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sore

Definitions

adjective

  1. hurting
  2. causing misery or pain or distress
  3. roused to anger

noun

  1. an open skin infection

Examples

The trek was a bit monotonous at times - I wanted to go faster - but it was relaxing, enjoyable and worth the sore backside.

You're gonna become one unhappy, sore and mundane dude if you wore uncomfy shoes all the time.

Some random bluster and name-drop: "In 2005, we sponsored Rock the Vote, [garbled, something about wine], we got a chance to connect with President Obama then.

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saw

Definitions

noun

  1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
  2. hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
  3. a power tool for cutting wood

verb

  1. cut with a saw

Examples

Dom recognized a master tactician when he saw one.

Though the change was slight, he saw that they had both lost a little of their babyishness.

When I looked at the chart a second time, I saw that there was a lot Michael had left out of his personal history; specifically, IVDU—intravenous drug use—dating back ten years, and a major depression that had led to a psychiatric hospitalization and ECT, electroconvulsive therapy.

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soar

Definitions

verb

  1. fly a plane without an engine
  2. rise rapidly
  3. fly upwards or high in the sky
  4. fly by means of a hang glider
  5. go or move upward

noun

  1. the act of rising upward into the air

Examples

We all are monoplane wing angel, only then hugs, can soar.

Now, its membership has soared to more than 200, with monthly meetings in a north-west hospital.

The fish killed included bass, roach, eels and fluke when the temperature soared to twenty six degrees Centigrade.

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