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To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below.

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Verb group 6

Anticipate 84% connected

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

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Anticipate 84% connected

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

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Expect 84% connected

To wait for; to await.

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Expect 84% connected

To wait for; to await.

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Face 84% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Face 84% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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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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Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Appear 76% connected

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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Appearance 76% connected

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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Atmosphere 76% connected

The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphe…

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Cerebrate 76% connected

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

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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,…

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Cogitate 76% connected

To engage in continuous thought; to think.

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Convey 76% connected

To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

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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…

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Countenance 76% connected

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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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.

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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.

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

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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.,…

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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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Perception 76% connected

The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discer…

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Seem 76% connected

To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be…

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Sensing 76% connected

of Sense

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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…

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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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Trust 76% connected

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

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Visage 76% connected

The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face.

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Manner of action 59

Admire 76% connected

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

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Anticipate 76% connected

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

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Beam 76% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Confront 76% connected

To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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Cruise 76% connected

See Cruse, a small bottle.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Desire 76% connected

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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Enter 76% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

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Expect 76% connected

To wait for; to await.

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Eye 76% connected

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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Eyeball 76% connected

The ball or globe of the eye.

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Feel 76% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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Figure 76% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Gape 76% connected

To open the mouth wide

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Gawk 76% connected

A cuckoo.

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Gaze 76% connected

To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention.

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Glance 76% connected

A sudden flash of light or splendor.

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Gleam 76% connected

To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

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Glint 76% connected

A glimpse, glance, or gleam.

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Glisten 76% connected

To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening…

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Glitter 76% connected

To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.

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Gloat 76% connected

To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.

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Glow 76% connected

To shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.

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Goggle 76% connected

To roll the eyes; to stare.

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Hope 76% connected

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

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Hunt 76% connected

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for s…

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Intrude 76% connected

To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseaso…

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Jump 76% connected

A kind of loose jacket for men.

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Leer 76% connected

To learn.

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Loom 76% connected

See Loon, the bird.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Minister 76% connected

A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

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Nose 76% connected

The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, an…

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Ogle 76% connected

To view or look at with side glances, as in fondness, or with a design to attract notice.

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Peek 76% connected

To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.

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Peep 76% connected

To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.

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Peer 76% connected

To come in sight; to appear.

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Photograph 76% connected

A picture or likeness obtained by photography.

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Poke 76% connected

A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…

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Prospect 76% connected

That which is embraced by eye in vision; the region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

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Pry 76% connected

A lever; also, leverage.

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Radiate 76% connected

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.

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Rear 76% connected

Early; soon.

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Rise 76% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Savor 76% connected

That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an…

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Shine 76% connected

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Squint 76% connected

Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.

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Stare 76% connected

The starling.

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Stunt 76% connected

To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.

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Taste 76% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Tend 76% connected

To make a tender of; to offer or tender.

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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…

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Wait 76% connected

To watch; to observe; to take notice.

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Watch 76% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Evil eye 76% connected

See Evil eye under Evil, a.

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Glance 76% connected

A sudden flash of light or splendor.

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Glimpse 76% connected

A sudden flash; transient luster.

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Gloominess 76% connected

State of being gloomy.

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Leer 76% connected

To learn.

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Lookout 76% connected

A careful looking or watching for any object or event.

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Observance 76% connected

The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and f…

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Observation 76% connected

The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything.

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Outlook 76% connected

To face down; to outstare.

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Peek 76% connected

To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.

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Peep 76% connected

To cry, as a chicken hatching or newly hatched; to chirp; to cheep.

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Scrutiny 76% connected

Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.

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Sight 76% connected

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

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Spark 76% connected

A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.

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Sparkle 76% connected

A little spark; a scintillation.

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Squint 76% connected

Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.

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Stare 76% connected

The starling.

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Survey 76% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

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Twinkle 76% connected

To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Watching 76% connected

of Watch

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Derivationally related 22

Appear 74% connected

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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Appear 74% connected

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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Appearance 74% connected

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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Appearance 74% connected

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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Expectancy 74% connected

The act of expecting ; expectation.

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Expectancy 74% connected

The act of expecting ; expectation.

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Expectant 74% connected

Waiting in expectation; looking for

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Expectant 74% connected

Waiting in expectation; looking for

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Expectation 74% connected

The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

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Expectation 74% connected

The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

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Face 74% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Face 74% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Front 74% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Front 74% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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Frontage 74% connected

The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.

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Frontage 74% connected

The front part of an edifice or lot; extent of front.

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Searcher 74% connected

One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier.

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Searcher 74% connected

One who, or that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier.

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Spectator 74% connected

One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show.

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Spectator 74% connected

One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show.

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Entails 1

See 72% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Reckon 66% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Reckon 66% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Refer 66% connected

To carry or send back.

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Refer 66% connected

To carry or send back.

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Review 66% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Review 66% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

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Search 66% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Search 66% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

Watch 66% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Watch 66% connected

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or pre…

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Synonym 28

Appear 92% connected

To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.

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.

Aspect 92% connected

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

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.

Attend 92% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

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.

Await 92% connected

To watch for; to look out for.

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.

Bank 92% connected

A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.

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.

Bet 92% connected

That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge;…

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.

Calculate 92% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

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.

Count 92% connected

To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to comp…

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.

Depend 92% connected

To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

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.

Expect 92% connected

To wait for; to await.

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.

Expression 92% connected

The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…

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.

Face 92% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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.

Feel 92% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

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.

Feeling 92% connected

of Feel

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flavor 92% connected

That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

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.

Flavour 92% connected

(physics) the six kinds of quarks

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Front 92% connected

The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

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.

Looking 92% connected

of Look

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.

Reckon 92% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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.

Rely 92% connected

To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to h…

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.

Search 92% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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.

See 92% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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.

Seem 92% connected

To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be…

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.

Smell 92% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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.

Spirit 92% connected

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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.

Swear 92% connected

To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also…

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.

Tone 92% connected

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

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.

Wait 92% connected

To watch; to observe; to take notice.

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.

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Back 94% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Back 94% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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