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Fuzz

To make drunk.

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Broader term 4

Beard 76% connected

The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Enation 76% connected

Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Officer 76% connected

One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police office…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Beard 76% connected

The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fuzzy 74% connected

Not firmly woven; that ravels.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fuzzy 74% connected

Not firmly woven; that ravels.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 7

Blur 92% connected

To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manu…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bull 92% connected

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cop 92% connected

The top of a thing; the head; a crest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Copper 92% connected

A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol C…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hair 92% connected

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pig 92% connected

A piggin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tomentum 92% connected

The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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