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Sack

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Verb group 12

Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Earn 84% connected

See Ern, n.

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Earn 84% connected

See Ern, n.

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Gain 84% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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Gain 84% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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Make 84% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Make 84% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Net 84% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

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Net 84% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

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Realize 84% connected

To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to rea…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Realize 84% connected

To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to rea…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 20

Bag 76% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bed 76% connected

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction fro…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Benefit 76% connected

An act of kindness; a favor conferred.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Case 76% connected

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cavity 76% connected

Hollowness.

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Encase 76% connected

To inclose as in a case. See Incase.

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Frock 76% connected

A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by…

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Gain 76% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Incase 76% connected

To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid.

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Jacket 76% connected

A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pillage 76% connected

The act of pillaging; robbery.

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Pillaging 76% connected

of Pillage

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Plundering 76% connected

of Plunder

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Profit 76% connected

Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Narrower term 4

Conge 76% connected

The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

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Congee 76% connected

See Conge, Conge.

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Removal 76% connected

The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

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Superannuation 76% connected

The state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business; the state of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude.

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Manner of action 4

Dismiss 76% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Furlough 76% connected

Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retire 76% connected

To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.

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Derivationally related 10

Despoiler 74% connected

One who despoils.

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Despoiler 74% connected

One who despoils.

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Plunder 74% connected

To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Plunder 74% connected

To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Plunderage 74% connected

The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.

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Plunderage 74% connected

The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.

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Prize 74% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

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Prize 74% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

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Entails 2

Destroy 72% connected

To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ruin 72% connected

The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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See also 2

Clear 66% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Clear 66% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Synonym 24

Can 92% connected

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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Chemise 92% connected

A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.

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Clear 92% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discharge 92% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dismiss 92% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dismissal 92% connected

Dismission; discharge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dismission 92% connected

The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Displace 92% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fire 92% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Firing 92% connected

The act of disharging firearms.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hammock 92% connected

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Liberation 92% connected

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Net 92% connected

To make into a net; to make n the style of network; as, to net silk.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plunder 92% connected

To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pocket 92% connected

A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Poke 92% connected

A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pouch 92% connected

A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sac 92% connected

See Sacs.

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Sackful 92% connected

As much as a sack will hold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sacking 92% connected

of Sack

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Sacque 92% connected

Same as 2d Sack, 3.

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Shift 92% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Terminate 92% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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