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Reaping
- verb - gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"
- get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
Rearing
- verb - bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
- cause to rise up
- construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
- helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
- rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant"
- rise up; "The building rose before them"
- stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"
- the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
Reaving
- verb - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Roaming
- verb - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
- wandered
Roaring
- verb - a deep prolonged loud noise
- a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"
- act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington
- emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
- extremely; "roaring drunk"
- laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
- make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed"
- make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute"
- utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"
- very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"
Scaling
- verb - act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale
- ascent by or as if by a ladder
- climb up by means of a ladder
- measure by or as if by a scale; "This bike scales only 25 pounds"
- measure with or as if with scales; "scale the gold"
- pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
- reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc"
- remove the scales from; "scale fish"
- size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be scaled down"
- take by attacking with scaling ladders; "The troops scaled the walls of the fort"
- the act of arranging in a graduated series
Scaring
- verb - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
- cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
Sealing
- verb - affix a seal to; "seal the letter"
- close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax"
- cover with varnish
- decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms"
- hunt seals
- make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows"
- the act of treating something to make it repel water
Seaming
- verb - put together with a seam; "seam a dress"
Searing
- verb - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames"
- burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
- cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun parched the earth"
- make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
- severely critical