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Swag

To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

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Manner of action 3

Bag 76% connected

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

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Slouch 76% connected

A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat br…

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Slump 76% connected

The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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Broader term 9

Bundle 76% connected

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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Rock 76% connected

See Roc.

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Shake 76% connected

obs. p. p. of Shake.

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Sheaf 76% connected

A sheave.

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Sink 76% connected

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and…

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Sway 76% connected

To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.

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Valuable 76% connected

Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Droop 74% connected

To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

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Droop 74% connected

To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

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Stumble 74% connected

To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

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Stumble 74% connected

To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

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Totterer 74% connected

One who totters.

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Totterer 74% connected

One who totters.

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Component part 1

Cut 70% connected

of Cut

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Synonym 13

Booty 92% connected

That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Careen 92% connected

To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Droop 92% connected

To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flag 92% connected

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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Keel 92% connected

To cool; to skim or stir.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Loot 92% connected

The act of plundering.

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Lurch 92% connected

To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

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Pillage 92% connected

The act of pillaging; robbery.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plunder 92% connected

To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prize 92% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reel 92% connected

A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sag 92% connected

To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stagger 92% connected

To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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