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Scramble

To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

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Broader term 19

Agitate 76% connected

To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Battle 76% connected

Fertile. See Battel, a.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Climb 76% connected

To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

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Commove 76% connected

To urge; to persuade; to incite.

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Disarray 76% connected

To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

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Disorder 76% connected

Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

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Disturb 76% connected

To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Haste 76% connected

Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

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Hurry 76% connected

To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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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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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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Struggle 76% connected

To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Vex 76% connected

To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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Manner of action 4

Cream 76% connected

The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from w…

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Tumble 76% connected

To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

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Whip 76% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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Whisk 76% connected

A game at cards; whist.

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Derivationally related 8

Hodgepodge 74% connected

A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot.

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Hodgepodge 74% connected

A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot.

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Jumble 74% connected

To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

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Jumble 74% connected

To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

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Muddle 74% connected

To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

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Muddle 74% connected

To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

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Scrambler 74% connected

One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.

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Scrambler 74% connected

One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.

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Synonym 10

Beat 92% connected

of Beat

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Clamber 92% connected

To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jumble 92% connected

To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scamper 92% connected

To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scuffle 92% connected

To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scurry 92% connected

To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shin 92% connected

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Skin 92% connected

The external membranous integument of an animal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sputter 92% connected

To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Struggle 92% connected

To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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