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Spin

To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.

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Circumvolve 76% connected

To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.

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Distort 76% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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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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Fabricate 76% connected

To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

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Gyration 76% connected

The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.

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Interpretation 76% connected

The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream…

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Invent 76% connected

To come or light upon; to meet; to find.

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Manufacture 76% connected

The operation of making wares or any products by hand, by machinery, or by other agency.

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Present 76% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Prolong 76% connected

To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.

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Protract 76% connected

To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to protract a war.

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Rendering 76% connected

of Render

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Rendition 76% connected

The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.

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Represent 76% connected

To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

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Revolution 76% connected

The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wh…

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Revolve 76% connected

To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.

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Ride 76% connected

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

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Rotate 76% connected

Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flatt…

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Rotation 76% connected

The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a dista…

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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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Stunting 76% connected

of Stunt

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Twine 76% connected

A twist; a convolution.

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Twist 76% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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Vamp 76% connected

To advance; to travel.

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Narrower term 4

English 76% connected

Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.

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Logrolling 76% connected

The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor n…

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Pirouette 76% connected

A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Manner of action 1

Whirligig 76% connected

A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top.

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Derivationally related 14

Birl 74% connected

To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.

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Birl 74% connected

To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.

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Gyration 74% connected

The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.

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Gyration 74% connected

The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.

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Rotation 74% connected

The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a dista…

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Rotation 74% connected

The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a dista…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Spinner 74% connected

One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.

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Spinner 74% connected

One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.

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Twirl 74% connected

To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

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Twirl 74% connected

To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

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Whirl 74% connected

To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

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Whirl 74% connected

To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

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Entails 1

Extrude 72% connected

To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away.

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Synonym 7

Birl 92% connected

To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gyrate 92% connected

Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reel 92% connected

A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Twirl 92% connected

To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Twist 92% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Twisting 92% connected

of Twist

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Whirl 92% connected

To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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