antidote Translate Button
[an-ti-doht]
noun
1.
a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
2.
something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects:
Good jobs are the best antidote to teenage crime.
Friday, June 3, 2016
antidote
disguise
dis·guise
disˈɡīz/
verb
1.
give (someone or oneself) a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity.
"he disguised himself as a girl"
synonyms: dress up as, pretend to be, pass oneself off as, impersonate, pose as; More
noun
1.
a means of altering one's appearance or concealing one's identity.
"his bizarre disguise drew stares from fellow shoppers"
sow
sow1
sō/
verb
verb: sow; 3rd person present: sows; past tense: sowed; gerund or present participle: sowing; past participle: sown
plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth.
"sow a thin layer of seeds on top"
synonyms: plant, scatter, spread, disperse, strew, disseminate, distribute, broadcast; More
drill, seed
"sow the seeds in rows"
plant the seeds of (a plant or crop).
"the corn had just been sown"
plant (a piece of land) with seed.
"the field used to be sown with oats"
be thickly covered with.
"we walked through a valley sown with boulders"
cause to appear or spread.
"the new policy has sown confusion and doubt"
synonyms: cause, bring about, occasion, create, lead to, produce, spread, engender, generate, prompt, initiate, precipitate, trigger, provoke; More
culminate in, entail, necessitate;
foster, foment;
literarybeget
"the new policy has sown confusion
A man reaps what he sows.
reap
reap
rēp/Submit
verb
cut or gather (a crop or harvest).
"large numbers of men were employed to reap the harvest"
harvest the crop from (a piece of land).
synonyms: harvest, garner, gather in, bring in
"the grain has been reaped"
receive (a reward or benefit) as a consequence of one's own or other people's actions.
"the company is poised to reap the benefits of this investment"
synonyms: receive, obtain, get, acquire, secure, realize
"now they are reaping the benefits of their hard work"
wrath
wrath
raTH/Submit
noun
extreme anger (chiefly used for humorous or rhetorical effect).
"he hid his pipe for fear of incurring his father's wrath"
synonyms: anger, rage, fury, outrage, spleen, vexation, (high) dudgeon, crossness, displeasure, annoyance, irritation; More
frustration
frus·tra·tion
frəˈstrāSH(ə)n/
noun
the feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something.
"I sometimes feel like screaming with frustration"
synonyms: exasperation, annoyance, anger, vexation, irritation; More
an event or circumstance that causes one to have a feeling of frustration.
plural noun: frustrations
"the inherent frustrations of assembly line work"
the prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something.
"the frustration of their wishes"
synonyms: thwarting, defeat, prevention, foiling, blocking, spoiling, circumvention, forestalling, disappointment, derailment; More
Thursday, June 2, 2016
hashtag
What is a hashtag?
A hashtag is the pound sign. The sharp note in musical notation. A tic tac toe board. This: #
When it comes to social media, the hashtag is used to draw attention, to organize, and to promote.
Hashtags got their start in Twitter as a way of making it easier for people to find, follow, and contribute to a conversation. Archeologists have unearthed this early tweet, and believe it to be the first time the hashtag was used for this purpose.