Pother: alternatives and connections

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

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The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after…

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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To urge; to persuade; to incite.

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To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a per…

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See 1st Frith.

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A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.

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To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.

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To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.

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Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.

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A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.