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bailing
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scoop, ladle |
| Synonyms: | bail, bale, bucket, decant, dish, draft off, draw, draw out, dredge, handle, lade, lift, offer, reach into, shovel, spoon, strain |
| Main Entry: | scoop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up; shovel |
| Synonyms: | bail, clear away, dig, dig out, dip, empty, excavate, gather, gouge, grub, hollow, lade, ladle, lift, pick up, remove, scrape, spade, sweep away, sweep up, take up |
| Main Entry: | lade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dip |
| Synonyms: | bail, baptize, bathe, douse, drench, duck, dunk, heap, immerse, irrigate, ladle, lave, load, lower, moisten, pitch, plunge, rinse, scoop, slop, slosh, soak, souse, splash*, steep, submerge, submerse, wash, water, wet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manumit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, bail, bail out, clear, cut loose, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose, let off the hook, let off, let out, liberate, loose, loosen, pardon, parole, put on the street, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unfix, unleash, untie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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