| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An inclination to something: bent, bias, disposition, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, squint, tendency, trend, turn. See APPROACH, LIKE. 2. A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood: aspect, countenance, expression, face, look, visage. See EXPRESS. 3. A hollow device for shaping a fluid or plastic substance: form, matrix, mold. See SURFACE. 4. The external outline of a thing: configuration, figure, form, pattern, shape. See SURFACE. 5. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members: breed, description, feather, ilk, kind2, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety. Informal : persuasion. See GROUP. 6. An act of throwing: fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, shy2, sling, throw, toss. See MOVE. 7. A shade of a color, especially a pale or delicate variation: hue, tinge, tint, tone. See COLORS. | | VERB: | 1. To combine (figures) to form a sum: add (up), foot (up), sum (up), tot2 (up), total, totalize. See INCREASE. 2. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something: aim, direct, head, level, point, set1, train, turn, zero in. Military : lay1. See SEEK. 3. To ascertain by mathematics: calculate, cipher, compute, figure, reckon. See REASON. 4. To form a strategy for: blueprint, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay1, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal : dope out. Idioms: lay plans. See PLANNED. 5. To send out heat, light, or energy: emit, irradiate, project, radiate, shed, throw. See MOVE. 6. To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm: dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shoot, shy2, sling, throw, toss. Informal : fire. See MOVE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | cast about To try to find something: hunt, look, quest, search, seek. See SEEK. cast out To rid one's mind of: banish, dismiss, dispel, shut out. See KEEP.
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