Movement

Synonyms for sprint

The synonym for sprint recorded in this bank is dash, in the sense "to run at full speed over a short distance". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for sprint

dashverb, in the sense "to run at full speed over a short distance"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and sprint carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsMovement

to run at full speed over a short distance

Runners sprint through the final hundred meters of the race.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

dash

Same sentence, swapped: Runners dash through the final hundred meters of the race.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for sprint in the sentence quoted.

jog
stretch
cheer

Where sprint turns up in the game

sprint is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where sprint is the trap

ambleverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is saunter, in the sense "to walk at a slow, relaxed pace", so sprint is there to be ruled out.
dawdleverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is dally, in the sense "to move or act slowly, wasting time", so sprint is there to be ruled out.

Play sprint

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sprint reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other movement words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

stationaryadjectivestillnot moving; remaining in one placeFoothillsHas a reason line stayverbstickbe in a certain place and not leaveFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line stridenounstepa long, decisive step taken while walking or runningFoothillsHas a reason line jumpverbspringmove forward by leaps and boundsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line levitateverbhoverbe suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravityHigh CampHas a reason line litheadjectivesupplemoving in a smooth, flexible, and graceful wayRidgelineHas a reason line usherverbguideto escort someone to their place at an eventFoothillsHas a reason line usuallyadverbnormallyunder normal conditionsFoothillsHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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