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sow:
v.tr.
To scatter (seed) over the ground for growing.
To impregnate (a growing medium) with seed.
To propagate; disseminate:
sow rumors and dissension.
To strew or cover with something; spread thickly.
v.intr.
To scatter seed for growing.


Sow pronounced /so/ is a different word from "sow" as in /now/.
A sow (sow) is a female pig.
Sow (so) is to scatter seed, etc.
 

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Well, I will deviate a little bit from the list to include animal place-related words; a verb that I do like using is pigeonhole which one of its meanings is to classify within a series of ideas.
 

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Sorry Ron;-) - that was pretty low-hanging fruit, picked way back.
:oops: Oops! (I was considering adding "crow" to the list, but I noticed that has been mentioned too.) :oops:


Has "skunk" been mentioned?

:)
 

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:oops: Oops! (I was considering adding "crow" to the list, but I noticed that has been mentioned too.) :oops:


Has "skunk" been mentioned?

:)
No smell yet.
 

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Sow pronounced /so/ is a different word from "sow" as in /now/.
A sow (sow) is a female pig.
Sow (so) is to scatter seed, etc.

Hello Raymott,

Thank you for your correction.
 

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swallow

v.tr.
To cause (food or drink, for example) to pass through the mouth and throat into the stomach.
To put up with (something unpleasant):
swallowed the insults and kept on working.
To refrain from expressing; suppress:
swallow one's feelings.
To consume or destroy as if by ingestion; devour:
a building that was swallowed up by fire.
Slang To believe without question:
swallowed the alibi.
To take back; retract:
swallow one's words.
 

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This may be an answer to my own question. I remember doing a course about IT that claimed a software project done at home/after hours was called 'a skunk project'. In my 20 years of IT experience, often using such products, I had never met the expression before; I always knew it as 'a midnight hack'. Maybe it's Am English...?

Anyway, I imagine "skunking" is doing this kind of work. :)-?)

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5.Slang. to defeat thoroughly in a game, esp. while keeping an opponent from scoring: The team skunked the favorites in the crucial game.
skunk definition | Dictionary.com

In card games, if you score all the points and keep your opponent from scoring, you skunk that person.
 

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roach:
1. To brush (hair) in a roach.
2. To shave (the mane of a horse) to a short bristle.

fry:(small fish)
To cook over direct heat in hot oil or fat.

herd:
v.tr.
To gather, keep, or drive (animals) in a herd.
To tend (sheep or cattle).
To gather and place into a group or mass:
herded the children into the auditorium.

turtle:

To hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation.
Nautical To capsize.

man::lol:

To man something such as a machine or vehicle is to be present in order to operate it:

ram:
v.tr.
rammed,ram.ming,rams
To strike or drive against with a heavy impact; butt:
rammed the door with a sledgehammer until it broke open.
To force or press into place.
To cram; stuff:
rammed the clothes into the suitcase.
To force passage or acceptance of:
rammed the project through the city council despite local opposition.

louse up


Pony:
v.tr.intr.
po.nied,po.ny.ing,po.nies
To study with the aid of a pony:
pony a lesson; ponied all night before the exam.


scale:(a kind of insect)

Wax_scale.jpg




:-D
 
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No. Animal names

1 Ape
2 badger
3 bat
4 Bear
5 beetle:
6 bug:
7 chicken out
8 cocoon:
9 cow
10 crab
11 crane
12 cricket:
13 Crow
14 Dog
15 Duck
16 eagle:
17 ferret:
18 Fish
19 fly:
20 Fox
21 fry:(small fish)
22 goosestep:
23 grouse
24 gull
25 hare
26 Hawk
27 henpeck
28 herd:
29 Hog
30 horse around
31 hound:
32 kite:
33 lark about:
34 leapfrog: (though leapfrog is not an animal, but is relevant to frog)
35 leech
36 louse up
37 man:
38 monkey:
39 parrrot
40 peacock
41 pig out
42 pigeonhole
43 Pony:
44 quail
45 Rabbit on
46 ram:
47 rat
48 roach:
49 scale:(a kind of insect)
50 seal:
51 shark
52 skunk
53 snail:
54 Snake
55 Snipe
56 sponge
57 Squirrel
58 "swallow
59 swan
60 toady:
61 turtle:
62 weasel out
63 whale
64 Wolf
65 yak





I list all the animals or animals related words in the form and arrange them alphabetically. I hope Reemy can paste it in the Post 1 so that we can check easily what animals have listed. Thanks!
 
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Octopus means :
Any of numerous carnivorous marine mollusks of the genus Octopus or related genera, found worldwide. The octopus has a rounded soft body, eight tentacles with each bearing two rows of suckers, a large distinct head, and a strong beaklike mouth. Also called devilfish . IT is called Octopus because it has eight tentacles, Octo>eight.
It is very difficult to come out of the grip of the Octopus.
 

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Octopus means :
Any of numerous carnivorous marine mollusks of the genus Octopus or related genera, found worldwide. The octopus has a rounded soft body, eight tentacles with each bearing two rows of suckers, a large distinct head, and a strong beaklike mouth. Also called devilfish . IT is called Octopus because it has eight tentacles, Octo>eight.
It is very difficult to come out of the grip of the Octopus.

Hi SUDHKAMP,

Thank you for your answer. Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. I meant what the meaning of it as a verb is.
 

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Hi SUDHKAMP,

Thank you for your answer. Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. I meant what the meaning of it as a verb is.
It is used more as a Noun. Say a Multinational company, which has many powerful branches, but it is centrally controlled.
 

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rook:

: to defraud by cheating or swindling

rook.jpg
 

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It is used more as a Noun. Say a Multinational company, which has many powerful branches, but it is centrally controlled.
That's the problem SUDH. The words have to be able to be used as a verb. (See the subject line). Octopus and shark aren't used as verbs, which is why I facetiously replied with aardvark (in case anyone was wondering).
 

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That's the problem SUDH. The words have to be able to be used as a verb. (See the subject line). Octopus and shark aren't used as verbs, which is why I facetiously replied with aardvark (in case anyone was wondering).

Shark can be used as a verb.

Here's the definition from my dictionary.

Shark

v.tr.Archaic
To obtain by deceitful means.
v.intr.
To practice or live by fraud and trickery.
 
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