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nude, in the nude, Brit starkers, Colloq in the buff, in the
altogether, in one's birthday suit: For punishment, they made
us stand outside, in the freezing cold, in the raw.
raw-boned adj. gaunt, lean, gangling, thin, skinny, spare, meagre,
scrawny, underfed, bony, emaciated, half-starved, wasted,
hollow-cheeked, cadaverous: They'll take that raw-boned
youngster into the army and put some meat on him.
ray n. 1 beam, shaft, bar, streak, pencil, gleam, flash: A single
ray from the setting sun illuminated the head of the statue. 2
glimmer, trace, spark, scintilla, flicker: As he had not ben
rejected outright, there was still a ray of hope that he might
be accepted.
raze v. tear or pull or bring or knock or throw down, demolish,
destroy, level, flatten, bulldoze: As usual, beautiful old
buildings were razed to make way for a new shopping centre.
18.2 reach...
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reach v. 1 Often, reach out. hold out, extend, stretch (out), stick
out, thrust out, outstretch, outreach: He reached out his hand
and graped mine warmly. 2 arrive at, get to, come to, go to,
end up at or in; land at or in, Colloq make (it to): I won't
reach the office till noon today. Have we reached the point of
no return? 3 get, get in touch with, communicate with, establish
or make contact with, get through to, get (a) hold of: I tried
to reach her at home, but she was out. 4 attain, achieve,
accomplish, make, get or go to, get or go as far as: Do you
think that McClintock will reach the semi-finals? 5 come or go
or get up to, amount to, attain, climb to, rise to, run to,
equal, match: It looks as though the trade deficit might reach
last year's figure. 6 get through or across to, register with,
communicate with, reach into the mind of, impress, influence,
sway, move, stir, carry weight with: It is very difficult for
teachers to reach teenagers, who have a natural suspicion of
adults.
--n. 7 range, ambit, scope, orbit, compass, sphere, territory:
Those outlying areas are beyond our reach. Padua is within easy