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Circulate

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

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Verb group 14

Broadcast 84% connected

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

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Broadcast 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Diffuse 84% 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 50% interchangeable

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Diffuse 84% 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 50% interchangeable

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Disperse 84% connected

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

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Disperse 84% connected

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

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Disseminate 84% 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 50% interchangeable

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Disseminate 84% 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 50% interchangeable

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Distribute 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Distribute 84% connected

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

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Propagate 84% 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…

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Propagate 84% 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…

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Air 76% connected

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

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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.

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Displace 76% 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…

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Manner of action 11

Carry 76% connected

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

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Drift 76% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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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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Popularize 76% connected

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

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Scatter 76% connected

To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

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Sow 76% connected

To sew. See Sew.

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Spread 76% connected

of Spread

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Ventilate 76% connected

To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a…

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Vulgarize 76% connected

To make vulgar, or common.

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Derivationally related 10

Broadcast 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Broadcast 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Broadside 74% connected

The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

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Broadside 74% connected

The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

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Circulation 74% connected

The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

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Circulation 74% connected

The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

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Circulative 74% connected

Promoting circulation; circulating.

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Circulative 74% connected

Promoting circulation; circulating.

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Spread 74% connected

of Spread

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Spread 74% connected

of Spread

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Synonym 7

Broadcast 92% connected

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

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.

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

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.

Distribute 92% connected

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

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.

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

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.

Spread 92% connected

of Spread

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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