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Heaving

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Ascending 76% connected

of Ascend

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Ascension 76% connected

The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

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Ascent 76% connected

The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Breathing 76% connected

of Breathe

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Respiration 76% connected

The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

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Rise 76% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rising 76% connected

of Rise

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Ventilation 76% connected

The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gasp 74% connected

To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Gasp 74% connected

To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Heave 74% connected

To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Heave 74% connected

To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pant 74% connected

To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pant 74% connected

To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Surge 74% connected

A spring; a fountain.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Surge 74% connected

A spring; a fountain.

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Heave 92% connected

To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Panting 92% connected

of Pant

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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