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Plash

A small pool of standing water; a puddle.

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Disperse 76% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

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Dot 76% connected

A marriage portion; dowry.

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Dust 76% connected

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enlace 76% connected

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

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Entwine 76% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

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Interlace 76% connected

To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

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Intertwine 76% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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Lace 76% connected

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

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Scatter 76% connected

To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

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Sprinkle 76% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

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Twine 76% connected

A twist; a convolution.

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Manner of action 3

Puddle 76% connected

A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.

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Slosh 76% connected

Alt. of Sloshy

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Slush 76% connected

Soft mud.

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Derivationally related 10

Slosh 74% connected

Alt. of Sloshy

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Slosh 74% connected

Alt. of Sloshy

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Splash 74% connected

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

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Splash 74% connected

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

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Splashy 74% connected

Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.

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Splashy 74% connected

Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.

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Sprinkle 74% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sprinkle 74% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

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Synonym 5

Pleach 92% connected

To unite by interweaving, as branches of trees; to plash; to interlock.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spatter 92% connected

To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Splash 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Splatter 92% connected

To spatter; to splash.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swash 92% connected

An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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