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Brood

The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

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Verb group 6

Breed 84% connected

To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Breed 84% connected

To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.

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Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hatch 84% connected

To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.

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Hatch 84% connected

To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.

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Broader term 10

Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hang 76% connected

To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Multiply 76% connected

To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pout 76% connected

The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Procreate 76% connected

To generate and produce; to beget; to engender.

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Reproduce 76% connected

To produce again.

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Sulk 76% connected

A furrow.

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Worry 76% connected

To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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Narrower term 1

Clutch 76% connected

A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 5

Dominate 76% connected

To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

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Eclipse 76% connected

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Grizzle 76% connected

Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overshadow 76% connected

To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.

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Stew 76% connected

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

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Derivationally related 4

Incubator 74% connected

That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Incubator 74% connected

That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sulk 74% connected

A furrow.

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Sulk 74% connected

A furrow.

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Entails 2

Resent 72% connected

To be sensible of; to feel

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Sit 72% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Synonym 10

Cover 92% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dwell 92% connected

To delay; to linger.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grizzle 92% connected

Gray; a gray color; a mixture of white and black.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hatch 92% connected

To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hover 92% connected

A cover; a shelter; a protection.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Incubate 92% connected

To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Loom 92% connected

See Loon, the bird.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pout 92% connected

The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stew 92% connected

A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

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.

Sulk 92% connected

A furrow.

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.

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