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Graze

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

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Verb group 8

Browse 84% connected

The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Browse 84% connected

The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Crop 84% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Crop 84% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Range 84% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Range 84% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 13

Abrasion 76% connected

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Brush 76% connected

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Eat 76% connected

of Eat

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Eating 76% connected

of Eat

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Excoriation 76% connected

The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Feeding 76% connected

of Feed

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Injure 76% connected

To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scrape 76% connected

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Snack 76% connected

A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wound 76% connected

of Wind

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Manner of action 3

Drift 76% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Grass 76% connected

Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

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Shave 76% connected

obs. p. p. of Shave.

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Derivationally related 6

Crease 74% connected

See Creese.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crease 74% connected

See Creese.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Grazier 74% connected

One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Grazier 74% connected

One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Grazing 74% connected

of Graze

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Grazing 74% connected

of Graze

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Synonym 7

Browse 92% connected

The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crease 92% connected

See Creese.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crop 92% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

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.

Grazing 92% connected

of Graze

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pasture 92% connected

Food; nourishment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rake 92% connected

An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Range 92% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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