Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fitting | Yes | Yes | No | No |
shakedown | Yes | Yes | No | No |
fitting (noun) | shakedown (noun) |
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putting clothes on to see whether they fit | extortion of money (as by blackmail) |
a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system | a very thorough search of a person or a place |
(usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state |
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances |
fitting (adjective) | shakedown (adjective) |
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being precisely fitting and right | intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system |
in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion |