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Adhere

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

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Verb group 12

Bind 84% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bind 84% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bond 84% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bond 84% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cleave 84% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cleave 84% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cling 84% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually foll…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cling 84% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually foll…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cohere 84% connected

To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cohere 84% connected

To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Stick 84% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Stick 84% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 18

Adjoin 76% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Adopt 76% connected

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Correspond 76% connected

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Espouse 76% connected

To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gibe 76% connected

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Implement 76% connected

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

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Jibe 76% connected

To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Match 76% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tally 76% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 5

Agglutinate 76% connected

To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bind 76% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Conglutinate 76% connected

Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mould 76% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 10

Adherence 74% connected

The quality or state of adhering.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adherence 74% connected

The quality or state of adhering.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adherent 74% connected

Sticking; clinging; adhering.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adherent 74% connected

Sticking; clinging; adhering.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adhesion 74% connected

The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adhesion 74% connected

The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adhesive 74% connected

Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adhesive 74% connected

Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disciple 74% connected

One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of hi…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disciple 74% connected

One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of hi…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 1

Attach 72% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Bind 92% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bond 92% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cleave 92% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cling 92% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually foll…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cohere 92% connected

To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stick 92% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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