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deeply or seriously thoughtful
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brooding |
broody |
contemplative |
meditative |
musing |
pensive |
pondering |
reflective |
ruminative |
sample sentences
"Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
similar to
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
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contemplation |
musing |
reflection |
reflexion |
rumination |
thoughtfulness |
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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study, cogitation
meditation, speculation
meditation
introspection, self-contemplation, self-examination
retrospect
hypernym
sample sentences
"`It's funny about that bar,' he said musingly"
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an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative
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<noun.substance>
musk |
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low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
Erodium moschatum |
musk clover |
muskus grass |
white-stemmed filaree |
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small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk
<noun.animal>
<noun.animal>
Moschus moschiferus |
musk deer |
large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated
<noun.animal>
<noun.animal>
Cairina moschata |
muscovy duck |
musk duck |
erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
Malva moschata |
mus rose |
musk mallow |
bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
Abelmoschus moschatus |
Hibiscus moschatus |
abelmosk |
musk mallow |
large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep
<noun.animal>
<noun.animal>
Ovibos moschatus |
musk ox |
musk sheep |
rose native to Mediterranean region having curved or climbing branches and loose clusters of musky-scented flowers
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
Rosa moschata |
musk rose |
semantic pointers
hypernym
large shaggy-coated bovid mammal of Canada and Greenland; intermediate in size and anatomy between an ox and a sheep
<noun.animal>
<noun.animal>
Ovibos moschatus |
musk ox |
musk sheep |
Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
Carduus nutans |
musk thistle |
nodding thistle |
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a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
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musket |
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a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
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ball |
musket ball |
sample sentences
"they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball"
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the fruit of a muskmelon vine; any of several sweet melons related to cucumbers
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<noun.food>
muskmelon |
sweet melon |
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part holonym
hyponym
any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
Cucumis melo |
muskmelon |
sweet melon |
sweet melon vine |
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member holonym
hyponym
beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
<noun.animal>
<noun.animal>
Ondatra zibethica |
muskrat |
musquash |
low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria
<noun.plant>
<noun.plant>
Erodium moschatum |
musk clover |
muskus grass |
white-stemmed filaree |
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musk-scented shrub or tree of southern and southeastern Australia having creamy-yellow flower heads
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<noun.plant>
Olearia argophylla |
muskwood |
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