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- Simple English for filling hunger
I'm looking for a (preferably) one-word term to describe a meal that's filling I'd like to avoid ambiguity with the substance put inside cakes, also called filling Satiating appears to be too
- Adjective for something in which you always find something new
4 characterized by abundant production: a prolific year for tomatoes Source: dictionary com definition for “prolific” Productive adjective 1 having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort 2 producing readily or abundantly; fertile: a productive vineyard
- Origin of the term deadeye meaning expert marksman?
The dominant eye remains fixed, while the non-dominant eye shifts in order to focus and reduce the intrusion of ghost targets From wordola com, there is an abundant use of " deadeye ", mostly referring to athletic acuity and agility, in a broad range of sports from basketball to golf
- Origin of More X than you can shake a stick at
4 One harvests bushes full of berries with a stick, by shaking or thrashing the berry bushes with a stick I believe it implies abundance One doesn't shake a bush with only a few berries with a stick, one simply picks them individually My guess is that this method of harvesting an abundant crop is the origin of the term More than one could
- Is there one word for higher quality and volume?
Use abundant (overabundant) to describe something that exists in large amounts that are more than what's needed Near synonyms are plentiful, emphasizing "large amounts," and ample, emphasizing "more than enough "Our oceans provide sustenance galore " galore Galore means there’s so much that it’s unbelievable The word is an example of a postpositive adjective, which means it comes after
- single word requests - Synonyms for healthy in healthy foods . . .
wholesome vocabulary com conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being Synonyms of wholesome foods (my summary - see link for full text): healthful healthy sound financially secure and safe alimental, alimentary, nourishing, nutrient, nutritious, nutritive heart-healthy good for you, healthy, salubrious hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial providing abundant
- phrase requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In my native language, we use an idiom to warn someone that they're doing something which has no result at the end: Trying to convince him is like squashing water Is there any idiom in Englis
- Why do we say to boot? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Here's an example of the phrase "to boot": My wife made a disgusting looking dinner, and it tasted awful to boot! The implication of the "to boot" is that the fact that the dinner tasted awful wa
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