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A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.

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Broader term 26

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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Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Cerebrate 76% connected

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

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Channel 76% connected

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

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Circuit 76% connected

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

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Cogitate 76% connected

To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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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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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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Fastener 76% connected

One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.

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Fastening 76% connected

of Fasten

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Fixing 76% connected

of Fix

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form 76% connected

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

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Holdfast 76% connected

Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.

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Instruction 76% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Linkage 76% connected

The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.

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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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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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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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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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Unification 76% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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Union 76% connected

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

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Manner of action 19

Articulate 76% connected

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

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Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Bridge 76% connected

A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passagewa…

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Cohere 76% connected

To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.

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Conjoin 76% connected

To join together; to unite.

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Connect 76% connected

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…

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Correlate 76% connected

To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.

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Ground 76% connected

of Grind

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Hitch 76% connected

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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Identify 76% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

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Interlink 76% connected

To link together; to join, as one chain to another.

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Mean 76% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

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Osculate 76% connected

To kiss.

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Remember 76% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

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Syndicate 76% connected

The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.

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Tee 76% connected

The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Narrower term 13

Articulation 76% connected

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

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Bridge 76% connected

A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passagewa…

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Coherence 76% connected

Alt. of Coherency

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Coherency 76% connected

A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.

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Cohesion 76% connected

The act or state of sticking together; close union.

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Concatenation 76% connected

A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Interconnection 76% connected

Connection between; mutual connection.

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Join 76% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Joint 76% connected

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

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Junction 76% connected

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

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Juncture 76% connected

A joining; a union; an alliance.

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Node 76% connected

A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling.

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Derivationally related 12

Connexion 74% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Connexion 74% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Junction 74% connected

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

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Junction 74% connected

The act of joining, or the state of being joined; union; combination; coalition; as, the junction of two armies or detachments; the junction of paths.

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Linkage 74% connected

The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.

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Linkage 74% connected

The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.

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Unification 74% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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Unification 74% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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Yoke 74% connected

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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Yoke 74% connected

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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Containing whole 1

Chain 70% connected

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornam…

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Synonym 13

Associate 92% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Colligate 92% connected

To tie or bind together.

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Connect 92% connected

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…

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Connection 92% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connexion 92% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Contact 92% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Join 92% connected

To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.

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Liaison 92% connected

A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.

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Nexus 92% connected

Connection; tie.

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Relate 92% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Tie 92% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Unite 92% connected

To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

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Yoke 92% connected

A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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