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Scoop

A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats.

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Account 76% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Concavity 76% connected

A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.

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Crush 76% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Incurvation 76% connected

The act of bending, or curving.

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Ladle 76% connected

A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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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.

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Report 76% connected

To refer.

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Shell 76% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Shovel 76% connected

An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loo…

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Story 76% connected

A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Trounce 76% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

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Vanquish 76% connected

To conquer, overcome, or subdue in battle, as an enemy.

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

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Manner of action 3

Dip 76% connected

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

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Outmaneuver 76% connected

Alt. of Outmanoeuvre

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Outmanoeuvre 76% connected

To surpass, or get an advantage of, in maneuvering; to outgeneral.

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Containing whole 1

Dredge 70% connected

Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iro…

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Synonym 7

Best 92% connected

Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cl…

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Exclusive 92% connected

Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive b…

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Outdo 92% connected

To go beyond in performance; to excel; to surpass.

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Outflank 92% connected

To go beyond, or be superior to, on the flank; to pass around or turn the flank or flanks of.

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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.

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Soap 92% connected

A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkali…

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Trump 92% connected

A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.

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