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Ring

To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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Verb group 2

Call 84% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Call 84% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Broader term 15

Adjoin 76% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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Association 76% connected

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Band 76% connected

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Chain 76% connected

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornam…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contact 76% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Jewellery 76% connected

See Jewelry.

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Jewelry 76% connected

The art or trade of a jeweler.

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Platform 76% connected

A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Strip 76% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Manner of action 12

Cloister 76% connected

An inclosed place.

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Ding 76% connected

To dash; to throw violently.

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Dingdong 76% connected

The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Fringe 76% connected

An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but mor…

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Gird 76% connected

A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

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Girdle 76% connected

A griddle.

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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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Knell 76% connected

The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound in…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Peal 76% connected

A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reecho 76% connected

To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon.

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Toll 76% connected

To take away; to vacate; to annul.

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Narrower term 6

Collar 76% connected

Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a do…

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Nest 76% connected

The bed or receptacle prepared by a fowl for holding her eggs and for hatching and rearing her young.

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Rim 76% connected

The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.

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Ringlet 76% connected

A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.

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Tire 76% connected

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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Tyre 76% connected

Curdled milk.

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Derivationally related 16

Band 74% connected

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Band 74% connected

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Knell 74% connected

The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound in…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Knell 74% connected

The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound in…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Peal 74% connected

A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Peal 74% connected

A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

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Reverberant 74% connected

Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating.

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Reverberant 74% connected

Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating.

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Reverberative 74% connected

Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective.

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Reverberative 74% connected

Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective.

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Telephone 74% connected

An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.

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Telephone 74% connected

An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.

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Entails 1

Dial 72% connected

An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; bu…

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Causes 2

Go 72% connected

Gone.

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Sound 72% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Containing whole 2

Barrel 70% connected

A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads.

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Cask 70% connected

Same as Casque.

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Component part 2

Canvas 70% connected

A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.

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Canvass 70% connected

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

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Synonym 21

Annulus 92% connected

A ring; a ringlike part or space.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Band 92% connected

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Border 92% connected

The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Call 92% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Doughnut 92% connected

A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Echo 92% connected

A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Environ 92% connected

To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gang 92% connected

To go; to walk.

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Halo 92% connected

A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hoop 92% connected

A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Knell 92% connected

The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound in…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mob 92% connected

A mobcap.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pack 92% connected

A pact.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Peal 92% connected

A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Resound 92% connected

To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reverberate 92% connected

Reverberant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ringing 92% connected

of Ring

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Skirt 92% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Surround 92% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Telephone 92% connected

An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tintinnabulation 92% connected

A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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