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Exhaust

To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

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Manner of action 33

Abort 76% connected

To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

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Abuse 76% connected

To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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Bleed 76% connected

To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.

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Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Breathe 76% connected

To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live.

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Burn 76% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Drain 76% connected

To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

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Egest 76% connected

To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin,…

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Ejaculate 76% connected

To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.

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Eliminate 76% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

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Eruct 76% connected

Alt. of Eructate

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Excrete 76% connected

To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.

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Expectorate 76% connected

To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.

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Fester 76% connected

To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.

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Hemorrhage 76% connected

Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.

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Indulge 76% connected

To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Luxuriate 76% connected

To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.

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Maturate 76% connected

To bring to ripeness or maturity; to ripen.

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Misuse 76% connected

To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents.

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Ovulate 76% connected

Containing an ovule or ovules.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Pervert 76% connected

To turnanother way; to divert.

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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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Sap 76% connected

The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

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Spare 76% connected

To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

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Spend 76% connected

To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

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Spew 76% connected

To eject from the stomach; to vomit.

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Squander 76% connected

To scatter; to disperse.

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Suppurate 76% connected

To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.

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Tire 76% connected

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Consume 76% 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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Deplete 76% connected

To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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Eat 76% connected

of Eat

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Eliminate 76% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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Empty 76% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

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Expend 76% connected

To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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Fag 76% connected

A knot or coarse part in cloth.

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Fatigue 76% connected

Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

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Gas 76% connected

An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…

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Jade 76% connected

A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamenta…

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Obviate 76% connected

To meet in the way.

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Outwear 76% connected

To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.

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Spend 76% connected

To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Tire 76% connected

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Weary 76% connected

Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.

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Discharge 74% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Discharge 74% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Exhaustion 74% connected

The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

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Exhaustion 74% connected

The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

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Component part 1

Muffler 70% connected

Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet.

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Synonym 13

Beat 92% connected

of Beat

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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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Deplete 92% connected

To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

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Discharge 92% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Eat 92% connected

of Eat

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Eject 92% connected

To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to…

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Expel 92% connected

To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

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Expend 92% connected

To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Sap 92% connected

The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

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Tire 92% connected

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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Tucker 92% connected

One who, or that which, tucks; specifically, an instrument with which tuck are made.

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Use 92% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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