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Deck

To cover; to overspread.

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Broader term 13

Adorn 76% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Beat 76% connected

of Beat

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Beautify 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Decorate 76% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Grace 76% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Pack 76% connected

A pact.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Packet 76% connected

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Platform 76% connected

A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Porch 76% connected

A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting w…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 3

Dime 76% connected

A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foredeck 76% connected

The fore part of a deck, or of a ship.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Orlop 76% connected

The lowest deck of a vessel, esp. of a ship of war, consisting of a platform laid over the beams in the hold, on which the cables are coiled.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Plume 76% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Adornment 74% connected

An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adornment 74% connected

An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Member part 2

Queen 70% connected

The wife of a king.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Suit 70% connected

The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Containing whole 1

Ship 70% connected

Pay; reward.

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Synonym 9

Adorn 92% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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.

Beautify 92% connected

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

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.

Bedeck 92% connected

To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.

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.

Bedight 92% connected

of Bedight

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.

Decorate 92% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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.

Dump 92% connected

A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing.

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.

Embellish 92% 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…

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.

Floor 92% connected

The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

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.

Grace 92% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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.

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