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English to English noun
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a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
a piece of paper money worth one dollar | source: wordnet30
| 3 |
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973) | source: wordnet30
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a framework for holding wood that is being sawed | source: wordnet30
| 5 |
mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope) | source: wordnet30
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Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed. | source: webster1913
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The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits. | source: webster1913
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A frame on which firewood is sawed; a sawhorse; a sawbuck. | source: webster1913 source: webster1913 verb
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to strive with determination |
• John is bucking for a promotion
source: wordnet30 Example:
• buck the trend
source: wordnet30
| 12 |
move quickly and violently |
• The car tore down the street
• He came charging into my office
source: wordnet30
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jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched |
• the yung filly bucked
source: wordnet30
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To soak, steep, or boil, in lye or suds; -- a process in bleaching. | source: webster1913
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To copulate, as bucks and does. | source: webster1913
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To subject to a mode of punishment which consists in tying the wrists together, passing the arms over the bent knees, and putting a stick across the arms and in the angle formed by the knees. | source: webster1913
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