cmn: jiao

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Meaning
means	(noun) perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food Zizania aquatica, wild rice
means	(noun) elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh banana
means	(noun) outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd" outskirts
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means	(noun) a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey barm, yeast
means	(noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" fenland, fen, marsh, marshland
means	(noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display mannerism, pose, affectation, affectedness
means	(noun) a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water reef
means	(noun) the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage basement, cellar
means	(noun) qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare" compare, comparability, equivalence, comparison
means	(noun) a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" yell, vociferation, call, shout, outcry, cry
means	(noun) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something boundary, bounds, bound
means	(noun) a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" stand, base, pedestal
means	(noun) pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground pepper, peppercorn
means	(verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" jaw, masticate, chew, manducate
means	(verb) read for errors; "I should proofread my manuscripts" proofread, proof
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means	(verb) impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" instruct, learn, teach
means	(verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" eradicate, uproot, root out, extirpate, exterminate
means	(verb) meet at a point intersect, cross
means	(verb) be fixed as if by glue; "His eyes were glued on her" glue
means	(verb) to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" deliver, fork over, render, turn in, fork out, fork up, hand over
means	(verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" tangle, snarl, entangle, mat
means	(verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" rile, get to, devil, gravel, irritate, vex, rag, nettle, annoy, nark, chafe, bother, get at
means	(verb) make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" forge, fake, counterfeit
means	(verb) rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door" knock
means	(adjective) marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney" guileful, tricky, sly, crafty, tricksy, dodgy, wily, foxy, knavish, slick, cunning
means	(adjective) having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock" chesty, self-important, arrogant
means	(adjective) having characteristics that attract love or affection; "a mischievous but lovable child" loveable, lovable
means	(adjective) ruined by overcooking; "she served us underdone bacon and burnt biscuits" burnt, burned
means	(adjective) free of extraneous elements of any kind; "pure air and water"; "pure gold"; "pure primary colors"; "the violin's pure and lovely song"; "pure tones"; "pure oxygen" pure
means	(adverb) in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now" comparatively, relatively

Word:	(case sensitive)
Language:	(ISO 639-3 code, e.g. "eng" for English)

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