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salesman, saleswoman, saleslady, sales agent, representative,
traveller, travelling salesman, peddler, hawker, colporteur,
sutler, chandler, Old-fashioned counter-jumper, Brit shop
assistant, -monger (as in costermonger, ironmonger, fishmonger,
etc.), US and Canadian sales-clerk, clerk, shop-girl, Colloq
rep, US drummer: Time ran out on his job as a seller of
water-clocks and hourglasses.
semblance n. 1 appearance, image, likeness, resemblance, form, figure,
bearing, aspect, air, look, mien, exterior, mask, fa‡ade, front,
face, show, veneer: Beneath that semblance of tranquillity lies
a turbulent, tortured mind. 2 guise, face, front, fa‡ade, air,
show, veneer, look, pretence, show, cloak, simulation,
impression, affectation, Rare superficies: You might try to
give the sculpture at least a semblance of reality.
seminal adj. 1 original, basic, creative, primary, prime, formative,
innovative, imaginative, new, unprecedented, precedent-setting,
landmark, benchmark, important, influential, telling:
Michaelson's paper is considered the seminal work on the
subject. It sets forth many seminal ideas. 2 embryonic,
germinal, potential, undeveloped, incipient: Each seed contains
a seminal plant.
seminary n. academy, school, institute, institution, college,
university, training ground: His three daughters had all
attended an exclusive seminary on the East Coast.
send v. 1 Sometimes, send off. dispatch or despatch, commission,
charge, depute, delegate, assign: The pope sent an emissary to
London. 2 communicate, transmit, convey, deliver, consign,
address to, mail, post, fax, remit, ship, forward; broadcast,
telecast, televise, radio, telegraph: The message is being sent
to all concerned. 3 release, discharge, shoot, propel, fire,
fling, project, hurl; cast, throw, toss, let fly: With a great
burst of flame the satellite was sent into orbit. 4 delight,
please, charm, enrapture, stir, thrill, move, electrify, Slang
turn (someone) on: That saxophone solo really sends me. 5 send
down. imprison, incarcerate, send away, jail or Brit also gaol
Slang US send up (the river): If she doesn't mend her ways,
she'll be sent down. 6 send for. call for, summon, order,
request, ask for: I have sent for a taxi which should be here
shortly. 7 send forth or out. emit, radiate, discharge, give