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Glean

To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.

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Collect 76% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Garner 76% connected

A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gather 76% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Cut 76% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reaper 74% connected

One who reaps.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reaper 74% connected

One who reaps.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Harvest 92% connected

The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reap 92% connected

To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mores noun · 78% connection

(sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group

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Sociology noun · 78% connection

the study and classification of human societies

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Acculturation noun · 78% connection

the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"

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Arrangement noun · 78% connection

an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was i…

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Average noun · 78% connection

a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

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Biotic community noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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Community noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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Enculturation noun · 78% connection

the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"

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Function noun · 78% connection

the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must…

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Fundamental interaction noun · 78% connection

(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediate…

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Group verb · 78% connection

arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?"

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Institution noun · 78% connection

a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution…

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Interaction noun · 78% connection

(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediate…

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Network verb · 78% connection

communicate with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job"

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Norm noun · 78% connection

a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

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Office noun · 78% connection

the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must…

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Accoil verb · 78% connection

To gather together; to collect.

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Aciniform adjective · 78% connection

Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gather, reaper, collect, scattered, fragmentary.
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Agglomerate verb · 78% connection

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

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Amass verb · 78% connection

To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or…

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Botryoidal adjective · 78% connection

Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small spherical or spheroida…

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Cluster verb · 78% connection

To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.

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Congest verb · 78% connection

To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

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Conglobate verb · 78% connection

To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together.

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Conglobe verb · 78% connection

To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.

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Conglomerate verb · 78% connection

To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.

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Congregate verb · 78% connection

To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; t…

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Cull verb · 78% connection

To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.

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Drum verb · 78% connection

(With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up c…

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Engrain verb · 78% connection

To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.

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Glomerate v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.

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Grapeless adjective · 78% connection

Wanting grapes or the flavor of grapes.

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Harvester noun · 78% connection

One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper.

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Ingathering noun · 78% connection

The act or business of gathering or collecting anything; especially, the gathering of the fruits of the earth; harvest.

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