| duplicate | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. duplicate, extra | something additional of the same kind.; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency" |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. duplicate, duplication | a copy that corresponds to an original exactly.; "he made a duplicate for the files" |
| ~ computer backup, backup | (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device.; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased" |
| ~ copy | a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing.; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; "the clone was a copy of its ancestor" |
| ~ counterpart, similitude, twin | a duplicate copy. |
| ~ match, mate | an exact duplicate.; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook" |
| v. (creation) | 3. double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate | make or do or perform again.; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" |
| ~ replicate, copy | reproduce or make an exact copy of.; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" |
| ~ recapitulate | repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life. |
| ~ geminate, reduplicate | form by reduplication.; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" |
| ~ reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| v. (stative) | 4. duplicate, parallel, twin | duplicate or match.; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse" |
| ~ correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check | be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" |
| v. (creation) | 5. duplicate | make a duplicate or duplicates of.; "Could you please duplicate this letter for me?" |
| ~ reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| v. (change) | 6. double, duplicate | increase twofold.; "The population doubled within 50 years" |
| ~ redouble | double again.; "The noise doubled and redoubled" |
| ~ geminate | arrange or combine in pairs.; "The consonants are geminated in these words" |
| ~ manifold, multiply | combine or increase by multiplication.; "He managed to multiply his profits" |
| adj. | 7. duplicate | identically copied from an original.; "a duplicate key" |
| ~ same | closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree.; "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year" |
| adj. | 8. duplicate, matching, twin, twinned | being two identical. |
| ~ matched | going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities. |
| forge | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. forge | furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping. |
| ~ furnace | an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. forge, smithy | a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering. |
| ~ anvil | a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering. |
| ~ drop forge, drop hammer, drop press | device for making large forgings. |
| ~ workplace, work | a place where work is done.; "he arrived at work early today" |
| v. (creation) | 3. forge, hammer | create by hammering.; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues" |
| ~ hammer | beat with or as if with a hammer.; "hammer the metal flat" |
| ~ beat | shape by beating.; "beat swords into ploughshares" |
| ~ foliate | hammer into thin flat foils.; "foliate metal" |
| ~ dropforge | forge with a dropforge.; "drop-force the metal" |
| v. (creation) | 4. counterfeit, fake, forge | make a copy of with the intent to deceive.; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" |
| ~ re-create | create anew.; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
| v. (creation) | 5. contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent | come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| v. (motion) | 6. forge | move ahead steadily.; "He forged ahead" |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
| v. (motion) | 7. forge, spirt, spurt | move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy. |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (creation) | 8. forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| ~ carve | form by carving.; "Carve a flower from the ice" |
| ~ swage, upset | form metals with a swage. |
| ~ chip | form by chipping.; "They chipped their names in the stone" |
| ~ layer | make or form a layer.; "layer the different colored sands" |
| ~ cut out | form and create by cutting out.; "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper" |
| ~ machine | turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery. |
| ~ grind | shape or form by grinding.; "grind lenses for glasses and cameras" |
| ~ stamp | form or cut out with a mold, form, or die.; "stamp needles" |
| ~ puddle | subject to puddling or form by puddling.; "puddle iron" |
| ~ beat | shape by beating.; "beat swords into ploughshares" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ preform | form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand. |
| ~ preform | form into a shape resembling the final, desired one. |
| ~ mound | form into a rounded elevation.; "mound earth" |
| ~ hill | form into a hill. |
| ~ roughcast | shape roughly. |
| ~ remold, reshape | shape again or shape differently. |
| ~ sinter | cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting. |
| ~ mould, mold, cast | form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold.; "cast a bronze sculpture" |
| ~ throw | make on a potter's wheel.; "she threw a beautiful teapot" |
| ~ hand-build, handbuild, coil | make without a potter's wheel.; "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels" |
| ~ work on, work, process | shape, form, or improve a material.; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" |
| ~ sculpt, sculpture | create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material.; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" |
| ~ mold, mould, model | form in clay, wax, etc.; "model a head with clay" |
| v. (creation) | 9. fashion, forge | make out of components (often in an improvising manner).; "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" |
| ~ make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents.; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" |
| ~ tie | make by tying pieces together.; "The fishermen tied their flies" |
| ~ craft | make by hand and with much skill.; "The artisan crafted a complicated tool" |
| ~ tailor-make, sew, tailor | create (clothes) with cloth.; "Can the seamstress sew me a suit by next week?" |
| reproduce | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, double | make or do or perform again.; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" |
| ~ duplicate | make a duplicate or duplicates of.; "Could you please duplicate this letter for me?" |
| ~ triplicate | reproduce threefold.; "triplicate the letter for the committee" |
| ~ quadruplicate | reproduce fourfold.; "quadruplicate the bill" |
| ~ reissue, reprint | print anew.; "They never reprinted the famous treatise" |
| ~ photocopy, xerox, run off | reproduce by xerography. |
| ~ play back, replay | reproduce (a recording) on a recorder.; "The lawyers played back the conversation to show that their client was innocent" |
| ~ imitate, simulate, copy | reproduce someone's behavior or looks.; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" |
| ~ fingerprint | take an impression of a person's fingerprints. |
| ~ print | make into a print.; "print the negative" |
| v. (body) | 2. multiply, procreate, reproduce | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant.; "The Bible tells people to procreate" |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ propagate | multiply sexually or asexually. |
| ~ fructify, set | bear fruit.; "the apple trees fructify" |
| ~ multiply, breed | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms).; "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" |
| ~ incubate, brood, hatch, cover | sit on (eggs).; "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (creation) | 3. reproduce | recreate a sound, image, idea, mood, atmosphere, etc..; "this DVD player reproduces the sound of the piano very well"; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait" |
| ~ beaux arts, fine arts | the study and creation of visual works of art. |
| ~ re-create | form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind.; "His mind re-creates the entire world" |
| ~ catch, get | apprehend and reproduce accurately.; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs" |
| v. (communication) | 4. regurgitate, reproduce | repeat after memorization.; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" |
| ~ echo, repeat | to say again or imitate.; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" |
| pour | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. pour | cause to run.; "pour water over the floor" |
| ~ pour forth, shed, spill | pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities.; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" |
| ~ dribble, drip, drop | let or cause to fall in drops.; "dribble oil into the mixture" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ transfuse | pour out of one vessel into another. |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| ~ effuse, pour out | pour out.; "effused brine" |
| ~ decant, pour out, pour | pour out.; "the sommelier decanted the wines" |
| v. (motion) | 2. pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teem | move in large numbers.; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" |
| ~ crowd together, crowd | to gather together in large numbers.; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah" |
| ~ spill out, spill over, pour out | be disgorged.; "The crowds spilled out into the streets" |
| v. (motion) | 3. decant, pour, pour out | pour out.; "the sommelier decanted the wines" |
| ~ pour | cause to run.; "pour water over the floor" |
| v. (motion) | 4. pour | flow in a spurt.; "Water poured all over the floor" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| ~ gush, spirt, spout, spurt | gush forth in a sudden stream or jet.; "water gushed forth" |
| ~ regurgitate | pour or rush back.; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle" |
| v. (possession) | 5. pour | supply in large amounts or quantities.; "We poured money into the education of our children" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (weather) | 6. pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, stream | rain heavily.; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!" |
| ~ rain, rain down | precipitate as rain.; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" |
| ~ sheet | come down as if in sheets.; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon" |
| ~ sluice, sluice down | pour as if from a sluice.; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef" |
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