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verb
allude: refer to indirectly
elude:
avoid
Allude:
The verb allude has 1 sense
(no senses from tagged texts)
1. allude, touch, advert --
(make a more or less disguised
reference to; "He alluded to
the problem but did not
mention it")
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Synonym 1 sense of allude
Sense 1
allude, touch, advert -- (make
a more or less disguised
reference to; "He alluded to
the problem but did not
mention it")
=> hint, suggest -- (drop a
hint; intimate by a hint)
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Coordinate Terms 1 sense of
allude
Sense 1
allude, touch, advert -- (make
a more or less disguised
reference to; "He alluded to
the problem but did not
mention it")
-> hint, suggest -- (drop a
hint; intimate by a hint)
=> intimate, adumbrate,
insinuate -- (give to
understand; "I insinuated that
I did not like his wife")
=> clue in -- (provide someone
with a clue; "Can you clue me
in?")
=> allude, touch, advert --
(make a more or less disguised
reference to; "He alluded to
the problem but did not
mention it")
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Hypernym 1 sense of allude
Sense 1
allude, touch, advert -- (make
a more or less disguised
reference to; "He alluded to
the problem but did not
mention it")
=> hint, suggest -- (drop a
hint; intimate by a hint)
=> convey, impart -- (make
known; pass on, of
information)
=> communicate,
intercommunicate -- (transmit
thoughts or feelings; "He
communicated his anxieties to
the psychiatrist")
=> interact -- (act together
or towards others or with
others; "He should interact
more with his colleagues")
=> act, move -- (perform an
action, or work out or perform
(an action); "think before you
act"; "We must move quickly";
"The governor should act on
the new energy bill"; "The
nanny acted quickly by
grabbing the toddler and
covering him with a wet
towel")
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allude entails doing 1 sense
of allude
Sense 1
allude, touch, advert -- (make
a more or less disguised
reference to; "He alluded to
the problem but did not
mention it")
=> denote, refer -- (have as a
meaning; "`multi-' denotes
`many' ")
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1 sense of allude
Sense 1
allude, touch, advert -- (make
a more or less disguised
reference to; "He alluded to
the problem but did not
mention it")
RELATED TO->(adj) allusive#1
=> allusive -- (characterized
by indirect references;
"allusive speech is
characterized by allusions")
RELATED TO->(noun) allusion#1
=> allusion -- (passing
reference or indirect mention)
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1 sense of allude
Sense 1
allude, touch, advert -- (make
a more or less disguised
reference to; "He alluded to
the problem but did not
mention it")
*> Somebody ----s PP
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