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Fag

A knot or coarse part in cloth.

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Broader term 6

Assist 76% connected

To give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress; to help; to aid; to succor.

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Attend 76% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

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Indispose 76% connected

To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.

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Serve 76% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

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Smoke 76% connected

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

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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 6

Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Exhaust 76% connected

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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Overfatigue 76% connected

Excessive fatigue.

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Overtire 76% connected

To tire to excess; to exhaust.

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Overweary 76% connected

To weary too much; to tire out.

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Tucker 76% connected

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

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Narrower term 4

Cubeb 76% connected

The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various t…

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Joint 76% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Reefer 76% connected

One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen.

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Stick 76% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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Derivationally related 2

Grind 74% connected

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

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Grind 74% connected

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

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Causes 5

Fatigue 72% connected

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

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Jade 72% 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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Pall 72% connected

Same as Pawl.

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Tire 72% connected

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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Weary 72% connected

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

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Synonym 21

Butt 92% connected

Alt. of But

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Cigarette 92% connected

A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

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Dig 92% 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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Drudge 92% connected

To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.

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Fagot 92% connected

A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a f…

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Fairy 92% connected

Enchantment; illusion.

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Fatigue 92% connected

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

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Grind 92% connected

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

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Jade 92% 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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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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Moil 92% connected

To daub; to make dirty; to soil; to defile.

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Outwear 92% connected

To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.

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Pansy 92% connected

A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diver…

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Queen 92% connected

The wife of a king.

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Queer 92% connected

At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or ac…

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Tire 92% connected

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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Toil 92% connected

A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey; -- usually in the plural.

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Travail 92% connected

Labor with pain; severe toil or exertion.

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Wear 92% connected

Same as Weir.

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Weary 92% connected

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

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