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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: | cycle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | era, phase |
| Synonyms: | aeon, age, alternation, chain, circle, circuit, course, eon, isochronism, loop, orbit, period, periodicity, revolution, rhythm, ring, rotation, round, run, sequel, sequence, series, succession, wheel |
| Notes: | a single to-and-fro movement of an air particle is called a cycle and the number of cycles that occur in a second is known as the frequency of a sound |
| Main Entry: | double |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make two of; make twice as large |
| Synonyms: | amplify, augment, dualize, dupe, duplicate, duplify, enlarge, fold, grow, increase, infold, loop, magnify, multiply, plait, pleat, plicate, redouble, repeat, replicate, supplement |
| Antonyms: | disect, divide, halve |
| Main Entry: | double back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retrace one's steps |
| Synonyms: | back up, backpedal, backtrack, circle, dodge, loop, retrace one's steps, return, reverse, reverse path, turn, turn back |
| Antonyms: | forge, forward, go forward |
| Main Entry: | fold |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | double thickness |
| Synonyms: | bend, circumvolution, cockle, convolution, corrugation, crease, crimp, crinkle, dog's ear, flection, flexure, furrow, gather, gathering, groove, knife-edge, lap, lapel, layer, loop, overlap, plait, pleat, plica, plication, plicature, ply, pucker, ridge, rimple, rivel, ruche, ruck, ruffle, rumple, shirring, smocking, tuck, turn, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | kink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bend, twist |
| Synonyms: | coil, corkscrew, crimp, crinkle, curl, curve, entanglement, frizz, knot, loop, tangle, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | knit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intertwine |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, affix, ally, bind, cable, connect, contract, crochet, fasten, heal, interlace, intermingle, join, link, loop, mend, net, purl, repair, secure, sew, spin, tie, unite, weave, web |
| Notes: | to knit means to make a fabric or garment by intertwining yarn or thread in a series of connected loops by using knitting needles or on a machine, while a nit is the egg or young of a parasitic insect |
| Antonyms: | unknit |
| Main Entry: | knot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weave, complicate |
| Synonyms: | bind, cord, entangle, knit, loop, secure, tat, tether, tie |
| Notes: | a nautical mile is also a geological mile or admiralty mile; a knot is the unit for measuring nautical miles |
| Antonyms: | unknot |
| Main Entry: | lap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | orbit, circuit |
| Synonyms: | circle, course, distance, loop, round, tour |
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