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Cram

To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.

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Verb group 10

Bone 84% connected

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, bl…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bone 84% connected

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, bl…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Drum 84% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Drum 84% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Jam 84% connected

A kind of frock for children.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Jam 84% connected

A kind of frock for children.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ram 84% connected

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ram 84% connected

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 11

Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prepare 76% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ready 76% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Set 76% connected

of Set

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Crammer 74% connected

One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crammer 74% connected

One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Bone 92% connected

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, bl…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Drum 92% connected

An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Jam 92% connected

A kind of frock for children.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ram 92% connected

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wad 92% connected

Woad.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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