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(verb) smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression |
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Related Words: smile |
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(verb) express with a beaming face or smile: "he beamed his approval" |
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Related Words: evince, express, show |
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(noun) long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction |
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Related Words: balk, baulk, box beam, box girder, cantilever, crossbeam, crosspiece, girder, header, joist, keel, keelson, lintel, rafter, rider plate, ridge, ridgepole, rooftree, shore, structural member, tie, tie beam, timber, trave, traverse |
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(noun) breadth amidships |
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Related Words: broadness, wideness |
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(noun) a column of light (as from a beacon) |
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Synonyms: beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light |
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Related Words: laser beam, light, moonbeam, moonray, sunbeam, sunray, visible light, visible radiation |
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(noun) a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation |
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Related Words: electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic wave, particle beam |
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(verb) experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" |
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Synonyms: glow, radiate, shine |
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Related Words: experience, feel |
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(verb) esp. of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" |
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Synonyms: glow, radiate, shine |
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Related Words: appear, look, seem |
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(verb) emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "the fire beamed on their faces" |
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Synonyms: shine |
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Related Words: beacon, beat down, blaze, burn, flame, flare, flick, flicker, glare, glow, opalesce, outshine, scintillate, shimmer, twinkle, winkle |
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(noun) used by women gymnasts |
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Synonyms: balance beam |
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Related Words: exerciser, gymnastic apparatus |
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(noun) a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides pilots in darkness or bad weather |
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Synonyms: radio beam |
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Related Words: sign, signal, signaling |
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(verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song" |
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Synonyms: air, broadcast, send, transmit |
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Related Words: air, bare, publicise, publicize, rebroadcast, rerun, satellite, sportscast, telecast, televise, televize |
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