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Plug

Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

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Broader term 23

Advertise 76% connected

To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to…

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Bit 76% connected

The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened.

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Bite 76% connected

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

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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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Blockage 76% connected

The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Closure 76% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Horse 76% connected

A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period.…

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Hydrant 76% connected

A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug.

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Inclose 76% connected

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

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Insert 76% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Introduce 76% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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Morsel 76% connected

A little bite or bit of food.

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Occlusion 76% connected

The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.

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Persevere 76% connected

To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influe…

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Persist 76% connected

To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motiv…

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Promote 76% connected

To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

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Publicity 76% connected

The quality or state of being public, or open to the knowledge of a community; notoriety; publicness.

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Push 76% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Stoppage 76% connected

The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; th…

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Narrower term 9

Bung 76% connected

The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.

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Cork 76% connected

The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

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Fipple 76% connected

A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music.

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Spigot 76% connected

A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.

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Spile 76% connected

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

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Tampion 76% connected

A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.

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Tampon 76% connected

A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.

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Tap 76% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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Tompion 76% connected

A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.

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Manner of action 5

Chink 76% connected

A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.

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Cork 76% connected

The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

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Stopper 76% connected

One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

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Stopple 76% connected

That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

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Tampon 76% connected

A plug introduced into a natural or artificial cavity of the body in order to arrest hemorrhage, or for the application of medicine.

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Derivationally related 2

Puncher 74% connected

One who, or that which, punches.

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Puncher 74% connected

One who, or that which, punches.

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Entails 4

Enter 72% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

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Infix 72% connected

To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.

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Insert 72% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Introduce 72% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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Containing whole 1

Ignition 70% connected

The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.

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Synonym 13

Chaw 92% connected

To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chew 92% connected

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cud 92% connected

That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hack 92% connected

A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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hoopla 92% connected

Excitement or fuss

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Jade 92% connected

A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamenta…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nag 92% connected

A small horse; a pony; hence, any horse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Punch 92% connected

A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the k…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quid 92% connected

A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Secure 92% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stopper 92% connected

One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stopple 92% connected

That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wad 92% connected

Woad.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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