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Splash

To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

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Broader term 36

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Begrime 76% connected

To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.

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Bemire 76% connected

To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.

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Colly 76% connected

The black grime or soot of coal.

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Commotion 76% connected

Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Dapple 76% connected

One of the spots on a dappled animal.

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Dirty 76% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

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Disperse 76% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

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Disruption 76% connected

The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks…

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Disturbance 76% connected

An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercis…

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Dot 76% connected

A marriage portion; dowry.

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Dust 76% connected

Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portion…

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Fleck 76% connected

A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.

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Flutter 76% connected

To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Grime 76% connected

Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

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kerfuffle 76% connected

A commotion or fuss

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Maculation 76% connected

The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.

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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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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

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Overlay 76% connected

To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

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Pad 76% connected

A footpath; a road.

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Painting 76% connected

of Paint

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Patch 76% connected

A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a…

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Plod 76% connected

To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.

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Scatter 76% connected

To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

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Soil 76% connected

To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence…

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Speckle 76% connected

A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself.

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Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Sprinkle 76% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

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To-do 76% connected

Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.

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Tramp 76% connected

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

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Trudge 76% connected

To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.

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Wetting 76% connected

of Wet

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Manner of action 6

Drizzle 76% connected

To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain.

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Moisten 76% connected

To make damp; to wet in a small degree.

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Puddle 76% connected

A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool.

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salt 76% connected

Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; aft…

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Slosh 76% connected

Alt. of Sloshy

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Slush 76% connected

Soft mud.

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Derivationally related 12

Plash 74% connected

A small pool of standing water; a puddle.

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Plash 74% connected

A small pool of standing water; a puddle.

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Spatter 74% connected

To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Spatter 74% connected

To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Splashy 74% connected

Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.

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Splashy 74% connected

Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.

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Splatter 74% connected

To spatter; to splash.

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Splatter 74% connected

To spatter; to splash.

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Sprinkle 74% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

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Sprinkle 74% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

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Synonym 14

Dab 92% connected

A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.

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Plash 92% connected

A small pool of standing water; a puddle.

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.

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Slosh 92% connected

Alt. of Sloshy

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Slush 92% connected

Soft mud.

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Spatter 92% connected

To sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spattering 92% connected

of Spatter

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Splashing 92% connected

of Splash

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Splatter 92% connected

To spatter; to splash.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sprinkle 92% connected

To scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Squelch 92% connected

To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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squish 92% connected

To crush or flatten something, often producing a squelching sound

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stir 92% connected

To change the place of in any manner; to move.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swash 92% connected

An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

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