Put Together

  

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Put Together

Definition: Put Together

Put Together

Adverb

1. In conjunction with; combined; "Our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage"; "we couldn`t pay for the damages with all out salaries put together".

Verb

1. Make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms: Put Together

Synonyms: collectively (adv), conjointly (adv), jointly (adv), together (adv), assemble (v), piece (v), set up (v). (additional references)
Antonym: disassemble (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Put Together

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Assemblage

Assemble, muster; bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together; collect, collocate, colligate; get, whip in; gather; hold a meeting; convene, convoke, convocate; rake up, dredge; heap, mass, pile; pack, put up, truss, cram; acervate; agglomerate, aggregate; compile; group, aggroup, concentrate, unite; collect into a focus, bring into a focus; amass, accumulate; (store); collect in a dragnet; heap Ossa upon Pelion.

Combination

Verb: combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together, lump together; cement a union, marry.

Junction

Verb: join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together, tack together, fix together, bind up together together; embody, reembody; roll into one.

Production

Verb: produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture; weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel; build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up; establish, compose, organize, institute; achieve, accomplish; (complete).

Whole

Adverb: wholly, altogether; totally; (completely); entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together; in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run; en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch; substantially.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Put Together

English words defined with "put together": Alectryomancychunk, cobble together, cobble up, collectively, compile, compose, conjointly, connect, constructErecting shopfabricateIncondite, Interpenetrating moldingjointlykludgelink, link up, lumpMake-up, manufacturerecombine, Recomposeseam, Straight-jointtie, together. (references)
Specialty definitions using "put together": Linvill model, lumped modelneurofibrillary tanglequick-and-dirtyuseful lifespan. (references)
Etymologies containing "put together": synthesis. (references)

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Modern Usage: Put Together

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Why, I make more money than - than - than Calvin Coolidge, put together! (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

It won't crank up and everything seems to be put together right (Sling Blade; writing credit: Charles Chaplin)

I'm an architect for Christ sake, I build 50 story skyscrapers, I assemble cities of the future, I can certainly put together a goddam diaper (Three Men and a Baby; writing credit: Jim Cruickshank; James Orr)

He thinks its a conspiracy put together by the cereal people (Kalifornia; writing credit: Tim Metcalfe. Starring Brad Pitt as Early Grayce, Juliette Lewis as Adele Corners, David Duchovny as Brian Kessler, and Michelle Forbes as Carrie Laughlin.)

Ever see a monkey put together an engine (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Clever

You are an engineer if you look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids' toys. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Everything Put Together (2000)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Put Together

DomainTitle

Books

  • How to Put Together a Real Estate Syndicate or Joint Venture (reference)

  • Magnificent Helmets from Ancient Times and the Dark Ages to Cut Out and Put Together (reference)

  • San Diego Mission to Cut Out and Put Together (reference)

  • The Perfect Portfolio for Artists and Writers: How to Put Together a Creative 'Book' That Sells (reference)

  • Wow! Resumes for Administrative Careers: How to Put Together A Winning Resume (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Put Together

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

"Allison and Reid Center put together a bird box". Credit: Saundra Miles.

"Volunteer Triston Center and BLM employee Chuck Vostal put together a bird box". Credit: Saundra Miles.

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. A machine tool assembly line where fixed bed milling machines are put together, thoroughly checked and run-off. Location: a large Midwest machine tool plant. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Put Together

AuthorQuotation

Thomas Fuller

Religion without Piety hath done more Mischief in the World, than all other Things put together.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Put Together

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The British still tend to buy package tours put together and advertised in catalogs and brochures by tour operators. (references)

The notebook market is concentrated between the three top players in Compaq, IBM and Toshiba, which put together account for 49 percent of the market. (references)

This company has achieved critical mass by taking cellular retail, and are planning to do the same with Internet - merging the two technologies at point of sale. By the end of 1999, Vodacom aims at having more Internet users than all other providers put together. (references)

Economic History

India

In the elections, Congress (I) won 213 parliamentary seats and put together a coalition, returning to power under the leadership of P.V. Narasimha Rao. (references)

Belgium

General elections were last held on June 13, 1999. Driven in part by resentment over a mishandled dioxin food-contamination crisis in June 1999, Belgian voters rejected Jean Luc-Dehaene's longstanding coalition government of Christian Democrats and Socialists and voted into power a coalition put together by Flemish Liberal Leader Guy Verhofstadt. (references)

Slovak Rep

Alternatively, the investor(s) proposing to do business from an industrial park may also put together the required funds. (references)

Political Rights

Hong Kong

The Government is working with the affected parties to put together an alternative arrangement. (references)

Trade

Czech Rep

In some cases, your willingness to help assemble financing will put you ahead of competitors; in still more cases, your ability to put together a financing package will create a market that otherwise would not exist. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Put Together

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Connie Chung

I am sad. I'm so sad. I've worked with some really terrific people there. In fact, I think in some ways they helped me put together the best stories I've ever done, terrific producers, and excellent editors.

Dennis Miller

Believe me, I can put together quite a legal team where I am going.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Put Together

Expression using "put together": To put together. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Put Together

Language Translations for "put together"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vë bashkë, montoj (assemble, constitute, erect, hook up, Mount), krijoj një dosje, kompozoj (compose, write). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مركب (assembled, built up, combination, combined, complex, component, composite, composition, compound, installed, synthesis), ‏جمع (accumulate, add, addition, aggregate, ally, amass, assemblage, assemble, band, be gathered, cast, collect, collecting, collection, combination, combine, compile, compose, congregate, connecting, corral, embody, fund, gather, gathering, glean, go berrying, grouping, herd, ingathering, joining up, lump, marshal, muster, pickup, piece together, pile, pile up, pool, raise, rake, rally, reap, round up, scratch, scratch together, stack, sum, sum up, summation, summing up, tot, total, totalize, unite, uniting), ‏ألف (accustom, affect, compile, comprise, constitute, form, frequent, millenary, score, thousand, write), ‏ركب (assemble, compact, compose, construct, fabricate, frame, mount, prepare, ride, rig up, set, set up, straddle, superimpose), ‏شكل (accentuate, boil, cast, categorize, comprise, constitute, dot, fashion, form, formalize, format, frame, guise, likeness, make, modality, mode, model, mold, mould, punctuate, semblance, shape, sort, style, trace, vocalize, way). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съчинявам (compose, excogitate, indite, invent, make, make up, mint, pen), съшивам (piece, seam, sew together, sew up), съпоставям (collate, juxtapose), сравнявам (collate, compare, confront, contrast, liken, parallel), скалъпвам (carpenter, cook up, fabricate, indite, piece together, rig up, think up, toss off), сглобявам (assemble, erect, fit out, fit up, interlock, join), приготвям набързо. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(assemble, come together, press near). (various references)

   

Czech

  

složit (close, compose, deposit, fold, indite, lay down, make out, pack, piece together, pile up, put down, set down, tackle, take, take down, throw), slepit (cobble together, gum, gum down, gum up, paste, paste together, tape), sestavit (assemble, compile, draw up, erect, frame, make, make out, make up, piece together, set). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

samenstellen (compile, compose), ineenzetten, býeenvoegen. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

kunmeti. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

seta saman (assemble, compose, create, link, mount, write). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

panna kokoon (assemble, compose, draw up), sommitella (compose, design, draw up), sepittää (coin, compose, invent, make, make up, write). (various references)

   

French

  

assembler, joindre (put right). (various references)

   

German

  

zusammentun (lump together), zusammenstellen (arrange, assemble, assort, collect together, collocate, compilate, compile, compose, concoct, draft, draw up, lump together, make out, pick, set, to assemble, to assort, to compilate, to compose), zusammensetzen (assemblage, assemble, compose, compound, fit up, seat together, to compose, to compound, to frame, unfragment), zusammenlegen (amalgamate, centralize, combine, consolidate, fold, fold up, heap together, hold together, lump together, merge, pile together, pool, whip round), zusammengetan, zusammenfügen (coalesce, fit together, join together, join up, link, merge, packetize, slot together, synthesize, to coalesce), zusammenbauen (assemble, fit up, to assemble), aufbauen (assemble, base, be based, build, build on, build up, construct, establish, fix up, get up, lay out, organize, promote, put up, rebuild, set up, structure, to build (up), to build up, to synthesize), aneinanderfügen (join). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συναρμολογώ (assemble, collate). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"רכיב (assemble, build, combine, compose, compound, fabricate, place on, set up). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

összetesz (compound, to compound), összekapcsol (associate, associated, butt, clip, concatenate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, interconnect, join, join up, joint, link, relate, splice, staple, to abut, to associate, to bracket, to clasp, to conjugate, to couple, to interconnect, to interlock, to link, to relate, to splice, to staple, to unite), összeilleszt (dovetail, fit in, inosculate, join, join up, paste together, to abut, to fit in, to join up, to joint, to mortice, to mortise, to piece together, to seam, to splice). (various references)

   

Italian

  

riunire (assemble, bring together again, collect together, come together again, gather, meet, meet together, rally, reunite), montare (assemble, blow up, climb, come up, cover, edit, exaggerate, fit, get big-headed, get on, go up, Mount, mount on, pitch, ride, rise, set, to assemble, whip, whisk), improvvisare (ad lib, extemporise, extemporize, gag, improvise, rig, rig up). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

連ねる (to join, to link, to put together), 組む (to put together), 併せる (to put together, to unite). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

くむ (to consider, to dip, to draw, to have a drink together, to ladle, to pump, to put together, to scoop, to serve sake, to sympathize with), くみあ'る (to compose, to draw, to put together), つらねる (to join, to link, to put together), あわせる (to add up, to be opposite, to check with, to combine, to compare, to connect, to expose to, to face, to join together, to maketo meet, to match, to mix, to overlap, to put together, to subject to, to unite), よせあつめる (to collect, to gather, to put together, to scrape together), とりそろえる (to assemble of goods, to gather, to put together), とりまぜる (to mix, to put together), とりあわせる (to assemble, to put together). (various references)

   

Manx

  

meeraghey (phrase, piece, piece together). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

utpay ogethertay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

unir (adjoin, ally, attach, band, cement, compact, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, dowel, fasten, fay, fish, fuse, gather, hold together, incorporate, inosculate, join, knit, link, marry, mate, splice, team up, unite, wed, yoke), reunir (adjoin, aggregate, annex, annexe, assemble, band, center, centre, collect, combine, congregate, convene, crowd, gang, gather, get together, get-together, group, join, mass, muster, piece, piece together, rally, rejoin, reunite, unite), juntar (accumulate, add, adjoin, affix, amass, annex, annexe, append, assemble, attach, brace, bulk, cohere, collect, conjoin, connect, couple, enclose, fund, gather, get-together, halve, heap, herd, huddle, inclose, inosculate, join, joining, joint, mass, mix, muster, piece, piece together, put to, rake, reunite, run-on, seam, splice, stash, subjoin, tack, unite, weld), agregar (accrete, aggregate, assemble, mass). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

uni (agree, amalgamate, bind, combine, conjoin, connect, couple, focus, join, knit, knot, link, mate, merge, unite, Wed), combina (arrange, blend, combine, compound, concoct, contrive, devise, group, hammer out, joint, match, mix, piece, temper), îmbina (arrange, blend, combine, conjoin, connect, entwine, fasten, feather, frame, interfuse, interweave, joint, lap, match, merge, mix, piece, tie, unite). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

составить (compose, draw up, make up), компоновать (edit, link). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

složiti (agree, arrange, fold, get along, pile, set, stack), sklopiti (assemble, close, contract, fold, make, negotiate), sastaviti (assemble, compile, compose, compound, indite, join, piece, scribe, seam, sew together), napisati (indite, inscribe, make out, pencil, write, write out, write up). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

poner juntos (join, join up, lump together, throw together), unir (add, adjoin, aggregate, attach, band together, cement, conjoin, connect, couple, frame, incorporate, interlock, join, join on, join together, join up, joint, knit together, link, link together, link up, mate, merge, total, unite), sumar (add, add together, add up, add up to, amount, amount to, count in, number, sum up, tack on, tot, total, unite), reunir (assemble, bring together, build up, collect, combine, draw together, drum up, gather, gather together, get together, join, reunite, round up, scrape together, scrape up, scratch together, scratch up, unite), organizar (arrange, array, be organized, catalog, catalogue, categorize, do organized, drum up, get organized, get up, give, host, light, line up, live up, make organized, organise, organize, stage, tell off), montar (assemble, back, edit, elevate, enter, erect, go in, hack, knit up, knock down, lash, Mount, perform, piece together, put on, put up, ride, set, set in, set up, ship, sit), juntar (aggregate, collect, couple, draw together, gather together, get together, join, join up, joint, knit together, pair, piece together, scare up, tie, unite), formar (array, conceive, constitute, draw up, dress, educate, fashion, form, form up, frame, lay, make up, Marshal, model, Mold, mould, parade, shape, throw, throw in, train, train up, turn out), ensamblar (assemble, butt, dock, join, join up, joint, mortise), crear (create, develop, devise, draw, endow, establish, found, invent, launch, make, mint, originate, run up, scoop, set up, think up), confeccionar (concoct, make, make up, manufacture, prepare), comparar (balance, collate, compare, contrast, draw an analogy, equate, parallel, size up), armar (arm, Armor, armour, assemble, bend, carry on, fit out, kick up, load, piece together, reinforce, rig up, set, ship), añadir (add, add in, add on, adjoin, affix, annex, append, cement, complement, compliment, extol, extoll, incorporate, increase, join on, lend, postfix, put on, sauce, subjoin, tack on, throw in). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sammanställa (compile, make up, set), samla ihop (collect, huddle, round up), lägga ihop (add up, fold up, pack, tot, total). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

toparlamak (clean up, collect, compose, do out, find one's legs, make up, pick up, piece together, rake together, rally, re-collect, round off, sum up, tidy out, tidy up), monte etmek (assemble, install, Mount, set up), kurmak (activate, base, build, build up, cog, conspire, constitute, construct, erect, establish, fix up, float, form, found, frame, ground, install, institute, lay, line up, organize, pitch, plant, promote, put, ruminate, set, set up, start, strike up, time, weave, wind up), birleştirmek (aggregate, ally, amalgamate, assemble, associate, colligate, combine, compound, confederate, congregate, conjoin, connect, consolidate, consubstantiate, couple, dovetail, federate, fuze, incorporate, inosculate, integrate, interconnect, interlink, join, joint, knit together, knit up, link up, match, mediatize, patch up, piece, piece together, pool, put to, reunite, stick together, tack, tag, unify, unite, wed to). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

guranmak (be put together). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

скріпляти (anchor, annex, authenticate, brace, clamp, clip, fasten, hold together, tie), компілювати (compile, quilt, throw together). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Put Together

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

commiserat, commiserit, commiserunt, commisi, commisit, commissum, commissura, commissuram, commissuras, committant, committe, committebant, committenda, committentes, committere, committit, committitis, committunt, concinnabat, concinnanda, concinnandas, concinnat, concinnatis, concinnavit, condasque, condat, condatur, condentur, condere, conderet, condiderunt, condidit, condita, conditae, condite, condito, conditor, conditorum, conditum, conditus, condunt, confero, conseres, conseretur, conservi. (various references)

Sanskrit300 BCE-Modern

samskrta. (various references)

Old French900-1400

composer. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Put Together

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 1, Verse 1
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEpeidhper polloi epeceirhsan anataxasqai dihghsin peri twn peplhroforhmenwn en hmin pragmatwn
Latin405VulgateQuoniam quidem multi conati sunt ordinare narrationem quae in nobis conpletae sunt rerum
Old English990West SaxonForþam ðe witodlice manega þohton þara þinga race geendebyrdan þe on us gefyllede synt.
Middle English1395WyclifForsothe for manye men enforceden to ordeyne the tellyng of thingis, whiche ben fillid in vs,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleFor as moche as many have take in hand to compyle a treates of thoo thinges which are surely knowen amonge vs
Jacobean English1611King JamesForasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
Victorian English1833WebsterForasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
Basic English1964OgdenAs a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Put Together

LanguageLuke Chapter 1, Verse 1
Cebuano¶ Sanglit daghan man ang nangako sa pagtagik ug kaasoyan mahitungod sa mga butang nga nahitabo sa taliwala namo,
CroatianKad veæ mnogi poduzeše sastaviti izvješæe o dogaðajima koji se ispuniše meðu nama -
DanishEfterdi mange have taget sig for at forfatte en Beretning om de Ting, som ere fuldbyrdede iblandt os,
DutchNademaal velen ter hand genomen hebben, om in orde te stellen een verhaal van de dingen, die onder ons volkomen zekerheid hebben;
FinnishKoska monet ovat ryhtyneet tekemään kertomusta meidän keskuudessamme tosiksi tunnetuista tapahtumista,
FrenchPlusieurs ayant entrepris de composer un récit des événements qui se sont accomplis parmi nous,
GermanSintemal sich's viele unterwunden haben, Bericht zu geben von den Geschichten, so unter uns ergangen sind,
Haitian Creole¶ Teofil chèf mwen, anpil moun te seye ekri istwa tout evènman ki te pase nan mitan nou yo.
HungarianMivelhogy sokan kezdették rendszerint megírni azoknak a dolgoknak az elbeszélését, a melyek minálunk beteljesedtek,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariTeofilus yang budiman, Banyak orang sudah berusaha menulis dengan teratur mengenai peristiwa-peristiwa yang telah terjadi di tengah-tengah kita.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSedangkan banyak orang sudah mencoba mengarang hikayat dari hal segala perkara yang menjadi yakin di antara kita,
ItalianPoiché molti han posto mano a stendere un racconto degli avvenimenti successi tra di noi,
Korean우 리 중 에 이 루 어 진 사 실 에 대 하 여
LatvianJau daudzi mçìinâjuði uzrakstît nostâstus par notikumiem, kas risinâjuðies mûsu vidû.
Manx GaelicSon wheesh as dy vel ymmodee er ghoaill ayns laue dy chur coontey cairagh jeh ny reddyn ta dy firrinagh er nyn gredjal nyn mast'ain.
Maori¶ Na, i te mea he tokomaha kua anga ki te whakakaupapa i te korero o nga mea kua whakatutukitia nei i waenganui i a tatou,
NorwegianEftersom mange har tatt sig fore å sette op en fortelling om de ting som er fullbyrdet iblandt oss,
RumanianFiindcq mulyi s`au apucat sq alcqtuiascq o istorisire amqnunyitq despre lucrurile cari s`au petrecut printre noi,
RussianлБЛ ХЦЕ НОПЗЙЕ ОБЮБМЙ УПУФБЧМСФШ ПЧЕУФЧПЧБОЙС П УПЧЕТЫЕООП ЙЪЧЕУФОЩИ НЕЦ"Х ОБНЙ УП'ЩФЙСИ,
Shuar¶ Nekas Iiní Túramia nuna "ímiatrusan aartajai" Untsurí aents tiarmiayi.
SpanishPuesto que muchos han intentado poner en orden un relato acerca de las cosas que han sido ciertísimas entre nosotros,
SwahiliMheshimiwa Theofilo: Watu wengi wamejitahidi kuandika juu ya mambo yale yaliyotendeka kati yetu.
SwedishÄnglabudskapen till Sakarias och Maria. Maria och Elisabet. Johannes' födelse och hans faders lovsång.
Uma¶ Teofilus to rabila': Wori' -mi tauna mperao mpo'uki' dala ngkatuwu' -na Yesus, hewa to jadi' ba hangkuja mpae to liu hi laintongo' -ta.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Put Together

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-o-p-r-t-t-t-u"

-3 letters: together.

-4 letters: euphroe, proette, protege, prutoth, thereto, tougher, treetop, turpeth.

-5 letters: getter, ghetto, gopher, gutter, hereto, hetero, hotter, petter, pother, potter, pouter, prutot, pugree, puttee, putter, repute, rotgut, roupet, tether, tetter, thorpe, threep, tother, totter, toupee, touter, trough, troupe, uphroe, uptore.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Spoken
10. Expressions
11. Translations: Modern
12. Translations: Ancient
13. Bible Trace
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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