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trip
A certain way of life or situation:
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  1. A certain way of life or situation:
  2. An intense, stimulating, or exciting experience:
  3. A going from one place to another; a journey.
drive
A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose:
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  1. A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose:
  2. The means or apparatus for controlling and directing an automobile:
  3. A trip in a vehicle
spin
The presenting of information in this way
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  1. The presenting of information in this way
  2. A particular emphasis or slant imparted to information in order to create a desired effect, such as a favorable public image for a politician
  3. A ride or pleasure trip in a motor vehicle
transportation
The movement by a carrier of either people, goods, or products from one location to another.
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  1. The movement by a carrier of either people, goods, or products from one location to another.
  2. The work or business of conveying passengers or goods
  3. A kind of criminal punishment, whereby a convicted criminal is sent out of the country to an offshore penal colony for a specified period of time. See also deport and deportation.
take
To carry in one's possession:
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  1. To carry in one's possession:
  2. To start growing; root or germinate:
  3. To capture physically; seize:
tour
To present (a play, for example) on a tour.
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  1. To present (a play, for example) on a tour.
  2. To go on a tour
  3. To take a tour through
journey
To make a journey; travel.
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  1. To make a journey; travel.
  2. To travel over or through.
  3. To go on a trip; travel
drive
To force to go; urge onward; push forward
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  1. To force to go; urge onward; push forward
  2. To carry through vigorously to a conclusion:
  3. To work or try hard, as to reach a goal
motor
To carry by motor vehicle.
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  1. To carry by motor vehicle.
  2. To drive or travel in a motor vehicle.
  3. (Informal) To walk or otherwise proceed at a swift or steady pace
bike
To travel on a bicycle or motorcycle
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  1. To travel on a bicycle or motorcycle
  2. To ride a bike.
cycle
A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon.
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  1. A single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon.
  2. To move in or as if in a cycle.
  3. To use in or put through a cycle:
pedal
To operate the pedals of.
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  1. To operate the pedals of.
  2. To ride a bicycle.
  3. To move or operate by a pedal or pedals; use the pedals (of)
manage
To conduct or direct affairs; carry on business
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  1. To conduct or direct affairs; carry on business
  2. To continue to get along; carry on; cope:
  3. To have charge of; direct; administer
guide
To direct the course or motion of (a vehicle, implement, etc.) by physical action
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  1. To direct the course or motion of (a vehicle, implement, etc.) by physical action
  2. To direct the course of; steer:
  3. To direct (the policies, actions, etc.) of; manage; regulate
mount
For the names of actual mountains, see the specific element of the name; for example, McKinley, Mount; Olives, Mount of; Blanc, Mont. Other geographic names beginning with Mount are entered under Mount; for example, Mount Vernon; Mount Desert Island.
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  1. For the names of actual mountains, see the specific element of the name; for example, McKinley, Mount; Olives, Mount of; Blanc, Mont. Other geographic names beginning with Mount are entered under Mount; for example, Mount Vernon; Mount Desert Island.
  2. To set in position for use:
  3. To post (a guard) as for sentry duty
sit
To be agreeable to one; please:
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  1. To be agreeable to one; please:
  2. To affect one with or as if with a burden; weigh:
  3. To stay with a person so as to provide companionship for a short time; keep someone company
post
To put forward; present:
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  1. To put forward; present:
  2. To assign to a specific position or station:
  3. (Originally) To send by post
direct
To manage the affairs, course, or action of; guide; conduct; regulate
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  1. To manage the affairs, course, or action of; guide; conduct; regulate
  2. To order or cause a person or entity to carry out a course of action; more generally, to govern an enterprise or activity. Of a judge, the giving of a verbal instruction to a witness or jury to behave in a certain way, as in, “the witness is directed to answer yes or no to the questions” or “the jury is directed to disregard the defendant’s outburst.” To order or cause a person or entity to carry out a course of action; more generally, to govern an enterprise or activity. Of a judge, the giving of a verbal instruction to a witness or jury to behave in a certain way, as in, “the witness is directed to answer yes or no to the questions” or “the jury is directed to disregard the defendant’s outburst.”
  3. In a direct manner; directly
curb
To lead (a dog being walked) to the curb or some other place where it may pass its waste matter
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  1. To lead (a dog being walked) to the curb or some other place where it may pass its waste matter
  2. To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way.
  3. To check, restrain, or control (an impulse or activity, for example); rein in.
restrain
To hold back from action; check; suppress; curb
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  1. To hold back from action; check; suppress; curb
  2. To hold back or keep in check; control:
  3. To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way:
handle
To manage, administer to, or represent:
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  1. To manage, administer to, or represent:
  2. To manage, control, direct, train, etc.
  3. To direct, execute, or dispose of:
drift
To accumulate in heaps by force of wind or water
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  1. To accumulate in heaps by force of wind or water
  2. To pile up in banks or heaps:
  3. To be carried along by currents of air or water:
float
To drift or move slowly or easily on water, in air, etc.
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  1. To drift or move slowly or easily on water, in air, etc.
  2. To put into the water; launch:
  3. To stay on the surface of a liquid or suspended near the surface
take the line of least resistance
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    harass
    To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
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    1. To subject (another) to hostile or prejudicial remarks or actions; pressure or intimidate.
    2. To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.
    3. To trouble by repeated raids or attacks, etc.; harry
    persecute
    To annoy persistently; bother:
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    1. To annoy persistently; bother:
    2. To trouble or annoy constantly
    3. To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.
    dominate
    To enjoy a commanding, controlling position in:
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    1. To enjoy a commanding, controlling position in:
    2. To be situated in or occupy a position that is more elevated or decidedly superior to others.
    3. To control, govern, or rule by superior authority or power:
    intimidate
    To coerce or deter, as with threats:
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    1. To coerce or deter, as with threats:
    2. To force or deter with threats or violence
    3. To make timid; fill with fear:
    hound
    To pressure or force from a place or situation:
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    1. To pressure or force from a place or situation:
    2. To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
    3. To make repeated demands of or subject to persistent criticism:
    hector
    To browbeat; bully
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    1. To browbeat; bully
    2. To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.
    3. (Intransitive) To behave like a bully; swagger.
    harry
    To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass.
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    1. To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass.
    2. To batter or buffet. Used of the wind or storms:
    3. To raid, esp. repeatedly, and ravage or rob; pillage; plunder
    badger
    To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
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    1. To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
    2. To ask or nag (someone) about something in an annoying and persistent way; pester:
    bait
    To put food, etc. on (a hook or trap) to lure animals or fish
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    1. To put food, etc. on (a hook or trap) to lure animals or fish
    2. To set dogs upon (a chained animal, for example) for sport.
    3. To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy:
    tease
    To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
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    1. To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
    2. To gently shred or pull apart (tissues, etc.) for microscopic examination, cellular research, etc.
    3. To cut (tissue, for example) into pieces for examination.
    disparage
    To speak slightingly of; show disrespect for; belittle
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    1. To speak slightingly of; show disrespect for; belittle
    2. To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way.
    3. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
    criticize
    To judge the merits and faults of; analyze and evaluate:
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    1. To judge the merits and faults of; analyze and evaluate:
    2. To find fault (with something)
    3. To evaluate (something), and judge its merits and faults
    reproach
    To accuse of and blame for a fault so as to make feel ashamed; rebuke; reprove
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    1. To accuse of and blame for a fault so as to make feel ashamed; rebuke; reprove
    2. To express disapproval of, criticism of, or disappointment in (someone).
    3. To disgrace, or bring shame upon someone.
    berate
    To scold or rebuke severely
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    1. To scold or rebuke severely
    2. To rebuke or scold angrily and at length.
    upbraid
    To rebuke severely or bitterly; censure sharply
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    1. To rebuke severely or bitterly; censure sharply
    2. To reprove sharply; reproach.
    scold
    To express harsh or angry disapproval to someone.
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    1. To express harsh or angry disapproval to someone.
    2. To reprimand or criticize harshly and usually angrily.
    3. To use abusive language habitually
    afflict
    (Obs.) To overthrow
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    1. (Obs.) To overthrow
    2. To cause grievous physical or mental suffering to.
    3. To cause pain or suffering to; distress very much
    annoy
    To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
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    1. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
    2. (Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.
    3. To harm by repeated attacks; harry; molest
    pester
    To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
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    1. To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
    2. To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
    3. To annoy constantly or repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex
    nag
    To keep troubling, worrying, etc.
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    1. To keep troubling, worrying, etc.
    2. To scold, complain, or find fault constantly:
    3. To annoy by continual scolding, faultfinding, complaining, urging, etc.
    deride
    To laugh at in contempt or scorn; make fun of; ridicule
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    1. To laugh at in contempt or scorn; make fun of; ridicule
    2. To laugh at, speak of, or write about dismissively or contemptuously.
    rag
    To tease, scold, criticize, or nag
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    1. To tease, scold, criticize, or nag
    2. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
    3. (Sports) In ice hockey, to maintain possession of (the puck) by outmaneuvering opposing players, especially so as to kill a penalty.
    hassle
    To argue or fight:
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    1. To argue or fight:
    2. To annoy, harass, etc.
    3. To have a hassle
    razz
    (Informal) Tease playfully; heckle.
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    1. (Informal) Tease playfully; heckle.
    2. To tease, ridicule, deride, heckle, etc.
    3. To deride, heckle, or tease:
    roast
    To heat (an ore) in a furnace in the presence of oxygen or air so as to form oxides
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    1. To heat (an ore) in a furnace in the presence of oxygen or air so as to form oxides
    2. (Informal) To criticize severely or ridicule without mercy
    3. To cook (something) with little or no moisture, as in an oven, over an open fire, or in hot embers
    needle
    To separate tissues by means of one or two needles in the dissection of small parts.
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    1. To separate tissues by means of one or two needles in the dissection of small parts.
    2. To sew or do similar work with a needle.
    3. To sew, puncture, etc. with a needle
    perform
    To act on so as to accomplish or bring to completion; execute; carry out (a task, process, etc.)
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    1. To act on so as to accomplish or bring to completion; execute; carry out (a task, process, etc.)
    2. To portray a role or demonstrate a skill before an audience:
    3. To begin and carry through to completion; do:
    give evidence of good design
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      maintain equilibrium. See syn. study at bait.bait
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        banter
        To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
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        1. To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
        2. (Intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
        3. (Intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
        chaff
        To engage in playful teasing.
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        1. To engage in playful teasing.
        2. To make fun of in a good-natured way; tease:
        3. To tease or ridicule in a good-natured way
        joke
        To speak in fun; be facetious:
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        1. To speak in fun; be facetious:
        2. To say or write as a joke.
        3. To say or do something as a joke; jest
        josh
        To tease (someone) good-humoredly:
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        1. To tease (someone) good-humoredly:
        2. To make or exchange good-humored jokes; banter.
        3. To ridicule in a good-humored way; tease jokingly
        kid
        To engage in teasing or good-humored fooling:
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        1. To engage in teasing or good-humored fooling:
        2. To deceive (oneself), especially by allowing one's desires to cloud one's judgment:
        3. To deceive in fun; fool:
        rib
        (Informal) To tease or make fun of:
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        1. (Informal) To tease or make fun of:
        2. One of the main veins of a leaf.
        3. Any of a series of long, curved bones extending from the spine and enclosing the chest cavity. In mammals, reptiles, and birds, the ribs curve toward the center of the chest and in most cases attach to the sternum (breastbone). There are 12 pairs of ribs in humans.
        jive
        (US) Alternative spelling of jibe.
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        1. (US) Alternative spelling of jibe.
        2. To talk or chat:
        3. To speak to (someone) in an exaggerated, teasing, or misleading way.
        rag
        (Sports) In ice hockey, to maintain possession of (the puck) by outmaneuvering opposing players, especially so as to kill a penalty.
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        1. (Sports) In ice hockey, to maintain possession of (the puck) by outmaneuvering opposing players, especially so as to kill a penalty.
        2. To tease or taunt (someone).
        3. To criticize or complain about (something).
        razz
        (Informal) Tease playfully; heckle.
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        1. (Informal) Tease playfully; heckle.
        2. To tease, ridicule, deride, heckle, etc.
        3. To deride, heckle, or tease:
        badger
        To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
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        1. To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
        2. To ask or nag (someone) about something in an annoying and persistent way; pester:
        bait
        To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy:
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        1. To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy:
        2. To set dogs upon (a chained animal, for example) for sport.
        3. To put food, etc. on (a hook or trap) to lure animals or fish
        bullyrag
        To mistreat or intimidate by bullying.
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        1. To mistreat or intimidate by bullying.
        2. (Informal, Dial.) To bully, intimidate, or browbeat
        3. To taunt someone
        heckle
        To comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel.
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        1. To comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel.
        2. To annoy or harass (a speaker) by interrupting with questions or taunts
        3. To try to embarrass and annoy (someone speaking or performing in public) by questions, gibes, or objections; badger.
        hector
        To browbeat; bully
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        1. To browbeat; bully
        2. (Intransitive) To behave like a bully; swagger.
        3. To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.
        hound
        To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
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        1. To hunt or chase with or as with hounds; chase or follow continually; nag
        2. To make repeated demands of or subject to persistent criticism:
        3. To pressure or force from a place or situation:
        taunt
        To reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner:
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        1. To reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner:
        2. To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
        3. To drive or provoke (a person) by taunting
        needle
        To form needles in crystallization
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        1. To form needles in crystallization
        2. To prick, pierce, or stitch with a needle.
        3. To sew, puncture, etc. with a needle
        drive
        (--- Sports) The ball or puck as it is propelled:
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        1. (--- Sports) The ball or puck as it is propelled:
        2. A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose:
        3. The means or apparatus for controlling and directing an automobile:
        run
        An outdoor enclosure for domestic animals or poultry:
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        1. An outdoor enclosure for domestic animals or poultry:
        2. The production achieved during such a period:
        3. A movement or flow:
        spin
        Any descent in which an airplane comes down nose first along a spiral path of large pitch and small radius
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        1. Any descent in which an airplane comes down nose first along a spiral path of large pitch and small radius
        2. The intrinsic angular momentum of a rigid body or particle, especially a subatomic particle.
        3. A ride or pleasure trip in a motor vehicle
        whirl
        (Informal) A short trip or ride.
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        1. (Informal) A short trip or ride.
        2. A round of parties, etc., one after another
        3. (Informal) A brief or experimental try:
        wave the red flag in front of the bull
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          treat well (related)
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            • I'm going to take you for a ride up there and show you some land.

            • The rest of the ride was pleasant.

            • Dean remembered the Ride the Rockies bike tour, when he had fallen, nearly killing himself, but put his bruised and cut body back on a bike, just to finish.

            • You ever ride one of these?

            • So he spurred his horse to ride to their aid.

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