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Splatter

To spatter; to splash.

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Verb group 6

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…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Spill 84% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Spill 84% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 8

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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dot 76% connected

A marriage portion; dowry.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sprinkle 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 3

Puddle 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slosh 76% connected

Alt. of Sloshy

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Slush 76% connected

Soft mud.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

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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Splash 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Splash 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 11

Dab 92% connected

A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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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

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.

Spattering 92% connected

of Spatter

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spill 92% connected

A bit of wood split off; a splinter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Splash 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Splutter 92% connected

To speak hastily and confusedly; to sputter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sputter 92% connected

To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sputtering 92% connected

of Sputter

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swash 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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