Text: Eveline
Task: becoming aware of the multilayered nature of meaning
OBJECTIVES
Cultural:improving one's linguistic knowledge
Linguistic: learning new words
operation
A noun
1 operation
the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us
a surprisingly comfortable ride"
Category Tree:
act; human action; human activity
¨^activity
¨^operation
2 operation
a planned activity involving many people performing various actions; "they organized a rescue operation";
"the biggest police operation in French history"; "running a restaurant is quite an operation"; "consolidate the
companies various operations"
Category Tree:
act; human action; human activity
¨^activity
¨^operation
¨^undercover operation
¨^rescue operation
3 operation, procedure
a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work; "the
operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"
Category Tree:
act; human action; human activity
¨^activity
¨^work
¨^operation, procedure
4 operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a
living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while
undergoing surgery"
Category Tree:
act; human action; human activity
¨^activity
¨^procedure; process
¨^medical procedure
¨^operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
¨^cryosurgery
¨^craniotomy
¨^chemosurgery
¨^cautery; cauterization; cauterisation
¨^castration
¨^brain surgery
¨^arthroscopy
¨^arthroplasty
¨^angioplasty
¨^amputation
¨^ablation; extirpation; cutting out; excision
5 mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation
(mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the
mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"
Category Tree:
act; human action; human activity
¨^activity
¨^procedure; process
¨^calculation; computation; computing
¨^mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation
¨^relaxation; relaxation method
¨^construction
¨^matrix operation
¨^arithmetic operation
¨^exponentiation; involution
¨^integration
¨^maximization
¨^differentiation
¨^combination
¨^permutation
8 process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;
"the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"
Category Tree:
psychological feature
¨^cognition; knowledge; noesis
¨^process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
¨^higher cognitive process
¨^basic cognitive process
drab
A adjective
1 dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry
depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles
Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels
of death"- B.A.Williams
2 drab, sober, somber, sombre
lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes"
3 drab, dreary
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life
style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties"
to forge
B verb
1 invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure
the speed of light"
Category Tree:
make; create
¨^create by mental act; create mentally
¨^invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
2 forge, fake, counterfeit
make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a
Green Card"
Category Tree:
make; create
¨^re-create
¨^forge, fake, counterfeit
3 fashion, forge
make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
Category Tree:
make; create
¨^create from raw material; create from raw stuff
¨^make
¨^fashion, forge
¨^sew; tailor; tailor-make
¨^craft
¨^tie
4 shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the riceballs carefully"; "Form cylinders from the
dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
Category Tree:
make; create
¨^create from raw material; create from raw stuff
¨^shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
¨^stamp
¨^machine
¨^chip
¨^swage; upset
¨^carve
5 forge, hammer
create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
Category Tree:
make; create
¨^create from raw material; create from raw stuff
¨^shape; form; work; mold; mould; forge
¨^beat
¨^forge, hammer
¨^dropforge
¨^foliate
6 forge, spurt, spirt
move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy
Category Tree:
travel; go; move; locomote
¨^forge, spurt, spirt
7 forge
move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead"
Category Tree:
travel; go; move; locomote
¨^advance; progress; pass on; move on; march on; go on
¨^forge
dingy
A adjective
1 dingy, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry
depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles
Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels
of death"- B.A.Williams
2 begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little
fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
3 dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy
(of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"
remembrance
A noun
1 remembrance, recollection, anamnesis
the ability to recall past occurrences
Category Tree:
psychological feature
¨^cognition; knowledge; noesis
¨^ability; power
¨^faculty; mental faculty; module
¨^memory; retention; retentiveness
¨^remembrance, recollection, anamnesis
2 memorial, commemoration, remembrance
a recognition of meritorious service
Category Tree:
abstraction
¨^relation
¨^social relation
¨^communication
¨^message; content; subject matter; substance
¨^approval; commendation
¨^recognition; credit
¨^memorial, commemoration, remembrance
¨^epitaph
apparatus
A noun
1 apparatus, setup
equipment designed to serve a specific function
Category Tree:
entity
¨^object; physical object
¨^artifact; artefact
¨^instrumentality; instrumentation
¨^equipment
¨^apparatus, setup
¨^incubator; brooder
¨^heliograph
¨^heat pump
¨^generator
¨^electrograph
¨^duplicator; copier
¨^condenser
¨^cloud chamber; Wilson cloud chamber
¨^chemical reactor
¨^centrifuge; extractor; separator
¨^cascade liquefier
¨^burner
¨^aerator
2 apparatus
(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"
Category Tree:
entity
¨^thing
¨^part; piece
¨^body part
¨^apparatus
¨^auditory apparatus
suited
A adjective
1 suited
outfitted or supplied with clothing; "recruits suited in green"
2 appropriate, suitable, suited
meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time
for flippancy"