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Verb group 8

Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Make 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Make 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Net 84% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Net 84% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sack 84% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sack 84% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 2

Acquire 76% connected

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 6

Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gross 76% connected

Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Letter 76% connected

One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pay 76% connected

To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Profit 76% connected

Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Yield 76% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Wage 74% connected

To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Wage 74% connected

To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Clear 92% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gain 92% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Garner 92% connected

A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Make 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Realize 92% connected

To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to rea…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Win 92% connected

To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to w…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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