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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, blunt, clip one's wings, corrode, cripple, debilitate, dig, dig out, disable, eat away, enfeeble, erode, excavate, foil, frustrate, hollow out, hurt, impair, knock the bottom out of, mine, poke full of holes, ruin, sabotage, sandbag, sap, soften, subvert, threaten, thwart, torpedo, tunnel, undercut, wear, whittle away, wreck |
| Antonyms: | strengthen |
| Main Entry: | booby trap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concealed trap |
| Synonyms: | ambush, baited trap, deadfall, decoy, hidden danger, land mine, mine, mousetrap, pitfall, set-up, snare, trap, trip wire |
| Main Entry: | land mine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosive matter on the ground |
| Synonyms: | acoustic mine, antipersonnel mine, booby trap, claymore mine, ground mine, land mine, limpet, magnetic mine, mine, pressure mine |
| Main Entry: | lode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ore deposit |
| Synonyms: | mine, strike*, vein |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shovel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig |
| Synonyms: | burrow, delve, dredge, excavate, load, mine, move, muck, pass, pick up, shift, throw, unearth |
| Main Entry: | fount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | origin |
| Synonyms: | beginning, derivation, fountain, fountainhead, mine, provenance, provenience, root, source, spring, well, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | plenitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plenty |
| Synonyms: | abundance, affluence, avalanche, bounteousness, bountifulness, capacity, copiousness, cornucopia, deluge*, enough, flood*, fruitfulness, full house, fund, good deal, great deal, heaps, loads, lots, luxury, mass, masses, mine*, mountains, oodles*, opulence, peck, piles, plenteousness, plethora, profusion, prosperity, quantity, stacks, store, sufficiency, torrent*, volume, wealth |
| Notes: | plenitude is indicated when the amount in question is of something abstract, whereas concrete amounts motivate the use of 'plenty' (both from Latin plenus 'full') |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plenteousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plenty |
| Synonyms: | abundance, affluence, avalanche, bounteousness, bountifulness, capacity, copiousness, cornucopia, deluge*, enough, flood*, fruitfulness, full house, fund, good deal, great deal, heaps, loads, lots, luxury, mass, masses, mine*, mountains, oodles*, opulence, peck, piles, plenitude, plethora, profusion, prosperity, quantity, stacks, store, sufficiency, torrent*, volume, wealth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Store. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring; milch cow., stock in trade, supply; heap (collection); treasure; reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche., crop, harvest, mow, vintage., store, accumulation, hoard, rick, stack; lumber; relay (provision)., storehouse, storeroom, storecloset; depository, depot, cache, repository, reservatory, repertory; repertorium; promptuary, warehouse, entrepot, magazine; buttery, larder, spence; garner, granary; cannery, safe-deposit vault, stillroom; thesaurus; bank (treasury); armory; arsenal; dock; gallery, museum, conservatory; menagery, menagerie., reservoir, cistern, aljibar, tank, pond, mill pond; gasometer., budget, quiver, bandolier, portfolio; coffer (receptacle)., conservation; storing; storage.
-verbs
store; put by, lay by, set by; stow away; set apart, lay apart; store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up; bank; cache; accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save., reserve; keep back, hold back; husband, husband one's resources., deposit; stow, stack, load; harvest; heap, collect; lay in store.
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