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Err

To wander; to roam; to stray.

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Verb group 24

Drift 84% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Drift 84% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Ramble 84% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

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Ramble 84% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Range 84% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Range 84% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Roam 84% connected

To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.

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Roam 84% connected

To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.

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Roll 84% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Roll 84% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Stray 84% connected

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

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Stray 84% connected

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

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Swan 84% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

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Swan 84% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

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Tramp 84% connected

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

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Tramp 84% connected

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

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Vagabond 84% connected

Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.

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Vagabond 84% connected

Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.

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Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

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Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

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Broader term 4

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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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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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Manner of action 3

Misjudge 76% connected

To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.

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Misremember 76% connected

To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly.

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Stumble 76% connected

To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

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Derivationally related 8

Errancy 74% connected

A wandering; state of being in error.

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Errancy 74% connected

A wandering; state of being in error.

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Errant 74% connected

Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.

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Errant 74% connected

Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.

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Error 74% connected

A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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Error 74% connected

A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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Mistake 74% connected

To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

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Mistake 74% connected

To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

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Synonym 4

Drift 92% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mistake 92% connected

To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slip 92% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stray 92% connected

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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