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Doodle

A trifler; a simple fellow.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drawing 76% connected

of Draw

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scrabble 74% connected

To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scrabble 74% connected

To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scribble 74% connected

To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scribble 74% connected

To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Delineate 72% connected

Delineated; portrayed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Describe 72% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Draw 72% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Line 72% connected

Flax; linen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trace 72% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Scrabble 92% connected

To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.

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.

Scribble 92% connected

To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.

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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