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The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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Broader term 24

Acquire 76% connected

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Allocation 76% connected

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

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Allotment 76% connected

The act of allotting; assignment.

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Apply 76% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Apportioning 76% connected

of Apportion

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Apportionment 76% connected

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just…

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Assets 76% connected

Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or…

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Assignation 76% connected

The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

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Attempt 76% connected

To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Distribute 76% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

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Effort 76% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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Employ 76% connected

To inclose; to infold.

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Endeavor 76% connected

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

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Intercommunicate 76% connected

To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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Overlap 76% connected

To lap over; to lap.

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Parceling 76% connected

of Parcel

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Parcelling 76% connected

of Parcel

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Try 76% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Utilize 76% connected

To make useful; to turn to profitable account or use; to make use of; as, to utilize the whole power of a machine; to utilize one's opportunities.

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Wedge 76% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising…

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Allocation 76% connected

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

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Allotment 76% connected

The act of allotting; assignment.

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Allowance 76% connected

Approval; approbation.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Dispensation 76% connected

The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts a…

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Dole 76% connected

grief; sorrow; lamentation.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Interest 76% connected

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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Ration 76% connected

A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.

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Slice 76% connected

A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

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Split 76% connected

of Split

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Stake 76% connected

A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support…

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Manner of action 3

Osculate 76% connected

To kiss.

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Partake 76% connected

To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with othe…

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Pool 76% connected

A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for wat…

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Derivationally related 4

Deal 74% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Deal 74% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sharing 74% connected

of Share

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Sharing 74% connected

of Share

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Entails 3

Divide 72% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

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Part 72% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Separate 72% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Containing whole 5

Earnings 70% connected

of Earning

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Lucre 70% connected

Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.

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Net 70% connected

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

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Profit 70% connected

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

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Stock 70% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Synonym 10

Apportion 92% connected

To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to app…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Contribution 92% connected

The act of contributing.

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Deal 92% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Parcel 92% connected

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Part 92% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Partake 92% connected

To take a part, portion, lot, or share, in common with others; to have a share or part; to participate; to share; as, to partake of a feast with othe…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Percentage 92% connected

A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ploughshare 92% connected

The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow.

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Plowshare 92% connected

Alt. of Ploughshare

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Portion 92% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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