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disturbed
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adjective
having the place or position changed
the disturbed books and papers on her desk
disturbed grass showed where the horse had passed
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adjective
emotionally unstable and having difficulty coping with personal relationships
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adjective
(= disquieted, distressed, upset, worried)
afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
too upset to say anything
spent many disquieted moments
distressed about her son's leaving home
lapsed into disturbed sleep
worried parents
a worried frown
one last worried check of the sleeping children
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adjective
(= mad)
affected with madness or insanity
a man who had gone mad
sample
Noun
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A sample is a small amount of something to try or test it.
The nurse took a small blood sample.
The data come from a study of a random sample of adult (aged 15 and over) deaths.
sample
Verb
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If you sample something, you try or test a small amount of it.
After sampling each of the wines, she bought the one she liked best.