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The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

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Verb group 12

Crop 84% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Crop 84% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Graze 84% connected

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Graze 84% connected

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Range 84% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Range 84% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Shop 84% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Shop 84% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Surf 84% connected

The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Surf 84% connected

The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Antique 76% connected

Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 11

Botany 76% connected

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Eat 76% connected

of Eat

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Eating 76% connected

of Eat

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Feeding 76% connected

of Feed

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Flora 76% connected

The goddess of flowers and spring.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reading 76% connected

of Read

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seek 76% connected

Sick.

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Snack 76% connected

A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vegetation 76% connected

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 10

Browser 74% connected

An animal that browses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Browser 74% connected

An animal that browses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crop 74% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crop 74% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shop 74% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shop 74% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shopper 74% connected

One who shops.

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Shopper 74% connected

One who shops.

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Synonym 7

Browsing 92% connected

of Browse

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crop 92% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Graze 92% connected

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pasture 92% connected

Food; nourishment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Range 92% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shop 92% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Surf 92% connected

The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.

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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