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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
agrarian
collapse
relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"
related words >
Arcadian
,
agrestic
,
agricultural
,
agronomic
,
arable
,
bucolic
,
country
,
farm
,
farming
,
geoponic
,
lowland
,
native
,
natural
,
pastoral
,
provincial
,
rural
,
rustic
,
uncultivated
,
undomesticated
,
upland
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
cradle
collapse
a baby bed with sides and rockers
birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
run with the stick
hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"
cut grain with a cradle scythe
hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
bring up from infancy
related words >
Colonial bed
,
Hollywood bed
,
Vaterland
,
afford support
,
appease
,
babyhood
,
back
,
back up
,
bassinet
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bed
,
bed-davenport
,
beginnings
,
berth
,
birth
,
birthplace
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
breeding place
,
brooder
,
bunk
,
bunk bed
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
calm
,
calm down
,
camp bed
,
care for
,
carry
,
cherish
,
childhood
,
clarifier
,
coddle
,
colander
,
compose
,
cool
,
cosset
,
cot
,
crib
,
cribble
,
crutch
,
cultivate
,
cushion
,
day bed
,
door bed
,
double bed
,
double bunk
,
dry-nurse
,
dulcify
,
duplex bed
,
ease
,
even out
,
fatherland
,
feather bed
,
feed
,
filter
,
fold-away bed
,
fondle
,
forcing bed
,
foster
,
four-poster
,
freshman year
,
genesis
,
gentle
,
give support
,
hammock
,
hatchery
,
hold
,
hold up
,
home
,
homeground
,
homeland
,
hospital bed
,
hotbed
,
hush
,
inception
,
inchoation
,
incipience
,
incipiency
,
incubator
,
incunabula
,
infancy
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
king-size bed
,
la patrie
,
lavish care on
,
lend support
,
lixiviator
,
lower berth
,
lull
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
mollify
,
mother
,
mother country
,
motherland
,
my Angel-infancy
,
nascence
,
nascency
,
native land
,
native soil
,
nativity
,
nest
,
nestle
,
nidus
,
nourish
,
nurse
,
nursery
,
nurture
,
origin
,
origination
,
pacify
,
pallet
,
pamper
,
panel bed
,
parturition
,
patria
,
percolator
,
pillow
,
pipe berth
,
poster bed
,
pour balm into
,
pregnancy
,
prop
,
purifier
,
put to bed
,
quarter berth
,
queen-size bed
,
quell
,
quiet
,
refiner
,
refinery
,
reinforce
,
rest
,
riddle
,
rock
,
rock to sleep
,
rocker
,
roll-away bed
,
rookery
,
screen
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sieve
,
sifter
,
single bed
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth over
,
smoothen
,
sofa-bed
,
soothe
,
spoon-feed
,
stabilize
,
stay
,
steady
,
still
,
strainer
,
subdue
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
suckle
,
support
,
sustain
,
tester bed
,
the nursery
,
the old country
,
three-quarter bed
,
tranquilize
,
truckle bed
,
trundle bed
,
tuck in
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
wet-nurse
,
winnow
,
winnowing basket
,
winnowing fan
,
winnowing machine
,
youth
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
Americanism
collapse
a custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens
loyalty to the USA and its institutions
an expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans
related words >
Anglicism
,
Briticism
,
Frenchism
,
Gallicism
,
Hibernicism
,
Irishism
,
Latinism
,
Scotticism
,
Yankeeism
,
chauvinism
,
flag waving
,
jingoism
,
love of country
,
nationalism
,
nationality
,
overpatriotism
,
patriotics
,
patriotism
,
ultranationalism
Anglicism
collapse
a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens
an expression that is limited to English as spoken by Englishmen (especially as contrasted with American English)
related words >
Americanism
,
Briticism
,
Frenchism
,
Gallicism
,
Hibernicism
,
Irishism
,
Latinism
,
Scotticism
,
Yankeeism
,
chauvinism
,
flag waving
,
jingoism
,
love of country
,
nationalism
,
nationality
,
overpatriotism
,
patriotics
,
patriotism
,
ultranationalism
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
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
plateau
collapse
related words >
alkali flat
,
alluvial plain
,
amount
,
basin
,
bench
,
bottomland
,
break
,
bushveld
,
caliber
,
campo
,
champaign
,
champaign country
,
coastal plain
,
coffee break
,
compass
,
cut
,
degree
,
delta
,
desert
,
down
,
downs
,
downtime
,
extent
,
fell
,
flat
,
flat country
,
flatland
,
flats
,
grade
,
grass veld
,
grassland
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
heath
,
height
,
highland
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
lande
,
leap
,
letup
,
level
,
llano
,
lowland
,
lowlands
,
lull
,
lunar mare
,
mare
,
mark
,
measure
,
mesa
,
mesilla
,
moor
,
moorland
,
notch
,
nuance
,
off-time
,
open country
,
pampa
,
pampas
,
pas
,
pause
,
peg
,
peneplain
,
period
,
pitch
,
plain
,
plains
,
plane
,
playa
,
point
,
point of repose
,
prairie
,
proportion
,
quiet spell
,
range
,
ratio
,
reach
,
recess
,
relief
,
remove
,
respite
,
resting point
,
round
,
rung
,
salt flat
,
salt marsh
,
salt pan
,
savanna
,
scale
,
scope
,
sebkha
,
shade
,
shadow
,
space
,
stair
,
standard
,
step
,
steppe
,
stint
,
table
,
table mountain
,
tableland
,
time off
,
time out
,
tread
,
tree veld
,
tundra
,
upland
,
vacation
,
vega
,
veld
,
weald
,
wide-open spaces
,
wold
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
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
skyscraper
collapse
a very tall building with many stories
related words >
antenna tower
,
architecture
,
barbican
,
belfry
,
bell tower
,
building
,
campanile
,
casa
,
cliff dwelling
,
colossus
,
column
,
construct
,
construction
,
consulate
,
country house
,
country seat
,
cupola
,
dacha
,
deanery
,
derrick
,
dome
,
dwelling house
,
edifice
,
embassy
,
erection
,
establishment
,
fabric
,
farm
,
farmhouse
,
fire tower
,
hall
,
house
,
houseboat
,
lake dwelling
,
lantern
,
lighthouse
,
living machine
,
lodge
,
manor house
,
manse
,
martello
,
martello tower
,
mast
,
minaret
,
monument
,
obelisk
,
observation tower
,
packaged house
,
pagoda
,
parsonage
,
penthouse
,
pilaster
,
pile
,
pillar
,
pinnacle
,
pole
,
prefab
,
prefabricated house
,
prefabrication
,
presidential palace
,
pylon
,
pyramid
,
ranch house
,
rectory
,
roof
,
shaft
,
sod house
,
spire
,
split-level
,
standpipe
,
steeple
,
structure
,
stupa
,
superstructure
,
television mast
,
tope
,
tour
,
tower
,
town house
,
turret
,
vicarage
,
water tower
,
windmill tower
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
sticks
collapse
related words >
China
,
Darkest Africa
,
God knows where
,
Greenland
,
North Pole
,
Outer Mongolia
,
Pago Pago
,
Pillars of Hercules
,
Siberia
,
South Pole
,
Thule
,
Tierra del Fuego
,
Timbuktu
,
Ultima Thule
,
Yukon
,
agricultural region
,
antipodes
,
arable land
,
black belt
,
citrus belt
,
corn belt
,
cotton belt
,
countryside
,
dust bowl
,
farm belt
,
farm country
,
farmland
,
frontier
,
fruit belt
,
godforsaken place
,
grass roots
,
grassland
,
grazing region
,
highlands
,
jumping-off place
,
lowlands
,
meadows and pastures
,
moors
,
nowhere
,
outback
,
outer space
,
outpost
,
outskirts
,
plains
,
pole
,
prairies
,
province
,
provinces
,
rural district
,
rustic region
,
steppes
,
the Great Divide
,
the South Seas
,
the boondocks
,
the country
,
the moon
,
the soil
,
the sticks
,
the tullies
,
tobacco belt
,
uplands
,
veld
,
wheat belt
,
wide-open spaces
,
woodland
,
woods and fields
,
yokeldom
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
bumpkin
collapse
related words >
boor
,
bucolic
,
clod
,
clodhopper
,
clown
,
country bumpkin
,
farmer
,
gawk
,
gawky
,
hayseed
,
hick
,
hillbilly
,
looby
,
lout
,
lubber
,
lummox
,
oaf
,
provincial
,
rube
,
rustic
,
yokel
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
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
uncouth
collapse
related words >
Doric
,
Gothic
,
Neanderthal
,
abandoned
,
all thumbs
,
animal
,
awkward
,
barbarian
,
barbaric
,
barbarous
,
bestial
,
bizarre
,
blunderheaded
,
blundering
,
boorish
,
broad
,
brutal
,
brutish
,
bumbling
,
bungling
,
butterfingered
,
cacophonous
,
careless
,
churlish
,
cloddish
,
clodhopping
,
clownish
,
clumsy
,
clumsy-fisted
,
coarse
,
countrified
,
country-born
,
country-bred
,
crass
,
crude
,
cumbersome
,
curious
,
deserted
,
desolate
,
discourteous
,
disrespectful
,
doggerel
,
dysphemistic
,
earthy
,
eccentric
,
erratic
,
farmerish
,
fingers all thumbs
,
forsaken
,
frank
,
from the sticks
,
fumbling
,
gauche
,
gawkish
,
gawky
,
graceless
,
gross
,
gutter
,
ham-fisted
,
ham-handed
,
harsh
,
hayseed
,
heavy-handed
,
hick
,
hicky
,
hobnailed
,
hulking
,
hulky
,
ill-bred
,
ill-mannered
,
impermanent
,
impolite
,
improper
,
impure
,
in bad taste
,
inconcinnate
,
inconcinnous
,
incorrect
,
indecorous
,
inelegant
,
infelicitous
,
inurbane
,
left-hand
,
left-handed
,
loutish
,
low
,
lubberly
,
lumbering
,
lumpen
,
lumpish
,
maladroit
,
noncivilized
,
oafish
,
odd
,
oddball
,
outlandish
,
ponderous
,
primitive
,
quaint
,
queer
,
rank
,
raw
,
rough
,
rough-and-ready
,
rube
,
rude
,
rummy
,
savage
,
sloppy
,
solitary
,
stiff
,
tasteless
,
troglodytic
,
uncalled-for
,
uncivil
,
uncivilized
,
uncombed
,
uncourtly
,
uncultivated
,
uncultured
,
undignified
,
uneuphonious
,
unfelicitous
,
ungainly
,
ungraceful
,
unhandy
,
unkempt
,
unlicked
,
unpolished
,
unrefined
,
unseemly
,
untamed
,
unwieldy
,
up-country
,
vulgar
,
wild
,
yokel
,
yokelish
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
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
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
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
,
back up
,
be contiguous
,
be in contact
,
be prepared
,
be ready
,
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
grassland
collapse
land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
related words >
acres
,
agricultural region
,
alkali flat
,
alluvial plain
,
alluvion
,
alluvium
,
arable land
,
barnyard
,
barton
,
basin
,
black belt
,
bottomland
,
bushveld
,
campo
,
cattle ranch
,
champaign
,
champaign country
,
chicken farm
,
citrus belt
,
clay
,
clod
,
coastal plain
,
collective farm
,
corn belt
,
cotton belt
,
cotton plantation
,
countryside
,
croft
,
crust
,
dairy farm
,
delta
,
demesne
,
demesne farm
,
desert
,
dirt
,
down
,
downs
,
dry farm
,
dry land
,
dude ranch
,
dust
,
dust bowl
,
earth
,
factory farm
,
fallow
,
farm
,
farm belt
,
farm country
,
farmery
,
farmhold
,
farmland
,
farmplace
,
farmstead
,
farmyard
,
fell
,
flat
,
flat country
,
flatland
,
flats
,
freehold
,
fruit belt
,
fruit farm
,
fur farm
,
glebe
,
grain farm
,
grange
,
grass
,
grass roots
,
grass veld
,
grazing
,
grazing region
,
ground
,
hacienda
,
haugh
,
haughland
,
heath
,
highlands
,
homecroft
,
homefarm
,
homestead
,
kibbutz
,
kolkhoz
,
land
,
lande
,
landholdings
,
lea
,
level
,
lithosphere
,
llano
,
location
,
lowland
,
lowlands
,
lunar mare
,
mains
,
manor farm
,
mare
,
marginal land
,
marl
,
mead
,
meadow
,
meadow land
,
meadows and pastures
,
mesa
,
mesilla
,
mold
,
moor
,
moorland
,
moors
,
open country
,
orchard
,
pampa
,
pampas
,
park
,
pasturage
,
pasture
,
pasture land
,
pen
,
peneplain
,
plain
,
plains
,
plantation
,
plateau
,
playa
,
poultry farm
,
prairie
,
prairies
,
province
,
provinces
,
ranch
,
rancheria
,
rancho
,
range
,
real estate
,
real property
,
region
,
regolith
,
rural district
,
rustic region
,
salt flat
,
salt marsh
,
salt pan
,
savanna
,
sebkha
,
sheep farm
,
sod
,
soil
,
station
,
steading
,
steppe
,
steppeland
,
steppes
,
stock farm
,
subaerial deposit
,
subsoil
,
swale
,
table
,
tableland
,
terra
,
terra firma
,
terrain
,
territory
,
the country
,
the soil
,
the sticks
,
tobacco belt
,
toft
,
topsoil
,
tree veld
,
truck farm
,
tundra
,
upland
,
uplands
,
vega
,
veld
,
weald
,
wheat belt
,
wide-open spaces
,
wold
,
woodland
,
woods and fields
,
yokeldom
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
,
rejoinder
,
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
spurn
collapse
related words >
abjure
,
ban
,
banish
,
beat back
,
blackball
,
brush aside
,
brush off
,
cast out
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
chuck
,
chuck out
,
cold-shoulder
,
contemn
,
contradict
,
cut
,
cut direct
,
decline
,
deny
,
deport
,
despise
,
disapprove
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
discount
,
disdain
,
disfellowship
,
dismiss
,
disown
,
disregard
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
except
,
exclude
,
excommunicate
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expel
,
extradite
,
fend off
,
flout
,
forswear
,
fugitate
,
fuss
,
hold off
,
humiliation
,
ignore
,
keep off
,
look down upon
,
ostracize
,
outlaw
,
pack off
,
pass by
,
pass up
,
pick and choose
,
proscribe
,
push aside
,
push back
,
put back
,
rebuff
,
recant
,
refuse
,
refuse to consider
,
refuse to receive
,
reject
,
relegate
,
renounce
,
repel
,
reprobate
,
repudiate
,
repulse
,
rusticate
,
scoff
,
scorn
,
scorn to receive
,
scout
,
send away
,
send down
,
send off
,
send packing
,
send to Coventry
,
shove away
,
slight
,
sneer
,
sneer at
,
sneeze at
,
sniff
,
snort
,
snub
,
spit upon
,
spurning
,
steer clear of
,
the cold shoulder
,
the go-by
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
thrust back
,
thrust out
,
transport
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
turn down
,
turn out
,
waive
,
ward off
take sides
collapse
related words >
act with
,
align with
,
argue
,
argufy
,
back
,
back up
,
bandy words
,
bicker
,
cavil
,
champion
,
choplogic
,
contend
,
contest
,
cross swords
,
cut and thrust
,
discept
,
dispute
,
flock to
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
get together with
,
give and take
,
go along with
,
go in with
,
hassle
,
have it out
,
join
,
join hands with
,
join issue
,
join up with
,
join with
,
line up with
,
lock horns
,
logomachize
,
moot
,
pettifog
,
plead
,
polemicize
,
polemize
,
quibble
,
rally round
,
range with
,
run interference for
,
second
,
side with
,
spar
,
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
,
thrash out
,
throw in with
,
try conclusions
,
unite with
,
wrangle
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