dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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Sounds | diy'l |
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Rhymes | abele, anneal, appeal, and 60 more rhymes in iyl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Made of fir or pine. |
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Examples | "a plain deal table" |
Similar to | woody |
Meaning | A particular instance of buying or selling. |
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Examples | "it was a package deal"; "he's a master of the business deal" |
Synonyms | trade, business deal |
Narrower | arms deal; penny ante |
Broader | transaction, dealing, dealings |
Verbs | deal; deal |
Meaning | An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each. |
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Examples | "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" |
Synonyms | bargain |
Broader | agreement, understanding |
Meaning | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent. |
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Examples | "a deal of trouble" |
Synonyms | batch, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew |
Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent |
Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount |
Meaning | A plank of softwood (fir or pine board). |
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Broader | board, plank |
Meaning | Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir). |
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Synonyms | softwood |
Narrower | pulpwood |
Broader | wood |
Meaning | The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time. |
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Synonyms | hand |
Parts | long suit |
Narrower | bridge hand; poker hand |
Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage |
Verbs | deal; deal; deal |
Meaning | The type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement). |
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Examples | "he got a good deal on his car" |
Narrower | fair deal, square deal; raw deal |
Broader | result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination |
Verbs | deal |
Meaning | The act of distributing playing cards. |
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Examples | "the deal was passed around the table clockwise" |
Category | card game, cards |
Part of | card game, cards |
Narrower | misdeal |
Broader | distribution |
Verbs | deal; deal |
Meaning | The act of apportioning or distributing something. |
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Examples | "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions" |
Narrower | new deal |
Broader | allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation |
Verbs | deal; deal |
Meaning | Deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "This book deals with incest" |
Synonyms | cover, treat, handle, plow, address |
Narrower | theologize, theologise; discourse, talk about, discuss |
Broader | broach, initiate |
Similar to | treat, handle, do by; embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover |
Meaning | Take action with respect to (someone or something). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students" |
Broader | act, move |
Nouns | dealings; dealing |
Meaning | Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | consider, take, look at |
Narrower | contemplate; dally, trifle, play; abstract; warm to |
Broader | think about |
Meaning | Come to terms or deal successfully with. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, manage |
Narrower | improvise, extemporize; fend; hack, cut; scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by, rub along; meet, match, cope with |
Broader | act, move |
Meaning | Administer or bestow, as in small portions. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Examples | "deal a blow to someone" |
Synonyms | distribute, administer, mete out, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out |
Narrower | assign, allot, portion; reallot; deal; give, apply |
Broader | give |
Nouns | deal |
Meaning | Do business. Offer for sale as for one's livelihood. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "She deals in gold" |
Synonyms | sell, trade |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism |
Narrower | push; deal; black marketeer; pyramid; market; peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch |
Broader | transact |
Similar to | deal; sell |
See also | trade; deal out |
Nouns | dealer; dealer; dealer; deal; dealing, dealings |
Meaning | Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "I can deal with this crew of workers" |
Synonyms | manage, care, handle |
Narrower | administer, administrate; organize, organise; work; come to grips, get to grips; dispose of; take care, mind; coordinate; juggle; process; mismanage, mishandle, misconduct; direct; conduct, carry on, deal; touch |
Broader | control, command |
Meaning | Behave in a certain way towards others. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "He deals fairly with his employees" |
Broader | behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry |
Nouns | dealing; dealings |
Meaning | Distribute to the players in a game. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "Who's dealing?" |
Category | card game, cards |
Narrower | misdeal |
Broader | distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out |
Similar to | deal |
Nouns | deal; deal; dealer |
Meaning | Direct the course of. Manage or control. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | conduct, carry on |
Narrower | racketeer |
Broader | manage, deal, care, handle |
Nouns | deal; deal; dealing, dealings |
Meaning | Give out as one's portion or share. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | share, divvy up, portion out, apportion |
Entails | separate, divide, part |
Entailed by | admeasure |
Broader | distribute, give out, hand out |
Nouns | deal |
Meaning | Give (a specific card) to a player. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody |
Examples | "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" |
Category | card game, cards |
Broader | pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give |
Similar to | deal |
Nouns | deal; deal; dealer |
Meaning | Sell. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "deal hashish" |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism |
Broader | deal, sell, trade |
Similar to | deal, sell, trade |
Nouns | dealer; dealer; deal |