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Bear

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Verb group 30

Ache 84% connected

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

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Ache 84% connected

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

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Act 84% 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.

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Act 84% 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.

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Birth 84% connected

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

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Birth 84% connected

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

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Carry 84% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Carry 84% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Contain 84% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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Contain 84% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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Deliver 84% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

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Deliver 84% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

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Dissemble 84% connected

To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.

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Dissemble 84% connected

To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.

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Expect 84% connected

To wait for; to await.

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Expect 84% connected

To wait for; to await.

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Hold 84% connected

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

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Hold 84% connected

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

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Hurt 84% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Hurt 84% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Play 84% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Play 84% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Pretend 84% connected

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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Pretend 84% connected

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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Suffer 84% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

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Suffer 84% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

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Accept 76% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

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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.

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Assert 76% connected

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

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Balance 76% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

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Bluster 76% connected

To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

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Bungle 76% connected

To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

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Calve 76% connected

To bring forth a calf.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Celebrate 76% connected

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Confine 76% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Crop 76% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

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Cub 76% connected

A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.

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Dally 76% connected

To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

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Dawdle 76% connected

To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Dissemble 76% connected

To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Expect 76% connected

To wait for; to await.

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Farrow 76% connected

A little of pigs.

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Fawn 76% connected

A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

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Fluster 76% connected

To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.

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Foal 76% connected

The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidae); a colt; a filly.

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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.

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Freeze 76% connected

A frieze.

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Fruit 76% connected

Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; --…

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Jest 76% connected

A deed; an action; a gest.

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Joke 76% connected

Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a wit…

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Kitten 76% connected

A young cat.

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Lamb 76% connected

The young of the sheep.

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Litter 76% connected

A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Menace 76% connected

The show of an intention to inflict evil; a threat or threatening; indication of a probable evil or catastrophe to come.

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Net 76% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

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Observe 76% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

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Overbear 76% connected

To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.

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Pay 76% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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piffle 76% connected

Nonsense or trivial talk

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Pig 76% connected

A piggin.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Poise 76% connected

Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

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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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Posture 76% connected

The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; espe…

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Presume 76% connected

To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.

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Pretend 76% connected

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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Pup 76% connected

A young dog; a puppy.

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Quack 76% connected

To utter a sound like the cry of a duck.

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Rage 76% connected

Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.

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Ramp 76% connected

To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

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Relax 76% connected

To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the…

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Retain 76% connected

To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

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Sauce 76% connected

A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint…

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Seed 76% connected

of Seed

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Sentimentalize 76% connected

To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject.

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Sling 76% connected

An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to…

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Snap 76% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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Stoop 76% connected

Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight o…

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Storm 76% connected

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…

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Swagger 76% connected

To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

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Swallow 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They h…

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Swash 76% connected

An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

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Swell 76% connected

To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the le…

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Thug 76% connected

One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives. They have been nearl…

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Toy 76% connected

A plaything for children; a bawble.

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Trifle 76% connected

A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

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Twin 76% connected

Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.

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Vulgarize 76% connected

To make vulgar, or common.

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Wanton 76% connected

Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.

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Whelp 76% connected

One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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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.

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Allow 76% connected

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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Birth 76% connected

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

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Carnivore 76% connected

One of the Carnivora.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Countenance 76% connected

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Deliver 76% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

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Earn 76% connected

See Ern, n.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Feature 76% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Gain 76% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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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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Include 76% connected

To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.

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Investor 76% connected

One who invests.

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Let 76% connected

To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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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…

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Permit 76% connected

To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.

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Produce 76% connected

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

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Realize 76% connected

To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to rea…

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Sustain 76% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Bruin 76% connected

A bear; -- so called in popular tales and fables.

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Bearer 74% connected

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

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Bearer 74% connected

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

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Carrier 74% connected

One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

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Carrier 74% connected

One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

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Carry 74% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Carry 74% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Delivery 74% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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Delivery 74% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Endurance 74% connected

A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Endurance 74% connected

A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Fruit 74% connected

Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; --…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Fruit 74% connected

Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton, flax, etc.; --…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Holder 74% connected

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Holder 74% connected

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Pallbearer 74% connected

One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Pallbearer 74% connected

One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Production 74% connected

The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Production 74% connected

The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Wear 74% connected

Same as Weir.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Wear 74% connected

Same as Weir.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Wearable 74% connected

Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Wearable 74% connected

Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Yield 74% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Yield 74% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Entails 3

Conceive 72% connected

To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Displace 72% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Move 72% 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

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

See also 2

Corroborate 66% connected

To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Corroborate 66% connected

To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Synonym 30

Abide 92% connected

To wait; to pause; to delay.

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.

Accept 92% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

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.

Acquit 92% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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.

Act 92% 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 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.

Assume 92% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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.

Behave 92% connected

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

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.

Birth 92% connected

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

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.

Brook 92% connected

A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek.

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.

Carry 92% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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.

Comport 92% connected

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

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.

Conduct 92% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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.

Contain 92% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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.

Deliver 92% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

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.

Deport 92% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

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.

Digest 92% connected

To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc.

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.

Endure 92% connected

To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

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.

Entertain 92% connected

To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.

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.

Expect 92% connected

To wait for; to await.

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.

Harbor 92% connected

A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.

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.

have 92% connected

of Have

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.

Hold 92% connected

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

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.

Nurse 92% connected

One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles a…

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.

Pay 92% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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.

Stand 92% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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.

Stomach 92% connected

An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion tak…

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.

Suffer 92% connected

To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.

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.

Support 92% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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.

Tolerate 92% connected

To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with;…

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.

Wear 92% connected

Same as Weir.

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.

Yield 92% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

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.

Antonym 2

Bull 94% connected

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Bull 94% connected

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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