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--v. 5 comfort, console, solace, encourage, inspirit, warm,
Colloq buck up: Your friendly note cheered me considerably. 6
gladden, enliven, cheer up, hearten, buoy up, brighten, elate,
brighten, uplift, lift up: Let thy heart cheer thee in the days
of thy youth. 7 applaud, shout, hurrah, clap, yell; Colloq Brit
and Australian and New Zealand barrack for: The crowd cheered
for five minutes when Mr Flews stood to speak.
cheerful adj. 1 joyous, glad, gladsome, blithesome, blithe, happy,
cheery, of good cheer, joyful, jolly, exuberant, jubilant,
gleeful, gay, light-hearted, merry: I am pleased to see that
Agatha is so cheerful. Why do you cry at weddings, which are
supposed to be such cheerful occasions? 2 cheering, gladdening,
animating, bright, enlivening, cheery, gay, buoyant,
invigorating: She has redecorated the bedroom in more cheerful
colours.
chequered adj. 1 chequer-board, checked; patchwork; plaid, tartan: You
cannot use a chequered tablecloth for a formal dinner. 2
variegated, diversified, alternating, variable, good and bad,
varying, fluctuating, up and down; uncertain: David Williams
had a rather chequered career in the army.
cherish v. 1 treasure, hold or keep dear, prize: I know that she
cherishes every moment you were together. 2 foster, tend,
cultivate, preserve, sustain, nurture, nourish, nurse, cosset:
For their sweetness gillyflowers are cherished in gardens. We
cherish little Edward and probably spoil him a bit too much.
chest n. 1 box, coffer, trunk, strongbox, caddy, casket, case: It
took four men to carry the chest outside, where we could open
it. Martha kept her jewels in a small chest on the dresser. 2
breast; thorax: The wrestler was pounding his chest and
shouting 'I am the greatest!'
chew v. 1 masticate, grind, munch; bite, gnaw: Make sure to chew
each mouthful thoroughly. The puppy chewed up my slipper. 2 chew
the fat or rag. gossip, palaver, chat, converse, talk, Slang US
and Canadian bullshit: We sat round the fire and chewed the fat
all evening. 3 chew out. scold, rebuke, reprimand: The
sergeant chewed out the recruit because his boots were dirty. 4
chew over. think about or on or over, consider, review, ponder,