drain cock - Wordage.info - Free Thesaurus Tool for Word Discovery - Expanded Thesaurus, Reverse Dictionary Lookup

rebate collapse: a refund of some fraction of the amount paid; join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"; cut a rebate in (timber or stone); give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week"

erode collapse: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"; become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

hamstring collapse: one of the tendons at the back of the knee; cripple by cutting the hamstring; make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"

run out collapse: become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out"; exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"; lose validity; "My passports expired last month"

fib collapse: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"; tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

mummify collapse: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"; remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"; preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"

potshot collapse: a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter); criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration; "reporters took potshots at the mayor"

suckle collapse: suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"

steer collapse: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling; direct (oneself) somewhere; "Steer clear of him"

swab collapse: cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors; implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion; wash with a swab or a mop; "swab the ship's decks"

runoff collapse: a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner

depletion collapse: the act of decreasing something markedly; the state of being depleted

swill collapse: drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)

pour collapse: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza"; flow in a spurt; "Water poured all over the floor"; cause to run; "pour water over the floor"; supply in large amounts or quantities; "We poured money into the education of our children"; rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside!"

unseasoned collapse: not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"; not aged or processed; "unseasoned timber"

consume collapse: engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"; use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"; spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"; destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"

digestion collapse: learning and coming to understand ideas and information; "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion"; the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body; the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat

quack collapse: the harsh sound of a duck; an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice; act as a medical quack or a charlatan; utter quacking noises; "The ducks quacked"

imbibe collapse: receive into the mind and retain; "Imbibe ethical principles"

deprive collapse: take away; keep from having, keeping, or obtaining; take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

spill collapse: a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"; the act of allowing a fluid to escape; liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"; reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"; cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"; pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"; cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"; flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

shrivel collapse: wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

rioter collapse: troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority

suck in collapse: draw in as if by suction; "suck in your cheeks and stomach"

honk collapse: the cry of a goose (or any sound resembling this); cry like a goose; "The geese were honking"; use the horn of a car; make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared"

Wordage.info