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31follow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. go or come after; succeed; tread on the heels of; come or be next; pursue (See pursuit); at tend, associate with, go with, accompany; adhere to, support; obey, heed; understand; copy, imitate, emulate …
32nearness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Proximity without touching Nouns 1. nearness, closeness, proximity, propinquity, apposition, approximation, vicinity, neighborhood, adjacency; approach, convergence; likeness, similarity. See futurity. 2 …
33pursue — v 1. follow, trail, hunt, hunt down, Inf. tail, go after; chase, run after, Brit. chevy, seek, tag after; stalk, course, track, trace, run down, give chase to; take off after, give chase, raise the hunt, raise the hue and cry; prowl after, look… …
34follow — v 1. succeed, come next or after, take the place of, replace, supplant. 2. go after, go behind, walk behind, tread behind, tread on the heels of, bring up the rear, Sl. string along, Inf. tag along. 3. obey, give allegiance to, adopt, conform to …
35tag — n 1. tab, stub, flap, lap, lappet, loop, ear; ticket, sticker, docket, price tag. 2. tatter, snip, snippet, rag, remnant, shred; sliver, slip, fragment, clipping, particle. 3. end, tail end, tail, butt, dock; fag end, tip, stub, stump, nib,… …
36approach — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. t. accost, confront, encounter (See contact); draw near, approach. n. access, avenue, ingress; bid, offer; fashion, manner, method; nearing, approach. Ant., withdraw, recede. II Motion toward Nouns… …
37sequence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Order of succession Nouns 1. sequence, coming after; going after, following, consecutiveness, succession, extension, continuation, order of succession, successiveness; flow chart; continuity. See rear,… …
38trace — n 1. mark, sign, token, indication, remains, vestige; evidence, clue, intimation, key, Inf. lead. 2. touch, hint, suggestion, suspicion, soupcon, inkling; streak, shade, tinge, taint, tincture; dash, trifle, bit, jot, iota. 3. traces footprints,… …
39Heel — Heel, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[=e]la, perh. for h[=o]hila, fr. AS. h[=o]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[=e]la, Icel. h[ae]ll, Dan. h[ae]l, Sw. h[ a]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of the… …
40Heel chain — Heel Heel, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[=e]la, perh. for h[=o]hila, fr. AS. h[=o]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[=e]la, Icel. h[ae]ll, Dan. h[ae]l, Sw. h[ a]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of… …
