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91trim — v 1. clip, snip, nip, prune, pare; cut, bob, crop, shingle; shear, shave, fleece, pollard, poll, scalp, cut down to the quick; neaten, even up; shape, form, fashion, sculpt, sculp, sculpture. 2.Often trim off dock, bobtail, lop, chop, hack, cut… …
92sheer off — Synonyms and related words: about the bush, avert, avoid, bear off, beat around, beg the question, blench, blink, cringe, dodge, draw aside, draw back, duck, ease off, edge off, equivocate, evade, fade, fall back, fence, flinch, fly off, gee,… …
93step aside — Synonyms and related words: abdicate, about the bush, abrupt, alienate, avert, be pensioned, be superannuated, bear off, beat around, beg the question, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, demit, depart, disarticulate,… …
94hum — hum1 verb (hums, humming, hummed) 1》 make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee. ↘sing with closed lips. 2》 informal be in a state of great activity. 3》 Brit. informal smell unpleasant. noun a low, steady continuous sound. ↘an… …
95stall — I n 1. crib, booth, cage, cell, bay, carrel, carol; quarters, chamber, room, roomette, apartment, enclosure, Theater. box; compartment, cubicle, pigeonhole, cubbyhole, cubby, niche, nook, alcove, corner; partition, section, part, division; closet …
96hedge — Synonyms and related words: abate, about the bush, adjust to, allowance, alter, around the bush, assuage, bar, beat about, beat around, beg the question, bicker, boggle, border line, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bourn, box… …
97skirt — n 1. kilt, dirndl, crinoline, Scot, and North Eng. jupe, (in Tahiti) lava lava, (in Tahiti) pareu; miniskirt, midiskirt, maxiskirt; All Inf. mini, midi, maxi. 2.Usu. skirts outskirts, outposts, outer limits, outlying districts; purlieu, perimeter …
98hedge — [n] boundary, obstacle, especially one made of plants barrier, bush, enclosure, fence, guard, hedgerow, hurdle, protection, quickset, screen, shrubbery, thicket, windbreak; concepts 429,470 hedge [v1] avoid, dodge beat around the bush*, be… …
99hedge — 1. noun 1) high hedges Syn: hedgerow, bushes; windbreak 2) an excellent hedge against a fall in the dollar Syn: safeguard, protection, shield, screen, guard, buffer, cushion; insurance …
100Siamese twins (English language) — Siamese twins (also irreversible binomials, binomials, binomial pairs, freezes) in the context of the English language refers to a pair or grouping of words that is used together as an idiomatic expression or collocation, usually conjoined by the …
