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(verb) put into a case |
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Synonyms: encase |
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Related Words: pack |
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(verb) look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed" |
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Related Words: inspect |
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(noun) a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage" |
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Related Words: baggage, billfold, briefcase, cardcase, cigarette case, compact, container, dispatch box, dispatch case, glasses case, gun case, kit, letter case, locket, luggage, notecase, pillbox, portfolio, powder compact, quiver, shoe, sleeve, wallet, watch case, writing desk |
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(noun) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home |
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Synonyms: display case, showcase |
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Related Words: container, trophy case |
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(noun) a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" |
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Synonyms: pillow slip, pillowcase, slip |
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Related Words: bed linen |
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(noun) the actual state of things; "that was not the case" |
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Related Words: fact |
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(noun) nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence |
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Synonyms: grammatical case |
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Related Words: grammatical category, nominative, nominative case, oblique, oblique case, subject case, syntactic category |
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(noun) a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly" |
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Related Words: argument, statement |
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(noun) a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir" |
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Related Words: problem |
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(noun) an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths" |
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Synonyms: example, instance |
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Related Words: bit, clip, happening, natural event, occurrence, piece, time |
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(noun) a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor" |
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Related Words: charity case, client, human, individual, mortal, patient, person, somebody, someone, soul, welfare case |
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(noun) the quantity contained in a case |
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Synonyms: caseful |
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Related Words: containerful |
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(noun) a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters" |
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Related Words: frame of mind, state of mind |
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(verb) enclose in, or as if in, a case "my feet were encased in mud." |
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Synonyms: encase |
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Related Words: box, crate, enclose, inclose, pack, package, sack, shut in |
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(noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" |
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Synonyms: casing |
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Related Words: frame, framework, framing |
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(noun) the outer covering or housing of something; "the clock has a walnut case" |
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Synonyms: casing, shell |
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Related Words: gear case, gearbox, housing, jacket |
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(noun) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part |
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Synonyms: sheath |
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Related Words: cover, covering, husk, lorica, medullary sheath, myelin sheath, natural covering, theca |
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(noun) a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" |
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Synonyms: guinea pig, subject |
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Related Words: human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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(noun) a special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled" |
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Synonyms: event |
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Related Words: circumstance |
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(noun) (law) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord" |
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Synonyms: causa, cause, lawsuit, suit |
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Related Words: judicial proceeding, legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings |
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(noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" |
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Synonyms: character, eccentric, type |
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Related Words: adult, grownup |
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