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• craned — any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
• flesh out — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
• live on — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
• heighten — to increase the height of; make higher.
• craning — any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
• bulking — the expansion of excavated material to a volume greater than that of the excavation from which it came
• caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
• ied — An IED is a simple bomb that is made and used by someone who is not in the army, often using materials that are not usually used for making bombs. IED is an abbreviation for 'improvised explosive device'.
• enlarge — Make or become bigger or more extensive.
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• let slide — to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
• outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.
• lend a hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• mantling — a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
• diffused — Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
• bring up the rear — to be at the back in a procession, race, etc
• hang over — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
• lengthen — to make longer; make greater in length.
• fan — an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
• drop back — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
• fall behind — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
• call forth — to cause (something) to come into action or existence
• make headway — forward movement; progress in a forward direction: The ship's headway was slowed by the storm.
• camber — A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.
• map out — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
• aggrandize — To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
• cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
• extend — Cause to cover a larger area; make longer or wider.
• ford — Elizabeth Bloomer ("Betty") 1918–2011, U.S. First Lady 1974–77 (wife of Gerald R. Ford).
• humped — having a hump.
• intermit — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• forded — a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
• i — the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
• blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
• fording — a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
• amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
• boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
• grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
• caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
• lead on — to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
• overdraw — to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
• graphed — Simple past tense and past participle of graph.
• intermitted — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• humping — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
• hyped — to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.