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| abstract |
When a painting or sculpture is abstract, you can't tell what it is. It has shapes and maybe color, but it's not a clear picture of anything. The artist may be trying to suggest a feeling or idea or maybe even people and things, but the artist is not trying to show those people and things as they are in reality. [1/3 definitions] |
| advance |
to offer or suggest. [1/8 definitions] |
| advise |
to recommend or suggest. [1/3 definitions] |
| hint |
to mention or suggest in a way that is not direct. [1/2 definitions] |
| imply |
to hint or suggest without saying directly. |
| must1 |
used to command or suggest. [1/4 definitions] |
| offer |
to present for discussion; suggest. [1/6 definitions] |
| pow |
a word used to suggest the loud sound of a shot, blow, or explosion. [1/2 definitions] |
| prescribe |
to order or suggest as a medicine. |
| proposal |
When you make a proposal, you suggest a plan. [1/2 definitions] |
| propose |
to present or suggest as an idea to be considered. [1/3 definitions] |
| recommend |
to present as worth doing; suggest; advise. [1/3 definitions] |
| suggest |
When you suggest something, you say what you think is a good idea. [1/3 definitions] |
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