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abate
x/
Verb, Noun
abatement
x/x
Noun
abbreviate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
abolished
x/x
Verb
above
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
abridge
x/
Verb, Noun
acceptable
x/xx
Adjective
adjourned
x/
Adjective
adjournment
x/x
Noun
agent
/x
Noun
airport
/x
Noun
alienated
/xxxx
Adjective
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
amputated
/xxx
Adjective
anchorages
/xxx
Noun
apron strings
/x/
Phrase
aprons
/x
Noun
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
attachments
x/x
Verb
austerity
x/xx
Noun
axe
/
Noun, Verb
baggy
/x
Adjective, Noun
band
/
Noun, Verb
beaker
/x
Noun
beheaded
x/x
Adjective
bend
/
Noun, Verb
bevel
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bib
/
Noun, Verb
bill
/
Noun, Verb
bitten
/x
Verb
blackout
/x
Noun, Verb
bleed
/
Verb, Noun
blended
/x
Adjective
blocks
/
Noun
blood
/
Noun, Verb
blouse
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
board
/
Noun, Verb
bob
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
bore
/
Verb, Noun
bouquet
x/
Noun
bowl
/
Noun, Verb
braids
/
Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
break off
//
Phrase, Verb
breeches
/x
Noun
bring down
//
Phrase, Verb
brisket
/x
Noun
broadcasters
/xx
Noun
carve
/
Verb, Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
castrated
/xx
Adjective
cats
/
Adjective
chains
/
Adjective
chamfer
/x
Noun, Verb
channels
/x
Noun
chase
/
Noun, Verb
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
chef
/
Noun, Verb
chine
/
Noun, Verb
chip
/
Noun, Verb
chop
/
Noun, Verb
chop up
//
Phrase, Verb
chords
/
Verb
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
cleavage
/x
Noun
cleaved
/
Adjective
clip
/
Noun, Verb
cloak
/
Noun, Verb
clothes
/
Noun
cold shoulder
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
compress
/x
Verb, Noun
compression
x/x
Noun
concentrate
/xx
Verb, Noun
condense
x/
Verb, Adjective
conditions
x/x
Adjective
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contraction
x/x
Noun
cook
/
Noun, Verb
cords
/
Noun
cortes
/
Name
coupe
/
Noun
court
/
Noun, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cowed
/
Adjective
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
cravat
/x
Noun, Verb
crop
/
Noun, Verb
crosscut
/
Noun, Verb
crosses
/x
Verb
crossover
/xx
Noun, Adjective
cube
/
Noun, Verb
cups
/
Noun
curb
/
Noun, Verb
curtail
x/
Verb, Noun
curtailment
x/x
Noun
curtains
/x
Noun
curve
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cut back
//
Phrase, Verb
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut short
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cut up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
cutbacks
/x
Noun
cutoff
/x
Noun, Adjective
cutout
/x
Noun
cuts
/
Noun
cutter
/x
Noun
cutting off
/x/
Phrase, Noun
danced
/
Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
debited
/xx
Verb
decide
x/
Verb
deck
/
Noun, Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
decorous
/xx
Adjective
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
defensible
x/xx
Adjective
deflate
x/
Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
deletion
x/x
Noun
denomination
xxx/x
Noun
deny
x/
Verb
depreciating
x/xxx
Adjective
deprive
x/
Verb
detach
x/
Verb
detract
x/
Verb
dice
/
Noun, Verb
dilute
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
diminish
x/x
Verb
diminution
xx/x
Noun
disconnect
xx/
Noun, Verb
disconnection
xx/x
Noun
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
discount
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
disengaged
xx/
Adjective
disposed
x/
Adjective
disregard
xx/
Noun, Verb
disrupt
x/
Verb, Adjective
dissect
x/
Verb
dissection
x/x
Noun
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
dock
/
Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downgraded
//x
Adjective
downsize
/x
Verb
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
drags
/
Verb
drape
/
Noun, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
drawdown
/x
Noun
drawers
/
Noun
dress
/
Noun, Verb
dried
/
Adjective
drill
/
Noun, Verb
driveway
/x
Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
each
/
Adverb, Noun
ease
/
Noun, Verb
edit
/x
Noun, Verb
edit out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
edwardian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
emasculated
x/xxx
Adjective
exactly
x/x
Adverb
excavated
/xxx
Verb
excavation
xx/x
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
felled
/
Verb
fetters
/x
Verb
fig
/
Name, Verb
finger
/x
Noun, Verb
fired
/x
Adjective
fitted
/x
Adjective, Noun
fixture
/x
Noun, Verb
flaw
/
Noun, Verb
format
/x
Noun, Verb
four
/
Noun
frame
/
Noun, Verb
frayed
/
Adjective
frazzled
/x
Adjective
furrow
/x
Noun, Verb
garlands
/x
Noun
gash
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
generalizable
/xx/xx
Adjective
generic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
glass
/
Noun, Verb
goblet
/x
Noun
gore
/
Noun, Verb
grind
/
Verb, Noun
guitar
x/
Noun, Verb
hack
/
Noun, Verb
hair
/
Noun, Verb
haircut
/x
Noun, Verb
hairdo
/x
Noun
hairline
/x
Noun, Adjective
hairstyle
/x
Noun
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
halving
/x
Noun
hand
/
Noun, Verb
handkerchief
/xx
Noun
handler
/x
Noun
harvest
/x
Noun, Verb
hew
/
Name, Verb
hob
/
Noun, Verb
hoops
/
Noun
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
identifications
xxxx/x
Noun
identifier
x/xxx
Noun
ids
//
Name
ignore
x/
Verb
impassable
x/xx
Adjective
incision
x/x
Noun
indent
x/
Noun, Verb
inflate
x/
Verb
injured
/x
Adjective
injury
/xx
Noun, Verb
input
/x
Noun, Verb
instalment
x/x
Noun
instantiated
x/xxx
Verb
interrupt
xx/
Verb, Noun
intersects
xx/
Verb, Noun
intruded
x/x
Adjective
isolated
/xxx
Adjective
issue
/x
Noun, Verb
jacket
/x
Noun, Verb
jag
/
Noun, Verb
jammed
/
Adjective
jerky
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
joint
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
kerchief
/x
Noun, Verb
keyboard
/x
Noun, Verb
keys
/
Noun
kill
/
Verb, Noun
kitchen
/x
Noun, Verb
knife
/
Noun, Verb
knock
/
Verb, Noun
knock off
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
laced
/
Adjective
leg
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
less
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lessen
/x
Verb
lighten
/x
Verb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lines
/
Noun
locale
x/
Noun
lockers
/x
Noun
locks
/
Noun
logged
/
Verb
loin
/
Noun
looped
/
Adjective
lop
/
Noun, Verb
lowers
/x
Noun
maid
/
Noun
make out
//
Phrase, Verb
manhattan
x/x
Name
manicure
/xx
Noun, Verb
maroon
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mats
/
Noun
meat
/
Noun
milled
/
Adjective
minimise
/xx
Verb
minimization
/xx/x
Noun
mitigate
/xx
Verb
montage
x/
Noun, Verb
mortise
x/
Noun, Verb
mother
/x
Noun, Verb
mow
/
Verb, Noun
mullet
/x
Noun
multiline
/xx
Adjective, Noun
mutilation
xx/x
Noun
napkins
/x
Noun
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
neat
/
Adjective, Noun
neck
/
Noun, Verb
networks
/x
Noun
nick
/
Name, Verb
nightgown
//
Noun
nightshirt
/x
Noun
nip
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
nip off
//
Phrase, Verb
notch
/
Noun, Verb
nul
/
Verb
null
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
optional
/xx
Adjective, Name
ouch
/
Noun, Verb
outage
/x
Noun
overalls
/xx
Noun
pain
/
Noun, Verb
paper
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pare
/
Verb
part
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
peel
/
Noun, Verb
peel off
//
Phrase, Verb
pegs
/
Noun
petticoats
/xx
Noun
pieces
/x
Noun
pierced
/
Adjective
pigtails
/x
Adjective
pinafore
xxx
Noun, Verb
pink
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
pit
/
Noun, Verb
plane
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
plateau
x/
Noun, Verb
platform
/x
Noun, Verb
platter
/x
Noun
poverty
/xx
Noun
primal
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
prune
/
Noun, Verb
pull
/
Verb, Noun
punctured
/x
Adjective
quit
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
rack
/
Noun, Verb
ramp
/
Noun, Verb
ranges
/x
Verb
rationalize
/xxx
Verb
rebate
/x
Noun, Verb
rectangles
/xx
Noun
reduces
x/x
Verb
reductions
x/x
Verb
relieve
x/
Verb
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
resign
x/
Verb
restrict
x/
Verb, Adjective
restriction
x/x
Noun
retired
x/
Adjective
retouched
x/
Verb, Adjective
retracted
x/x
Adjective
retrenchment
x/x
Noun
rez
/
Noun, Verb
rib
/
Noun, Verb
ribbons
/x
Verb
riffle
/x
Noun, Verb
rip
/
Verb, Name
roadster
/x
Noun
roast
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
roll
/
Noun, Verb
ropes
/
Noun
rough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
rows
/
Noun
ruptured
/x
Adjective
saber
/x
Noun, Verb
sabre
/x
Noun, Verb
saddle
/x
Noun, Verb
savings
/x
Noun
saw
/
Verb, Noun
schism
/x
Noun
scission
/x
Noun
scissors
/x
Noun
scrape
/
Verb, Noun
scrapped
/
Verb
scratch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
seam
/
Noun, Verb
section
/x
Noun, Verb
sender
/x
Noun
separated
/xxx
Adjective
sequences
/xx
Adjective
set
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
severance
/xx
Noun
severs
/x
Noun, Verb
shackles
/x
Verb
shank
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
shaped
/
Adjective
share
/
Noun, Verb
sharps
/
Noun
shave
/
Verb, Noun
shear
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sheer
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shelf
/
Noun
sheng
/
Name
shin
/
Noun, Verb
shirt
/
Noun, Verb
short
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shots
/
Noun
shredded
/x
Adjective
shrink
/
Verb, Noun
shut
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
simple
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
simplistic
x/x
Adjective
sirloin
//
Noun
size
/
Noun, Verb
skip
/
Verb, Noun
skirt
/
Noun, Verb
sky
/
Noun, Verb
slab
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slant
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
slashes
/x
Noun, Verb
slaughter
/x
Noun, Verb
slew
/
Noun, Verb
slice
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slips
/
Noun
slit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
slivers
/x
Noun
snub
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
sons
/
Adjective
spare
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
split
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
spokes
/
Adjective
stacks
/
Noun
stations
/x
Noun
steak
/
Noun, Verb
stinger
/x
Noun
stop
/
Verb, Noun
straightforward
//x
Adverb, Adjective
strands
/
Noun
streamline
/x
Verb, Noun
streams
/
Noun
strike
/
Noun, Verb
string
/
Noun, Verb
stringed
/
Adjective, Verb
strumming
/x
Noun
style
/
Noun, Verb
suites
/
Noun
superstructure
/xxx
Noun
suppressed
x/
Adjective
suspend
x/
Verb
suspension
x/x
Noun
swerve
/
Verb, Noun
swing
/
Noun, Verb
switch off
//
Phrase, Verb
switch on
//
Phrase, Verb
switching
/x
Noun
tablecloths
/xx
Noun
tail
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
tailor
/x
Noun, Verb
take
/
Verb, Noun
tap
/
Verb, Noun
tapes
/
Noun
tarmac
/x
Noun, Verb
tear
/
Verb, Noun
template
/x
Noun, Verb
tenderloin
/xx
Noun
terminated
/xxx
Adjective
terrific
x/x
Adjective
thin
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
thongs
/
Noun
thrall
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
threads
/
Noun
threshold
/x
Noun
throat
/
Noun, Verb
through
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
thumb
/
Noun, Verb
tie
/
Noun, Verb
timber
/x
Noun, Verb
tines
/
Noun
tomahawk
/xx
Noun, Verb
tranche
/
Noun, Verb
transected
/xx
Verb
tray
/
Noun, Verb
trench
/
Noun, Verb
trend
/
Noun, Verb
tricks
/
Noun
trims
/
Noun, Verb
trophy
/x
Noun, Verb
tugged
/
Verb
turn
/
Verb, Noun
turn off
//
Phrase, Verb
turn on
//
Phrase, Verb
turn out
//
Phrase, Verb
unambiguous
xx/xx
Adjective
unclear
x/
Adjective, Verb
uncontroversial
xxx/x
Adjective
uncut
x/
Adjective
undercut
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun
undo
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
unequivocal
xx/xx
Adjective
veer
/
Verb, Noun
warps
/
Noun, Verb
water down
/x/
Phrase, Verb
weakened
/x
Adjective
whittle
/x
Noun, Verb
wires
/x
Noun
withdraw
x/
Verb, Noun
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
wood
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
work
/
Noun, Verb
wound
/
Noun, Verb
wreaths
/
Noun
write out
//
Phrase, Verb
yarns
/
Noun
yaw
/
Noun, Verb