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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circular motion |
| Synonyms: | circuit, gyration, revolution, roll, rotation, spiral, turn, twist, whirl |
| Antonyms: | immobility, inaction, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | bias |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in one way; partiality |
| Synonyms: | bent, bigotry, chauvinism, disposition, favoritism, flash, head-set, illiberality, inclination, intolerance, leaning, mind trip, mind-set, narrowmindedness, one-sidedness, penchant, preconception, predilection, predisposition, preference, prejudice, prepossession, proclivity, proneness, propensity, spin, standpoint, tendency, tilt, turn, unfairness, viewpoint |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Antonyms: | fairness, impartiality, justness |
| Main Entry: | bowl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | roll a ball down a lane |
| Synonyms: | fling, hurl, pitch, play duckpins, play tenpins, revolve, rotate, spin, throw, trundle, whirl |
| Main Entry: | dance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving feet and body to music |
| Synonyms: | Charleston, bob, boogie, boogie down, bunny hop, caper, careen, cavort, conga, cut a rug, disco, flit, foot it, foxtrot, frolic, gambol, get down, hoof it, hop, hustle, jig, jitter, jitterbug, jive, jump, leap, one-step, prance, promenade, rhumba, rock, rock n' roll, samba, shimmy, skip, spin, step, strut, sway, swing, tango, tap, tread, trip, trip the light fantastic, twist, two-step, waltz, whirl |
| Main Entry: | draw out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prolong |
| Synonyms: | attract, continue, drag, drag out, elongate, extend, lead on, lengthen, make longer, prolongate, protract, pull, spin, spin out, stretch, string out, tug |
| Antonyms: | clip, shorten |
| Main Entry: | dream up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concoct plan |
| Synonyms: | contrive, cook up, create, devise, frame, hatch, imagine, invent, make up, spin*, think up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey by vehicle |
| Synonyms: | Sunday drive, airing, commute, excursion, expedition, hitch, jaunt, joyride, lift, outing, pickup, ramble, ride, run, spin, tour, trip, turn, whirl |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moving, controlling a vehicle |
| Synonyms: | actuate, advance, bear down, bicycle, bike, burn rubber, burn up the road, coast, cruise, cycle, dash, direct, drag, fire up, floor it, fly, guide, handle, impel, lean on it, make sparks fly, manage, mobilize, motor, operate, pour it on, propel, push, ride, roll, run, send, speed, spin, start, steer, step on it, step on the gas, tailgate, tool*, transport, travel, turn, vehiculate, wheel |
| Antonyms: | halt, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend; become lower |
| Synonyms: | abate, backslide, be precipitated, break down, buckle, cascade, cave in, collapse, crash, decline, decrease, depreciate, diminish, dip, dive, drag, droop, drop down, dwindle, ease, ebb, flag, flop, fold up, go down, gravitate, hit the dirt, keel over, land, lapse, lessen, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, recede, regress, relapse, settle, sink, slip, slope, slump, spin, stumble, subside, take a header, tip over, topple, totter, trail, trip, tumble, wane |
| Antonyms: | ascend, climb, go up, rise, scale |
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