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Sit

obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.

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Verb group 4

Ride 84% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Ride 84% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Seat 84% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Seat 84% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Broader term 17

Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Convene 76% connected

To come together; to meet; to unite.

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Display 76% connected

To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

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Exhibit 76% connected

To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to disp…

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Expose 76% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Guard 76% connected

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; t…

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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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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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Rest 76% connected

To arrest.

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Serve 76% connected

To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Manner of action 17

Canter 76% connected

A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

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Crouch 76% connected

To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.

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Extend 76% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Gallop 76% connected

To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.

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Hunker 76% connected

Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fog…

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Lounge 76% connected

To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

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Outride 76% connected

To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than.

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Override 76% connected

To ride over or across; to ride upon; to trample down.

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Perch 76% connected

Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flav…

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Prance 76% connected

To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle.

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Ramp 76% connected

To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.

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Reseat 76% connected

To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc.

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Rest 76% connected

To arrest.

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Roost 76% connected

Roast.

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Scrunch 76% connected

To scranch; to crunch.

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Sprawl 76% connected

To spread and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with the limbs stretched out ungracefully.

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Squat 76% connected

The angel fish (Squatina angelus).

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Derivationally related 4

Attitude 74% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Attitude 74% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Synonym 5

Model 92% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Pose 92% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Posture 92% connected

The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; espe…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ride 92% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Seat 92% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 6

Arise 94% connected

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise;…

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Arise 94% connected

To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise;…

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Stand 94% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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Stand 94% connected

To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position

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