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Underrun

To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.

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Cart 76% connected

A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot.

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Drag 76% connected

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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Extend 76% connected

To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Hale 76% connected

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

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Haul 76% connected

To pull or draw with force; to drag.

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Lead 76% 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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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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Run 76% connected

of Run

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