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The herb sage, or salvia.

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Verb group 2

Keep 84% connected

To care; to desire.

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Keep 84% connected

To care; to desire.

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Broader term 27

Accumulate 76% connected

To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together; to amass; as, to accumulate a sum of money.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Amass 76% connected

To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.

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Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Book 76% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Collect 76% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

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Compile 76% connected

To put together; to construct; to build.

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Deliver 76% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

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Expend 76% connected

To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend mon…

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Forbear 76% connected

An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.

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Forbid 76% connected

of Forbid

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Foreclose 76% connected

To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

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Forestall 76% connected

To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.

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Hoard 76% connected

See Hoarding, 2.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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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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Preclude 76% connected

To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.

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Prevent 76% connected

To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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Prevention 76% connected

The act of going, or state of being, before.

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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Refrain 76% connected

To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

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Rescue 76% connected

To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure…

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Reserve 76% connected

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

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Spend 76% connected

To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.

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Tape 76% connected

A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape.

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Manner of action 15

Cache 76% connected

A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.

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Conserve 76% connected

To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

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Deliver 76% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Economize 76% connected

To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.

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Enter 76% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Favor 76% connected

Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

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Favour 76% connected

an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"

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Hoard 76% connected

See Hoarding, 2.

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Husband 76% connected

The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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Redeem 76% connected

To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.

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Rescue 76% connected

To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scrimp 76% connected

To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.

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Skimp 76% connected

To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

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Stint 76% connected

Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc.…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Economizer 74% connected

One who, or that which, economizes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Economizer 74% connected

One who, or that which, economizes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Preserve 74% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Preserve 74% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Saver 74% connected

One who saves.

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Saver 74% connected

One who saves.

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Sparer 74% connected

One who spares.

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Sparer 74% connected

One who spares.

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Entails 2

Buy 72% connected

To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a…

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Purchase 72% connected

To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

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See also 2

Lay 66% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Lay 66% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Synonym 10

Deliver 92% connected

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Economize 92% connected

To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Keep 92% connected

To care; to desire.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Preserve 92% connected

To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Redeem 92% connected

To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Relieve 92% connected

To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Salvage 92% connected

The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Salve 92% connected

Hail!

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Spare 92% connected

To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Write 92% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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