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To embrace, hence; to encompass.

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Broader term 15

Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Case 76% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Cutting 76% connected

of Cut

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Example 76% connected

One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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Fastener 76% connected

One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.

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Fastening 76% connected

of Fasten

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Fixing 76% connected

of Fix

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Holdfast 76% connected

Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.

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Instance 76% connected

The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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Jewellery 76% connected

See Jewelry.

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Jewelry 76% connected

The art or trade of a jeweler.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Shorten 76% connected

To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.

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Manner of action 6

Disbud 76% connected

To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.

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Pinch 76% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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Poll 76% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

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Pollard 76% connected

A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.

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Shear 76% connected

To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Nip 76% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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Pinch 76% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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Crop 74% connected

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

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Crop 74% connected

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

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Lope 74% connected

of Leap.

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Lope 74% connected

of Leap.

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Nip 74% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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Nip 74% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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Snip 74% connected

To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.

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Snip 74% connected

To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.

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Trotter 74% connected

One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches.

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Trotter 74% connected

One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches.

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Containing whole 1

Gun 70% connected

of Gin

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Synonym 13

Clipping 92% connected

of Clip

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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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Curtail 92% connected

To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

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Dress 92% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Jog 92% connected

To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn.

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Lop 92% connected

A flea.

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Magazine 92% connected

A receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.

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Nip 92% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prune 92% connected

To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snip 92% connected

To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Time 92% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Trim 92% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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Trot 92% connected

To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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