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Luxuriate

To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.

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Boom 76% connected

A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.

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Consume 76% connected

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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Deplete 76% connected

To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.

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Eat 76% connected

of Eat

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Exhaust 76% connected

To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

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Expand 76% connected

To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

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Expend 76% connected

To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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Flourish 76% connected

To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive.

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Squander 76% connected

To scatter; to disperse.

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Thrive 76% connected

To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Ware 76% connected

Wore.

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Manner of action 1

Surfeit 76% connected

Excess in eating and drinking.

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Derivationally related 6

Luxuriant 74% connected

Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Luxuriant 74% connected

Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Luxuriation 74% connected

The act or process luxuriating.

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Luxuriation 74% connected

The act or process luxuriating.

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Luxury 74% connected

A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.

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Luxury 74% connected

A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.

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Synonym 2

Indulge 92% connected

To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wanton 92% connected

Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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