THE American Heritage®
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`DESK
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`The American Heritage desk dictionary and thesaurus.
`p. cm.
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`ISBN-13: 978-0-618~5926I-6
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`ISBN-10: 0-618-59261-X
`1. English language--United States--Dictionaries. 2. English
`language--United States--Synonyms and antonyms. 3. English
`language-Dictionaries. 4. English language--Synonyms and antonyms.
`Title: Desk dictionary and thesaurus. II. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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`than (daFtIv) " “dl- 0f or being the grammatical case
`that marks the indirect ob'ec .
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`da-tum (datum. dittam. dattalm{Sign}.T:31; :E'fiffi;
`poms: :fldto firm» a “Hell-15km or make a deciscilolir
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`surlireying.
`P0 ms "19, or sm'face used as a reference, as in
`daub (dob) b v. 1. To cover or s
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`substance. 2. To paint crudely. -ili:ilhr :ltild2usblll: smky
`dlugh-ter (do'tar) v n. 1. One’s female child 2 ft,
`1:
`malle descelpdanft. hllldA woman who is considered be if iii
`areationsi OCl
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`dauthrt?15adj.
`to Parent, a daughter ofthe nation.
`daugh-ter- n-law (dorm-In-la'
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`(-tarz-l. The wife of one's son).
`’ pl. daugh “mm.“
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`se-
`daunt (dOnt, dam) It v. To intimidate or discoura
`dgxtcless (donttlls. damh) .- ad]. Fearless. —dauntttess-Iy
`dull-phi" (do'fin) r n. The eldest
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`from 1349 to 1330.
`so“ of ll" “"3 Of France
`dau-phine (dG-fén’} b n. The wife of a dauphin
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`¢l3""e"l'l"“"'t (dav'an-portr) b n. A large sofa.
`Dlaovld (da'vtd) (d. c. 962 B.c.} b The 2nd king ofJudah and
`srae .
`Da-VIS (da'vi‘s), Jefferson {1808—89 >
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`president of the Confederacy {186l—651llmer soldier and
`day-it (davfit, dab/It) I- n. A small crane that projects over
`the side of a ship, used to hoist boats, anchors, and cargo.
`dawdle (dodfl) Iv u.
`-dled. -dllng. 1. To take more time
`than necessary. 2. To waste time; idle. —dawrdter n.
`dawn (don) P tr. 1. The time each morning at which day-
`light begins. 2. A first appearance. I» v. 1. To begin to be—
`come light in the morning. 2. To begin to exist. 3. To be-
`come apparent: The truth dawned on us.
`day (d5) b n. 1. The period of light between dawn and
`nightfall. 2a. The 24-hour period during which the earth
`completes one rotation on its axis. b. The analogous pe-
`riod of a celestial body. 3. One of the numbered 24-hour
`periods into which a week, month, or year is divided. 4.
`The portion of a day that is devoted to work or school: an
`eight-hour day. 5. A period of activity or prominence: a
`writer who has had her day. 6. often days A period of
`time: in the days oftbe Roman Empire. -ldlom.- day in, day
`out All the time; continuously.
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`day bed i- n. A couch convertible into a bed.
`day-book (darbo‘bkt) p n. 1. A book in which daily entrles
`are recorded. 2. A diary.
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`day-break (ds'brak') r at. Dawn.
`day-care or day care (datkar’) I- n. Provision of daytime su-
`pervision, training, and recreation, esp. for preschool chil-
`dren.
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`day-dream (da'drE-m’) b n. A dreamlike rnusmg or fantasy
`er n.
`while awake. v v. To have daydreams. 4W"dream
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`D'V‘Gl" (dfi'slé’) r A t d
`agents and materials.
`fa emark for fluorescgnt COlormg
`digrellen I» tr. Labor hired and paid by the day. —day It»
`day-light (da'lit') b n. 1. The light of day. 2a. Dawn. b.
`. aytlme. 3. Exposure to public notice. 4. An approach-
`Ing end, as of a complicated task. 5. daylight: Slang One’s
`dWIts: scared the daylight: out of me.
`is. Time during
`ar'llght-SIV-lng time (da’lit-safving} I-
`w Ic
`clocks are set one hour or more ahead of standard
`time to provide more daylight at the end of the working day.
`day lily-an. A perennial garden plant with yellow, orange,
`or purplish lilylike flowers.
`Day of Atonement r 7:. See Yarn Itlppur.
`day school I- n. A private school for pupils living at home.
`day-time (dattim’) b n. The time between sunrise and sun-
`set. —dayttlrne’ adf.
`dawn-day {delta-d5?) b adf. 1. Occurring on a daily basis.
`2. Subsisting one day at a time.
`day-trIp-per (dattrip’ar) b n. One who takes a one-day trip
`without staying overnight.
`daze (daz) b v. dazed.daz~lng. 1. To stun, as with a blow
`or shock. 2. To dazzle. n- n. A stunned or bewildered
`condition.
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`daz-zle (darted) I» u. ~zled, ding. 1. To dim the vision of, esp.
`to blind with intense light. 2. To amaze or bewilder with
`spectacular display. —daz’zle n. —dazlelng-ly 40'9-
`dB 5 abbr. decibel
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`Db h The symbol for the element “bull-"ll-
`DC r abbr. 1. direct current 2. District of Columbia
`D-day (derda') r n. The unnamed day on which an opera-
`tion or offensive is to be launched.
`DDT (de’dé-tet) b- n. An insecticide banned since 1972
`from US agricultural use for its persistent toxicity in the
`environment.
`DE |- abbr. Delaware
`de— t- pref. 1. Reverse: deactivate. 2. Remove: defog. 3.
`Out of: deplane. 4. Reduce: degrade.
`deacon (dé'kan) b n. 1. A cleric ranking just below a
`priest in the Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and Roman
`Catholic churches. 2. A lay assistant to a Protestant min-
`ister. —dea'ton-ry n.
`deacon-ass (de'ka-nis) I» n. A laywoman serving as assis-
`tant to a Protestant minister.
`de-at-tlyete (de-ak'ta—vét’) b- v. 1. To render inactive or
`ineffective. 2. To remove from active military status. —de-
`ec’tlcvai'tlon n.
`dead (déd) I» adj. -er, -est. 1. No longer alive. 2. Lacking
`feeling; unresponsive. 3. Weary and worn-out. 4a. Inani-
`mate. b. Lifeless; barren: dead soil. 5a. No longer in exis-
`tence or use. b. No longer relevant. c. Dormant: a dead
`volcano. 6. Not circulating; stagnant: dead air. 7. Dull;
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`dazzle n. Anintense blinding lighti-
`daydream n. —See DREAM m.
`' blaze, flare, glare.
`[Compare BRIL-
`daydream v.
`-—See DREAM.
`LIANCE, curiae]
`daydreamer it. ——See DREAMER m.
`dazzling adj. —-~See Barium, GLORI-
`daydreaming n.
`'--.See TRANCE.
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`daydreaming adj. -See DREAMY‘.
`deacon n. _4ee CLERIC.
`daze v. 1. To dull the senses, as With a
`deactivate v. -See DISCHARGE.
`heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue-p be-
`I dead adj. 1. No longer alive r asleep,
`daze, bemuse, benumb, bewilder,
`deceased, defunct, departed, expired,
`stagger, stun, stupcfy. Cbzefly Rs-
`extinct, gone, late, lifeless, perished.
`gt'omll: maze. élang: zonk. [Compare
`Idioms: at rest, dead and buried,
`15.. 2. o
`dead as a doornail, pushing up
`liglififsbddazzle, blind, dazzle. —-See
`daisies, six feet under. 2. Lacking
`' us 2].
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`physical
`feeling. or
`sensitivity r
`am]; Al. Stunned or bewddered
`asleep, benurnbed, deadened, dull,
`condition it bafflement, befuddie-
`inert, inscnsible, insensitive, lifeless,
`b wilderedness, bewilderment,
`numb, stuporous,
`torpid, unfeeling,
`inoliinfblsitfn, discombobulation, disori-
`unresponsive.
`[Compare
`UNCON—
`entation, distraction, fog, haze, mud-
`SCIOUSJ 3. Completely lacking sen-
`dle, mystification, perplexity, puzzle-
`sation or consciousness Iv inanimate,
`ment, stupefaction, stupor, trance.
`insensate,
`insentient,
`lifeless.
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`‘. —-See DIZZY m.
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`also BARREN [2}, men (1), LI’ITERZ.
`:giflro confuse with lJl'Ight 11311
`UtSR‘E’Rtfiti’lt‘zi‘iQZi?"l55§EéY3“’
`b bedazzle, blind, daze.
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`daub it ——See SM-EAR.
`daub as. —-See SMEAR.
`flaunt v. —-Sce DISCOURAGE, msmr.
`daunttess adf. —-See suave.
`danntlessaess 7:. ——-Sea common.
`dawdle a.
`-——See DELAY (2}.
`IDLE (21,
`PUTrER.
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`dawdier n. uSee LAGGARD.
`kindling n. 4.92 Hnsrranozv.
`dawn t!» The first appearance of day-
`light in the morning Ir aurora, cock-
`CI‘OW. dawning, daybreak, first light,
`morn, morning, sunrise, sunup. .l'
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`toms.- break of day, crack of dawn.
`-—See also BIRTH {2).
`I'm a. —See BEGIN.
`dmonoruponu. Tocomeasare-
`alization D- register, sink in, soak in.
`[Compare DISCOVER, STRIKE, unusa-
`srANnJ
`dawning 7:. —See DAWN.
`‘3! n. —-See AGE {2), use.
`daybreak 9:. ——.See DAWN.
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