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an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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Broader term 6

Buoy 76% connected

A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, sh…

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Container 76% connected

One who, or that which, contains.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Preserve 76% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Narrower term 7

Caddy 76% connected

A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.

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Cannikin 76% connected

A small can or drinking vessel.

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Closet 76% connected

A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

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Convenience 76% connected

Alt. of Conveniency

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Lavatory 76% connected

Washing, or cleansing by washing.

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Loo 76% connected

An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs…

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Manner of action 4

Dismiss 76% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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Furlough 76% connected

Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of…

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Retire 76% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Derivationally related 4

Cannery 74% connected

A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on.

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Cannery 74% connected

A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on.

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Firing 74% connected

The act of disharging firearms.

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Firing 74% connected

The act of disharging firearms.

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Containing whole 7

Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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John 70% connected

A proper name of a man.

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Lavatory 70% connected

Washing, or cleansing by washing.

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Privy 70% connected

Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.

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Toilet 70% connected

A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

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Torso 70% connected

The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

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Trunk 70% 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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Component part 5

Commode 70% connected

A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.

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Pot 70% connected

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc…

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Stool 70% connected

A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

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Throne 70% connected

A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.

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Toilet 70% connected

A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

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Synonym 31

Arse 92% connected

The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

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Ass 92% connected

A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is pat…

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Backside 92% connected

The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.

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Behind 92% connected

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.

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Bottom 92% connected

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

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Bum 92% connected

The buttock.

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Butt 92% connected

Alt. of But

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Can buoy 92% connected

See under Buoy, n.

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Commode 92% connected

A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dismiss 92% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Displace 92% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fire 92% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fundament 92% connected

Foundation.

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John 92% connected

A proper name of a man.

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Lavatory 92% connected

Washing, or cleansing by washing.

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Nates 92% connected

The buttocks.

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Posterior 92% connected

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

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Pot 92% connected

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Privy 92% connected

Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.

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Rear 92% connected

Early; soon.

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Rump 92% connected

The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.

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Sack 92% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Seat 92% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Stern 92% connected

The black tern.

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Stool 92% connected

A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

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Tail 92% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Terminate 92% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

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Throne 92% connected

A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.

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Tin 92% connected

An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatur…

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Toilet 92% connected

A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tush 92% connected

An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.

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