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Shed

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.

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Similar meaning 2

Deciduous 84% connected

Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Deciduous 84% connected

Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Verb group 6

Slop 84% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Slop 84% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Spill 84% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Spill 84% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Apiary 76% connected

A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Boathouse 76% connected

A house for sheltering boats.

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Broader term 11

Cast 76% connected

of Cast

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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…

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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Outbuilding 76% connected

of Outbuild

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Pour 76% connected

Poor.

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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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 7

Desquamate 76% connected

To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exfoliate 76% connected

To separate and come off in scales or laminae, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.

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Exuviate 76% connected

To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.

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Molt 76% connected

imp. of Melt.

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Moult 76% connected

To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.

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Seed 76% connected

of Seed

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Slough 76% connected

Slow.

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Synonym 10

Caducous 92% connected

Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cast 92% connected

of Cast

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disgorge 92% connected

To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drop 92% 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…

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.

Exuviate 92% connected

To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.

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.

Molt 92% connected

imp. of Melt.

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.

Moult 92% connected

To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird.

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.

Slough 92% connected

Slow.

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.

Spill 92% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

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.

Throw 92% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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.

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