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Spill

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

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Verb group 20

Babble 84% connected

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

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Babble 84% connected

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

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Blab 84% connected

To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion.

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Blab 84% connected

To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion.

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Disgorge 84% connected

To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Disgorge 84% connected

To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in…

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Peach 84% connected

To accuse of crime; to inform against.

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Peach 84% connected

To accuse of crime; to inform against.

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Shed 84% connected

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wo…

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Shed 84% connected

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wo…

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Sing 84% connected

To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of…

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Sing 84% connected

To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of…

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Slop 84% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

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Slop 84% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

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Talk 84% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Talk 84% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Tattle 84% connected

To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.

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Tattle 84% connected

To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.

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Broader term 16

Conduit 76% connected

A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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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…

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Feed 76% connected

of Fee

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Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Liquid 76% connected

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

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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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Pour 76% connected

Poor.

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Reduce 76% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Slip 76% connected

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

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Stream 76% connected

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…

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Tell 76% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

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Trim 76% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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Trip 76% connected

To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

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Manner of action 3

Overflow 76% connected

To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

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Overrun 76% connected

of Overrun

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Seed 76% connected

of Seed

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Derivationally related 6

Fall 74% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Fall 74% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Slop 74% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

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Slop 74% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

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Turn 74% 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…

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Turn 74% 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…

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Synonym 10

Disgorge 92% connected

To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fall 92% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shed 92% connected

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slop 92% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spillway 92% connected

A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam.

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Splatter 92% connected

To spatter; to splash.

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Talk 92% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tumble 92% connected

To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

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Wasteweir 92% connected

An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.

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