dreams (verb)

  • 1dream up — verb devise or invent (Freq. 3) He thought up a plan to get rich quickly no one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software • Syn: ↑think up, ↑think of, ↑hatch, ↑concoct • De …

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  • 2take away — verb 1. remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 5) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away… …

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  • 3play out — verb 1. deplete exhaust one s savings We quickly played out our strength • Syn: ↑run down, ↑exhaust, ↑sap, ↑tire • Derivationally related forms: ↑sapper …

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  • 4carry off — verb 1. kill in large numbers the plague wiped out an entire population • Syn: ↑eliminate, ↑annihilate, ↑extinguish, ↑eradicate, ↑wipe out, ↑decimate • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 5bear off — verb remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away on a holiday I …

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  • 6act out — verb 1. represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage (Freq. 1) She could act neurotic anxiety • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑play, ↑represent • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …

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  • 7bear away — verb remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away on a holiday I …

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  • 8carry away — verb remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state (Freq. 6) Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I ll take you away on a …

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  • 9live out — verb 1. live out one s life; live to the end (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑survive, ↑last, ↑live, ↑live on, ↑go, ↑endure, ↑hold up, ↑hold out …

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  • 10interpret — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French interpreter, from Latin interpretari, from interpret , interpres agent, negotiator, interpreter Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to explain or tell the meaning of ;… …

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