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gudgeon
collapse
small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
related words >
arbor
,
axis
,
axle
,
axle bar
,
axle shaft
,
axle spindle
,
axle-tree
,
babe
,
boob
,
chump
,
cinch
,
credulous person
,
cull
,
distaff
,
dupe
,
easy mark
,
easy pickings
,
fall guy
,
fish
,
fool
,
fulcrum
,
gimbal
,
gobe-mouches
,
greener
,
greenhorn
,
greeny
,
gull
,
hinge
,
hingle
,
hub
,
innocent
,
leadpipe cinch
,
mandrel
,
monkey
,
nave
,
oarlock
,
patsy
,
pigeon
,
pin
,
pintle
,
pivot
,
plaything
,
pole
,
prize sap
,
pushover
,
radiant
,
rowlock
,
sap
,
saphead
,
schlemiel
,
sitting duck
,
spindle
,
stooge
,
sucker
,
swivel
,
toy
,
trunnion
,
trusting soul
,
victim
polar
collapse
having a pair of equal and opposite charges
of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions"
located at or near or coming from the earth's poles; "polar diameter"; "polar zone"; "a polar air mass"; "Antarctica is the only polar continent"
related words >
Antarctic
,
Arctic
,
Siberian
,
antagonistic
,
antipodal
,
antipodean
,
antithetic
,
antithetical
,
boundary
,
brumal
,
caudal
,
conclusive
,
confronting
,
contradictory
,
contrapositive
,
contrary
,
converse
,
counter
,
definitive
,
determinative
,
diamagnetic
,
diametric
,
electromagnetic
,
endmost
,
eventual
,
extreme
,
eyeball-to-eyeball
,
facing
,
farthest
,
ferromagnetic
,
final
,
freezing
,
frigid
,
frozen
,
glacial
,
hibernal
,
hostile
,
hyperborean
,
icy
,
inverse
,
last
,
limiting
,
magnetic
,
numbing
,
obverse
,
opposed
,
opposing
,
opposite
,
polaric
,
polarized
,
reverse
,
tail
,
terminal
,
terminating
,
terminative
,
ultimate
,
wintry
splat
collapse
a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
a single splash; "he heard a splat as it hit the floor"
flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees"
split open and flatten for cooking; "splat fish over an open fire"
give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact
related words >
bang
,
beam
,
billet
,
board
,
boarding
,
bump
,
burst
,
bust
,
clap
,
clapboard
,
clash
,
cord
,
cordwood
,
crack
,
crash
,
crump
,
deal
,
driftwood
,
firewood
,
flap
,
flop
,
hardwood
,
knock
,
lath
,
lathing
,
lathwork
,
log
,
lumber
,
panelboard
,
paneling
,
panelwork
,
plank
,
planking
,
plyboard
,
plywood
,
pole
,
post
,
puncheon
,
rap
,
report
,
shake
,
sheathing
,
sheathing board
,
sheeting
,
shingle
,
sideboard
,
siding
,
slab
,
slam
,
slap
,
slat
,
smack
,
softwood
,
stave
,
stick
,
stick of wood
,
stovewood
,
swap
,
tap
,
three-by-four
,
thwack
,
timber
,
timbering
,
timberwork
,
two-by-four
,
weatherboard
,
whack
,
wham
,
whap
,
whomp
,
whop
,
wood
impel
collapse
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
related words >
actuate
,
advance
,
animate
,
beset
,
bind
,
bowl
,
bunt
,
butt
,
cause
,
cause to
,
compel
,
constrain
,
drive
,
drive on
,
energize
,
enforce
,
foment
,
force
,
forward
,
foster
,
galvanize
,
give an impetus
,
give momentum
,
goad
,
grip
,
have
,
hold
,
incite
,
infatuate
,
inspire
,
instigate
,
make
,
mobilize
,
motivate
,
move
,
move to action
,
not let go
,
nudge
,
obsess
,
pedal
,
pole
,
possess
,
power
,
preoccupy
,
promote
,
propel
,
push
,
put in motion
,
restrain
,
roll
,
row
,
set agoing
,
set going
,
set in motion
,
shove
,
shunt
,
spark
,
spur
,
stimulate
,
sweep
,
sweep along
,
thrust
,
tie
,
treadle
,
troll
,
trundle
,
use force upon
,
whip on
come back at
collapse
related words >
acknowledge
,
answer
,
answer back
,
come back
,
counter
,
echo
,
flash back
,
get back at
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give in exchange
,
give in return
,
hit back at
,
react
,
reciprocate
,
reecho
,
rejoin
,
reply
,
respond
,
retaliate
,
retort
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
reverberate
,
riposte
,
say
,
say in reply
,
shoot back
,
snap back
,
strike back
,
take the bait
,
talk back
caparison
collapse
stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse
put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
related words >
accouterments
,
back band
,
backstrap
,
bearing rein
,
bellyband
,
bit
,
blinders
,
blinds
,
breeching
,
bridle
,
cavesson
,
checkrein
,
cheekpiece
,
chinband
,
cinch
,
collar
,
crownband
,
crupper
,
curb
,
furnishings
,
gag swivel
,
getup
,
girth
,
hackamore
,
halter
,
hames
,
hametugs
,
harness
,
headgear
,
headstall
,
hip straps
,
horse blanket
,
horsecloth
,
housing
,
jaquima
,
jerk line
,
lines
,
livery
,
martingale
,
noseband
,
outfit
,
pole strap
,
reins
,
ribbons
,
rig
,
saddle
,
saddle blanket
,
saddlecloth
,
shaft tug
,
side check
,
snaffle
,
surcingle
,
tack
,
tackle
,
things
,
trappings
,
trousseau
,
tug
,
turnout
,
wardrobe
,
winker braces
,
yoke
favorite
collapse
something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites"
appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction"
related words >
accepted
,
acclaimed
,
admired
,
admitted
,
adored
,
advocated
,
applauded
,
approved
,
backed
,
beloved
,
cherished
,
choice
,
chosen
,
cosset
,
cried up
,
darling
,
dear
,
dearly beloved
,
entry
,
esteemed
,
favored
,
fondling
,
held dear
,
highly touted
,
ideal
,
idol
,
in good odor
,
jewel
,
loved
,
matinee idol
,
minion
,
mudder
,
pet
,
pick
,
picked
,
plate horse
,
plater
,
pole horse
,
pony
,
popular
,
precious
,
preference
,
preferred
,
prized
,
race horse
,
racer
,
received
,
recommended
,
revered
,
selected
,
spoiled child
,
stable
,
stake horse
,
staker
,
starter
,
steeplechaser
,
string
,
supported
,
treasured
,
well-beloved
,
well-liked
,
well-thought-of
,
white-haired
bootleg
collapse
the part of a boot above the instep
distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing"
sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey"
related words >
actionable
,
against the law
,
anarchic
,
anarchistic
,
anomic
,
bathtub gin
,
black-market
,
black-marketeer
,
blockade
,
brew
,
chargeable
,
contraband
,
contrary to law
,
criminal
,
distill
,
felonious
,
fence
,
flawed
,
hooch
,
illegal
,
illegitimate
,
illicit
,
impermissible
,
irregular
,
justiciable
,
lawless
,
moonlight
,
moonshine
,
mountain dew
,
nonconstitutional
,
nonlegal
,
nonlicit
,
outlaw
,
outlawed
,
punishable
,
push
,
run
,
shove
,
triable
,
unallowed
,
unauthorized
,
unconstitutional
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
unlawful
,
unofficial
,
unstatutory
,
unwarrantable
,
unwarranted
,
white lightning
,
wrongful
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
leaping
collapse
related words >
anabatic
,
ascendant
,
ascending
,
ascensional
,
ascensive
,
beaming
,
beatific
,
beatified
,
blessed
,
blissful
,
bouncing
,
bounding
,
capering
,
cheerful
,
chirping
,
climbing
,
dancing
,
flushed with joy
,
gay
,
glad
,
glowing
,
happy
,
hopping
,
hurdle race
,
hurdling
,
in the ascendant
,
joyful
,
joyous
,
jumping
,
laughing
,
mounting
,
pole vaulting
,
prancing
,
purring
,
radiant
,
rampant
,
rearing
,
rising
,
saltant
,
saltation
,
saltatorial
,
saltatory
,
scandent
,
scansorial
,
singing
,
skipping
,
skyrocketing
,
smiling
,
smirking
,
sparkling
,
spiraling
,
springing
,
starry-eyed
,
steeplechase
,
the hurdles
,
thrice happy
,
timber topping
,
uparching
,
upcoming
,
upgoing
,
upgrade
,
uphill
,
uphillward
,
uprising
,
upsloping
,
upward
,
upwith
,
vaulting
espouse
collapse
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
related words >
accept
,
adopt
,
advocate
,
affiliate
,
allege in support
,
answer
,
approve
,
argue for
,
assert
,
back
,
be made one
,
be spliced
,
become one
,
campaign for
,
carry
,
catch
,
champion
,
contend for
,
contract matrimony
,
counter
,
couple
,
crusade for
,
defend
,
embrace
,
get hitched
,
go in for
,
intermarry
,
interwed
,
maintain
,
make a plea
,
marry
,
mate
,
miscegenate
,
pair off
,
pass
,
plead for
,
ratify
,
rebut
,
refute
,
remarry
,
reply
,
respond
,
rewed
,
riposte
,
say in defense
,
speak for
,
speak up for
,
stand up for
,
stick up for
,
support
,
sustain
,
take on
,
take to wife
,
take up
,
uphold
,
urge reasons for
,
wed
,
wive
unallowed
collapse
related words >
actionable
,
against the law
,
anarchic
,
anarchistic
,
anomic
,
banned
,
barred
,
black-market
,
bootleg
,
chargeable
,
contraband
,
contrary to law
,
criminal
,
felonious
,
flawed
,
forbade
,
forbid
,
forbidden
,
illegal
,
illegitimate
,
illicit
,
impermissible
,
irregular
,
justiciable
,
lawless
,
nonconstitutional
,
nonlegal
,
nonlicit
,
nonpermissible
,
not permitted
,
off limits
,
out of bounds
,
outlaw
,
outlawed
,
prohibited
,
punishable
,
ruled out
,
taboo
,
tabooed
,
triable
,
unauthorized
,
unconstitutional
,
under the ban
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
unlawful
,
unlicensed
,
unofficial
,
unpermissible
,
unsanctioned
,
unstatutory
,
untouchable
,
unwarrantable
,
unwarranted
,
verboten
,
vetoed
,
wrongful
outlawed
collapse
related words >
actionable
,
against the law
,
anarchic
,
anarchistic
,
anomic
,
banned
,
barred
,
black-market
,
bootleg
,
chargeable
,
contraband
,
contrary to law
,
criminal
,
felonious
,
flawed
,
forbade
,
forbid
,
forbidden
,
illegal
,
illegitimate
,
illicit
,
impermissible
,
irregular
,
justiciable
,
lawless
,
nonconstitutional
,
nonlegal
,
nonlicit
,
nonpermissible
,
not permitted
,
off limits
,
out of bounds
,
outlaw
,
prohibited
,
punishable
,
ruled out
,
taboo
,
tabooed
,
triable
,
unallowed
,
unauthorized
,
unconstitutional
,
under the ban
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
unlawful
,
unlicensed
,
unofficial
,
unpermissible
,
unsanctioned
,
unstatutory
,
untouchable
,
unwarrantable
,
unwarranted
,
verboten
,
vetoed
,
wrongful
defy
collapse
challenge; "I dare you!"
resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"
elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
related words >
affront
,
attack
,
baffle
,
balk
,
battle cry
,
be a man
,
be proof against
,
bear up
,
bear up against
,
beard
,
bid defiance
,
bid to combat
,
blast
,
brave
,
brazen out
,
break
,
break the law
,
breast
,
bring before
,
bring forward
,
bring up
,
call out
,
care naught for
,
cartel
,
challenge
,
checkmate
,
circumvent
,
confound
,
confront
,
confront with
,
contravene
,
counter
,
counteract
,
countermand
,
counterwork
,
cross
,
dare
,
dash
,
declare war
,
defeat
,
defi
,
deride
,
destroy
,
discomfit
,
disconcert
,
discountenance
,
dish
,
disobey
,
disregard
,
disrupt
,
do violence to
,
double dare
,
double-dare
,
elude
,
encounter
,
endure
,
envisage
,
face
,
face out
,
face with
,
flout
,
flummox
,
foil
,
front
,
frustrate
,
gage
,
gage of battle
,
gauntlet
,
gibe
,
glove
,
go counter to
,
have the guts
,
have the nerve
,
hold out
,
hold up
,
ignore
,
infringe
,
knock the chocks
,
lay before
,
levy war on
,
make bold to
,
make war on
,
meet
,
meet squarely
,
mock
,
nonplus
,
not conform
,
not heed
,
not keep
,
not listen
,
not mind
,
not observe
,
open hostilities
,
outdare
,
outface
,
perplex
,
place before
,
present to
,
put it to
,
rebel yell
,
rebuff
,
refuse to cooperate
,
repel
,
repulse
,
resist
,
ridicule
,
ruin
,
sabotage
,
scoff at
,
scorn
,
scotch
,
scout
,
scream defiance
,
set at defiance
,
set at naught
,
set before
,
set naught by
,
show fight
,
spike
,
spoil
,
stand
,
stand up
,
stand up to
,
stare down
,
stem
,
stonewall
,
stump
,
thwart
,
trample on
,
trample underfoot
,
trample upon
,
transgress
,
trespass
,
upset
,
venture
,
violate
,
war cry
,
war whoop
,
withstand
shunt
collapse
implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"
transfer to another track, of trains
provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
related words >
advance
,
avert
,
bear off
,
bowl
,
bunt
,
butt
,
carry away
,
carry off
,
cart away
,
change
,
deflect
,
delocalize
,
dislodge
,
displace
,
divert
,
draw aside
,
drive
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
fly off
,
forward
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
haw
,
head off
,
impel
,
jib
,
lay aside
,
make way for
,
manhandle
,
move
,
move aside
,
pedal
,
pole
,
propel
,
push
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
relocate
,
remove
,
roll
,
row
,
send
,
set aside
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shove
,
shove aside
,
shuttle
,
shy
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
sweep
,
sweep along
,
switch
,
take away
,
thrust
,
transfer
,
treadle
,
troll
,
trundle
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer off
not accept
collapse
related words >
abjure
,
assert the contrary
,
be skeptical
,
belie
,
brook no
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
cross
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disavow
,
disbelieve
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
impugn
,
join issue upon
,
not admit
,
not allow
,
not bear
,
not bear with
,
not brook
,
not condone
,
not countenance
,
not endure
,
not fall for
,
not go for
,
not have
,
not hear of
,
not stand for
,
not stomach
,
not suffer
,
not swallow
,
not tolerate
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
recant
,
refuse to admit
,
refuse to believe
,
refute
,
reject
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
resist believing
,
retract
,
revoke
,
take back
,
take issue with
vaulting
collapse
(architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting"
related words >
aduncity
,
apse
,
aquilinity
,
arcade
,
arcature
,
arch
,
arched roof
,
arching
,
archway
,
arcuation
,
aspiring
,
bouncing
,
bounding
,
camber
,
capering
,
ceilinged roof
,
circularity
,
concameration
,
concavity
,
concha
,
convexity
,
convolution
,
cove
,
crookedness
,
cupola
,
curvation
,
curvature
,
curving
,
curvity
,
decurvation
,
decurvature
,
dome
,
emulous
,
enthusiastic
,
excurvation
,
excurvature
,
geodesic dome
,
hookedness
,
hopping
,
hurdle race
,
hurdling
,
igloo
,
incurvation
,
incurvature
,
incurvity
,
jumping
,
keystone
,
leaping
,
ogive
,
pole vaulting
,
prancing
,
recurvation
,
recurvature
,
recurvity
,
rondure
,
rotundity
,
saltation
,
sinuosity
,
sinuousness
,
skewback
,
skipping
,
span
,
springing
,
steeplechase
,
the hurdles
,
timber topping
,
tortuosity
,
tortuousness
,
vault
,
voussoir
stonewall
collapse
engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"
obstruct or hinder any discussion; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls"
related words >
baffle
,
balk
,
blast
,
brave
,
challenge
,
checkmate
,
circumvent
,
confound
,
confront
,
contravene
,
counter
,
counteract
,
countermand
,
counterwork
,
cross
,
dash
,
deceive
,
defeat
,
defy
,
destroy
,
discomfit
,
disconcert
,
discountenance
,
dish
,
disrupt
,
elude
,
evade
,
flummox
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
get around
,
get round
,
give the runaround
,
give the slip
,
go one better
,
knock the chocks
,
nonplus
,
outfigure
,
outflank
,
outgeneral
,
outguess
,
outmaneuver
,
outplay
,
outreach
,
outsmart
,
outwit
,
overreach
,
pass the buck
,
perplex
,
ruin
,
sabotage
,
scotch
,
spike
,
spoil
,
stump
,
thwart
,
upset
,
victimize
unauthorized
collapse
not endowed with authority
without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
related words >
actionable
,
against the law
,
anarchic
,
anarchistic
,
anomic
,
banned
,
barred
,
black-market
,
bootleg
,
chargeable
,
contraband
,
contrary to law
,
criminal
,
felonious
,
flawed
,
forbade
,
forbid
,
forbidden
,
illegal
,
illegitimate
,
illicit
,
impermissible
,
irregular
,
justiciable
,
lawless
,
nonconstitutional
,
nonlegal
,
nonlicit
,
nonpermissible
,
not permitted
,
off limits
,
out of bounds
,
outlaw
,
outlawed
,
prohibited
,
punishable
,
ruled out
,
taboo
,
tabooed
,
triable
,
unallowed
,
unapproved
,
unconstitutional
,
under the ban
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
unlawful
,
unlicensed
,
unofficial
,
unpermissible
,
unsanctioned
,
unstatutory
,
untouchable
,
unwarrantable
,
unwarranted
,
verboten
,
vetoed
,
wrongful
desk
collapse
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
related words >
agency
,
ambo
,
atelier
,
bar
,
barbershop
,
beauty parlor
,
beauty shop
,
bench
,
board
,
buffet
,
butcher shop
,
company
,
concern
,
corporation
,
counter
,
escritoire
,
establishment
,
facility
,
firm
,
house
,
installation
,
institution
,
lectern
,
loft
,
organization
,
parlor
,
pulpit
,
reading desk
,
rostrum
,
secretaire
,
secretary
,
shop
,
stand
,
studio
,
sweatshop
,
table
,
work site
,
work space
,
workbench
,
workhouse
,
working space
,
workplace
,
workroom
,
workshop
,
worktable
,
writing table
fag end
collapse
the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope
the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
related words >
Thule
,
Ultima Thule
,
afterglow
,
afterimage
,
balance
,
bitter end
,
bottom dollar
,
boundary
,
butt
,
butt end
,
candle ends
,
chaff
,
debris
,
detritus
,
end
,
extreme
,
extremity
,
farthest bound
,
filings
,
fossil
,
holdover
,
husks
,
jumping-off place
,
leavings
,
leftovers
,
limit
,
nib
,
odds and ends
,
offscourings
,
orts
,
parings
,
point
,
pole
,
rags
,
refuse
,
relics
,
remainder
,
remains
,
remnant
,
residue
,
residuum
,
rest
,
roach
,
rubbish
,
ruins
,
rump
,
sawdust
,
scourings
,
scraps
,
shadow
,
shavings
,
straw
,
stub
,
stubble
,
stump
,
survival
,
sweepings
,
tag
,
tag end
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tip
,
trace
,
vestige
,
waste
push back
collapse
related words >
beat back
,
beat off
,
block
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
counter
,
cut
,
dismiss
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
fend
,
fend off
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold off
,
keep at bay
,
keep off
,
obstruct
,
pack off
,
parry
,
put back
,
rebuff
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
snub
,
spurn
,
stave off
,
stop
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
ward off
drive back
collapse
related words >
beat back
,
beat off
,
block
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
counter
,
cut
,
dismiss
,
drive away
,
fend
,
fend off
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold off
,
keep at bay
,
keep off
,
obstruct
,
pack off
,
parry
,
push back
,
put back
,
rebuff
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
snub
,
spurn
,
stave off
,
stop
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
ward off
bottom dollar
collapse
related words >
Swiss bank account
,
Thule
,
Ultima Thule
,
assets
,
balance
,
bank account
,
bitter end
,
boundary
,
budget
,
butt
,
butt end
,
cash reserves
,
checking account
,
command of money
,
exchequer
,
extreme
,
extremity
,
fag end
,
farthest bound
,
finances
,
fund
,
funds
,
jumping-off place
,
kitty
,
life savings
,
limit
,
means
,
moneys
,
nest egg
,
nib
,
pecuniary resources
,
pocket
,
point
,
pole
,
pool
,
purse
,
reserves
,
resources
,
savings
,
savings account
,
stub
,
stump
,
substance
,
tag
,
tag end
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tip
,
treasure
,
unregistered bank account
,
wherewithal
skeleton
collapse
the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"
a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"
something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel"
related words >
abbreviation
,
abbreviature
,
abrege
,
abridgment
,
abstract
,
adumbrate
,
anatomy
,
appendicular skeleton
,
ashes
,
axial skeleton
,
backing
,
barebones
,
bean pole
,
beanstalk
,
bearing
,
block out
,
blueprint
,
body
,
bones
,
brief
,
broomstick
,
brouillon
,
bushing
,
cadaver
,
cadre
,
capsule
,
carcass
,
carrion
,
cartoon
,
case
,
casement
,
casing
,
chalk
,
chart
,
chassis
,
clay
,
clothes pole
,
compend
,
condensation
,
condensed version
,
configuration
,
conspectus
,
contour
,
copy
,
corpse
,
corpus delicti
,
crowbait
,
dead body
,
dead man
,
dead person
,
decedent
,
delineation
,
design
,
diagram
,
digest
,
doorframe
,
draft
,
drawing
,
dry bones
,
dust
,
earth
,
ebauche
,
elevation
,
embalmed corpse
,
epitome
,
esquisse
,
exoskeleton
,
fabric
,
features
,
figuration
,
figure
,
food for worms
,
frame
,
framework
,
framing
,
gestalt
,
graph
,
ground plan
,
gruel
,
head
,
house plan
,
hulk
,
ichnography
,
infrastructure
,
lanky
,
late lamented
,
lath
,
lattice
,
latticework
,
lineaments
,
lines
,
main features
,
mere shadow
,
mere wreck
,
mortal remains
,
mount
,
mounting
,
mummification
,
mummy
,
nervous wreck
,
organic remains
,
outline
,
overview
,
pandect
,
paper
,
pattern
,
picture frame
,
plot
,
precis
,
profile
,
projection
,
rail
,
rake
,
rattlebones
,
rattletrap
,
relics
,
relief
,
reliquiae
,
remains
,
review
,
rough
,
rubric
,
ruin
,
ruins
,
sash
,
setting
,
shadow
,
shapes
,
shaving
,
shell
,
shortened version
,
silhouette
,
skeletal
,
sketch
,
slat
,
slim
,
slip
,
soup
,
spindlelegs
,
spindleshanks
,
splinter
,
stack of bones
,
stiff
,
stilt
,
streak
,
survey
,
syllabus
,
synopsis
,
table
,
tenement of clay
,
the dead
,
the deceased
,
the defunct
,
the departed
,
the loved one
,
thumbnail sketch
,
topical outline
,
tournure
,
twiggy
,
underframe
,
vein
,
wafer
,
walking skeleton
,
window case
,
window frame
,
working drawing
,
wreck
stocks and bonds
collapse
related words >
assurance
,
bond
,
callable securities
,
cats and dogs
,
certificate of deposit
,
corporation securities
,
foreign securities
,
futures contract
,
government securities
,
guarantee
,
guaranty
,
indemnity
,
insurance
,
junior securities
,
listed securities
,
marketable securities
,
municipal securities
,
negotiable securities
,
noncallable securities
,
note
,
outstanding securities
,
over-the-counter securities
,
portfolio
,
securities
,
security
,
senior securities
,
short-term note
,
subject to call
,
surety
,
tie
,
treasury bill
,
treasury bond
,
treasury certificate
,
treasury note
,
undigested securities
,
unregistered securities
,
warrant
,
warranty
traverse
collapse
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
related words >
across
,
across the grain
,
athwart
,
athwartships
,
bar
,
be at cross-purposes
,
be contrary to
,
belie
,
boat
,
bridge
,
buck
,
call into question
,
canoe
,
carry sail
,
challenge
,
check
,
circumnavigate
,
coast
,
combat
,
conflict with
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contrariwise
,
contravene
,
contrawise
,
controvert
,
counter
,
counteract
,
countervail
,
counterwork
,
course
,
cover
,
crisscross
,
cross
,
cross bitt
,
cross-grained
,
crossarm
,
crossbar
,
crosscut
,
crossing
,
crosspiece
,
crossway
,
crossways
,
crosswise
,
cruciate
,
cruise
,
cut across
,
decussate
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
dismiss
,
dispute
,
do
,
doubletree
,
duel
,
examine
,
fight
,
gainsay
,
go across
,
go against
,
go by ship
,
go on shipboard
,
go over
,
go to sea
,
hurdle
,
impediment
,
impugn
,
inspect
,
intercross
,
intersect
,
investigate
,
join the opposition
,
lie across
,
look at
,
look into
,
look over
,
make a passage
,
measure
,
motorboat
,
navigate
,
negate
,
negative
,
not abide
,
oblique
,
obliquely
,
observe
,
obstruct
,
obstruction
,
oppose
,
oppugn
,
overpass
,
overthwart
,
pace
,
pass over
,
pass through
,
patrol
,
perambulate
,
peregrinate
,
pererrate
,
play at cross-purposes
,
ply
,
protest
,
quarter
,
range
,
range over
,
rebut
,
reconnoiter
,
reject
,
repel
,
resist
,
review
,
roam
,
row
,
rub
,
run
,
run against
,
run counter to
,
sail
,
sail round
,
sail the sea
,
scan
,
scour
,
scour the country
,
scout
,
scrutinize
,
scull
,
seafare
,
sideways
,
sidewise
,
singletree
,
snag
,
squash
,
squelch
,
steam
,
steamboat
,
study
,
stumbling block
,
survey
,
sweep
,
swingletree
,
take a voyage
,
take issue with
,
thwart
,
thwartly
,
thwartways
,
tour
,
track
,
tramp
,
transept
,
transit
,
transom
,
transversal
,
transverse
,
transversely
,
travel over
,
travel through
,
tread
,
vote against
,
voyage
,
walk
,
wander
,
whippletree
,
withstand
,
yacht
disaccord
collapse
related words >
agree to disagree
,
agreement to disagree
,
alienation
,
antagonism
,
antipathy
,
apostasy
,
argumentation
,
bad blood
,
be at cross-purposes
,
be at variance
,
be distinct
,
be distinguished
,
break
,
break off
,
clash
,
clash with
,
clashing
,
collide
,
collision
,
competition
,
conflict
,
conflict with
,
contradict
,
contradiction
,
contrariety
,
contrariness
,
contrast
,
contrast with
,
controversy
,
counter
,
counter-culture
,
cross-purposes
,
depart from
,
departure
,
deviate from
,
deviation
,
differ
,
differ in opinion
,
difference
,
disaccord with
,
disaccordance
,
disagree
,
disagree with
,
disagreement
,
disapprobation
,
disapproval
,
disconformity
,
discongruity
,
discord
,
discordance
,
discordancy
,
discrepancy
,
discreteness
,
disharmony
,
disparity
,
dissatisfaction
,
dissension
,
dissent
,
dissentience
,
dissidence
,
dissimilarity
,
dissonance
,
distinction
,
distinctness
,
disunion
,
disunity
,
divaricate from
,
diverge
,
diverge from
,
divergence
,
divergency
,
diversity
,
divide
,
dropping out
,
enmity
,
estrangement
,
faction
,
far cry
,
fractiousness
,
friction
,
heterogeneity
,
hold opposite views
,
hostility
,
inaccordance
,
incompatibility
,
incongruity
,
inconsistency
,
inconsonance
,
inequality
,
inharmoniousness
,
inharmony
,
inimicalness
,
irreconcilability
,
jangle
,
jar
,
jar with
,
jarring
,
jostle
,
minority opinion
,
mismatch
,
mismate
,
misunderstand one another
,
mixture
,
negate
,
negation
,
negativeness
,
nonagreement
,
nonassent
,
noncompliance
,
nonconcurrence
,
nonconformance
,
nonconformism
,
nonconformity
,
nonconsent
,
noncooperation
,
nonobservance
,
not accord with
,
not get along
,
not square with
,
object
,
obstinacy
,
odds
,
opposition
,
oppugnancy
,
originality
,
otherness
,
perverseness
,
protest
,
pull different ways
,
recalcitrance
,
recusance
,
recusancy
,
refractoriness
,
rejection
,
repudiation
,
repugnance
,
rivalry
,
ruffled feelings
,
secession
,
separateness
,
stand apart
,
stand over against
,
strained relations
,
unconformity
,
uncooperativeness
,
underground
,
unharmoniousness
,
unlikeness
,
unorthodoxy
,
variance
,
variation
,
variegation
,
variety
,
vary
,
vying
,
withdrawal
not easy
collapse
related words >
Herculean
,
abstruse
,
adverse
,
antagonistic
,
arduous
,
brutal
,
complex
,
conflicting
,
contrary
,
counter
,
counteractive
,
critical
,
delicate
,
demanding
,
detrimental
,
difficile
,
difficult
,
exacting
,
formidable
,
hairy
,
hard
,
hard-earned
,
hard-fought
,
harmful
,
hostile
,
in opposition
,
inimical
,
intricate
,
jawbreaking
,
knotted
,
knotty
,
laborious
,
mean
,
miserable
,
no picnic
,
operose
,
opposed
,
opposing
,
opposite
,
rigorous
,
rough
,
rugged
,
set with thorns
,
severe
,
sinister
,
spiny
,
steep
,
strenuous
,
stressful
,
thorny
,
ticklish
,
toilsome
,
tough
,
tricky
,
troublesome
,
troublous
,
trying
,
unfavorable
,
untoward
,
uphill
,
wicked
,
wretched
actionable
collapse
affording grounds for legal action; "slander is an actionable offense"
related words >
against the law
,
anarchic
,
anarchistic
,
anomic
,
applicable
,
authorized
,
black-market
,
bootleg
,
causidical
,
chargeable
,
competent
,
constitutional
,
contraband
,
contrary to law
,
criminal
,
felonious
,
flawed
,
illegal
,
illegitimate
,
illicit
,
impermissible
,
irregular
,
judicial
,
juridical
,
just
,
justiciable
,
kosher
,
lawful
,
lawless
,
lawmaking
,
legal
,
legislative
,
legit
,
legitimate
,
licit
,
litigable
,
litigant
,
litigatory
,
litigious
,
nonconstitutional
,
nonlegal
,
nonlicit
,
outlaw
,
outlawed
,
punishable
,
rightful
,
sanctioned
,
statutory
,
triable
,
unallowed
,
unauthorized
,
unconstitutional
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
unlawful
,
unofficial
,
unstatutory
,
unwarrantable
,
unwarranted
,
valid
,
within the law
,
wrongful
unobtrusive
collapse
not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable; "a quiet, unobtrusive life of self-denial"
related words >
Attic
,
aesthetic
,
artistic
,
back-door
,
backstairs
,
chaste
,
choice
,
clandestine
,
classic
,
covert
,
excellent
,
feline
,
furtive
,
hidlings
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
humble
,
in good taste
,
meek
,
modest
,
of choice
,
of quality
,
pleasing
,
privy
,
pure
,
quiet
,
restrained
,
shifty
,
simple
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
subdued
,
surreptitious
,
tasteful
,
tasty
,
unaffected
,
unambitious
,
unaspiring
,
unassuming
,
unboastful
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
understated
,
unimposing
,
unostentatious
,
unpresuming
,
unpresumptuous
,
unpretending
,
unpretentious
,
well-chosen
turned around
collapse
related words >
abashed
,
abroad
,
adrift
,
astray
,
at sea
,
back
,
backward
,
backwards
,
bewildered
,
bothered
,
bottom side up
,
bottom up
,
clueless
,
confused
,
contrarily
,
contrariwise
,
conversely
,
counter
,
discomposed
,
disconcerted
,
dismayed
,
disoriented
,
distracted
,
distraught
,
disturbed
,
dizzy
,
drunken
,
embarrassed
,
giddy
,
guessing
,
head over heels
,
heels over head
,
in a fix
,
in a maze
,
in a pickle
,
in a scrape
,
in a stew
,
inversely
,
lightheaded
,
lost
,
mazed
,
off the track
,
over
,
perturbed
,
put-out
,
reflex
,
reversed
,
swimming
,
tiddly
,
topsy-turvy
,
upset
,
upside down
,
vertiginous
,
vice versa
,
without a clue
,
wrong-way
,
wrong-way around
nave
collapse
the central area of a church
related words >
Easter sepulcher
,
ambry
,
apse
,
arbor
,
axis
,
axle
,
axle bar
,
axle shaft
,
axle spindle
,
axle-tree
,
baptistery
,
blindstory
,
center
,
center of action
,
center of gravity
,
centroid
,
centrum
,
chancel
,
choir
,
cloisters
,
confessional
,
confessionary
,
core
,
crypt
,
dead center
,
diaconicon
,
diaconicum
,
distaff
,
epicenter
,
fulcrum
,
gimbal
,
gudgeon
,
heart
,
hinge
,
hingle
,
hub
,
kernel
,
mandrel
,
marrow
,
medulla
,
metacenter
,
middle
,
navel
,
nub
,
nucleus
,
oarlock
,
omphalos
,
pin
,
pintle
,
pith
,
pivot
,
pole
,
porch
,
presbytery
,
radiant
,
rood loft
,
rood stair
,
rood tower
,
rowlock
,
sacrarium
,
sacristy
,
spindle
,
storm center
,
swivel
,
transept
,
triforium
,
trunnion
,
umbilicus
,
vestry
unmatched
collapse
related words >
best
,
beyond compare
,
beyond comparison
,
champion
,
choice
,
contrasting
,
counter
,
different
,
disparate
,
dissimilar
,
divergent
,
diverse
,
easily first
,
elect
,
elite
,
facile princeps
,
for the best
,
greatest
,
handpicked
,
hardly like
,
immortal
,
incomparable
,
inimitable
,
invincible
,
matchless
,
nonuniform
,
nulli secundus
,
odd
,
off
,
offbeat
,
only
,
optimal
,
optimum
,
out
,
paramount
,
peerless
,
picked
,
prime
,
prize
,
quintessential
,
scarcely like
,
second to none
,
select
,
sui generis
,
supreme
,
surpassing
,
unalike
,
unapproachable
,
unapproached
,
unbeatable
,
unequaled
,
unexampled
,
unexcelled
,
unidentical
,
unique
,
unlike
,
unmatchable
,
unpaired
,
unparagoned
,
unparalleled
,
unpeered
,
unresembling
,
unrivaled
,
unsame
,
unsimilar
,
unsurpassable
,
unsurpassed
,
very best
,
without equal
,
without parallel
sans serif
collapse
a typeface in which characters have no serifs
related words >
ascender
,
back
,
bastard type
,
beard
,
belly
,
bevel
,
black letter
,
body
,
cap
,
capital
,
case
,
counter
,
descender
,
em
,
en
,
face
,
fat-faced type
,
feet
,
font
,
groove
,
italic
,
letter
,
ligature
,
logotype
,
lower case
,
majuscule
,
minuscule
,
nick
,
pi
,
pica
,
point
,
print
,
roman
,
script
,
shank
,
shoulder
,
small cap
,
small capital
,
stamp
,
stem
,
type
,
type body
,
type class
,
type lice
,
typecase
,
typeface
,
typefounders
,
typefoundry
,
upper case
typeface
collapse
related words >
ascender
,
back
,
bastard type
,
beard
,
belly
,
bevel
,
black letter
,
body
,
cap
,
capital
,
case
,
counter
,
descender
,
em
,
en
,
face
,
fat-faced type
,
feet
,
font
,
groove
,
italic
,
letter
,
ligature
,
logotype
,
lower case
,
majuscule
,
minuscule
,
nick
,
pi
,
pica
,
point
,
print
,
roman
,
sans serif
,
script
,
shank
,
shoulder
,
small cap
,
small capital
,
stamp
,
stem
,
type
,
type body
,
type class
,
type lice
,
typecase
,
typefounders
,
typefoundry
,
upper case
grill
collapse
a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill"
cook over a grill; "grill the sausages"
related words >
andiron
,
automat
,
bake
,
barbecue
,
baste
,
beanery
,
bistro
,
blanch
,
boil
,
braise
,
brew
,
broil
,
brown
,
buffet
,
buvette
,
cafe
,
cafeteria
,
canteen
,
cantina
,
casserole
,
chain
,
chophouse
,
chuck wagon
,
coal tongs
,
coddle
,
coffee shop
,
coffeehouse
,
coffeeroom
,
cook
,
cookhouse
,
cookshack
,
cookshop
,
course
,
cover
,
crane
,
crook
,
cross-examine
,
cross-interrogate
,
cross-question
,
culinary masterpiece
,
culinary preparation
,
curry
,
damper
,
devil
,
diner
,
dining hall
,
dining room
,
dish
,
dismember
,
do
,
do to perfection
,
dog wagon
,
draw and quarter
,
drive-in
,
drive-in restaurant
,
eatery
,
eating house
,
entree
,
extract information
,
fast-food chain
,
fire
,
fire hook
,
fire tongs
,
firedog
,
fricassee
,
frizz
,
frizzle
,
fry
,
go over
,
grate
,
grating
,
grid
,
griddle
,
gridiron
,
griller
,
grillroom
,
hamburger stand
,
hash house
,
hashery
,
heat
,
hot-dog stand
,
impale
,
inquisition
,
interrogation
,
keelhaul
,
kitchen
,
lifter
,
lunch counter
,
lunch wagon
,
luncheonette
,
lunchroom
,
main dish
,
make inquisition
,
mess hall
,
oven-bake
,
pan
,
pan-broil
,
parboil
,
picket
,
pizzeria
,
poach
,
poker
,
pothook
,
prepare
,
prepare food
,
pry out
,
quick-lunch counter
,
rack
,
restaurant
,
roast
,
salamander
,
saute
,
scallop
,
sear
,
shirr
,
side dish
,
simmer
,
smorgasbord
,
snack bar
,
spit
,
steam
,
stew
,
stir-fry
,
tar and feather
,
tavern
,
tearoom
,
third degree
,
third-degree
,
toast
,
tongs
,
torture
,
trattoria
,
tripod
,
trivet
,
turnspit
weatherboard
collapse
related words >
beam
,
billet
,
board
,
boarding
,
brick
,
clapboard
,
cord
,
cordwood
,
deal
,
driftwood
,
face
,
firewood
,
glass
,
glaze
,
hardwood
,
lath
,
lathing
,
lathwork
,
log
,
lumber
,
panelboard
,
paneling
,
panelwork
,
paper
,
plank
,
planking
,
plyboard
,
plywood
,
pole
,
post
,
puncheon
,
revet
,
shake
,
sheathe
,
sheathing
,
sheathing board
,
sheeting
,
shingle
,
sideboard
,
siding
,
slab
,
slat
,
slate
,
softwood
,
splat
,
stave
,
stick
,
stick of wood
,
stone
,
stovewood
,
thatch
,
three-by-four
,
tile
,
timber
,
timbering
,
timberwork
,
two-by-four
,
veneer
,
wall in
,
wall up
,
wallpaper
,
weather
,
weather deck
,
weather helm
,
weather sheet
,
weather side
,
weather tack
,
weather wheel
,
windward
,
windward ebb
,
windward flood
,
wood
face to face
collapse
involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke face to face"
related words >
aboveboard
,
adjacent
,
adjoining
,
at opposite extremes
,
back to back
,
before one
,
bordering
,
connecting
,
conterminous
,
contiguous
,
contrariwise
,
contrary
,
coterminous
,
counter
,
end to end
,
endways
,
endwise
,
eyeball to eyeball
,
immediate
,
in broad daylight
,
in open court
,
in plain sight
,
in plain view
,
in public
,
in public view
,
in the marketplace
,
in the open
,
joined
,
just opposite
,
juxtaposed
,
juxtapositional
,
juxtapositive
,
neighbor
,
neighboring
,
next
,
nose to nose
,
on the table
,
openly
,
opposite
,
overtly
,
poles apart
,
publicly
,
vis-a-vis
saddler
collapse
a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
related words >
baker
,
bidet
,
bookdealer
,
bookseller
,
butcher
,
carriage horse
,
cart horse
,
cavalry horse
,
chandler
,
clothing merchant
,
confectioner
,
draft horse
,
draper
,
dray horse
,
driving horse
,
drysalter
,
fill horse
,
filler
,
fishmonger
,
fishwife
,
florist
,
footwear merchant
,
fruiterer
,
furnisher
,
furrier
,
gigster
,
greengrocer
,
grocer
,
groceryman
,
haberdasher
,
hack
,
hackney
,
hardwareman
,
hunter
,
ironmonger
,
jeweler
,
jument
,
lead
,
leader
,
liquor merchant
,
mount
,
newsdealer
,
pack horse
,
palfrey
,
perfumer
,
plow horse
,
pole horse
,
polo pony
,
post-horse
,
poulterer
,
remount
,
rider
,
riding horse
,
road horse
,
roadster
,
rouncy
,
saddle horse
,
shaft horse
,
stalking-horse
,
stationer
,
sumpter
,
sumpter horse
,
thill horse
,
thiller
,
tobacconist
,
vintner
,
wheeler
,
wheelhorse
,
wine merchant
,
workhorse
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