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61clip — I 1. noun 1) a briefcase clip Syn: fastener, clasp, hasp, catch, hook, buckle, lock 2) a mother of pearl clip Syn: brooch, pin, badge 3) …
62comb — verb 1) she combed her hair Syn: groom, brush, untangle, smooth, straighten, neaten, tidy, arrange; curry 2) police combed the area Syn: search, scour, explore …
63spruce — 1. adjective the captain looked very spruce Syn: neat, well groomed, well turned out, well dressed, smart, trim, dapper, elegant, chic; informal natty, snazzy, spiffy Ant: untidy 2. verb 1) the cottage had been spruced up …
64trim — 1. verb 1) his hair had been washed and trimmed Syn: cut, crop, bob, shorten, clip, snip, shear, barber; neaten, shape, tidy up 2) trim off the lower leaves using a sharp knife Syn …
65clean — adj 1. unsoiled, unspotted, spotless, speck less, white, snowy, immaculate; cleansed, washed, bathed, laundered, scrubbed, wiped, scoured; polished, dusted, swept, vacuumed, whisked; tidy, well groomed, well kept; fresh, fragrant, deodorized,… …
66order — n 1. command, commandment, mandate, dictate, dictum, direction, directive, instruction, behest, Archaic. hest, imperative, ultimatum; prescript, prescription, enjoinment; rule, regulation, act, law, ordinance, statute, edict, decree, fiat, ukase …
67pick — I v 1. choose, select, handpick, pick out, single out; decide upon, determine upon, settle upon, fix upon; make up one s mind, make one s choice, make a selection, opt, opt for; sift, sift out, sieve out, screen, screen out, sort, sort out,… …
68sort — n 1. kind, class, category, genre, order; lot, style, manner, cast, mold, stamp, brand, kidney; grain, make, mark; color, stripe, streak, feather, vein; nature, aspect, character; group, set, suit, variety, genus, species, phylum, subgenus,… …
69spruce — adj 1. trim, neat, dapper, looking as if one just stepped out of a bandbox, smart, natty, chic, Inf. slick, Sl. spiffy, sleek; tidy, orderly, well ordered, in good order, shipshape, Chiefly Dial. tight, Chiefly Brit. trig, Inf. neat as a pin,… …
70straighten — v 1. adjust, correct, rectify, right, square, set or put straight; unbend, uncurl, unkink, (of hair) conk; unsnarl, untangle, disentangle. 2.Usu. straighten out mend one s ways, turn over a new leaf, reform oneself, take to or follow the straight …
