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| appertain |
to belong or be related as an attribute, accompaniment, consideration, or the like; pertain (usu. fol. by "to"). |
| badge |
a pin or small piece of cloth that people wear to show that they belong to a group, have a particular job, or have done something special. |
| brood |
(informal) the children that belong to one family. [1/4 definitions] |
| fellow traveler |
one who does not belong to a group, esp. the Communist party, but supports or espouses its doctrines and aims; sympathizer (used as a derogatory label). |
| fit1 |
to be suitable; belong. [1/11 definitions] |
| fleet1 |
a group of ships, planes, trucks, or cars that work together or belong to one company. [1/2 definitions] |
| galaxy |
a collection of billions of stars and other matter held together by gravity. Our planet Earth and the sun belong to the Milky Way galaxy. They are only tiny parts of this galaxy. |
| go1 |
belong with something else or belong in a certain place or position. [1/7 definitions] |
| goods |
things that belong to someone; possessions; belongings. [1/2 definitions] |
| grade |
a division made by age to group school children for instruction, or the children who belong to such a division. [1/7 definitions] |
| Grenadines |
a large group of islands in the eastern Caribbean, some of which belong to Grenada and others to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. |
| group |
to form into or belong to a group. [1/5 definitions] |
| hers |
the one or ones that belong to her; a possessive form of "she." |
| his |
the one or ones that belong to him; a possessive form of "he." [1/2 definitions] |
| indefinite article |
in English grammar, either of the articles "a" and "an," which do not restrict the nouns or noun equivalents that they modify, but serve to indicate the class to which such modified words belong. (Cf. definite article.) |
| infantry |
soldiers on foot, or the branch of the military to which they belong. |
| inhere |
of a quality, element, or part, to belong innately; be intrinsic, inborn, or natural. |
| irregular |
a soldier who does not belong to the established military force of a nation or region. [1/10 definitions] |
| mine1 |
the one or ones that belong to me; a possessive form of "I." |
| misplace |
to put (something) where it doesn't belong; lose. [1/2 definitions] |
| Mohawk |
a member of a Native American people who once lived along this river, and now lives in northern New York and Canada. The Mohawk belong to the Iroquois confederation of Six Nations. [1/2 definitions] |
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