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Ram

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

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Verb group 4

Cram 84% connected

To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cram 84% connected

To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Drive 84% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Drive 84% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 9

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Clash 76% connected

To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Collide 76% connected

To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sheep 76% connected

Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Thrust 76% connected

Thrist.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tool 76% connected

An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Rammer 76% connected

One who, or that which, rams or drives.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Toe 76% connected

One of the terminal members, or digits, of the foot of a man or an animal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Jam 74% connected

A kind of frock for children.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Jam 74% connected

A kind of frock for children.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Component part 4

Buffer 70% connected

An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Core 70% connected

A body of individuals; an assemblage.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Head 70% connected

The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Horn 70% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 9

Aries 92% connected

The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cram 92% connected

To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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.

Crash 92% connected

To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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.

Drive 92% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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.

Force 92% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jam 92% connected

A kind of frock for children.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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.

Pound 92% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tup 92% connected

To butt, as a ram does.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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.

Wad 92% connected

Woad.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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.

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