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Heel

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

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Verb group 4

Lean 84% connected

To conceal.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Lean 84% connected

To conceal.

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List 84% connected

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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List 84% connected

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 22

Angle 76% connected

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bottom 76% connected

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bushel 76% connected

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

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Dance 76% connected

To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of mov…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Doctor 76% connected

A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hit 76% connected

It.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lean 76% connected

To conceal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mend 76% connected

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repair 76% connected

To return.

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Restore 76% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scoundrel 76% connected

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slant 76% connected

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Terminal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

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Tilt 76% connected

A covering overhead; especially, a tent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Underside 76% connected

The lower or lowest side of anything.

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Villain 76% connected

One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.

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Narrower term 2

Spike 76% connected

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wedge 76% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Lean 74% connected

To conceal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lean 74% connected

To conceal.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Containing whole 5

Boot 70% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Foot 70% connected

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Loaf 70% connected

Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pes 70% connected

The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot.

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Shoe 70% connected

A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not exten…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Component part 1

Lift 70% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Synonym 6

Blackguard 92% connected

The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bounder 92% connected

One who, or that which, limits; a boundary.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cad 92% connected

A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dog 92% connected

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hound 92% connected

A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but a…

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.

List 92% connected

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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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