osculate
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~ have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate"
osculate
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~ be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate"
ossify
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~ cause to become hard and bony; "The disease ossified the tissue"
ossify
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~ become bony; "The tissue ossified"
ossify
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~ make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
ostentate
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~ display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car"
ostracise
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~ expel from a community or group
ostracise
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~ avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"
ostracize
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~ expel from a community or group
ostracize
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~ avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"
oust
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~ remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"
oust
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~ remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
contract out
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~ refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use
contract out
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~ assign a job to someone outside one's own business
conk out
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~ use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
conk out
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~ stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
jut out
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~ extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
keep out
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~ prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
iron out
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~ press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"