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Groove

A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.

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Narrower term 12

Dado 76% connected

That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

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Fissure 76% connected

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

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Flute 76% connected

A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened b…

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Fluting 76% connected

of Flute

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Quirk 76% connected

A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.

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Rabbet 76% connected

To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.

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Rebate 76% connected

To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.

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Rut 76% connected

Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.

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Stria 76% connected

A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on…

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Striation 76% connected

The quality or condition of being striated.

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Washout 76% connected

The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, espec…

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Manner of action 2

Dado 76% connected

That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.

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Mill 76% connected

A money of account of the United States, having the value of the tenth of a cent, or the thousandth of a dollar.

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Broader term 7

Delve 76% connected

To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.

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Depression 76% connected

The act of depressing.

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Dig 76% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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Impression 76% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

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Imprint 76% connected

To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

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Incise 76% connected

To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

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Routine 76% connected

A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently…

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Channel 74% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Channel 74% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Groover 74% connected

One who or that which grooves.

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Groover 74% connected

One who or that which grooves.

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Grooving 74% connected

The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.

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Grooving 74% connected

The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.

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Rut 74% connected

Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rut 74% connected

Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Channel 92% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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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.

Furrow 92% connected

A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rut 92% connected

Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vallecula 92% connected

A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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