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Squeeze

To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship.

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Manner of action 30

Astringe 76% connected

To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.

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Bleed 76% connected

To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.

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Bludgeon 76% connected

A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

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Choke 76% connected

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

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Clench 76% connected

See Clinch.

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Clinch 76% connected

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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Compact 76% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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Compress 76% connected

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…

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Convulse 76% connected

To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony…

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Cuddle 76% connected

To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.

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Dragoon 76% connected

Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

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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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Fret 76% connected

See 1st Frith.

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Gag 76% connected

To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of spe…

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Goose 76% connected

Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

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Impact 76% connected

To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

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Interlock 76% connected

To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.

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Lock 76% connected

A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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Overbear 76% connected

To bear down or carry down, as by excess of weight, power, force, etc.; to overcome; to suppress.

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Prim 76% connected

The privet.

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Railroad 76% connected

Alt. of Railway

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Scrag 76% connected

Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.

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Stamp 76% connected

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.

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Strangle 76% connected

To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

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Telescope 76% connected

An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies.

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Terrorize 76% connected

To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

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Tread 76% connected

To set the foot; to step.

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Tweak 76% connected

To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.

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Wring 76% connected

To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.

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Attempt 76% connected

To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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Clasp 76% connected

To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

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Compel 76% connected

To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

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Compressing 76% connected

of Compress

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Compression 76% connected

The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.

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Constriction 76% connected

The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

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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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Effort 76% connected

An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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Embrace 76% connected

To fasten on, as armor.

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Embracement 76% connected

A clasp in the arms; embrace.

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Embracing 76% connected

of Embrace

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Endeavor 76% connected

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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Fleece 76% connected

The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Grip 76% connected

The griffin.

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Hook 76% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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Loss 76% connected

The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

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Lover 76% connected

One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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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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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Obligate 76% connected

To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

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Oblige 76% connected

To attach, as by a bond.

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Overcharge 76% connected

To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.

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Pluck 76% connected

To pull; to draw.

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Plume 76% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Push 76% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Red 76% connected

. imp. & p. p. of Read.

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Rob 76% connected

The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mi…

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Soak 76% connected

To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the p…

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Surcharge 76% connected

To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

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Tighten 76% connected

To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

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Try 76% connected

To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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Narrower term 5

Expression 76% connected

The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expr…

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Expulsion 76% connected

The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.

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Extrusion 76% connected

The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

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Pinch 76% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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Tweak 76% connected

To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose.

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Derivationally related 14

Constriction 74% connected

The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

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Constriction 74% connected

The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

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Constrictor 74% connected

That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.

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Constrictor 74% connected

That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.

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Mash 74% connected

A mesh.

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Mash 74% connected

A mesh.

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Pinch 74% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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Pinch 74% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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Thrust 74% connected

Thrist.

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Thrust 74% connected

Thrist.

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Twinge 74% connected

To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.

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Twinge 74% connected

To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.

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Causes 2

Act 72% 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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Move 72% 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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Synonym 30

Bosom 92% connected

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

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Clinch 92% connected

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

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Coerce 92% connected

To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

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Compact 92% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

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Compress 92% connected

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…

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Constrict 92% connected

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

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Contract 92% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Crush 92% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Embrace 92% connected

To fasten on, as armor.

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Extort 92% connected

To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away…

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Force 92% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Gouge 92% connected

A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, wi…

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Hale 92% connected

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

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Hug 92% connected

To cower; to crouch; to curl up.

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Mash 92% connected

A mesh.

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Nip 92% connected

A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.

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Pinch 92% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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Press 92% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Pressure 92% connected

The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.

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Rack 92% connected

Same as Arrack.

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Shove 92% connected

To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of…

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Squash 92% connected

An American animal allied to the weasel.

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Squeezing 92% connected

of Squeeze

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Squelch 92% connected

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

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Stuff 92% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Thrust 92% connected

Thrist.

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Twinge 92% connected

To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.

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Twitch 92% connected

To pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand;…

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Wedge 92% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising…

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Wring 92% connected

To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.

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