To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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To scatter; to disperse.
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To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.
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To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.
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To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…
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To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.
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A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; -- commonly called gooseberry fool.
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A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter;…
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Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
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To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.
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An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…
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One who shows or exhibits.
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A blustering demonstration, or great effort; a great display.
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A moundlike Buddhist sepulcher, or memorial monument, often erected over a Buddhist relic.
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Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
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To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…
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of Eat
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To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.
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To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…
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To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
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The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…
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One who squanders.
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One who squanders.
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of Squander
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of Squander
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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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Any waste thing or substance
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Any waste thing or substance
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
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Wore.
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Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.
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To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.
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