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Chap

To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

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Cleft 76% connected

of Cleave

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crack 76% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Crevice 76% connected

A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Depression 76% connected

The act of depressing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fissure 76% connected

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Impression 76% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Imprint 76% connected

To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Legging 76% connected

Alt. of Leggin

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Male 76% connected

Evil; wicked; bad.

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Scissure 76% connected

A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Dog 76% connected

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fissure 74% connected

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fissure 74% connected

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

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Crack 92% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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.

Cranny 92% connected

A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.

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.

Crevice 92% connected

A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

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.

Feller 92% connected

One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fellow 92% connected

A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fissure 92% connected

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gent 92% connected

Gentle; noble; of gentle birth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lad 92% connected

p. p. of Lead, to guide.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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