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matter of fact
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a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact
related words >
absolute fact
,
accepted fact
,
actual fact
,
admitted fact
,
adventure
,
axiom
,
bald fact
,
bare fact
,
brutal fact
,
circumstance
,
cold fact
,
conceded fact
,
datum
,
demonstrable fact
,
empirical fact
,
episode
,
established fact
,
event
,
experience
,
fact
,
fact of experience
,
given fact
,
hap
,
happening
,
happenstance
,
hard fact
,
incident
,
indisputable fact
,
inescapable fact
,
matter-of-factness
,
naked fact
,
not guesswork
,
not opinion
,
occasion
,
occurrence
,
particular
,
phenomenon
,
plain
,
plainness
,
positive fact
,
postulate
,
prosaicism
,
prosaicness
,
prosaism
,
prose
,
prosiness
,
provable fact
,
reality
,
salient fact
,
self-evident fact
,
significant fact
,
simple fact
,
sober fact
,
stubborn fact
,
the case
,
the nitty-gritty
,
turn of events
,
undeniable fact
,
unimaginativeness
,
well-known fact
hold off
collapse
resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"
related words >
abstain
,
adjourn
,
be dilatory
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
blench
,
block
,
boggle
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
continue
,
counter
,
cut
,
defer
,
delay
,
demur
,
dismiss
,
dispense with
,
do without
,
drag out
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
extend
,
falter
,
fend
,
fend off
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
forbear
,
forgo
,
gain time
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hang off
,
hang up
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
keep at bay
,
keep back
,
keep in hand
,
keep off
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
let alone
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
not touch
,
not use
,
obstruct
,
pack off
,
parry
,
pause
,
pigeonhole
,
play for time
,
postpone
,
procrastinate
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
pull back
,
push aside
,
push back
,
put
,
put aside
,
put back
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
quail
,
rebuff
,
rebut
,
recess
,
recoil
,
refrain
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
reserve
,
save
,
scruple
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sleep on
,
snub
,
spare
,
spurn
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop
,
strain
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
waive
,
ward off
,
waver
,
wince
side with
collapse
related words >
accord
,
act with
,
advocate
,
agree
,
agree in opinion
,
agree with
,
align with
,
back
,
back up
,
backstop
,
champion
,
chime in with
,
close with
,
coincide
,
concur
,
conform to
,
ditto
,
echo
,
fall in with
,
flock to
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
get together with
,
go along with
,
go in with
,
go with
,
join
,
join hands with
,
join up with
,
join with
,
line up with
,
meet
,
rally round
,
range with
,
run interference for
,
second
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand by
,
stand in with
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
strike in with
,
string along with
,
swing in with
,
take part with
,
take sides with
,
team up with
,
throw in with
,
unite with
,
uphold
deduct
collapse
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
allow
,
bate
,
charge off
,
collect
,
compress
,
conclude
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduce
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derive
,
derogate
,
detract
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disparage
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
gather
,
impair
,
judge
,
kick back
,
knock off
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make
,
make allowance
,
make out
,
pare
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
take
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
corroborate
collapse
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
document
,
fortify
,
justify
,
probate
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
hold out on
collapse
related words >
bosom
,
classify
,
conceal
,
file and forget
,
hold back
,
in petto
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep between us
,
keep buttoned up
,
keep close
,
keep dark
,
keep from
,
keep in ignorance
,
keep mum
,
keep secret
,
keep snug
,
keep under wraps
,
make no sign
,
never let on
,
not give away
,
not tell
,
play dumb
,
secrete
,
veil
,
withhold
monad
collapse
(biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)
a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive
(chemistry) an atom having a valence of one
related words >
I
,
ace
,
air
,
an existence
,
atom
,
atomic particles
,
being
,
body
,
brute matter
,
building block
,
chemical element
,
component
,
constituent
,
creature
,
critter
,
earth
,
electron
,
element
,
elementary particle
,
elementary unit
,
entelechy
,
entity
,
fire
,
fundamental particle
,
hyle
,
hypostasis
,
individual
,
ion
,
life
,
material
,
material world
,
materiality
,
matter
,
meson
,
molecule
,
natural world
,
nature
,
no other
,
none else
,
nothing else
,
nought beside
,
nuclear particle
,
object
,
one
,
one and only
,
organism
,
person
,
persona
,
personality
,
physical world
,
plenum
,
proton
,
quark
,
something
,
soul
,
stuff
,
substance
,
substratum
,
the four elements
,
thing
,
unit
,
unit of being
,
water
regain
collapse
related words >
achieve
,
attain
,
compass
,
gain
,
get back
,
ransom
,
reach
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
redeem
,
renew
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
restore
,
resume
,
retake
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
save
,
take back
posterior
collapse
at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates
related words >
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
appendant
,
arse
,
ass
,
attendant
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backside
,
backward
,
behind
,
bottom
,
breech
,
bum
,
butt
,
buttocks
,
cadet
,
consecutive
,
consequent
,
croup
,
crupper
,
derriere
,
ensuing
,
flack
,
following
,
haunches
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
junior
,
later
,
latter
,
lineal
,
nates
,
next
,
occiput
,
postern
,
postpositional
,
postpositive
,
proximate
,
puisne
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retral
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
rump
,
seat
,
sequacious
,
sequent
,
sequential
,
stern
,
subsequent
,
succeeding
,
successive
,
suffixed
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
tuchis
,
younger
back to back
collapse
related words >
as one
,
as one man
,
at opposite extremes
,
behind
,
behind the scenes
,
coactively
,
coefficiently
,
collectively
,
combinedly
,
communally
,
concertedly
,
concordantly
,
concurrently
,
conjointly
,
contrariwise
,
contrary
,
cooperatingly
,
cooperatively
,
counter
,
eyeball to eyeball
,
face to face
,
hand in glove
,
hand in hand
,
harmoniously
,
in back of
,
in chorus
,
in concert with
,
in the background
,
in the rear
,
in unison
,
jointly
,
just opposite
,
nose to nose
,
opposite
,
poles apart
,
shoulder to shoulder
,
tandem
,
together
,
unanimously
,
vis-a-vis
,
with one voice
parchment
collapse
skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
a superior paper resembling sheepskin
related words >
article
,
autograph
,
biscuit
,
blank
,
bone
,
brainchild
,
bubble
,
china
,
chirograph
,
codex
,
composition
,
computer printout
,
copy
,
cracker
,
docket
,
document
,
dossier
,
draft
,
dust
,
edited version
,
eggshell
,
engrossment
,
essay
,
fair copy
,
fiction
,
file
,
final draft
,
finished version
,
first draft
,
flimsy
,
form
,
glass
,
glass house
,
holograph
,
house of cards
,
ice
,
instrument
,
legal document
,
legal instrument
,
legal paper
,
letter
,
literae scriptae
,
literary artefact
,
literary production
,
literature
,
lucubration
,
manuscript
,
matchwood
,
matter
,
mummy
,
nonfiction
,
official document
,
old paper
,
opus
,
original
,
palimpsest
,
paper
,
papers
,
papyrus
,
penscript
,
personal file
,
piece
,
piece of writing
,
piecrust
,
play
,
poem
,
printed matter
,
printout
,
production
,
reading matter
,
recension
,
roll
,
screed
,
scrip
,
script
,
scrive
,
scroll
,
second draft
,
stick
,
the written word
,
transcript
,
transcription
,
typescript
,
version
,
work
,
writ
,
writing
retract
collapse
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
annul
,
assert the contrary
,
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
belie
,
cancel
,
cede
,
climb down
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
crawfish out
,
cringe
,
cross
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disannul
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disgorge
,
disown
,
dispense with
,
dispose of
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
do away with
,
do without
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
drop
,
duck
,
dump
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
fall back
,
flinch
,
forgo
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
get along without
,
get rid of
,
give away
,
give up
,
have done with
,
impugn
,
invalidate
,
join issue upon
,
kiss good-bye
,
make a sacrifice
,
make void
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
override
,
overrule
,
palinode
,
part with
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quitclaim
,
recall
,
recant
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
relinquish
,
render up
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resign
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
sacrifice
,
set aside
,
shrink
,
shy
,
spare
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
swallow
,
swear off
,
take
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
throw up
,
unsay
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
write off
,
yield
snap out of it
collapse
related words >
bounce back
,
brace up
,
brighten up
,
buck up
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
get about
,
get over
,
get well
,
light up
,
make a comeback
,
perk up
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
rally
,
recover
,
revive
,
survive
,
take heart
,
weather the storm
dedication
collapse
complete and wholehearted fidelity
a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose
related words >
abandon
,
acknowledgments
,
address
,
adherence
,
allegiance
,
altruism
,
ardency
,
ardor
,
assigned task
,
assignment
,
back
,
back matter
,
bastard title
,
beatification
,
beatitude
,
bibliography
,
blessedness
,
blessing
,
bounden duty
,
burden
,
business
,
call of duty
,
canonization
,
catch line
,
catchword
,
charge
,
colophon
,
commitment
,
committedness
,
consecration
,
constancy
,
contents
,
contents page
,
copyright page
,
decidedness
,
decision
,
decisiveness
,
deference
,
definiteness
,
determinateness
,
determination
,
determinedness
,
devoir
,
devotedness
,
devotion
,
devoutness
,
disinterest
,
disinterestedness
,
duties and responsibilities
,
duty
,
earnestness
,
endleaf
,
endpaper
,
endsheet
,
enshrinement
,
errata
,
ethics
,
exaltation
,
faith
,
faithfulness
,
fastness
,
fealty
,
fervency
,
fervidness
,
fervor
,
fidelity
,
fire
,
firmness
,
fixedness
,
flyleaf
,
folio
,
fore edge
,
foreword
,
front matter
,
glorification
,
grace
,
half-title page
,
hallowing
,
head
,
heartiness
,
heat
,
heatedness
,
homage
,
humility
,
impassionedness
,
imperative
,
imprint
,
index
,
inscription
,
intensity
,
intentness
,
introduction
,
justification
,
justification by works
,
leaf
,
line of duty
,
loyalty
,
makeup
,
message
,
mission
,
modesty
,
must
,
obligation
,
obstinacy
,
onus
,
ordainment
,
ordination
,
ought
,
page
,
passion
,
passionateness
,
perseverance
,
persistence
,
place
,
pledge
,
preface
,
preliminaries
,
purification
,
purpose
,
purposefulness
,
recto
,
relentlessness
,
resoluteness
,
resolution
,
resolve
,
resolvedness
,
respect
,
reverso
,
running title
,
sacrifice
,
sainthood
,
sainting
,
sanctification
,
self-abasement
,
self-abnegation
,
self-denial
,
self-devotion
,
self-effacement
,
self-forgetfulness
,
self-immolation
,
self-imposed duty
,
self-neglect
,
self-neglectfulness
,
self-renouncement
,
self-sacrifice
,
self-subjection
,
self-will
,
selflessness
,
seriousness
,
setting apart
,
signature
,
sincerity
,
single-mindedness
,
spirit
,
state of grace
,
staunchness
,
steadfastness
,
subtitle
,
table of contents
,
tail
,
tenacity
,
text
,
title
,
title page
,
total commitment
,
tried-and-trueness
,
triedness
,
trim size
,
trueness
,
type page
,
unacquisitiveness
,
unpossessiveness
,
unselfishness
,
vehemence
,
verso
,
warmth
,
wholeheartedness
,
will
,
zeal
hem and haw
collapse
utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"
related words >
about the bush
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
halt
,
hang back
,
haw
,
hedge
,
hem
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
mammer
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
palter
,
parry
,
pause
,
ponder
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
stammer
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
stutter
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
withdraw
,
yield
postern
collapse
a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
related words >
French door
,
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
archway
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backward
,
barway
,
behind
,
breech
,
bulkhead
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
front door
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
lintel
,
occiput
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
posterior
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
scuttle
,
side door
,
stern
,
stile
,
storm door
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
back door
collapse
a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door"
an entrance at the rear of a building
an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
related words >
French door
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
archway
,
back
,
back road
,
back seat
,
back side
,
back stairs
,
back street
,
back way
,
backstairs
,
barway
,
behind
,
bolt-hole
,
breech
,
bulkhead
,
by-lane
,
bypass
,
bypath
,
byroad
,
bystreet
,
byway
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
clandestine
,
covert
,
covert way
,
detour
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
escalier derobe
,
escape hatch
,
escape route
,
feline
,
front door
,
furtive
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
heel
,
hidlings
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hindhead
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
lintel
,
occiput
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
posterior
,
postern
,
privy
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
quiet
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearward
,
reverse
,
roundabout way
,
scuttle
,
secret exit
,
secret passage
,
secret staircase
,
shifty
,
side door
,
side road
,
side street
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
stern
,
stile
,
storm door
,
surreptitious
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underground railroad
,
underground route
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
hassock
collapse
a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
related words >
Eames chair
,
Hitchcock chair
,
TV chair
,
armchair
,
armless chair
,
back seat
,
banquette
,
bar stool
,
barber chair
,
barrel chair
,
basket chair
,
batch
,
batwing chair
,
bed chair
,
bench
,
bicycle seat
,
boudoir chair
,
bow-back chair
,
bucket seat
,
bunch
,
camp chair
,
campaign chair
,
club chair
,
club lounge chair
,
clump
,
cluster
,
comb-back chair
,
contour chair
,
copse
,
cricket
,
cricket chair
,
crop
,
dining chair
,
draft chair
,
easy chair
,
elbowchair
,
fan-back chair
,
fauteuil
,
fender stool
,
folding chair
,
foldstool
,
form
,
garden chair
,
group
,
grouping
,
groupment
,
grove
,
growth
,
high chair
,
horse
,
knot
,
ladder-back chair
,
lot
,
mess
,
milking stool
,
ottoman
,
overstuffed chair
,
pew
,
plantation
,
planting
,
platform rocker
,
rocker
,
rocking chair
,
sedan chair
,
settle
,
shock
,
slew
,
stand
,
step stool
,
stook
,
stool
,
swing
,
taboret
,
thicket
,
throne
,
tuft
,
tussock
,
wisp
retrograde
collapse
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
going from better to worse
go back over; "retrograde arguments"
move back; "The glacier retrogrades"
move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
related words >
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
atavistic
,
back
,
backslide
,
backward
,
cock
,
coming apart
,
cracking
,
crumbling
,
decadent
,
decline
,
declining
,
degenerate
,
descend
,
deteriorate
,
deteriorating
,
disimprove
,
disintegrate
,
disintegrating
,
draining
,
drooping
,
dwindling
,
ebbing
,
effete
,
fading
,
failing
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falling
,
flagging
,
fragmenting
,
get behind
,
get worse
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
going to pieces
,
grow worse
,
hind
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindmost
,
invert
,
jerk back
,
languishing
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
let down
,
lose ground
,
marcescent
,
pining
,
posterior
,
postern
,
pull back
,
reactionary
,
rear
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
recede
,
recessive
,
recidivate
,
recidivist
,
recidivous
,
regress
,
regressive
,
relapse
,
retract
,
retral
,
retreat
,
retroactive
,
retrocede
,
retrocessive
,
retroflex
,
retrogress
,
retrogressive
,
retrorse
,
retroverse
,
retrovert
,
return
,
returnable
,
reverse
,
reversible
,
reversional
,
reversionary
,
revert
,
revertible
,
revulsionary
,
rot
,
shriveling
,
sicken
,
sink
,
sinking
,
slacken
,
sliding
,
slip back
,
slipping
,
slumping
,
subsiding
,
tabetic
,
tail
,
waning
,
wasting
,
wilting
,
withering
,
worsen
,
worsening
up country
collapse
related words >
back
,
back country
,
back of beyond
,
back-country
,
backcountry
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
backwood
,
backwoods
,
backwoodsy
,
boondock
,
boondocks
,
boorish
,
borderland
,
brush
,
bush
,
bush country
,
bushveld
,
churlish
,
cloddish
,
clodhopping
,
clownish
,
countrified
,
country-born
,
country-bred
,
farmerish
,
forests
,
from the sticks
,
frontier
,
hayseed
,
heartland
,
hick
,
hicky
,
hinterland
,
hobnailed
,
inland
,
inlands
,
inshore
,
interior
,
inurbane
,
loutish
,
lumpen
,
lumpish
,
mediterranean
,
midland
,
midlands
,
outback
,
outpost
,
rube
,
sticks
,
sylvan
,
the bush
,
timbers
,
uncouth
,
uncultivated
,
uncultured
,
uninhabited region
,
unpolished
,
unrefined
,
virgin
,
virgin land
,
virgin territory
,
waste
,
wasteland
,
wild
,
wild West
,
wilderness
,
wilds
,
woodland
,
woodlands
,
woods
,
yokel
,
yokelish
scale down
collapse
reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down"
related words >
abridge
,
compress
,
contract
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
downgrade
,
lessen
,
lower
,
minify
,
pare
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
take from
,
tune down
intermeddle
collapse
related words >
Paul-Pry
,
arrest
,
bottle up
,
busybody
,
butt in
,
check
,
countercheck
,
curb
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
delay
,
detain
,
encroach
,
entrench
,
fool
,
fool with
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
horn in
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
invade
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
kibitz
,
make
,
meddle
,
meddle with
,
mess with
,
monkey with
,
nose
,
oppose
,
pry
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
scotch
,
set back
,
slacken
,
snoop
,
snub
,
suppress
,
tamper with
,
trespass
retort
collapse
a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
answer back
related words >
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
aerosol
,
alembic
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
anvil
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
atomizer
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
backfire
,
bon mot
,
boomerang
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
caldron
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come in
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
counter
,
counterattack
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
countercharge
,
counterfire
,
counterinsurgency
,
countermeasure
,
counterrevolution
,
counterstep
,
counterstroke
,
crack
,
crucible
,
defense
,
echo
,
engine
,
epigram
,
evaporator
,
evasive reply
,
exchange
,
facetiae
,
flash back
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gag
,
get back at
,
gibe
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give in exchange
,
give in return
,
give-and-take
,
happy thought
,
hit back at
,
interchange
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
lathe
,
machine
,
melting pot
,
mortar
,
mot
,
motor
,
nasty crack
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
react
,
reaction
,
ready reply
,
rebut
,
rebuttal
,
receipt
,
reciprocate
,
reciprocation
,
recoil
,
recrimination
,
reecho
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
repartee
,
replication
,
reply
,
repost
,
reprisal
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
retaliate
,
retaliation
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
revenge
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
riposte
,
sally
,
say
,
say in reply
,
scintillation
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
spray
,
still
,
strike back
,
stroke of wit
,
talk back
,
test tube
,
transducer
,
transformer
,
turn of thought
,
vaporizer
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
ransom
collapse
the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
payment for the release of someone
money demanded for the return of a captured person
exchange or buy back for money; under threat
related words >
buy
,
deliver
,
deliverance
,
delivery
,
emancipate
,
extract
,
extricate
,
extrication
,
free
,
freeing
,
get back
,
liberate
,
liberation
,
lifesaving
,
payment
,
price
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
reclaiming
,
reclamation
,
recoup
,
recoupment
,
recover
,
recovery
,
recuperate
,
recuperation
,
recycle
,
redeem
,
redemption
,
regain
,
regainment
,
release
,
renovate
,
reoccupation
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repossession
,
rescue
,
restoration
,
restore
,
resume
,
resumption
,
retake
,
retaking
,
retrieval
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revindication
,
revival
,
revive
,
salvage
,
salvation
,
save
,
saving
,
set free
,
take back
,
trover
,
win back
MS
collapse
a form of address for a woman
related words >
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
,
article
,
autograph
,
brain disease
,
brainchild
,
cephalalgia
,
cerebral palsy
,
chorea
,
composition
,
computer printout
,
copy
,
document
,
draft
,
edited version
,
emotional disorder
,
engrossment
,
epilepsy
,
essay
,
fair copy
,
falling sickness
,
fiction
,
final draft
,
finished version
,
first draft
,
flimsy
,
glossopharyngeal neuralgia
,
headache
,
herpes zoster
,
holograph
,
ischialgia
,
letter
,
literae scriptae
,
literary artefact
,
literary production
,
literature
,
lucubration
,
manuscript
,
matter
,
migraine
,
multiple sclerosis
,
nervous disorder
,
neuralgia
,
neuritis
,
neuropathy
,
nonfiction
,
opus
,
organic psychosis
,
original
,
palsy
,
paper
,
parchment
,
penscript
,
piece
,
piece of writing
,
play
,
poem
,
polyneuritis
,
pressure neuropathy
,
priapism
,
printed matter
,
printout
,
production
,
radiculitis
,
reading matter
,
recension
,
sciatic neuritis
,
sciatica
,
screed
,
scrip
,
script
,
scrive
,
scroll
,
second draft
,
shaking palsy
,
shingles
,
spastic paralysis
,
the jerks
,
the written word
,
tic douloureux
,
toxic psychosis
,
transcript
,
transcription
,
typescript
,
version
,
work
,
writing
hang off
collapse
related words >
blench
,
boggle
,
demur
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
scruple
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
waver
,
wince
delayed
collapse
caused to be slower or later; "the delayed plane finally arrived"
not as far along as normal in development
related words >
arrested
,
back
,
backward
,
behind
,
behindhand
,
belated
,
blocked
,
checked
,
delayed-action
,
detained
,
held up
,
hung up
,
impeded
,
in a bind
,
in abeyance
,
jammed
,
late
,
latish
,
moratory
,
never on time
,
obstructed
,
overdue
,
retarded
,
set back
,
slow
,
slowed down
,
stopped
,
tardy
,
unpunctual
,
unready
,
untimely
renege
collapse
fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise"
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
annul
,
apostatize
,
back down
,
back out
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
beg off
,
cancel
,
climb down
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
crawfish out
,
cry off
,
default
,
defect
,
degenerate
,
deny
,
depart from
,
desert
,
disannul
,
disavow
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
do away with
,
drop out
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
evacuate
,
forsake
,
forswear
,
go back on
,
invalidate
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
make void
,
maroon
,
nullify
,
override
,
overrule
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
recall
,
recant
,
renegade
,
renounce
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resile
,
retract
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
say goodbye to
,
set aside
,
stand down
,
suspend
,
swallow
,
take back
,
take leave of
,
throw over
,
turn against
,
turn traitor
,
unsay
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
welsh
,
withdraw
,
write off
recharge
collapse
charge anew; "recharge a battery"
load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully"
related words >
activate
,
bring back
,
bring to
,
call back
,
reactivate
,
reanimate
,
recall to life
,
recruit
,
refresh
,
regenerate
,
reheat the ashes
,
reinspire
,
rejuvenate
,
rekindle
,
relight
,
renew
,
resurrect
,
resuscitate
,
revitalize
,
revive
,
revivify
,
rewarm
,
stir the embers
,
warm over
,
warm up
reversed
collapse
turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new"
related words >
arsy-varsy
,
ass over elbows
,
back
,
back-to-front
,
backward
,
backwards
,
capsized
,
chiastic
,
counter
,
everted
,
hyperbatic
,
inside out
,
introverted
,
invaginated
,
inversed
,
inverted
,
outside in
,
palindromic
,
reflex
,
resupinate
,
retroverted
,
topsy-turvy
,
transposed
,
turned around
,
upside-down
,
wrong side out
,
wrong-way
,
wrong-way around
probate
collapse
the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
attested copy
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bequeathal
,
bequest
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
codicil
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
devise
,
document
,
fortify
,
inheritance
,
legacy
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
testament
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
,
will
reactivate
collapse
activate (an old file) anew
related words >
activate
,
give back
,
mobilize
,
place in
,
put back
,
recharge
,
reconstitute
,
reconvert
,
recruit
,
reenact
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reform
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
rekindle
,
remilitarize
,
renew
,
renovate
,
replace
,
replenish
,
restore
,
resurrect
,
resuscitate
,
retrieve
,
return
,
revest
,
revitalize
,
revivify
sheet
collapse
bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
used for writing or printing
any broad thin expanse or surface; "a sheet of ice"
cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping; "sheet the body"
come down as if in sheets; "The rain was sheeting down during the monsoon"
related words >
afghan
,
alabaster
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cerebrum
collapse
anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans
related words >
arachnoid
,
arbor vitae
,
archipallium
,
between brain
,
brain stem
,
cerebellar hemispheres
,
cerebellum
,
cerebral cortex
,
cerebrospinal fluid
,
convolution
,
corpus callosum
,
corpus striatum
,
diencephalon
,
dura mater
,
endbrain
,
fissure
,
folia
,
forebrain
,
fornix
,
frontal lobe
,
glial cells
,
globus pallidus
,
gray matter
,
gyrus
,
hindbrain
,
hippocampus
,
hypothalamus
,
lenticular nucleus
,
limbic lobe
,
little brain
,
lobe
,
mantle
,
medulla oblongata
,
meninges
,
mesencephalon
,
metencephalon
,
midbrain
,
myelencephalon
,
neopallium
,
occipital lobe
,
optic chiasm
,
pallium
,
parietal lobe
,
pia mater
,
pineal body
,
pituitary body
,
pons
,
reticular system
,
rhombencephalon
,
subthalamus
,
telencephalon
,
temporal lobe
,
thalamus
,
ventricle
,
vermis
,
white matter
cerebellum
collapse
a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans
related words >
arachnoid
,
arbor vitae
,
archipallium
,
between brain
,
brain stem
,
cerebellar hemispheres
,
cerebral cortex
,
cerebrospinal fluid
,
cerebrum
,
convolution
,
corpus callosum
,
corpus striatum
,
diencephalon
,
dura mater
,
endbrain
,
fissure
,
folia
,
forebrain
,
fornix
,
frontal lobe
,
glial cells
,
globus pallidus
,
gray matter
,
gyrus
,
hindbrain
,
hippocampus
,
hypothalamus
,
lenticular nucleus
,
limbic lobe
,
little brain
,
lobe
,
mantle
,
medulla oblongata
,
meninges
,
mesencephalon
,
metencephalon
,
midbrain
,
myelencephalon
,
neopallium
,
occipital lobe
,
optic chiasm
,
pallium
,
parietal lobe
,
pia mater
,
pineal body
,
pituitary body
,
pons
,
reticular system
,
rhombencephalon
,
subthalamus
,
telencephalon
,
temporal lobe
,
thalamus
,
ventricle
,
vermis
,
white matter
inscription
collapse
the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
related words >
acknowledgments
,
arch
,
back
,
back matter
,
barrow
,
bastard title
,
bibliography
,
booking
,
boundary stone
,
brass
,
burr
,
bust
,
cairn
,
cataloging
,
catch line
,
catchword
,
cenotaph
,
chiseling
,
chronicling
,
colophon
,
column
,
contents
,
contents page
,
copyright page
,
coup de plume
,
cromlech
,
cross
,
cross-hatching
,
cryptography
,
cup
,
cyclolith
,
dedication
,
demitint
,
device
,
dolmen
,
endleaf
,
endpaper
,
endsheet
,
engravement
,
engraving
,
engrossment
,
enlistment
,
enrollment
,
entering
,
entry
,
epigraph
,
epitaph
,
epithet
,
errata
,
etch
,
etching
,
flyleaf
,
folio
,
footstone
,
fore edge
,
foreword
,
front matter
,
gem-engraving
,
glass-cutting
,
glyptic
,
grave
,
gravestone
,
graving
,
half tint
,
half-title page
,
hatching
,
head
,
headstone
,
hic jacet
,
hoarstone
,
impanelment
,
imprint
,
incision
,
index
,
indexing
,
initialing
,
ink spilling
,
inkslinging
,
inscribing
,
inscript
,
insertion
,
introduction
,
inventorying
,
leaf
,
lettering
,
line
,
lining
,
listing
,
logging
,
macrography
,
makeup
,
marker
,
marking
,
matriculation
,
mausoleum
,
megalith
,
memento
,
memorial
,
memorial arch
,
memorial column
,
memorial statue
,
memorial stone
,
menhir
,
micrography
,
monolith
,
monument
,
motto
,
mound
,
necrology
,
obelisk
,
obituary
,
page
,
pen
,
pen-and-ink
,
pencil driving
,
pillar
,
plaque
,
posting
,
preface
,
preliminaries
,
prize
,
pyramid
,
record keeping
,
recordation
,
recording
,
recto
,
register
,
registration
,
registry
,
reliquary
,
remembrance
,
reverso
,
ribbon
,
rostral column
,
running title
,
score
,
scoring
,
scratch
,
scratching
,
scrivenery
,
scrivening
,
secret writing
,
shaft
,
shrine
,
signature
,
slash
,
slashing
,
slogan
,
stela
,
stipple
,
stippling
,
stone
,
stupa
,
subtitle
,
table of contents
,
tablet
,
tabulation
,
tag line
,
tail
,
testimonial
,
text
,
tint
,
title
,
title page
,
tomb
,
tombstone
,
tombstone marking
,
tooling
,
tope
,
transcription
,
transliteration
,
trim size
,
trophy
,
type page
,
type-cutting
,
typewriting
,
typing
,
verso
,
watchword
,
writing
stand by
collapse
be available or ready for a certain function or service
be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"
related words >
abut
,
abut on
,
adjoin
,
advocate
,
around
,
aye
,
back
,
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,
be contiguous
,
be in contact
,
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,
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,
border
,
border on
,
butt
,
champion
,
clasp
,
cling to
,
conjoin
,
connect
,
defend
,
flank
,
follow close upon
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
go with
,
guard
,
guard against
,
hang about
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
join
,
keep close to
,
lie by
,
march with
,
neighbor
,
protect
,
run interference for
,
safeguard
,
screen
,
second
,
secure
,
shield
,
side with
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand ready
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
tailgate
,
take sides with
,
verge upon
overdraft
collapse
a draft in excess of the credit balance
related words >
arrear
,
arrearage
,
arrears
,
back debts
,
back payments
,
bankruptcy
,
bouncing check
,
bust
,
collapse
,
crash
,
default
,
deferred payments
,
deficit
,
deficit financing
,
dollar gap
,
failure
,
insolvency
,
insufficient funds
,
kited check
,
overdrawn account
,
receivership
riposte
collapse
(fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted"
related words >
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
advocate
,
allege in support
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
argue for
,
argument
,
assert
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
bon mot
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
champion
,
come back
,
come back at
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
contend for
,
counter
,
counterstatement
,
crack
,
defend
,
defense
,
demurrer
,
denial
,
echo
,
epigram
,
espouse
,
evasive reply
,
exception
,
facetiae
,
flash back
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gibe
,
give acknowledgment
,
give answer
,
happy thought
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
mot
,
nasty crack
,
objection
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
plea
,
plead for
,
pleading
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
react
,
reaction
,
ready reply
,
rebut
,
rebuttal
,
receipt
,
reecho
,
refutation
,
refute
,
rejoin
,
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,
repartee
,
replication
,
reply
,
repost
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
retort
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
sally
,
say
,
say in defense
,
say in reply
,
scintillation
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snap back
,
snappy comeback
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
special demurrer
,
special pleading
,
stand up for
,
statement of defense
,
stick up for
,
stroke of wit
,
support
,
sustain
,
take the bait
,
talk back
,
turn of thought
,
uphold
,
urge reasons for
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
ease up
collapse
reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"
become less intense
related words >
abate
,
arrest
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
bate
,
brake
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
curb
,
decelerate
,
delay
,
detain
,
draw rein
,
ease
,
ease off
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
impede
,
keep back
,
let down
,
let up
,
let up on
,
loose
,
loosen
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
obstruct
,
reef
,
rein in
,
relax
,
remit
,
retard
,
set back
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
stay
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
unbend
,
unbrace
,
unlax
,
unstrain
,
unstring
,
unwind
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