IVB21 Crossword
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1) plants: plant life, especially all the plants found in a particular country, region, or time regarded as a group
description of plants: a systematic set of descriptions of all the plants of a particular place or time
bacteria that inhabit body organs: all the usually harmless bacteria inhabiting a part of the body, regarded as a group or population
Synonyms: plants, flowers, vegetation, plant life, greenery, foliage, green, herbage, leafage, vegetation, verdure
2) 1a : the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (as a sheep) b : the wool obtained from a sheep at one shearing
2a : any of various soft or woolly coverings b : a soft bulky deep-piled knitted or woven fabric used chiefly for clothing
: a soft cloth that is used to make warm clothes
▪ warm fleece jackets
Synonyms: coat, fur, hair, jacket, pelage, pile, wool
3) prevent or hinder: to prevent or hinder somebody from doing something, or something from happening, by acting in advance
hinder sale of: to stop or slow down sales of a product in a market by buying that product in large quantities beforehand
:to prevent the normal trading in by buying or diverting goods or by persuading persons to raise prices
Negotiations failed to forestall the conflict
Synonyms: anticipate, foresee, expect, envision, predic
t, forecast, project5) 1: to display or obtrude oneself to public notice
2: to wave or flutter showily
to show (something) in a very open way so that other people will notice
▪ She liked to flaunt her wealth by wearing furs and jewelry.
: to show a lack of respect for (something, such as a rule) :flout
▪ They openly flaunted the rules.
Synonyms: display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, show, lay out, parade, produce, show off, sport, strut, unveil6) 1: deceptive nonsense
2: deception, fraud
: dishonest behavior meant to take money or property from someone
: foolish or deceptive words :nonsense
▪ He lost all his money to a flimflam artist/man.
The report is just a lot of corporate flimflam
trick or swindle: an attempt to cheat somebody
deceptive talk: talk that confuses or deceives
cheat somebody: to cheat somebody
Synonyms: artifice, device, dodge, fetch, trick, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, ploy, scheme, shenanigan8)
: grasses and other plants that are eaten by animals (such as cows)
▪ The grass serves as forage for livestock.
food for animals: food for animals, especially crops grown to feed horses, cattle, and other livestock
search: a search or the process of searching for something, especially a search for food and supplies or a search among a varied collection of things
raid by soldiers: a raid carried out by soldiers, especially to seize food or supplies
: the act of foraging : search for provisions
Synonyms: fodder, feed, food, silage
10) muscle bending joint or limb: a muscle that bends a joint or limb when it is contracted
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1) metal in thin sheets: metal in a very thin flexible sheet
good contrast to something: a useful or interesting contrast to something
metal coating on mirror: the thin reflective metal coating on the back of a mirror
: trample
2a : to prevent from attaining an end : defeat b : to bring to naught : thwart
4) 1: a small anticipatory sample
2: an advance indication or warning
sample of future: a sample or indication of what is to come
have foretaste of something: to have a sample or indication of what is to come
Synonyms: sample, token, indication, example, taste, taster, preview, insight5) 7) not taking something seriously enough: showing a lack of seriousness that is thought inappropriate
1archaic : glib, talkative
2: lacking proper respect or seriousness
He made a flippant response to a serious question.
Synonyms: cute, facetious, flip, pert, smart, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart-ass, smart-assed, smarty-pants, wise, wiseass
Synonyms: frivolous, offhand, glib, dismissive, flip, superficial, facetious, jokey, insouciant9) : to break or ignore (a law, rule, etc.) without hiding what you are doing or showing fear
openly ignore law or convention: to show contempt for a law or convention by openly disobeying or defying it
: to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
Despite repeated warnings, they have continued to flout the law.
Synonyms: despise, disregard, scorn, disobey, break, ignore, defy, contravene, be in breach of, scorn, spurn, scoff
10) 1obsolete : to do without
2: to hold oneself back from especially with an effort
3obsolete : to leave alone : shun
: to choose not to do (something that you could do) : to avoid doing or saying (something) [+ obj] ▪ He carefully forbore any mention of her name for fear of upsetting them
Synonyms: abjure, abstain (from), forgo (also forego), keep (from), refrain (from), withhold (from)
11) 1: a flowing of fluid from the body: as a : diarrhea b : dysentery
2: a continuous moving on or passing by (as of a stream)
3: a continued flow : flood
4a : influx b : change, fluctuation
5: a substance used to promote fusion (as of metals or minerals); especially : one (as rosin) applied to surfaces to be joined by soldering, brazing, or welding to clean and free them from oxide and promote their union
6: the rate of transfer of fluid, particles, or energy across a given surface
constant change: constant change and instability
soldering aid: a substance that promotes the fusion of two substances or surfaces.
rate of flow across area: the rate of flow of something such as energy, particles, or fluid volume across or onto a given area
Synonyms: fluidity, mutability, fluctuation, change, instability, unrest, change, fluctuation, inconstancy, oscillation |
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