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Verb group 2

Cleave 84% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cleave 84% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Similar meaning 4

Cut 84% connected

of Cut

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Cut 84% connected

of Cut

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Divided 84% connected

of Divide

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Divided 84% connected

of Divide

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Manner of action 26

Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Canton 76% connected

A song or canto

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Diffract 76% connected

To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a/ rays of light.

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Disassociate 76% connected

To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate.

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Disjoint 76% connected

Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint.

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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.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dissipate 76% connected

To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

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Dissociate 76% connected

To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disunite 76% connected

To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Divorce 76% connected

A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Laminate 76% connected

Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

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Lot 76% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

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Maul 76% connected

A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.

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Paragraph 76% connected

Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Parcel 76% connected

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pop 76% connected

A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.

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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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Secede 76% connected

To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sectionalize 76% connected

To divide according to gepgraphical sections or local interests.

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Sliver 76% connected

To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

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Splinter 76% connected

To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.

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Stave 76% connected

One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure;…

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Subdivide 76% connected

To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Triangulate 76% connected

To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured.

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Unitize 76% connected

To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify.

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Bottle 76% connected

A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cease 76% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cleft 76% connected

of Cleave

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Crack 76% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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Crevice 76% connected

A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.

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Discontinue 76% connected

To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Fissure 76% connected

A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Formation 76% connected

The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

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Gap 76% connected

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or…

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Increase 76% connected

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Percentage 76% connected

A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Quit 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

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Scissure 76% connected

A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Share 76% connected

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Tear 76% connected

A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moiste…

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Break 74% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Break 74% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dissever 74% connected

To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dissever 74% connected

To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.

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Explosion 74% connected

The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowd…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Explosion 74% connected

The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowd…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rive 74% connected

To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rive 74% connected

To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Separation 74% connected

The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Separation 74% connected

The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

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Synonym 16

Break 92% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Burst 92% connected

of Burst

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cleave 92% connected

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disconnected 92% connected

of Disconnect

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dissever 92% connected

To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disunited 92% connected

of Disunite

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Divide 92% connected

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fragmented 92% connected

Broken into fragments.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Part 92% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rent 92% connected

of Rend

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rip 92% connected

A wicker fish basket.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rive 92% connected

To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Schism 92% connected

Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same reli…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Separate 92% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snag 92% connected

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tear 92% connected

A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moiste…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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