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equalizer, neutralizer: The bank manager considered the money
owed to the company as sufficient offset for the money owed by
it.
offshoot n. 1 branch, spur; shoot, limb, bough, twig, stem, appendage,
sucker, sprout, sprig, tendril, scion: There is an offshoot of
this road that goes up the hill. The offshoots are trained to
grow along the arms of the espalier. 2 descendant, relation,
relative, kin, kindred, offspring, scion, heir: One offshoot of
the family later emigrated to the United States. 3 outgrowth,
development, branch, spin-off; by-product, derivative: An
offshoot of the company manufactures optical instruments. The
sale of gravel for concrete is an offshoot of our mining
operations.
offspring n. (Often used as plural) child, progeny, issue, seed,
youngster, brood, young, successor, heir: None of the earl's
offspring ever amounted to much.
often adv. frequently, regularly, much, many times, usually,
habitually, commonly; ordinarily, again and again, over and over
again, time after time, repeatedly, time and (time) again, in
many cases or instances, on numerous occasions, day in (and) day
out, continually, Literary oftentimes, oft: How often do you
visit your mother? We often went to the seaside for our summer
holiday. She was often warned not to go too near the edge.
15.6 ogle...
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ogle v. 1 leer, eye, make eyes at, Colloq give (someone) the glad
eye, give (someone) the once-over, make sheep's eyes at: The
old lecher is always ogling the pretty young secretaries. 2
gape, gaze, goggle, gawk, stare, Slang Brit gawp or gaup: We
took turns ogling the rings of Saturn through the telescope.
--n. 3 leer, stare, gape, goggle, oeillade, Colloq once-over,
glad eye: They all crowded round the paper for an ogle at the
pin-ups.
ogre n. ogress, monster, giant, fiend, demon, troll, man-eater,
bogey, bogeyman, bugbear, spectre, Minotaur, Cyclops, Gorgon,