| Main Entry: | peck |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | bite |
Synonyms: |
beak, dig, hit, jab, kiss, mark, nibble, pick, pinch, poke, prick, rap, strike, tap |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quantity |
Synonyms: |
aplenty, bags, bulk, bundle, chunk, expanse, extent, flock, gob, heap, hunk, jillion, load, lot, magnitude, mass, measure, mess*, mint, mucho, number, oodles*, pack, passel, peck, pile, scads, score, slat, slew, supply, ton, volume, whopper |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | carp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nag |
Synonyms: |
bother, cavil, censure, complain, criticize, find fault, fuss, grumble, hypercriticize, knock, nitpick, objurgate, pan, peck, pick at, quibble, reproach |
Antonyms: |
ignore, let go |
| Main Entry: | countless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innumerable |
Synonyms: |
bags of, endless, gobs, heap*, immeasurable, incalculable, infinite, innumerous, jillion, legion, limitless, loads, lots of, many, measureless, mess*, mint, mucho, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, oodles*, passel of, peck, pile, raft, scads, slew, stack, tidy sum, umpteen, uncountable, uncounted, untold, wad, whole slew, zillion |
Antonyms: |
calculable, countable, counted, limited, measurable, numbered, numerable |
| Main Entry: | dab |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small quantity |
Synonyms: |
bit, blob, dollop, drop, fleck, flick, pat, peck, smidgen, smudge, speck, spot, stroke, tap, touch |
Antonyms: |
glob, mass |
| Main Entry: | dab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blot up; touch lightly |
Synonyms: |
bedaub, besmear, daub, pat, peck, plaster, smear, smudge, stipple, swab, tap, wipe |
| Main Entry: | feed on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume |
Synonyms: |
devour, eat, exist on, fare, feast, graze, have a bite, ingest, live on, meal, munch, nibble, nurture, partake, pasture*, peck, pig out, prey on, scarf, snack, sponge, subsist, take, take nourishment |
| Main Entry: | kiss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | touching lips to another |
Synonyms: |
butterfly, caress, embrace, endearment, osculation, peck, salutation, salute, smack*, smooch |
| Main Entry: | kiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch one's lips to another's |
Synonyms: |
French, blow, brush, butterfly, glance, graze, greet, lip, make out, mush, neck, osculate, peck, pucker up, salute, smack*, smooch |
| Main Entry: | lump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clump, mass |
Synonyms: |
agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, cluster, crumb, dab, gob, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, knurl, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberance, scrap, section, solid, spot, swelling, tumescence, tumor, wad, wedge |