Sunday, January 17, 2010

Dictionary

Definitions of empty on the Web:

  • make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
  • holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours"
  • vacate: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
  • devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments"
  • remove; "Empty the water"
  • needing nourishment; "after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"; "empty-bellied children"
  • evacuate: excrete or discharge from the body
  • a container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"
  • emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty

Definitions of Hurt on the Web:

  • ache: be the source of pain
  • give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"
  • pain: cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
  • injury: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
  • cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"
  • distress: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
  • hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
  • suffering: feelings of mental or physical pain
  • feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
  • detriment: a damage or loss
  • suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women"
  • suffer: feel pain or be in pain
  • damage: the act of damaging something or someone
  • damaged inanimate objects or their value

Definitions of Fear on the Web:

  • be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event; "I fear she might get aggressive"
  • be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; "I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
  • be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement; "I fear I won't make it to your wedding party"
  • an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
  • be uneasy or apprehensive about; "I fear the results of the final exams"
  • concern: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
  • reverence: regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
  • a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration

Definitions of fade on the Web:

  • become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
  • lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
  • evanesce: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
  • slice: a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing"
  • languish: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
  • gradually ceasing to be visible

Definitions of love on the Web:

  • a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
  • any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";
  • have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
  • beloved: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
  • get pleasure from; "I love cooking"
  • a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"
  • be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"
  • a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love"
  • sleep together: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
  • sexual love: sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life"

Definitions of future on the Web:

  • yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"
  • the time yet to come
  • effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
  • a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
  • future(a): (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"
  • bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
  • a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary"

Definitions of alone on the Web:

  • alone(p): isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room"; "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone"
  • alone(p): lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler"
  • entirely: without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him"
  • alone(p): exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only"
  • without anybody else or anything else; "the child stayed home alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he flew solo"
  • alone(p): radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a ...

Definitions of confusion on the Web:

  • disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
  • a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"
  • a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
  • an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"
  • a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"

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