lot
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(verb) divide into lots, as of land, for example |
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Related Words: carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up |
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(noun) a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake" |
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Related Words: building site, car park, parcel, parcel of land, parking area, parking lot, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, vacant lot |
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(noun) (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told to flee without looking back at the destruction |
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Related Words: Hebrew, Jew |
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(noun) anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; "the luck of the draw" or "they drew lots for it" |
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Synonyms: draw |
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Related Words: object, physical object |
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(noun) any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle" |
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Synonyms: bunch, caboodle |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" |
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Synonyms: band, circle, set |
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Related Words: Four Hundred, camp, clique, cohort, company, confederacy, conspiracy, coterie, horsey set, horsy set, ingroup, inner circle, jet set, pack, party, social group |
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(noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you): "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion" |
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Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, luck, portion |
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Related Words: bad luck, condition, failure, good fortune, good luck, ill luck, misfortune, providence, status |
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(verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone" |
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Synonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
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Related Words: allot, apply, assign, deal, give, give, portion |
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(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "it must have cost plenty" |
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Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew |
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Related Words: deluge, flood, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, torrent |
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