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Glaze

To become glazed of glassy.

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Burnish 76% connected

To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Coat 76% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Coating 76% connected

of Coat

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Dulcify 76% connected

To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony.

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Dulcorate 76% connected

To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.

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Edulcorate 76% connected

To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Finishing 76% connected

of Finish

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Gloss 76% connected

Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

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Glossiness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface.

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Polish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Sweeten 76% connected

To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.

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Topping 76% connected

of Top

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Luster 76% connected

One who lusts.

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Lustre 76% connected

Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.

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Glazer 74% connected

One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Glazer 74% connected

One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blur 66% 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…

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Blur 66% 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…

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Synonym 2

Candy 92% connected

To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.

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Glass 92% connected

A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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