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Snack

A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.

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Manner of action 2

Browse 76% connected

The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Graze 76% connected

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

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Eat 76% connected

of Eat

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Meal 76% connected

A part; a fragment; a portion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repast 76% connected

The act of taking food.

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Refreshment 76% connected

The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or an…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bite 92% connected

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Collation 92% connected

The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in genera…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bionomics noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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Ecology noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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El Nino noun · 78% connection

(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…

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Environmental science noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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Oceanography noun · 78% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Oceanology noun · 78% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Aboriginal noun · 78% connection

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scr…

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Aborigine noun · 78% connection

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scr…

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Biodiversity noun · 78% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Bionomic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Bionomical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Biotic community noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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Community noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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Ecologic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological niche noun · 78% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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ecosystem noun · 78% connection

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Fertility noun · 78% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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'Em unknown · 78% connection

An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them.

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Abbreviation noun · 78% connection

The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which…

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Allot verb · 78% connection

To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set…

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Allotment noun · 78% connection

That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of God; anythin…

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Allowance noun · 78% connection

That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any p…

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Anagram noun · 78% connection

a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

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Buff noun · 78% connection

A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase "Blindman's buff."

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: share, part, portion, obsolete, except.
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Cafe noun · 78% connection

a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: share, part, portion, obsolete, except.
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Coffeehouse noun · 78% connection

a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold

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Colloquial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloq…

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Deal noun · 78% connection

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

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Del noun · 78% connection

Share; portion; part.

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