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Uncommon
noun
•
A
short
written
or spoken
expression
.
•
In Grammar:
A
word
or group of
words
that
functions
as a
single
unit
in the
syntax
of a
sentence
,
usually
consisting of
a
head
, or
central
word
, and
elaborating
words
.
•
In Music:
A
small
section
of
music
in a
larger
piece
.
•
A
mode
or form of
speech
;
diction
;
expression
.
•
In Dance:
A
short
individual
motion
forming
part of a
choreographed
dance
.
verb
•
To
express
(an
action
,
thought
or
idea
)
by means of
particular
words
.
•
In Music:
To
perform
a
passage
with the
correct
phrasing
.
•
In Music:
To
divide
into
melodic
phrases
.
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Rhymes
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aze
faze
cays
lays
nays
bays
tase
mays
maze
rase
heys
ways
fays
rays
raze
lase
days
haze
laze
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mase
hays
gays
kays
sais
daze
Hays
sways
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baize
spays
gleys
amaze
drays
prays
trays
frays
braze
wheys
shays
craze
crays
flays
chays
raise
grays
brays
glaze
stays
Hayes
blays
reyse
smaze
graze
phase
erase
greys
peise
dreys
blaze
preys
treys
assays
praise
phrase
acraze
ablaze
strays
liaise
braise
upgaze
delays
chaise
scrays
braize
malaise
upraise
sleighs
affrays
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displays
rephrase
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portrays
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Lineage
phrase
English
phrasis
Latin
φράσις
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
φράζω
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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