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Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Cover 84% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Narrower term 14

Anecdote 76% connected

Unpublished narratives.

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Assay 76% connected

Trial; attempt; essay.

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Blue book 76% connected

A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers.

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Bulletin 76% connected

A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority f…

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case study 76% connected

A detailed examination of one example or a small number of examples.

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Comment 76% connected

To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…

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Despatch 76% connected

Same as Dispatch.

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Dispatch 76% connected

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

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Exclusive 76% connected

Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive b…

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Gossip 76% connected

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

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Narration 76% connected

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

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Recital 76% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

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Scoop 76% connected

A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.

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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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Broader term 14

Announce 76% connected

To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.

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Complain 76% connected

To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak…

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Denote 76% connected

To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the…

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Document 76% connected

That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

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Essay 76% connected

An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend.

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Estimate 76% connected

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of…

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Estimation 76% connected

The act of estimating.

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Inform 76% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Informing 76% connected

of Inform

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Kick 76% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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News 76% connected

A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intellige…

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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

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Plain 76% connected

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Account 74% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Account 74% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Explanation 74% connected

The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in S…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Explanation 74% connected

The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in S…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 9

Account 92% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Composition 92% connected

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cover 92% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Describe 92% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Paper 92% connected

A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reputation 92% connected

The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Story 92% connected

A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Study 92% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Theme 92% connected

A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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