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Shut

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Similar meaning 10

Blinking 84% connected

of Blink

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Blinking 84% connected

of Blink

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Compressed 84% connected

of Compress

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Compressed 84% connected

of Compress

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Squinting 84% connected

of Squint

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Squinting 84% connected

of Squint

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Tight 84% connected

of Tie

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Tight 84% connected

of Tie

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Winking 84% connected

of Wink

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Winking 84% connected

of Wink

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Verb group 2

Close 84% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Close 84% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 12

Bang 76% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bung 76% connected

The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Curse 76% connected

To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excommunicate 76% connected

Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ostracize 76% connected

To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seal 76% connected

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shutter 76% connected

One who shuts or closes.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slam 76% connected

To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

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Slat 76% connected

A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.

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Snap 76% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unchurch 76% connected

To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate.

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Broader term 5

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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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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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Prevent 76% connected

To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Closing 74% connected

of Close

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Closing 74% connected

of Close

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shutter 74% connected

One who shuts or closes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Shutter 74% connected

One who shuts or closes.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Causes 1

Close 72% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See also 2

Synonym 3

Close 92% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Closed 92% connected

of Close

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exclude 92% connected

To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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