Device and Sign

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Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Sign is a synonym for device in thing topic. In some cases you can use "Sign" instead a noun "Device", when it comes to topics like object, symbol.

Sign noun - A movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling.

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Device is a synonym for sign in symbol topic. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Sign", if it concerns topics such as object, rune.

Nearby Words: signify, signed, signature, signing, signboard

old	old device	old sign
good	good device	good sign
special	special device	special sign
common	common device	common sign
Other adjectives: certain, single, small, actual, massive, large, big, great, huge, little, main, secret, key, ancient, new, major, broken, strange, giant.

Similarly, among the pets, Tank and Opal spend most of the episode together; they even rub heads as a sign of affection, and when the pets board the train, Tank (thanks to his flying device) carries Opal so she doesn't need to walk.

Source: Recap / My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic S3 E8 "Just for Sidekicks"
Quite often, it will be possible for some device or some person to simply fire a lightning bolt more or less straight forward toward another presumably electrically neutral object, with no sign of building up charge separation beforehand.

Source: Lightning Gun
The other players aren't very happy about this, partly because he's more or less a plot device and because he's a clear sign that Tina is in denial of the real Roland's death.

Source: GMPC

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