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Lend

To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.

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Manner of action 6

Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Factor 76% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Instill 76% connected

To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tinsel 76% connected

A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin met…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Transfuse 76% connected

To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trust 76% connected

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 12

Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Check 76% 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 0% interchangeable

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Correspond 76% connected

To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each othe…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Gibe 76% connected

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Give 76% 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 0% interchangeable

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Jibe 76% connected

To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Match 76% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tally 76% connected

Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which cor…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Lendable 74% connected

Such as can be lent.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lendable 74% connected

Such as can be lent.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lender 74% connected

One who lends.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lender 74% connected

One who lends.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Add 92% connected

To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bestow 92% connected

To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bring 92% connected

To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Contribute 92% connected

To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) f…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impart 92% connected

To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warm…

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.

Loan 92% connected

A loanin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Borrow 94% connected

To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the oppos…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Borrow 94% connected

To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the oppos…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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