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Wrap

To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

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Manner of action 22

Ball 76% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

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Bathe 76% connected

To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.

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Benight 76% connected

To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.

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Capsulate 76% connected

Alt. of Capsulated

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Capsule 76% connected

a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily,…

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Cere 76% connected

The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.

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Clew 76% connected

Alt. of Clue

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Clue 76% connected

A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

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Cocoon 76% connected

An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval sta…

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Coil 76% connected

To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

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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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Curl 76% connected

To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

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Engulf 76% connected

To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

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Enshroud 76% connected

To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud.

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Hide 76% connected

To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

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Loop 76% connected

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

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Parcel 76% connected

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

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Reel 76% connected

A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.

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Sheathe 76% connected

To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.

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Shroud 76% connected

That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.

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Spool 76% connected

A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.

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Tube 76% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Broader term 7

Cloak 76% connected

A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by wome…

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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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Covering 76% connected

of Cover

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Crash 76% connected

To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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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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Sandwich 76% connected

Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.

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Narrower term 3

Envelope 76% connected

Alt. of Envelop

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Film 76% connected

A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

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Jacket 76% connected

A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

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Derivationally related 4

Wrapper 74% connected

One who, or that which, wraps.

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Wrapper 74% connected

One who, or that which, wraps.

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Component part 1

Tortilla 70% connected

An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.

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Synonym 9

Enclose 92% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

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Enfold 92% connected

To infold. See Infold.

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Envelop 92% connected

To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enwrap 92% connected

To envelop. See Inwrap.

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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…

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Twine 92% connected

A twist; a convolution.

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Wind 92% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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Wrapper 92% connected

One who, or that which, wraps.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wrapping 92% connected

of Wrap

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Antonym 2

Undo 94% connected

To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.

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Undo 94% connected

To reverse, as what has been done; to annul; to bring to naught.

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