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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | post of structure |
| Synonyms: | pale, paling, palisade, panel, peg, pillar, rail, stake, stanchion, upright |
| Main Entry: | picket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person acting as guard |
| Synonyms: | guard, lookout, patrol, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, ward, watch, watchperson |
| Main Entry: | picket |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protest against, for cause |
| Synonyms: | blockade, boycott, demonstrate, hit the bricks, strike, walk out |
| Main Entry: | demonstrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display or take public |
| Synonyms: | action for a cause exhibit, fast, lie in, manifest, march, march on, parade, picket, protest, rally, sit in, stage walkout, strike, walkout |
| Main Entry: | demonstration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | display of belief in cause by taking public action |
| Synonyms: | fast, lie-in, love-in, march, mass lobby, parade, peace march, picket, picket line, protest, rally, sit-in, strike, teach-in, walkout |
| Main Entry: | guard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protector |
| Synonyms: | bouncer, chaperon, chaperone, chaser, convoyer, custodian, defender, escort, guardian, lookout, picket, sentinel, sentry, shepherd, shield, ward, warden, watch, watchperson |
| Main Entry: | moor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anchor, fasten securely |
| Synonyms: | berth, catch, chain, dock, fix, lash, make fast, picket, secure, tether, tie, tie up |
| Notes: | heath derives from Germanic for 'untilled land, open country' and originally the word 'heath' was used to denote any of the small northern and western European plants that grew on moorland, open woodland, or poor soil; a heath has sandy soil and a moor has peaty soil - but both are relatively barren tracts covered with shrubs |
| Antonyms: | loose, push off, unhitch |
| Main Entry: | post |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upright support |
| Synonyms: | column, doorpost, leg, mast, newel, pale, palisade, panel, pedestal, picket, pile, pillar, pole, prop, rail, shaft, stake, standard, stilt, stock, stud |
| Main Entry: | scout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is searching, investigating |
| Synonyms: | advance, adventurer, detective, escort, explorer, guard, lookout, outpost, outrider, patrol, picket, pioneer, precursor, reconnoiterer, recruiter, runner, sleuth, spotter, spy, vanguard |
| Antonyms: | target |
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