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  • 41shoot — I. v. a. 1. Let fly, propel. 2. Fire, discharge, let off. 3. Propel, expel, discharge, send forth. 4. Hit or kill by a missile. 5. Protrude, dart forth, thrust forward. 6. Streak, variegate, dot. 7. Extend, put forth, th …

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  • 42swell — I. v. n. 1. Dilate, expand, tumefy, distend, fill out, intumesce, grow larger or bigger (by expansion). 2. Increase (by outward addition), augment, enlarge. 3. Rise (as waves), heave, surge. 4. Belly, be inflated. 5. Strut, look big, put on airs …

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  • 43beetle — vb overhang, jut, project, *bulge, protuberate, protrude, stick out Analogous words: menace, *threaten …

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  • 44jut — *bulge, stick out, protuberate, protrude, project, overhang, beetle Analogous words: *extend, lengthen, elongate: swell, distend, dilate, *expand …

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  • 45overhang — *bulge, jut, stick out, protuberate, protrude, project, beetle Analogous words: *threaten, menace: suspend, *hang, dangle …

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  • 46project# — project n scheme, design, plot, *plan Analogous words: sketch, delineation, draft, outline, diagram (see under SKETCH vb): *device, contrivance project vb 1 scheme, design, plot, plan (see under PLAN n) Analogous words: propose, purpose, *intend …

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  • 47protrude — *bulge, jut, stick out, protuberate, project, overhang, beetle Analogous words: obtrude (see INTRUDE): *extend, prolong: swell, distend, *expand …

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  • 48stick out — *bulge, jut, protuberate, protrude, project, overhang, beetle Analogous words: *extend, prolong, elongate, lengthen: *expand, swell, distend: obtrude (see INTRUDE) stiff adj Stiff, rigid, inflexible, tense, stark, wooden can mean so firm, hard,… …

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  • 49crest — n 1. comb, cockscomb, Zool. caruncle, Obs. coxcomb; tuft, cluster, mane, tassel, top knot; panache, plume, pompon. 2. spine, chine, fin, spinal or vertebral column, Anat. backbone; protuberance, projection, excrescence, outgrowth, bulge, bump,… …

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  • 50enlarge — v 1. increase, augment, add to, supplement; double, triple, treble, quadruple, multiply; magnify, amplify, make greater or larger or bigger, aggrandize, Chiefly Literary. greaten; expand, extend, distend, stretch, spread; widen, broaden, heighten …

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