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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | salutation when drinking alcohol |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, celebration, ceremony, commemoration, compliment, down, drink, health, honor, pledge, proposal, salute, sentiment, shingle, thanksgiving, tribute |
| Main Entry: | brown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark, burnished color |
| Synonyms: | amber, auburn, bay, beige, bister, brick, bronze, buff, burnt sienna, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, drab, dust, ecru, fawn, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, mahogany, nut, ochre, puce, russet, rust, sepia, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, tawny, terra-cotta, toast, umber |
| Main Entry: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be on fire; set on fire |
| Synonyms: | bake, be ablaze, blaze, brand, broil, calcine, cauterize, char, combust, conflagrate, cook, cremate, enkindle, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glow, heat, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, melt, parch, reduce to ashes, rekindle, roast, scald, scorch, sear, set a match to, singe, smoke, smolder, toast, torch, wither |
| Antonyms: | cool, extinguish, put out, quench, smother, wet |
| Main Entry: | compliment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | praise, flatter |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, adulate, applaud, butter up, cajole, celebrate, charm, cheer, commemorate, commend, congratulate, endorse, eulogize, exalt, extol, fawn upon, felicitate, give bouquet, glorify, hail, hand it to, honor, ingratiate oneself with, kudize, laud, magnify, make much of, panegyrize, pat on the back, pay respects, pay tribute to, please, puff up, recommend, roose, salute, sanction, satisfy, sing praises of, soothe, speak highly of, take off hat to, toast, trade last, wish joy to, worship |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, complain, criticize, denounce, insult, libel, slander |
| Main Entry: | congratulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment on achievement, luck |
| Synonyms: | applaud, bless, boost, felicitate, give a big cigar, give bouquet, give regards, gold star, hand it to, hear it for, laud, pat on back, praise, rejoice with, salute, stroke*, toast, wish happy returns, wish joy to, wish one well |
| Antonyms: | commiserate, criticize, harp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | drink |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beverage; alcoholic beverage |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, booze, brew, cup, draft, glass, gulp, libation, liquid, liquor, potable, potation, potion, refreshment, shot, sip, slug, spirits, spot*, swallow, swig, taste, thirst quencher, toast |
| Antonyms: | food |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take in liquid |
| Synonyms: | absorb, belt, booze, consume, dissipate, down, drain, gargle, gulp, guzzle, hit the bottle, imbibe, indulge, inhale, irrigate, lap, liquor up, nip, partake of, put away, quaff, sip, slosh, slurp, soak up, sop, sponge, suck, sup, swallow, swig, swill, tank up, thirst, tipple, toast, toss off, wash down, wet whistle |
| Main Entry: | heat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become hot |
| Synonyms: | bake, bask, blaze, boil, broil, calorify, chafe, char, enflame, enkindle, fire, flame, flush, frizzle, fry, glow, grill, grow hot, grow warm, ignite, incandesce, incinerate, inflame, kindle, melt, oxidate, oxidize, perspire, raise the temperature, reheat, roast, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, set on fire, singe, smelt, steam, sun, swelter, tepefy, thaw, toast, warm, warm up |
| Antonyms: | cool, freeze |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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