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English to English noun
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a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy | source: wordnet30
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A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture. | source: webster1913
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A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated. | source: webster1913 verb
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be a mystery or bewildering to |
• This beats me!
• Got me--I don't know the answer!
• a vexing problem
• This question really stuck me
source: wordnet30
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hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |
• What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
• foil your opponent
source: wordnet30
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check the emission of (sound) | source: wordnet30
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To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight. | source: webster1913 source: webster1913
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