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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something done |
| Synonyms: | activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, ballgame, big idea, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, functioning, game, going, happening, haste, hoopla*, hopper, in the works, industry, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity |
| Antonyms: | cessation, idleness, inaction, inactivity, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage |
| Main Entry: | receptacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | container for disposal, storage |
| Synonyms: | bowl, box, holder, hopper, repository, vessel, wastebasket |
| Main Entry: | receptacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Action. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
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-nouns
action, performance; doing; perpetration; exercise, excitation; movement, operation, evolution, work; labor (exertion); praxis, execution; procedure (conduct); handicraft; business; agency (power at work)., deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat; tour de force (display); feat, exploit; achievement (completion); handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy (plan)., actor (doer).
-verbs
do, perform, execute; achieve (complete); transact, enact; commit, perpetrate, inflict; exercise, prosecute, carry on, work, practice, play., employ oneself, ply one's task; officiate, have in hand (business) [more]; labor; be at work; pursue a course; shape one's course (conduct) [more]., act, operate; take action, take steps; strike a blow, lift a finger, stretch forth one's hand; take in hand (undertake); put oneself in motion; put in practice; carry into execution (complete); act upon., be an actor; take a part in, act a part in, play a part in, perform a part in; participate in; have a hand in, have a finger in the pie; have to do with; be a party to, be a participator in; bear a hand, lend a hand; pull an oar, run in a race; mix oneself up with (meddle)., be in action; come into operation (power at work).
-adjectives
doing; acting; in action; in harness; on duty; in operation.
-adverbs
in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of; red-handed, in flagrante delicto; while one's hand is in.
-phrases
"action is eloquence" [Coriolanus]; actions speak louder than words; actum aiunt ne agas [Terence]; "awake, arise, or be forever fall'n" [Paradise Lost); dii pia facta vident [Ovid]; faire sams dire; fare fac; fronte capillata post est occasio calva; " our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts" [Bailey]; "the great end of life is not knowledge but action [Huxley]; "thought is the soul of act" [R. Browning]; vivre-ce
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| Antonyms: | inaction |
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| Concept: | Receptacle. |
| Category: | 3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE |
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-nouns
receptacle; inclosure; recipient, receiver, reservatory., compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, recess, nook; crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel; cave (concavity)., capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder; pericarp, udder., stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket; mouth., pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net; ditty bag, ditty box; housewife, hussif; saddlebags; portfolio; quiver (magazine)., chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack [U.S.]; skippet, vasculum; boot, imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack., vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon., [For liquids] cistern (store) [more]; vat, caldron, barrel, cask, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon; demijohn; flask, flasket; stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster; urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera; pig gin, big gin; tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol; tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin; galipot, gallipot; matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle; bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen., bail, beaker, billy, canakin; catch basin, catch drain; chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner [U.S.], spider, terrine, toby, urceus., plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible; glassware, tableware; vitrics., shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble., closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, till, scrutoire, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury; escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine., chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment [U.S.], flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, bathroom, smoking room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement., attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory; cellar, vault, hold, cockpit; cubbyhole; cook house; entre-sol; mezzanine floor; ground floor, rez-de-chaussee; basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices; storeroom (depository); lumber room; dairy, laundry, coach house; garage; hangar; outhouse, penthouse; lean-to., portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, lobby, court, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage; ante room, ante chamber; lounge; piazza., conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage., lodging (abode); bed (support); carriage (vehicle).
-adjectives
capsular; saccular, sacculated; recipient; ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric; marsupial; siliquose, siliquous.
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