what does intimate mean?
INTIMATE as NOUN
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- someone to whom private matters are confided
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Hypernyms(s) intimate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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INTIMATE as VERB
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- I insinuated that I did not like his wife
Hypernyms(s) intimate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- The evidence suggests a need for more clarification
Hypernyms(s) intimate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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INTIMATE as ADJECTIVE
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- having mutual interests or affections
- of established friendship
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- on familiar terms
- pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders
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- marked by close aquaintance, association, or familiarity
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- intimate friend
- intimate relations between economics, politics, and legal principles – V.L. Parrington
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- thoroughly acquainted with through study or experience
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- this girl, so intimate with nature-W.H.Hudson
- knowledgeaIble about the technique of painting- Herbert Read
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- having or fostering a warm or friendly atmosphere
- especially through smallness and informality
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- had a cozy chat
- a relaxed informal manner
- an intimate cocktail lounge
- the small room was cozy and intimate
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- the inner logic of Cubism
- the internal contradictions of the theory
- the intimate structure of matter
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- involved in a sexual relationship
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- the intimate (or sexual) relations between husband and wife
- she had been intimate with many men
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