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

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Verb group 12

Cover 84% 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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Cover 84% 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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Keep 84% connected

To care; to desire.

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Keep 84% connected

To care; to desire.

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Preserve 84% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Preserve 84% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Proceed 84% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

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Proceed 84% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

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Retain 84% connected

To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

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Retain 84% connected

To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

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Uphold 84% connected

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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Uphold 84% connected

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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Manner of action 41

Abide 76% connected

To wait; to pause; to delay.

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Bide 76% connected

To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.

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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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Constellate 76% connected

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

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Cross 76% connected

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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Dot 76% connected

A marriage portion; dowry.

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Endure 76% connected

To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

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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.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Head 76% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Jog 76% 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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Last 76% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Limp 76% connected

To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.

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Live 76% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Manage 76% connected

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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Mummify 76% connected

To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.

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Overlap 76% connected

To lap over; to lap.

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Overspread 76% connected

of Overspread

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Perpetuate 76% connected

To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize.

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Persevere 76% connected

To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influe…

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Persist 76% connected

To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motiv…

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Prevail 76% connected

To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or…

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Prolong 76% connected

To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.

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Ramble 76% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

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Resume 76% connected

A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.

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Ride 76% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Ridge 76% connected

The back, or top of the back; a crest.

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Roar 76% connected

To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Span 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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Spread 76% connected

of Spread

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Stand 76% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Stay 76% connected

A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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Stud 76% 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.

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Survive 76% connected

To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

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Sustain 76% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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Sweep 76% connected

To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…

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Trace 76% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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Traverse 76% connected

Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches.

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Wander 76% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

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Broader term 17

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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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Hap 76% connected

To clothe; to wrap.

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Happen 76% connected

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Maintain 76% connected

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

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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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Occur 76% connected

To meet; to clash.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Prolong 76% connected

To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Sustain 76% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Continuance 74% connected

A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

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Continuance 74% connected

A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

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Continuation 74% connected

That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

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Continuation 74% connected

That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

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Duration 74% connected

The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.

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Duration 74% connected

The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.

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Lengthiness 74% connected

The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.

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Lengthiness 74% connected

The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.

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Stay 74% connected

A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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Stay 74% connected

A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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Synonym 9

Cover 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Extend 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Keep 92% connected

To care; to desire.

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Preserve 92% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Proceed 92% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Remain 92% connected

To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtract…

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Retain 92% connected

To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stay 92% connected

A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Uphold 92% connected

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discontinue 94% connected

To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

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Discontinue 94% connected

To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

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