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Tramp

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

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Verb group 8

Drift 84% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Drift 84% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

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Err 84% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

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Err 84% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

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Stray 84% connected

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

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Stray 84% connected

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

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Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Wander 84% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

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Broader term 21

Cover 76% 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 76% 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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Debauchee 76% connected

One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.

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Floater 76% connected

One who floats or swims.

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Footfall 76% connected

A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep.

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Footstep 76% connected

The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Libertine 76% connected

A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.

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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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Pedestrian 76% connected

Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.

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Rounder 76% connected

One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.

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Steamer 76% connected

A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

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Steamship 76% connected

A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.

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Step 76% connected

To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in successio…

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Track 76% connected

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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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Traverse 76% connected

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

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Vagabond 76% connected

Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.

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Vagrant 76% connected

Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.

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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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Walker 76% connected

One who walks; a pedestrian.

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Narrower term 3

Dosser 76% connected

A pannier, or basket.

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Packer 76% connected

A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.

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Trudge 76% connected

To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.

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Manner of action 8

Gad 76% connected

The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.

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Gallivant 76% connected

To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.

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Maunder 76% connected

To beg.

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Slop 76% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

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Slosh 76% connected

Alt. of Sloshy

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Splash 76% connected

To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.

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Squelch 76% connected

To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

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squish 76% connected

To crush or flatten something, often producing a squelching sound

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Derivationally related 8

Range 74% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Range 74% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Roamer 74% connected

One who roams; a wanderer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Roamer 74% connected

One who roams; a wanderer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tramper 74% connected

One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.

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Tramper 74% connected

One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.

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Trudge 74% connected

To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Trudge 74% connected

To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 17

Bum 92% connected

The buttock.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cast 92% connected

of Cast

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Drift 92% connected

A driving; a violent movement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pad 92% connected

A footpath; a road.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plod 92% connected

To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ramble 92% connected

To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ra…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Range 92% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Roam 92% connected

To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Roll 92% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rove 92% connected

of Reeve

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Stray 92% connected

To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swan 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Swinger 92% connected

One who swings or whirls.

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Tramper 92% connected

One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trudge 92% connected

To walk or march with labor; to jog along; to move wearily.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vagabond 92% connected

Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wander 92% connected

To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view; to range about; to stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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