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Wreathe

To cause to revolve or writhe; to twist about; to turn.

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Adorn 76% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Beautify 76% connected

To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Decorate 76% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Embellish 76% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enlace 76% connected

To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Entwine 76% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Grace 76% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interlace 76% connected

To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Intertwine 76% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lace 76% connected

That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in dr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Twine 76% connected

A twist; a convolution.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Synonym 1

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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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