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Traditional English :: obese
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obesty.html - adj. very fat; corpulent. obeseness n. obesity n. [L obesus (as OB-, edere eat)] |
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English Idioms :: obey the call of nature
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obesty.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To go to the bathroom to relieve oneself by urinating or defecating. * /Ted was hiking in the mountains when suddenly he had to answer the call of nature but since there was no bathroom in the woods, he excused himself and disappeared behind the bushes./ |
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English Idioms :: obey the call of nature
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obesty.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To go to the bathroom to relieve oneself by urinating or defecating. * /Ted was hiking in the mountains when suddenly he had to answer the call of nature but since there was no bathroom in the woods, he excused himself and disappeared behind the bushes./ |
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Traditional English :: OBE
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obesty.html - abbr.
(in the UK) Officer of the Order of the British Empire. |
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Traditional English :: obeah
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obesty.html - n.
(also obi) a kind of sorcery practised esp. in the West Indies. [W. Afr.] |
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Traditional English :: obeche
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obesty.html - n.
1 a West African tree, Triplochiton scleroxylon.
2 the light-coloured timber from this. [Nigerian name] |
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