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Fell

of Fall

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Verb group 6

Fly 84% connected

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

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Fly 84% connected

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

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Vanish 84% connected

To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Vanish 84% connected

To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Vaporize 84% connected

To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

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Vaporize 84% connected

To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

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Narrower term 3

Cowhide 76% connected

The hide of a cow.

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Goatskin 76% connected

The skin of a goat, or leather made from it.

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Rawhide 76% connected

A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.

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Broader term 9

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Elapse 76% connected

To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

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Killing 76% connected

of Kill

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Lapse 76% connected

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

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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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Seam 76% connected

Grease; tallow; lard.

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Sew 76% connected

Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

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Stitch 76% connected

A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

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Manner of action 5

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Log 76% connected

A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.

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Lumber 76% connected

A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.

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Poleax 76% connected

Alt. of Poleaxe

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Poleaxe 76% connected

Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers,…

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Causes 2

Descend 72% connected

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…

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Fall 72% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Synonym 10

Barbarous 92% connected

Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.

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Brutal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.

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Cruel 92% connected

See Crewel.

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Drop 92% 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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Fly 92% connected

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hide 92% connected

To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Roughshod 92% connected

Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.

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Savage 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vanish 92% connected

To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vicious 92% connected

Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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