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Dangle

To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.

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Droop 76% connected

To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Loll 76% connected

To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease.

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Hang 76% connected

To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suspend 76% connected

To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suspension 74% connected

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Suspension 74% connected

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Drop 92% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swing 92% connected

To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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