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Groom

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Verb group 24

Arrange 84% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Arrange 84% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Check 84% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Check 84% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Coiffure 84% connected

A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

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Coiffure 84% connected

A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

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Condition 84% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Condition 84% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Develop 84% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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Develop 84% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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Discipline 84% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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Discipline 84% connected

The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, menta…

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Dress 84% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Dress 84% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Educate 84% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Educate 84% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Prepare 84% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Prepare 84% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Manner of action 18

Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Barber 76% connected

One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons.

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Clean 76% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Cleanse 76% connected

To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.

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Coif 76% connected

A cap.

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Coiffure 76% connected

A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

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Comb 76% connected

An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

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Disentangle 76% connected

To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement;…

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Dispose 76% connected

To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Manicure 76% connected

A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails.

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Perfume 76% connected

To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

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Pomade 76% connected

Cider.

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Qualify 76% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

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Scent 76% connected

To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Shave 76% connected

obs. p. p. of Shave.

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Spruce 76% connected

Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides…

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Broader term 7

Beautify 76% connected

To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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Educate 76% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Embellish 76% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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Hand 76% connected

That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Participant 76% connected

Sharing; participating; having a share of part.

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Player 76% connected

One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

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Narrower term 2

Stableboy 76% connected

Alt. of Stableman

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Stableman 76% connected

A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.

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Derivationally related 10

Curry 74% connected

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

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Curry 74% connected

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

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Preparation 74% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Preparation 74% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Preparative 74% connected

Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.

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Preparative 74% connected

Tending to prepare or make ready; having the power of preparing, qualifying, or fitting; preparatory.

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Preparatory 74% connected

Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparato…

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Preparatory 74% connected

Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparato…

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Containing group 1

Wedding 70% connected

of Wed

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Synonym 7

Bridegroom 92% connected

A man newly married, or just about to be married.

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Curry 92% connected

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dress 92% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hostler 92% connected

An innkeeper. [Obs.] See Hosteler.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ostler 92% connected

See Hostler.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prepare 92% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Train 92% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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