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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | angle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shape formed by two lines meeting at a point |
| Synonyms: | V, Y, bend, corner, crook, crotch, cusp, decline, divergence, dogleg, edge, elbow, flare, flection, flexure, fork, incline, intersection, knee, nook, notch, obliquity, point, slant, turn, turning, twist |
| Main Entry: | bulldoze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish |
| Synonyms: | drive, elbow, flatten, force, jostle, level, press, propel, push, raze, shove, thrust |
| Antonyms: | build, construct |
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cram, press into area |
| Synonyms: | bear, bunch, bundle, chock, cluster, congest, congregate, crush, deluge, elbow, flock, gather, huddle, jam, jam-pack, justle, mass, muster, overcrowd, pack, pack 'em in, pack like sardines, pile, push, ram, sardine, shove, squash, squeeze, squish, stream, surge, swamp, swarm, throng, top off, troop |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave, retreat |
| Main Entry: | hinge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pivot, turning point |
| Synonyms: | articulation, axis, ball-and-socket, butt, elbow, hook, joint, juncture, knee, link, pin, spring, swivel |
| Main Entry: | hustle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry; work hurriedly |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself, be conscientious, bulldoze, bustle, elbow, fly, force, haste, hasten, hotfoot, impel, jog, press, push, race, rush, shove, speed, thrust, use elbow grease |
| Antonyms: | dally, delay, procrastinate, slow, wait |
| Main Entry: | jam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squeeze in; compress |
| Synonyms: | bear, bind, block, cease, clog, congest, cram, crowd, crush, elbow, force, halt, jam-pack, jostle, obstruct, pack, press, push, ram, squash, squish, stall, stick, stuff, tamp, throng, wad, wedge |
| Notes: | jam is a thick mixture made from fruit pulp and sugar; jelly is made from fruit juice boiled with sugar; preserves are fruit preserved whole or in large pieces and cooked with sugar; marmalade is boiled fruit pulp, rinds, and sugar |
| Main Entry: | joint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intersection, juncture |
| Synonyms: | abutment, articulation, bend, bond, bracket, bridge, concourse, confluence, conjuncture, connection, copula, coupling, crux, elbow, hinge, hyphen, impingement, interconnection, junction, knot, link, meeting, nexus, node, point, seam, splice, suture, swivel, tangency, tie, union, vinculum |
| Main Entry: | jostle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bump, shake |
| Synonyms: | bang into, bulldoze, bump heads, butt*, crash, crowd, elbow, hustle, jab, jog, joggle, jolt, nudge, press, push, push around, push aside, rough and tumble, scramble, shoulder, shove, squeeze, thrust |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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