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resonance.noun
the quality
or condition
of being resonant ("It is home and family that give
resonance . . . to life" ...George Gilder; "Israel,
gateway to Mecca, is of course a land of religious resonance and geopolitical
significance" ...James Wolcott; "If it lacks
resonance, it also better lack your involvement in it, because if something
has resonance, it'll be good for you."); resonance is meaning, something
one feels is important to embrace
(the movies.The
Grand Self.and.What
If? The Movie.had great resonance
for her in that she got much out of it that lifted her spirits, setting
her on a new pathway); if something has a resonance for someone, it has
a special meaning or is particularly important to them (the ideas of order,
security, family, spirituality, prosperity and country had the same resonance
for them as for the ancients); if a sound has resonance, it is deep, clear
and strong (his voice had improved
even
its resonance); the subject of resonance is concerned with the electromagnetic.fields
that surround objects
resonant.adjective
having a prolonged,
subtle
or stimulating effect beyond
the initial impact; having great
meaning; strong and deep in tone; resounding
(a resonant voice; continuing to sound in the ears or making a meaningful
impression that lasts in memory); echoing
resonantly.adverb
resonate, resonated,
resonating,
resonates.verbs
intransitive
verb use.to exhibit
or produce resonance or resonant
effects; to resound;
if something such as an event or a message resonates with you, it strikes
you as being important or good to consider; resonate with (an idea that
resonates with many voters; she took antibiotics
that didn't resonate with her system and had to get over the illness they
caused)
transitive
verb use.to cause to resound
resonation.noun
rudiment.noun,.plural.rudiments
a fundamental.element,
principle
or skill, as of a field
of learning; something in an incipient
or undeveloped form (the rudiments of social behavior in children; the
rudiments of a plan of action)
Biology: an imperfectly
or incompletely developed organ or part
rudimental.adjective
rudimentary.adjective
of,
relating.to.basic.facts
or principles;
elementary;
rudimental;
being in the earliest stages of development; incipient;
incompletely developed; rudimentary knowledge includes only the simplest
and most basic facts (she had only a rudimentary knowledge of French);
embryonic
(a rudimentary beak);
biological
meaning is an incompletely developed organ
or part; an organ mistakenly
believed of having no functional.activity
rudimentarily.adverb
rudimentariness.noun
rabies.noun
an acute,
infectious, often fatal viral disease of most warm blooded animals, especially
wolves, cats and dogs, that attacks
the
central nervous system and is transmitted by the bite of infected animals
rabietic.adjective
rabid.adjective
of.or.affected
by rabies; raging;
uncontrollable
(rabid thirst); extremely.zealous
or enthusiastic
(a rabid football fan)
rabidly.adverb
rabidity.or.rabidness.noun
repel, repelled,
repelling,
repels.verbs
transitive verb use.to
ward
off or keep away; drive back: repel insects; to offer resistance to;
to refuse to accept; reject; to
cause aversion or distaste in
(rudeness repels everyone);
disgust;
repulse;
resistant
to; be incapable of absorbing or mixing with (oil repels water)
Physics:.to
present an opposing force to; push back or away by a force (electric charges
of the same sign repel one another)
intransitive verb use.to
offer a resistant force to something
repeller.noun
repellent.adjective
serving or tending
to repel; able to repel; resistant or impervious
to a substance (a water repellent fabric)
repellence or repellency.noun
repellently.adverb
ream.noun,.plural.reams
a very large amount (reams of work to do); quantity
of paper, formerly 480 sheets, now 500 sheets or, in a printer's ream,
516 sheets
ream,
reamed,
reaming,
reams.transitive
verbs
to form, shape, taper or enlarge (a hole) with
or as if with a reamer; to remove (material) by this process; to squeeze
the juice out of fruit with a reamer
resolve,
resolved,
resolving,
resolves.verbs
transitive verb use.to
decide
to; to reach a decision; to do what you have decided to do; to find a solution
to; solve;
to make a decision
about; to bring to a usually successful conclusion
(resolve a conflict);
to separate something into constituent
parts
intransitive verb use.to
reach a decision or make a determination
(resolve on a course of action); analyze
resolve.noun-firmness
of purpose;
resolution;
a determination or decision; a fixed purpose
resolvability or
resolvableness,
resolver.nouns
resolvable.adjective
resolvedly.adverb
resolute.adjective
firm or determined;
unwavering
resolutely.adverb
resoluteness.noun
resolution.noun,.plural.resolutions
the state
or quality.of
being.resolute;
firm.determination;
a resolving to do something; a course of action
determined or decided on; if you make a resolution, you decide to try very
hard to do something (New Year's resolutions; they made a resolution to
lose all the weight gained during the Christmas period); a resolution is
determination to do something or not do something; the resolution of a
problem or difficulty is the final solving of it; a statement of a decision
or expression of opinion put before or adopted by an assembly;
the part of a literary work in which the complications of the plot are
resolved or simplified
Computers & Printing:
the resolution of an image is how clear the image is; the fineness of detail
that can be distinguished in an image, as on a video display terminal
Chemistry and Physics:.the
act or process of separating or reducing something into its constituent
parts
Law:.a
court decision; an explanation, as of a problem or puzzle; a solution
Music:.the
progression of a dissonant tone
or chord to a consonant tone
or chord
replenish,
replenished,
replenishing,
replenishes.verbs
transitive verb use-to
fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to (replenish the
larder); to inspire or nourish (the music will replenish my weary
soul)
intransitive verb use-to
become full again
replenisher, replenishment.nouns
rule.noun,.plural.rules
a usual, customary or generalized course of action
or behavior (the rule in libraries is quietness); an authoritative, prescribed
direction, especially one of regulations governing
procedure; the duration
of such; a generalized statement that describes what is true; in mathematics,
a standard method or procedure for solving a class of problems
rulable.adjective
rule, ruled,
ruling,
rules.verbs
transitive verb use-the
exercise of control, dominion or direction over; govern; to mark with straight
parallel
lines; to make a straight line with a ruler
intransitive verb use-to
be in control or command; to prevail
at a particular
level or rate (prices rule low in the slow season)
rule out.phrasal
verb
to prevent;
preclude
(the snowstorm ruled out their weekly trip to grandma's place); to remove
from consideration;
exclude
as a rule.idiom
in
general; for the most part (as a rule, we take the bus)
row.noun
a series of objects placed next to each other,
usually in a straight line; a succession
without a break or gap in time (traveled through eight smal towns in a
row; won the title for three years in a row); a continuous line of buildings
along a street (row housing)
row, rowed,
rowing,
rows.transitive
verbs
to place in a row
a tough row to hoe.idiom
a difficult situation
to endure
row,
rowed,
rowing,
rows.verbs
intransitive verb use-to
propel a boat with or as if with oars
transitive verb use-to
propel a boat with or as if with oars; to carry in or on a boat propelled
by oars
row.noun
the act or an instance of
rowing; a trip or an excursion in a rowboat (let's go on a row)
rower.noun
one who rows
row.noun.(pronounced
r ow, 'ow' as in a verbal response to sudden pain)
a boisterous
disturbance or quarrel; a brawl;
an uproar; a great noise
row, rowed,
rowing,
rows.intransitive
verbs
to take part in a quarrel,
a brawl or an uproar
rogue.noun,.plural.rogues
unprincipled,
deceitful
and unreliable person(s), group(s) or governments
such as hidden groups operating without sanction
and for self-interest; acting and/or instituting policies that are not
toward the best interest of those affected or to be affected by them (many
politicians speak with forked
tongue); a scoundrel
or rascal;
an organism that shows an undesirable
variation from expected standards; a vicious and solitary animal, especially
an elephant that has separated itself from its herd
rogue, rogued,
roguing,
rogues.verbs
transitive verb use.to
defraud
intransitive verb use.to
remove deviant plants
roguish.adjective
deceitful;
unprincipled
roguishly.adverb
roguishness.noun
ravel, raveled,
raveling,
ravels.verbs
transitive verb use.to
separate
the fibers
or threads of cloth, for example; to unravel;
to clarify
by separating the aspects
of; to tangle
or complicate
intransite verb use.to
become separated into its component
threads; unravel or fray;
to become tangled or confused
ravel.noun
a raveling; a broken or discarded
thread; a tangle
raveler.noun
rank.noun
a relative
position in a society;
a position or grade (rank of sergeant)
rank, ranked,
ranking,
ranks.verbs
transitive verb use.to
place in a row or rows; to give a particular
order or position to; classify
intransitive verb use.to
form or stand in a row or rows; to hold a particular rank (ranked first
in class)
rank and file.noun
the individuals who constitute
the body of society,
a nation
or organizations as distinguished
from its leaders (enlisted troops for example,
as compared
to officers)
pull
rank.idiom
to use one's superior
rank to gain
an advantage
rank, ranker,
rankest.adjectives
strong and offensive
in odor
or flavor;
conspicuously
offensive;
flagrant;
absolute;
complete
(a rank amateur;
a rank stranger); growing profusely
or with excessive.vigor.(rank
vegetation in the jungle; yielding
a profuse, often excessive crop;
highly fertile
(rank Earth)
rankly.adverb
rankness.noun
reconstitute, reconstituted,
reconstituting,
reconstitutes.transitive
verbs
to provide with a new structure (the parks commission
has been reconstituted); to bring a liquid in concentrated or powder form
to normal strength by adding water (reconstituted apple juice)
register.noun
a formal
or official recording of items, names or actions; a book for such entries;
the act of registering; a device that automatically records a quantity
or number; an adjustable, grill-like device through which heated or cooled
air is released into a room; a state of proper alignment (color registration
in a printer must be exact or prints will be fuzzy)
register, registered,
registering,
registers.verbs
transitive verb use.to
enter in an official register; to enrol officially or formally, especially
in order to vote or attend classes; to set down in writing; record; to
give outward signs of; express (her face registered surprise); to attain
or achieve (registered a new high in sales); to cause mail to be officially
recorded and specially handled by payment of a fee; to adjust so as to
be properly aligned
intransitive verb use.to
place or cause placement of one's name in a register; to have one's name
officially placed on a list of eligible voters; to enroll as a student;
to be shown or expressed, as on the face; to make an impression; be recorded
in the mind (the warning appeared to register); to be in proper alignment
Computers:.a
part of the central processing unit where groups of binary.digits
are stored as the computer is processing them
registrable.adjective
registerer.noun
registration.noun
the act of registering (voter registration); an
entry in a register; a document certifying an act of registering; in printing,
the alignment in music, a combination of organ stops selected to be used
in playing a piece; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops
rejoice, rejoiced,
rejoicing,
rejoices.verbs
intransitive verb use.to
feel joyful; be happy in heart;
be delighted (rejoiced at the
news; rejoiced in her friend's good fortune)
transitive verb use.to
fill with joy; gladden
rejoice in.phrasal
verb
to have or possess (rejoices in a keen mind)
rejoicer.noun,.plural.rejoicers
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