Meaning: a person who is trained to provide support to women and their families during pregnancy, childbirth, and the period
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Meaning: the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar. Synonyms: error, misuse, misapplication, missaying; Examples
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Meaning: the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea. Synonyms: verbosity, redundancy, tautology, wordiness; Examples of
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Meaning: the use of a negative statement in order to emphasize a positive meaning. Synonyms: understatement, phrase, analogy, expression; Examples
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Meaning: a short clever saying that is intended to express a general truth. Synonyms: saying, maxim, adage, precept, motto; Examples
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Meaning: a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word. Synonyms: substitute, understatement, underplaying, softening, politeness;
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Meaning: an inset of cloth placed in a seam to give fullness (as at the bottom of a skirt). Synonyms:
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Meaning: An opening or slit in a garment, that makes the garment easy to put on. Synonyms: cloth, slit, flap,
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Meaning: to pull cloth into small folds by sewing a thread through it and then pulling the thread tight. Synonyms:
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Meaning: to sew two pieces of cloth together with long loose stitches that will hold them while you finish sewing
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