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Bray

To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

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Cry 76% connected

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

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Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fragment 76% connected

A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

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Laugh 76% connected

To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the fa…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Manner of action 3

Mill 76% connected

A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

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Pestle 76% connected

An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

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Pulp 76% connected

A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter.

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Detrition 74% connected

A wearing off or away.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Detrition 74% connected

A wearing off or away.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Grind 74% connected

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Grind 74% connected

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ha-ha 74% connected

A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it.

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Ha-ha 74% connected

A sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it.

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Mill 74% connected

A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mill 74% connected

A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Molar 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.

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Molar 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms.

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Comminute 92% connected

To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crunch 92% connected

To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grind 92% connected

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mash 92% connected

A mesh.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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