concede

12 05 2008

Verbs
1. (verb) concede, confess, profess;
  - admit (to a wrongdoing);
  - “She confessed that she had taken the money”;

2. (verb) concede, grant, yield;
  - be willing to concede;
  - “I grant you this much”;

3. (verb) cede, concede, grant, yield;
  - give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another;

4. (verb) concede;
  - acknowledge defeat;
  - “The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose”;

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indictment

11 05 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) bill of indictment, indictment;
  - a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense;

2. (n.) indictment;
  - an accusation of wrongdoing;
  - “the book is an indictment of modern philosophy”;

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unilateral

10 05 2008

Adjectives
1. (adj.) one-sided, unilateral;
  - involving only one part or side;
  - “unilateral paralysis”; “a unilateral decision”;

2. (adj.) unilateral;
  - tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only;

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cosmopolitan

9 05 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) cosmopolitan, cosmopolite;
  - a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) cosmopolitan, widely distributed;
  - growing or occurring in many parts of the world;
  - “a cosmopolitan herb”; “cosmopolitan in distribution”;

2. (adj.) cosmopolitan;
  - composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests;
  - “his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds”; “the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt”; “that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks”;

3. (adj.) cosmopolitan, ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide;
  - of worldwide scope or applicability;
  - “an issue of cosmopolitan import”; “the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time”; “universal experience”;

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inquisitor

8 05 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) inquisitor, interrogator;
  - a questioner who is excessively harsh;

2. (n.) inquisitor;
  - an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition;

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obsequious

7 05 2008

Adjectives
1. (adj.) bootlicking, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish;
  - attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery;

2. (adj.) obsequious;
  - attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner;
  - “obsequious shop assistants”;

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limber

6 05 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) limber;
  - a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson;

Verbs
1. (verb) limber, limber up;
  - attach the limber;
  - “limber a cannon”;

2. (verb) limber;
  - cause to become limber;
  - “The violist limbered her wrists before the concert”;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) limber, supple;
  - (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable;
  - “a supple mind”; “a limber imagination”;

2. (adj.) limber;
  - (used of artifacts) easily bent;

3. (adj.) limber, supple;
  - (used of persons’ bodies) capable of moving or bending freely;

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buffet

5 05 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) buffet, counter, sideboard;
  - a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers;

2. (n.) buffet;
  - a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves;

3. (n.) buffet, snack bar, snack counter;
  - usually inexpensive bar;

Verbs
1. (verb) batter, buffet, knock about;
  - strike against forcefully;
  - “Winds buffeted the tent”;

2. (verb) buff, buffet;
  - strike, beat repeatedly;
  - “The wind buffeted him”;

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fetter

4 05 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) fetter, hobble;
  - a shackle for the ankles or feet;

Verbs
1. (verb) fetter, shackle;
  - restrain with fetters;

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gourmand

2 05 2008

Nouns
1. (n.) glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman;
  - a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess;

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