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The hurricane virtually obliterated this small coastal town. All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog.

Maybe she gets drunk to obliterate painful memories.

She was a virtual unknown before this movie. Snow brought Minneapolis to a virtual standstill yesterday.

A flaw in the steering mechanism led to a recall of 200,000 cars. A tiny mark flawed the otherwise perfect silk shirt. a character flaw

a fault, mistake, or weakness, especially one that happens while something is being planned or made:

Sadly, the text is marred by careless errors. It was a really nice day, marred only by a little argument in the car on the way home. Water will mar the finish of polished wood.

tulip bulbs Lilies and tulips grow from bulbs.

It was a light-bulb moment for me when I realized I could no longer go on without help.

He had a huge, bulbous nose.

If a part of the body is bulbous, it is fat and round:

swell or protrude to an unnatural or incongruous extent. - the veins in his neck bulged The girl’s cheek bulged with a wad of gum.

a rounded swelling or protuberance that distorts a flat surface. The bulge in his pocket showed where he kept his wallet.

There was a bulge in spending in the early part of the year.

a wad of cotton the quilts are wadded with thick natural cotton

VERB - compress (a soft material) into a lump or mass. VERB- line or stuff with wadding.

a wad of banknotes a wad of gum She used a wad (= a mass) of tissues to wipe away the blood.

to fold or press together something to form a mass: He wadded his towel into a ball.

We sorted the newsletters into bundles for distribution.

He bundled his clothes into the washing machine. She was bundled into the back of the car.

push or carry forcibly.

make/earn a bundle He made a bundle on the stock market.

Phone companies depend on being able to sell a bundle of services - long-distance, local calling, Internet access, wireless - to be profitable.

Check whether there is any life insurance cover bundled with the pension.

he stopped occasionally in the villages to dance at country frolics, and bundle with the lasses

A group of suntanned children were frolicking on the beach. Some people think of skiing as a wintertime frolic.

VERB - to make or stitch as or like a quilt to quilt a potholder

A quilt is a thin cover filled with feathers or some other warm, soft material, which you put over your blankets when you are in bed.

The company is one of many who now offer two duvet days a year, for when employees just can't face getting out of bed.

They had a passionate courtship and a long, loving marriage.

I put the loose floorboard back and nailed it down.

I'll write it down now so I won't forget. The police officers were taking down the names of witnesses.

I'll meet you down at the gym after work. He has a house down by the harbour.

It's much warmer down (in the) south. My parents live down in Florida, but they come up to Chicago every summer. We're moving down to London.

UK You'll feel better once you've got some hot soup down you. He's getting weak because he can't keep anything down.

I gave him $1,000 down, and paid the rest in instalments.

We drove down the highway as far as Atlanta. Her office is down the corridor on the right. They sailed the boat down the river (= towards the sea).

We downed three enemy planes with our missiles. The ice storm has downed trees and power lines all over the region.

He'd downed four beers before I'd finished one.

The Yankees downed the Red Sox 7–0.

goose/duck down a down jacket/pillow/sleeping bag (= a jacket/pillow/sleeping bag filled with down)

The deal left him almost $500 down.

This is the drawer where I keep paper and envelopes and stuff.

An interview is a chance to show your stuff.

Stuff the pillow and then sew up the final seam. Under her bed, they found a bag stuffed with money.

This suitcase is absolutely full - I can't stuff another thing into it.

Stuff the turkey, then put it into a pre-heated oven.

They'd been stuffing themselves with snacks all afternoon, so they didn't want any dinner.

This seat is losing its stuffing. The stuffing was coming out of the mattress.

a stuffing for the turkey sage and onion stuffing

sage advice the sayings of the numerous venerable sages they nodded in agreement with these sage remarks

a profoundly wise man, especially one who features in ancient history or legend.

a venerable tradition/company/family She has worked at such venerable institutions as Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York.

ALSO - used as a title for a monk in Buddhism

used as a title for a person who is considered holy by the Roman Catholic Church but who has not yet been made a saint

The speech had a profound influence on her.

profound truths/wisdom The review that I read said that it was "a thoughtful and profound film".

The chandelier arrived in a big box, tightly packed around in wadding.

any soft material used for filling a space, especially in order to protect something or to give something shape:

It was a beautiful piece of embroidery.

patterns or pictures that consist of stitches sewn directly onto cloth:

fanciful embroidery of the facts

The architect was asked to add some sculptural embellishments to the building design. She's a no-nonsense actress whose beauty needs no Hollywood embellishment.

VERB - embellish; The ceiling was embellished with flowers and leaves.

The news was given bluntly and plainly, without embellishments.

He has some fanciful notion about converting one room of his apartment into a gallery. fanciful ideas/notions

not likely to succeed or happen in the real world:

There were fancifully designed forms of transportation, from bicycles shaped like 30-foot-long snails to cars shaped like dinosaurs.

children have different notions about the roles of their parents The show's director rejects the notion that seeing violence on television has a harmful effect on children. I have only a vague notion of what she does for a living.

a belief or idea:

she had a notion to call her friend at work

an impulse or desire, especially one of a whimsical kind.