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Pout

Posted 02 January 2010 | By | Categories: Verb | Comments Off on Pout

pout

  • Make a sad face and thrust out one’s lower lip.

Synonyms: mop, mow.

Usage: Not liking this abrupt removal, the child began to pout and cry.

Reference

  • The Free Dictionary — pout

Souse

Posted 30 December 2009 | By | Categories: Verb | Comments Off on Souse

souse

  • Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto.

Synonyms: soak, sop, drench, douse.

Usage: There wasn’t a steward, even, grand and remote as she was, who, at her bidding, would have hesitated to souse the Old Man himself with a plate of soup.

Reference

  • The Free Dictionary — souse

Drape

Posted 28 December 2009 | By | Categories: Verb | Comments Off on Drape

drape

  • Cover as if with clothing.

Synonyms: cloak, robe, clothe.

Usage: His body was draped in a black shawl, and his head was bandaged in white muslin, like a mummy’s.

Reference

  • The Free Dictionary — drape

Curb

Posted 27 December 2009 | By | Categories: Verb | Comments Off on Curb

curb

  • Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.

Synonyms: control, hold in, moderate, contain, check.

Usage: There is a vestige of decency, a sense of shame, that does much to curb and check those outbreaks of atrocious cruelty so commonly enacted upon the plantation.

Reference

  • The Free Dictionary — curb

Convulse

Posted 23 December 2009 | By | Categories: Verb | Comments Off on Convulse

con·vulse

  • Move or stir about violently.

Synonyms: jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss.

Usage: As the young girl convulsed on the floor, her mother frantically called for help.

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