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[pep-er] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make spot(s) |
| Synonyms: | bespeckle, dab, dabble, fleck, freckle, pepper, pimple, sprinkle, stipple, stud |
| Main Entry: | intersperse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scatter |
| Synonyms: | bestrew, diffuse, distribute, infuse, interfuse, interlard, intermix, intersow, intersprinkle, pepper, sprinkle |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | pelt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; throw hard |
| Synonyms: | assail, batter, belabor, belt, bombard, career, cast, charge, dash, hammer, hurl, knock, lapidate, pepper, pound, pour, pummel, rain, rush, shoot, shower, sling, speed, stone, strike, swat, tear, thrash, wallop |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Main Entry: | punctuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay stress on |
| Synonyms: | accent, accentuate, break, divide, emphasize, interject, interrupt, intersect, intersperse, mark, pepper, point, point up, separate, sprinkle, stress, underline |
| Main Entry: | riddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perforate, permeate |
| Synonyms: | bore, corrupt, damage, honeycomb, impair, infest, mar, pepper, pervade, pierce, pit, puncture, spoil |
| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flavor food |
| Synonyms: | color, enliven, lace, leaven, pep, pepper, salt, spice |
| Antonyms: | cook plain |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark, stain |
| Synonyms: | besmirch, bespatter, blot, blotch, dapple, dirty, dot, fleck, maculate, marble, mottle, pepper, pimple, soil, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splotch, stipple, streak, stripe, stud, sully, taint, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | clean, unspot |
| Main Entry: | sprinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scatter, disseminate |
| Synonyms: | baptize, christen, dampen, dot, dredge, dust, freckle, mist, moisten, pepper, powder, rain, shake, shower, smear, speck, speckle, spit, spot, spray, spritz, squirt, strew, stud |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | throw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | propel something through the air |
| Synonyms: | bandy, barrage, bombard, buck, bunt, butt, cant, cast, catapult, chuck, dash, deliver, discharge, dislodge, drive, fell, fire, flick, fling, fling off, flip, floor, force, heave, hurl, impel, lapidate, launch, let fly, let go, lift, lob, overturn, overwhelm, peg, pellet, pelt, pepper, pitch, precipitate, project, push, put, scatter, send, shove, shower, shy, sling, splatter, spray, sprinkle, start, stone, strew, thrust, toss, tumble, unhorse, unseat, upset, volley, waft |
| Antonyms: | catch, receive |
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