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clutches
collapse
related words >
administration
,
authority
,
claws
,
command
,
control
,
digits
,
disposition
,
domination
,
dominion
,
empery
,
empire
,
fangs
,
fingernails
,
fingers
,
governance
,
government
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hand
,
hands
,
helm
,
hold
,
hooks
,
iron hand
,
jaws
,
jurisdiction
,
mandibles
,
mastership
,
mastery
,
maxillae
,
meathooks
,
mitts
,
nails
,
nippers
,
palm
,
pincers
,
pounces
,
power
,
raj
,
regnancy
,
reign
,
reins of government
,
rule
,
sovereignty
,
sway
,
talons
,
teeth
,
unguals
,
ungulae
windward
collapse
the direction from which the wind is coming
on the side exposed to the wind; "the windward islands"
away from the wind; "they were sailing windward"
related words >
alee
,
anticlockwise
,
aweather
,
clockwise
,
counterclockwise
,
downwind
,
earthward
,
flanking
,
glancing
,
heavenward
,
homeward
,
landward
,
lateral
,
lee
,
leeward
,
leftward
,
next-beside
,
rightward
,
seaward
,
side
,
sideling
,
sidelong
,
sideward
,
sidewards
,
sideway
,
sideways
,
sidewise
,
skirting
,
to leeward
,
to windward
,
upwind
,
weather
,
weather deck
,
weather helm
,
weather sheet
,
weather side
,
weather tack
,
weather wheel
,
weatherboard
,
weatherward
,
widdershins
,
windward ebb
,
windward flood
in charge
collapse
related words >
ascendant
,
at the head
,
at the helm
,
at the reins
,
boss
,
chief
,
commanding
,
controlling
,
dominant
,
general
,
governing
,
head
,
hegemonic
,
hegemonistic
,
in ascendancy
,
in authority
,
in chief
,
in command
,
in control
,
in custody
,
in detention
,
in hold
,
in power
,
in the ascendant
,
in the saddle
,
leading
,
master
,
on the throne
,
overseeing
,
paramount
,
predominant
,
predominate
,
prepollent
,
preponderant
,
preponderate
,
prepotent
,
prevalent
,
regnant
,
regulating
,
regulative
,
regulatory
,
reigning
,
ruling
,
sovereign
,
superintendent
,
supervising
,
supervisory
,
supreme
,
under close arrest
,
under house arrest
arrogate
collapse
make undue claims to having
related words >
accroach
,
adopt
,
annex
,
appropriate
,
assume
,
assume command
,
colonize
,
commandeer
,
confiscate
,
conquer
,
encroach
,
enslave
,
expropriate
,
grab
,
hog
,
indent
,
infringe
,
invade
,
jump a claim
,
make free with
,
make use of
,
monopolize
,
mount the throne
,
occupy
,
overrun
,
play God
,
preempt
,
preoccupy
,
prepossess
,
pretend to
,
requisition
,
seize
,
seize power
,
seize the throne
,
sequester
,
sit on
,
squat on
,
subjugate
,
take
,
take all of
,
take charge
,
take command
,
take it all
,
take over
,
take possession of
,
take the helm
,
take the lead
,
take up
,
trespass
,
usurp
bate
collapse
soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
abrade
,
abstract
,
alleviate
,
allow
,
attenuate
,
bar
,
be eaten away
,
blunt
,
charge off
,
close
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
count out
,
crumble
,
curtail
,
cut
,
debar
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deliquesce
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
detract
,
die away
,
die down
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disedge
,
disparage
,
dive
,
drain
,
draw the teeth
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dull
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
eat away
,
ebb
,
eliminate
,
erode
,
except
,
extenuate
,
extract
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
file away
,
impair
,
kick back
,
languish
,
leach
,
lessen
,
let down
,
let up
,
loose
,
loosen
,
make allowance
,
melt away
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
obtund
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
relax
,
remit
,
remove
,
repress
,
retrench
,
retund
,
rub away
,
rule out
,
run low
,
sag
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
sink
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slake
,
subduct
,
subside
,
subtract
,
suspend
,
tail off
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
taper
,
taper off
,
thin
,
thin out
,
turn
,
unbend
,
unbrace
,
unstrain
,
unstring
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
water down
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
benumb
collapse
related words >
KO
,
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assuage
,
bedaze
,
bemuse
,
besot
,
bite
,
blunt
,
chill
,
chloroform
,
coldcock
,
cushion
,
cut
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
desensitize
,
diminish
,
dope
,
drug
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
etherize
,
foment
,
freeze
,
frost
,
frostbite
,
give relief
,
go through
,
kayo
,
knock out
,
knock senseless
,
knock stiff
,
knock unconscious
,
lay
,
lay out
,
lessen
,
lull
,
mitigate
,
mollify
,
mull
,
narcotize
,
nip
,
numb
,
obtund
,
pad
,
palliate
,
palsy
,
paralyze
,
penetrate
,
petrify
,
pierce
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
put to sleep
,
reduce
,
refrigerate
,
relieve
,
salve
,
slacken
,
slake
,
soften
,
soothe
,
stun
,
stupe
,
stupefy
,
subdue
anesthetize
collapse
make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"
related words >
KO
,
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
appease
,
assuage
,
bedaze
,
benumb
,
besot
,
blunt
,
chloroform
,
coldcock
,
cushion
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
desensitize
,
diminish
,
dope
,
drug
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
entrance
,
etherize
,
foment
,
freeze
,
give relief
,
hypnotize
,
kayo
,
knock out
,
knock senseless
,
knock stiff
,
knock unconscious
,
lay
,
lay out
,
lessen
,
lull
,
lull to sleep
,
magnetize
,
mesmerize
,
mitigate
,
mollify
,
narcotize
,
numb
,
obtund
,
pad
,
palliate
,
palsy
,
paralyze
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
put to sleep
,
put under
,
reduce
,
relieve
,
rock to sleep
,
salve
,
sedate
,
slacken
,
slake
,
soften
,
soothe
,
stun
,
stupe
,
stupefy
,
subdue
,
trance
unload
collapse
take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"
related words >
alleviate
,
be light
,
break bulk
,
clear the trade
,
close out
,
convert
,
convert into cash
,
cut under
,
debark
,
disburden
,
discharge
,
disembark
,
disembarrass
,
disencumber
,
dump
,
ease
,
effect a sale
,
empty
,
have little weight
,
jettison
,
job
,
kick the beam
,
land
,
lighten
,
liquidate
,
make a sale
,
make light
,
make lighter
,
market
,
merchandise
,
move
,
off-load
,
offload
,
reduce weight
,
relieve
,
resell
,
retail
,
sacrifice
,
sell
,
sell off
,
sell on consignment
,
sell out
,
sell over
,
sell retail
,
sell short
,
sell up
,
sell wholesale
,
set at ease
,
stevedore
,
terminate the account
,
turn into money
,
turn over
,
unballast
,
unburden
,
undercut
,
undersell
,
unfreight
,
unlade
,
unpack
,
unship
,
weigh lightly
,
wholesale
deceleration
collapse
the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; "he initiated deceleration by braking"
a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race"
(physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
related words >
arrest
,
arrestation
,
catabasis
,
check
,
collapse
,
constraint
,
control
,
cooling
,
cooling down
,
cooling off
,
crash
,
curb
,
curtailment
,
declension
,
decline
,
decline and fall
,
decrescendo
,
delay
,
detention
,
diminuendo
,
dive
,
downtrend
,
downturn
,
drag
,
drop
,
dwindling
,
ease-off
,
ease-up
,
ebb
,
fall
,
flagging
,
hindrance
,
holdup
,
inhibition
,
injunction
,
interdict
,
lag
,
lapse
,
legal restraint
,
letdown
,
letup
,
minus acceleration
,
monopoly
,
obstruction
,
plunge
,
prohibition
,
protection
,
protectionism
,
protective tariff
,
rationing
,
rein
,
remission
,
restraint
,
restraint of trade
,
retardation
,
retardment
,
retreat
,
retrenchment
,
self-control
,
setback
,
slack-up
,
slackening
,
slowdown
,
slowing
,
slowing down
,
slowup
,
slump
,
subsidence
,
tariff wall
,
thought control
,
wane
let up
collapse
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
arrest
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
bate
,
be eaten away
,
brake
,
call a recess
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
crumble
,
curb
,
decelerate
,
decline
,
decrease
,
delay
,
deliquesce
,
detain
,
die away
,
die down
,
diffuse
,
diminish
,
disjoin
,
disperse
,
dive
,
draw rein
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
ebb
,
erode
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
forbear
,
forgive
,
free
,
give quarter
,
have mercy upon
,
have pity
,
hesitate
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
impede
,
keep back
,
languish
,
lessen
,
let down
,
let go
,
let up on
,
loose
,
loosen
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
melt
,
melt away
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
obstruct
,
pardon
,
pause
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
recess
,
reef
,
rein in
,
relax
,
relent
,
remit
,
reprieve
,
rest
,
retard
,
run low
,
sag
,
scatter
,
set back
,
shrink
,
sink
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
spare
,
stay
,
subside
,
tail off
,
take a recess
,
take in sail
,
take pity on
,
thaw
,
throttle down
,
unbend
,
unbrace
,
unglue
,
unlax
,
unleash
,
unstick
,
unstrain
,
unstring
,
unwind
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear
,
wear away
clover
collapse
a plant of the genus Trifolium
related words >
Easy Street
,
affluence
,
bed of roses
,
comfort
,
contentment
,
deuce-ace
,
ease
,
easy circumstances
,
felicity
,
fleshpots
,
gracious life
,
gracious living
,
happiness
,
lap of luxury
,
leash
,
life of ease
,
loaves and fishes
,
luxury
,
prosperity
,
prosperousness
,
security
,
set of three
,
shamrock
,
solid comfort
,
success
,
tercet
,
ternary
,
ternion
,
terzetto
,
the affluent life
,
the good life
,
three
,
threesome
,
thriving condition
,
tierce
,
trefoil
,
trey
,
triad
,
trialogue
,
triangle
,
tricorn
,
trident
,
triennium
,
trihedron
,
trilogy
,
trimester
,
trine
,
trinity
,
trinomial
,
trio
,
triphthong
,
triple crown
,
triple threat
,
triplet
,
triplopy
,
tripod
,
triptych
,
trireme
,
triseme
,
triskelion
,
trisul
,
triumvirate
,
triunity
,
trivet
,
troika
,
upward mobility
,
velvet
,
weal
,
wealth
,
welfare
,
well-being
soothe
collapse
cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assuage
,
balm
,
becalm
,
benumb
,
calm
,
calm down
,
cease
,
comfort
,
compose
,
conciliate
,
console
,
cool
,
cradle
,
cushion
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
defuse
,
die down
,
diminish
,
dulcify
,
dull
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
ebb
,
even out
,
foment
,
gentle
,
give relief
,
halt
,
hush
,
lay
,
lay the dust
,
lessen
,
lull
,
mitigate
,
molder
,
mollify
,
numb
,
pacify
,
pad
,
palliate
,
placate
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour balm on
,
pour oil on
,
propitiate
,
quell
,
quiesce
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
reduce
,
relieve
,
rest
,
rock
,
rock to sleep
,
salve
,
settle
,
slacken
,
slake
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth over
,
smoothen
,
soften
,
stabilize
,
steady
,
still
,
stop
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
subside
,
tranquilize
,
wane
tiller
collapse
lever used to turn the rudder on a boat
someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops)
a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
related words >
Bauer
,
agriculturalist
,
agriculturist
,
agrologist
,
agronomist
,
coffee-planter
,
collective farm worker
,
crofter
,
cropper
,
cultivator
,
dirt farmer
,
dry farmer
,
farm laborer
,
farmer
,
farmhand
,
gentleman farmer
,
granger
,
grower
,
harvester
,
harvestman
,
haymaker
,
helm
,
husbandman
,
kibbutznik
,
kolkhoznik
,
kulak
,
muzhik
,
peasant
,
peasant holder
,
picker
,
planter
,
plowboy
,
plowman
,
raiser
,
rancher
,
ranchman
,
reaper
,
reins
,
reins of government
,
rudder
,
rustic
,
sharecropper
,
sower
,
tea-planter
,
tenant farmer
,
tree farmer
,
truck farmer
,
wheel
,
yeoman
pave
collapse
a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic; "pave the roads in the village"
related words >
asphalt
,
blacktop
,
carpet
,
causeway
,
cement
,
cobblestone
,
concrete
,
cover
,
ease
,
facilitate
,
flag
,
floor
,
metal
,
pebble
,
surface
,
tar
,
tarmac
,
tile
usurp
collapse
take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"
related words >
accroach
,
adopt
,
advance upon
,
appropriate
,
arrogate
,
assume
,
assume command
,
break bounds
,
colonize
,
commandeer
,
conquer
,
cut out
,
displace
,
encroach
,
enslave
,
go too far
,
hog
,
indent
,
infringe
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
jump a claim
,
know no bounds
,
make an inroad
,
make free with
,
make use of
,
monopolize
,
mount the throne
,
occupy
,
overrun
,
overstep
,
overstep the bounds
,
play God
,
preempt
,
preoccupy
,
prepossess
,
pretend to
,
requisition
,
seize
,
seize power
,
seize the throne
,
sit on
,
squat on
,
subjugate
,
take all of
,
take charge
,
take command
,
take it all
,
take over
,
take possession of
,
take the helm
,
take the lead
,
take up
,
transgress
,
trespass
take charge
collapse
related words >
active
,
acute
,
aggressive
,
animated
,
arrogate
,
assume
,
assume command
,
be able
,
be up to
,
brisk
,
can
,
can do
,
cut it
,
cut the mustard
,
dynamic
,
energetic
,
enterprising
,
enthusiastic
,
forceful
,
forcible
,
full of pep
,
go-go
,
hack it
,
hearty
,
impetuous
,
incisive
,
intense
,
keen
,
kinetic
,
lively
,
living
,
lusty
,
make it
,
make the grade
,
may
,
mettlesome
,
mount the throne
,
peppy
,
possess authority
,
robust
,
seize
,
seize power
,
seize the throne
,
smacking
,
snappy
,
spanking
,
spirited
,
strenuous
,
strong
,
take command
,
take over
,
take the helm
,
take the lead
,
take-over
,
trenchant
,
usurp
,
vibrant
,
vigorous
,
vivacious
,
vivid
,
zestful
,
zesty
,
zippy
lose ground
collapse
related words >
arrest
,
backpedal
,
backslide
,
backwater
,
be found wanting
,
brake
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
cock
,
collapse
,
come short
,
curb
,
decelerate
,
decline
,
delay
,
detain
,
draw rein
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
fail
,
fall astern
,
fall away
,
fall behind
,
fall short
,
get behind
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
impede
,
jerk back
,
keep back
,
lack
,
lag
,
lapse
,
let down
,
let up
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
moderate
,
not answer
,
not hack it
,
not make it
,
not make out
,
not measure up
,
not stretch
,
not suffice
,
obstruct
,
pull back
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
reef
,
regress
,
rein in
,
relapse
,
relax
,
retard
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
run short
,
set back
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slip back
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
slump
,
stay
,
stop short
,
take in sail
,
throttle down
,
want
bear up
collapse
endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain"
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
afford support
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
assure
,
back
,
back up
,
be proof against
,
bear
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear out
,
bear the brunt
,
bear up against
,
bear up under
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
buoy
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
cheer
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
come up fighting
,
comfort
,
condole with
,
confront
,
console
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
defy
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
ease
,
encounter
,
encourage
,
endure
,
finance
,
float
,
float high
,
fund
,
gain upon
,
give comfort
,
give support
,
hang in
,
hang in there
,
hang on
,
hang tough
,
hearten
,
hold
,
hold fast
,
hold on
,
hold out
,
hold up
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
live through it
,
live with it
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
never say die
,
not flag
,
not give up
,
not weaken
,
pillow
,
prop
,
prop up
,
proximate
,
put at ease
,
reassure
,
rebuff
,
reinforce
,
relieve
,
repel
,
repulse
,
resist
,
ride high
,
see it out
,
set at ease
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
sidle up to
,
solace
,
stand
,
stand the gaff
,
stand up
,
stay
,
stay it out
,
stay the distance
,
stay with it
,
step up
,
stick
,
stick it
,
stick it out
,
stick out
,
stick to it
,
stick with it
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
sweat it out
,
sympathize with
,
take it
,
take what comes
,
tough it out
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
,
uplift
,
upraise
,
waft
,
withstand
peacefully
collapse
in a peaceful manner; "the hen settled herself on the nest most peacefully"
related words >
calmly
,
comfortably
,
commodiously
,
conveniently
,
cozily
,
easily
,
luxuriously
,
placidly
,
quiescently
,
quietly
,
reposefully
,
restfully
,
roomily
,
smoothly
,
snugly
,
still
,
stilly
,
tranquilly
,
unperturbedly
,
voluptuously
,
with ease
iron hand
collapse
related words >
administration
,
argumentum baculinum
,
authority
,
big stick
,
claws
,
clutches
,
command
,
control
,
despotism
,
disposition
,
domination
,
domineering
,
dominion
,
empery
,
empire
,
fascism
,
firm hand
,
governance
,
government
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hand
,
hands
,
heavy hand
,
helm
,
high hand
,
hold
,
iron boot
,
iron heel
,
jurisdiction
,
mastership
,
mastery
,
oppression
,
power
,
raj
,
regnancy
,
reign
,
reign of terror
,
reins of government
,
rule
,
sovereignty
,
strong hand
,
sway
,
talons
,
terrorism
,
thought control
,
tight hand
,
tight rein
,
tight ship
,
tyranny
sans souci
collapse
related words >
accepting
,
at ease
,
comfortable
,
composed
,
content
,
contented
,
easy
,
easygoing
,
eupeptic
,
euphoric
,
happy
,
of good comfort
,
pleased
,
reconciled
,
resigned
,
satisfied
,
uncomplaining
,
unrepining
,
without care
appease
collapse
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
anesthetize
,
assuage
,
benumb
,
calm
,
calm down
,
cater to
,
coddle
,
compose
,
conciliate
,
content
,
cool
,
cradle
,
cushion
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
defuse
,
diminish
,
dulcify
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
even out
,
extenuate
,
feast
,
feed
,
foment
,
gentle
,
give relief
,
gloss over
,
gratify
,
hush
,
immolate before
,
lay
,
lay the dust
,
lessen
,
lull
,
make propitiation
,
make sacrifice to
,
mitigate
,
mollify
,
numb
,
offer sacrifice
,
pacify
,
pad
,
palliate
,
pamper
,
placate
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour balm on
,
pour oil on
,
propitiate
,
quell
,
quench
,
quiet
,
reduce
,
regale
,
relieve
,
rest
,
rock
,
rock to sleep
,
sacrifice
,
salve
,
sate
,
satiate
,
satisfy
,
slacken
,
slake
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth over
,
smoothen
,
soften
,
soothe
,
spoil
,
stabilize
,
steady
,
still
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
sweeten
,
tranquilize
,
whitewash
mollify
collapse
make less rigid or softer
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assuage
,
benumb
,
calm
,
calm down
,
compose
,
conciliate
,
cool
,
cradle
,
cushion
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
decrease
,
defuse
,
diminish
,
dulcify
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
even out
,
fluff
,
foment
,
gentle
,
give relief
,
hush
,
knead
,
laxate
,
lay
,
lay the dust
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
limber
,
limber up
,
loosen
,
lull
,
mash
,
massage
,
mellow
,
milden
,
mitigate
,
numb
,
pacify
,
pad
,
palliate
,
placate
,
plump
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour balm on
,
pour oil on
,
propitiate
,
pulp
,
quell
,
quiet
,
reduce
,
relax
,
relieve
,
rest
,
rock
,
rock to sleep
,
salve
,
shake up
,
slacken
,
slake
,
smash
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth over
,
smoothen
,
soften
,
soften up
,
soothe
,
squash
,
stabilize
,
steady
,
still
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
supple
,
sweeten
,
temper
,
tenderize
,
tone down
,
tranquilize
,
tune down
inactivity
collapse
being inactive; being less active
related words >
a wise passiveness
,
comfort
,
contemplation
,
contemplative life
,
deliberateness
,
deliberation
,
do-nothing policy
,
do-nothingism
,
do-nothingness
,
dolce far niente
,
dormancy
,
ease
,
fixation
,
fixity
,
hastelessness
,
hibernation
,
idleness
,
immobility
,
inaction
,
inactiveness
,
indolence
,
inertia
,
inertness
,
laissez-aller
,
laissez-faire
,
laissez-faireism
,
languidness
,
laziness
,
leisureliness
,
lethargy
,
lifelessness
,
listlessness
,
meditation
,
motionlessness
,
neutralism
,
neutrality
,
neutralness
,
noninvolvement
,
nonparticipation
,
nonresistance
,
nonviolence
,
nonviolent resistance
,
pacifism
,
paralysis
,
passive resistance
,
passive self-annihilation
,
passiveness
,
passivism
,
passivity
,
peace
,
peacefulness
,
placidity
,
placidness
,
policy
,
procrastination
,
quiescence
,
quiet
,
quietism
,
relaxation
,
relaxedness
,
repose
,
rest
,
restfulness
,
serenity
,
sleep
,
sloth
,
slothfulness
,
slowness
,
sluggishness
,
somnolence
,
stagnancy
,
stagnation
,
standpattism
,
stasis
,
stillness
,
torpor
,
tranquillity
,
unbuttoned ease
,
unhastiness
,
unhurriedness
,
vegetation
,
vita contemplativa
,
waiting game
,
watching and waiting
steer
collapse
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
direct (oneself) somewhere; "Steer clear of him"
related words >
Brahman
,
Indian buffalo
,
advice
,
aim
,
alerting
,
aurochs
,
avoid
,
be responsible for
,
bear
,
bear for
,
bear up for
,
bear up to
,
beef
,
beef cattle
,
beeves
,
billy
,
billy goat
,
bison
,
boar
,
bossy
,
bovine
,
bovine animal
,
break for
,
bubbly-jock
,
buck
,
buffalo
,
bull
,
bullock
,
bum steer
,
calf
,
carabao
,
carry on
,
carry out
,
carry through
,
cattle
,
caution
,
channel
,
chanticleer
,
chart a course
,
circumvent
,
clue
,
cock
,
cockerel
,
cond
,
conduct
,
conduct to
,
conn
,
control
,
cow
,
coxswain
,
critter
,
cue
,
dairy cattle
,
dairy cow
,
dash for
,
deal with
,
direct
,
direct to
,
dispose
,
dodge
,
dog
,
dogie
,
drake
,
drive
,
entire
,
entire horse
,
escort
,
gander
,
go
,
go for
,
gobbler
,
guide
,
handle
,
hart
,
have the conn
,
he-goat
,
head
,
heifer
,
helm
,
herd
,
hit for
,
hold a heading
,
hold the reins
,
hornless cow
,
incline
,
keep away from
,
kine
,
lay for
,
lead
,
lead to
,
leppy
,
make for
,
make go
,
make up to
,
manage
,
maneuver
,
manipulate
,
maverick
,
milch cow
,
milcher
,
milk cow
,
milker
,
monition
,
muley cow
,
muley head
,
musk-ox
,
navigate
,
neat
,
office
,
operate
,
ox
,
oxen
,
passing word
,
peacock
,
perform on
,
pilot
,
play
,
point
,
point out to
,
point the way
,
pointer
,
practice
,
put right
,
ram
,
rooster
,
route
,
run
,
run for
,
sail for
,
see
,
see to
,
set
,
set out for
,
set right
,
set straight
,
shape a course
,
shepherd
,
show
,
show the way
,
shun
,
stag
,
stallion
,
steer clear of
,
steer for
,
stirk
,
stot
,
stud
,
studhorse
,
take care of
,
take the helm
,
tend
,
tend to go
,
tip
,
tip-off
,
tom
,
tom turkey
,
tomcat
,
top cow
,
top horse
,
trend
,
tup
,
turkey gobbler
,
turkey-cock
,
turn
,
verge
,
warning
,
wether
,
whisper
,
wisent
,
work
,
yak
,
yearling
,
zebu
alleviate
collapse
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
bank the fire
,
bate
,
be light
,
benumb
,
blunt
,
chasten
,
constrain
,
control
,
cure
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
disburden
,
disencumber
,
downplay
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
extenuate
,
foment
,
give relief
,
have little weight
,
keep within bounds
,
kick the beam
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
lull
,
make light
,
make lighter
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
numb
,
obtund
,
off-load
,
pad
,
palliate
,
play down
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
reduce weight
,
relieve
,
remedy
,
remit
,
restrain
,
salve
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow down
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
soothe
,
stifle
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
unballast
,
unburden
,
underplay
,
unlade
,
unload
,
water down
,
weaken
,
weigh lightly
assuage
collapse
related words >
abate
,
adjust to
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
alter
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
attemper
,
bank the fire
,
benumb
,
blunt
,
box in
,
chasten
,
circumscribe
,
condition
,
constrain
,
control
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
diminish
,
downplay
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
extenuate
,
feast
,
feed
,
foment
,
give relief
,
gratify
,
hedge
,
hedge about
,
keep within bounds
,
lay
,
leaven
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
limit
,
lull
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modify
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
narrow
,
numb
,
obtund
,
pad
,
palliate
,
play down
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
qualify
,
quench
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
regale
,
regulate by
,
relieve
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
salve
,
sate
,
satiate
,
satisfy
,
season
,
set conditions
,
set limits
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow down
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
soothe
,
stifle
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
underplay
,
weaken
assure
collapse
assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"
inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"
related words >
afford hope
,
and candle
,
ascertain
,
assert
,
assert under oath
,
asseverate
,
attest
,
augur well
,
avouch
,
back
,
be convincing
,
be sponsor for
,
bear up
,
bid fair
,
bolster
,
bond
,
book
,
brace up
,
bring home to
,
bring over
,
bring round
,
bring to reason
,
buck up
,
carry conviction
,
certify
,
cheer
,
cinch
,
clear up
,
clinch
,
comfort
,
condole with
,
confirm
,
console
,
convert
,
convict
,
convince
,
countersecure
,
countersign
,
decide
,
depone
,
depose
,
determine
,
dismiss all doubt
,
drive home to
,
ease
,
embolden
,
encourage
,
endorse
,
ensure
,
establish
,
find out
,
fix
,
get at
,
give comfort
,
give hope
,
guarantee
,
guaranty
,
have good prospects
,
hearten
,
hold out hope
,
hold out promise
,
inspire
,
inspire belief
,
inspire hope
,
inspirit
,
insure
,
justify hope
,
kiss the book
,
lead to believe
,
make a promise
,
make certain
,
make fair promise
,
make no doubt
,
make no mistake
,
make sure
,
make sure of
,
nail down
,
nerve
,
persuade
,
pledge
,
plight
,
promise
,
put at ease
,
raise expectations
,
raise hope
,
reassure
,
relieve
,
remove all doubt
,
satisfy
,
secure
,
see that
,
see to it
,
sell
,
sell one on
,
set at ease
,
set at rest
,
settle
,
sign
,
sign for
,
solace
,
sort out
,
sponsor
,
stabilize
,
stand behind
,
stand up for
,
state
,
subscribe to
,
support
,
swear
,
swear by bell
,
swear the truth
,
swear to
,
swear to God
,
swear to goodness
,
sympathize with
,
talk over
,
testify
,
troth
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
vouch
,
vow
,
warrant
,
win over
at ease
collapse
related words >
abed
,
accepting
,
at home
,
at rest
,
comfortable
,
composed
,
content
,
contented
,
easy
,
easygoing
,
eupeptic
,
euphoric
,
happy
,
in bed
,
of good comfort
,
pleased
,
reconciled
,
relaxed
,
resigned
,
sans souci
,
satisfied
,
uncomplaining
,
unrepining
,
without care
relieve
collapse
provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"
take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"
free from a burden, evil, or distress
related words >
abate
,
abet
,
abridge
,
absolve
,
act for
,
aid
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
alternate
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assist
,
assuage
,
assure
,
avail
,
bail out
,
be light
,
bear a hand
,
bear up
,
befriend
,
benefit
,
benumb
,
bereave
,
bleed
,
break up
,
change places with
,
cheer
,
comfort
,
condole with
,
console
,
cover
,
crowd out
,
curtail
,
cushion
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
decrease
,
deliver
,
deprive
,
deprive of
,
differ
,
differentiate
,
diminish
,
disburden
,
discharge
,
disencumber
,
disentitle
,
dispense
,
displace
,
dissent
,
disunify
,
divaricate
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
divest
,
do a hitch
,
do a stint
,
do a tour
,
do good
,
do time
,
doctor
,
double for
,
drain
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
ease one of
,
encourage
,
enlist
,
excuse
,
favor
,
fill in
,
fill in for
,
foment
,
free
,
ghost
,
ghostwrite
,
give a boost
,
give a hand
,
give a lift
,
give comfort
,
give help
,
give relief
,
have a go
,
have little weight
,
have tenure
,
hearten
,
help
,
hold office
,
keep a watch
,
kick the beam
,
knock off
,
knock over
,
lay
,
lend a hand
,
lend one aid
,
lessen
,
let
,
liberate
,
lift
,
lighten
,
lighten one of
,
loot
,
lull
,
make light
,
make lighter
,
milk
,
mine
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
mollify
,
numb
,
off-load
,
pad
,
palliate
,
pinch-hit
,
plunder
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
proffer aid
,
protect
,
put at ease
,
qualify
,
quiet
,
raise
,
rally
,
ransack
,
re-up
,
reassure
,
reclaim
,
redeem
,
reduce
,
reduce weight
,
reenlist
,
release
,
remedy
,
render assistance
,
replace
,
represent
,
rescue
,
restore
,
resuscitate
,
revive
,
rid
,
rifle
,
rob
,
salve
,
save
,
serve time
,
set at ease
,
set up
,
sign up
,
slacken
,
slake
,
soften
,
solace
,
soothe
,
spare
,
spell
,
spell off
,
stand in for
,
stick up
,
stupe
,
sub
,
subdue
,
subrogate
,
substitute
,
substitute for
,
succeed
,
succor
,
supersede
,
supplant
,
supply
,
support
,
swap places with
,
sympathize with
,
take away from
,
take from
,
take in tow
,
take over
,
take turns
,
tap
,
temper
,
time off
,
unballast
,
unburden
,
understudy for
,
unlade
,
unload
,
variate
,
variegate
,
vary
,
weigh lightly
intromit
collapse
related words >
admit
,
ease in
,
give an entree
,
immit
,
infuse
,
inject
,
inoculate
,
insert
,
insinuate
,
interject
,
introduce
,
let in
,
perfuse
,
pop in
,
put in
,
receive
,
set in
,
slip in
,
stick in
,
take in
,
throw in
,
throw open to
,
tuck in
,
whip in
take over
collapse
take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
related words >
accept
,
acquire
,
admit
,
adopt
,
annex
,
appropriate
,
arrogate
,
assume
,
assume command
,
colonize
,
come by
,
come in for
,
conquer
,
copy
,
derive
,
derive from
,
drag down
,
draw
,
draw from
,
encroach
,
enslave
,
gain
,
get
,
get at
,
get hold of
,
glom on to
,
grab
,
have
,
have coming in
,
hog
,
imitate
,
indent
,
infringe
,
invade
,
jump a claim
,
lay hands on
,
make free with
,
make use of
,
mock
,
monopolize
,
mount the throne
,
obtain
,
occupy
,
overrun
,
pirate
,
plagiarize
,
play God
,
preempt
,
preoccupy
,
prepossess
,
pretend to
,
pull down
,
receive
,
requisition
,
secure
,
seize
,
seize power
,
seize the throne
,
simulate
,
sit on
,
spell
,
squat on
,
steal
,
subjugate
,
take
,
take all of
,
take charge
,
take command
,
take in
,
take it all
,
take on
,
take possession
,
take possession of
,
take the helm
,
take the lead
,
take up
,
trespass
,
usurp
weal
collapse
related words >
Easy Street
,
affluence
,
bed of roses
,
birthmark
,
blackhead
,
bleb
,
blemish
,
blister
,
bulla
,
check
,
cicatrix
,
clover
,
comedo
,
comfort
,
crack
,
crater
,
craze
,
defacement
,
defect
,
deformation
,
deformity
,
disfiguration
,
disfigurement
,
distortion
,
ease
,
easy circumstances
,
fault
,
felicity
,
flaw
,
fleshpots
,
freckle
,
gracious life
,
gracious living
,
happiness
,
hemangioma
,
hickey
,
keloid
,
kink
,
lap of luxury
,
lentigo
,
life of ease
,
loaves and fishes
,
luxury
,
milium
,
mole
,
needle scar
,
nevus
,
pimple
,
pit
,
pock
,
pockmark
,
port-wine mark
,
port-wine stain
,
prosperity
,
prosperousness
,
pustule
,
rift
,
scab
,
scar
,
scratch
,
sebaceous cyst
,
security
,
split
,
strawberry mark
,
sty
,
success
,
the affluent life
,
the good life
,
thriving condition
,
track
,
twist
,
upward mobility
,
velvet
,
verruca
,
vesicle
,
wale
,
warp
,
wart
,
wealth
,
welfare
,
well-being
,
welt
,
wen
,
whelk
,
whelp
,
whitehead
handling
collapse
the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means
manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
related words >
accomplishment
,
achievement
,
action
,
administration
,
agency
,
authority
,
care
,
caressing
,
charge
,
command
,
commission
,
completion
,
conduct
,
control
,
custodianship
,
direction
,
discharge
,
dispatch
,
driving
,
effectuation
,
employment
,
enactment
,
execution
,
exercise
,
exploitation
,
feeling
,
fingering
,
friction
,
frottage
,
functioning
,
governance
,
government
,
guidance
,
husbandry
,
implementation
,
intendance
,
lead
,
leading
,
management
,
managery
,
managing
,
manipulation
,
means of dealing
,
occupation
,
operancy
,
operation
,
ordering
,
oversight
,
palpation
,
performance
,
performing
,
perpetration
,
petting
,
pilotage
,
practice
,
pressure
,
regulation
,
responsibility
,
rubbing
,
running
,
steerage
,
steering
,
stewardship
,
stroking
,
superintendence
,
superintendency
,
supervision
,
the conn
,
the helm
,
the wheel
,
touching
,
transaction
,
treatment
,
usage
,
using
,
utilization
,
work
,
working
,
workings
die down
collapse
become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down"
related words >
abate
,
bate
,
calm
,
calm down
,
cease
,
disappear
,
dwindle
,
ease off
,
ebb
,
fall
,
halt
,
let up
,
lull
,
moderate
,
molder
,
pacify
,
quiesce
,
quiet
,
quieten
,
recede
,
slacken
,
soothe
,
stop
,
subside
,
tranquilize
,
wane
bereave
collapse
deprive through death
related words >
abridge
,
bleed
,
curtail
,
cut off
,
deprive
,
deprive of
,
disentitle
,
disinherit
,
dispossess
,
divest
,
drain
,
ease one of
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
lighten one of
,
lose
,
milk
,
mine
,
orphan
,
oust
,
rob
,
strip
,
take away from
,
take from
,
tap
,
widow
slacken
collapse
make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
arrest
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
bank the fire
,
bate
,
benumb
,
block
,
blunt
,
bog down
,
bottle up
,
brake
,
chasten
,
check
,
clip the wings
,
come apart
,
confine
,
constrain
,
control
,
countercheck
,
curb
,
cushion
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
decelerate
,
degenerate
,
delay
,
detain
,
deteriorate
,
die down
,
diffuse
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
disimprove
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
disperse
,
dissolve into chaos
,
downplay
,
drag
,
draw rein
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
ebb
,
extenuate
,
fall
,
fall back
,
foment
,
free
,
get worse
,
give relief
,
grow worse
,
hang up
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
keep within bounds
,
lag
,
lax
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
let down
,
let go
,
let up
,
let up on
,
lighten
,
loose
,
loosen
,
lose ground
,
lose momentum
,
lose speed
,
lull
,
make late
,
meddle
,
mire
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
numb
,
obstruct
,
obtund
,
oppose
,
pad
,
palliate
,
play down
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
reef
,
regress
,
rein in
,
relapse
,
relax
,
relent
,
relieve
,
remit
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
salve
,
scatter
,
scotch
,
set back
,
sicken
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slackening
,
slake
,
slip back
,
slow
,
slow down
,
slow up
,
slow-up
,
smother
,
snub
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
soothe
,
stay
,
stifle
,
stop
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
subside
,
suppress
,
take in sail
,
tame
,
temper
,
throttle down
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
unbend
,
unbrace
,
underplay
,
unglue
,
unlax
,
unleash
,
unstick
,
unstrain
,
unstring
,
untighten
,
untune
,
unwind
,
wane
,
water down
,
weaken
,
worsen
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
folksiness
collapse
related words >
Bohemianism
,
affability
,
casualness
,
common touch
,
cordiality
,
ease
,
easiness
,
easygoingness
,
familiarity
,
graciousness
,
homeliness
,
homeyness
,
informality
,
informalness
,
irregularity
,
looseness
,
naturalness
,
offhandedness
,
plainness
,
relaxedness
,
simplicity
,
sociability
,
unaffectedness
,
unceremoniousness
,
unconstrainedness
,
unconstraint
,
unconventionality
,
unpretentiousness
lighten
collapse
become lighter; "The room lightened up"
become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"
reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"
make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
bank the fire
,
be light
,
beacon
,
blunt
,
break
,
brighten
,
brighten up
,
chasten
,
cheer up
,
constrain
,
control
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dawn
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
disburden
,
disembarrass
,
disencumber
,
downplay
,
dull
,
ease
,
enlighten
,
extenuate
,
flood with light
,
floodlight
,
gladden
,
grow bright
,
grow light
,
have little weight
,
highlight
,
illume
,
illuminate
,
illumine
,
irradiate
,
keep within bounds
,
kick the beam
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
light
,
light up
,
luminate
,
make light
,
make lighter
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
obtund
,
off-load
,
overshine
,
palliate
,
play down
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
reduce weight
,
relieve
,
relume
,
relumine
,
restrain
,
set at ease
,
shed light upon
,
shine
,
shine upon
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smile
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
spotlight
,
stifle
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
thin
,
throw light upon
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
unballast
,
unburden
,
underplay
,
unfreight
,
unlade
,
unload
,
weaken
,
weigh lightly
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