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pith
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- pronunciation:
- pIth
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the soft central portion of certain plant stems and animal parts such as feathers.
- similar words:
- core, marrow, medulla, parenchyma, pulp
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| definition 2: |
that which is central or essential; quintessence.
This was the pith of his argument.- synonyms:
- core, crux, heart, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, nucleus, soul
- similar words:
- center, essence, fat, gist, import, keynote, point, quintessence, root, substance, sum, thrust
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| definition 3: |
weightiness, significance, or importance.
Is there any real pith in these statements?- synonyms:
- importance, significance, weight
- similar words:
- force, magnitude, merit, moment, value
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| related words: |
abstract, basis, bottom, content, essence, gist, import, nucleus, upshot |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
piths, pithing, pithed |
| definition 1: |
to kill by directly destroying brain or spinal cord tissue, as with a knife or wire.
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| definition 2: |
to extract the pith of (a plant).
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