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Curry

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

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Verb group 10

Arrange 84% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Arrange 84% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Coiffure 84% connected

A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

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Coiffure 84% connected

A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

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Dress 84% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Dress 84% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Beautify 76% connected

To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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Dish 76% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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Embellish 76% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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Flavor 76% connected

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

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Flavour 76% connected

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Season 76% connected

One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., ca…

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Currier 74% connected

One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Currier 74% connected

One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Groom 74% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Groom 74% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Synonym 2

Dress 92% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Groom 92% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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