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Skid

A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.

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Board 76% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Brake 76% connected

imp. of Break.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Coast 76% connected

The side of a thing.

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Constraint 76% connected

The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Elevate 76% connected

Elevated; raised aloft.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Glide 76% connected

The glede or kite.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lift 76% connected

The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plank 76% connected

A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restraint 76% connected

The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slew 76% connected

of Slay

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slide 76% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slue 76% connected

A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

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Manner of action 1

Submarine 76% connected

Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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Derivationally related 2

Slip 74% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Slip 74% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Containing whole 2

Chute 70% connected

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a whee…

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Slide 70% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Shoe 92% connected

A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not exten…

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.

Slew 92% connected

of Slay

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slide 92% connected

To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slip 92% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slue 92% connected

A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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