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n. a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill

n. the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade

n. a porous mass of interlacing fibers the forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used

chow, grub, chuck, eats

n. informal terms for a meal

sponge, poriferan, parazoan

n. primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

parasite, sponge, leech, minion

n. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

sponge

v. gather sponges, in the ocean

sponge

v. wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten

sponge

v. soak up with a sponge

sponge

v. erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard

up

v. raise; "up the ante"

pat, chuck

v. pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

toss, chuck

v. throw carelessly; "chuck the ball"

chuck, ditch

v. throw away; "Chuck these old notes"

sponge, grub, bum, cadge, mooch

v. ask for and get free; be a parasite

cast, vomit, cat, chuck, honk, sick, puke, regurgitate, disgorge, regorge, retch, barf, spew, spue, upchuck, be sick, throw up, vomit up

v. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"

up, upward, upwards

adv. spatially, temporally, or metaphorically up :"Look up!" "Let's move the date up"; "The music surged up"

up

adj. used up; "time is up"

up

adj. (used of computers) operating properly; "how soon will the computers be up?"

up

adj. open; "the windows are up"

up

adj. being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"

up, improving

adj. getting higher or more vigorous; "its an up market"; "an improving economy"

up, astir, out of bed

adj. out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning"

up, upbound, upward

adj. extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"

joint, roast

n. a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

flunky, flunkey, lackey

n. a male servant (especially a footman)

attendant

n. a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"

attendant

n. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

wage earner, hireling

n. a person who works only for money

sycophant, toady, crawler

n. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

helper, assistant, supporter

n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

subordinate, subsidiary, underling

n. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean

n. carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

freeloader, sponger

n. someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others

strip, clean

v. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

swab, swob, mop, wash with a mop, wash with a swab

v. to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel"

wash, launder

v. cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water; "Wash the towels, please!"

draw, suck, take in, take up, absorb, imbibe, suck up, sop up, soak up

v. take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

blot, dry with blotting paper

v. dry (ink) with blotting paper

touch

v. make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"

rub

v. move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"

pitch, toss, flip, sky

v. throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"

loft

v. propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"

catapult, sling

v. hurl as if with a sling

launch, propel with force

v. propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"

propel, impel, move forward

v. cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

discard, toss, fling, put away, throw out, chuck out, throw away, cast away, cast out, cast aside, toss away, toss out, dispose of

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

jettison

v. throw away, of something encumbering

beg

v. ask to obtain free; "beg money and food"

borrow, get temporarily

v. get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"

pinch, hook, lift, swipe, abstract, cabbage, sneak, nobble, pilfer, purloin, snarf, make off with, filch

v. make off with belongings of others

leech, bleed, phlebotomize

v. draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"

scrounge, cadge

v. obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"

forage, scrounge, scrounge around

v. collect or look around for (food)

leach, cause to leach, cause to percolate

v. cause to leach

failing

adj. below acceptable in performance; "received failing grades"

over, completed, terminated, concluded, ended, all over

adj. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

done, through, through with

adj. having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies"

through with, done with

adj. having no further concern with; "he was through with school and he was through with family"- John Dos Passos; "done with gambling"; "done with drinking"

running, working, operative, functional

adj. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"

elevated

adj. raised above the ground; "an elevated platform"

upraised, lifted

adj. held up in the air; "stood with arms upraised"; "her upraised flag"

ascending

adj. moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"

high

adj. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"

bull

adj. characterized by rising prices: "a bull market"

emerging

adj. coming to maturity; "the rising generation"

insomniac, sleepless, wakeful

adj. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare

unsleeping, wide-awake

adj. fully awake; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night"

waking

adj. marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours"

uphill, acclivitous, upward-sloping

adj. sloping upward

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

assurgent

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

assurgent

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

climbing, scandent

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

soaring

adj. "a soaring eagle"

leader

n. a person who rules or guides or inspires others

scapegoat, whipping boy

n. someone punished for the errors of others

keep down

v. manage not to throw up

down

adj. being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today"

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