Giving and transferring

Synonyms for gift

The synonym for gift recorded in this bank is present, in the sense "something given voluntarily, without payment, to please someone". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for gift

presentnoun, in the sense "something given voluntarily, without payment, to please someone"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and gift carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsGiving and transferring

something given voluntarily, without payment, to please someone

The bracelet was a birthday gift from her sister.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

present

Same sentence, swapped: The bracelet was a birthday present from her sister.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

receipt
voucher
invoice

Where gift turns up in the game

gift is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where gift is the trap

additionnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is accession, in the sense "something added to what you already have", and gift is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play gift

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gift reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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bigheartedadjectivegenerousgenerous and kind in spiritFoothillsHas a reason line changeverbexchangegive to, and receive from, one anotherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line charitableadjectivegenerousgenerous in giving to those in needFoothillsHas a reason line charitablyadverbgenerouslyin a way that gives freely to those in needFoothillsHas a reason line wieldverbmaintainhave and exerciseRidgelineHas a reason line willingadjectiveeagerready and glad to do or give something without needing persuasionFoothillsHas a reason line winverbgainwin something through one's effortsFoothillsHas a reason line envynounjealousya feeling of discontented longing aroused by someone else's possessions or qualitiesFoothillsHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. gift carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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