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  • 51trim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. neat, well ordered, compact, tidy, spruce, smart; slim, lean. v. order, tidy, adjust, dress, arrange; decorate, ornament, adorn; defeat; cheat; balance, equalize; cut, lop, shear, prune, barber;… …

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  • 52straighten — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. order, compose, make straight, rectify, untwist, unsnarl, unbend, uncoil, unravel, uncurl, unfold, put straight, level, make plumb, arrange, arrange on a line, align, realign, make upright, make perpendicular, make vertical …

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  • 53police — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. police force, constabulary; vigilantes, posse; FBI, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, military police, MP, Sûreté, Scotland Yard, etc. See safety. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. police force, law enforcement… …

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  • 54spruce up — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. clean up, neaten up, groom, *fix up, *doll up, *spit and polish, *gussy up, primp …

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  • 55slick up — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To make neat and trim; make presentable: clean (up), freshen (up), groom, neaten (up), spruce (up), tidy (up), trig (out), trim. See ORDER. II verb See slick …

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  • 56trig — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Being or in accordance with the current fashion: à la mode, chic, dashing, fashionable, mod, modish, posh, smart, stylish, swank, swanky. Informal: classy, in, sharp, snappy, swish, tony, trendy. Slang: with… …

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  • 57comb one's head — run a comb through one s hair (remove tangles, neaten) …

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  • 58deburr — [di: bə:] (also debur) verb (deburrs, deburring, deburred) neaten and smooth the rough edges or ridges of …

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  • 59neat — neat1 adjective 1》 in good order; tidy or carefully arranged. 2》 done with or demonstrating skill or efficiency. 3》 (of a drink of spirits) not diluted or mixed with anything else. 4》 N. Amer. informal excellent. Derivatives neaten verb neatly… …

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  • 60brush — 1. noun 1) a styling brush camel hair brushes a brush and dustpan Syn: hairbrush; toothbrush; paintbrush; scrub brush; whisk broom, sweeper, broom 2) he gave the seat a brush with his hand Syn …

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