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Drive

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.

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Verb group 16

Force 84% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Force 84% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Motor 84% connected

One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

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Motor 84% connected

One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

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Push 84% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Push 84% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Ram 84% connected

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

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Ram 84% connected

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

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Repel 84% connected

To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

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Repel 84% connected

To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

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Repulse 84% connected

To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

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Repulse 84% connected

To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

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Ride 84% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Ride 84% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Narrower term 22

Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Ambition 76% connected

The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

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Ambitiousness 76% connected

The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.

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Candidacy 76% connected

The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.

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Candidature 76% connected

Candidacy.

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Energy 76% connected

Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer the…

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Enterprise 76% connected

That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduo…

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firewall 76% connected

A system that allows or blocks network connections.

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Fusee 76% connected

A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.

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Hunger 76% connected

An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food.

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Impetus 76% connected

A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.

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Impulse 76% connected

The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediatel…

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Impulsion 76% connected

The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the…

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Initiative 76% connected

Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Push 76% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Reform 76% connected

To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to am…

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Spin 76% connected

To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing o…

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Thirst 76% connected

A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excite…

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Thirstiness 76% connected

The state of being thirsty; thirst.

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War 76% connected

Ware; aware.

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Broader term 52

Actuation 76% connected

A bringing into action; movement.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Coerce 76% connected

To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Conveyance 76% connected

The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Cross 76% connected

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Dig 76% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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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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Excavate 76% connected

To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

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Fight 76% connected

To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Function 76% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Hale 76% connected

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

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Hollow 76% connected

Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow s…

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Hunt 76% connected

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for s…

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Impel 76% connected

To drive or urge forward or on; to press on; to incite to action or motion in any way.

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Intend 76% connected

To stretch' to extend; to distend.

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Journey 76% connected

The travel or work of a day.

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Journeying 76% connected

of Journey

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Loft 76% connected

That which is lifted up; an elevation.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Mean 76% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

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Mechanism 76% connected

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anythi…

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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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Operate 76% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Pressure 76% connected

The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.

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Propel 76% connected

To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

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Propulsion 76% connected

The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.

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Push 76% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Road 76% connected

A journey, or stage of a journey.

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Route 76% connected

The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Squeeze 76% connected

To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

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Struggle 76% connected

To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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Swing 76% connected

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

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Thrust 76% connected

Thrist.

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Trait 76% connected

A stroke; a touch.

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Transfer 76% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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Transport 76% connected

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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Transportation 76% connected

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Traverse 76% connected

Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches.

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Venture 76% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Manner of action 8

Coach 76% connected

A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated…

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Mush 76% connected

Meal (esp. Indian meal) boiled in water; hasty pudding; supawn.

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Pull 76% connected

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

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Strain 76% connected

Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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Strive 76% connected

To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.

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Toe 76% connected

One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.

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Tool 76% connected

An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…

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Derivationally related 14

Drift 74% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Drift 74% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Driver 74% connected

One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.

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Driver 74% connected

One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.

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Driveway 74% connected

A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.

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Driveway 74% connected

A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.

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Driving 74% connected

of Drive

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Driving 74% connected

of Drive

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Force 74% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Force 74% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Get 74% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Get 74% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Tug 74% connected

To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

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Tug 74% connected

To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

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Entails 1

Ride 72% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Component part 3

Arbor 70% connected

A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.

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Mandrel 70% connected

A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.

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Spindle 70% connected

The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on whic…

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See also 2

Dispel 66% connected

To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusion…

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Dispel 66% connected

To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusion…

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Synonym 21

Aim 92% connected

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

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Campaign 92% connected

An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.

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Cause 92% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Crusade 92% connected

Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the…

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Driveway 92% connected

A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.

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Driving 92% connected

of Drive

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Effort 92% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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Force 92% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Get 92% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Labor 92% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 92% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Motor 92% connected

One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

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Movement 92% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Push 92% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Ram 92% connected

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

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.

Repel 92% connected

To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Repulse 92% connected

To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ride 92% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Take 92% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thrust 92% connected

Thrist.

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.

Tug 92% connected

To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

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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