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Adjoin

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

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Verb group 4

Converge 84% connected

To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Converge 84% connected

To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Meet 84% 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 50% interchangeable

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Meet 84% 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 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 24

Abut 76% connected

To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Adhere 76% connected

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.

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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Border 76% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Butt 76% connected

Alt. of But

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chafe 76% connected

To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cleave 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cling 76% 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 0% interchangeable

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Cohere 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Edge 76% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Environ 76% connected

To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fray 76% connected

Affray; broil; contest; combat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fret 76% connected

See 1st Frith.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hug 76% connected

To cower; to crouch; to curl up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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March 76% connected

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Neighbor 76% connected

A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Neighbour 76% connected

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oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ring 76% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rub 76% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Skirt 76% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stick 76% 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 0% interchangeable

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Surround 76% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Add 76% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

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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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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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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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Derivationally related 2

Contact 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Contact 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 8

Abut 92% connected

To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Border 92% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Butt 92% connected

Alt. of But

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Contact 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Edge 92% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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March 92% connected

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Meet 92% 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 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.

Touch 92% 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 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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