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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arched, rounded line or object |
| Synonyms: | ambit, arc, arch, bend, bight, bow, camber, catenary, chord, circle, circuit, circumference, compass, concavity, contour, crook, curlicue, curvation, curvature, ellipse, festoon, flexure, hairpin, half-moon, helix, horseshoe, hyperbola, incurvation, incurvature, loop, meniscus, ogee, parabola, quirk, rondure, round, sinuosity, sweep, swerve, trajectory, turn, vault, whorl |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | debut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first public appearance |
| Synonyms: | admission, appearance, beginning, bow, coming out, coming out party, entrance, entree, first step, graduating, graduation, inauguration, incoming, initiation, introduction, launching, opener, presentation |
| Notes: | a debut is a first public appearance; a premiere is a first performance, showing, or broadcast |
| Antonyms: | closing, finale |
| Main Entry: | defer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yield |
| Synonyms: | accede, accommodate, acquiesce, adapt, adjust, admit, agree, assent, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, comply, concede, cringe, fawn, give in to, knuckle, knuckleunder, kowtow, obey, submit, succumb, truckle |
| Antonyms: | advance, force, forge |
| Main Entry: | duck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop down; avoid |
| Synonyms: | bend, bob, bow, crouch, dip, dive, dodge, double, elude, escape, evade, fence, lower, lurch, move to side, parry, plunge, shirk, shun, shy, sidestep, stoop, submerge |
| Antonyms: | face, jump, meet |
| Main Entry: | elbow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angular part of arm; angularly shaped item |
| Synonyms: | ancon, angle, bend, bow, corner, crazy bone, crook, crutch, curve, fork, funny bone, half turn, hinge, joint, turn |
| Main Entry: | fawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ingratiate oneself to; serve |
| Synonyms: | abase, apple-polish, be at beck and call, be obsequious, be servile, blandish, bow, brownnose, buddy up, butter up, cajole, cater to, cave in to, cotton, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, curry favor, debase, defer, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, grovel, honey up, invite, jolly, kneel, kowtow, lay it on, lick boots, make up to, massage*, oil, pander, pay court, play up to, scrape, slaver, snow*, stoop, stroke*, submit, toady, truckle, woo*, yield |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | front |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forward, beginning part of something |
| Synonyms: | anterior, bow, breast, brow, exterior, facade, face, facing, fore, foreground, forehead, forepart, front line, frontage, frontal, frontispiece, head, lead, obverse, proscenium, top, van, vanguard |
| Antonyms: | back, rear |
| Main Entry: | gesture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | motion as communication |
| Synonyms: | action, body language, bow, curtsy, expression, genuflection, gesticulation, high sign, indication, intimation, kinesics, mime, nod, pantomime, reminder, salute, shrug, sign, sign language, signal, token, wave, wink |
| Notes: | gesticulate and gesture are based on Latin gerere 'bear, carry, perform' and gesticulation is more exaggerated than a gesture, often involving flailing; originally, a person's gesture was their 'bearing' or the way they 'carried' themselves |
| Antonyms: | speech |
| Main Entry: | greet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | welcome |
| Synonyms: | accost, acknowledge, address, approach, attend, bow, call to, compliment, curtsy, embrace, exchange greetings, extend one's hand, flag, hail, herald, high-five, highball, meet, move to, nod, pay respects, receive, recognize, roll out the red carpet, salaam, salute, say hello, say hi, shake hands, shoulder, speak to, stop, tip one's hat, usher in, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | say farewell, say goodbye |
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