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Definition

verb. following the commands or rules of someone.

Example Sentence

The children are obeying the teacher's rules.

More Example Sentences

The dog is obeying its owner's commands.

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obeying
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Rhymes

  • baying
  • fraying
  • graying
  • haying
  • heying
  • laying
  • paying
  • playing
  • praying
  • preying
  • saying
  • slaying
  • spraying
  • staying
  • straying
  • swaying
  • weighing

  • allaying
  • betraying
  • buffeting
  • conveying
  • crocheting
  • decaying
  • delaying
  • dismaying
  • displaying
  • doomsaying
  • nonpaying
  • obeying
  • portraying
  • prepaying
  • repaying
  • replaying
  • surveying

  • disobeying
  • overplaying
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