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Arrange

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Verb group 6

Curry 84% connected

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

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Curry 84% connected

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

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Dress 84% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Dress 84% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Compose 76% connected

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

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Concord 76% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Concur 76% connected

To run together; to meet.

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Groom 76% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Initiate 76% connected

To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Organize 76% connected

To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter;…

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Pioneer 76% connected

A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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Manner of action 53

Alphabetize 76% connected

To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words.

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Array 76% connected

Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.

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Bob 76% connected

Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's ta…

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Bundle 76% connected

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…

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Cascade 76% connected

A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.

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Catenate 76% connected

To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain.

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Catenulate 76% connected

Consisting of little links or chains.

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Chain 76% connected

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornam…

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Compact 76% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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Concord 76% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Coordinate 76% connected

Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.

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Corral 76% connected

A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, e…

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Decorate 76% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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Distribute 76% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

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Drape 76% connected

To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Geminate 76% connected

In pairs or twains; two together; binate; twin; as, geminate flowers.

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Gradate 76% connected

To grade or arrange (parts in a whole, colors in painting, etc.), so that they shall harmonize.

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Heap 76% connected

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

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Indent 76% connected

To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

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Marshal 76% connected

Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Organize 76% connected

To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life; as, an organized being; organized matter;…

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Pack 76% connected

A pact.

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Pair 76% connected

A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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Phase 76% connected

That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among different and varying appearances of the same o…

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Phrase 76% connected

A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as,…

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Pile 76% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

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Plume 76% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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Prearrange 76% connected

To arrange beforehand.

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Preen 76% connected

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Pyramid 76% connected

A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this s…

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Range 76% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Rearrange 76% connected

To arrange again; to arrange in a different way.

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Regularize 76% connected

To cause to become regular; to regulate.

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Rubricate 76% connected

Marked with red.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Settle 76% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Stack 76% connected

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a poi…

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Stagger 76% connected

To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.

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Straighten 76% connected

To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.

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Stratify 76% connected

To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata.

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String 76% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

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Synchronize 76% connected

To agree in time; to be simultaneous.

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Table 76% connected

A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

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Tabulate 76% connected

To form into a table or tables; to reduce to tables or synopses.

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Thread 76% connected

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

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Transpose 76% connected

To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or proposi…

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Wad 76% connected

Woad.

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Wave 76% connected

See Waive.

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Derivationally related 12

Adapter 74% connected

One who adapts.

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Adapter 74% connected

One who adapts.

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Arrangement 74% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Arrangement 74% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Organizer 74% connected

One who organizes.

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Organizer 74% connected

One who organizes.

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Placement 74% connected

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

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Placement 74% connected

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

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Stage 74% connected

A floor or story of a house.

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Stage 74% connected

A floor or story of a house.

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Stager 74% connected

A player.

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Stager 74% connected

A player.

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Synonym 7

Coif 92% connected

A cap.

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Coiffure 92% connected

A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dress 92% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Order 92% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Put 92% connected

A pit.

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Set 92% connected

of Set

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Stage 92% connected

A floor or story of a house.

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Disarrange 94% connected

To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

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Disarrange 94% connected

To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

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