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Path

A trodden way; a footway.

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Narrower term 23

Ambages 76% connected

A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Beeline 76% connected

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Belt 76% connected

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

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Circuit 76% connected

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

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Crosscut 76% connected

To cut across or through; to intersect.

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Crossing 76% connected

of Cross

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Fairway 76% connected

The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed…

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Footpath 76% connected

A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.

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Lane 76% connected

Alone.

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Orbit 76% connected

The path described by a heavenly body in its periodical revolution around another body; as, the orbit of Jupiter, of the earth, of the moon.

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Pathway 76% connected

A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Round 76% connected

To whisper.

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Sunna 76% connected

A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.

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Swath 76% connected

A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.

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Towpath 76% connected

A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path.

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Track 76% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Trail 76% connected

To hunt by the track; to track.

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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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Warpath 76% connected

The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Broader term 3

Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Course 74% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Course 74% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Synonym 5

Course 92% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Itinerary 92% connected

Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on a journey.

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Route 92% connected

The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

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Track 92% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Way 92% connected

Away.

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