| purse | (noun) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | Synonyms: bag, handbag, pocketbook |
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| (noun) a small bag for carrying money | - |
| (noun) a sum of money offered as a prize | - |
| (noun) a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse | - |
| (verb) contract one's lips into a rounded shape | - |
| (verb) gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | Synonyms: wrinkle |
| purser | (noun) an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare | - |
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| purslane | (noun) a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas | - |
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| pursual | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, following, pursuit |
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| pursuance | (noun) the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion | Synonyms: prosecution |
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| (noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Synonyms: pursuit, quest |
| pursuant | (adjective) (followed by `to') in conformance to or agreement with | - |
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| pursue | (verb) go in search of or hunt for | Synonyms: go after, quest after, quest for |
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| (verb) follow in or as if in pursuit | Synonyms: follow |
| (verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: engage, prosecute |
| (verb) carry further or advance | Synonyms: act on, follow up on |
| pursued | (adjective) followed with enmity as if to harm | - |
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| (noun) a person who is being chased | Synonyms: chased |
| pursuer | (noun) a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chaser |
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| (noun) a person who pursues some plan or goal | - |
| pursuing | (adjective) following in order to overtake or capture or as accompaniment to such pursuit | - |
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| pursuit | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: chase, following, pursual |
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| (noun) a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | Synonyms: interest, pastime |
| (noun) an auxiliary activity | Synonyms: avocation, by-line, hobby, sideline, spare-time activity |
| (noun) a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Synonyms: pursuance, quest |
| pursy | (adjective) breathing laboriously or convulsively | Synonyms: blown, short-winded, winded |
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