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Abuse
- noun - a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"
- change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
- cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse"
- improper or excessive use; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds"
- treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
- use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"
- use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs"
Amuse
- verb - Entertain (with)
- make (somebody) laugh; "The clown amused the children"
- occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies"
Bouse
- verb - haul with a tackle
Cause
- noun - a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;
- a justification for something existing or happening;
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
- any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
- events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something;
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;
Cruse
- noun - small jar; holds liquid (oil or water)
Douse
- verb - cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
- dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool"
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint"
- lower quickly; "douse a sail"
- put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"
- slacken; "douse a rope"
- wet thoroughly
Druse
- noun - an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God; "a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives"
House
- noun - (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house"
- a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"
- a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
- a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"
- an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"
- aristocratic family line; "the House of York"
- contain or cover; "This box houses the gears"
- In curling, the circle around the tee within which stones must lie to count.
- play in which children take the roles of father or m
Louse
- noun - a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
- any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
- wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds
- wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals