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

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Similar meaning 30

Behind 84% connected

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.

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Behind 84% connected

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.

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Dejected 84% connected

of Deject

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Dejected 84% connected

of Deject

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Descending 84% connected

of Descend

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Descending 84% connected

of Descend

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Downcast 84% connected

Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.

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Downcast 84% connected

Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.

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Downward 84% connected

Alt. of Downwards

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Downward 84% connected

Alt. of Downwards

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Fallen 84% connected

of Fall

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Fallen 84% connected

of Fall

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Falling 84% connected

of Fall

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Falling 84% connected

of Fall

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Inoperative 84% connected

Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

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Inoperative 84% connected

Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes.

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Low 84% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Low 84% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Lowered 84% connected

of Lower

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Lowered 84% connected

of Lower

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Out 84% connected

In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation wh…

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Out 84% connected

In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation wh…

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Perfect 84% connected

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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Perfect 84% connected

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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Set 84% connected

of Set

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Set 84% connected

of Set

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Thrown 84% connected

of Throw

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Thrown 84% connected

of Throw

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Weak 84% connected

Wanting physical strength.

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Weak 84% connected

Wanting physical strength.

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Ameliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

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Amend 76% connected

To change or modify in any way for the better

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Better 76% connected

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

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Defeat 76% connected

To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

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Drink 76% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Hair 76% connected

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of…

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Highland 76% connected

Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Imbibe 76% connected

To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

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Improve 76% connected

To disprove or make void; to refute.

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Meliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

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Overcome 76% connected

of Overcome

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Pip 76% connected

A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Plumage 76% connected

The entire clothing of a bird.

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Plume 76% connected

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

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Shoot 76% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Upland 76% connected

High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally…

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Manner of action 7

Civilize 76% connected

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

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Cultivate 76% connected

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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Educate 76% 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…

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Overrefine 76% connected

To refine too much.

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School 76% connected

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

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Submarine 76% connected

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Narrower term 2

Lanugo 76% connected

The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.

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Plumule 76% connected

of Plumula

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Derivationally related 10

Devourer 74% connected

One who, or that which, devours.

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Devourer 74% connected

One who, or that which, devours.

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Downy 74% connected

Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.

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Downy 74% connected

Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.

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Elaboration 74% connected

The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

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Elaboration 74% connected

The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

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Finish 74% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Finish 74% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Refiner 74% connected

One who, or that which, refines.

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Refiner 74% connected

One who, or that which, refines.

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Low 66% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Low 66% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Synonym 21

Blue 92% connected

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.

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Consume 92% connected

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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Demolish 92% connected

To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.

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Depressed 92% connected

of Depress

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Devour 92% connected

To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

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Dispirited 92% connected

of Dispirit

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Downcast 92% connected

Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.

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Downhearted 92% connected

Dejected; low-spirited.

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Downward 92% connected

Alt. of Downwards

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Downwards 92% connected

From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.

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Gloomy 92% connected

Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.

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Grim 92% connected

Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.

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Kill 92% connected

A kiln.

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Land 92% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Low 92% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Low-spirited 92% connected

Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly.

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Mastered 92% connected

of Master

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Pile 92% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

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Polish 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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Pop 92% connected

A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.

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Refine 92% 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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Antonym 2

Up 94% connected

Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.

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Up 94% connected

Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.

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