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Contact

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Verb group 4

Converge 84% connected

To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.

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Converge 84% connected

To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.

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Meet 84% 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…

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Meet 84% 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…

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Manner of action 25

Abut 76% connected

To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the road.

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Adhere 76% connected

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

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Adjoin 76% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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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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Border 76% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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Butt 76% connected

Alt. of But

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Chafe 76% connected

To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Cleave 76% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

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Cling 76% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually foll…

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Cohere 76% connected

To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.

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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.

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Edge 76% connected

The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

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Environ 76% connected

To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

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Fray 76% connected

Affray; broil; contest; combat.

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Fret 76% connected

See 1st Frith.

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Hug 76% connected

To cower; to crouch; to curl up.

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March 76% connected

The third month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

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Ping 76% connected

The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Ring 76% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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Rub 76% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Skirt 76% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

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Stick 76% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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Surround 76% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Communicating 76% connected

of Communicate

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Communication 76% connected

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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Conjunction 76% connected

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Happening 76% connected

of Happen

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Interaction 76% connected

Intermediate action.

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Intercommunicate 76% connected

To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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Junction 76% connected

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

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Lens 76% connected

A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, a…

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Link 76% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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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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Occurrence 76% connected

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurrent 76% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Representative 76% connected

Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Touching 76% connected

of Touch

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Narrower term 24

Brush 76% connected

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…

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Collision 76% connected

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

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Engagement 76% connected

The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

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Flick 76% connected

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Impact 76% connected

To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

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Mesh 76% connected

The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

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Meshing 76% connected

of Mesh

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Middleman 76% connected

An agent between two parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprie…

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Osculation 76% connected

The act of kissing; a kiss.

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Placement 76% connected

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Pole 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

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Rub 76% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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Short 76% connected

Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Short circuit 76% connected

A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.

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Snick 76% connected

A small cut or mark.

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Tangency 76% connected

The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

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Terminal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Touching 76% connected

of Touch

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Tread 76% connected

To set the foot; to step.

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Wipe 76% connected

The lapwing.

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Wiper 76% connected

One who, or that which, wipes.

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Adjoin 74% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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Adjoin 74% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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Reach 74% connected

To retch.

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Reach 74% connected

To retch.

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Touch 74% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Touch 74% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Synonym 9

Adjoin 92% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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Impinging 92% connected

of Impinge

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Liaison 92% connected

A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.

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Link 92% connected

A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Meet 92% 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…

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Reach 92% connected

To retch.

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Striking 92% connected

of Strike

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Tangency 92% connected

The quality or state of being tangent; a contact or touching.

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Touch 92% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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