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Broader term 22

Actuation 76% connected

A bringing into action; movement.

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Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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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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Criticism 76% connected

The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a l…

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Gesture 76% connected

Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.

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Jut 76% connected

To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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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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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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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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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Propulsion 76% connected

The act driving forward or away; the act or process of propelling; as, steam propulsion.

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Protrude 76% connected

To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

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Push 76% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Manner of action 25

Boost 76% connected

To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.

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Dart 76% connected

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

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Dig 76% connected

To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, o…

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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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Empale 76% connected

To make pale.

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Gore 76% connected

Dirt; mud.

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Horn 76% connected

A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants, as cattle, goats, and the like. The…

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Impale 76% connected

To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.

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Jab 76% connected

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

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Lance 76% connected

A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag;…

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Peg 76% connected

A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.

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Poke 76% connected

A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…

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Pop 76% connected

A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.

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Pound 76% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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Prod 76% connected

A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.

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Punch 76% connected

A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the k…

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Ram 76% connected

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

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Shoulder 76% connected

The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bo…

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Spike 76% connected

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.

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Stab 76% connected

To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to sta…

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Stick 76% connected

A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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Sting 76% connected

Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal stin…

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Transfix 76% connected

To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.

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Tusk 76% connected

Same as Torsk.

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Narrower term 7

firewall 76% connected

A system that allows or blocks network connections.

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Impetus 76% connected

A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.

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Impulse 76% connected

The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediatel…

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Impulsion 76% connected

The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the…

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Lunge 76% connected

A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.

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Passado 76% connected

A pass or thrust.

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Remise 76% connected

To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return.

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Derivationally related 12

Jab 74% connected

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

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Jab 74% connected

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

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Shove 74% 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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Shove 74% 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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Squeeze 74% connected

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 orang…

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Squeeze 74% connected

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 orang…

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Stab 74% connected

To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to sta…

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Stab 74% connected

To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to sta…

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Thruster 74% connected

One who thrusts or stabs.

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Thruster 74% connected

One who thrusts or stabs.

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Synonym 16

Drive 92% 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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Force 92% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Hurl 92% connected

To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance.

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Hurtle 92% connected

To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.

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Jab 92% connected

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

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Lunge 92% connected

A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.

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Pierce 92% connected

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

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Poke 92% connected

A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Poking 92% connected

of Poke

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Push 92% connected

A pustule; a pimple.

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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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Squeeze 92% connected

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 orang…

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Stab 92% connected

To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to sta…

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Stuff 92% connected

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

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Throw 92% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Thrusting 92% connected

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