor
,
discoloration
,
dot
,
dottedness
,
earmark
,
engrave
,
engraving
,
flake
,
fleck
,
flick
,
freckle
,
freckliness
,
gash
,
graving
,
hack
,
harlequin
,
hatch
,
impress
,
imprint
,
iris
,
jot
,
lentigo
,
line
,
macula
,
maculate
,
maculation
,
macule
,
make a mark
,
marble
,
marbleize
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
marking
,
mole
,
motley
,
mottledness
,
nevus
,
nick
,
notch
,
patch
,
pencil
,
pepper
,
point
,
pointillage
,
pointillism
,
polka dot
,
polychrome
,
polychromize
,
prick
,
print
,
punch
,
punctuate
,
puncture
,
rainbow
,
riddle
,
scar
,
scarification
,
scarify
,
score
,
scotch
,
scratch
,
scratching
,
seal
,
seam
,
spangle
,
speck
,
speckle
,
speckliness
,
splash
,
splotch
,
spot
,
spottedness
,
spottiness
,
sprinkle
,
stain
,
stamp
,
stigma
,
stigmatize
,
stipple
,
stippledness
,
stippling
,
strawberry mark
,
streak
,
striate
,
stripe
,
stud
,
tattoo
,
tattoo mark
,
tessellate
,
tick
,
tick off
,
tittle
,
trace
,
underline
,
underscore
,
variegate
,
vein
,
watermark
anatomize
collapse
analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"
dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease"
related words >
adduce
,
analyze
,
assay
,
atomize
,
break down
,
break up
,
change
,
chop logic
,
circumstantiate
,
cite
,
decompose
,
descend to particulars
,
desynonymize
,
detail
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
discriminate
,
disequalize
,
disjoin
,
dissect
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
document
,
enter into detail
,
give full particulars
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
instance
,
itemize
,
make a distinction
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
modify
,
particularize
,
personalize
,
reduce
,
reduce to elements
,
refine a distinction
,
resolve
,
segment
,
segregate
,
separate
,
set apart
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
specialize
,
specify
,
spell out
,
split hairs
,
subdivide
,
substantiate
,
vary
specify
collapse
decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
determine the essential quality of
related words >
address to
,
adduce
,
advert to
,
allude to
,
anatomize
,
assign
,
atomize
,
baptize
,
be taken as
,
bound
,
bring to attention
,
bring to notice
,
call
,
call attention to
,
christen
,
circle in
,
circumscribe
,
circumstantiate
,
cite
,
condition
,
define
,
delimit
,
delimitate
,
delineate
,
demarcate
,
denominate
,
denote
,
descend to particulars
,
designate
,
detail
,
determine
,
direct attention to
,
direct to
,
document
,
dub
,
emblematize
,
enclose
,
enter into detail
,
entitle
,
enumerate
,
establish
,
figure
,
finger
,
fix
,
focus on
,
give full particulars
,
identify
,
indicate
,
individualize
,
instance
,
inventory
,
itemize
,
label
,
lay off
,
limit
,
list
,
mark
,
mark boundaries
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mark the periphery
,
mention
,
name
,
nickname
,
nominate
,
particularize
,
pick out
,
pin down
,
point at
,
point out
,
point to
,
precise
,
refer to
,
rope off
,
select
,
set
,
set forth
,
set out
,
set the limit
,
settle
,
signify
,
specialize
,
spell out
,
stake out
,
stand for
,
state
,
stigmatize
,
stipulate
,
style
,
substantiate
,
surround
,
symbol
,
symbolize
,
tag
,
term
,
title
,
touch on
,
typify
skip over
collapse
related words >
blink
,
carefully ignore
,
cold-shoulder
,
cut a corner
,
cut corners
,
dip into
,
dodge
,
examine cursorily
,
fudge
,
give the once-over
,
glance at
,
page through
,
pass over
,
pass over lightly
,
scamp
,
scan
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skim the surface
,
skimp
,
slight
,
slip through
,
slubber over
,
slur
,
slur over
,
thumb through
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
,
zip through
pip squeak
collapse
related words >
Lilliputian
,
Tom Thumb
,
a nobody
,
a nothing
,
brownie
,
cipher
,
common man
,
dummy
,
dwarf
,
elf
,
figurehead
,
gnome
,
homunculus
,
insignificancy
,
jackstraw
,
lightweight
,
little fellow
,
little guy
,
man of straw
,
manikin
,
mediocrity
,
midge
,
midget
,
nebbish
,
nobody one knows
,
nonentity
,
obscurity
,
peewee
,
punk
,
pygmy
,
runt
,
scrub
,
shrimp
,
small fry
,
small potato
,
small potatoes
,
squirt
,
squit
,
wart
,
whiffet
,
whippersnapper
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minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
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