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Pad

A footpath; a road.

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Broader term 18

Amplify 76% connected

To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Cushioning 76% connected

of Cushion

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Exaggerate 76% connected

To heap up; to accumulate.

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Fill 76% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Foliage 76% connected

Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.

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Hyperbolize 76% connected

To speak or write with exaggeration.

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Leaf 76% connected

A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the i…

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Leafage 76% connected

Leaves, collectively; foliage.

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Magnify 76% connected

To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the o…

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Overdraw 76% connected

To exaggerate; to overdo.

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Overstate 76% connected

To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.

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Padding 76% connected

of Pad

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Paper 76% connected

A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wo…

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Platform 76% connected

A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

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Structure 76% connected

The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.

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Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Manner of action 7

Glorify 76% connected

To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.

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Rat 76% connected

One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the N…

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Slop 76% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

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Slosh 76% connected

Alt. of Sloshy

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Splash 76% connected

To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

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Squelch 76% connected

To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

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squish 76% connected

To crush or flatten something, often producing a squelching sound

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Narrower term 7

Mat 76% connected

A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.

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Mattress 76% connected

A quilted bed; a bed stuffed with hair, moss, or other suitable material, and quilted or otherwise fastened.

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Panel 76% connected

A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

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Plastron 76% connected

A piece of leather stuffed or padded, worn by fencers to protect the breast.

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Puff 76% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Rat 76% connected

One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the N…

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Underlay 76% connected

To lay beneath; to put under.

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Derivationally related 4

Bolster 74% connected

A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.

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Bolster 74% connected

A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.

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Tramper 74% connected

One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.

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Tramper 74% connected

One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.

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Containing whole 4

Finger 70% connected

One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.

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Hydrophyte 70% connected

An aquatic plant; an alga.

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Paw 70% connected

The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.

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Water plant 70% connected

A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.

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Synonym 11

Aggrandize 92% connected

To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress.

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Bolster 92% connected

A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.

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Domiciliation 92% connected

The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy.

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Dramatize 92% connected

To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.

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Embellish 92% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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Embroider 92% connected

To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.

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Lard 92% connected

Bacon; the flesh of swine.

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Plod 92% connected

To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.

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Tablet 92% connected

A small table or flat surface.

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Tramp 92% connected

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

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Trudge 92% connected

To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.

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