| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A subtle pointing out: clue, cue, intimation, suggestion. See KNOWLEDGE, SUGGEST. 2. A subtle quality underlying or felt to underlie a situation, action, or person: implication, inkling, suspicion, undercurrent, undertone. See SHOW, SUGGEST. 3. A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. Informal : whisker. See BIG, SHOW. | | VERB: | 1. To convey an idea by indirect, subtle means: imply, insinuate, intimate2, suggest. Idioms: drop a hint. See SHOW, SUGGEST. 2. To try to obtain something, usually by subtleness and cunning: angle1, fish. See ASK.
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