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Food & Smell
Food & Smell > Beverages & Drinking
Food & Smell > Beverages & Drinking > How Someone Might Drink a Beverage
nip, knock back, pucker, pour, gulp, slurp, sample, partake, toast, scarf down, swig, sip, drink, down, glug, wash down (one's food), tip (a glass), raise (a glass), guzzle, imbibe, chug, chugalug, toss back (a shot), get drunk
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Food & Smell > Beverages & Drinking > Juicing & Making Smoothies
chop, jam, grind, juice, liquefy, shake, pour, masticate, quarter, wash, blend, sweeten, plunge, halve, pit (fruit), thicken (with a banana), skim (froth), chill, mince (herbs), squeeze (lemon), feed (into a juicer)
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Food & Smell > Beverages & Drinking > Preparing Coffee, Tea & Non-Alcoholic Drinks
grind, cut, stir, heat, remove, dunk, age, blend, filter, drip, steep, infuse, mix, serve, sweeten, submerge, percolate, pour (milk), brew, strain (tea leaves), carbonate, ice, frost (glass), froth (milk), bring to a boil, mix in, spoon, squeeze (lemon into tea), pull (teabag), dry (tea leaves), dip (teabag)
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Food & Smell > Beverages & Drinking > What Beverages Can Do to Someone
hydrate, burn, shock, cleanse, turbocharge, compliment, slake, intoxicate, quench (thirst), satisfy (one's thirst), get one drunk, cool one down, warm one up, coat one's throat, caffeinate, boost one's energy, scald, blister, clear (phlegm), wash down, mask (taste)
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Food & Smell > Beverages & Drinking > Wine-Making & Brewing
bottle, disgorge, siphon, grow (grapes), harvest (grapes), crush (grapes), pick (grapes), stomp (grapes), add (hops/sugar), feed (yeast food to the yeast), hydrate (yeast), punch down, test (ph/yan), acidulate, inoculate, cork, rack, date, age (wine), brew (beer), distill (alcohol), ferment (grapes)
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Food & Smell > Eating
Food & Smell > Eating > Overeating
chomp, stuff, dispose of, demolish, gobble, gulp, tear into, polish off, devour, inhale, binge, wolf down, scarf down, feast, gorge, overeat, glut, pig out, banquet, bolt down, gobble up/down, open (packaged food)
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Food & Smell > Eating > Physical Act of Eating
nip, chew, chomp, gnaw, pick at, bite, suck, nibble, masticate, swallow, munch, dig in, moisten, consume, sample, polish off, put away, ingest, bite into, nosh, wolf down, peck at, chow down, crunch (celery), slurp (soup), tuck into (one's food), wolf down (one's food)
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Food & Smell > Eating > Snacking
grab, snatch, nip, graze, pick at, nibble, munch, crinkle, slap together, peck at, snack, shell (nuts), unwrap (protein bar), scoop (popcorn), pop (peanuts into one's mouth), microwave (popcorn), suck (on a lollipop), slurp (a slushee), lick (an ice cream cone), forage (food from the cupboard)
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Food & Smell > Eating > Tasting or Enjoying Food
pucker, smell, belch, spit out, lick, admire, gag, relish, savor, chow down, taste, suck (sugar cane), gnaw (on a chicken bone), choke on, satisfy (one's sweet tooth), burn (one's tongue), smack one's lips
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Food & Smell > Eating Alone
grab, scrap, pick at, drop, call, nibble, read, ditch, heat up, slap together, forgo, turn on (tv/computer), walk around, microwave, eat in the car, stop (for take-out), dispense with, go out, eat out, play (computer games)
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Food & Smell > Food Preservation
jar, press, freeze, ventilate, bottle, smoke, package, cure, wash, pit (fruit), salt, parboil, refrigerate, dehydrate, dry (herbs), can (fruit), preserve (fruit), pickle, can, ferment, seal (jar of jam), boil down, churn (milk to butter), cook down
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Food & Smell > Looking for Food
Food & Smell > Looking for Food > Eating Very Little
dole out, stretch, wait, water down, limit, mete out, allot, conserve, ration, starve, put off, wolf down, portion, hand out, space meals, fast
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Food & Smell > Looking for Food > Foraging for Food
nip, graze, pinch, push aside, nibble, forage, scrounge, scavenge, steal, harvest, dumpster dive, dig (roots), raid (a garden), cut (vegetables from a vine), taste (a plant), test (a strange plant), root around, scout (for edible plants), outsmart (animal competition), pick (fruit), shell (acorns/nuts), shake off (dirt from roots), shake (branches to loosen coconuts), pluck, swarm around, cannibalize
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Food & Smell > Mise en Place & Food Preparation
Food & Smell > Mise en Place & Food Preparation > Baking & Grilling
crimp, roll, oil, pour, smoke, sear, singe, baste, turn, grill, salt, pepper, microwave, roast, bake, preheat (the oven), set (the timer), broil, truss (turkey with string), barbeque, scallop (pie crust), poke (holes in pie crust), glaze (with vinegar/wine)
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Food & Smell > Mise en Place & Food Preparation > Cooking on a Stovetop
stir, heat, jug, moisten, sprinkle, boil, poach, sweeten, thicken, salt, pepper, microwave, spice, season, sauté, fry, fizz, oil (the frying pan), skim (fat), mull (cider), scald (milk), steam, parboil, cover (with lid/cheese), nuke, reheat, reduce (the glaze), pressure-cook
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Food & Smell > Mise en Place & Food Preparation > Finishing Touches on Dishes
mash, pinch, finish, glaze, daub, garnish, slather, crumble, fortify, arrange, salt, pepper, dribble (olive oil), drizzle (chocolate sauce), sprinkle (garnish), pour (sauce), grate (lemon zest), zest
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Food & Smell > Mise en Place & Food Preparation > Planning the Meal
funnel, set up, place, prepare (menu), shop (for ingredients), plan (the menu), set out (ingredients), measure (ingredients), array (ingredients on the counter), assemble (ingredients), filter (water), stock (cupboards with ingredients), wash (vegetables), uncork (wine), refrigerate (dough)
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Food & Smell > Mise en Place & Food Preparation > Preparing Food for Cooking
dice, mash, pound, crack, mince, grind, grate, shake, daub, blend, marinate, dribble, slather, crumble, sweeten, smear, pit (fruit), wash (vegetables), slice (cucumbers), shell, husk, rub (with oil/spice), split (the skin), sift (flour), whisk (eggs), separate (yolks), beat (eggs), drizzle, spice, season, stuff (turkey), chine (meat from the backbone), brush (egg whites on dough), peel, tenderize, shuck (peas)
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Food & Smell > Mise en Place & Food Preparation > Salad-Making
chop, slice, garnish, pick, pit (fruit), mince (herbs), season, shake (vinaigrette), dress (the salad), toss (salad), wash (vegetables to remove chemicals), squeeze (lemon/grapefruit into salad dressing), scoop (avocado), make dressing, roast (nuts)
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Food & Smell > Sitting Down to a Meal
Food & Smell > Sitting Down to a Meal > Handling One's Food During a Meal
poke, fork, blot, sweeten, slather (with sauce), salt, pepper, sprinkle (with salt), dribble (soy sauce/gravy), dip (into sauce), butter (one's bread), dab (sauce with his bread), roll (corn over a stick of butter), slice (meat), cut (a vegetable), lift (food to one's mouth), drip (dressing on salad), pour (milk in tea), spoon (a dollop of whipped cream), scoop (sauce)
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Food & Smell > Sitting Down to a Meal > Starting a Meal
scrape, distribute, announce, transfer, serve, partake, give thanks, turn off, sit down, pull out (a chair), call (children to the table), set the table, ring (a bell), grab a plate, dish out/up, ladle, set out, say grace, take a seat
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Food & Smell > Smell
Food & Smell > Smell > Giving Off Smells
stink, float, bear, blow, secrete, leak, drift, emit, taint, pervade, release, smack of, reek, leave behind (a strong odor of), give off (the faint odor of), waft, send off/out, mingle with, perfume, exude, suffuse with, seep (into the room)
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Food & Smell > Smell > How People Respond to Smells
recoil, choke, asphyxiate, stir (a memory), conjure up, disgust, remind one of, nauseate, intoxicate, turn one's stomach, salivate, fill (one's nostrils), inhale (deeply), crinkle (one's nose), drink in (a fragrance), bring back (a memory), bring back
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Food & Smell > Smell > Taking In Odors
smell, catch, gulp, absorb, detect, inhale, sniff, snuffle, whiff, breathe in, pick up (the scent of), take in (smells), fill (one's nostrils)
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Food & Smell > Social Dining
Food & Smell > Social Dining > Serving Guests at a Meal
gather, serve, toast, banquet, feed (one's guests), set (the table), set out (food in bowls), fold (napkins), arrange (dinnerware/flowers), dole out (servings), ladle (soup), pass (condiments), say grace, clink (glasses), regale, pass out/around, wash up, wash (dishes), cater
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Food & Smell > Social Dining > Table Manners
pour, nibble, wait, refrain from, serve, offer, set the table, pull (someone's chair out), wipe (one's mouth), sit up straight, fold a napkin, unfold (a napkin), arrange (one's utensils on the plate), compliment (the cook), pass (dishes), clear the table, offer to, refill
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Food & Smell > Social Dining > Things One Does in a Restaurant (other than eating & drinking)
select, check, tip (the server), toast, raise (a glass), sit down, clink (glasses), read (a menu), wait (to be seated), take off (one's coat), dine, order (food), unfold (one's napkin), sign (the credit card receipt), pay (the bill), make a reservation, choose (a menu item), pick (a table)
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Food & Smell > Social Dining > What Servers Do in a Restaurant
deliver, charge, accommodate, inquire, serve (food & drink to customers), wait (tables), wait on (customers), greet (customers), welcome (customers), set (tables), clear (dirty dishes), refill (water glass), take (orders), recite (specials), prepare (tables for a meal), clean up, seat (customers), write down (food order), transmit (food order to kitchen staff), put in (an order), lay (tablecloth on table), bring (menus), check in with (customers), list (specials), introduce oneself, educate oneself
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Food & Smell > What Food Does
Food & Smell > What Food Does > How Food Heats up & Cools
freeze, sear, burn, warm up, boil, heat up, wilt, thaw, chill, cool (in the refrigerator), simmer, defrost, warm, circulate (in a microwave), crisp
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Food & Smell > What Food Does > Impact of Food on the Body & Spirit
wind up, ground, fill, fatten, nourish, satisfy, calm, overwhelm, sustain, energize, slake, weigh one down, caffeinate, dehydrate, dry out, sate, bloat, loosen (one's stools), constipate, provide (sustenance), quench, curb (one's appetite), lower (ldl), upset one's stomach, turn one's stomach
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Food & Smell > What Food Does > Negative Physical Reactions to Food
choke, heave, turn over, hurl, spew, expel, belch, disgorge, regurgitate, water, dry, puff up, fart, pass gas, gag, hurt, vomit, barf, throw up, cough, swell, bloat, get the runs, salivate, retain water, break out (in hives), burp, spit out/up, puke, dry-heave, retch, upchuck, toss one's cookies, eruct
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Food & Smell > What Food Does > What Food Does as It Is Prepared
liquefy, smell, froth, blend, marinate, soften, darken, seep, drip, soak up, steep, burn, mix, fizzle, thicken, toast, roast, bake, sauté, fry, fizz, crisp, give off (smell), curdle, sizzle (on the grill), overcook, give off (kitchen odors)
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Food & Smell > What Food Does > What Food Does Over Time
shrivel, stink, smell, break down, perish, age, soften, discolor, spoil, pervade, wither, expire, sour, wilt, ferment, curdle, absorb (flavors in the refrigerator), dry out, decompose, compost, lose (flavor/firmness), bruise, grow (mold), sprout, rot, go off, give off (an odor), reek, go stale, ripen
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Natural Environment
Natural Environment > Air
Natural Environment > Air > Gently Moving Air
rustle, scatter, hang, caress, wind, rise, smoke, float, ruffle, hum, whirl, flutter, sigh, blow, tickle, thin, die down, cloud over, swirl, flow, stream, circulate, heat up, puff, billow, whisper, waft, oxygenate, cool (the patio), brush past, aerate, eddy, fill (sails), riffle
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Natural Environment > Air > How People & Things Interact With Air
fan, ventilate, swing, flap, swish, dissipate, swoosh, breathe, re-circulate, evaporate, air, inhale, gasp, exhale, whiff, air out, air-dry, blow up (a balloon), pop (a balloon), whish, air-condition, fog up, fly (a kite)
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Natural Environment > Benefits of Ecosystems
clean, convert, strengthen, protect, balance, trample, conceal, filter, absorb, exchange, regulate, release, buffer, shelter, oxygenate, prevent (erosion/flooding), provide (a food source for wildlife), hold (soil in place), secure (water table), break (the strength of a storm), transport
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Natural Environment > Chemistry
smash, extract, concentrate, rotate, split, distill, stain, fuse, fix, saturate, infiltrate, scavenge, catalyze, invert, bond, explode, attract, spin, oxidize, ionize, decay, polarize, inhibit, stratify, combine, leach, repel, neutralize, potentiate, resonate, derive, aerate, vaporize, turn (into), act upon, titrate, react, sequence (dna), configure, precipitate, assay
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Natural Environment > Environmental Activism
Natural Environment > Environmental Activism > Advocating for the Environment
hammer, picket, protest, litigate, engage, back, persuade, pressure, mobilize, confront, judge, admonish, localize, champion, abolish, educate, petition, inculcate, lobby, reproach, counteract, caution, impress upon, advocate, instigate, fault, raise (the issue of climate refugees), draft (proposals), assign (responsibility), endeavor, follow through
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Natural Environment > Environmental Activism > Attesting to Climate Change
attribute, implicate, advise, write up, brief, publicize, prognosticate, corroborate, alert, attest, explicate
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Natural Environment > Environmental Activism > Evaluating Environmental Damage due to Human Activity
gauge, measure, appraise, calibrate, project, figure, examine, monitor, check, discover, authenticate, research, deliberate, evaluate, report, estimate, spike, forecast, specify, chart, rate, consult, enumerate, prognosticate, map, flag, prove, correlate, extrapolate, find, postulate, log (findings), chronicle, back up (claims), grade (severity of storms), assess (carbon emissions), predict (a rise in sea temperature), carbon-date, expose (greenwashing), conduct (field research), draw parallels, single out (a variable)
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Natural Environment > Environmental Activism > Grassroots Efforts to Protect Natural Habitats
reforest, rescue, boycott, protest, rally, protect, occupy, restore, divest, volunteer, resist, blockade, barricade, clean up, replant, adopt (an old-growth tree/a highway), pick up litter, sit in, organize (a sit-in), rewild
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Natural Environment > Fire
Natural Environment > Fire > How People Build & Tend Fires
chop, saw, cradle, watch, douse, stoke, rekindle, collect (firewood), split (firewood), drive (a wedge into a log to split it), stack (firewood), haul (firewood), carry (logs to the hearth), stir (embers), toss (wood into a campfire/woodstove), build (a fire), put a match to, light (kindling), kindle (a fire), smother (a fire), put out (a fire), extinguish (a fire), pour gasoline on, stamp out (embers), throw dirt on, empty (ashes from the woodstove), blow on, fan (the flames), feed (the fire), regulate (the flue), adjust (logs), add (logs to a fire)
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Natural Environment > Fire > The Sound of Fire
plunk, crack, snap, pop, smoke, suck, hiss, roar, sputter, burn, spit, fizz, sizzle, crackle, char, crepitate
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Natural Environment > Fire > What Fires Do (Other Than Make Sound)
throw, spread, smoke, smolder, smelt, heat, sear, leap, dance, suck, catch, blaze, roar, peter out, glow, flicker, sputter, spark, blacken, flare, singe, explode, burn, light, smudge, ignite, engulf, erupt, consume, heat up, fizzle out, damp, spit, reduce to, blossom, bloom, roast, broil, sizzle, scorch, cremate, crackle, char, torch, flame, parch, scourge, incinerate, burst (into flame), burn down, immolate
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Natural Environment > Fire > What Wood Does in a Fire
smoke, smolder, blaze, kindle, glow, burn, ignite, oxidize, heat up, crackle, flame, catch (fire), combust, turn to ash
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Natural Environment > Gardening & Small-Scale Crops
Natural Environment > Gardening & Small-Scale Crops > Compost
break down, dig in, burn, turn, steam, decompose, compost, aerate, take out (food scraps), spread (compost)
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Natural Environment > Gardening & Small-Scale Crops > Cultivating Plants
snip, trim, pinch, shovel, dig, feed, hose down, water, tend, thin, moisten, sprinkle, cross, diversify, stake, propagate, fertilize, irrigate, cultivate, sow, pluck, garden, farm, pollinate, till (soil), hoe, plow, graft, weed, turn (the soil), hill up, deadhead, transplant, rototill, hybridize (varieties of plants), pot, re-pot, dowse, tie (up)
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Natural Environment > Gardening & Small-Scale Crops > Harvesting Edible Plants
snip, lug, trundle, rake, shovel, dig, snap, cut, remove, forage, collect, harvest, thresh, bale (hay), reap, pluck, separate (from the spur), pick (vegetables), brim, winnow, bring in (a crop), mow (grain), gather in
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Natural Environment > Gardening & Small-Scale Crops > Pruning Plants & Trees
snip, clip, trim, snap, cut, shape, care for, thin, contour, open, cut back, prune, top
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Natural Environment > Gardening & Small-Scale Crops > What Landscapers Do
jimmy, measure, forge, pave, grade, proportion, design, spike, ratchet (up/down), fortify, buttress, shore up, prune, place, sow, mulch, shave (flagstones), light (a japanese maple), space (trees), level (soil/tier), unroll (sod), enrich (the soil), dig (holes for bushes), support (saplings with poles), curve (a path)
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Natural Environment > GeoengineeringStub
counter, geoengineer
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Natural Environment > Green Business
Natural Environment > Green Business > Green Business Practices
trim, fine-tune, power, rig, outfit, replace, refine, recycle, decarbonize, devise, certify, tear down, upgrade, convert, protect, switch, modify, green, solarize, funnel, invent, exchange, rethink, correct, regulate, scale up, chart, rate, optimize, guarantee, innovate, trade, barter, swap, conserve, eliminate, renew, remake, preserve, activate, invest in, safeguard, pioneer, reinvent, save (water), lighten (carbon footprint), lower (carbon emissions), install (solar panels), buy local, localize (sources of ingredients), communalize, raise (edible insects)
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Natural Environment > Green Business > Green Manufacturing
power, outfit, retool, recycle, retrofit, supply, overhaul, refit, upgrade, renovate, remodel, solarize, figure in, recondition, update, innovate, localize, conserve, refashion, revamp, modernize, remake, potentiate, reinvent, rethink (dated practices), upcycle, generate (green power), tap (resources), refine (green manufacturing practices), repurpose, reconfigure, reduce (emissions), reform (practices), revolutionize (green manufacturing), develop (new technologies)
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Natural Environment > Green Lifestyle
Natural Environment > Green Lifestyle > Green Living in the Home
replace, sew, recycle, cycle, insulate, green, solarize, salvage, replenish, trade in, swap, pool, skimp, conserve, simplify, carpool, preserve, reuse, share, turn off, can (fruit), pickle, compost, garden, bike, grow (vegetables), conserve (energy), patronize (green businesses), ride-share, plant (trees/garden), air-dry (laundry), weatherize, weather-strip, raise (chickens), reduce (carbon footprint), cut back (heat), cut down (water use)
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Natural Environment > Green Lifestyle > Recycling
break down, harness, convert, forage, scavenge, reduce, collect, rethink, offset, revitalize, dumpster dive, reuse, clean up, compost, upcycle, repurpose, sort (trash), reclaim, separate (garbage), reimagine
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Natural Environment > Human Misuse of the Environment & its Consequences
Natural Environment > Human Misuse of the Environment & its Consequences > Consequences of Mismanaging the Environment
pollute, stink, smell, degrade, strip, heat, calve, scar, seep, drift, flood, taint, melt, collapse, contaminate, burden, tax, ruin, doom, spoil, deplete, disintegrate, corrupt, release, decline, cost, erode, foul, salt, warm, dirty (water/air), drain (reservoirs), raise (global temperature)
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Natural Environment > Human Misuse of the Environment & its Consequences > Human Misuse of the Environment
drill, extract, strip-mine, inject, toss, dump, trash, fuel, pump, clear-cut, riddle, emit, emanate, contaminate, waste, use up (resources), accumulate, crowd out, encroach, fill (ravines with trash), strip (forests), cut down (old-growth forests), dirty (water/air), give off (greenhouse gases), trap (heat), overfish, guzzle (gas), discharge (particulate matter)
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Natural Environment > Human Misuse of the Environment & its Consequences > Signs of Climate Change
raise, heat, migrate, calve, shrink, alter, flood, burn, melt, collapse, dry up, evaporate, diminish, storm, salt, warm, come early, rise (sea level), desertify
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Natural Environment > Life Cycle of Plants
Natural Environment > Life Cycle of Plants > Germination & Rooting of Plants
root, soften, burst, propagate, swell, drink, sprout, leaf out, push up (through the dirt), start (seedlings), take root, send down roots, grow roots, snip (a cutting)
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Natural Environment > Life Cycle of Plants > How Plants Grow
cling, spread, climb, mature, proliferate, cover, vine, lengthen, burst, flourish, thrive, prosper, harden, shoot up, swell, blossom, bloom, flower, drink, sprout, leaf out, bud, turn (color), turn toward (sunlight), pollinate, cross-fertilize, photosynthesize, give off (scent)
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Natural Environment > Life Cycle of Plants > Ripening & Going to Seed
shed, sag, nod, snap, drop, pop, generate, attach, float, turn color, mature, multiply, burst, explode, open, produce, yield, seed, fruit, ripen, self-seed, go to seed, effloresce, self-sow, rot (fruit)
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Natural Environment > Natural Disasters
Natural Environment > Natural Disasters > Earthquakes
Natural Environment > Natural Disasters > Earthquakes > What Objects Do During Earthquakes
smash, bang, bash, hit, clang, pound, strike, batter, crack, crash, slide, pitch, hang, shake, snap, shimmy, quiver, swing, topple, break, rattle, rumble, lurch, growl, roar, tremble, buckle, crumple, dangle, tilt, pulse, wobble, collapse, sway, fall, list, plunge, vibrate, shudder, quake, throb, pulsate, hurtle, clatter, career, lose balance, hit (the floor), clank, cave (buildings)
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Natural Environment > Natural Disasters > Earthquakes > What Tectonic Plates Do During an Earthquake
scrape, ram, collide, grind, shift, fold, crumble, merge, slide over, jut, reverberate
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Natural Environment > Natural Disasters > Earthquakes > What the Ground Does During an Earthquake
tip, shake, rock, shimmy, slip, tremble, sway, move, give way, vibrate, shiver, shudder, quake, convulse, fissure, slide around, gape open
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Natural Environment > Organic Farming & Gardening
Natural Environment > Organic Farming & Gardening > Benefits of Organic Farming
enrich (soil), preserve (soil health), maintain (a healthy ecosystem), replenish (soil nutrients), protect (surrounding land/water table), boost (quality of food), prevent (erosion of topsoil), preserve (moisture in the soil), reduce (watering/waste), conserve water, prevent (evaporation)
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Natural Environment > Organic Farming & Gardening > Organic Gardening & Farming Methods
trap, seed, rotate (crops), compost, mulch, hill up, enrich (soil), condition (the soil), spray (oil on pests), build up (loam), pick (aphids off leaves), spread (manure), double-dig, companion plant, collect (seed), naturalize
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Natural Environment > Plant Death & Disease
Natural Environment > Plant Death & Disease > Causes of Disease in Plants
chew, chomp, freeze, swarm, peck, neglect, shade, contaminate, suck out, deplete, crowd out, infest, overshadow, injure, infect, parch, overwater, under-water, dry out (the soil)
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Natural Environment > Plant Death & Disease > Death & Signs of Disease in Plants
crack, flatten, droop, sag, shrivel, drop, stink, perish, die, decay, wither, wilt, putrefy, bow, rot, die back, bolt (to seed), dry out/up, give off (a rank odor), shed (its leaves), lose (its leaves)
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Natural Environment > Pushback Against Environmental Regulation
weigh, litigate, evade, spin, block, exploit, claim, restrict, filibuster, prohibit, authorize, exempt, argue, dispute, tout, stonewall, veto, repeal, resist, lobby, legislate, sanction, manipulate (data), grandstand, legalize, dither, declaim, adjust (data to suit one's agenda), greenwash, buy (votes), tailor (regulations to suit big business), eliminate (restrictions on agribusiness), walk out, posture, refuse to (compromise), submit (revisions), institute (regressive measures)
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Natural Environment > Relaxing Activities in Nature
Natural Environment > Relaxing Activities in Nature > Backpacking, Hiking & Camping
pack, sling, pick up, smooth, hang, trudge, forge, forage, roam, tread, clamber, scramble, track, hike, guide, acclimatize, carry out, camp, acclimate, wander, unpack, trek, stake out (a campsite), stake down (tent), pitch (tent), strap on (backpack), bivouac, backpack, cross (mountains/streams), climb (a mountain/a rock face), traverse, tramp, pick one's way (through the thicket), step around/through/into, follow (trail/map), map (route), blaze (a trail), build (campfire), kindle (a campfire), collect (firewood), gather (firewood), douse (campfire), stir (coals), stoke (campfire), put out (campfire/vinegar), picnic, lay out (sleeping bag)
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Natural Environment > Relaxing Activities in Nature > Bird-watching
twitch, follow, listen, stake out, pursue, watch, observe, detect, identify, research, verify, guide, distinguish, birding (invisible navigation word) bird, peer (through binoculars), read (audubon bird guidebook), determine (species)
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Natural Environment > Relaxing Activities in Nature > Relaxing in Nature
roll, smell, whittle, jump, gather, roam, frolic, play, hunt, scramble, listen, gaze, collect, stargaze, photograph, breathe, calm down, slow down, marvel, unwind, wonder, fish, rest, wander, muck around/about, kindle (a campfire), picnic, meander, mess around, pick one's way (around sunbathers on the beach), soak up (the sun), lean back (against a tree), stroll, step into (a meadow/field of wildflowers), shoot (pictures/deer), look out/upon, watch (birds), stare at, build (a sculpture from driftwood)
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Natural Environment > Structural Policies to Protect the Environment
Natural Environment > Structural Policies to Protect the Environment > Other Proposals to Protect the Environment
fine-tune, decarbonize, reformulate, reforest, green, restrict, tax, limit, regulate, formulate, authorize, rein in, localize, levy, transform, propose, hone, eliminate, abolish, repeal, declare, legalize, phase out (dated practices), cap (emissions), scale up (efforts to produce clean energy), scale down (release of pollutants into air and water), cap and trade, reward (companies for green practices), schedule (time-line for reducing carbon emissions), carbon-tax, sue (companies that don't comply with regulations), present (a green model), submit (a proposal), advance (a bill), thwart (the expansion of a polluting plant), reduce (carbon emissions), prohibit (the use of toxic substances), institute, desalinate
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Natural Environment > Structural Policies to Protect the Environment > Rewilding the Natural Environment
replace, reforest, adapt, form, step back, sequester, restore, support, release, recover, return, retain, self-regulate, move in, rewild, bring back, reintroduce, regenerate (a forest), mulch, hold (moisture), create (niches for non-human species), sustain (ecosystem), absorb (carbon from the atmosphere), reduce (carbon), change (composition of the atmosphere), filter (carbon), take down (fences), trap (carbon on the ground)
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Natural Environment > Trees & Wood
Natural Environment > Trees & Wood > How Wood Behaves Over Time
chip, crack, snap, split, buckle, discolor, warp, dry out, decompose, rot, round, effloresce, harbor (termites), creak, squeak (doors), swell (with moisture)
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Natural Environment > Trees & Wood > How Wood Reacts to Water
smooth, bob, degrade, float, drift, decay, warp, disintegrate, rush, swell, rot, bloat, engorge, wash up against, sail, belly out
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Natural Environment > Trees & Wood > Uses of Wood Other Than Carpentry, Woodworking & Burning
wedge, elevate, brace, manufacture, build, carve, whittle, sculpt, cure, reinforce, shim, prop up, fortify, buttress, repurpose, lash together (branches), board up, use (wood)
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Natural Environment > Trees & Wood > What Trees Do
bend, droop, spread, swing, topple, fork, shade, sway, reach, blossom, bloom, rot, anchor, oxygenate, transport, leaf out, grow rings, send (roots), shed (bark), peel off (bark), drop (flowers/leaves), translocate, intertwine (branches)
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid
Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Change Form (Liquid/Solid/Vapor)
liquefy, freeze, hydrate, wet, water down, melt, slow, firm up, quicken, evaporate, dissolve, condense, emulsify, dehydrate, solidify, wick, ice over/up, vaporize, dehumidify, humidify, deliquesce, liquidize
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Interact With Things or People
Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Interact With Things or People > Drowning & Submerging
force, dip, dive, suck, overrun, dunk, swallow, roar, drench, flood, deluge, rain, engulf, sink, draw in, consume, plunge, immerse, submerge, devour, roil, drown, rain down upon, waterboard, hold under, pull under
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Interact With Things or People > How Water Buoys Things
raise, push up, lift, float, swim, hold up, support, buoy, keep afloat
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Interact With Things or People > How Water Erodes Things
smooth, sweat, wash away, eat away at, erode, chip away at, hollow (out), salinate, wear away
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Interact With Things or People > How Water Moves Things
pull, grab, force, slam, drag, ripple, suck, rinse, slap against, wash up against, wash up on
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Interact With Things or People > Soaking
lubricate, hydrate, stain, wet, saturate, infiltrate, bleed, wash, bathe, soak, drench, marinate, moisten, ooze, seep, leak, absorb, douse, suffuse, infuse, permeate, sponge, penetrate, dissolve, damp, dampen, enter, go in/through, mop, stream through, suck up, squeegee, soak up/into, steep (tea leaves)
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Move
Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Move > Dripping
drum, pat, tap, drop, splatter, splash, seep, leak, drip, trickle, dribble, sputter, sprinkle, spill, rain, patter, thrum, rain down upon
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Move > How Water Flows
pour, disgorge, swish, splash, trickle, purl, gush, slosh, swirl, sluice, flow, stream, spill, wash over, spume, drain, cascade, merge, wash away, wash up, babble, eddy, feed into, gurgle, ebb and flow, wick
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Move > How Water Overflows
overrun, wash, flood, wash over, deluge, spume, engulf, inundate, swamp, surge, well up, drown, slop, overflow, bubble up, crest, spill over, brim over, stream forth, flow over, pour over, burst through, breach (a levy), burst its banks, gush over
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Move > Spurting & Spraying of Fluids
hurl, fly, fly off, spew, belch, disgorge, spray, shake off, hose down, spatter, splatter, froth, spit out, splash, sputter, spurt, splotch, gush, squirt, spout, emit, erupt, spit, vomit, carbonate, fizz, bubble up, let fly, geyser, send forth/out, blast (demonstrators with a fire hose), spritz
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > How Fluids Move > The Sound of Moving Water
crash, drop, splutter, ping, churn, suck, sing, tinkle, swish, splatter, thunder, splash, drip, dribble, sputter, purl, gush, slosh, swoosh, drizzle, fizz, babble, plop, bubble up, gurgle (of a stream), burble, whish, murmur, whoosh, plosh
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > Mud & Puddles
Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > Mud & Puddles > Mud & Muddiness
cling, hollow out, fly, stink, smell, churn, wallow, spatter, splatter, slurp, stick, mottle, speckle, darken, blotch, muddy, cloud, decay, mire, squelch, smear, stir up, thicken, roil, rot, reek, slop, muck, gurgle, rile, slush, give off (an odor of), bubble, clump
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > Mud & Puddles > Puddles
stand, sit, ripple, rise, stagnate, fill, hide, cover, grow, puddle, reflect, widen, muddy, collect, block, mire, swamp, dry up, pool, deepen, submerge
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > Things One Does in or With Water
Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > Things One Does in or With Water > Funneling Liquids
pour, pump, feed, siphon, filter, drain, direct, funnel, conduct, transfer, channel, relay, convey, guide through, tube, pipe, draw in/off
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > Things One Does in or With Water > Things One Does in Water
dip, skid, bob, wet, wade, dive, float, wallow, swish, dunk, bathe, soak, splash, drip, squelch, trawl, immerse, submerge, swig, drown, swim (laps), suck (soda through a straw), play in (water)
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > Things One Does in or With Water > Things One Does With Fluids
wring, force, scoop, liquefy, atomize, dump, flounder, drop, power, lubricate, pour, hydrate, churn, etch, flush, fill, spray, wet, saturate, swallow, gulp, wash, soak, rinse, splash, dribble, douse, soak up, squirt, flood, spill, steep, drain, bail, irrigate, purify, dissolve, submerge, dampen, drink, scald, drizzle, wick, rile, draw (a bath), run (a bath), tread (water), wash up/away, sprinkle (water from a hose), water (a garden), water down (a sauce), generate (electricity), dilute
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > What The Sea Does
Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > What The Sea Does > Gentle Actions of Seawater
hit, ripple, spray, break, swish, froth, bathe, lap, splash, purl, slosh, swoosh, sluice, wash over, spume, wash away, plosh, rile, wash up against, foam, slush, puddle (into tide pools)
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Natural Environment > Water & Liquid > What The Sea Does > Strong Actions of Seawater
crash, roll, envelop, tip, curl, rock, rise, spray, suck, swallow, roar, fleck, gain momentum, moisten, engulf, sink, capsize, surge, swell, roil, peak, hurtle, eddy, ebb and flow, crest, salinate, come in and go out, ripple (the sand), stipple (the surface of the water), crash against, slam (the rocks)
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Natural Environment > Plant Death & Disease > Causes of Disease in Plants
chew, chomp, freeze, swarm, peck, neglect, shade, contaminate, suck out, deplete, crowd out, infest, overshadow, injure, infect, parch, overwater, under-water, dry out (the soil)
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Time & Cycles
Time & Cycles > Anticipating & Preceding
Time & Cycles > Anticipating & Preceding > Anticipating & Expecting
watch, wait, anticipate, arrive early, get somewhere early, survey, announce, predict, forecast, wait for, introduce, indicate, look for, expect, foresee, notify, look forward to, proclaim, give notice of, herald, prepare for, await, keep watch, sit on the edge of one's seat, come early
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Time & Cycles > Anticipating & Preceding > How Something Precedes Something Else
prompt, initiate, guide, line up, introduce, head, prepare, reach back, usher in, instigate, come early, predate, precede, lead the way, antedate, preface, pre-exist, forerun, pioneer, prelude, pave the way
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Time & Cycles > Changes on Earth Over Millennia
Time & Cycles > Changes on Earth Over Millennia > Changes in Rock & Ice Over Millennia
break down, degrade, calve, perish, shrink, underlie, thin, ebb, drift, melt, pass, recede, sink, vanish, disappear, decay, disintegrate, deteriorate, crumble, tumble, fail, phase out, decline, dissolve, degenerate, rupture, ablate, fracture, splinter, atrophy, fissure, run (its course), liquify
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Time & Cycles > Changes on Earth Over Millennia > Geological & Atmospheric Processes as Earth Became What It Is Today
jar, collide, liquefy, envelop, spew, freeze, fume, smolder, cool, perish, age, screen, darken, dissipate, filter, drift, lighten, radiate, flood, emit, explode, melt, boil, form, pass, gravitate, rain, cloud, engulf, magnetize, coalesce, oxidize, aggregate, originate, decay, erupt, disintegrate, crumble, evolve, stratify, firm up, evaporate, erode, billow, quake, thaw, simmer, ossify, gape apart, jolt (earthquake), resonate, colonize, fossilize, deposit (sediments), oxygenate, outgas
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Time & Cycles > Coinciding
parallel, align, synchronize, echo, occur, coincide, match, coordinate, overlap, orchestrate, come together, agree with, indicate, go off, phase, time, happen (simultaneously), appear (at the same time), correspond, concur, set (a watch), contemporize
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Time & Cycles > Determining the Age of ThingsStub
measure, examine, sequence, carbon-date, date (something in nature), assign a date, ascertain (date/age), tree-ring date, cross-match (samples)
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Time & Cycles > Evolution of Species Over Millennia
convert, migrate, metamorphose, mature, adapt, develop, evolve, transform, transmute, mutate, pass down (dna)
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Time & Cycles > How One Interacts With Time
watch, drag on, make time, pass the time, make the most of time, put in time, allot time, call time, save time, set aside time, set up a time, plan time, free up time, make up for lost time, catch up with, catch up in, check (one's phone), set a time, grandfather clock, cut short, waste time, serve time, do time, catch up on, time, run behind, drag out, fall behind, mark time, run out of time, clock, keep time, make good time
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Time & Cycles > How Something Lasts Over Time
Time & Cycles > How Something Lasts Over Time > Continuing
run, follow, mark, pass, span, hold up, play out, persist, survive, thrive, succeed, progress, last, retain, move forward, remain, anchor, perpetuate, draw out, protract, continue, maintain (a tradition), establish (a tradition), prolong, roll along, keep on
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Time & Cycles > How Something Lasts Over Time > How Something Endures Over Time
spread, hold up/out, slog through, plod along, multiply, adapt, stretch, advance, grow, befall, plug away, carry on, endure, persevere, persist, withstand, survive, maintain, develop, thrive, outlast, prevail, sustain, extend, renew, revive, last, linger, languish, retain, press on, come through, remain, eke out, subsist, prolong, fare, take (cover/refuge), update (a building), resurrect (itself), lay claim to, keep on/at
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Time & Cycles > How Something Lasts Over Time > Preserving
protect, stretch, lengthen, maintain, sustain, save, conserve, renew, revive, preserve, safeguard, prolong, uphold, sentinel
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Time & Cycles > How Time Passes
Time & Cycles > How Time Passes > How Periods of Time Move
turn over, hang, hold, float, glide, turn into, drift, pass, elapse, lapse, coast, fall away, slip by/past, slip away
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Time & Cycles > How Time Passes > How Time Moves Quickly
shave off, fly, race, run, advance, vanish, disappear, cut short, hurry, rush, shorten, foreshorten, move forward, hasten, tick by/past, whip by, speed by, march on/forward, roll past/by, steal by/past, slide by/past, flash by, get away from
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Time & Cycles > How Time Passes > How Time Moves Slowly
drag, slog through, slacken, plod, crawl, stretch, trail, turn into, drag on, peter out, subside, sputter, decelerate, bog down, suspend, muddle through, slow, lag, flag, dally, dawdle, coast, fall away, wind down, slow down, drag one's feet, draw out, run behind, drag out, hang back, bring up the rear, fall behind, creep, inch, take one's time, lose time, relax the pace, bump along, dilly-dally, straggle
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Time & Cycles > How Time Passes > Lapsing
weaken, lapse, expire, erode, wind down, backslide, become void, wear out, revert to, run out of time, retrogress, fall into decline, come to an end
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Time & Cycles > How Time Passes > Postponing
stretch, wait, lengthen, drag something out, suspend, waylay, delay, defer, postpone, procrastinate, extend, drag one's feet, put off, prolong, shelve, reschedule, rearrange, push back, hold off, stand around, sit around
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Time & Cycles > How Time Passes > Waiting for Something to Happen
idle, wait, suspend, stall, hold on, dally, dawdle, bide one's time, linger, loiter, languish, chill, stay, remain, stick around, await, stay put, stay behind, tarry, kill time, hang around/out, twiddle one's thumbs, mark time, sit tight, watch the clock, pass (the day)
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Time & Cycles > Life Cycles
Time & Cycles > Life Cycles > Decline & Death of People & Animals
crack, droop, shrivel, break down, perish, die, age, shrink, bury, wane, weaken, sink, vanish, disappear, decay, disintegrate, deteriorate, succumb, fail, relapse, decline, expire, flag, mutate, wither (away), dissolve, degenerate, waste away, grow old, disfigure, rot, fade away, go limp, lose color, ossify, calcify, give up the ghost, pass away/on, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, meet one's maker, lay down one's life, bite the big one, croak, atrophy, cremate
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Time & Cycles > Life Cycles > Life Cycle of Humans
Time & Cycles > Life Cycles > Life Cycle of Humans > How a Face Ages
hollow out, hang, droop, sag, shake, shrivel, pop, shrink, spot, mottle, crisscross, thin, gray, firm, crinkle, wrinkle, crease, crumple, darken, yellow, pale, discolor, drain, collapse, draw in, deepen, harden, dry out, line with (age), pull on (the skin), etch (lines into a face)
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Time & Cycles > Life Cycles > Life Cycle of Humans > Major Stages of the Human Life Cycle
couple, suck, mate, nurse, stand up, learn, reproduce, suckle, ail, perish, die, crawl, walk, wean, conceive, give birth, procreate, mature, fall ill, sicken, age, circumcise, graduate, achieve, decline, recover, wither, grow up, acculturate, buff up, educate, wear down, shoot up, marry, divorce, grieve, date, injure, wed, menstruate, impregnate, teethe, babble, toddle, talk, individuate, pubesce, adolesce, descend from, pair off/up, fill out, lose one's virginity, rear (one's young), grow apart, retire, senesce, grow old/tired
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Time & Cycles > Proceeding, Advancing & Following
Time & Cycles > Proceeding, Advancing & Following > Advancing Chronologically
fly, slog through, trudge, catch, progress, forge ahead, press on/forward, proceed, tear through, hasten, advance (knowledge/plans), drag along, lead to, move forward/toward, make progress, push on/forward, make headway, pass (time), march forward, catch up, catch up on, perpetuate
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Time & Cycles > Proceeding, Advancing & Following > How Something Proceeds
carry, follow, advance, gain momentum, carry on/out, progress, reach, evolve, further, proceed, move forward, approach, move forward/toward, perpetuate, tick, continue, journey, barrel through
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Time & Cycles > Proceeding, Advancing & Following > Living in the Shadow of the Past
flounder, falter, replace, mimic, stumble, pursue, fade, waver, shadow, succumb, fail, fall short, underperform, taper off, piggyback, tail, lag behind, take over from, follow behind, trail after/behind, drag (behind), come after
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Time & Cycles > Proceeding, Advancing & Following > Sequence & Succession
replace, order, chase, run, follow, trail, supercede, move on, hand over, transpire, take over, succeed, progress, displace, inherit, come to, extend, tail, sequence, take over from, march, string together, result from, arrive at (a conclusion), move along/forward, come after/next, next, tag after, supplant, pass along
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Time & Cycles > Recording History
register, log, establish, keep (records), piece together, record, list, write down, document, archive, rewrite, chronicle, track (records), put on record, detail, release (records), describe, narrate (oral history), analyze (records)
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Time & Cycles > Repeating
repeat, replicate, echo, snap back, return, reverse, revert, jump back, redouble, revisit, recur, cycle back, turn back (the clock), come around again, come back, loop back, roll back, circle back
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Time & Cycles > Seasonal Activity of Animals
shed, couple, flock, migrate, molt, hatch, nest, incubate, hibernate, winter, mate, breed, fledge, birth, spawn, metamorphose, give birth, display, cluster, transform, brood, morph, plume, store (seeds for winter), aestivate, copulate, nurse (their young), imprint, wing
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Time & Cycles > Sleeping & Waking
Time & Cycles > Sleeping & Waking > Going to Bed
droop, snuggle, roll over, sink into, cuddle, tuck, leap into bed, scoot onto (the bed), roll onto one's side, sidle up to one's partner, set (an alarm), wind down (before bed), wind (an alarm), head to bed, turn in for the night, hop onto (a bed), slither (into bed), drag oneself off to bed, turn in, yawn, tire, fall asleep, drop off to sleep, drift off to sleep, collapse (onto the bed), rub (one's eyes), close one's eyes, nod off, leave behind (the concerns of the day), nestle (into bed), kiss someone goodnight, say goodnight, undress, drop (onto the bed), slide (into bed), slip (under the covers), fall (into bed), flop (onto a bed), hit the sack, hit the hay, catch some zs, pull up (the covers), turn down (sheets/covers), get ready for bed, put on (pajamas), trundle off (to bed), call it a day, curl up (for the night), climb into bed
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Time & Cycles > Sleeping & Waking > Sleeping & Dreaming
snooze, nap, roll over, have a nightmare, drop into (rem sleep), shake oneself awake (from a nightmare), rem, deepen, dream, wake up, snore, sleep, fall asleep, wake, lie down, drowse, fall into (a deep slumber), sleep in, catch up on one's sleep, catch some z's, doze, catnap
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Time & Cycles > Sleeping & Waking > Waking
wrench, jolt, rise, stir, snuggle, startle, roll over, stretch, cuddle, awaken, put on (slippers/a robe), pull the covers (over one's head), ring, rouse, wake up, rub (one's eyes), wake, get up (in the morning), jerk awake, get dressed
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Time & Cycles > Timing & Clocks
Time & Cycles > Timing & Clocks > Timing Something
punch, press, tap, clock in, gauge, synchronize, click, pace, keep track of (time), track (time), watch (the time), calculate, gain, lose, time, clock, set (a timer), reset, count (minutes/hours), keep time
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Time & Cycles > Timing & Clocks > What People Do With Watches & Clocks
slide, tap, wind, tinker, plug in, repair, fix, click, listen, buckle, slip on (a watch), set (a stopwatch), adjust, count down, pawn, time, watch the clock, clock, reset, check the time, set (a clock), re-wind
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Time & Cycles > Timing & Clocks > What Watches & Clocks Do
clang, strike, ding, swing, beep, chime, run, circle, revolve, pass, move, go off, tick, tock, gain (time), lose (seconds)
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