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finance
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(n) the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

(n) the management of money and credit and banking and investments

(n) the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

(v) obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"

(v) sell or provide on credit

freeze
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(n) fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring"

(n) an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"

(n) weather cold enough to cause freezing

(n) the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid

(v) suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"

(v) anesthetize by cold

(v) be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"

(v) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

(v) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

(v) change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"

(v) cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"

(v) change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"

(v) stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police car he froze"

(v) be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"

founder
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(n) a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"

(n) a worker who makes metal castings

(n) inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

(v) stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"

(v) break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

(v) sink below the surface

(v) fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"

flow
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(n) the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

(n) the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

(n) dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

(n) any uninterrupted stream or discharge

(n) the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to

(n) something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously; "a stream of people emptied from the terminal"; "the museum had planned carefully for the flow of visitors"

(n) the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

(v) undergo menstruation; "She started menstruating at the age of 11"

(v) cover or swamp with water

(v) fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

(v) move or progress freely as if in a stream; "The crowd flowed out of the stadium"

(v) move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

(v) cause to flow; "The artist flowed the washes on the paper"

(v) be abundantly present; "The champagne flowed at the wedding"

fiction
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(n) a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

(n) a deliberately false or improbable account

friendly
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(a) characteristic of or befitting a friend; "friendly advice"; "a friendly neighborhood"; "the only friendly person here"; "a friendly host and hostess"

(a) of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally; "in friendly territory"; "he was accidentally killed by friendly fire"

(a) easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"

(s) favorably disposed; not antagonistic or hostile; "a government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable agreement"

fortune
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(n) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"

(n) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"

(n) a large amount of wealth or prosperity

(n) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

furniture
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(n) furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"

found
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(n) food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found"

(v) use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"

(v) set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"

(v) set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"

(a) come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"

fence
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(n) a barrier that serves to enclose an area

(n) a dealer in stolen property

(v) have an argument about something

(v) surround with a wall in order to fortify

(v) fight with fencing swords

(v) enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard"

(v) receive stolen goods

fiber
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(n) a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth

(n) the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer

(n) a slender and greatly elongated solid substance

flat
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(n) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

(n) scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

(n) a deflated pneumatic tire

(n) a shallow box in which seedlings are started

(n) freight car without permanent sides or roof

(n) a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

(n) a level tract of land

(s) lacking variety in shading; "a flat unshaded painting"

(s) not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"

(s) (of a tire) completely or partially deflated

(s) having no depth or thickness

(s) lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting"

(s) having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"

(a) lacking contrast or shading between tones

(s) without pleats

(s) parallel to the ground; "a flat roof"

(s) stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"

(s) not made with leavening; "most flat breads are made from unleavened dough"

(a) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"

(s) not increasing as the amount taxed increases

(s) not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"

(s) having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"

(s) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"

(s) lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"

(s) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

(r) wholly or completely; "He is flat broke"

(r) in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"

(r) at full length; "he fell flat on his face"

(r) against a flat surface; "he lay flat on his back"

(r) below the proper pitch; "she sang flat last night"

(r) with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind"

fast
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(n) abstaining from food

(v) abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"

(v) abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"

(a) acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"

(a) at a rapid tempo; "the band played a fast fox trot"

(a) (used of timepieces) indicating a time ahead of or later than the correct time; "my watch is fast"

(s) securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car"

(s) hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"

(s) unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

(s) resistant to destruction or fading; "fast colors"

(s) firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured"

(s) (of surfaces) conducive to rapid speeds; "a fast road"; "grass courts are faster than clay"

(r) quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form); "how fast can he get here?"; "ran as fast as he could"; "needs medical help fast"; "fast-running rivers"; "fast-breaking news"; "fast-opening (or fast-closing) shutters"

(r) firmly or tightly; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was stuck fast"; "held tight"

false
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(s) (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"

(s) arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"

(s) adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"

(s) inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"

(s) designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"

(s) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"

(s) inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"

(s) deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false pretenses"

(a) not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"

(s) erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm"

(r) in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"

favor
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(n) an act of gracious kindness

(n) souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

(n) an advantage to the benefit of someone or something; "the outcome was in his favor"

(n) an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"

(n) a feeling of favorable regard

(v) consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored"

(v) promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"

(v) bestow a privilege upon

(v) treat gently or carefully

fifth
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(n) the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it

(n) a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon

(n) a fifth part

(n) position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners"

(s) coming next after the fourth and just before the sixth in position

flag
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(n) a conspicuously marked or shaped tail

(n) emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

(n) stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones

(n) flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

(n) a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.

(n) a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device

(n) plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

(v) become less intense

(v) provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"

(v) communicate or signal with a flag

(v) decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday"

(v) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

fellow
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(n) a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked"

(n) a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at the door"; "he's a likable cuss"

(n) a person who is member of your class or profession; "the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"

(n) a person who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

(n) an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?"

fundamental
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(n) the lowest tone of a harmonic series

(s) serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

(s) being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"

(s) far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravaga

foundation
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(n) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"

(n) lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

(n) a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

(n) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

(n) education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics"

(n) an institution supported by an endowment

(n) the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"

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