Posts Tagged ‘verb’

Hawk

November 17th, 2009

A 2010 Olympic torch is being hawked in eBay.

hawk 2
vb

  1. to offer (goods) for sale, as in the street
  2. (tr; often foll by about) to spread (news, gossip, etc.)

hawk /hk/ noun, verb
noun

  1. a strong fast bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food): He waited, watching her like a hawk (= watching her very closely).—see also sparrowhawk
  2. a person, especially a politician, who supports the use of military force to solve problems dove

verb

  1. [vn] to try to sell things by going from place to place asking people to buy them peddle: He made a living hawking cleaning products from door to door.
  2. [v, vn] to get phlegm in your mouth when you cough see eye n.

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Douse

November 15th, 2009

Found this word reading an article in Yahoo!. The article can be found here. It is about climate change. and the title is “APEC leaders douse hopes on climate pact”.

douse (also dowse) /da{phon_capu}s/ verb [vn]
1 ~ sth (with sth) to stop a fire from burning by pouring water over it; to put out a light: He doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.
2 ~ sb/sth (in / with sth) to pour a lot of liquid over sb/sth; to soak sb/sth in liquid: The car was doused in petrol and set alight.

verb

1. To plunge briefly in or into a liquid: dip, duck, dunk, immerge, immerse, souse, submerge, submerse. See enter/exit.
2. To make thoroughly wet: drench, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, wet. See dry/wet.
3. To cause to stop burning or giving light: extinguish, put out, quench, snuff out. See continue/stop/pause.

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Give in

July 24th, 2009

Main Entry: give in/give up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: admit defeat
Synonyms: abandon, back down, bail out, bow out, buckle under, capitulate, cave in, cease, cede, chicken out, collapse, comply, concede, cry uncle, cut out, desist, despair, drop, drop like a hot potato, fold, forswear, hand over, leave off, pull out, quit, relinquish, resign, stop, submit, surrender, take the oath, throw in the towel, waive, walk out on, wash one’s hands of, yield
Antonyms: fight, hold out, stand up to, withstand

give in
1. To hand in; submit: She gave in her report.
2. To cease opposition; yield.

give in idiom

1.Hand in, submit, as in She gave in her report today. [Early 1600s]
2.Relent, cease opposition, yield, as in I’ll give in on this point, or You can have the car—I give in to your arguments. [Early 1600s]

Michael Jackson – Give In To Me

Give In To Me lyrics

She always takes it with a heart of stone
‘Cause all she does is throw it back to me
I’ve spent a lifetime looking for someone
Don’t try to understand me
Just simply do the things I say

Love is a feeling
Give it when I want it
‘Cause I’m on fire
Quench my desire
Give it when I want it
Talk to me, woman
Give in to me
Give in to me

You always knew just how to make me cry
And never did I ask you questions why
It seems you get your kicks from hurting me
Don’t try to understand me
Because your words just aren’t enough

Love is a feeling
Quench my desire
Give it when I want it
Takin’ me higher
Love is a woman
I don’t wanna hear it
Give in to me
Give in to me

You and your friends
Were laughing at me in town
But it’s OK
And it’s OK
You won’t be laughin’, girl
When I’m not around
I’ll be OK
And I’m, I’m not fine
Gotta have some peace of mind, No

Don’t try to tell me
because your words just aren’t enough

Love is a feeling
Quench my desire
Give it when I want it
Takin’ me higher
Talk to me, woman
Love is a feeling
Give in to me
Give in to me
Give in to me

Love is the Feeling
I don’t wanna hear it
Quench my desire
Takin’ me higher
Tell it to the preacher
Satisfy my feeling
Give in to me
Give in to me

I don’t wanna
I don’t wanna
I don’t wanna dream now
Take me to the fire
Talk to me, woman
Quench my desire
Not like a lady
Talk to me, Baby
Give in to me

Give in to the fire
Give in to me
Give in to me
Give in to me

Love is a woman
Give in to me
Give in to me
Give in to me
Give in to me

‘Cause I’m on fire
Talk to me, woman
Quench my desire
Give in to the feeling

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