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Hatch

To cross with lines in a peculiar manner in drawing and engraving. See Hatching.

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Verb group 8

Breed 84% connected

To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Breed 84% connected

To produce as offspring; to bring forth; to bear; to procreate; to generate; to beget; to hatch.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Brood 84% connected

The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

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Brood 84% connected

The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Incubate 84% connected

To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Incubate 84% connected

To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 9

Birth 76% connected

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Birthing 76% connected

Anything added to raise the sides of a ship.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inlay 76% connected

To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Multiply 76% connected

To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.

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Parturition 76% connected

The act of bringing forth, or being delivered of, young; the act of giving birth; delivery; childbirth.

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Procreate 76% connected

To generate and produce; to beget; to engender.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reproduce 76% connected

To produce again.

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Shading 76% connected

of Shade

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Manner of action 5

Fabricate 76% connected

To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Idealize 76% connected

To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life.

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Invent 76% connected

To come or light upon; to meet; to find.

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Manufacture 76% connected

The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

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Vamp 76% connected

To advance; to travel.

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Derivationally related 8

Cover 74% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cover 74% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hachure 74% connected

A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

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Hachure 74% connected

A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Hatchery 74% connected

A house for hatching fish, etc.

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Hatchery 74% connected

A house for hatching fish, etc.

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Entails 1

Sit 72% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Containing whole 3

Hatchway 70% connected

A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Opening 70% connected

of Open

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Scuttle 70% connected

A broad, shallow basket.

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Synonym 6

Brood 92% connected

The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Concoct 92% connected

To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cover 92% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hachure 92% connected

A short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. See Hatching.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hatching 92% connected

of Hatch

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.

Incubate 92% connected

To sit, as on eggs for hatching; to brood; to brood upon, or keep warm, as eggs, for the purpose of hatching.

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.

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