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To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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Adorn 76% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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Beautify 76% connected

To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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Decorate 76% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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Decrease 76% connected

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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Diminish 76% connected

To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

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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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Embellish 76% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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Emblem 76% connected

Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

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Fall 76% 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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Grace 76% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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Lessen 76% connected

To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

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List 76% connected

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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Listing 76% connected

of List

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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Sign 76% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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Signal 76% connected

A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agr…

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Signalize 76% connected

To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.

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Sink 76% connected

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and…

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Tail 76% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Manner of action 3

Bag 76% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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Slouch 76% connected

A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat br…

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Slump 76% connected

The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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Narrower term 13

Banner 76% connected

A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

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Blackjack 76% connected

exert pressure on someone through threats

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Colors 76% connected

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Colours 76% connected

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Ensign 76% connected

A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguish…

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Fanion 76% connected

A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade.

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Jack 76% connected

A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves en…

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Pennant 76% connected

A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a…

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Pennon 76% connected

A wing; a pinion.

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Standard 76% connected

A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.

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Streamer 76% connected

An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag.

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Tricolor 76% connected

The national French banner, of three colors, blue, white, and red, adopted at the first revolution.

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Waft 76% connected

To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.

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Containing whole 2

Deer 70% connected

Any animal; especially, a wild animal.

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Dog 70% connected

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

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See also 2

Slacken 66% connected

To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

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Slacken 66% connected

To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

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Synonym 8

Droop 92% connected

To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

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Flagstone 92% connected

A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone.

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Fleur-de-lis 92% connected

The iris. See Flower-de-luce.

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Iris 92% connected

The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.

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Masthead 92% connected

The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.

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Pin 92% connected

To peen.

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Sag 92% connected

To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, th…

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Swag 92% connected

To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

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