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Cultivate

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

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Verb group 4

Knead 84% connected

To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the mater…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Knead 84% connected

To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the mater…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Work 84% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 14

Accommodate 76% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Adapt 76% connected

Fitted; suited.

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Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Boost 76% connected

To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Down 76% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Encourage 76% connected

To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Further 76% connected

To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.

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Polish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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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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Promote 76% connected

To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

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…

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Refine 76% connected

To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Manner of action 5

Farm 76% connected

The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

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Grow 76% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Produce 76% connected

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sophisticate 76% connected

To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

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Derivationally related 6

Crop 74% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crop 74% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

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Furtherance 74% connected

The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.

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Furtherance 74% connected

The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.

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Synonym 11

Civilize 92% connected

To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crop 92% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Domesticate 92% connected

To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Educate 92% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Foster 92% connected

To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Further 92% connected

To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Naturalize 92% connected

To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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School 92% connected

A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tame 92% connected

To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Train 92% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Work 92% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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