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Ride

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Verb group 4

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;…

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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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Sit 84% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Sit 84% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Broader term 34

Ascend 76% connected

To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to descend.

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Ask 76% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

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Bemock 76% connected

To mock; to ridicule.

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Climb 76% connected

To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

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Continue 76% connected

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

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Copulate 76% connected

Joined; associated; coupled.

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Couple 76% connected

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

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Demand 76% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

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Engage 76% connected

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or…

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Float 76% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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Function 76% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Involve 76% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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Journey 76% connected

The travel or work of a day.

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Journeying 76% connected

of Journey

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

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Lock 76% connected

A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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Mate 76% connected

The Paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the Brazilian holly (Ilex Paraguensis). The infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, a…

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Mesh 76% connected

The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

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Mock 76% connected

To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

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Mount 76% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Necessitate 76% connected

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.

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Need 76% connected

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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Operate 76% connected

To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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Pair 76% connected

A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Fou…

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Postulate 76% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

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Proceed 76% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

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Require 76% connected

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Manner of action 32

Banter 76% connected

To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as,…

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Barrack 76% connected

A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent…

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Bicycle 76% connected

A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

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Bike 76% connected

A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm.

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Boat 76% connected

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

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Bus 76% connected

An omnibus.

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Cab 76% connected

A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.

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Canter 76% connected

A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

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Chaff 76% connected

The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.

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Chariot 76% connected

A two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, state processions, etc.

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Cycle 76% connected

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

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Extend 76% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Flout 76% connected

To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

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Gallop 76% connected

To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.

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Gibe 76% connected

To cast reproaches and sneering expressions; to rail; to utter taunting, sarcastic words; to flout; to fleer; to scoff.

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Hitch 76% connected

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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Jeer 76% connected

A gear; a tackle.

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Jolly 76% connected

Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.

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Kid 76% connected

A young goat.

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Outride 76% connected

To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than.

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Override 76% connected

To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

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Pedal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglio…

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Prance 76% connected

To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.

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Rail 76% connected

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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Scoff 76% connected

Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

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Sled 76% connected

A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.

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Sleigh 76% connected

Sly.

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Thumb 76% connected

The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.

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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…

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Tube 76% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Wheel 76% connected

A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or na…

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Narrower term 5

Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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Merry-go-round 76% connected

Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.

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Roundabout 76% connected

Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.

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Spin 76% connected

To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing o…

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Whirligig 76% connected

A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top.

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Derivationally related 4

Rider 74% connected

One who, or that which, rides.

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Rider 74% connected

One who, or that which, rides.

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Synonym 11

Bait 92% connected

Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

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Cod 92% connected

A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.

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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

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Mount 92% connected

A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably above the common surface of the surrounding land; a mountain; a high hill; -- used always ins…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rag 92% connected

To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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Rally 92% connected

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

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Sit 92% connected

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Tantalize 92% connected

To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations by keeping that good out of…

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Taunt 92% connected

Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.

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Tease 92% connected

To comb or card, as wool or flax.

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Twit 92% connected

To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted…

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Antonym 2

Walk 94% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Walk 94% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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