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v.
cut or clip hair; strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping


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n. Syn. bush
bush


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v.
make sick; disease; impair; weaken; become sick; fall into disease


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v. Syn. feign; imitate
make a pretence of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks


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n. Syn. slit
broad, flat, wooden bar; slat or slot; narrow opening; slit; position of employment


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v.
fly aloft, as a bird; mount upward on wings; rise in thought, spirits, or imagination


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a. Syn. serious; somber; sober
serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober


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n.
a particular or peculiar case; a distinguishing mark or feature


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a. Syn. rotary; curled
rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in shape of a coil


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v. Syn. germinate
have new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; shoot up


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