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An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.
The fresh rhizome is grated into a paste, and eaten in small amounts at a time. Traditionally, coarse sharkskin is used to grate the root, but metal graters called oroshigane are used in modern times. Fresh wasabi paste loses its flavor quickly if left uncovered, and so the paste is grated on the spot in some high-end restaurants. [18]
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
applied to cutting-edge or radically innovative movements in art, music and literature; figuratively "on the edge", literally, a military term, meaning "vanguard" (which is a corruption of avant-garde) or "advance guard", in other words, "first to attack" (antonym of arrière-garde). avant la lettre
Fresh 40, a networked music singles chart show broadcast in the UK; Fresh 92.7, an Adelaide radio station formerly known as Fresh FM; Fresh Air (Edinburgh), an alternative music radio station; Fresh FM (Netherlands), a Dutch music radio station; Fresh FM (Nigeria), a radio network in Nigeria; Fresh FM (New Zealand), a community access station
In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as parent/child or borrow/lend. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The relationship between such words is called a converse relation . [ 2 ]
President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office on Jan. 20. Once he takes the reins, a number of economic changes could ensue. Trump has proposed slapping tariffs on goods the U.S. imports from ...
Young fisherman with dolphinfish from Santorini, Greece, c. 1600 BCE (Minoan civilization). The mahi-mahi (/ ˌ m ɑː h i ˈ m ɑː h i / MAH-hee-MAH-hee) [3] or common dolphinfish [2] (Coryphaena hippurus) is a surface-dwelling ray-finned fish found in off-shore temperate, tropical, and subtropical waters worldwide.