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Running

of Run

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Similar meaning 18

Continual 84% connected

Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.

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Continual 84% connected

Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.

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Gushing 84% connected

of Gush

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Gushing 84% connected

of Gush

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Jetting 84% connected

of Jet

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Jetting 84% connected

of Jet

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Lengthways 84% connected

Alt. of Lengthwise

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Lengthways 84% connected

Alt. of Lengthwise

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Lengthwise 84% connected

In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.

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Lengthwise 84% connected

In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.

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Pouring 84% connected

of Pour

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Pouring 84% connected

of Pour

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Spouting 84% connected

of Spout

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Spouting 84% connected

of Spout

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Spurting 84% connected

of Spurt

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Spurting 84% connected

of Spurt

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Squirting 84% connected

of Squirt

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Squirting 84% connected

of Squirt

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Broader term 5

Administration 76% connected

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office…

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Disposal 76% connected

The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.

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Locomotion 76% connected

The act of moving from place to place.

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Operation 76% connected

The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Narrower term 8

Dash 76% connected

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Reverse 76% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Rush 76% connected

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Rushing 76% connected

of Rush

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Sprint 76% connected

To run very rapidly; to run at full speed.

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Sweep 76% connected

To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sw…

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Derivationally related 2

Run 74% connected

of Run

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Run 74% connected

of Run

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Synonym 6

Functional 92% connected

Pertaining to, or connected with, a function or duty; official.

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Linear 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.

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Operative 92% connected

Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive.

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Run 92% connected

of Run

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Track 92% connected

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Working 92% connected

of Work

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Antonym 4

Pass 94% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Pass 94% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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