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Muzzle

The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout.

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Bind 76% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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Constraint 76% connected

The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.

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Equip 76% connected

To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide wi…

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Face 76% 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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Fit 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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Hush 76% connected

To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Outfit 76% connected

A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; thin…

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Restraint 76% connected

The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Silence 76% connected

The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

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Still 76% connected

Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Narrower term 1

Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Containing whole 3

Caput 70% connected

The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

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Gun 70% connected

of Gin

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Head 70% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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Component part 2

Neb 70% connected

The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen.

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Snout 70% connected

The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.

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Synonym 1

Gag 92% connected

To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of spe…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Unmuzzle 94% connected

To loose from a muzzle; to remove a muzzle from.

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Unmuzzle 94% connected

To loose from a muzzle; to remove a muzzle from.

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