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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gluing, binding material |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, binder, birdlime, bond, concrete, epoxy, glue, grout, gum, gunk, lime, lute, mortar, mucilage, mud, paste, plaster, putty, rubber cement, sand, sealant, size, solder, stickum, tar |
| Notes: | cement comes from Latin caementum 'chips of stone'; cement is an ingredient of concrete, but is not a synonym; cement should be pronounced suh-MENT |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to be soiled |
| Synonyms: | begrime, besoil, blacken, blotch, blur, botch, coat, contaminate, corrupt, debase, decay, defile, discolor, draggle, encrust, foul, grime, make dusty, make impure, mess up, mold, muddy, pollute, rot, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, smutch, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, sweat, taint, tar, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | discolor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fading, dirtying of hue |
| Synonyms: | besmear, besmirch, blot, defile, mar, mark, rust, smear, soil, stain, streak, sully, tar, tarnish, tinge |
| Antonyms: | brighten, color |
Example Sentences
- Tar remover is a chemical product used to get rid of tar, a dark oily material.
- The tar began it all when someone attached a gourd to a taught bow.
- Alberta's tar sands operation is the world's biggest single industrial source of carbon emissions.
| Main Entry: | gum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sticky substance |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, amber, cement, cohesive substance, exudate, glue, mucilage, paste, pitch, plaster, resin, rosin, tar, wax |
| Main Entry: | impugn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize, challenge |
| Synonyms: | assail, attack, blast, break, call into question, cast aspersions upon, cast doubt upon, come down on, contradict, contravene, cross, cut to shreds, deny, disaffirm, dispute, gainsay, knock*, negate, negative, oppose, pin something on, put down*, question, resist, run down, skin alive, slam*, smear, stick it to, swipe at, tar, throw doubt on, throw the book at, thumb nose at, traduce, trash, traverse, zap, zing |
| Antonyms: | flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | narcotic |
| Synonyms: | brown stuff, codeine, dope, drug, heroin, hypnotic, morphine, opiate, papaverine, poppy, sleep-inducer, soporific, tar |
| Main Entry: | pave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with asphalt, concrete |
| Synonyms: | brick, cobblestone, flagstone, gravel, lay asphalt, lay concrete, macadamize, surface, tar, tile |
| Antonyms: | dig up, strip |
| Main Entry: | pavement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blacktop |
| Synonyms: | asphalt, concrete, flagstone, road, sidewalk, tar |
| Main Entry: | profane |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defile, desecrate |
| Synonyms: | abuse, be evil, befoul, blaspheme, commit sacrilege, commit sin, contaminate, curse, cuss, damn, darn, debase, despoil, do wrong, flame, hoodoo, misuse, mock, mudsling, pervert, pollute, prostitute, put double whammy on, revile, scorn, swear, talk dirty, tar, trash, vice, violate, vitiate, voodoo |
| Antonyms: | cleanse, purify |
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