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111fed — [fed] it felt nice to swim in the heated pool she felt proud of her children strongly to fed bad/badly ( sad ) about smt. to fed sorry about smt. to fed good ( happy ) to fed fine/well ( healthy ) to fed bad ( unwell ) or ( sad ) ( to believe )… …
112feel — I n. (colloq.) to have a (good) feel for II v. 1) ( to believe ) to feel keenly, strongly 2) (D; intr.) ( to have an opinion ) to feel about (how do you feel about this problem?) 3) (d; intr.) ( to grope ) to feel (around) for (he felt in his… …
113hunt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chase, drag; pursuit, search. v. t. chase, stalk, follow, trace, pursue, run, trail, hound. v. i. shoot, poach, trap, snare, hawk, ferret. See inquiry. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The pursuit of game] Syn …
114poke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. prod, nudge, stick, push; search, pry; dawdle; jab, punch. See impulse, slowness, inquiry. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. jab, thrust, punch; see blow 1 . v. Syn. jab, punch, crowd; see push 1 . III (Roget s …
115search — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hunt, seek, look for; explore, examine, penetrate; probe; test. n. quest, pursuit; inquiry, examination, investigation, scrutiny, exploration. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. exploration, quest, research;… …
116grasp — (v.) mid 14c., to reach for, feel around, possibly a metathesis of grapsen, from O.E. *græpsan to touch, feel, from P.Gmc. *grap , *grab (Cf. E.Fris. grapsen to grasp, M.Du. grapen to seize, grasp, O.E. grapian to touch, feel, grope ), from PIE… …
117experiment — n 1. trial, test, demonstration, examination, investigation, inquiry, questioning, research, experimentation; venture, endeavor, effort, attempt, essay, go; tryout, feeler, trial balloon, speculation; trial and error, process of elimination,… …
118feel — v 1. touch, palpate, finger, thumb, handle, palm, paw; brush, graze; stroke, caress, pet, fondle, Sl. feel up. 2. sense, intuit, have a feeling, Inf. have a funny feeling, Inf. feel in one s bones, Inf. have a hunch, Inf. get or have the… …
119fumble — v 1. grope, grabble, search or feel about, search blindly or uncertainly; feel one s way, tiptoe, walk on eggs; flounder, stumble, stumble around. 2. blunder, miss, err, Inf. drop the ball, Inf. bobble; muff, bungle, botch, mismanage, boggle,… …
120snatch — v 1.Usu. snatch at grab at or for, make a grab at, grasp at or for, grope for, clutch at, catch at, claw at, reach for, pursue; grapple for, scramble for, wrestle for, fight over; handle, feel, pick at, play with. 2. grab, pluck, pull, whisk,… …
