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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, chafe |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, burn, erupt, fret, inflame, intensify, itch, pain, redden, rub, sensitize, sharpen, sting, swell |
| Notes: | aggravate means 'to add to' an already troublesome or vexing matter or condition while irritate means 'to vex, annoy, or chafe' irritate means 'inflame' (originally 'excite, rouse'); aggravate means 'worsen' |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, calm, help, soothe |
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat action to improve |
| Synonyms: | become seasoned, build up, discipline, do again, dress, dress rehearse, drill, dry run, exercise, go over, habituate, hone, iterate, polish, prepare, recite, rehearse, run through, shake-down, sharpen, study, train, try out, tune up, walk through, warm up, work, work out |
| Main Entry: | teach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | educate; instill knowledge |
| Synonyms: | advise, brainwash*, break in, brief, catechize, coach, communicate, cram, demonstrate, develop, direct, discipline, drill, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, expound, fit, form, give instruction, give lessons, give the facts, ground, guide, illustrate, imbue, impart, implant, improve mind, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, interpret, lecture, nurture, open eyes, polish up, pound into, prepare, profess, rear, school, sharpen, show, show the ropes, train, tutor |
| Notes: | learn means to acquire or gain skill, knowledge or comprehension; teach means to impart skill, knowledge or comprehension to |
| Antonyms: | learn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | train |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare |
| Synonyms: | accustom, brainwash*, break in, care for, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, dry run, educate, enlighten, equip, exercise, get a workout, get in shape, ground, grow strong, guide, habituate, harden, hone, improve, instruct, inure, make ready, mold, prime, qualify, rear, rehearse, run through, school, season, shape, sharpen, show the ropes, study, tame, teach, tutor, update, warm up, whip into shape, wise up, work out |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | whet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sharp |
| Synonyms: | edge, file, finish, grind, hone, sharpen, strop |
| Antonyms: | blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | sensitize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, excite, refine, sharpen |
| Main Entry: | snowball |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annex, augment, boost, broaden, build, build up, burgeon, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, double, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, expand, extend, further, grow, heighten, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, mark up, mount, multiply, pad, progress, proliferate, prolong, protract, pullulate, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, run up, sharpen, slap on, soar, spread, step up, strengthen, supplement, swarm, swell*, tack on, teem, thicken, triple, upsurge, wax, widen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
adventitious, choosehow, circumstantial, conditional, contingent, crisic, critical, ectopic, entopic, exceptional, ferial, formal, given, guarded, hypothetical, incidental, modal, organic, provisional, qualifying, structural
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| Concept: | Edge. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; general |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth; jaws, chops, chaps, fauces; lip, muzzle., threshold, door, porch; portal (opening); coast, shore., frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance.
-adjectives
border, marginal, skirting; labial, labiated, marginated.
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