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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encircle |
| Synonyms: | begird, belt, circle, circumscribe, compass, confine, enclose, encompass, gird, girdle, hem in, inclose, loop, move around, rim, round, seal off, surround |
| Antonyms: | free |
| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buzz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make droning sound |
| Synonyms: | bombinate, bumble, drone, fizz, fizzle, hum, murmur, reverberate, ring, sibilate, whir, whisper, whiz |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to communicate by telephone |
| Synonyms: | beep, blast*, bleep, buzz, contact, get back to, phone, ring, telephone |
| Antonyms: | receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around, circumnavigate |
| Synonyms: | begird, belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumduct, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about |
| Main Entry: | clank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clang, clatter |
| Synonyms: | bong, clash, clink, jangle, make noise, resound, reverberate, ring, toll |
| Main Entry: | compass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose |
| Synonyms: | beset, besiege, blockade, circle, circumscribe, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring, round, surround |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break, usually into parts |
| Synonyms: | burst, chip, chop, cleave, crackle, crash, damage, detonate, explode, fracture, hurt, impair, injure, pop, ring, rive, sever, shiver, snap, splinter, split |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend |
| Main Entry: | dial |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tune to desired position |
| Synonyms: | punch, ring, rotate, turn, twist, wheel, zero in on |
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