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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | energy |
| Synonyms: | beef, force, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, sinew, strength, vigor, vim |
| Main Entry: | beef |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong physical makeup |
| Synonyms: | arm, brawn, flesh, force, heftiness, meat, might, muscle, physique, power, robustness, sinew, steam, strength, thew, vigor |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heat to bubbling |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bubble, churn, coddle, cook, decoct, effervesce, evaporate, fizz, foam, froth, parboil, poach, seethe, simmer, smolder, steam, steep, stew |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | brawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muscular strength and breadth |
| Synonyms: | beef, beefiness, clout, energy, flesh, kick, meat, might, moxie*, muscle, muscularity, power, punch, robustness, sinews, sock, steam, thew, vigor |
| Antonyms: | frailness, skinniness, slightness, thinness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cloud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass of water particles in air |
| Synonyms: | billow, brume, darkness, dimness, film, fog, fogginess, frost, gloom, haze, haziness, mare's tail, mist, murk, nebula, nebulosity, obscurity, ol' buttermilk sky, overcast, pea soup, pother, puff, rack, scud, sheep, smog, smoke, smother, steam, thunderhead, vapor, veil, woolpack |
| Main Entry: | coddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boil lightly, usually eggs |
| Synonyms: | brew, cook, poach, simmer, steam |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
| Synonyms: | French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pure; draw out something |
| Synonyms: | boil down, brew, clarify, concentrate, condense, cook, cut, cut down, cut to the bone, dribble, drip, drop, evaporate, express, extract, ferment, get to the meat, infuse, precipitate, press, press out, purify, rarefy, rectify, refine, squeeze out, steam, sublimate, trickle, trim, vaporize, volatilize |
| Antonyms: | dirty, pollute |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's will to achieve |
| Synonyms: | ambition, clout, effort, energy, enterprise, fire in belly, get-up-and-go, goods*, gumption*, guts*, impellent, impetus, impulse, initiative, momentum, motivation, motive, moxie*, pep, pressure, punch*, push*, right stuff, spunk*, steam, stuff*, vigor, vitality, what it takes, zip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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