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en·ter (ĕn'tər)
v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters. v.tr.- To come or go into: The train entered the tunnel.
- To penetrate; pierce
- To introduce; insert: She entered the probe into the patient's artery.
sug·gest (səg-jĕst', sə-jĕst')
tr.v., -gest·ed, -gest·ing, -gests.- To offer for consideration or action; propose: suggest things for children to do; suggested that we take a walk.
- To bring or call to mind by logic or association; evoke: a cloud that suggests a mushroom; a ringlike symbol suggesting unity.
- To make evident indirectly; intimate or imply: a silence that suggested disapproval.
mar·ried (măr'ēd)
adj.- Having a spouse: a married woman; a married man.
- United in matrimony: a married couple.
- Of or relating to the state of marriage: married bliss.
- Acquired through marriage: her married name.
knife (nīf)
n., pl. knives (nīvz).- A cutting instrument consisting of a sharp blade attached to a handle.
- A cutting edge; a blade.
rail·road (rāl'rōd')
n.-
A road composed of parallel steel rails supported by ties and providing
a track for locomotive-drawn trains or other wheeled vehicles.
- A system of railroad track, together with the land, stations, rolling stock, and other related property under one management.
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