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Strike

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile.

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Verb group 26

Actuate 84% connected

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

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Actuate 84% connected

To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.

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Affect 84% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Affect 84% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Fill 84% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Fill 84% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Impress 84% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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Impress 84% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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Incite 84% connected

To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.

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Incite 84% connected

To move to action; to stir up; to rouse; to spur or urge on.

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Move 84% 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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Move 84% 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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Occupy 84% connected

To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

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Occupy 84% connected

To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

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Pip 84% connected

A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…

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Pip 84% connected

A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming…

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Prompt 84% connected

A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

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Prompt 84% connected

A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

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Propel 84% connected

To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

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Propel 84% connected

To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

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Shoot 84% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Shoot 84% connected

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artifi…

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Accomplish 76% connected

To complete, as time or distance.

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Achieve 76% connected

To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise.

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Affect 76% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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Assail 76% connected

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Attain 76% connected

To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

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Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Bump 76% connected

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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Cancel 76% connected

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

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Come 76% connected

of Come

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Delete 76% connected

To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.

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Delivery 76% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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Dismantle 76% connected

To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.

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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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Dissent 76% connected

To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.

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Even 76% connected

Evening. See Eve, n. 1.

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Find 76% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Flush 76% connected

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Hap 76% connected

To clothe; to wrap.

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Happen 76% connected

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

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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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Impact 76% connected

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

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Level 76% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Lick 76% connected

To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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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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Occur 76% connected

To meet; to clash.

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Onrush 76% connected

A rushing onward.

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Onset 76% connected

A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

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Onslaught 76% connected

An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Penetrate 76% connected

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

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Perforate 76% connected

To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surfa…

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Pitch 76% connected

A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Protest 76% connected

To affirm in a public or formal manner; to bear witness; to declare solemnly; to avow.

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Reach 76% connected

To retch.

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Read 76% connected

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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Regain 76% connected

To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.

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Register 76% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

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Resist 76% connected

To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Solve 76% connected

To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a…

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Success 76% connected

Act of succeeding; succession.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Alienate 76% connected

Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.

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Appeal 76% connected

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

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Attract 76% connected

To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.

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Awaken 76% connected

of Awake

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Bang 76% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Batter 76% connected

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

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Beak 76% connected

The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is…

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Bottom 76% connected

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

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Broadside 76% connected

The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

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Buffet 76% connected

A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

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Bump 76% connected

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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Bunt 76% connected

A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.

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Butt 76% connected

Alt. of But

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Chop 76% connected

To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.

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Clash 76% connected

To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

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Cloud 76% connected

A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

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Clout 76% connected

A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

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Collide 76% connected

To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.

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Connect 76% connected

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation betwee…

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Dab 76% connected

A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.

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Disturb 76% connected

To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.

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Down 76% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Engrave 76% connected

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

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Glance 76% connected

A sudden flash of light or splendor.

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Hew 76% connected

To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.

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Impress 76% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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Infect 76% connected

Infected. Cf. Enfect.

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Ingrain 76% connected

Dyed with grain, or kermes.

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Instill 76% connected

To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.

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Jab 76% connected

To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.

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Jar 76% connected

A turn. [Only in phrase.]

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Knap 76% connected

A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop.

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Knock 76% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Lash 76% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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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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Pat 76% connected

To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog.

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Peck 76% connected

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

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Pick 76% connected

To throw; to pitch.

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Pierce 76% connected

To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.

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Ping 76% connected

The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.

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Rap 76% connected

A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

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Retaliate 76% connected

To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). [Now seldom used except in a bad sense.]

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Sadden 76% connected

To make sad.

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Slap 76% connected

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

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Slice 76% connected

A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

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Smash 76% connected

To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

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Smite 76% connected

To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the…

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Spang 76% connected

To spangle.

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Spat 76% connected

imp. of Spit.

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Spur 76% connected

A sparrow.

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Stir 76% connected

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

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Stroke 76% connected

Struck.

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Stub 76% connected

The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a…

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Surprise 76% connected

The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.

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Tap 76% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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Thud 76% connected

A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow…

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Tip 76% connected

The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear.

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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Trouble 76% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Upset 76% connected

To set up; to put upright.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Whip 76% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

zap 76% connected

To strike or hit suddenly, especially with a burst of energy

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Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Narrower term 1

Sleeper 76% connected

One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Derivationally related 10

Cut 74% connected

of Cut

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Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Cut 74% connected

of Cut

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Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Hit 74% connected

It.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Hit 74% connected

It.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Striker 74% connected

One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Striker 74% connected

One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.

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Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Causes 2

Experience 72% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Feel 72% connected

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Entails 2

Smooth 72% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Synonym 23

Affect 92% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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.

Assume 92% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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.

Attain 92% connected

To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.

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.

Bang 92% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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.

Coin 92% connected

A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.

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.

Discover 92% connected

To uncover.

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.

Excise 92% connected

In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown…

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.

Expunge 92% connected

To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences.

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.

Fall 92% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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.

Hit 92% connected

It.

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.

Impress 92% connected

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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.

Mint 92% connected

The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

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.

Move 92% 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 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.

Rap 92% connected

A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

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.

Scratch 92% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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.

Seize 92% connected

To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp.

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.

Shine 92% connected

To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…

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.

Smash 92% connected

To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

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.

Smasher 92% connected

One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.

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.

Strickle 92% connected

An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.

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.

Take 92% connected

Taken.

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.

Tap 92% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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.

Ten-strike 92% connected

A knocking down of all ten pins at one delivery of the ball.

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.

Antonym 2

Miss 94% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Miss 94% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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