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Track

A mark left by something that has passed along; as, the track, or wake, of a ship; the track of a meteor; the track of a sled or a wheel.

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Artefact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Artifact 76% connected

a man-made object taken as a whole

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Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Belt 76% connected

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

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Channel 76% connected

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Evidence 76% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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Excerpt 76% connected

To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.

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Excerption 76% connected

The act of excerpting or selecting.

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Extract 76% connected

To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket,…

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Groove 76% connected

A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a dep…

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Introduce 76% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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Itinerary 76% connected

Itinerant; traveling; passing from place to place; done on a journey.

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Line 76% connected

Flax; linen.

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Make 76% connected

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

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Observe 76% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

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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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Path 76% connected

A trodden way; a footway.

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Pursue 76% connected

To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.

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Road 76% connected

A journey, or stage of a journey.

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Route 76% connected

The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.

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Selection 76% connected

The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

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Belt 76% connected

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

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Circuit 76% connected

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

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Portage 76% connected

A sailor's wages when in port.

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Railroad 76% connected

Alt. of Railway

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Railway 76% connected

A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and s…

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Round 76% connected

To whisper.

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Swath 76% connected

A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.

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Trail 76% connected

To hunt by the track; to track.

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Tramway 76% connected

Same as Tramroad.

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Manner of action 14

Bridge 76% connected

A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passagewa…

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Crisscross 76% connected

A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.

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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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Ford 76% connected

A place in a river, or other water, where it may be passed by man or beast on foot, by wading.

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Hop 76% connected

To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.

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Hound 76% connected

A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but a…

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Hunt 76% connected

To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for s…

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Quest 76% connected

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Trace 76% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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Tramp 76% connected

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

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Tree 76% connected

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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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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Derivationally related 12

Course 74% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Course 74% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Rail 74% connected

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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Rail 74% connected

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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Run 74% connected

of Run

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Run 74% connected

of Run

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Train 74% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Train 74% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Containing whole 3

Railroad 70% connected

Alt. of Railway

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Railway 70% connected

A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and s…

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Tramway 70% connected

Same as Tramroad.

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Component part 1

Stretch 70% connected

To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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Synonym 15

Chase 92% connected

To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

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Course 92% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Cover 92% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Cross 92% connected

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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Cut 92% connected

of Cut

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Dog 92% connected

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris).

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Lead 92% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Path 92% connected

A trodden way; a footway.

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Rail 92% connected

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

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Running 92% connected

of Run

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Runway 92% connected

The channel of a stream.

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Tag 92% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

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Tail 92% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Trail 92% connected

To hunt by the track; to track.

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Traverse 92% connected

Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches.

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