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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | musical tune |
| Synonyms: | aria, descant, lay, melody, song, strain, theme |
| Main Entry: | ascribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign to source |
| Synonyms: | accredit, attribute, charge, credit, hang on, impute, lay, pin on, refer, reference, set down |
| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attribute, ascribe |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, appoint, assign, associate, connect, consign, designate, detail, earmark, impute, invest with, lay, name, place, put, second, send |
| Antonyms: | disunite, take away |
| Main Entry: | attribute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ascribe, assign to source |
| Synonyms: | account for, accredit, apply, associate, blame, charge, connect, credit, fix upon, hang on, hold responsible, impute, lay, pin on, refer, reference, trace |
| Main Entry: | carol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joyful hymn |
| Synonyms: | Christmas song, ballad, canticle, canzonet, chorus, ditty, lay, madrigal, noel, song, strain |
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, allude to, appeal to, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, refer to, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell |
| Notes: | cite means to make reference to, refer to; sight is the ability to see, the act of looking or seeing or observing, something worth seeing; site is the piece of land on which something is located or is to be located |
| Main Entry: | complain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grumble about |
| Synonyms: | accuse, ascribe, attack, beef, bellyache, bemoan, bewail, bitch, carp, cavil, charge, contravene, criticize, defy, demur, denounce, deplore, deprecate, differ, disagree, disapprove, dissent, expostulate, find fault, fret, fuss, gainsay, grieve, gripe, groan, grouse, growl, grumble, impute, indict, kick up a fuss, lament, lay, look askance, make a fuss, moan, nag, object, oppose, protest, refute, remonstrate, repine, reproach, snivel, sound off, take exception to, wail, whimper, whine, yammer |
| Antonyms: | applaud, approve, be content, be happy, commend, praise, recommend, sanction |
| Main Entry: | copulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have sexual relations |
| Synonyms: | be carnal, bed, breed, cohabit, conjugate, couple, do it, fool around, fornicate, go all the way, go to bed, have coition, have relations, have sex, lay*, lie with, make it, make love, make out, mate, sleep together, sleep with, unite |
| Antonyms: | abstain, refrain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | credit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accredit, assign to |
| Synonyms: | ascribe to, attribute to, chalk up to, charge to, defer, impute, lay, refer |
| Antonyms: | discredit, renege |
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