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Stint

Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.

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Chore 76% connected

A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Continuance 76% connected

A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Duration 76% connected

The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Job 76% connected

A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Sandpiper 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Save 76% connected

The herb sage, or salvia.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Task 76% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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Scant 92% connected

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scrimp 92% connected

To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Skimp 92% connected

To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stretch 92% connected

To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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