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  • 41scrape — v 1. grate, rasp, file, scrape off; strip, decorticate, peel, skin, bark, husk, shuck, excoriate; grind, whet, sand, sandpaper, pumice; abrade, rub off, chafe, graze, scour, scrub; smooth, polish, burnish, buff. 2. scratch, scuff, mar, scar, Scot …

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  • 42tuck — v 1. insert, put into, stick or thrust or shove or push in, Inf. stuff, Inf. stuff in, Inf. cram or pack in; implant, embed, impact; put away, hide, stow, tuck away. 2. fold, fold up, gather, double, Sl. scrunch, Sl. scrunch up; fold over or down …

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  • 43fold up — verb 1. bend or lay so that one part covers the other (Freq. 1) fold up the newspaper turn up your collar • Syn: ↑fold, ↑turn up • Ant: ↑unfold (for …

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  • 44hunker — verb sit on one s heels In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm • Syn: ↑squat, ↑crouch, ↑scrunch, ↑scrunch up, ↑hunker down …

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  • 45hunker down — verb 1. sit on one s heels (Freq. 1) In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm • Syn: ↑squat, ↑crouch, ↑scrunch, ↑scrunch up, ↑hunker …

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  • 46ruck up — verb become wrinkled or drawn together her lips puckered • Syn: ↑pucker, ↑ruck • Derivationally related forms: ↑ruck (for: ↑ruck), ↑pucker ( …

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  • 47sit down — verb 1. take a seat (Freq. 38) • Syn: ↑sit • Ant: ↑arise • Hypernyms: ↑change posture • Verb Group: ↑sit …

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  • 48turn up — verb 1. appear or become visible; make a showing (Freq. 8) She turned up at the funeral I hope the list key is going to surface again • Syn: ↑come on, ↑come out, ↑surface, ↑show up …

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  • 49scr- — 1. While as a general rule an initial sc or sk in a mod.Eng. word indicates that the word is not of OE. origin (OE. sc being normally represented, in dialects as well as in standard English, by sh ), it is doubtful whether the rule applies to the …

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  • 50Crunch — (kr[u^]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crunched} (kr[u^]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crunching}.] [Prob. of imitative origin; or cf. D. schransen to eat heartily, or E. scrunch.] 1. To chew with force and noise; to craunch. [1913 Webster] And their white… …

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