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Intension

A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string.

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Import 76% connected

To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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Meaning 76% connected

of Mean

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Significance 76% connected

Alt. of Significancy

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Signification 76% connected

The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.

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Connote 74% connected

To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

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Connote 74% connected

To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

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Connotation 92% connected

The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

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the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

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the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

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Broadening noun · 78% connection

the action of making broader; "the broadening of travel"

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Change noun · 78% connection

a different or fresh set of clothes; "she brought a change in her overnight bag"

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Deterioration noun · 78% connection

a symptom of reduced quality or strength

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Dislodge verb · 78% connection

change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

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Euphemism noun · 78% connection

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a symptom of reduced quality or strength

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the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

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a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a simila…

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Metonymy noun · 78% connection

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in ‘they counted heads’)

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Narrowing noun · 78% connection

an instance of becoming narrow

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Reposition verb · 78% connection

change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

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Semantic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning; "semantic analysis"

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change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

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the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology"

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A unknown · 78% connection

The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the sca…

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Arbalist noun · 78% connection

A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bendi…

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Bend verb · 78% connection

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a cu…

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Bosonic string theory noun · 78% connection

the original version of string theory, developed in the late 1960s.; "Although bosonic string theory has many attractive features, it…

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Braid verb · 78% connection

To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations.

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Break verb · 78% connection

To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, bu…

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Chaplet noun · 78% connection

A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.

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Chord noun · 78% connection

The string of a musical instrument.

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Colander noun · 78% connection

A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, per…

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Colation noun · 78% connection

The act or process of straining or filtering.

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Colature noun · 78% connection

The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer.

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Easiness noun · 78% connection

Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.

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Filtrate verb · 78% connection

To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.

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Flexure noun · 78% connection

The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending.

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Harmonics noun · 78% connection

Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteent…

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Intention noun · 78% connection

A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.

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Labor noun · 78% connection

The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

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Monochord noun · 78% connection

An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between tw…

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