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61plan — I n. 1) to concoct, devise a plan 2) to draw up, formulate, map out a plan 3) to make plans 4) to outline; unveil a plan 5) to accept; carry out, execute, implement a plan; to put a plan into operation 6) to present, propose a plan 7) to foil,… …
62scheme — I n. 1) to concoct, cook up, devise, think up a scheme 2) to foil, thwart a scheme 3) a diabolical; fantastic; get rich quick; grandiose; nefarious; preposterous, wild eyed scheme 4) a scheme to + inf. (she concocted a scheme to get publicity) 5) …
63story — I n. tale 1) to narrate, tell a story 2) to carry, circulate, print, run a story (all the newspapers carried the story about the fire) 3) to edit; rewrite; write a story 4) to concoct, fabricate, invent, make up a story 5) to change, revise;… …
64tale — n. 1) to concoct, make up a tale 2) to narrate, tell a tale 3) an absorbing, exciting, fascinating, gripping; fanciful; grizzly; hair raising, harrowing, shocking tale 4) a fairy; folk tale 5) a tall ( unbelievable ) tale 6) (misc.) to tell tales …
65brew — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. stew, cook, steep, simmer; ferment, distill; scheme, foment, plan. n. beer, ale; soup, stew; mixture. See food, drinking. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. concoction, preparation, mixture, instillation,… …
66compound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. combine, compose, concoct, amalgamate, mix; join, unite. n. mixture; enclave, enclosure. See junction, combination, composition. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. mixed, combined, composite, complicated; …
67cook — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. prepare, concoct, fix, make; roast, broil, boil, fry, etc.; informal, doctor; slang, ruin, spoil. See food, heat, deterioration, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. chef, short order cook, meat cook …
68formulate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. frame, devise, concoct, formularize. See method, plan. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. express, give form to, set down; see express 1 , form 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To convey in language or… …
69plan — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Formulated scheme for getting something done Nouns 1. plan, scheme, design, project, undertaking; aim, intention; proposal, proposition, suggestion; resolution, resolve, motion; precaution, provision,… …
70cook up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. make up, concoct, falsify; see arrange 2 , invent 1 , 2 , plan 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb Informal. To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving: concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, fabricate, formulate,… …
