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1 | 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 36% | 11 | Guns with a large bore and smooth bore | |
3 | 35% | 11 | Some of these instruments have a conical bore while others have a cylindrical bore. | |
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We think the answer is "DRAG" which means:
- noun
- • The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
- • Something that slows or delays progress
- • Something tedious and boring
- • Clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
- • A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- • The act of dragging (pulling with force) verb
- • Pull, as against a resistance
- • Draw slowly or heavily
- • Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
- • Move slowly and as if with great effort
- • To lag or linger behind
- • Suck in or take (air)
- • Use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
- • Walk without lifting the feet
- • Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- • Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- • Proceed for an extended period of time
An example sentence would be:
- • "He was exhausted after the long drag up the hill."
- • "After the party, cleaning up the drag of confetti took hours."
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New York Times20 Jan 1996 | Down 1 | |
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