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A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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Broader term 38

Aspiration 76% connected

The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.

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Balk 76% connected

A ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.

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Baulk 76% connected

See Balk.

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Clothing 76% connected

of Clothe

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Dawdle 76% connected

To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.

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Deterrent 76% connected

Serving to deter.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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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.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Habiliment 76% connected

A garment; an article of clothing.

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Handicap 76% connected

An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additiona…

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Hinderance 76% connected

Same as Hindrance.

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Hindrance 76% connected

The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.

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Impediment 76% connected

That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect.

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Inhalation 76% connected

The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled.

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Inhale 76% connected

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

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Inspiration 76% connected

The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the ches…

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Inspire 76% connected

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

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Intake 76% connected

The place where water or air is taken into a pipe or conduit; -- opposed to outlet.

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Involve 76% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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Lag 76% connected

Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Persuade 76% connected

To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.

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Proceed 76% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Pulling 76% connected

of Pull

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Resistance 76% connected

The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.

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Scuffle 76% connected

To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.

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Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Seek 76% connected

Sick.

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Shamble 76% connected

One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to…

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Shuffle 76% connected

To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.

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Tedium 76% connected

Irksomeness; wearisomeness; tediousness.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Vesture 76% connected

A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Wearable 76% connected

Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.

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Manner of action 5

Bouse 76% connected

To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze.

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Bowse 76% connected

To carouse; to bouse; to booze.

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Trail 76% connected

To hunt by the track; to track.

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Underrun 76% connected

To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.

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Narrower term 1

Windage 76% connected

The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.

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Draw 74% 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.

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Draw 74% 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.

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Dredge 74% connected

Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iro…

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Dredge 74% connected

Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iro…

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Hale 74% connected

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

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Hale 74% connected

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

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Haul 74% connected

To pull or draw with force; to drag.

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Haul 74% connected

To pull or draw with force; to drag.

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Haulage 74% connected

Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.

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Haulage 74% connected

Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.

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Hauler 74% connected

One who hauls.

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Hauler 74% connected

One who hauls.

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Puff 74% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Puff 74% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Puller 74% connected

One who, or that which, pulls.

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Puller 74% connected

One who, or that which, pulls.

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Scuff 74% connected

The back part of the neck; the scruff.

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Scuff 74% connected

The back part of the neck; the scruff.

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Entails 1

Smoke 72% connected

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

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Containing whole 2

Smoke 70% connected

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

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Smoking 70% connected

of Smoke

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See also 2

Tangle 66% connected

To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

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Tangle 66% connected

To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

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Synonym 12

Cart 92% connected

A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot.

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Draw 92% 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 68% interchangeable

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Dredge 92% connected

Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iro…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Embroil 92% connected

To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in diffic…

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Hale 92% connected

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Haul 92% connected

To pull or draw with force; to drag.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Puff 92% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pull 92% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scuff 92% connected

The back part of the neck; the scruff.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sweep 92% connected

To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tangle 92% connected

To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trail 92% connected

To hunt by the track; to track.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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