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Gang

To go; to walk.

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Aggroup 76% connected

To bring together in a group; to group.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Association 76% connected

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Gathering 76% connected

of Gather

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Group 76% connected

A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of…

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Tool 76% connected

An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…

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Unit 76% connected

A single thing or person.

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Detail 76% connected

A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.

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Nest 76% connected

The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

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Shift 76% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Bunch 74% connected

A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bunch 74% connected

A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crew 74% connected

The Manx shearwater.

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Crew 74% connected

The Manx shearwater.

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Containing group 1

men 70% connected

of Keelman

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Synonym 6

Bunch 92% connected

A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crew 92% connected

The Manx shearwater.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crowd 92% connected

To push, to press, to shove.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mob 92% connected

A mobcap.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pack 92% connected

A pact.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ring 92% connected

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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