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Patch

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.

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Narrower term 21

Bed 76% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

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Cast 76% connected

of Cast

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Flash 76% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Fret 76% connected

See 1st Frith.

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Garden 76% connected

A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables.

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Macula 76% connected

A spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.

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Macule 76% connected

A spot.

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Nebula 76% connected

A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star cl…

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Parhelion 76% connected

A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the su…

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Pasty 76% connected

Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness.

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Plaque 76% connected

Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung…

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Sling 76% connected

An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to…

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Snap 76% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

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Speck 76% connected

The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.

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Splash 76% connected

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

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Sundog 76% connected

A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar…

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Suspensory 76% connected

Suspended; hanging; depending.

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Swathe 76% connected

To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.

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Tourniquet 76% connected

An instrument for arresting hemorrhage. It consists essentially of a pad or compress upon which pressure is made by a band which is tightened by a sc…

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Truss 76% connected

A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.

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Wrapping 76% connected

of Wrap

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Broader term 27

Bushel 76% connected

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

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Conjoin 76% connected

To join together; to unite.

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Connection 76% connected

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

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Connective 76% connected

Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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Connector 76% connected

One who, or that which, connects

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Contrivance 76% connected

The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

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Doctor 76% connected

A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.

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Dressing 76% connected

of Dress

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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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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Marking 76% connected

of Mark

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Mend 76% connected

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Parcel 76% connected

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 76% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Repair 76% connected

To return.

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Restore 76% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

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Sewing 76% connected

of Sew

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Stitchery 76% connected

Needlework; -- in contempt.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Time 76% connected

Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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Tract 76% connected

A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

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Manner of action 1

Vamp 76% connected

To advance; to travel.

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Derivationally related 8

Darn 74% connected

To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.

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Darn 74% connected

To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.

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Patchy 74% connected

Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.

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Patchy 74% connected

Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.

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Piece 74% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Piece 74% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Component part 1

Gauze 70% connected

A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk; also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze; cotton gauze.

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Synonym 12

Bandage 92% connected

A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.

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Dapple 92% connected

One of the spots on a dappled animal.

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Darn 92% connected

To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.

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Fleck 92% connected

A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Maculation 92% connected

The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.

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Mend 92% connected

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Piece 92% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plot 92% connected

A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.

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Speckle 92% connected

A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.

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Spell 92% connected

A spelk, or splinter.

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Spot 92% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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While 92% connected

Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent.

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