| dislodge | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. dislodge, free | remove or force out from a position.; "The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| v. (motion) | 2. dislodge, reposition, shift | change place or direction.; "Shift one's position" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ beat down | dislodge from a position.; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price" |
| v. (contact) | 3. bump, dislodge | remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied.; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" |
| ~ throw | cause to fall off.; "The horse threw its inexperienced rider" |
| ~ displace | cause to move, usually with force or pressure.; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
| root out | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. deracinate, extirpate, root out, uproot | pull up by or as if by the roots.; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" |
| ~ stub | pull up (weeds) by their roots. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (creation) | 2. eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot | destroy completely, as if down to the roots.; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption" |
| ~ destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.; "The fire destroyed the house" |
| curl | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). |
| ~ corolla | (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth.; "we cultivate the flower for its corolla" |
| ~ calyx | (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green. |
| ~ round shape | a shape that is curved and without sharp angles. |
| ~ verticil | a whorl of leaves growing around a stem. |
| n. (person) | 2. curl, robert curl, robert f. curl, robert floyd curl jr. | American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933). |
| ~ chemist | a scientist who specializes in chemistry. |
| n. (body) | 3. curl, lock, ringlet, whorl | a strand or cluster of hair. |
| ~ hair | a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss.; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" |
| ~ coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle | the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair). |
| ~ sausage curl | a fat sausage-shaped curl. |
| ~ forelock | a lock of hair growing (or falling) over the forehead. |
| ~ crimp | a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled. |
| ~ dreadlock | one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians. |
| v. (change) | 4. curl, curve, kink | form a curl, curve, or kink.; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling" |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ twist, bend, deform, flex, turn | cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" |
| v. (motion) | 5. curl, curl up, draw in | shape one's body into a curl.; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in" |
| ~ attract, pull in, draw in, pull, draw | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" |
| ~ bend, flex | form a curve.; "The stick does not bend" |
| v. (contact) | 6. coil, curl, loop | wind around something in coils or loops. |
| ~ twine, wrap, wind, roll | arrange or or coil around.; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" |
| v. (contact) | 7. curl, wave | twist or roll into coils or ringlets.; "curl my hair, please" |
| ~ twist | turn in the opposite direction.; "twist one's head" |
| ~ frizz, kink, kink up, crape, crimp, frizzle | curl tightly.; "crimp hair" |
| v. (competition) | 8. curl | play the Scottish game of curling. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
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