Today's word has 9 letters in it:
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noun
verb


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the definitions are as follows:

noun

1. - ----- --- ------- ----- ------- -- --------. -- ---------, - ----- ----- -------- -- -- ---- --- ------------ ------ ----- -- --- --------.

verb

1. -- ----- -- - --------- -- -------.

2. -- ------- (- ------) -- -- ----------- --- - ---- ------.

3. -- ------- --- ---- ------, ------ -- ------- ----------- ---- --------- --.