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  • 61cloud — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. haze (see cloudiness, obscurity); flight (see assemblage). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fog at a distance from the earth] Syn. haze, mist, rack, fogginess, haziness, film, puff, billow, frost, nebula,… …

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  • 62undulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. surge, fluctuate, ripple, pulsate, wave. See oscillation, convolution. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To surge] Syn. billow, wave, ripple; see move 1 . 2. [To sway] Syn. pulsate, oscillate, swing; see wave 3 …

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  • 63water — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) A clear liquid and major component of all living things Nouns 1. water, moisture, wetness; drinking water, spring water, mineral water; sea or salt water, fresh water; serum, serosity; lymph; rheum;… …

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  • 64bellows — [OE] Bellows and belly were originally the same word, Old English belig, which meant ‘bag’. This was used in the compound blǣstbelig, literally ‘blowing bag’, a device for blowing a fire, which was replaced in the late Old English period by the… …

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  • 65bold — [OE] In Old English, bold meant simply ‘brave’; the modern connotations of immodesty or presumptuousness do not seem to have developed until the 12th century. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *balthaz, based ultimately, it has been… …

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  • 66bolster — [OE] The idea underlying bolster ‘long pillow’ is of something stuffed, so that it swells up. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *bolstraz, which was a derivative of *bolg , *bulg (source also of bellows, belly, billow and possibly bell, bellow …

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  • 67billowy — 1610s, from BILLOW (Cf. billow) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Billowiness …

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  • 68roll — v 1. revolve, rotate, bowl, trundle, troll, tumble, somersault, somerset, turn, go around; (all of a vessel) pitch, lurch, haw, swing, toss, rock, incline, sway, lean; spin, gyrate, whirl, pivot, pirouette, wheel, reel, swirl, twirl, twiddle. 2.… …

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  • 69surge — n 1. gush, rush, stream, flow, efflux, effusion, outpouring; upsurge, rise, ascension, upsweep, upcurve, uptrend, ungrowth, upgoing; increase, acceleration, inflation, escalation, intensification; takeoff, rocketing, soaring, skyrocketing. 2.… …

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  • 70surge — [n] rush, usually of liquid billow, breaker, deluge, efflux, flood, flow, growth, gush, intensification, outpouring, rise, roll, surf, swell, upsurge, wave; concepts 432,467,787 surge [v] rush, usually in liquid form arise, billow, climb, deluge …

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