Convulse: alternatives and connections

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

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To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

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Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…

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To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the fa…

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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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obs. p. p. of Shake.

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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

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To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.

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An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.

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Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.

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Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.

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To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

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Alt. of Thresh

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To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash whe…

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To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

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