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Toast

To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread.

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Bread 76% connected

To spread.

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Breadstuff 76% connected

Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.

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Celebrity 76% connected

Celebration; solemnization.

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Desperate 76% connected

Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.

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Drink 76% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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Heat 76% connected

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

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Honor 76% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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Honour 76% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

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Reward 76% connected

To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.

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Manner of action 1

Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Narrower term 1

Rusk 76% connected

A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit.

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Crisp 74% connected

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

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Crisp 74% connected

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

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Salute 74% connected

To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

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Salute 74% connected

To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

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Entails 3

Booze 72% connected

To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.

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Drink 72% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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Fuddle 72% connected

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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Synonym 5

Crisp 92% connected

Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drink 92% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pledge 92% connected

The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Salute 92% connected

To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wassail 92% connected

An ancient expression of good wishes on a festive occasion, especially in drinking to some one.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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