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goffer
collapse
an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
an iron used to press pleats and ridges
a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
related words >
aqueduct
,
canal
,
canalization
,
canalize
,
carve
,
chamfer
,
channel
,
chisel
,
corrugate
,
crack
,
crimp
,
cut
,
dado
,
dike
,
ditch
,
engrave
,
entrenchment
,
flute
,
fosse
,
furrow
,
gash
,
gouge
,
groove
,
gully
,
gutter
,
ha-ha
,
incise
,
kennel
,
moat
,
pleat
,
plow
,
rabbet
,
rifle
,
rut
,
score
,
scratch
,
slit
,
streak
,
striate
,
sunk fence
,
trench
,
trough
,
wrinkle
nonaligned
collapse
not affiliated with any faction, party, or cause
related words >
Laodicean
,
apathetic
,
autarchic
,
autarkic
,
autonomous
,
centrist
,
even
,
fifty-fifty
,
free-spirited
,
freewheeling
,
half-and-half
,
impartial
,
independent
,
indifferent
,
individualistic
,
inner-directed
,
midway
,
moderate
,
neuter
,
neutral
,
noncommitted
,
nonpartisan
,
on the fence
,
passive
,
self-contained
,
self-dependent
,
self-determined
,
self-directing
,
self-governed
,
self-governing
,
self-reliant
,
self-subsistent
,
self-sufficient
,
self-supporting
,
sovereign
,
third-force
,
third-world
,
uncommitted
,
uninvolved
corral
collapse
collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"
arrange wagons so that they form a corral
enclose in a corral; "corral the horses"
related words >
accumulate
,
acquire
,
agglomerate
,
aggregate
,
aggroup
,
amass
,
assemble
,
bag
,
batch
,
be seized of
,
beleaguer
,
beset
,
besiege
,
blockade
,
bound
,
box in
,
bring together
,
bulk
,
bunch
,
bunch together
,
bunch up
,
cage
,
capture
,
catch
,
chamber
,
close in
,
clump
,
cluster
,
collect
,
colligate
,
collocate
,
combine
,
come by
,
come in for
,
come into
,
compare
,
compass
,
compile
,
conglomerate
,
contain
,
contract
,
coop
,
coop in
,
coop up
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
cumulate
,
derive
,
dig up
,
drag down
,
draw
,
draw together
,
dredge up
,
drive
,
drive together
,
drove
,
earn
,
encircle
,
enclose
,
encompass
,
enshrine
,
enter into possession
,
fence
,
fence in
,
gain
,
gather
,
gather in
,
gather together
,
get
,
get in
,
get together
,
goad
,
group
,
harvest
,
hedge
,
hedge in
,
hem
,
hem in
,
herd
,
house in
,
impound
,
imprison
,
incarcerate
,
include
,
jail
,
join
,
juxtapose
,
kennel
,
lash
,
leaguer
,
lump together
,
make
,
make up
,
mass
,
match
,
mew
,
mew up
,
mobilize
,
muster
,
net
,
obtain
,
pair
,
partner
,
pen
,
pen in
,
pocket
,
prick
,
procure
,
pull down
,
punch cattle
,
put together
,
quarantine
,
rail in
,
raise
,
rake up
,
rally
,
reap
,
ride herd on
,
round up
,
sack
,
score
,
scrape together
,
secure
,
shepherd
,
shrine
,
shut in
,
shut up
,
spur
,
stable
,
surround
,
take
,
take up
,
wall in
,
whip
,
whip in
,
win
,
wrangle
,
wrap
,
yard
,
yard up
blank wall
collapse
related words >
bar
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
blind alley
,
blind gut
,
block
,
blockade
,
blockage
,
bottleneck
,
cecum
,
choking
,
choking off
,
clog
,
congestion
,
constipation
,
costiveness
,
cul-de-sac
,
dead end
,
embolism
,
embolus
,
fence
,
gorge
,
impasse
,
impediment
,
infarct
,
infarction
,
jam
,
obstacle
,
obstipation
,
obstruction
,
roadblock
,
sealing off
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
strangulation
,
wall
impartial
collapse
showing lack of favoritism; "the cold neutrality of an impartial judge"
related words >
Laodicean
,
Olympian
,
apathetic
,
candid
,
centrist
,
detached
,
disinterested
,
dispassionate
,
equal
,
equitable
,
even
,
evenhanded
,
fair
,
fifty-fifty
,
half-and-half
,
impersonal
,
independent
,
indifferent
,
just
,
lofty
,
midway
,
moderate
,
neuter
,
neutral
,
nonaligned
,
noncommitted
,
nonpartisan
,
objective
,
on the fence
,
passive
,
selfless
,
third-force
,
third-world
,
unbiased
,
uncolored
,
uncommitted
,
undazzled
,
uninfluenced
,
uninvolved
,
unjaundiced
,
unprejudiced
,
unprepossessed
,
unselfish
,
unswayed
fosse
collapse
related words >
abri
,
approach trench
,
aqueduct
,
bunker
,
canal
,
canalization
,
channel
,
communication trench
,
countermine
,
coupure
,
crimp
,
cut
,
dike
,
ditch
,
double sap
,
dugout
,
entrenchment
,
fire trench
,
flying sap
,
fortified tunnel
,
foxhole
,
gallery
,
goffer
,
gutter
,
ha-ha
,
kennel
,
mine
,
moat
,
parallel
,
pleat
,
sap
,
slit trench
,
sunk fence
,
trench
,
trough
,
tunnel
crenellate
collapse
related words >
Vandyke
,
arm
,
armor
,
armor-plate
,
bank
,
barricade
,
battle
,
blaze
,
blockade
,
bulwark
,
castellate
,
chop
,
crenulate
,
crimp
,
cut
,
dig in
,
embattle
,
entrench
,
fence
,
fortify
,
garrison
,
gash
,
incise
,
indent
,
jag
,
knurl
,
machicolate
,
man
,
man the garrison
,
mill
,
mine
,
nick
,
notch
,
palisade
,
picot
,
pink
,
scallop
,
scarify
,
score
,
scotch
,
serrate
,
slash
,
tooth
,
wall
railing
collapse
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
material for making rails or rails collectively
related words >
balustrade
,
banister
,
bantering
,
barrier
,
booing
,
boundary
,
catcalling
,
chaffing
,
derisive
,
derisory
,
fence
,
fleering
,
flippant
,
fooling
,
grinning
,
hissing
,
hooting
,
jeering
,
joshing
,
kidding
,
leering
,
mocking
,
panning
,
quizzical
,
ragging
,
rail
,
rallying
,
razzing
,
ridiculing
,
roasting
,
scoffing
,
smart
,
smart-alecky
,
smart-ass
,
smirking
,
sneering
,
snickering
,
sniggering
,
snorting
,
stone wall
,
taunting
,
teasing
,
twitting
,
wall
rail
collapse
any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
a horizontal bar (usually of wood)
short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"
complain bitterly
fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"
lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"
convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"
separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"
provide with rails; "The yard was railed"
enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves"
related words >
L
,
attack
,
baluster
,
balustrade
,
banister
,
bar
,
barrier
,
bawl out
,
berate
,
bottle up
,
boundary
,
box up
,
branch
,
bulkhead in
,
cable railway
,
cage
,
censure
,
check
,
chew out
,
cloister
,
cog railway
,
condemn
,
confine
,
constrain
,
coop
,
coop in
,
coop up
,
cork up
,
crib
,
criticize
,
decry
,
denounce
,
detain
,
el
,
electric railway
,
elevated
,
elevated railway
,
embankment
,
encage
,
enclose
,
feeder
,
feeder line
,
fence
,
fence in
,
fulminate
,
gravity-operated railway
,
gruel
,
handrail
,
hedge
,
hem
,
hem in
,
hold
,
hold in custody
,
hold in restraint
,
horse railway
,
immure
,
impound
,
inhibit
,
jaw
,
junction
,
keep in
,
keep in custody
,
keep in detention
,
lath
,
light railroad
,
line
,
main line
,
mere shadow
,
metro
,
mew
,
mew up
,
monorail
,
pale
,
palisade
,
paper
,
pen
,
pen up
,
picket
,
pound
,
rack railway
,
rack-and-pinion railway
,
rail in
,
rail line
,
railing
,
railroad
,
railway
,
rake
,
rate
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
revile
,
roadbed
,
roadway
,
rod
,
scold
,
seal up
,
shackle
,
shadow
,
shaving
,
shut in
,
shut up
,
sidetrack
,
siding
,
skeleton
,
slat
,
slip
,
soup
,
splinter
,
stone wall
,
streak
,
street railway
,
streetcar line
,
subway
,
switchback
,
terminal
,
terminus
,
tongue-lash
,
track
,
tram
,
tramline
,
trestle
,
trolley line
,
trunk
,
trunk line
,
tube
,
turnout
,
underground
,
upbraid
,
vein
,
vituperate
,
vociferate
,
wafer
,
wall
,
wall in
think twice
collapse
consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
be careful
,
be cautious
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dither
,
falter
,
fear
,
go on tiptoe
,
hang back
,
hang in doubt
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make haste slowly
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
take it easy
,
think twice about
,
tiptoe
,
vacillate
,
walk on eggshells
,
withdraw
,
yield
middle ground
collapse
related words >
average
,
balance
,
center
,
compromise
,
fence
,
generality
,
golden mean
,
half measures
,
half-and-half measures
,
halfway measures
,
happy medium
,
juste-milieu
,
mean
,
median
,
mediocrity
,
medium
,
middle
,
middle course
,
middle point
,
middle position
,
middle state
,
middle way
,
middle-of-the-road
,
midpoint
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
neutral ground
,
norm
,
normal
,
par
,
rule
,
run
,
via media
snowflake
collapse
a crystal of snow
related words >
avalanche
,
blizzard
,
crystal
,
driven snow
,
flake
,
flurry
,
granular snow
,
igloo
,
mantle of snow
,
mogul
,
slosh
,
slush
,
snow
,
snow banner
,
snow bed
,
snow blanket
,
snow blast
,
snow fence
,
snow flurry
,
snow roller
,
snow slush
,
snow squall
,
snow wreath
,
snow-crystal
,
snowball
,
snowbank
,
snowbridge
,
snowcap
,
snowdrift
,
snowfall
,
snowfield
,
snowland
,
snowman
,
snowscape
,
snowshed
,
snowslide
,
snowslip
,
snowstorm
,
wet snow
snowfall
collapse
related words >
avalanche
,
blizzard
,
crystal
,
driven snow
,
flake
,
flurry
,
granular snow
,
igloo
,
mantle of snow
,
mogul
,
slosh
,
slush
,
snow
,
snow banner
,
snow bed
,
snow blanket
,
snow blast
,
snow fence
,
snow flurry
,
snow roller
,
snow slush
,
snow squall
,
snow wreath
,
snow-crystal
,
snowball
,
snowbank
,
snowbridge
,
snowcap
,
snowdrift
,
snowfield
,
snowflake
,
snowland
,
snowman
,
snowscape
,
snowshed
,
snowslide
,
snowslip
,
snowstorm
,
wet snow
snowbank
collapse
a mound or heap of snow
related words >
avalanche
,
blizzard
,
crystal
,
driven snow
,
flake
,
flurry
,
granular snow
,
igloo
,
mantle of snow
,
mogul
,
slosh
,
slush
,
snow
,
snow banner
,
snow bed
,
snow blanket
,
snow blast
,
snow fence
,
snow flurry
,
snow roller
,
snow slush
,
snow squall
,
snow wreath
,
snow-crystal
,
snowball
,
snowbridge
,
snowcap
,
snowdrift
,
snowfall
,
snowfield
,
snowflake
,
snowland
,
snowman
,
snowscape
,
snowshed
,
snowslide
,
snowslip
,
snowstorm
,
wet snow
palter
collapse
related words >
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
bargain
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
chaffer
,
choplogic
,
dicker
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
falsify
,
fence
,
fib
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
higgle
,
huckster
,
hum and haw
,
lie
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
tergiversate
,
waffle
,
weasel
stick at
collapse
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
blench
,
boggle
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
think twice about
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
nestle
collapse
position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"
lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest"
related words >
arm
,
armor
,
bed
,
bless
,
bundle
,
burrow
,
champion
,
cloak
,
compass about
,
copyright
,
cover
,
cradle
,
croodle
,
cuddle
,
cuddle up
,
curl up
,
cushion
,
defend
,
ensure
,
fence
,
fend
,
guarantee
,
guard
,
harbor
,
haven
,
huddle
,
insure
,
keep
,
keep from harm
,
lap
,
make safe
,
nuzzle
,
patent
,
police
,
protect
,
put to bed
,
register
,
ride shotgun for
,
safeguard
,
screen
,
secure
,
shelter
,
shield
,
shroud
,
snug
,
snug up
,
snuggle
,
snuggle up to
,
tuck in
,
underwrite
beg the question
collapse
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
ward off
uncommitted
collapse
not bound or pledged
related words >
Laodicean
,
afoot and lighthearted
,
apathetic
,
at large
,
at liberty
,
centrist
,
clear
,
detached
,
disengaged
,
easygoing
,
emancipated
,
even
,
fifty-fifty
,
footloose
,
footloose and fancy-free
,
free
,
free and easy
,
free as air
,
freeborn
,
freed
,
go-as-you-please
,
half-and-half
,
impartial
,
in the clear
,
independent
,
indifferent
,
liberated
,
loose
,
midway
,
moderate
,
neuter
,
neutral
,
nonaligned
,
noncommitted
,
nonpartisan
,
on the fence
,
on the loose
,
passive
,
released
,
scot-free
,
third-force
,
third-world
,
unattached
,
unengaged
,
uninvolved
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
nitpick
collapse
be overly critical; criticize minor details
related words >
around the bush
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
carp
,
catch at straws
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
cut up
,
dodge
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fault-find
,
fence
,
find fault
,
hedge
,
mystify
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pettifog
,
pick holes
,
pick nits
,
pick to pieces
,
prevaricate
,
pull apart
,
pull to pieces
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
take exception
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tergiversate
dig in
collapse
related words >
arm
,
armor
,
armor-plate
,
bank
,
barricade
,
battle
,
blockade
,
bulwark
,
castellate
,
crenellate
,
embattle
,
entrench
,
fence
,
fortify
,
garrison
,
hang in
,
hang in there
,
hang tough
,
hold fast
,
hold out
,
man
,
man the garrison
,
mine
,
palisade
,
remain firm
,
stand fast
,
stand firm
,
stand no nonsense
,
stand the gaff
,
stick
,
stick fast
,
take what comes
,
wall
middle of the road
collapse
related words >
average
,
balance
,
center
,
compromise
,
fence
,
generality
,
golden mean
,
half measures
,
half-and-half measures
,
halfway measures
,
happy medium
,
juste-milieu
,
mean
,
median
,
mediocrity
,
medium
,
middle
,
middle course
,
middle ground
,
middle point
,
middle position
,
middle state
,
middle way
,
middle-of-the-road
,
midpoint
,
moderantism
,
moderate position
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
moderatism
,
neutral ground
,
norm
,
normal
,
par
,
rule
,
run
,
third force
,
via media
shirk
collapse
avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"
related words >
abandon
,
avoid
,
bilk
,
burke
,
bypass
,
creep
,
cut
,
dodge
,
dog it
,
double
,
duck
,
duck duty
,
eschew
,
evade
,
fence
,
get around
,
get out of
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
gumshoe
,
jump
,
leave
,
leave loose ends
,
leave undone
,
let alone
,
let be
,
let dangle
,
let go
,
lurk
,
malinger
,
miss
,
not pull fair
,
omit
,
parry
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
pretermit
,
procrastinate
,
pussyfoot
,
shrink from
,
shun
,
sidestep
,
skip
,
skive
,
skulk
,
slack
,
slide out of
,
slink
,
slip
,
slip out of
,
snake
,
sneak out of
,
soldier
,
steal
,
trifle
,
welsh
beat around the bush
collapse
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
circumlocute
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
go round about
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
periphrase
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
ward off
pull back
collapse
pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
related words >
about the bush
,
abrupt
,
alienate
,
avoid
,
back down
,
back out
,
backslide
,
balance
,
beat a retreat
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cock
,
cringe
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
debate
,
delete
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
depart
,
disarticulate
,
disconnect
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
draw off
,
duck
,
eject
,
equivocate
,
estrange
,
evade
,
expel
,
fade
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
get behind
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
isolate
,
jerk back
,
jib
,
lapse
,
leave
,
lose ground
,
make bones about
,
move back
,
parry
,
part
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull away
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
run back
,
scruple
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shut off
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
slip back
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
subtract
,
swerve
,
think twice about
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
turn aside
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
ward off
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
balustrade
collapse
related words >
Samson post
,
baluster
,
banister
,
barrier
,
base
,
boundary
,
caryatid
,
colonnade
,
column
,
dado
,
die
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
fence
,
footstalk
,
gatepost
,
hitching post
,
jack
,
jamb
,
king post
,
milepost
,
mullion
,
newel-post
,
pedestal
,
pedicel
,
peduncle
,
pier
,
pilaster
,
pile
,
piling
,
pillar
,
plinth
,
pole
,
post
,
queen-post
,
rail
,
railing
,
shaft
,
signpost
,
snubbing post
,
socle
,
staff
,
stalk
,
stanchion
,
stand
,
standard
,
stem
,
stile
,
stone wall
,
subbase
,
surbase
,
trunk
,
upright
,
wall
Milquetoast
collapse
related words >
baby
,
big baby
,
chicken
,
chicken liver
,
coward
,
crybaby
,
doormat
,
dull tool
,
fence-sitter
,
fraid-cat
,
fraidy-cat
,
funk
,
funker
,
gutless wonder
,
invertebrate
,
jellyfish
,
lightweight
,
lily liver
,
meek soul
,
milksop
,
mollycoddle
,
mouse
,
mugwump
,
namby-pamby
,
nebbish
,
nonentity
,
pansy
,
pantywaist
,
pushover
,
sad sack
,
scaredy-cat
,
shilly-shally
,
sissy
,
softling
,
softy
,
sop
,
waverer
,
weak sister
,
weakling
,
white feather
,
white liver
,
wobbler
moat
collapse
ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
related words >
abri
,
abysm
,
abyss
,
approach trench
,
aqueduct
,
arch dam
,
arroyo
,
backstop
,
bamboo curtain
,
bank
,
bar
,
barrage
,
barrier
,
bear-trap dam
,
beaver dam
,
boom
,
box canyon
,
breach
,
break
,
breakwater
,
breastwork
,
brick wall
,
buffer
,
bulkhead
,
bulwark
,
bunker
,
canal
,
canalization
,
canyon
,
cavity
,
channel
,
chap
,
chasm
,
check
,
chimney
,
chink
,
cleft
,
cleuch
,
clough
,
cofferdam
,
col
,
communication trench
,
coulee
,
couloir
,
countermine
,
coupure
,
crack
,
cranny
,
crevasse
,
crevice
,
crimp
,
cut
,
cwm
,
dam
,
defense
,
defile
,
dell
,
dike
,
ditch
,
donga
,
double sap
,
draw
,
dugout
,
earthwork
,
embankment
,
entrenchment
,
excavation
,
fault
,
fence
,
fire trench
,
fissure
,
flaw
,
flume
,
flying sap
,
fortified tunnel
,
fosse
,
foxhole
,
fracture
,
furrow
,
gallery
,
gap
,
gape
,
gash
,
gate
,
goffer
,
gorge
,
gravity dam
,
groin
,
groove
,
gulch
,
gulf
,
gully
,
gutter
,
ha-ha
,
hole
,
hydraulic-fill dam
,
incision
,
iron curtain
,
jam
,
jetty
,
joint
,
kennel
,
kloof
,
leak
,
leaping weir
,
levee
,
logjam
,
milldam
,
mine
,
mole
,
mound
,
notch
,
nullah
,
opening
,
parallel
,
parapet
,
pass
,
passage
,
pleat
,
portcullis
,
rampart
,
ravine
,
rent
,
rift
,
rime
,
roadblock
,
rock-fill dam
,
rupture
,
sap
,
scissure
,
seam
,
seawall
,
shutter dam
,
slit
,
slit trench
,
slot
,
split
,
stone wall
,
sunk fence
,
trench
,
trough
,
tunnel
,
valley
,
void
,
wadi
,
wall
,
weir
,
wicket dam
,
work
contravallation
collapse
related words >
abatis
,
advanced work
,
balistraria
,
bank
,
banquette
,
barbed-wire entanglement
,
barbican
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
bartizan
,
bastion
,
battlement
,
breastwork
,
bulwark
,
casemate
,
cheval-de-frise
,
circumvallation
,
counterscarp
,
curtain
,
demibastion
,
dike
,
drawbridge
,
earthwork
,
enclosure
,
entanglement
,
escarp
,
escarpment
,
fence
,
fieldwork
,
fortalice
,
fortification
,
glacis
,
loophole
,
lunette
,
machicolation
,
mantelet
,
merlon
,
mound
,
outwork
,
palisade
,
parados
,
parapet
,
portcullis
,
postern gate
,
rampart
,
ravelin
,
redan
,
redoubt
,
sally port
,
scarp
,
sconce
,
stockade
,
tenaille
,
vallation
,
vallum
,
work
bartizan
collapse
related words >
abatis
,
advanced work
,
balistraria
,
bank
,
banquette
,
barbed-wire entanglement
,
barbican
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
bastion
,
battlement
,
breastwork
,
bulwark
,
casemate
,
cheval-de-frise
,
circumvallation
,
contravallation
,
counterscarp
,
curtain
,
demibastion
,
dike
,
drawbridge
,
earthwork
,
enclosure
,
entanglement
,
escarp
,
escarpment
,
fence
,
fieldwork
,
fortalice
,
fortification
,
glacis
,
loophole
,
lunette
,
machicolation
,
mantelet
,
merlon
,
mound
,
outwork
,
palisade
,
parados
,
parapet
,
portcullis
,
postern gate
,
rampart
,
ravelin
,
redan
,
redoubt
,
sally port
,
scarp
,
sconce
,
stockade
,
tenaille
,
vallation
,
vallum
,
work
abatis
collapse
related words >
advanced work
,
balistraria
,
bank
,
banquette
,
barbed-wire entanglement
,
barbican
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
bartizan
,
bastion
,
battlement
,
breastwork
,
bulwark
,
casemate
,
cheval-de-frise
,
circumvallation
,
contravallation
,
counterscarp
,
curtain
,
demibastion
,
dike
,
drawbridge
,
earthwork
,
enclosure
,
entanglement
,
escarp
,
escarpment
,
fence
,
fieldwork
,
fortalice
,
fortification
,
glacis
,
loophole
,
lunette
,
machicolation
,
mantelet
,
merlon
,
mound
,
outwork
,
palisade
,
parados
,
parapet
,
portcullis
,
postern gate
,
rampart
,
ravelin
,
redan
,
redoubt
,
sally port
,
scarp
,
sconce
,
stockade
,
tenaille
,
vallation
,
vallum
,
work
compete
collapse
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
related words >
antagonize
,
approach
,
attempt
,
battle
,
beat against
,
beat up against
,
breast the wave
,
buck
,
buffet
,
buffet the waves
,
challenge
,
clash
,
close with
,
collide
,
combat
,
compete with
,
conflict
,
contend
,
contend against
,
contest
,
cope
,
dispute
,
emulate
,
equal
,
essay
,
fence
,
fight
,
fight against
,
grapple with
,
jockey
,
join battle with
,
joust
,
labor against
,
match
,
meet
,
militate against
,
offer resistance
,
outvie
,
reluct
,
reluctate
,
rival
,
stem the tide
,
strive
,
strive against
,
struggle
,
struggle against
,
take on
,
test one another
,
touch
,
try
,
vie
,
vie with
chitchat
collapse
light informal conversation for social occasions
related words >
babble
,
back-fence gossip
,
backchat
,
beauty-parlor chitchat
,
cackle
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chitter
,
chitter-chatter
,
clack
,
cocktail-party chitchat
,
gabble
,
gossip
,
gossiping
,
gossipmongering
,
gossipry
,
groundless rumor
,
idle chat
,
idle talk
,
newsmongering
,
piece of gossip
,
prattle
,
small talk
,
story
,
table talk
,
tale
,
talebearing
,
taletelling
,
talk
,
talkee-talkee
,
tattle
,
tea-table talk
,
tittle-tattle
shilly shally
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
change
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
debate
,
delay
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dillydally
,
dither
,
drag
,
equivocate
,
falter
,
fear
,
flag
,
fluctuate
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
oscillate
,
pause
,
pendulate
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shift
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
tarry
,
teeter
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
totter
,
trail
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waste time
,
waver
,
withdraw
,
wobble
,
yield
battlement
collapse
a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
related words >
abatis
,
advanced work
,
balistraria
,
bank
,
banquette
,
barbed-wire entanglement
,
barbican
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
bartizan
,
bastion
,
breastwork
,
bulwark
,
casemate
,
castellation
,
cheval-de-frise
,
circumvallation
,
contravallation
,
counterscarp
,
crenel
,
curtain
,
demibastion
,
dike
,
drawbridge
,
earthwork
,
embrasure
,
enclosure
,
entanglement
,
escarp
,
escarpment
,
fence
,
fieldwork
,
fortalice
,
fortification
,
glacis
,
loophole
,
lunette
,
machicolation
,
mantelet
,
merlon
,
mound
,
outwork
,
palisade
,
parados
,
parapet
,
portcullis
,
postern gate
,
rampart
,
ravelin
,
redan
,
redoubt
,
sally port
,
scarp
,
sconce
,
stockade
,
tenaille
,
vallation
,
vallum
,
work
beleaguer
collapse
related words >
annoy
,
bedevil
,
beset
,
besiege
,
blockade
,
bound
,
box in
,
cage
,
chamber
,
close in
,
compass
,
contain
,
coop
,
coop in
,
coop up
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
corral
,
encircle
,
enclose
,
encompass
,
enshrine
,
envelop
,
fence in
,
gnaw
,
harass
,
harry
,
hedge in
,
hem in
,
house in
,
impound
,
imprison
,
incarcerate
,
include
,
invest
,
jail
,
kennel
,
lay siege to
,
leaguer
,
mew
,
mew up
,
pen
,
pen in
,
pester
,
plague
,
pocket
,
quarantine
,
rail in
,
shrine
,
shut in
,
shut up
,
siege
,
soften up
,
stable
,
storm
,
surround
,
tease
,
wall in
,
wrap
,
yard
,
yard up
redoubt
collapse
a forbidding stronghold
related words >
abatis
,
advanced work
,
balistraria
,
bank
,
banquette
,
barbed-wire entanglement
,
barbican
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
bartizan
,
bastion
,
battlement
,
breastwork
,
bulwark
,
casemate
,
cheval-de-frise
,
circumvallation
,
citadel
,
contravallation
,
counterscarp
,
curtain
,
demibastion
,
dike
,
drawbridge
,
earthwork
,
enclosure
,
entanglement
,
escarp
,
escarpment
,
fastness
,
fence
,
fieldwork
,
fortalice
,
fortification
,
fortress
,
glacis
,
loophole
,
lunette
,
machicolation
,
mantelet
,
merlon
,
mound
,
outwork
,
palisade
,
parados
,
parapet
,
portcullis
,
postern gate
,
rampart
,
ravelin
,
redan
,
sally port
,
scarp
,
sconce
,
stockade
,
stronghold
,
tenaille
,
vallation
,
vallum
,
work
snowdrift
collapse
a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
related words >
anthill
,
avalanche
,
bank
,
blizzard
,
cock
,
crystal
,
drift
,
driven snow
,
dune
,
embankment
,
flake
,
flurry
,
granular snow
,
haycock
,
haymow
,
hayrick
,
haystack
,
heap
,
hill
,
igloo
,
mantle of snow
,
mogul
,
molehill
,
mound
,
mow
,
pile
,
pyramid
,
rick
,
slosh
,
slush
,
snow
,
snow banner
,
snow bed
,
snow blanket
,
snow blast
,
snow fence
,
snow flurry
,
snow roller
,
snow slush
,
snow squall
,
snow wreath
,
snow-crystal
,
snowball
,
snowbank
,
snowbridge
,
snowcap
,
snowfall
,
snowfield
,
snowflake
,
snowland
,
snowman
,
snowscape
,
snowshed
,
snowslide
,
snowslip
,
snowstorm
,
stack
,
wet snow
prevaricate
collapse
related words >
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
be untruthful
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
belie
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
deceive
,
dodge
,
draw the longbow
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
exaggerate
,
falsify
,
fence
,
fib
,
garble
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
lie
,
lie flatly
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mislead
,
misrepresent
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
speak falsely
,
split hairs
,
story
,
stretch the truth
,
tell a lie
,
tergiversate
,
waffle
,
weasel
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