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Kip

The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin.

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Aestivate 76% connected

To spend the summer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bundle 76% connected

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Estivate 76% connected

Alt. of Estivation

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hibernate 76% connected

To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nap 76% connected

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Oversleep 76% connected

To sleep beyond; as, to oversleep one's self or one's usual hour of rising.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nap 76% connected

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Rest 76% connected

To arrest.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sleep 76% connected

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Component part 1

At 70% connected

Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Sleep 92% connected

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

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.

Slumber 92% connected

To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Upstart 92% connected

To start or spring up suddenly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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