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Grub

To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.

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Fare 76% connected

To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Larva 76% connected

Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Obtain 76% connected

To hold; to keep; to possess.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Seek 76% connected

Sick.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Maggot 76% connected

The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cadger 74% connected

A packman or itinerant huckster.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cadger 74% connected

A packman or itinerant huckster.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Grubby 74% connected

Dirty; unclean.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Grubby 74% connected

Dirty; unclean.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Bum 92% connected

The buttock.

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.

Cadge 92% connected

To carry, as a burden.

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.

Chuck 92% connected

To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

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.

Sponge 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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