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Soar

To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.

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Arise 76% 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;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ascending 76% connected

of Ascend

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ascension 76% connected

The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ascent 76% connected

The act of rising; motion upward; rise; a mounting upward; as, he made a tedious ascent; the ascent of vapors from the earth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Climb 76% connected

To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fly 76% connected

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

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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Pilot 76% connected

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rise 76% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Uprise 76% connected

To rise; to get up; to appear from below the horizon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wing 76% connected

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Billow 76% connected

A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wallow 76% connected

To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Entails 3

Fly 72% connected

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Glide 72% connected

The glede or kite.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pilot 72% connected

One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Surge 92% connected

A spring; a fountain.

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.

zoom 92% connected

To move or travel very quickly

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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