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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop, trickle |
| Synonyms: | dribble, drizzle, exude, filter, plop, rain, splash, sprinkle, trill, weep |
| Antonyms: | pour |
| Main Entry: | distill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pure; draw out something |
| Synonyms: | boil down, brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, cut to the bone, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, get to the meat, infuse, precipitate, press, press out, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, squeeze out, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, volatilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | dribble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trickle |
| Synonyms: | distill, drip, drivel, drizzle, drool, drop, fall in drops, leak, ooze, run, salivate, seep, slaver, slobber, spout, squirt, trill, weep |
| Antonyms: | pour |
| Main Entry: | drizzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fine rain |
| Synonyms: | dribble, drip, drop, mist, mizzle, shower, spit, spray, sprinkle |
| Antonyms: | downpour |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in globules |
| Synonyms: | bead, bleed, descend, distill, drain, dribble, drip, emanate, hail, leak, ooze, percolate, precipitate, seep, snow, splash, trickle, trill |
| Antonyms: | downpour, pour |
| Main Entry: | emit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, belch, breathe, cast out, disembogue, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, give out, give vent to, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, send forth, send out, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield |
| Antonyms: | conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | leak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seep; make known |
| Synonyms: | break, come out, discharge, disclose, divulge, drip, drool, escape, exude, get out, give away, let slip, make public, ooze, out, pass, pass on, percolate, reveal, slip, spill, spill the beans, tell, transpire, trickle |
| Notes: | a leak is an accidental hole, crack, or flaw that allows something to enter or escape, while a leek is a plant, related to the onion, having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves |
| Main Entry: | murmur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make low, continuous sound |
| Synonyms: | babble, burble, buzz, drip, drone, flow, growl, gurgle, hum, meander, moan, mumble, mutter, purl, purr, ripple, rumble, stage-whisper, stammer, stutter, susurrate, tinkle, trickle, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper |
| Antonyms: | speak clearly |
| Main Entry: | ooze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emit liquid |
| Synonyms: | bleed, discharge, drain, dribble, drip, drop, escape, exude, filter, flow, issue, leach, leak, overflow, percolate, perspire, seep, spurt, strain, sweat, swelter, trickle, weep, well |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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