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Expanse

That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.

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Acreage 76% connected

Acres collectively; as, the acreage of a farm or a country.

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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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Erasure 76% connected

The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Footprint 76% connected

The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Sheet 76% connected

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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Stretch 76% connected

To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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Ambit 76% connected

Circuit or compass.

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Compass 76% connected

A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

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Extent 76% connected

Extended.

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Orbit 76% connected

The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

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Range 76% 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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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Scope 76% connected

That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate de…

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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Span 74% connected

imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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Span 74% connected

imp. & p. p. of Spin.

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Sweep 74% 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 15% interchangeable

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Sweep 74% 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 15% interchangeable

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Area 92% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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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