Related Words:
- dig
collapse - the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs"
- a small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in good condition except for a dig in the back cover"
- the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp next to the dig"
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
- create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" related words >
- Parthian shot,
- abide,
- absorb,
- abysm,
- abyss,
- accept,
- appreciate,
- apprehend,
- assault,
- assimilate,
- back answer,
- backset,
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- be affected,
- be in tune,
- be inspired,
- be involved,
- be moved,
- be with one,
- bear,
- bear upon,
- bearing,
- beat the bushes,
- beating,
- belt,
- bide,
- biff,
- blow,
- bone,
- bonk,
- boost,
- bore,
- bring in,
- buck,
- bull,
- bulldoze,
- bump,
- bump against,
- bunt,
- burrow,
- butt,
- butt against,
- care about,
- catch,
- catch on,
- catch the flame,
- catch the infection,
- caustic remark,
- change color,
- chasm,
- chop,
- clip,
- clout,
- clump,
- color with emotion,
- comeback,
- comprehend,
- con,
- conceive,
- contemplate,
- countersink,
- crack,
- cram,
- crop,
- crop herbs,
- crowd,
- cultivate,
- culture,
- cut,
- cutting remark,
- dash,
- deepen,
- delve,
- depress,
- dig out,
- dig up,
- digest,
- diggings,
- dike,
- dint,
- dive,
- dredge,
- dress,
- drill,
- drive,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drudge,
- drumming,
- dump,
- dwell,
- echo,
- elbow,
- elucubrate,
- empathize with,
- enter,
- examine,
- excavate,
- excavation,
- explore,
- fag,
- fallow,
- fathom,
- fertilize,
- fleer,
- flout,
- follow,
- foolery,
- forage,
- force,
- frisk,
- furrow,
- fusillade,
- gather,
- gather in,
- get,
- get hold of,
- get the drift,
- get the idea,
- get the picture,
- gibe,
- gibing retort,
- glean,
- go,
- go over,
- go through,
- goad,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- grabble,
- grasp,
- grind,
- groove,
- grub,
- gulf,
- hammer,
- hammer away,
- hang out,
- harrow,
- harvest,
- have,
- have it taped,
- hay,
- head,
- hit,
- hoe,
- hunt,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- identify with,
- jab,
- jam,
- jape,
- jeer,
- jest,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- ken,
- knock,
- know,
- learn,
- leg-pull,
- lick,
- like,
- list,
- live,
- look around,
- look round,
- look through,
- lower,
- lucubrate,
- master,
- mind,
- mine,
- mock,
- moil,
- mow,
- mulch,
- nose around,
- nudge,
- nut,
- parting shot,
- peg,
- peg away,
- pelt,
- penetrate,
- peruse,
- pick,
- pierce,
- pile drive,
- pit,
- plod,
- plow,
- pluck,
- plug,
- plug along,
- plug away,
- plunge,
- plunge into,
- plunk,
- poke,
- poke around,
- pore over,
- pound,
- pound away,
- practice,
- press,
- pressure,
- probe,
- prod,
- prune,
- pry,
- punch,
- push,
- put-down,
- put-on,
- quarry,
- quip,
- rake,
- ram,
- ram down,
- rap,
- rattle,
- react,
- read,
- realize,
- reap,
- reap and carry,
- regard studiously,
- relate to emotionally,
- relish,
- research,
- respond,
- restudy,
- review,
- root,
- root out,
- rude reproach,
- run,
- run against,
- sap,
- savvy,
- scoff,
- scoop,
- scoop out,
- scrabble,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scurrility,
- search,
- search through,
- see,
- seize,
- seize the meaning,
- sense,
- shaft,
- shake,
- share,
- short answer,
- shoulder,
- shove,
- shovel,
- sink,
- slam,
- slap,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smell around,
- sock,
- spade,
- stab,
- stick,
- stress,
- stroke,
- study,
- swat,
- swing,
- swipe,
- swot,
- sympathize with,
- take,
- take in,
- tamp,
- tattoo,
- taunt,
- thin,
- thin out,
- thrust,
- thump,
- thwack,
- till,
- till the soil,
- toil,
- travail,
- trench,
- trough,
- tunnel,
- twit,
- understand,
- verbal thrust,
- vet,
- wade through,
- weed,
- weed out,
- well,
- whack,
- whop,
- work,
- work away,
- workings,
- yerk
- abstraction,
- banality,
- banalness,
- bathetic,
- bromide,
- byword,
- catch phrase,
- catchword,
- chestnut,
- cliched,
- commonness,
- commonplace,
- commonplace expression,
- commonplaceness,
- corn,
- corniness,
- cry,
- fad word,
- familiar tune,
- familiarness,
- fustiness,
- general idea,
- generalization,
- generalized proposition,
- glittering generality,
- hack,
- hackneyed,
- hackneyed expression,
- hackneyed saying,
- hackneyedness,
- lieu commun,
- locus communis,
- mustiness,
- old joke,
- old saw,
- old song,
- old story,
- pet expression,
- platitude,
- platitudinousness,
- prosaicism,
- prosaism,
- prose,
- reiteration,
- retold story,
- rubber stamp,
- shibboleth,
- slogan,
- squareness,
- stale,
- staleness,
- stereotype,
- stereotyped saying,
- sweeping statement,
- tag,
- timeworn,
- tired cliche,
- trite saying,
- triteness,
- triticism,
- truism,
- twice-told tale,
- unoriginality,
- vogue word
- shocker
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- a sensational message (in a film or play or novel)
- a shockingly bad person related words >
- Marchen,
- Western,
- Western story,
- Westerner,
- adventure story,
- allegory,
- apologue,
- astonishment,
- bedtime story,
- blockbuster,
- blow,
- bomb,
- bombshell,
- catch,
- chiller,
- detective story,
- earthshaker,
- eye-opener,
- fable,
- fabliau,
- fairy tale,
- fantasy,
- fiction,
- folk story,
- folktale,
- gest,
- ghost story,
- horse opera,
- joker,
- kicker,
- legend,
- love story,
- mystery,
- mystery story,
- myth,
- mythology,
- mythos,
- nursery tale,
- parable,
- penny dreadful,
- peripeteia,
- revelation,
- romance,
- science fiction,
- shilling,
- space fiction,
- space opera,
- staggerer,
- startler,
- surprisal,
- surprise,
- surprise ending,
- surprise package,
- surprise party,
- suspense story,
- switch,
- thriller,
- thunderbolt,
- thunderclap,
- whodunit,
- work of fiction
- hypnotize
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- induce hypnosis in related words >
- absorb,
- absorb the attention,
- anesthetize,
- arrest,
- becharm,
- beguile,
- bewitch,
- captivate,
- carry away,
- cast a spell,
- catch,
- charm,
- dominate,
- dope,
- drug,
- enchant,
- engage,
- engage the attention,
- engage the mind,
- engage the thoughts,
- engross,
- engross the mind,
- engross the thoughts,
- enrapture,
- enravish,
- ensorcell,
- enthrall,
- entrance,
- exercise,
- fascinate,
- grab,
- grip,
- hold,
- hold spellbound,
- hold the interest,
- immerse,
- infatuate,
- intrigue,
- involve,
- involve the interest,
- lull to sleep,
- magnetize,
- mesmerize,
- monopolize,
- narcotize,
- obsess,
- occupy,
- occupy the attention,
- preoccupy,
- put to sleep,
- put under,
- rock to sleep,
- sedate,
- spell,
- spellbind,
- take up,
- trance,
- transport,
- vamp,
- witch
- deterrent
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- tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices" related words >
- admonishing,
- admonitory,
- alarming,
- awing,
- bar,
- block,
- blockade,
- bottleneck,
- catch,
- cautionary,
- cautioning,
- check,
- chill,
- chilling,
- cold water,
- cordon,
- curtain,
- damp,
- damper,
- daunting,
- determent,
- deterring,
- difficulty,
- disconcerting,
- discouragement,
- discouraging,
- disheartening,
- disincentive,
- disinclining,
- dismaying,
- disquieting,
- dissuading,
- dissuasion,
- dissuasive,
- drawback,
- exemplary,
- expostulatory,
- fear-inspiring,
- fearful,
- fearsome,
- forbidding,
- forestalling,
- frightening,
- frightful,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- intimidating,
- joker,
- monitorial,
- monitory,
- notificational,
- notifying,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- overawing,
- preclusive,
- preventative,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- prophylactic,
- rub,
- scaring,
- scary,
- snag,
- startling,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- warning,
- wet blanket
- intercept
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- the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis
- seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace" related words >
- arrest,
- attend,
- attend to,
- auscultate,
- be all ears,
- bend an ear,
- block,
- bottle up,
- bug,
- catch,
- check,
- cock the ears,
- countercheck,
- curb,
- cut off,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- deflect,
- delay,
- detain,
- eavesdrop,
- examine by ear,
- give attention,
- give audience to,
- give ear,
- grab,
- hark,
- head off,
- hear,
- hear out,
- hearken,
- heed,
- hinder,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- interfere,
- interfere with,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- keep back,
- keep in check,
- lend an ear,
- listen,
- listen at,
- listen in,
- listen to,
- meddle,
- oppose,
- repress,
- resist,
- restrain,
- retard,
- scotch,
- seize,
- set back,
- sit in on,
- slacken,
- snub,
- stop,
- suppress,
- take,
- tap,
- trap,
- wiretap
- reap
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- gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"
- get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association" related words >
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- acquire,
- bag,
- be seized of,
- bob,
- boil down,
- bring in,
- capsulize,
- capture,
- catch,
- clip,
- come by,
- come in for,
- come into,
- compress,
- condense,
- contract,
- corral,
- crop,
- crop herbs,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- derive,
- dig,
- dock,
- drag down,
- draw,
- earn,
- elide,
- enter into possession,
- epitomize,
- foreshorten,
- gain,
- garner,
- gather,
- gather in,
- get,
- glean,
- grabble,
- harvest,
- hay,
- make,
- mow,
- net,
- nip,
- nut,
- obtain,
- pick,
- pluck,
- poll,
- pollard,
- procure,
- profit,
- prune,
- pull down,
- reap and carry,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- retrench,
- sack,
- score,
- secure,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- snub,
- stunt,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take,
- take in,
- take up,
- telescope,
- trim,
- truncate,
- win
- engage
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- get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"
- keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
- hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"
- carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
- ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer" related words >
- absorb,
- absorb the attention,
- accept obligation,
- affiance,
- agree,
- agree to,
- answer for,
- appeal,
- approach,
- arrest,
- assault,
- assay,
- attack,
- attempt,
- attend to business,
- attract,
- bargain,
- bargain for,
- battle,
- be answerable for,
- be attractive,
- be responsible for,
- be security for,
- beckon,
- become engaged,
- bespeak,
- betroth,
- bind,
- book,
- brief,
- bring,
- busy,
- captivate,
- capture,
- carry,
- catch,
- catch up in,
- chance,
- charm,
- clash with,
- coact,
- combat,
- commit,
- compact,
- concern,
- contract,
- contract an engagement,
- contract for,
- cooperate,
- covenant,
- decide,
- determine,
- devote,
- dispose,
- do a deal,
- do battle,
- dovetail,
- draw,
- draw in,
- embark on,
- embarrass,
- employ,
- enchant,
- encounter,
- engage in,
- engage in battle,
- engage the attention,
- engage the mind,
- engage the thoughts,
- engross,
- engross the mind,
- engross the thoughts,
- enlist,
- enmesh,
- entangle,
- enter into,
- enthrall,
- essay,
- exercise,
- face,
- fascinate,
- fetch,
- fight,
- get to do,
- give battle,
- go bail for,
- grab,
- grapple with,
- grip,
- guarantee,
- have an understanding,
- hire,
- hold,
- hold spellbound,
- hold the interest,
- hypnotize,
- imbue,
- immerse,
- implicate,
- incline,
- indenture,
- induce,
- influence,
- interact,
- interchange,
- interest,
- interest in,
- interlace,
- interlock,
- intermesh,
- interplay,
- intertwine,
- interweave,
- interwork,
- invite,
- involve,
- involve the interest,
- join battle,
- join battle with,
- join issue,
- lead,
- lift a finger,
- lure,
- make a deal,
- make an attempt,
- make an effort,
- meet,
- mesh,
- mesmerize,
- mind the store,
- monopolize,
- mortise,
- obligate,
- obsess,
- occupy,
- occupy the attention,
- offer,
- partake in,
- participate in,
- pass,
- pass the time,
- pledge,
- plight,
- preengage,
- preoccupy,
- procure,
- promise,
- prompt,
- publish the banns,
- put on,
- recruit,
- rent,
- reserve,
- retain,
- secure,
- shake hands on,
- sign on,
- sign up,
- sign up for,
- soak,
- spellbind,
- spend,
- spend the time,
- stipulate,
- strike,
- suck into,
- summon,
- sway,
- take into employment,
- take on,
- take part in,
- take the vows,
- take up,
- tangle,
- tantalize,
- tease,
- tempt,
- tickle,
- tie,
- tie up,
- titillate,
- troth,
- try,
- try conclusions,
- undertake,
- venture,
- venture on,
- venture upon,
- whet the appetite
- verso
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- left-hand page related words >
- Gospel side,
- acknowledgments,
- back,
- back matter,
- bastard title,
- bibliography,
- cantorial side,
- catch line,
- catchword,
- colophon,
- contents,
- contents page,
- copyright page,
- dedication,
- endleaf,
- endpaper,
- endsheet,
- errata,
- flyleaf,
- folio,
- fore edge,
- foreword,
- front matter,
- half-title page,
- head,
- imprint,
- index,
- inscription,
- introduction,
- larboard,
- leaf,
- left,
- left hand,
- left wing,
- left-hand side,
- left-winger,
- liberal,
- makeup,
- near side,
- page,
- port,
- port tack,
- portside,
- preface,
- preliminaries,
- radical,
- recto,
- reverso,
- running title,
- signature,
- subtitle,
- table of contents,
- tail,
- text,
- title,
- title page,
- trim size,
- type page,
- wrong side
- parameter
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- a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves
- a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data
- any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance related words >
- barometer,
- boundaries,
- boundary condition,
- bounds,
- bourns,
- canon,
- catch,
- check,
- circumference,
- circumscription,
- clause,
- compass,
- condition,
- confines,
- coordinates,
- criterion,
- degree,
- donnee,
- edges,
- escalator clause,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- fine print,
- fringes,
- gauge,
- given,
- graduated scale,
- grounds,
- joker,
- kicker,
- limitations,
- limiting condition,
- limits,
- marches,
- measure,
- metes,
- metes and bounds,
- model,
- norm,
- obligation,
- outlines,
- outskirts,
- pale,
- parameters,
- pattern,
- perimeter,
- periphery,
- prerequisite,
- provision,
- provisions,
- proviso,
- quantity,
- reading,
- readout,
- requisite,
- rule,
- saving clause,
- scale,
- sine qua non,
- skirts,
- small print,
- specification,
- standard,
- stipulation,
- string,
- terms,
- test,
- touchstone,
- type,
- ultimatum,
- value,
- verges,
- whereas,
- yardstick
- ruse
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- a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) related words >
- art,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- bag of tricks,
- blind,
- bluff,
- bosey,
- catch,
- chicanery,
- chouse,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- coup,
- craft,
- curve,
- curve-ball,
- cute trick,
- deceit,
- deception,
- design,
- device,
- dirty deal,
- dirty trick,
- dodge,
- expedient,
- fakement,
- fast deal,
- feint,
- fetch,
- ficelle,
- gambit,
- game,
- gimmick,
- googly,
- grift,
- hoax,
- hocus-pocus,
- imposture,
- intrigue,
- jig,
- joker,
- juggle,
- jugglery,
- knavery,
- little game,
- maneuver,
- move,
- pass,
- plot,
- ploy,
- pretext,
- racket,
- red herring,
- scheme,
- scurvy trick,
- shift,
- sleight,
- sleight of hand,
- sleight-of-hand trick,
- stratagem,
- strategy,
- subterfuge,
- tactic,
- trick,
- trickery,
- wile,
- wily device
- contents
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- a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start related words >
- acknowledgments,
- adjunct,
- appurtenance,
- aspect,
- back,
- back matter,
- bastard title,
- bibliography,
- card index,
- catch line,
- catchword,
- chart,
- circumstance,
- colophon,
- component,
- constituent,
- contents page,
- copyright page,
- dedication,
- detail,
- element,
- endleaf,
- endpaper,
- endsheet,
- errata,
- factor,
- feature,
- fixings,
- flyleaf,
- folio,
- fore edge,
- foreword,
- front matter,
- half-title page,
- head,
- imprint,
- index,
- ingredient,
- inscription,
- integrant,
- introduction,
- item,
- leaf,
- makeup,
- makings,
- page,
- part,
- part and parcel,
- preface,
- preliminaries,
- recto,
- reverso,
- running title,
- signature,
- specialty,
- subtitle,
- table,
- table of contents,
- tail,
- text,
- thumb index,
- title,
- title page,
- trim size,
- type page,
- verso
- kicker
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- a player who kicks the football related words >
- astonishment,
- bellyacher,
- blockbuster,
- blow,
- bomb,
- bombshell,
- boundary condition,
- catch,
- clause,
- complainant,
- complainer,
- condition,
- crab,
- crank,
- croaker,
- donnee,
- earthshaker,
- escalator clause,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- eye-opener,
- faultfinder,
- fine print,
- frondeur,
- given,
- griper,
- grouch,
- grounds,
- grouser,
- growler,
- grumbler,
- joker,
- kvetch,
- limiting condition,
- malcontent,
- murmurer,
- mutterer,
- obligation,
- parameter,
- peripeteia,
- prerequisite,
- provision,
- provisions,
- proviso,
- querulous person,
- reactionary,
- reactionist,
- rebel,
- requisite,
- revelation,
- saving clause,
- shocker,
- sine qua non,
- small print,
- sorehead,
- sourpuss,
- specification,
- staggerer,
- startler,
- stipulation,
- string,
- surprisal,
- surprise,
- surprise ending,
- surprise package,
- surprise party,
- switch,
- terms,
- thunderbolt,
- thunderclap,
- ultimatum,
- whereas,
- whiner
- portray
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- portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
- make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
- represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" related words >
- act a part,
- act out,
- bring to life,
- cartoon,
- catch a likeness,
- chalk,
- character,
- characterize,
- charcoal,
- chart,
- color,
- copy,
- crayon,
- create a role,
- crosshatch,
- dash off,
- daub,
- delineate,
- depict,
- describe,
- design,
- diagram,
- doodle,
- draft,
- draw,
- duplicate,
- enact,
- evoke,
- express,
- give words to,
- hatch,
- hit off,
- image,
- impersonate,
- interpret,
- limn,
- map,
- notate,
- outline,
- paint,
- paint a picture,
- pencil,
- personate,
- photograph,
- picture,
- picturize,
- play a part,
- play a role,
- play opposite,
- pose as,
- print,
- register,
- render,
- represent,
- reproduce,
- rub,
- schematize,
- scratch,
- scumble,
- set forth,
- shade,
- show,
- sketch,
- stencil,
- support,
- sustain a part,
- symbolize,
- take a part,
- take a rubbing,
- tint,
- trace,
- trace out,
- trace over,
- write
- subtitle
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- secondary or explanatory title
- translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- supply (a movie) with subtitles related words >
- acknowledgments,
- back,
- back matter,
- banner,
- banner head,
- bastard title,
- bibliography,
- caption,
- catch line,
- catchword,
- colophon,
- contents,
- contents page,
- copyright page,
- dedication,
- drop head,
- dropline,
- endleaf,
- endpaper,
- endsheet,
- epigraph,
- errata,
- flyleaf,
- folio,
- fore edge,
- foreword,
- front matter,
- half-title page,
- hanger,
- head,
- head up,
- heading,
- headline,
- imprint,
- index,
- inscription,
- introduction,
- jump head,
- leaf,
- legend,
- makeup,
- motto,
- overline,
- page,
- preface,
- preliminaries,
- recto,
- reverso,
- rubric,
- running head,
- running title,
- scarehead,
- screamer,
- signature,
- spread,
- spreadhead,
- streamer,
- subhead,
- subheading,
- superscription,
- table of contents,
- tail,
- text,
- title,
- title page,
- trim size,
- type page,
- verso
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