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Supper

A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.

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Affair 76% connected

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; --…

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Function 76% connected

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Meal 76% connected

A part; a fragment; a portion.

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Occasion 76% connected

A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.

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Repast 76% connected

The act of taking food.

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Sup 74% connected

To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip.

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Sup 74% connected

To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip.

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Adopted adjective · 78% connection

Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son, citizen, country, word.

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Breakfast noun · 78% connection

The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.

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Catch noun · 78% connection

That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.

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Close noun · 78% connection

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Close-fights n. pl. · 78% connection

Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -…

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Connivent adjective · 78% connection

Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, win…

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Contention noun · 78% connection

A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position…

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Course noun · 78% connection

part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal"

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Dinner noun · 78% connection

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they retu…

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Eve noun · 78% connection

The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve…

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Evensong noun · 78% connection

A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the ti…

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Eventide noun · 78% connection

The time of evening; evening.

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