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Constellate

To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light.

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Broader term 9

Assemble 76% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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Continue 76% connected

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extend 76% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foregather 76% connected

Same as Forgather.

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Forgather 76% connected

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Gather 76% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bunch 76% connected

A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Huddle 76% connected

To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.

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Cluster 74% connected

A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

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Cluster 74% connected

A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

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Constellation 74% connected

A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Constellation 74% connected

A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rivet 74% connected

A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rivet 74% connected

A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Clump 92% connected

An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cluster 92% connected

A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dot 92% connected

A marriage portion; dowry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flock 92% connected

A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stud 92% connected

A collection of breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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