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scrape(noun, verb, clear, remove, touch)
7
set-to(noun, action, work, fight, dispute)
7
shave(verb, cut, touch, physical, look)
7
tickle(verb, meet, touch, hit, smooth)
7
tussle(noun, action, work, fight, dispute)
6
besom(noun, tool, cleanness, broom)
6
feel(verb, communication, meet, feeling, touch)
6
hairbrush(noun, tool, broom)
6
light touch(noun, verb, expression, idiom, glance)
6
mop(noun, verb, clear, remove, arrange)
6
pat(noun, verb, communication, meet, feeling)
6
scour(noun, verb, finish, arrange, clean)
6
shine(noun, verb, smooth, clean, stroke)
6
underwood(noun, scrub, bush, thicket, bushes)
6
wash(verb, clear, draw, arrange, clean)
5
affair(conflict, contention)
5
affray(noun, action, fight, dispute, challenge)
5
bracken(noun, scrub, thicket, bushes)
5
brushing(noun, clean, scrub, scour)
5
buff(verb, clear, finish, clean, prepare)
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