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• one of the administrative divisions of a large city
Example sentence• New York City is made up of five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. |
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noun
• any of the larger branches of a tree
Example sentence• The wind rustled through the boughs of the tall oak tree. |
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Example sentence• Scientists have made several breakthroughs in the field of medicine. |
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• a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage
Example sentence• The choughs were flying in perfect formation across the sky. |
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noun
• A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
Example sentence• The hikers followed a narrow path through the cloughs. |
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noun
• a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
verb
• exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
Example sentence• She coughs uncontrollably whenever she has a cold. |
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noun
• a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
Example sentence• She kneaded the two doughs separately before combining them. |
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noun
• an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
adjective satellite
• sufficient for the purpose
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noun
• a temporary leave of absence from military duty
verb
• dismiss, usually for economic reasons
Example sentence• The company announced that there would be furloughs starting next month. |
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noun
• (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion
verb
• breathe spasmodically, and make a sound
Example sentence• He couldn't sleep because of the hiccoughs. |
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noun
• a long narrow (nearly landlocked) cove in Ireland
Example sentence• The loughs in Ireland are known for their stunning beauty. |
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noun
• a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
verb
• move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil
Example sentence• He ploughs the fields every day to prepare for planting. |
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adjective
• having or caused by an irregular surface
noun
• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
adverb
• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
adjective satellite
• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
verb
• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
Example sentence• The roughs of the new building have been completed. |
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noun
• a hollow filled with mud
verb
• cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
Example sentence• The swans were swimming in the sloughs near the river. |
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Example sentence• The soughs of the wind through the trees created a soothing sound. |
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noun
• a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread
Example sentence• Many people enjoy making homemade sourdoughs. |
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adjective
• not given to gentleness or sentimentality
noun
• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
adjective satellite
• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
Example sentence• The toughs in the bar were starting to cause trouble. |
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noun
• a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
Example sentence• The farmer filled the troughs with water for the animals. |
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noun
• United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)
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Example sentence• The farmers relied on breastploughs to till the land. |
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Example sentence• I walked through the broughs of the city. |
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Example sentence• I need to clean the eavestroughs on my house. |
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Example sentence• The electrical panel has several feedthroughs for connecting different wires. |
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Example sentence• I hiked through the groughs in the Scottish highlands. |
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Example sentence• The headboroughs were responsible for maintaining law and order in the village. |
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• a vehicle used to push snow from roads
Example sentence• The snowploughs cleared the main roads after the heavy snowfall. |
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Example sentence• The turloughs in Ireland are a unique feature of the landscape. |
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Example sentence• The hikers encountered a peaceful grove of underboughs along the trail. |
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Example sentence• The interboroughs of New York City connect the different boroughs via subway. |
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