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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Verb group 28

Accommodate 84% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

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Accommodate 84% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

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Admit 84% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

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Admit 84% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

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Agree 84% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Agree 84% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Apply 84% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Apply 84% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Bear 84% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Bear 84% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Carry 84% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Carry 84% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Contain 84% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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Contain 84% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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Deem 84% connected

To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.

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Deem 84% connected

To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.

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Defend 84% connected

To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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Defend 84% connected

To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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Feature 84% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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Feature 84% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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Guard 84% connected

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

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Guard 84% connected

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

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Reserve 84% connected

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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Reserve 84% connected

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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Manner of action 113

Abnegate 76% connected

To deny and reject; to abjure.

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Accommodate 76% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

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Acknowledge 76% connected

To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.

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Admit 76% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

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Allow 76% connected

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Article 76% connected

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various to…

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Balance 76% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

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Bastardize 76% connected

To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.

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Bate 76% connected

Strife; contention.

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Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Beatify 76% connected

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

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Bind 76% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Brace 76% connected

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

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Bracket 76% connected

An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative featu…

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Brave 76% connected

Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

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Buoy 76% connected

A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, sh…

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Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Cancel 76% connected

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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Canonize 76% connected

To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Certify 76% connected

To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

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Chock 76% connected

To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.

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Clinch 76% connected

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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Clutch 76% connected

A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

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Conceal 76% connected

To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

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Concede 76% connected

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.

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Conciliate 76% connected

To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.

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Conclude 76% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

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Confine 76% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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Conquer 76% connected

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

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Conserve 76% connected

To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

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Contain 76% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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Continue 76% connected

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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Counteract 76% connected

To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract g…

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Countercheck 76% connected

To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

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Cradle 76% connected

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in t…

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Crucify 76% connected

To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

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Damp 76% connected

Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

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Deny 76% connected

To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

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Distance 76% connected

The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separati…

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Enchain 76% connected

To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Endure 76% connected

To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

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Exert 76% connected

To thrust forth; to emit; to push out.

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Feature 76% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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Fetter 76% connected

A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond;…

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Fold 76% connected

To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter.

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Formalize 76% connected

To give form, or a certain form, to; to model.

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Grant 76% connected

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

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Grasp 76% connected

To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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have 76% connected

of Have

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House 76% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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Immobilize 76% connected

To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.

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Impound 76% connected

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for…

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Include 76% connected

To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.

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Indent 76% connected

To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.

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Indenture 76% connected

The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

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Interlace 76% connected

To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

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Interlock 76% connected

To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Leave 76% connected

To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.

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Lock 76% connected

A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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Maintain 76% connected

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

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Monopolize 76% connected

To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as,…

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Mortify 76% connected

To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

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Own 76% connected

To grant; to acknowledge; to admit to be true; to confess; to recognize in a particular character; as, we own that we have forfeited your love.

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Pin 76% connected

To peen.

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Pinion 76% connected

A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

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Pledge 76% connected

The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between…

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Poise 76% connected

Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

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Pole 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

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Possess 76% connected

To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.

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Pound 76% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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Preserve 76% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

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Pronounce 76% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

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Prop 76% connected

A shell, used as a die. See Props.

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Reconcile 76% connected

To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to r…

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Resolve 76% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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Retain 76% connected

To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

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Saint 76% connected

A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.

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Save 76% connected

The herb sage, or salvia.

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Scaffold 76% connected

A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle…

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Seat 76% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Settle 76% connected

A seat of any kind.

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Shackle 76% connected

Stubble.

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Shore 76% connected

of Shear

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Sleep 76% connected

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

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Sling 76% connected

An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to…

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Stoop 76% connected

Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight o…

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Subdue 76% connected

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

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Subscribe 76% connected

To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.

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Superannuate 76% connected

To impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Suppress 76% connected

To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

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Sustain 76% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Thermostat 76% connected

A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing…

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Trap 76% connected

To dress with ornaments; to adorn; -- said especially of horses.

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Truss 76% connected

A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.

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Underpin 76% connected

To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.

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Uphold 76% connected

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Weather 76% connected

The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorologi…

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Wield 76% connected

To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.

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Yield 76% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Affirm 76% connected

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

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Aim 76% connected

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a f…

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Appendage 76% connected

Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.

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Apprehension 76% connected

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

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Assert 76% connected

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

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Aver 76% connected

A work horse, or working ox.

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Avow 76% connected

To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Becharm 76% connected

To charm; to captivate.

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Beguile 76% connected

To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure.

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Believe 76% connected

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arg…

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Bespeak 76% connected

To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.

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Bewitch 76% connected

To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.

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Booze 76% connected

To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Captivate 76% connected

To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.

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Capture 76% connected

The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

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Catch 76% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Cell 76% connected

A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

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Charm 76% connected

A melody; a song.

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Conceive 76% connected

To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

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Concern 76% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Confinement 76% connected

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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Continue 76% connected

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Cover 76% 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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Defer 76% connected

To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Disable 76% connected

Lacking ability; unable.

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Discernment 76% connected

The act of discerning.

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Disenable 76% connected

To disable; to disqualify.

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Drink 76% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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Enamor 76% connected

To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of book…

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Enchant 76% connected

To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

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Enclosure 76% connected

Inclosure. See Inclosure.

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Entrance 76% connected

The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of pro…

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Evaluate 76% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Fascinate 76% connected

To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.

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Fastness 76% connected

The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Fuddle 76% connected

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Grasping 76% connected

Seizing; embracing; catching.

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Incapacitate 76% connected

To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.

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Include 76% connected

To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.

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Induce 76% connected

To lead in; to introduce.

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Intermission 76% connected

The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.

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Interruption 76% connected

The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Pause 76% connected

A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

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Pertain 76% connected

To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocea…

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Postpone 76% connected

To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of…

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Prehension 76% connected

The act of taking hold, seizing, or grasping, as with the hand or other member.

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Prevent 76% connected

To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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Proceed 76% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

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Prorogue 76% connected

To protract; to prolong; to extend.

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Protect 76% connected

To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

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Quest 76% connected

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Remit 76% connected

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

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Request 76% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

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Resist 76% connected

To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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Restrain 76% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Seizing 76% connected

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Shelve 76% connected

To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

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Stimulate 76% connected

To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimul…

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Stronghold 76% connected

A fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Suspension 76% connected

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

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Sustain 76% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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Swan 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

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Swear 76% connected

To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also…

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Table 76% connected

A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board; a thin, flat, smooth piece of anything; a slab.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Trance 76% connected

A tedious journey.

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Understanding 76% connected

of Understand

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Verify 76% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Withstand 76% connected

To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or argument…

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Broomstick 76% connected

A stick used as a handle of a broom.

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Crop 76% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

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Embrace 76% connected

To fasten on, as armor.

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Embracement 76% connected

A clasp in the arms; embrace.

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Embracing 76% connected

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Extension 76% connected

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…

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Gunstock 76% connected

The stock or wood to which the barrel of a hand gun is fastened.

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Haft 76% connected

A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; t…

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Helve 76% connected

The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.

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Hilt 76% connected

A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.

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Knob 76% connected

A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

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Pommel 76% connected

A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form

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Retardation 76% connected

The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.

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Saddlebow 76% connected

The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front.

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Sense 76% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Arrest 74% connected

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

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Arrest 74% connected

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

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Bearer 74% connected

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

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Bearer 74% connected

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

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Carriage 74% connected

That which is carried; burden; baggage.

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Carriage 74% connected

That which is carried; burden; baggage.

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Concord 74% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Concord 74% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Contain 74% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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Contain 74% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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Control 74% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Control 74% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Custody 74% connected

A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.

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Custody 74% connected

A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.

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Detain 74% connected

To keep back or from; to withhold.

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Detain 74% connected

To keep back or from; to withhold.

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Halt 74% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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Halt 74% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Harmony 74% connected

The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Harmony 74% connected

The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Holder 74% connected

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Holder 74% connected

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Obligation 74% connected

The act of obligating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Obligation 74% connected

The act of obligating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stop 74% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stop 74% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Take 74% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Take 74% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Upholder 74% connected

A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Upholder 74% connected

A broker or auctioneer; a tradesman.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 2

Procure 72% connected

To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Secure 72% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Containing whole 24

Aspergill 70% connected

Alt. of Aspergillum

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Aspersorium 70% connected

The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Baggage 70% connected

The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.

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Bat 70% connected

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Brush 70% connected

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cart 70% connected

A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Coffeepot 70% connected

A covered pot in which coffee is prepared, or is brought upon the table for drinking.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cutlery 70% connected

The business of a cutler.

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Faucet 70% connected

A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called al…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Handbarrow 70% connected

A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Handcart 70% connected

A cart drawn or pushed by hand.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ladle 70% connected

A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Luggage 70% connected

That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lumber 70% connected

A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mug 70% connected

A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Racket 70% connected

A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Racquet 70% connected

See Racket.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Saucepan 70% connected

A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ship 70% connected

Pay; reward.

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Skillet 70% connected

A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spatula 70% connected

An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, et…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spigot 70% connected

A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Teacup 70% connected

A small cup from which to drink tea.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Umbrella 70% connected

A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Component part 2

Shank 70% connected

See Chank.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stem 70% connected

Alt. of Steem

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 58

Accommodate 92% connected

To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

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.

Adjudge 92% connected

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

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.

Admit 92% connected

To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; t…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Agree 92% connected

In good part; kindly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Apply 92% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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.

Appreciation 92% connected

A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

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.

Arrest 92% connected

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

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.

Bear 92% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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.

Bind 92% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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.

Book 92% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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.

Carry 92% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Check 92% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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.

Clasp 92% connected

To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Clench 92% connected

See Clinch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Clutch 92% connected

A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.

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.

Concord 92% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Concur 92% connected

To run together; to meet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confine 92% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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.

Constrain 92% connected

To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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.

Contain 92% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Control 92% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Curb 92% connected

To bend or curve

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Custody 92% connected

A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Declare 92% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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.

Deem 92% connected

To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.

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.

Defend 92% connected

To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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.

Defy 92% connected

To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Delay 92% connected

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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.

Detainment 92% connected

Detention.

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.

Detention 92% connected

The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

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.

Entertain 92% connected

To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.

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.

Give 92% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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.

Grasp 92% connected

To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

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.

Grip 92% connected

The griffin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Guard 92% connected

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

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.

Halt 92% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Handle 92% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Harbor 92% connected

A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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have 92% connected

of Have

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Keep 92% connected

To care; to desire.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Maintain 92% connected

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

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.

Make 92% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Moderate 92% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nurse 92% connected

One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles 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.

Obligate 92% connected

To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

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.

Oblige 92% connected

To attach, as by a bond.

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.

Obtain 92% connected

To hold; to keep; to possess.

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.

Postponement 92% connected

The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.

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.

Prevail 92% connected

To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or…

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.

Reserve 92% connected

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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.

Restrain 92% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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.

Retain 92% connected

To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.

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.

Support 92% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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.

Sustain 92% connected

To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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.

Take 92% connected

Taken.

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.

Throw 92% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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.

Wait 92% connected

To watch; to observe; to take notice.

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.

Withstand 92% connected

To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or argument…

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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