Motion in General
Nouns
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motion, movement, move
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going etc. v.
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unrest. stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir
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evolution
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kinematics
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telekinesis. step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular velocity
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clip, progress, locomotion
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journey etc. [Locomotion by land.] Journey
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voyage etc. [Locomotion by water, or air.] Navigation
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transit etc. Transference. restlessness etc. (changeableness) Changeableness
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mobility
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movableness, motive power
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laws of motion
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mobilization.
Verbs
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be in motion etc. adj.
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move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit
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hover about, hover round, hover about
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shift, slide, glide
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roll, roll on
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flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along
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wander etc. (deviate) Deviation
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walk etc. [Locomotion by land.] Journey
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change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters
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dodge
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keep going, keep moving
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put in motion, set in motion
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move
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impel etc. Impulse
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propel etc. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion
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render movable, mobilize.
Adverbs
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under way
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on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march.
Nouns
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rest
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stillness etc. adj.
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quiescence
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stagnation, stagnancy
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fixity, immobility, catalepsy
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indisturbance
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quietism. quiet, tranquility, calm
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repose etc. Repose
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peace
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dead calm, anticyclone
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statue-like repose
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silence etc. Narrowness. Thinness
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not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring
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sleep etc. (inactivity) Inactivity. pause, lull etc. (cessation) [Change from action to rest.] Cessation
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stand still
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standing still etc. v.
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lock
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dead lock, dead stop, dead stand
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full stop
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fix
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embargo. resting place
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bivouac
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home etc. (abode) [Place of habitation, or resort.] Abode
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pillow etc. (support) Support
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haven etc. (refuge) [Means of safety.] Refuge
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goal etc. (arrival) [Terminal motion at.] Arrival.
Verbs
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be quiescent etc. adj.
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stand still, lie still
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keep quiet, repose, hold the breath. remain, stay
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stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time
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bring to, heave to, lay to
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pull up, draw up
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hold, halt
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stop, stop short
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rest, pause, anchor
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cast to an anchor, come to an anchor
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rest on one's oars
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repose on one's laurels, take breath
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stop etc. (discontinue) [Change from action to rest.] Cessation. stagnate
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let alone
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abide, rest and be thankful
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keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed. dwell etc. (be present) Presence
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settle etc. (be located) Location
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alight etc. (arrive) [Terminal motion at.] Arrival
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stick, stick fast
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stand like a post
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not stir a peg, not stir a step
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be at a stand etc. n.. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.
Adjectives
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quiescent, still
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motionless, moveless
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fixed
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stationary
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immotile
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at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor
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stock, still
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standing still etc. v.
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sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home
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becalmed, stagnant, quiet
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unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled
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calm, restful
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cataleptic
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immovable etc. (stable) Stability
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sleeping etc. (inactive) Inactivity
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silent etc. Silence
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still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death
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vegetative, vegetating.
Adverbs
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at a stand etc. adj.
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tout court
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at the halt.
Int
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stop!, stay!, avast!, halt!, hold hard!, whoa!, hold!, sabr karo! .
Nouns
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travel
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traveling etc. v.. wayfaring, campaigning. journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation
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noctambulation, noctambulism
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somnambulism
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outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt. equitation, horsemanship, riding, ride and tie
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basophobia. roving, vagrancy, pererration
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marching and countermarching
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nomadism
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vagabondism, vagabondage
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hoboism [U.S.]
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gadding
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flit, flitting, migration
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emigration, immigration, demigration, intermigration
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wanderlust. plan, itinerary, guide
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handbook, guidebook, road book
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Baedeker, Bradshaw, Murray
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map, road map, transportation guide, subway map. procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column. [Organs and instruments of locomotion] vehicle etc. Vehicle
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automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive
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legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters. traveler etc. Traveler. depot [U.S.], railway station, station.
Verbs
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travel, journey, course
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take a journey, go a journey
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take a walk, go out for walk etc. n.
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have a run
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take the air. flit, take wing
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migrate, emigrate
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trek
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rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse
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scour the country, traverse the country
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peragrate
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circumambulate, perambulate
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nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle
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gad, gad about
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expatiate. walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare
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promenade
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trudge, tramp
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stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle
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paddle
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tread a path. take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole
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gallop etc. (move quickly) Velocity. [start riding] embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway. peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on
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stir one's stumps
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bend one's steps, bend one's course
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make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way
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slide, glide, coast, skim, skate
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march in procession, file on, defile. go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.
Adjectives
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traveling etc. v.
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ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic
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circumforanean, circumforaneous
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noctivagrant, mundivagrant
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locomotive. wayfaring, wayworn
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travel-stained.
Nouns
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navigation
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aquatics
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boating, yachting
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ship etc. Ship
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oar, paddle, screw, sail, canvas, aileron. natation, swimming
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fin, flipper, fish's tail. aerostation, aerostatics, aeronautics
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balloonery
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balloon etc. Ship
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ballooning, aviation, airmanship
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flying, flight, volitation
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wing, pinion
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rocketry, space travel, astronautics, orbital mechanics, orbiting. voyage, sail, cruise, passage, circumnavigation, periplus
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headway, sternway, leeway
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fairway. mariner etc. Mariner. flight, trip
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shuttle, run, airlift.
Verbs
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sail
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put to sea etc. (depart) [Initial motion from.] Departure
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take ship, get under way
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set sail, spread sail, spread canvas
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gather way, have way on
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make sail, carry sail
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plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean
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walk the waters. navigate, warp, luff, scud, boom, kedge
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drift, course, cruise, coast
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hug the shore, hug the land
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circumnavigate. ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam. swim, float
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buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, dive, wade. fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket
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take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight
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wing one's flight, wing one's way
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aviate
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parachute, jump, glide.
Adjectives
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sailing etc. v.
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volant, aerostatic
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seafaring, nautical, maritime, naval
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seagoing, coasting
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afloat
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navigable
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aerial, aeronautic
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grallatory.
Adverbs
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under way, under sail, under canvas, under steam
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on the wing, in flight, in orbit.
Phrases
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bon voyage
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spread the thin oar and catch the driving spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale" [Pope].
Nouns
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traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter. tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club
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peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler
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bird of passage
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gadabout, gadling
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vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling
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loafer
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tramp, tramper
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vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer
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peripatetic
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somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee
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beach comber, booly
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globegirdler, globetrotter
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vagrant, hobo [U.S.], night walker, sleep walker
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noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman [Austral.]
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trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro. runner, courier
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Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet. pedestrian, walker, foot passenger
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cyclist
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wheelman. rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker. driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman
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cabman, cabdriver
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voiturier, vetturino, condottiere
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engine driver
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stoker, fireman, guard
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chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman.
Nouns
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sailor, mariner, navigator
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seaman, seafarer, seafaring man
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dock walloper [Slang]
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tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A. B.
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man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy
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skipper
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shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman
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bargee, gondolier
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oar, oarsman
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rower
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boatswain, cockswain
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coxswain
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steersman, pilot
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crew. aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus
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aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew
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astronaut, cosmonaut
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parachutist, paratrooper.
Nouns
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transfer, transference
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translocation, elocation
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displacement
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metastasis, metathesis
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removal
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remotion, amotion
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relegation
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deportation, asportation
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extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage
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convection, conduction, contagion
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transfer etc. (of property) Transfer. transit, transition
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passage, ferry, gestation
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portage, porterage, carting, cartage
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shoveling etc. v.
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vection, vecture, vectitation
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shipment, freight, wafture
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transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation
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shifting, dodging
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dispersion etc. Nonassemblage. Dispersion
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transposition etc. (interchange) [Double or mutual change.] Interchange
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traction etc. [Motion given to an object situated behind.] Traction. [Thing transferred] drift.
Verbs
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transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate
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convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry
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carry over, ferry over
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hand pass, forward
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shift
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conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach
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tote [U.S.]
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port, import, export. send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver
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ship, embark
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waft
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shunt
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transpose etc. (interchange) [Double or mutual change.] Interchange
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displace etc. Displacement
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throw etc. [Motion given to an object situated in front.] Propulsion
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drag etc. [Motion given to an object situated behind.] Traction
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mail, post. shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.
Adjectives
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transferred etc. v.
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drifted, movable
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portable, portative
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mailable [U.S.]
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contagious.
Adverbs
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from hand to hand, from pillar to post. on the way, by the way
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on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course
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as one goes
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en route, in mid progress, in mid course.
Nouns
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carrier, porter, bearer, tranter, conveyer
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cargador
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express, expressman
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stevedore, coolie
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conductor, locomotive, motor. beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer
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racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse
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ketch
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Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie
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garran, garron
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jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding
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bronco, broncho, cayuse [U.S.]
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creature, critter [U.S.]
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cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler
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stud. Pegasus, Bucephalus, Rocinante. ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny
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sumpter horse, sumpter mule
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burro, cuddy, ladino [U.S.]
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reindeer
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camel, dromedary, llama, elephant
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carrier pigeon. [object used for carrying] pallet, brace, cart, dolley
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support etc. Support
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fork lift. carriage etc. (vehicle) Vehicle
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ship etc. Ship.
Nouns
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vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van
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common carrier
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wagon, waggon, wain, dray, cart, lorry. truck, tram
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cariole, carriole
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limber, tumbrel, pontoon
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barrow
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wheel barrow, hand barrow
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perambulator
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Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair
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chaise
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palankeen, palanquin
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litter, brancard, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance
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black Maria
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conestoga wagon, conestoga wain
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jinrikisha, ricksha, brett, dearborn [U.S.], dump cart, hack, hackery, jigger, kittereen, mailstate, manomotor, rig, rockaway, prairie schooner [U.S.], shay, sloven, team, tonga, wheel
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hobbyhorse, go-cart
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cycle
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bicycle, bike, two-wheeler
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tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle. equipage, turn-out
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coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle, tilbury, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence, calash, britzka, araba, kibitka
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berlin
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sulky, sociable, vis-a-vis
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jaunting car, outside car
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dandi
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doolie, dooly
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munchil, palki
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roller skates, skate
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runabout
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ski
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tonjon
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vettura. post chaise, diligence, stage
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stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach
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stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet, cab, hansom, shofle, four-wheeler, growler, droshki, drosky. dogcart, trap, whitechapel, buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem
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shandredhan, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan
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wheels [Coll.], sports car, roadster, jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer
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golf cart, electric wagon
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taxicab, cab, taxicoach, checker cab, yellow cab
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station wagon, family car
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motorcycle, motor bike, side car
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van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus
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truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor-trailer, road train, articulated vehicle
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racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car. bob, bobsled, bobsleigh
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cutter
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double ripper, double runner [U.S.]
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jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan. train
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accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train
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Existencest class train, Inexistencend class train, Substantialityrd class train, Existencest class carriage, Inexistencend class carriage, Substantialityrd class carriage, Existencest class compartment, Inexistencend class compartment, Substantialityrd class compartment
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rolling stock
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horse box, cattle truck
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baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car
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surface car, tram car, trolley car
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box car, box wagon
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horse car [U.S.]
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bullet train, cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express
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luggage van
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mail, mail car, mail van. shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe
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spade, spaddle, loy
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spud
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pitchfork
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post hole digger. [powered construction vehicles] tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller
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pile driver
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crane, wrecking crane.
Nouns
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ship, vessel, sail
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craft, bottom. navy, marine, fleet, flotilla
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shipping. man of war etc. (combatant) Combatant
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transport, tender, storeship
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merchant ship, merchantman
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packet, liner
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whaler, slaver, collier, coaster, lighter
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fishing boat, pilot boat
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trawler, hulk
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yacht
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baggala
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floating hotel, floating palace
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ocean greyhound. ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig
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brigantine, barkantine
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schooner
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topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner
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sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss
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sailer, sailing vessel
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windjammer
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steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash
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punch, thwack, whack
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hit hard, strike hard
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swap, batter, dowse, baste
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pelt, patter, buffet, belabor
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fetch one a blow
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poke at, pip, ship of the line
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destroyer, cruiser, frigate
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landing ship, LST
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aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop [Coll.], nuclear powered carrier
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submarine, submersible, atomic submarine. boat, pinnace, launch
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life boat, long boat, jolly boat, bum boat, fly boat, cock boat, ferry boat, canal boat
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swamp boat, ark, bully, battery, bateau [Can.], broadhorn, dory, droger, drogher
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dugout, durham boat, flatboat, galiot
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shallop, gig, funny, skiff, dingy, scow, cockleshell, wherry, coble, punt, cog, kedge, lerret
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eight oar, four oar, pair oar
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randan
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outrigger
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float, raft, pontoon
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prame
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iceboat, ice canoe, ice yacht. catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft, coracle, gondola, carvel, caravel
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felucca, caique, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe
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galley, galleyfoist
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bilander, dogger, hooker, howker
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argosy, carack
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galliass, galleon
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polacca, polacre, tartane, junk, lorcha, praam, proa, prahu, saick, sampan, xebec, dhow
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dahabeah
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nuggah
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kayak, keel boat [U.S.], log canoe, pirogue
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quadrireme, trireme
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stern-wheeler [U.S.]
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wanigan, wangan [U.S.], wharf boat. balloon
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airship, aeroplane
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biplane, monoplane, triplane
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hydroplane
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aerodrome
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air balloon, pilot balloon, fire balloon, dirigible, zeppelin
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aerostat, Montgolfier
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kite, parachute. jet plane, rocket plane, jet liner, turbojet, prop-jet, propeller plane
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corporate plane, corporate jet, private plane, private aviation
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airline, common carrier
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fighter, bomber, fighter-bomber, escort plane, spy plane
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supersonic aircraft, subsonic aircraft.
Adverbs
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afloat, aboard
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on board, on ship board
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hard a lee, hard a port, hard a starboard, hard a weather.