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Shack

To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.

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Dwell 76% connected

To delay; to linger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inhabit 76% connected

To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Live 76% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Populate 76% connected

Populous.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shelter 76% connected

That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Igloo 76% connected

An Eskimo snow house.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Rusticate 76% connected

To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Domiciliate 74% connected

To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Domiciliate 74% connected

To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Poke 74% 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 15% interchangeable

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Poke 74% 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 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 8

Domicile 92% connected

An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Domiciliate 92% connected

To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Hovel 92% connected

An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hut 92% connected

A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hutch 92% connected

To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reside 92% connected

To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shanty 92% connected

Jaunty; showy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trail 92% connected

To hunt by the track; to track.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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