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Verb group 30

Circumvent 84% connected

To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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Circumvent 84% connected

To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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Crush 84% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Crush 84% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Drum 84% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

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Drum 84% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

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Flap 84% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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Flap 84% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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Outwit 84% connected

To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.

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Outwit 84% connected

To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.

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Overreach 84% connected

To reach above or beyond in any direction.

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Overreach 84% connected

To reach above or beyond in any direction.

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Pound 84% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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Pound 84% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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Pulsate 84% connected

To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.

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Pulsate 84% connected

To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.

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Pulse 84% connected

Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

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Pulse 84% connected

Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

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Shell 84% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Shell 84% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Throb 84% connected

To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

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Throb 84% connected

To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

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Thrum 84% connected

One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.

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Thrum 84% connected

One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.

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Thump 84% connected

The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.

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Thump 84% connected

The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.

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Trounce 84% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Trounce 84% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Vanquish 84% connected

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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Vanquish 84% connected

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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Tired 84% connected

of Tire

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Tired 84% connected

of Tire

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Broader term 60

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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Agitate 76% connected

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

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Bedevil 76% connected

To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

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Befuddle 76% connected

To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.

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Bespeak 76% connected

To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.

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Betoken 76% connected

To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.

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Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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Chisel 76% connected

A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a m…

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Commove 76% connected

To urge; to persuade; to incite.

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Confound 76% connected

To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

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Confuse 76% connected

Mixed; confounded.

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Displace 76% 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…

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Disturb 76% connected

To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.

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Exceed 76% connected

To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man…

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Fag 76% connected

A knot or coarse part in cloth.

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Fatigue 76% connected

Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

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Forge 76% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Fox 76% connected

A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulv…

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Fuddle 76% connected

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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Glare 76% connected

To shine with a bright, dazzling light.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Indicate 76% connected

To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

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Itinerary 76% connected

Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on a journey.

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Jade 76% connected

A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamenta…

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Make 76% connected

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

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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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.

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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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Nonconformist 76% connected

One who does not conform to an established church; especially, one who does not conform to the established church of England; a dissenter.

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Oscillation 76% connected

The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.

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Outdo 76% connected

To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.

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Outgo 76% connected

To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

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Outstrip 76% connected

To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing.

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Outwear 76% connected

To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.

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Pace 76% connected

A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

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Path 76% connected

A trodden way; a footway.

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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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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Prosody 76% connected

That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

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Rate 76% connected

To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

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Recusant 76% connected

Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the establis…

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Route 76% connected

The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

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Sail 76% connected

An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

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Sailing 76% connected

of Sail

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Signal 76% connected

A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Stroke 76% connected

Struck.

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Surmount 76% connected

To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

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Surpass 76% connected

To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Tire 76% connected

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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Vex 76% connected

To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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Vibration 76% connected

The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical strin…

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Weary 76% connected

Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.

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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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Manner of action 77

Baste 76% connected

To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

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Bastinado 76% connected

A blow with a stick or cudgel.

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Bat 76% connected

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

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Bate 76% connected

Strife; contention.

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Batter 76% connected

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

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Beetle 76% connected

A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

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Belabor 76% connected

To ply diligently; to work carefully upon.

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Best 76% connected

Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cl…

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Cane 76% connected

A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.

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Cheat 76% connected

An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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Checkmate 76% connected

The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.

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Chicane 76% connected

The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; tr…

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Chouse 76% connected

To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money.

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Clap 76% connected

To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings.

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Cream 76% connected

The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from w…

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Deck 76% connected

To cover; to overspread.

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Drub 76% connected

To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.

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Dump 76% connected

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

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Eliminate 76% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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Elude 76% connected

To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…

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Escape 76% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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Flail 76% connected

An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter…

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Flap 76% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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Flog 76% connected

To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

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Floor 76% connected

The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

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Flutter 76% connected

To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

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Forge 76% connected

A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., wh…

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Full 76% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

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Hammer 76% connected

An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

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Immobilize 76% connected

To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.

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Jockey 76% connected

A professional rider of horses in races.

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Lam 76% connected

To beat soundly; to thrash.

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Lambaste 76% connected

To beat severely.

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Larrup 76% connected

To beat or flog soundly.

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Lash 76% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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Lather 76% connected

Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

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Lick 76% connected

To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

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Master 76% connected

A vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.

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Mate 76% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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Outdo 76% connected

To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.

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Outflank 76% connected

To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.

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Outplay 76% connected

To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball.

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Overcome 76% connected

of Overcome

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Overmaster 76% connected

To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

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Overpower 76% connected

To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to vanquish; to subdue; as, the light overpowers the eyes.

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Overwhelm 76% connected

To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; t…

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Paddle 76% connected

To use the hands or fingers in toying; to make caressing strokes.

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Palpitate 76% connected

To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of…

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Paste 76% connected

A soft composition, as of flour moistened with water or milk, or of earth moistened to the consistence of dough, as in making potter's ware.

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Pip 76% connected

A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…

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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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Pulsate 76% connected

To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.

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Pulse 76% connected

Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

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Riddle 76% connected

A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from san…

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Rout 76% connected

To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.

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Scoop 76% connected

A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.

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Screw 76% connected

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…

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Shaft 76% connected

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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Slash 76% connected

To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

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Soak 76% connected

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

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Spank 76% connected

To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.

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Spread-eagle 76% connected

Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.

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Strap 76% connected

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

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Stump 76% connected

The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

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Subdue 76% connected

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

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Surmount 76% connected

To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.

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Thrash 76% connected

Alt. of Thresh

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Thresh 76% connected

To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash whe…

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Throb 76% connected

To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

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Trounce 76% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Trump 76% connected

A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.

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Welt 76% connected

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

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Whang 76% connected

A leather thong.

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Whip 76% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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Whisk 76% connected

A game at cards; whist.

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Worst 76% connected

Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.

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Narrower term 8

Diastole 76% connected

The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.

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Foot 76% connected

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

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Pounding 76% connected

of Pound

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Scansion 76% connected

The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.

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Syncopation 76% connected

The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.

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Systole 76% connected

The shortening of the long syllable.

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Throb 76% connected

To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

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Throbbing 76% connected

of Throb

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Derivationally related 18

Beater 74% connected

One who, or that which, beats.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Beater 74% connected

One who, or that which, beats.

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Drummer 74% connected

One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching.

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Drummer 74% connected

One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching.

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Metric 74% connected

Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

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Metric 74% connected

Relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.

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Pulsate 74% connected

To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.

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Pulsate 74% connected

To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.

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Pulse 74% connected

Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

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Pulse 74% connected

Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

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Rhythm 74% connected

In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effec…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rhythm 74% connected

In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effec…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Throb 74% connected

To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Throb 74% connected

To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

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Tick 74% connected

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

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Tick 74% connected

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

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Entails 4

Hit 72% connected

It.

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Trample 72% connected

To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.

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Tread 72% connected

To set the foot; to step.

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Win 72% connected

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

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Synonym 44

Amaze 92% connected

To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.

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Baffle 92% connected

To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bewilder 92% connected

To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bunk 92% connected

A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bushed 92% connected

of Bush

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Cadence 92% connected

The act or state of declining or sinking.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Circumvent 92% connected

To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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Crush 92% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dead 92% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drum 92% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exhaust 92% connected

To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flap 92% connected

Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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flummox 92% connected

To bewilder or confuse someone

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Get 92% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Gravel 92% connected

Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Measure 92% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Meter 92% connected

One who, or that which, metes or measures. See Coal-meter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Metre 92% connected

Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syl…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mystify 92% connected

To involve in mystery; to make obscure or difficult to understand; as, to mystify a passage of Scripture.

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Nonplus 92% connected

A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary.

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Outwit 92% connected

To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to defeat or overreach by superior craft.

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Overreach 92% connected

To reach above or beyond in any direction.

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Perplex 92% connected

To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated, and difficult to be unraveled or understood; as, to perplex one with doubts.

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Pose 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pound 92% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pulsate 92% connected

To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pulsation 92% connected

A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pulse 92% connected

Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Puzzle 92% connected

Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quiver 92% connected

Nimble; active.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rhythm 92% connected

In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effec…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Round 92% connected

To whisper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scramble 92% connected

To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shell 92% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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

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Stupefy 92% connected

To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thrum 92% connected

One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thump 92% connected

The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tick 92% connected

Credit; trust; as, to buy on, or upon, tick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ticktack 92% connected

A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trounce 92% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tucker 92% connected

One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vanquish 92% connected

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vex 92% connected

To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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