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Imprint

To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

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Manner of action 3

Boss 76% connected

Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

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Emboss 76% connected

To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Chap 76% connected

To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

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Crack 76% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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Cranny 76% connected

A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.

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Crease 76% connected

See Creese.

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Crevice 76% connected

A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

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Crinkle 76% connected

To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.

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Dent 76% connected

A stroke; a blow.

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Dimple 76% connected

A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.

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Dip 76% connected

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

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Droop 76% connected

To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

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Fissure 76% connected

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

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Furrow 76% connected

A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.

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Groove 76% connected

A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a dep…

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Impression 76% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

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Incision 76% connected

The act of incising, or cutting into a substance.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Prick 76% connected

That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

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Sag 76% connected

To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, th…

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Seam 76% connected

Grease; tallow; lard.

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Slit 76% connected

3d. pers. sing. pres. of Slide.

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Wrinkle 76% connected

A winkle.

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Concavity 76% connected

A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.

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Device 76% connected

That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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Identification 76% connected

The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

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Impression 76% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

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Incurvation 76% connected

The act of bending, or curving.

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Influence 76% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Derivationally related 6

Embossment 74% connected

The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.

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Embossment 74% connected

The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.

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form 74% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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form 74% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Formative 74% connected

Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.

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Formative 74% connected

Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts.

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Entails 1

Press 72% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Synonym 5

Depression 92% connected

The act of depressing.

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Embossment 92% connected

The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.

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form 92% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Impress 92% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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Impression 92% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

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