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mingling, intermingling, commingling, coalescing, coalescence,<br />

mixing, mixture, intermixing, amalgamating, amalgamation,<br />

compounding, compound, alloying, alloy, fusing, fusion,<br />

homogenizing, homogenization: Through her wedding of vision to<br />

observation she has produced some truly remarkable paintings.<br />

wedge n. 1 block, chock: A shoe with a wedge heel is called a<br />

'wedgie'. We forced wedges into the cracks in the stone to split<br />

it. 2 separation, separator, division, partition, split,<br />

fissure, cleavage: That woman tried to drive a wedge between me<br />

and my husband.<br />

--v. 3 ram, jam, stuff, cram, crowd, force, squeeze, pack,<br />

thrust: You couldn't have wedged another person into the back<br />

seat of that Mini with a shoehorn.<br />

wee<br />

adj. 1 tiny, small, diminutive, little, minuscule, midget,<br />

minute, miniature, Lilliputian, microscopic, Colloq itty-bitty,<br />

itsy-bitsy, teeny(-weeny), teensy(-weensy): Johnny caught his<br />

wee little finger in the door. 2 unimportant, insignificant,<br />

trivial, little, puny: It was only a wee thing, of no interest<br />

to anyone but me.<br />

weep<br />

v. 1 cry, shed tears, bawl, blubber, keen, sob, lament, mourn,<br />

bemoan, bewail, moan, grieve, whine, whimper, mewl, pule,<br />

snivel, Colloq blub, boohoo, Brit and Australian whinge: A<br />

small child, sitting by herself, was weeping bitterly. 2 ooze,<br />

seep, exude, drip: The wound had started weeping and needed<br />

bandaging.<br />

weigh v. 1 Sometimes, weigh in at or out at. Colloq tip the scales<br />

at: The sailboard weighed in at 250 pounds. I weigh more than I<br />

should. 2 consider, ponder, contemplate, think on or over or<br />

about, mull over, turn over in the or (one's) mind, ruminate<br />

over, chew over, reflect on or upon, brood over, pore over,<br />

study, examine: After weighing the qualifications of the<br />

candidates, we voted for you. Weigh your words carefully before<br />

responding. 3 judge, estimate, assess, evaluate, value,<br />

determine: It is not easy to weigh each person's contribution<br />

to the effort. 4 Usually, weigh on or upon. lie heavy on,<br />

burden, depress, prey on, oppress, disturb, perturb, upset:<br />

Loneliness weighs heavily on Dave's widow. 5 matter, count,<br />

have (an) effect or influence, carry weight, be of value or

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