| outwear | (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
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| (verb) last longer than others | - |
| overarch | (verb) form an arch over | Synonyms: arch over |
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| (verb) be central or dominant | - |
| overbear | (verb) contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery | Synonyms: bear down |
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| (verb) bear too much | - |
| (verb) overcome | - |
| overcharge | (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overload, surcharge |
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| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
| overhear | (verb) hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | Synonyms: catch, take in |
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| overweary | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overfatigue, overtire |
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| par | (verb) make a score (on a hole) equal to par | - |
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| parachute | (verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: chute, jump |
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| parade | (verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: promenade, troop |
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| (verb) walk ostentatiously | Synonyms: exhibit, march |
| paragraph | (verb) write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher | - |
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| (verb) write about in a paragraph | - |
| (verb) divide into paragraphs, as of text | - |
| parallel | (verb) make or place parallel to something | Synonyms: collimate |
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| (verb) be parallel to | - |
| (verb) duplicate or match | Synonyms: duplicate, twin |
| parallelize | (verb) place parallel to one another | - |
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| paralyse | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyze |
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| (verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyze |
| paralyze | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyse |
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| (verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyse |
| paraphrase | (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: rephrase, reword |
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| parboil | (verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: blanch |
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| parcel | (verb) make into a wrapped container | - |
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| (verb) cover with strips of canvas | - |
| (verb) divide into parts | - |
| parch | (verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | Synonyms: sear |
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| pardon | (verb) grant a pardon to | - |
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| (verb) accept an excuse for | Synonyms: excuse |
| pare | (verb) decrease gradually or bit by bit | Synonyms: pare down |
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| (verb) remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size | Synonyms: trim |
| (verb) cut small bits or pare shavings from | Synonyms: whittle |
| (verb) remove the skin from | Synonyms: peel, skin |
| parent | (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, nurture, raise, rear |
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| parget | (verb) apply ornamental plaster to | - |
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| park | (verb) place temporarily | - |
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| (verb) maneuver a vehicle into a parking space | - |
| parlay | (verb) stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | Synonyms: double up |
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| parley | (verb) discuss, as between enemies | - |
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| parody | (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: burlesque, spoof |
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| (verb) make a spoof of or make fun of | - |
| parole | (verb) release a criminal from detention and place him on parole | - |
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| parrot | (verb) repeat mindlessly | - |
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| parry | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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| (verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | Synonyms: block, deflect |
| parse | (verb) analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) | - |
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| part | (verb) move or break apart | Synonyms: divide, separate |
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| (verb) force, take, or pull apart | Synonyms: disunite, divide, separate |
| (verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: depart, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off |
| (verb) go one's own way; move apart | Synonyms: separate, split |
| (verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways | Synonyms: break, break up, separate, split, split up |
| partake | (verb) consume | Synonyms: touch |
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| (verb) have, give, or receive a share of | Synonyms: partake in, share |
| (verb) have some of the qualities or attributes of something | - |
| participate | (verb) become a participant; be involved in | Synonyms: enter |
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| (verb) share in something | Synonyms: take part |
| particularise | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularize, specialise, specialize, specify |
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| particularize | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, specialise, specialize, specify |
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| partition | (verb) separate or apportion into sections | Synonyms: zone |
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| (verb) divide into parts, pieces, or sections | Synonyms: partition off |
| partner | (verb) provide with a partner | - |
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| (verb) act as a partner | - |
| party | (verb) have or participate in a party | - |
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| pearl | (verb) gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean | - |
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| placard | (verb) publicize or announce by placards | Synonyms: bill |
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| (verb) post in a public place | - |
| plagiarise | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarize |
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| plagiarize | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarise |
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| pockmark | (verb) mark with or as if with pockmarks | - |
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| polarise | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarize |
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| (verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarize |
| (verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarize |
| polarize | (verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation | Synonyms: polarise |
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| (verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions | Synonyms: polarise |
| (verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | Synonyms: polarise |
| pollard | (verb) convert into a pollard | Synonyms: poll |
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| poniard | (verb) stab with a poniard | - |
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| popularise | (verb) make understandable to the general public | Synonyms: popularize |
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| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize |
| popularize | (verb) make understandable to the general public | Synonyms: popularise |
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| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularise, vulgarise, vulgarize |
| postmark | (verb) stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing | Synonyms: frank |
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| prearrange | (verb) arrange beforehand | - |
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| prepare | (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, ready, set, set up |
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| (verb) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | Synonyms: train |
| (verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, educate, train |
| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize |
| (verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: cook, fix, make, ready |
| (verb) to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery | - |
| (verb) lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord | - |
| (verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: groom, train |
| prevaricate | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, tergiversate |
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| quarantine | (verb) place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons | - |
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| quarrel | (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: altercate, argufy, dispute, scrap |
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| quarry | (verb) extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry | - |
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| quarter | (verb) divide by four; divide into quarters | - |
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| (verb) divide into quarters | - |
| (verb) pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him | Synonyms: draw, draw and quarter |
| (verb) provide housing for (military personnel) | Synonyms: billet, canton |
| quarterback | (verb) play the quarterback | - |
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| rarefy | (verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) | Synonyms: attenuate |
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| (verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: sublimate, subtilize |
| (verb) lessen the density or solidity of | - |
| rarify | (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: complicate, elaborate, refine |
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| reappear | (verb) appear again | Synonyms: re-emerge |
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| rear | (verb) construct, build, or erect | Synonyms: erect, put up, raise, set up |
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| (verb) stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds | Synonyms: rise up |
| (verb) cause to rise up | Synonyms: erect |
| (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, nurture, parent, raise |
| (verb) rise up | Synonyms: lift, rise |
| rearm | (verb) arm anew | Synonyms: re-arm |
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| (verb) arm again | - |
| rearrange | (verb) put into a new order or arrangement | - |
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| recharge | (verb) charge anew | - |
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| (verb) load anew | Synonyms: reload |
| regard | (verb) deem to be | Synonyms: consider, reckon, see, view |
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| (verb) look at attentively | Synonyms: consider |
| (verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly | Synonyms: affect, involve |
| regularise | (verb) make regular or more regular | Synonyms: regularize |
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| (verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: govern, order, regularize, regulate |
| regularize | (verb) make regular or more regular | Synonyms: regularise |
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| (verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: govern, order, regularise, regulate |
| reharmonise | (verb) provide with a different harmony | Synonyms: reharmonize |
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| reharmonize | (verb) provide with a different harmony | Synonyms: reharmonise |
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| rehear | (verb) hear or try a court case anew | Synonyms: retry |
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| rehearse | (verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practice, practise |
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| reincarnate | (verb) cause to appear in a new form | Synonyms: renew |
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| (verb) be born anew in another body after death | Synonyms: transmigrate |
| relearn | (verb) learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it | - |
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| remark | (verb) make mention of | Synonyms: mention, note, observe |
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| (verb) make or write a comment on | Synonyms: comment, notice, point out |
| remarry | (verb) marry, not for the first time | - |
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| remilitarise | (verb) militarize anew | Synonyms: remilitarize |
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| remilitarize | (verb) militarize anew | Synonyms: remilitarise |
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| research | (verb) inquire into | Synonyms: explore, search |
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| (verb) attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner | - |
| restart | (verb) take up or begin anew | Synonyms: re-start, resume |
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| (verb) start an engine again, for example | Synonyms: re-start |
| retard | (verb) lose velocity; move more slowly | Synonyms: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up |
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| (verb) cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate | - |
| (verb) slow the growth or development of | Synonyms: check, delay |
| (verb) be delayed | - |
| reward | (verb) strengthen and support with rewards | Synonyms: reinforce |
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| (verb) act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions | Synonyms: pay back, repay |
| (verb) bestow honor or rewards upon | Synonyms: honor, honour |
| roar | (verb) laugh unrestrainedly and heartily | Synonyms: howl |
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| (verb) make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles | Synonyms: howl |
| (verb) emit long loud cries | Synonyms: howl, ululate, wail, yaup, yawl |
| (verb) utter words loudly and forcefully | Synonyms: thunder |
| (verb) make a loud noise, as of animal | Synonyms: bellow |
| (verb) act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way | - |
| saccharify | (verb) convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate | - |
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| (verb) sweeten with sugar | Synonyms: sugar |
| safeguard | (verb) make safe | - |
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| (verb) escort safely | - |
| scar | (verb) mark with a scar | Synonyms: mark, pit, pock |
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| scare | (verb) cause fear in | Synonyms: affright, fright, frighten |
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| (verb) cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | Synonyms: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare away, scare off |
| scarf | (verb) wrap in or adorn with a scarf | - |
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| (verb) masturbate while strangling oneself | - |
| (verb) unite by a scarf joint | - |
| scarify | (verb) puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals | - |
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| (verb) break up | - |
| (verb) scratch the surface of | - |
| scarper | (verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
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| sear | (verb) make very hot and dry | Synonyms: scorch |
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| (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: blacken, char, scorch |
| (verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | Synonyms: parch |
| (verb) become superficially burned | Synonyms: scorch, singe |
| search | (verb) inquire into | Synonyms: explore, research |
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| (verb) try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of | Synonyms: look for, seek |
| (verb) subject to a search | - |
| (verb) search or seek | Synonyms: look |
| secularise | (verb) make secular and draw away from a religious orientation | Synonyms: secularize |
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| secularize | (verb) make secular and draw away from a religious orientation | Synonyms: secularise |
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| (verb) transfer from ecclesiastical to civil possession, use, or control | Synonyms: desacralize |
| separate | (verb) become separated into pieces or fragments | Synonyms: break, come apart, fall apart, split up |
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| (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: branch, fork, furcate, ramify |
| (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: assort, class, classify, sort, sort out |
| (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
| (verb) move or break apart | Synonyms: divide, part |
| (verb) force, take, or pull apart | Synonyms: disunite, divide, part |
| (verb) divide into components or constituents | - |
| (verb) go one's own way; move apart | Synonyms: part, split |
| (verb) make a division or separation | Synonyms: divide |
| (verb) treat differently on the basis of sex or race | Synonyms: discriminate, single out |
| (verb) separate into parts or portions | Synonyms: carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up |
| (verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways | Synonyms: break, break up, part, split, split up |
| (verb) act as a barrier between; stand between | Synonyms: divide |
| share | (verb) communicate | - |
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| (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: apportion, deal, divvy up, portion out |
| (verb) have, give, or receive a share of | Synonyms: partake, partake in |
| (verb) use jointly or in common | - |
| (verb) have in common | - |
| shark | (verb) hunt shark | - |
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| (verb) play the shark; act with trickery | - |
| sharpen | (verb) become sharp or sharper | - |
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| (verb) make crisp or more crisp and precise | - |
| (verb) raise the pitch of (musical notes) | - |
| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, focus |
| (verb) make (one's senses) more acute | Synonyms: heighten |
| (verb) give a point to | Synonyms: point, taper |
| (verb) make sharp or sharper | - |
| (verb) make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper | - |
| sharpshoot | (verb) aim and shoot with great precision | Synonyms: snipe |
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| shart | (verb) to intend to release flatulence but actually defecate | - |
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