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Pile

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

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Broader term 19

Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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Aggregation 76% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Battery 76% connected

The act of battering or beating.

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Column 76% connected

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

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Crowd 76% connected

To push, to press, to shove.

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Hair 76% connected

The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of…

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Money 76% connected

A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial trans…

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Pillar 76% connected

The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not suppor…

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Thread 76% connected

A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or mo…

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Yarn 76% connected

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

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Cord 76% connected

A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

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Rick 76% connected

A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.

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Narrower term 11

Deluge 76% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

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Dunghill 76% connected

A heap of dung.

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Flood 76% connected

A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land…

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Haymow 76% connected

A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.

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Inundation 76% connected

The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

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Lanugo 76% connected

The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.

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Midden 76% connected

A dunghill.

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Pyre 76% connected

A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.

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Shock 76% connected

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

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Stack 76% connected

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a poi…

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Torrent 76% connected

A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

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Derivationally related 6

Agglomerate 74% connected

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

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Agglomerate 74% connected

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

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Cumulus 74% connected

One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.

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Cumulus 74% connected

One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.

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Pilous 74% connected

See Pilose.

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Pilous 74% connected

See Pilose.

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Synonym 34

Agglomerate 92% connected

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

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Batch 92% connected

The quantity of bread baked at one time.

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Bundle 92% connected

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…

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Cumulation 92% connected

The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation.

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Cumulus 92% connected

One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.

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Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Down 92% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Flock 92% connected

A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

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Heap 92% connected

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

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Jam 92% connected

A kind of frock for children.

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Lot 92% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

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Mass 92% connected

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

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Mess 92% connected

Mass; church service.

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Mickle 92% connected

Much; great.

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Mint 92% connected

The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

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Mob 92% connected

A mobcap.

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Mound 92% connected

A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmount…

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Mountain 92% connected

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an e…

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Muckle 92% connected

Much.

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Nap 92% connected

To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

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Pack 92% connected

A pact.

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Peck 92% connected

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

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Piling 92% connected

of Pile

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Plenty 92% connected

Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundanc…

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Pot 92% connected

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc…

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Raft 92% connected

imp. & p. p. of Reave.

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Sight 92% connected

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

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Slew 92% connected

of Slay

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Spate 92% connected

A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

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Spile 92% connected

A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.

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Stack 92% connected

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a poi…

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Stilt 92% connected

A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and somet…

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Throng 92% connected

of Thring

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Wad 92% connected

Woad.

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