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Broadcast

A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

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Verb group 4

Circulate 84% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Circulate 84% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 6

Air 76% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bare 76% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Message 76% connected

Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seed 76% connected

of Seed

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sow 76% connected

To sew. See Sew.

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Manner of action 8

Carry 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Generalize 76% connected

To bring under a genus or under genera; to view in relation to a genus or to genera.

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Interrogate 76% connected

To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness.

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Popularize 76% connected

To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Satellite 76% connected

An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent.

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Sow 76% connected

To sew. See Sew.

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Vulgarize 76% connected

To make vulgar, or common.

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Narrower term 6

Episode 76% connected

A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digr…

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Installment 76% connected

The act of installing; installation.

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Instalment 76% connected

the act of installing something (as equipment); "the telephone installation took only a few minutes"

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News 76% connected

A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intellige…

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Serial 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

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Series 76% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Derivationally related 10

Airing 74% connected

of Air

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Airing 74% connected

of Air

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Circulate 74% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Circulate 74% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Diffusion 74% connected

The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Diffusion 74% connected

The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.

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Disseminative 74% connected

Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.

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Disseminative 74% connected

Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.

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Propagator 74% connected

One who propagates; one who continues or multiplies.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Propagator 74% connected

One who propagates; one who continues or multiplies.

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Causes 3

Air 72% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Circulate 72% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 13

Air 92% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Beam 92% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Circulate 92% connected

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Diffuse 92% connected

To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to di…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disperse 92% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disseminate 92% connected

To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and err…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Distribute 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Program 92% connected

Same as Programme.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Programme 92% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Propagate 92% connected

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or she…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Send 92% connected

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spread 92% connected

of Spread

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Transmit 92% connected

To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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