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Boot

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Broader term 11

Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Case 76% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Casing 76% connected

of Case

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Compartment 76% connected

One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a gar…

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Excitement 76% connected

The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

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Exhilaration 76% connected

The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

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Kick 76% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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Resuscitate 76% connected

Restored to life.

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Revive 76% connected

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

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Shell 76% connected

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

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Torture 76% connected

Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.

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Narrower term 3

Buskin 76% connected

A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg.

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Hessian 76% connected

Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.

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Punt 76% connected

To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble.

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Derivationally related 2

Kick 74% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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Kick 74% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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Containing whole 3

Auto 70% connected

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Car 70% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Machine 70% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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Component part 12

Collar 70% connected

Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a do…

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Counter 70% connected

A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

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Eyehole 70% connected

A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.

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Eyelet 70% connected

A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.

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Gad 70% connected

The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.

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Heel 70% connected

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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Insole 70% connected

The inside sole of a boot or shoe; also, a loose, thin strip of leather, felt, etc., placed inside the shoe for warmth or ease.

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Instep 70% connected

The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.

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Outsole 70% connected

The outside sole of a boot or shoe.

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Spur 70% connected

A sparrow.

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Tongue 70% connected

an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

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Upper 70% connected

Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place, position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper lip; the upper side of a…

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See also 2

Oust 66% connected

See Oast.

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Oust 66% connected

See Oast.

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Synonym 8

Bang 92% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Charge 92% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Flush 92% connected

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Kick 92% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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.

Kicking 92% connected

of Kick

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Rush 92% connected

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Thrill 92% connected

A warbling; a trill.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trunk 92% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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