Related Words:
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- arrest,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bank the fire,
- block,
- blunt,
- bog down,
- boycott,
- brake,
- bridle,
- chasten,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- confine,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- curb,
- curtail,
- curtail expenses,
- cut back,
- cut corners,
- cut down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deadlock,
- decelerate,
- decrease,
- delay,
- detain,
- diminish,
- dompt,
- downplay,
- drag,
- draw rein,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- enjoin,
- extenuate,
- go on strike,
- go out,
- govern,
- guard,
- halt,
- hang up,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in leash,
- hold out,
- hold up,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep under control,
- keep within bounds,
- lag,
- lay,
- lay under restraint,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- let down,
- let up,
- let up on,
- lighten,
- lock out,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- make late,
- mire,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- obstruct,
- obtund,
- palliate,
- pare down expenses,
- picket,
- play down,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- qualify,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- reef,
- rein,
- rein in,
- relax,
- restrain,
- retard,
- retrench,
- revolt,
- roll back,
- set back,
- shut it down,
- sit down,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow up,
- smother,
- snub,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- stall,
- stay,
- stifle,
- stop,
- straiten,
- strike,
- stymie,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- take a reef,
- take in sail,
- tame,
- temper,
- throttle down,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unbend,
- underplay,
- unlax,
- unwind,
- walk out,
- weaken,
- withhold
- explain
collapse - make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
- define; "The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean" related words >
- absolve,
- account,
- account for,
- acquit,
- aid,
- allegorize,
- analyze,
- answer,
- bottom,
- break down,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear the way,
- clear up,
- condone,
- construe,
- crack,
- cry sour grapes,
- debug,
- decipher,
- decode,
- define,
- delineate,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- describe,
- destigmatize,
- detail,
- disclose,
- discourse,
- disentangle,
- divine,
- do,
- do justice to,
- dope,
- dope out,
- ease,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- euhemerize,
- exculpate,
- excuse,
- exemplify,
- exonerate,
- expedite,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- extenuate,
- facilitate,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- get,
- get across,
- get over,
- get right,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- grease,
- grease the ways,
- grease the wheels,
- guess,
- guess right,
- harangue,
- hasten,
- have it,
- help along,
- hit it,
- hold forth,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- interpret,
- justify,
- lecture,
- legitimate,
- legitimatize,
- loose,
- lubricate,
- make clear,
- make it clear,
- make out,
- make plain,
- make way for,
- moralize,
- oil,
- open the lock,
- open the way,
- open up,
- palliate,
- pave the way,
- plumb,
- point a moral,
- popularize,
- preach,
- prepare the way,
- psych,
- psych out,
- purge,
- put across,
- put over,
- puzzle out,
- quicken,
- rationalize,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- read a lesson,
- rehabilitate,
- reinstate,
- remove friction,
- resolve,
- restore,
- riddle,
- run interference for,
- sermonize,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- smooth,
- smooth the way,
- soap the ways,
- solve,
- sort out,
- speed,
- spell out,
- throw light upon,
- unbar,
- unblock,
- unclog,
- undo,
- unfold,
- unjam,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- untangle,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- vindicate,
- vulgarize,
- warrant,
- work,
- work out
- abate,
- abridge,
- abstain,
- aggrieve,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- arrest,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- ban,
- bank the fire,
- bar,
- bastille,
- bear,
- bind,
- bit,
- blunt,
- bottle up,
- box up,
- bridle,
- cage,
- cause,
- cause to,
- chasten,
- check,
- cloister,
- coerce,
- compel,
- concuss,
- confine,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cork up,
- crib,
- crowd,
- crush,
- curb,
- curtail,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- decelerate,
- deprive,
- detain,
- dictate,
- diminish,
- disallow,
- dompt,
- downplay,
- drive,
- dull,
- encage,
- enclose,
- enforce,
- enjoin,
- extenuate,
- fence in,
- force,
- govern,
- grieve,
- guard,
- have,
- hem in,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in custody,
- hold in leash,
- hold in restraint,
- hold up,
- hurt,
- immure,
- impel,
- impound,
- incarcerate,
- inhibit,
- injure,
- insist upon,
- intern,
- jail,
- jam,
- jug,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- keep under control,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lay under restraint,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- make,
- mew,
- mew up,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- necessitate,
- oblige,
- obtund,
- pain,
- palliate,
- pen,
- pen up,
- play down,
- pound,
- prison,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- push,
- quod,
- rail in,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- refrain,
- rein,
- rein in,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- retard,
- retrench,
- seal up,
- set back,
- shackle,
- shotgun,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- snub,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- squab,
- squash,
- squeeze,
- squish,
- stifle,
- straiten,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- tie,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- underplay,
- use force upon,
- wall in,
- weaken,
- withhold
- mince
collapse
- food chopped into small bits; "a mince of mushrooms"
- make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"
- cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic"
- walk daintily; "She minced down the street" related words >
- allow for,
- amble,
- aspic,
- atomize,
- barbecue,
- barge,
- boiled meat,
- bouilli,
- bowl along,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- bridle,
- bundle,
- civet,
- clump,
- color,
- crash,
- croak,
- crunch,
- crush,
- cut to pieces,
- demolish,
- diffuse,
- diminish,
- disperse,
- disrupt,
- drag,
- drawl,
- droop,
- ease,
- extenuate,
- fission,
- flesh,
- flounce,
- foot,
- footslog,
- forcemeat,
- fragment,
- gait,
- gallop,
- game,
- gloss over,
- grind,
- hachis,
- halt,
- hash,
- hippety-hop,
- hitch,
- hobble,
- hop,
- ignore,
- jerky,
- jog,
- joint,
- jolt,
- jugged hare,
- jump,
- lessen,
- limp,
- lisp,
- lock step,
- lumber,
- lunge,
- lurch,
- make allowance for,
- make mincemeat of,
- meat,
- menue viande,
- mince it,
- mincing steps,
- mitigate,
- pace,
- paddle,
- palliate,
- peg,
- pemmican,
- piaffe,
- piaffer,
- plod,
- pot roast,
- prance,
- prink,
- pulverize,
- quaver,
- rack,
- roast,
- roll,
- sashay,
- saunter,
- sausage meat,
- scatter,
- scrapple,
- scuff,
- scuffle,
- scuttle,
- shake,
- shamble,
- shatter,
- shiver,
- shuffle,
- sidle,
- simper,
- single-foot,
- skip,
- slink,
- slither,
- slog,
- slouch,
- slowness,
- slur over,
- smash,
- smash up,
- smirk,
- soft-pedal,
- soften,
- splinter,
- squash,
- squish,
- stagger,
- stalk,
- stamp,
- step,
- stomp,
- straddle,
- straggle,
- stride,
- stroll,
- strolling gait,
- strut,
- stump,
- swagger,
- swing,
- talk incoherently,
- tittup,
- toddle,
- totter,
- traipse,
- tread,
- trip,
- trot,
- trudge,
- varnish,
- velocity,
- venison,
- viande,
- waddle,
- walk,
- wamble,
- whitewash,
- wiggle,
- wobble
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