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Purged
- verb -
- clear of a charge
- excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged"
- make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
- oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
- rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
Purled
- verb - edge or border with gold or silver embroidery
- embroider with gold or silver thread
- flow in a circular current, of liquids
- knit with a purl stitch
- make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling"
Purred
- verb - indicate pleasure by purring; characteristic of cats
- make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred"
Pursed
- verb - contract one's lips into a rounded shape
- gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"
Pushed
- verb - approach a certain age or speed; "She is pushing fifty"
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
- make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; "`Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman"
- move strenuously and with effort; "The crowd pushed forward"
- move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
- press against forcefully without moving; "she pushed against the wall with all her strength"
- press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate"
Putted
- verb - hit a putt; "he lost because he putted so poorly"
- strike (a golf ball) lightly, with a putter; "he putted the ball several feet past the hole"
Quaked
- verb - shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"
- shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking"
Queued
- verb - form a queue, form a line, stand in line; "Customers lined up in front of the store"
Quoted
- verb - cited as evidence
- name the price of; "quote prices for cars"
- put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"
- refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
- repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
Racked
- verb - draw off from the lees; "rack wine"
- fly in high wind
- go at a rack; "the horses single-footed"
- obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
- put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"
- run before a gale
- seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
- stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains"
- torment emotionally or mentally
- torture on the rack
- work on a rack; "rack leather"