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mediate
collapse
acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"
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accommodate
,
act between
,
act for
,
adjust
,
advance
,
arbitrate
,
arrange matters
,
assist
,
bargain
,
be instrumental
,
bring to terms
,
bring together
,
compose
,
compromise
,
facilitate
,
fix up
,
forward
,
go between
,
harmonize
,
heal the breach
,
intercede
,
interfere
,
intermediate
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
judge
,
make terms
,
meet halfway
,
minister to
,
moderate
,
negotiate
,
patch things up
,
promote
,
put in tune
,
reconcile
,
referee
,
represent
,
resolve
,
restore harmony
,
reunite
,
serve
,
settle
,
settle differences
,
smooth it over
,
step in
,
subserve
,
treat with
,
umpire
,
weave peace between
be born
collapse
come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"
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arise
,
awake
,
awaken
,
be begotten
,
be illegitimate
,
be incarnated
,
become
,
break out
,
burst forth
,
come alive
,
come forth
,
come into being
,
come into existence
,
come out
,
come to
,
come to be
,
come to life
,
crop up
,
erupt
,
get to be
,
hatch
,
have birth
,
have origin
,
irrupt
,
issue
,
issue forth
,
live again
,
originate
,
quicken
,
reanimate
,
resurge
,
resuscitate
,
return to life
,
revive
,
rise
,
rise again
,
see the light
,
spring up
,
take birth
,
take rise
quickening
collapse
the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"
the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
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acceleration
,
activating
,
animating
,
animation
,
animative
,
bracing
,
clarification
,
double time
,
double-quick
,
double-quick time
,
drive
,
easing
,
energizing
,
enlivening
,
enlivenment
,
exhilarating
,
exhilaration
,
exhilarative
,
expediting
,
expedition
,
facilitation
,
festination
,
forced march
,
forwarding
,
getaway
,
hastening
,
hurrying
,
impetus
,
invigorating
,
invigoration
,
invigorative
,
life-giving
,
pickup
,
revitalization
,
revival
,
rousing
,
simplification
,
simplifying
,
smoothing
,
speeding
,
speedup
,
step-up
,
stimulating
,
stimulation
,
stimulative
,
streamlining
,
thrust
,
tonic
,
viable
,
vitalization
,
vitalizing
,
vivification
,
vivifying
volunteer
collapse
a person who performs voluntary work
(military) a person who freely enlists for service
tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information"
do volunteer work
agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"
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arbitrary
,
autonomous
,
autonomousness
,
autonomy
,
come forward
,
discretional
,
discretionary
,
do independently
,
do voluntarily
,
elective
,
free
,
free will
,
gratuitous
,
gratuitousness
,
independence
,
independent
,
need no prodding
,
nonmandatory
,
offered
,
optional
,
proffered
,
self-acting
,
self-action
,
self-active
,
self-activity
,
self-determination
,
self-determined
,
self-determining
,
spontaneity
,
spontaneous
,
spontaneousness
,
step forward
,
unasked
,
unbesought
,
unbidden
,
uncalled-for
,
uncoerced
,
uncompelled
,
unforced
,
unforcedness
,
uninfluenced
,
uninvited
,
unpressured
,
unprompted
,
unrequested
,
unrequired
,
unsolicited
,
unsought
,
voluntariness
,
voluntarism
,
voluntary
,
voluntaryism
,
volunteer militia
,
volunteer navy
,
volunteering
,
willful
make haste
collapse
related words >
bolt
,
bundle
,
bustle
,
career
,
chase
,
crowd
,
dart
,
dash
,
dash off
,
dash on
,
double-time
,
festinate
,
fling
,
get going
,
get moving
,
haste
,
hasten
,
hie
,
hump
,
hump it
,
hurry
,
hurry on
,
hurry through
,
hurry up
,
hurry-scurry
,
hurtle
,
hustle
,
leap
,
lose no time
,
move quickly
,
plunge
,
post
,
press on
,
push on
,
race
,
run
,
rush
,
rush through
,
scamper
,
scoot
,
scour
,
scramble
,
scud
,
scurry
,
scuttle
,
shoot
,
skedaddle
,
spurt
,
step on it
,
tear
offer
collapse
something offered (as a proposal or bid); "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds"
the verbal act of offering; "a generous offer of assistance"
put forward for consideration; "He offered his opinion"
threaten to do something; "I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal"
produce or introduce on the stage; "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month"
make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"
present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink"
make available for sale; "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week"
offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy"
propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
present as an act of worship; "offer prayers to the gods"
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accommodation
,
accord
,
accordance
,
adduce
,
administer
,
advance
,
afford
,
allege
,
allot
,
allow
,
approach
,
array
,
assay
,
attempt
,
award
,
awarding
,
bestow
,
bestow on
,
bestowal
,
bestowment
,
bid
,
bid in
,
bid up
,
bring forward
,
bring on
,
bring to bear
,
chance
,
cite
,
come forward
,
communicate
,
communication
,
concession
,
confer
,
conferment
,
conferral
,
contribution
,
crack
,
deal
,
deal out
,
deliverance
,
delivery
,
deploy
,
dish out
,
dispense
,
display
,
dole
,
dole out
,
donate
,
donation
,
effort
,
endeavor
,
endowment
,
engage
,
essay
,
exhibit
,
experiment
,
extend
,
fling
,
fork out
,
furnish
,
furnishment
,
gambit
,
gift
,
gift with
,
gifting
,
give
,
give freely
,
give out
,
giving
,
go
,
grant
,
granting
,
hand out
,
heap
,
help to
,
hold forth
,
hold out
,
impart
,
impartation
,
impartment
,
investiture
,
issue
,
lavish
,
lay
,
let have
,
liberality
,
lick
,
lift a finger
,
make
,
make a bid
,
make an attempt
,
make an effort
,
make an offer
,
make available
,
marshal
,
mete
,
mete out
,
move
,
offer to buy
,
offering
,
plead
,
pose
,
pour
,
prefer
,
present
,
presentation
,
presentment
,
produce
,
proffer
,
proposal
,
propose
,
proposition
,
provide
,
provision
,
put forth
,
put forward
,
put to choice
,
put to vote
,
put up
,
rain
,
rally
,
render
,
seek
,
sell
,
serve
,
set before
,
shell out
,
shill
,
shot
,
show
,
shower
,
slip
,
snow
,
stab
,
step
,
step forward
,
strive
,
stroke
,
strong bid
,
struggle
,
submit
,
subscription
,
suggest
,
supplying
,
surrender
,
tender
,
tentative
,
trial
,
trial and error
,
try
,
undertake
,
undertaking
,
venture
,
venture on
,
venture upon
,
volunteer
,
vouchsafe
,
vouchsafement
,
whack
,
yield
on end
collapse
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ad infinitum
,
again and again
,
at a stretch
,
at attention
,
bolt upright
,
ceaselessly
,
connectedly
,
constantly
,
continually
,
continuously
,
cumulatively
,
cyclically
,
endlessly
,
endways
,
endwise
,
erectly
,
incessantly
,
interminably
,
monotonously
,
on a stretch
,
on and on
,
perennially
,
repetitively
,
right on end
,
round the clock
,
together
,
unbrokenly
,
unceasingly
,
unintermittently
,
uninterruptedly
,
unrelievedly
,
up
,
up on end
,
upright
,
uprightly
,
upstandingly
,
without a break
,
without cease
,
without stopping
hasten
collapse
related words >
accelerate
,
advance
,
advantage
,
aid
,
barrel
,
bolt
,
boost
,
bundle
,
burn to
,
bustle
,
career
,
chafe
,
chase
,
clear the way
,
conduce to
,
contribute to
,
crack on
,
crowd
,
dart
,
dash
,
dash off
,
dash on
,
dispatch
,
double-time
,
drive on
,
ease
,
encourage
,
expedite
,
explain
,
facilitate
,
favor
,
festinate
,
fleet
,
fling
,
flit
,
fly
,
forward
,
foster
,
fret
,
further
,
fuss
,
gain ground
,
get excited
,
get going
,
get moving
,
grease
,
grease the ways
,
grease the wheels
,
hardly wait
,
haste
,
hasten on
,
help along
,
hie
,
hie on
,
hotfoot
,
hump
,
hump it
,
hurry
,
hurry along
,
hurry on
,
hurry through
,
hurry up
,
hurry-scurry
,
hurtle
,
hustle
,
hustle up
,
impel
,
itch to
,
jump the gun
,
leap
,
lend wings to
,
loose
,
lose no time
,
lubricate
,
make clear
,
make for
,
make haste
,
make way for
,
move
,
move quickly
,
oil
,
open the throttle
,
open the way
,
open up
,
pave the way
,
pick up speed
,
plunge
,
post
,
precipitate
,
prepare the way
,
press
,
press on
,
promote
,
push
,
push forward
,
push on
,
push through
,
put forward
,
put on
,
put on steam
,
quicken
,
race
,
railroad through
,
remove friction
,
rev
,
run
,
run interference for
,
rush
,
rush along
,
rush through
,
scamper
,
scoot
,
scour
,
scramble
,
scud
,
scurry
,
scuttle
,
send
,
set forward
,
shake up
,
shoot
,
simplify
,
skedaddle
,
smooth
,
smooth the way
,
soap the ways
,
speed
,
speed along
,
speed up
,
sprint
,
spur
,
spurt
,
squirm
,
stampede
,
step on it
,
step up
,
stew
,
sweat
,
sweat and stew
,
sweat it out
,
tear
,
unbar
,
unblock
,
unclog
,
unjam
,
urge
,
wait impatiently
,
whip
,
whip along
compulsive
collapse
a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
strongly motivated to succeed
caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion; "compulsive drinking"
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accordant
,
anal
,
automatic
,
blind
,
bourgeois
,
coactive
,
coercive
,
compelling
,
compulsatory
,
compulsory
,
concordant
,
conditioned
,
conformist
,
constrained
,
constraining
,
conventional
,
corresponding
,
driving
,
forced
,
forceful
,
formalistic
,
gripping
,
harmonious
,
holding
,
impelling
,
imperative
,
imperious
,
impulsive
,
in accord
,
in keeping
,
in line
,
in step
,
instinctive
,
involuntary
,
irresistible
,
kosher
,
mechanical
,
obsessing
,
obsessional
,
obsessive
,
orthodox
,
overwhelming
,
pedantic
,
plastic
,
possessing
,
precisianistic
,
preoccupying
,
pressing
,
reflex
,
reflexive
,
restraining
,
square
,
straight
,
stuffy
,
traditionalist
,
unconscious
,
unintentional
,
unthinking
,
unwilled
,
unwilling
,
unwitting
,
uptight
,
urgent
dissociate
collapse
to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms; "acids dissociate to give hydrogen ions"
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abrupt
,
abstract
,
alienate
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
catalyze
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
delete
,
depart
,
detach
,
dialyze
,
disarticulate
,
disassociate
,
disconnect
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
distance
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
eject
,
electrolyze
,
estrange
,
expel
,
hydrolyze
,
isolate
,
leave
,
part
,
photolyze
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
sever
,
shut off
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
step aside
,
subtract
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
withdraw
tear down
collapse
related words >
annihilate
,
asperse
,
beat down
,
blow down
,
break down
,
bring down
,
bulldoze
,
burn down
,
calumniate
,
cast down
,
chop down
,
cut down
,
defame
,
demolish
,
denigrate
,
disassemble
,
dismantle
,
dismount
,
fell
,
flatten
,
knock down
,
knock over
,
level
,
mow down
,
prostrate
,
pull down
,
rase
,
raze
,
ruin
,
scandal
,
scandalize
,
shatter
,
slander
,
slur
,
smash
,
smear
,
steamroller
,
take apart
,
take down
,
throw down
,
unbuild
,
wrack
,
wreck
forerun
collapse
related words >
announce
,
antecede
,
antedate
,
anticipate
,
be before
,
be early
,
blaze the trail
,
break the trail
,
come before
,
foreglimpse
,
foresee
,
foreshow
,
forestall
,
foretaste
,
get ahead of
,
give notice
,
go before
,
go off half-cocked
,
guide
,
harbinger
,
herald
,
introduce
,
jump the gun
,
lead
,
notify
,
pace
,
pioneer
,
preannounce
,
precede
,
precurse
,
predate
,
preexist
,
preindicate
,
presage
,
proclaim
,
run before
,
usher in
,
win the start
assort
collapse
related words >
alphabetize
,
analyze
,
arrange
,
bolt
,
break down
,
catalog
,
categorize
,
class
,
classify
,
codify
,
collate
,
digest
,
distribute
,
divide
,
file
,
gradate
,
grade
,
group
,
index
,
list
,
methodize
,
order
,
pigeonhole
,
place
,
range
,
rank
,
rate
,
riddle
,
screen
,
separate
,
sieve
,
sift
,
size
,
sort
,
sort out
,
stratify
,
subdivide
,
subordinate
,
systematize
,
tabulate
,
type
flip flop
collapse
related words >
about-face
,
accommodation
,
adaptation
,
adjustment
,
afterthoughts
,
alchemy
,
alteration
,
amelioration
,
apostasy
,
assimilation
,
assumption
,
backing
,
backsliding
,
becoming
,
better thoughts
,
betterment
,
break
,
break back
,
change
,
change back
,
change of heart
,
change of mind
,
change-over
,
changeableness
,
constructive change
,
continuity
,
conversion
,
cry back
,
defection
,
degeneration
,
degenerative change
,
deterioration
,
deviation
,
difference
,
discontinuity
,
disenchantment
,
divergence
,
diversification
,
diversion
,
diversity
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
fitting
,
flip
,
go back
,
gradual change
,
growth
,
hark back
,
improvement
,
lapse
,
mature judgment
,
melioration
,
mitigation
,
modification
,
modulation
,
naturalization
,
overthrow
,
passage
,
progress
,
qualification
,
radical change
,
re-creation
,
re-formation
,
realignment
,
recidivation
,
recidivism
,
reclamation
,
reconversion
,
redesign
,
reduction
,
reform
,
reformation
,
regress
,
regression
,
rehabilitation
,
reinstatement
,
relapse
,
remaking
,
renewal
,
reshaping
,
resolution
,
restitution
,
restoration
,
restructuring
,
retrocession
,
retrogradation
,
retrogression
,
retroversion
,
return
,
returning
,
reversal
,
reverse
,
reversion
,
reverting
,
revival
,
revivification
,
revolution
,
revulsion
,
right-about
,
right-about-face
,
second thoughts
,
shift
,
slipping back
,
sudden change
,
switch
,
switch-over
,
tergiversating
,
tergiversation
,
total change
,
transformation
,
transit
,
transition
,
turn
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn back
,
turnabout
,
turnaround
,
turning into
,
upheaval
,
variation
,
variety
,
violent change
,
volte-face
,
worsening
last resort
collapse
related words >
action
,
ad hoc measure
,
answer
,
artifice
,
contrivance
,
countermove
,
coup
,
course of action
,
demarche
,
dernier ressort
,
device
,
dodge
,
effort
,
expedient
,
gimmick
,
hope
,
improvisation
,
jury-rig
,
jury-rigged expedient
,
last expedient
,
last shift
,
makeshift
,
maneuver
,
means
,
measure
,
move
,
pis aller
,
recourse
,
resort
,
resource
,
shake-up
,
shift
,
solution
,
step
,
stopgap
,
stratagem
,
stroke
,
stroke of policy
,
tactic
,
temporary expedient
,
trick
,
trump
,
working hypothesis
,
working proposition
beef up
collapse
related words >
accelerate
,
aggrandize
,
aggravate
,
augment
,
blow up
,
boost
,
brace
,
brace up
,
buttress
,
case harden
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
confirm
,
consolidate
,
deepen
,
double
,
enhance
,
enlarge
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
expand
,
extend
,
fortify
,
gird
,
harden
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
intensify
,
invigorate
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
magnify
,
make complex
,
multiply
,
nerve
,
prop
,
ramify
,
redouble
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
sharpen
,
shore up
,
soup up
,
steel
,
step up
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
temper
,
toughen
,
triple
,
undergird
,
whet
vacation
collapse
the act of making something legally void
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
spend or take a vacation
related words >
AWOL
,
Christmas
,
French leave
,
Sunday
,
abeyance
,
abolishment
,
abolition
,
abrogation
,
abscondence
,
absence
,
absence without leave
,
absentation
,
absenteeism
,
absenting
,
annulment
,
break
,
breathing space
,
caesura
,
cancel
,
canceling
,
cancellation
,
cassation
,
cease-fire
,
coffee break
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
cut
,
day off
,
default
,
defeasance
,
departure
,
disappearance
,
downtime
,
drop
,
escape
,
excused absence
,
fleeing
,
furlough
,
go on furlough
,
go on leave
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
hesitation
,
holiday
,
hooky
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
invalidation
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
leave
,
leave of absence
,
leaving
,
letup
,
liberty
,
lull
,
make holiday
,
nonappearance
,
nonattendance
,
nullification
,
off-time
,
paid holiday
,
paid vacation
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
quiet spell
,
recall
,
recantation
,
recess
,
relief
,
remission
,
renege
,
repeal
,
rescinding
,
rescindment
,
rescission
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
retraction
,
reversal
,
revocation
,
revoke
,
revokement
,
running away
,
sabbatical
,
sabbatical leave
,
sabbatical year
,
setting aside
,
shore leave
,
sick leave
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
suspension
,
take a holiday
,
take leave
,
time off
,
time out
,
truancy
,
truantism
,
truce
,
unexcused absence
,
vacatur
,
voidance
,
voiding
,
waiver
,
waiving
,
weekend
,
withdrawal
,
write-off
step forward
collapse
related words >
advance
,
come along
,
come forward
,
come on
,
cover ground
,
gain ground
,
gather head
,
gather way
,
get ahead
,
get along
,
go
,
go ahead
,
go along
,
go fast
,
go forward
,
go on
,
make good time
,
make head against
,
make headway
,
make progress
,
make progress against
,
make strides
,
make up leeway
,
move
,
move forward
,
need no prodding
,
pass along
,
pass on
,
proceed
,
progress
,
roll
,
stem
,
travel
,
volunteer
atomize
collapse
break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air"
spray very finely; "atomize perfume"
related words >
ablate
,
abrade
,
accelerate
,
activate
,
adduce
,
aerate
,
aerify
,
analyze
,
anatomize
,
beat
,
bombard
,
bray
,
break into pieces
,
break to pieces
,
break up
,
brecciate
,
carbonate
,
change
,
chlorinate
,
chop logic
,
circumstantiate
,
cite
,
cleave
,
come apart
,
comminute
,
consume
,
contriturate
,
corrode
,
crack up
,
crash
,
cross-bombard
,
crumb
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
crunch
,
crush
,
cut to pieces
,
decay
,
decompose
,
demolish
,
descend to particulars
,
desynonymize
,
detail
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
diffuse
,
disassemble
,
discriminate
,
disequalize
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
dismantle
,
disorganize
,
disperse
,
disrupt
,
dissolve
,
distill
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
document
,
dynamite
,
emit
,
enter into detail
,
erode
,
etherify
,
etherize
,
evaporate
,
exhale
,
fall to pieces
,
fission
,
flour
,
fluidize
,
fractionate
,
fragment
,
fume
,
fumigate
,
gasify
,
give full particulars
,
give off
,
grain
,
granulate
,
granulize
,
grate
,
grind
,
grind to powder
,
hydrogenate
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
instance
,
itemize
,
levigate
,
make a distinction
,
make mincemeat of
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mash
,
mill
,
mince
,
modify
,
molder
,
nucleize
,
oxygenate
,
particularize
,
perfume
,
personalize
,
pestle
,
pick to pieces
,
pound
,
powder
,
pull in pieces
,
pull to pieces
,
pulverize
,
reduce to powder
,
reduce to rubble
,
reek
,
refine a distinction
,
rend
,
rub out
,
ruin
,
scatter
,
scrunch
,
segregate
,
send out
,
separate
,
set apart
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
shard
,
shatter
,
shiver
,
shred
,
smash
,
smash the atom
,
smash up
,
smoke
,
specialize
,
specify
,
spell out
,
splinter
,
split
,
split hairs
,
spray
,
squash
,
squish
,
steam
,
sublimate
,
sublime
,
substantiate
,
sunder
,
take apart
,
tear apart
,
tear down
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to shreds
,
tear to tatters
,
total
,
triturate
,
unbuild
,
undo
,
unmake
,
vaporize
,
vary
,
volatilize
,
waste away
,
wear away
,
wrack up
,
wreck
clear the decks
collapse
related words >
abstract
,
arrange
,
ballast
,
blow
,
blow out
,
break bulk
,
break out ballast
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
chuck
,
clean out
,
clean up
,
clear
,
clear away
,
clear for action
,
clear off
,
clear out
,
clear up
,
consider every angle
,
cure
,
cut out
,
defecate
,
deplete
,
deploy
,
deport
,
dispose of
,
drain
,
dress
,
eject
,
elide
,
eliminate
,
empty
,
empty out
,
eradicate
,
evacuate
,
exhaust
,
exile
,
expatriate
,
expel
,
fix
,
fix up
,
forearm
,
get quit of
,
get ready
,
get rid of
,
get shut of
,
groom
,
guard against
,
hedge
,
leave out nothing
,
liquidate
,
make arrangements
,
make preparations
,
make ready
,
make sure
,
make sure against
,
marshal
,
mobilize
,
neaten
,
outlaw
,
overlook no possibility
,
pick out
,
plan
,
play safe
,
police
,
police up
,
prearrange
,
prep
,
prepare
,
prepare for
,
pretreat
,
process
,
provide
,
provide a hedge
,
provide against
,
provide for
,
purge
,
put in shape
,
put in trim
,
ready
,
ready up
,
reef down
,
remove
,
root out
,
root up
,
scour out
,
settle preliminaries
,
shift ballast
,
shoot ballast
,
shorten sail
,
spruce
,
spruce up
,
straighten up
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
sweep out
,
take measures
,
take precautions
,
take steps
,
tan
,
throw over
,
throw overboard
,
tidy
,
tidy up
,
treat
,
trig up
,
trim
,
trim ship
,
trim up
,
try out
,
unclog
,
unfoul
,
vent
,
void
,
weed out
,
wing out ballast
draw near
collapse
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
anticipate
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
await
,
be destined
,
be fated
,
be imminent
,
be in store
,
be to be
,
be to come
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
brew
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
confront
,
converge
,
draw nigh
,
draw on
,
encounter
,
expect
,
face
,
foresee
,
foretell
,
forthcome
,
gain upon
,
gather
,
hang over
,
hope
,
hover
,
impend
,
lie ahead
,
lie over
,
look for
,
look forward to
,
loom
,
lower
,
menace
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
nigh
,
overhang
,
plan
,
plot
,
predict
,
project
,
prophesy
,
proximate
,
sidle up to
,
step up
,
threaten
unburden
collapse
take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"
free or relieve (someone) of a burden
related words >
alleviate
,
be light
,
break bulk
,
clear
,
disburden
,
discharge
,
disembarrass
,
disencumber
,
dump
,
ease
,
have little weight
,
kick the beam
,
lighten
,
lose
,
make light
,
make lighter
,
off-load
,
reduce weight
,
relieve
,
rid
,
set at ease
,
shake off
,
throw off
,
unballast
,
unfreight
,
unlade
,
unload
,
unpack
,
unship
,
weigh lightly
jazz up
collapse
make more interesting or lively; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper"
related words >
accelerate
,
aggravate
,
animate
,
arouse
,
beef up
,
blow up
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
deepen
,
double
,
dynamize
,
electrify
,
energize
,
enhance
,
enliven
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
exhilarate
,
fillip
,
fire
,
galvanize
,
hearten
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
inflame
,
infuse life into
,
intensify
,
invigorate
,
key up
,
kindle
,
liven
,
magnify
,
make complex
,
pep up
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
pique
,
provoke
,
quicken
,
ramify
,
redouble
,
reinforce
,
renew
,
resuscitate
,
revive
,
rouse
,
sharpen
,
snap up
,
soup up
,
step up
,
stimulate
,
strengthen
,
triple
,
vitalize
,
warm
,
whet
,
zip up
pass muster
collapse
related words >
answer
,
avail
,
be equal to
,
bear
,
do
,
do it
,
fall in with
,
fall into line
,
fill the bill
,
find favor with
,
fit in
,
follow the crowd
,
follow the fashion
,
follow the rule
,
fulfill
,
get by
,
get in line
,
go around
,
go through channels
,
hack it
,
hold
,
hold up
,
just do
,
keep in step
,
make the grade
,
meet
,
meet requirements
,
meet with approval
,
pass
,
play the game
,
qualify
,
reach
,
satisfy
,
serve
,
serve the purpose
,
stand
,
stand the test
,
stand up
,
stay in line
,
stretch
,
suffice
,
take it
,
toe the mark
,
work
dissent
collapse
a difference of opinion
(law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion"
withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented"
related words >
Evangelicalism
,
Protestantism
,
Reform
,
Zwinglianism
,
abnegation
,
aggressiveness
,
agree to differ
,
agree to disagree
,
antagonism
,
antipathy
,
apostasy
,
argumentation
,
averseness
,
aversion
,
backlash
,
backwardness
,
balk
,
ban
,
be at cross-purposes
,
be at variance
,
be in dissent
,
be unmoved
,
be unwilling
,
beef
,
beefing
,
beg off
,
beg to differ
,
bellicosity
,
belligerence
,
bellyache
,
bellyaching
,
bickering
,
bitch
,
bitching
,
blackball
,
blackballing
,
boggle
,
break
,
break bounds
,
break off
,
break step
,
break up
,
categorically reject
,
challenge
,
clash
,
clashing
,
collide
,
collision
,
combative reaction
,
combativeness
,
complain
,
complain loudly
,
complaining
,
complaint
,
conflict
,
confront
,
confutation
,
contend with
,
contention
,
contentiousness
,
contradict
,
contradiction
,
contraposition
,
contrariety
,
contrast
,
controversy
,
counter
,
counteraction
,
counterposition
,
counterworking
,
crankiness
,
crotchetiness
,
cursoriness
,
declension
,
declination
,
declinature
,
decline
,
decline to accept
,
declining
,
defiance
,
demur
,
denial
,
departure
,
deprivation
,
destructive criticism
,
deviation
,
differ
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
dim view
,
disaccord
,
disaccordance
,
disagree
,
disagree with
,
disagreement
,
disallow
,
disallowance
,
disappointment
,
disapprobation
,
disapproval
,
disapprove
,
disapprove of
,
disclaim
,
disclaimer
,
disclamation
,
disconformity
,
discongruity
,
discontent
,
discontentedness
,
discontentment
,
discord
,
discord with
,
discordance
,
discordancy
,
discrepancy
,
discreteness
,
disenchantment
,
disesteem
,
disfavor
,
disgruntlement
,
disharmony
,
disillusion
,
disillusionment
,
disinclination
,
disobedience
,
disparity
,
displeasure
,
dispute
,
disrelish
,
disrespect
,
dissatisfaction
,
dissension
,
dissent from
,
dissentience
,
dissidence
,
dissimilarity
,
dissonance
,
distaste
,
distinction
,
distinctness
,
disunify
,
disunion
,
disunity
,
divaricate
,
diverge
,
divergence
,
divergency
,
diversify
,
diversity
,
divide
,
divide on
,
drop out
,
exclude
,
exclusion
,
face down
,
face out
,
face up to
,
faction
,
factiousness
,
far cry
,
faultfinding
,
flak
,
foot-dragging
,
fractiousness
,
friction
,
front
,
frown at
,
frown down
,
frown upon
,
grievance
,
grimace at
,
gripe
,
griping
,
groan
,
groaning
,
grouse
,
grousing
,
grudging consent
,
grudgingness
,
grumbling
,
heterodoxy
,
heterogeneity
,
hold out against
,
holding back
,
holler
,
howl
,
inaccordance
,
incompatibility
,
incongruity
,
inconsistency
,
inconsonance
,
indignation
,
indisposedness
,
indisposition
,
indocility
,
inequality
,
infighting
,
inharmoniousness
,
inharmony
,
interference
,
intractableness
,
irascibility
,
irreconcilability
,
irritability
,
jangle
,
jar
,
jarring
,
jostle
,
kick
,
kick against
,
kicking
,
lack of enthusiasm
,
lack of zeal
,
litigiousness
,
look askance at
,
look black upon
,
low estimation
,
low opinion
,
make a stand
,
make waves
,
meet head-on
,
misbelief
,
mismatch
,
mismate
,
mixture
,
murmuring
,
mutinousness
,
nay
,
negate
,
negation
,
negative
,
negative answer
,
negativism
,
new theology
,
nix
,
no
,
nolition
,
nonacceptance
,
nonagreement
,
noncompliance
,
nonconcurrence
,
nonconform
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformism
,
nonconformity
,
nonconsent
,
noncooperation
,
nonobservance
,
not agree
,
not approve
,
not buy
,
not comply
,
not conform
,
not consent
,
not go for
,
not hear of
,
not hold with
,
not think of
,
object
,
object to
,
objection
,
obstinacy
,
odds
,
offer resistance
,
oppose
,
opposition
,
opposure
,
oppugnance
,
oppugnancy
,
opt out
,
originality
,
ostracism
,
ostracize
,
otherness
,
partisan spirit
,
partisanship
,
passive resistance
,
peeve
,
peevishness
,
perfunctoriness
,
perverseness
,
pet peeve
,
petulance
,
protest
,
pugnacity
,
quarrelsomeness
,
querulousness
,
reaction
,
rebuff
,
recalcitrance
,
recalcitrancy
,
recalcitrate
,
recalcitration
,
recantation
,
recoil
,
recusance
,
recusancy
,
refractoriness
,
refusal
,
refuse
,
refuse consent
,
reject
,
rejection
,
relieve
,
reluct
,
reluctance
,
remonstrance
,
remonstrate
,
renitence
,
renitency
,
repellence
,
repellency
,
repercussion
,
repudiate
,
repudiation
,
repugnance
,
repulse
,
repulsion
,
resist entreaty
,
resist persuasion
,
resistance
,
retention
,
revolt
,
rock the boat
,
say nay
,
say no
,
say no to
,
schism
,
scolding
,
secede
,
separateness
,
show fight
,
shrewishness
,
shy
,
slowness
,
sniping
,
squawk
,
squawking
,
stand
,
stand aloof
,
stand at bay
,
stand up against
,
stand up to
,
stickle
,
strife
,
strive against
,
stubbornness
,
sulk
,
sulkiness
,
sulks
,
sullenness
,
swimming upstream
,
take exception
,
take exception to
,
take issue
,
think ill of
,
think little of
,
thumb down
,
thumbs-down
,
turn down
,
turndown
,
unconformity
,
uncooperativeness
,
unenthusiasm
,
unhappiness
,
unharmoniousness
,
unlikeness
,
unorthodoxy
,
unwillingness
,
variance
,
variate
,
variation
,
variegate
,
variegation
,
variety
,
vary
,
view with disfavor
,
vote nay
,
vote negatively
,
whining
,
withdraw
,
withhold assent
,
withholding
,
withstand
,
withstanding
,
yapping
go into
collapse
be used or required for; "A lot of energy went into the organization of this banquet"
related words >
accept
,
admit
,
affiliate
,
affiliate with
,
air
,
amplify
,
analyze
,
assemble
,
associate
,
assume
,
attack
,
attempt
,
barge in
,
be admitted
,
be enfranchised
,
be implicated in
,
bear a hand
,
break in
,
breeze in
,
buckle to
,
build
,
build up
,
burst in
,
bust in
,
canvass
,
chip in
,
combine
,
come barging in
,
come breezing in
,
come busting in
,
come in
,
come into
,
come out
,
comment upon
,
complete
,
compose
,
consider
,
consist of
,
constitute
,
construct
,
contribute
,
controvert
,
creep in
,
criticize
,
cross the threshold
,
crowd in
,
deal with
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
deliberate upon
,
delve into
,
descant
,
detail
,
dig into
,
discourse
,
discourse about
,
discuss
,
dissert
,
dissertate
,
drop in
,
edge in
,
elaborate
,
embark in
,
embark on
,
embark upon
,
embody
,
endeavor
,
engage in
,
enlarge
,
enlarge upon
,
enlist
,
enroll
,
enter
,
enter into
,
enter into detail
,
enter on
,
enter upon
,
examine
,
exchange views
,
expand
,
explore
,
fabricate
,
fall into
,
fall to
,
fathom
,
form
,
gain admittance
,
get in
,
get into
,
get under way
,
go about
,
go at
,
go in
,
go in for
,
go upon
,
handle
,
have an entree
,
have an in
,
have at
,
have suffrage
,
help decide
,
hop in
,
incorporate
,
indagate
,
inquire into
,
insert
,
intrude
,
investigate
,
irrupt
,
jam in
,
join
,
join in
,
join up
,
jump in
,
knock around
,
labor
,
launch forth
,
launch into
,
lay about
,
league with
,
look in
,
look into
,
make
,
make the scene
,
make up
,
merge in
,
mix
,
move into
,
organize
,
pack in
,
partake
,
partake of
,
participate
,
participate in
,
pass under review
,
peer into
,
piece together
,
pitch into
,
plumb
,
plunge into
,
poke into
,
pop in
,
press in
,
probe
,
proceed to
,
prospect
,
pry into
,
pull an oar
,
push in
,
put in
,
put together
,
rap
,
reason
,
reason about
,
reason the point
,
remark upon
,
review
,
search into
,
set about
,
set at
,
set foot in
,
set forward
,
set going
,
set to
,
sift
,
sign on
,
sign up
,
sit in
,
sit in on
,
slip in
,
sneak in
,
sound
,
spell out
,
squeeze in
,
step in
,
structure
,
study
,
survey
,
synthesize
,
tackle
,
take in
,
take on
,
take out membership
,
take part in
,
take up
,
take up membership
,
talk
,
talk about
,
talk of
,
talk over
,
team up with
,
team with
,
thresh out
,
thrust in
,
touch upon
,
treat
,
treat of
,
turn to
,
undertake
,
unite in
,
ventilate
,
venture upon
,
visit
,
vote
,
wedge in
,
work in
,
work out
,
write up
trial and error
collapse
experimenting until a solution is found
related words >
R and D
,
approach
,
assay
,
attempt
,
bid
,
control
,
control experiment
,
controlled experiment
,
crack
,
cut and try
,
effort
,
empiricism
,
endeavor
,
essay
,
experiment
,
experimental design
,
experimental method
,
experimental proof
,
experimentalism
,
experimentation
,
fling
,
gambit
,
go
,
hit and miss
,
lick
,
move
,
noble experiment
,
offer
,
pragmatism
,
research and development
,
rule of thumb
,
shot
,
stab
,
step
,
stroke
,
strong bid
,
tentative
,
tentative method
,
tentativeness
,
test
,
testing
,
trial
,
trial run
,
try
,
trying
,
undertaking
,
whack
jog on
collapse
related words >
abide
,
ambulate
,
ankle
,
bide
,
carry on
,
cease not
,
chug on
,
circumambulate
,
continue
,
drag on
,
drift along
,
endure
,
flow on
,
foot
,
foot it
,
go along
,
go on
,
hold on
,
hold steady
,
hoof it
,
jaywalk
,
keep going
,
keep on
,
leg
,
leg it
,
linger
,
lumber
,
march on
,
never cease
,
pace
,
pad
,
pedestrianize
,
peg
,
perambulate
,
peripateticate
,
plod
,
plod along
,
plug
,
plug along
,
remain
,
roll on
,
rub on
,
run on
,
schlep
,
shuffle along
,
slog on
,
stagger on
,
stay
,
stay on
,
step
,
stride
,
stump
,
stump it
,
tarry
,
traipse
,
tramp
,
tread
,
trudge
,
walk
fragment
collapse
an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play"
a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock"
related words >
abrade
,
ace
,
ana
,
analects
,
anthology
,
atom
,
atomize
,
beat
,
bit
,
bray
,
break into pieces
,
break to pieces
,
break up
,
brecciate
,
burst
,
butt
,
chip
,
chunk
,
cleave
,
clip
,
clipping
,
clippings
,
collectanea
,
collection
,
collop
,
come apart
,
comminute
,
contriturate
,
crash
,
crumb
,
crumble
,
crunch
,
crush
,
cut
,
cut to pieces
,
cutting
,
cuttings
,
dab
,
debris
,
demolish
,
diffuse
,
disassemble
,
disintegrate
,
dismantle
,
disperse
,
disrupt
,
dole
,
dollop
,
dot
,
dram
,
dribble
,
driblet
,
dwarf
,
end
,
excerpta
,
excerpts
,
explode
,
extracts
,
farthing
,
fission
,
fleck
,
florilegium
,
flour
,
flowers
,
flyspeck
,
fragments
,
gleanings
,
go to pieces
,
gob
,
gobbet
,
grain
,
granulate
,
granule
,
granulize
,
grate
,
grind
,
grind to powder
,
groat
,
hair
,
handful
,
hunk
,
iota
,
jot
,
levigate
,
little
,
little bit
,
lota
,
lump
,
make mincemeat of
,
mash
,
mill
,
mince
,
minim
,
minimum
,
minutiae
,
miscellanea
,
miscellany
,
mite
,
modicum
,
moiety
,
molecule
,
morsel
,
mote
,
nutshell
,
ounce
,
paring
,
part
,
particle
,
pash
,
pebble
,
pestle
,
pick to pieces
,
piece
,
pinch
,
pittance
,
point
,
portion
,
pound
,
powder
,
pull in pieces
,
pull to pieces
,
pulverize
,
rasher
,
reduce to powder
,
reduce to rubble
,
remnant
,
rend
,
rive
,
scatter
,
scoop
,
scrap
,
scrunch
,
scruple
,
shard
,
shatter
,
shaving
,
shiver
,
shred
,
slice
,
sliver
,
smash
,
smash up
,
smatter
,
smidgen
,
smitch
,
smithereen
,
smithereens
,
snack
,
snatch
,
snip
,
snippet
,
speck
,
splinter
,
split
,
split up
,
spoonful
,
spot
,
squash
,
squish
,
stitch
,
stump
,
sunder
,
take apart
,
tatter
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to shreds
,
tear to tatters
,
thimbleful
,
tiny bit
,
tittle
,
total
,
trifling amount
,
triturate
,
trivia
,
unbuild
,
undo
,
unmake
,
whit
,
wrack up
,
wreck
wrack up
collapse
related words >
atomize
,
break to pieces
,
cleave
,
demolish
,
disassemble
,
disintegrate
,
dismantle
,
fragment
,
make mincemeat of
,
pick to pieces
,
pull in pieces
,
pull to pieces
,
pulverize
,
reduce to rubble
,
rend
,
shatter
,
smash
,
split
,
sunder
,
take apart
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to shreds
,
tear to tatters
,
total
,
unbuild
,
undo
,
unmake
,
wreck
eruct
collapse
related words >
belch
,
blow open
,
blow out
,
break out
,
burp
,
burst forth
,
burst out
,
cast forth
,
debouch
,
decant
,
discharge
,
disembogue
,
disgorge
,
ejaculate
,
eject
,
eructate
,
erupt
,
exhaust
,
expel
,
extravasate
,
hiccup
,
hurl forth
,
irrupt
,
jet
,
outpour
,
pour
,
pour forth
,
pour out
,
send forth
,
send out
,
spew
,
spout
,
spurt
,
squirt
,
throw out
,
vomit
slip out of
collapse
related words >
bow out
,
cast off
,
creep out of
,
depart
,
disappear
,
dodge
,
doff
,
dog it
,
douse
,
drop
,
duck
,
duck duty
,
duck out
,
escape
,
exit
,
find a loophole
,
get out of
,
go on furlough
,
go on leave
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
leave the scene
,
malinger
,
mooch off
,
not pull fair
,
put off
,
remove
,
shirk
,
shuffle out of
,
skulk
,
skulk away
,
slack
,
slide off
,
slide out of
,
slink off
,
slip away
,
slip off
,
slip out
,
slip through
,
slither off
,
sneak off
,
sneak out
,
sneak out of
,
sneak through
,
soldier
,
squirm out of
,
steal away
,
step out of
,
take leave
,
take off
,
throw off
,
undo
,
unwrap
,
welsh
,
worm out of
,
wriggle out of
pass on
collapse
give to or transfer possession of; "I am passing on my genes to my children"
related words >
OK
,
abalienate
,
accept
,
accredit
,
add a codicil
,
advance
,
affirm
,
alien
,
alienate
,
amen
,
amortize
,
approve
,
assign
,
authenticate
,
authorize
,
autograph
,
barter
,
be lost
,
bequeath
,
break
,
broadcast
,
carry over
,
cease to be
,
cease to live
,
cede
,
certify
,
change hands
,
change ownership
,
come along
,
come on
,
communicate
,
confer
,
confirm
,
consign
,
convey
,
cosign
,
countersign
,
cover ground
,
decease
,
deed
,
deed over
,
deliver
,
demise
,
depart
,
depart this life
,
deport
,
descend
,
devise
,
devolve
,
devolve upon
,
die
,
diffuse
,
disseminate
,
endorse
,
enfeoff
,
entail
,
exchange
,
execute a will
,
expel
,
expire
,
export
,
extradite
,
fall
,
fall asleep
,
gain ground
,
gather head
,
gather way
,
get across
,
get ahead
,
get along
,
get over
,
give
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the imprimatur
,
give thumbs up
,
give title to
,
give word
,
go
,
go ahead
,
go along
,
go fast
,
go forward
,
go on
,
go out
,
hand
,
hand down
,
hand forward
,
hand on
,
hand over
,
impart
,
import
,
initial
,
leave
,
leave word
,
make a bequest
,
make a will
,
make good time
,
make head against
,
make headway
,
make known
,
make over
,
make progress
,
make progress against
,
make strides
,
make up leeway
,
metastasize
,
metathesize
,
move
,
move forward
,
negotiate
,
notarize
,
part
,
pass
,
pass along
,
pass away
,
pass over
,
pass the buck
,
pass upon
,
perfuse
,
perish
,
permit
,
proceed
,
progress
,
put off mortality
,
quit this world
,
ratify
,
relay
,
render
,
report
,
return to dust
,
roll
,
rubber stamp
,
sanction
,
say amen to
,
seal
,
second
,
sell
,
send
,
send word
,
settle
,
settle on
,
share
,
share with
,
sign
,
sign and seal
,
sign away
,
sign over
,
signal
,
spread
,
stem
,
step forward
,
stop breathing
,
subscribe to
,
succeed
,
succumb
,
support
,
surrender
,
swear and affirm
,
swear to
,
switch
,
tell
,
trade
,
transfer
,
transfer property
,
transfuse
,
translate
,
translocate
,
transmit
,
transplace
,
transplant
,
transpose
,
travel
,
turn over
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
up and die
,
validate
,
visa
,
vise
,
warrant
,
will
,
will and bequeath
,
will to
,
yield the ghost
groom
collapse
a man who has recently been married
a man participant in his own marriage ceremony
care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"
related words >
adapt
,
apprentice
,
bed
,
bed down
,
blushing bride
,
break
,
break in
,
breaker
,
breed
,
breeder
,
bride
,
bridegroom
,
bridle
,
brief
,
bring up
,
broncobuster
,
brush
,
brush up
,
buckaroo
,
cattleman
,
clean up
,
clear the decks
,
clear up
,
coach
,
condition
,
cow keeper
,
cowman
,
cultivate
,
curry
,
currycomb
,
dairy farmer
,
dairyman
,
develop
,
discipline
,
drench
,
dress
,
drill
,
equerry
,
exercise
,
farrier
,
feed
,
fetch up
,
fettle
,
fit
,
fix up
,
fodder
,
form
,
foster
,
gentle
,
get ready
,
grazier
,
handle
,
harness
,
hitch
,
honeymooner
,
horseshoer
,
hostler
,
house-train
,
housebreak
,
improve
,
lick into shape
,
litter
,
make ready
,
manage
,
manicure
,
milk
,
neaten
,
newlywed
,
nurse
,
nurture
,
plighted bride
,
plume
,
police
,
police up
,
practice
,
preen
,
prepare
,
prime
,
primp
,
put in trim
,
put in tune
,
put to school
,
raise
,
rancher
,
ranchero
,
ranchman
,
ready
,
rear
,
refresh
,
rehearse
,
rub down
,
saddle
,
send to school
,
shape
,
sheepman
,
smarten up
,
spruce
,
spruce up
,
stableboy
,
stableman
,
stock raiser
,
stockbreeder
,
stockkeeper
,
stockman
,
straighten up
,
take in hand
,
tame
,
tamer
,
tend
,
tidy
,
tidy up
,
titivate
,
train
,
trainer
,
trig up
,
trim
,
trim up
,
tutor
,
war bride
,
water
,
yoke
let out
collapse
make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"
related words >
air
,
articulate
,
ax
,
bare
,
betray
,
bleed
,
blow
,
boot
,
boot out
,
bounce
,
break
,
break it to
,
break the news
,
break the seal
,
breathe
,
breathe out
,
bring to light
,
broach
,
bump
,
bust
,
can
,
cashier
,
cast loose
,
charter
,
chime
,
chorus
,
come out with
,
communicate
,
confide
,
confide to
,
continue
,
convey
,
decant
,
defrock
,
degrade
,
deliver
,
demobilize
,
demote
,
deplume
,
depose
,
deprive
,
develop
,
disbar
,
discharge
,
disclose
,
discover
,
disemploy
,
dismask
,
dismiss
,
displace
,
displume
,
divulgate
,
divulge
,
draft
,
draft off
,
drag out
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw from
,
draw off
,
draw out
,
draw the veil
,
drop
,
drum out
,
elongate
,
emit
,
empty
,
enunciate
,
evacuate
,
evulgate
,
exhale
,
exhaust
,
expel
,
expire
,
expose
,
express
,
extend
,
farm
,
farm out
,
fire
,
fling off
,
formulate
,
fume
,
furlough
,
give
,
give away
,
give expression
,
give off
,
give out
,
give out with
,
give the ax
,
give the gate
,
give tongue
,
give utterance
,
give vent to
,
give voice
,
go bail for
,
grant bail to
,
hire
,
hire out
,
impart
,
job
,
kick
,
kick upstairs
,
lay bare
,
lay off
,
lay open
,
lease
,
lease out
,
lease-back
,
lease-lend
,
lend-lease
,
lengthen
,
lengthen out
,
let
,
let blood
,
let daylight in
,
let get around
,
let go
,
let go free
,
let in on
,
let loose
,
let off
,
lip
,
make known
,
make redundant
,
manifest
,
milk
,
mouth
,
open
,
open the floodgates
,
open the sluices
,
open up
,
out with
,
parole
,
pension off
,
phlebotomize
,
phonate
,
phrase
,
pipette
,
pour forth
,
present
,
produce
,
prolong
,
prolongate
,
pronounce
,
protract
,
publish
,
puff
,
pull
,
pump
,
pump out
,
put forth
,
put in words
,
put on parole
,
raise
,
raise the curtain
,
read out of
,
reek
,
release
,
remove
,
rent
,
rent out
,
replace
,
retire
,
reveal
,
sack
,
say
,
separate forcibly
,
set forth
,
show
,
show up
,
siphon off
,
smoke
,
sound
,
spill
,
spin out
,
steam
,
strain
,
stretch
,
stretch out
,
string out
,
strip
,
strip bare
,
sublease
,
sublet
,
suck
,
suck out
,
superannuate
,
surplus
,
suspend
,
tap
,
tauten
,
tell
,
tense
,
terminate
,
throw off
,
tighten
,
turn off
,
turn out
,
uncloak
,
uncover
,
underlet
,
undrape
,
unfold
,
unfrock
,
unfurl
,
unhand
,
unkennel
,
unmask
,
unpack
,
unroll
,
unscreen
,
unsheathe
,
unshroud
,
unveil
,
unwrap
,
utter
,
vapor
,
venesect
,
vent
,
ventilate
,
verbalize
,
vocalize
,
voice
,
whisper
,
word
unman
collapse
cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"
related words >
abase
,
abate
,
affright
,
alarm
,
attenuate
,
beat down
,
bend
,
blunt
,
break
,
break down
,
bring low
,
bring to terms
,
browbeat
,
bulldoze
,
bully
,
castrate
,
clamp down on
,
coerce
,
compel
,
conquer
,
cow
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
crush
,
curdle the blood
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dash
,
daunt
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
degrade
,
demasculinize
,
demoralize
,
deplete
,
desex
,
desexualize
,
despotize
,
devitalize
,
disqualify
,
disquiet
,
domineer
,
domineer over
,
drain
,
dull
,
effeminize
,
emasculate
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
enslave
,
etiolate
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fright
,
frighten
,
funk
,
grind
,
grind down
,
gruel
,
henpeck
,
horripilate
,
humble
,
humiliate
,
impoverish
,
intimidate
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
knock down
,
lay low
,
lord it over
,
make one tremble
,
master
,
mitigate
,
oppress
,
overawe
,
overbear
,
overcome
,
overmaster
,
override
,
overwhelm
,
paralyze
,
press heavy on
,
prostrate
,
psych out
,
quell
,
raise apprehensions
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
repress
,
ride over
,
ride roughshod over
,
sap
,
scare
,
shake
,
shake up
,
soften up
,
spook
,
stagger
,
startle
,
sterilize
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
suppress
,
terrorize
,
trample down
,
trample underfoot
,
trample upon
,
tread down
,
tread underfoot
,
tread upon
,
tyrannize
,
tyrannize over
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
undo
,
unfit
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
upset
,
walk all over
,
walk over
,
weaken
,
weigh heavy on
disband
collapse
stop functioning or cohering as a unit; "The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting"
cause to break up or cease to function; "the principal disbanded the political student organization"
related words >
break up
,
deactivate
,
debrief
,
decommission
,
demilitarize
,
demob
,
demobilize
,
detach
,
dichotomize
,
disarm
,
discharge
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dismiss
,
disorganize
,
dispel
,
disperse
,
dissect
,
dissever
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
disunite
,
diverge
,
divide
,
divorce
,
go separate ways
,
let go
,
muster out
,
part
,
part company
,
reconvert
,
release
,
retire
,
scatter
,
separate
,
sever
,
sheathe the sword
,
split up
,
sunder
dial
collapse
the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning
choose by means of a dial; "dial a telephone number"
operate a dial to select a telephone number; "You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial"
related words >
appraise
,
appreciate
,
assay
,
assess
,
buzz
,
calculate
,
calibrate
,
caliper
,
call
,
call up
,
check a parameter
,
compute
,
countenance
,
divide
,
estimate
,
evaluate
,
face
,
fathom
,
features
,
gauge
,
give a ring
,
graduate
,
hang up
,
hold the phone
,
kisser
,
listen in
,
make a call
,
map
,
measure
,
mensurate
,
mete
,
meter
,
mug
,
pace
,
pan
,
phiz
,
phone
,
plumb
,
prize
,
probe
,
puss
,
quantify
,
quantize
,
rate
,
ring
,
ring off
,
ring up
,
size
,
size up
,
sound
,
span
,
step
,
survey
,
take a reading
,
telephone
,
triangulate
,
valuate
,
value
,
visage
,
weigh
go back on
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
back out
,
be unfaithful
,
beg off
,
break faith
,
cry off
,
depart from
,
desert
,
discard
,
drop out
,
evacuate
,
fail
,
forsake
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
maroon
,
pass the buck
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
renege
,
say goodbye to
,
shift the blame
,
shift the responsibility
,
stand down
,
take leave of
,
throw over
,
vacate
,
withdraw
measure up to
collapse
related words >
admit of comparison
,
amount to
,
balance
,
be commensurable
,
be comparable
,
break even
,
check out
,
come to
,
come up to
,
compare
,
compare to
,
compare with
,
correspond
,
ditto
,
draw
,
equal
,
even
,
even off
,
have the qualifications
,
keep pace with
,
knot
,
match
,
match up with
,
measure up
,
not compare with
,
parallel
,
qualify
,
reach
,
resemble
,
rival
,
run abreast
,
run to
,
stack up with
,
tie
,
touch
,
vie
,
vie with
first
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