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spank
collapse
a slap with the flat of the hand
give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
related words >
admonish
,
bang
,
baste
,
bastinado
,
batter
,
beat
,
belabor
,
belt
,
birch
,
blip
,
box
,
bring to book
,
buffet
,
bust
,
call to account
,
cane
,
castigate
,
chastise
,
chide
,
clout
,
club
,
correct
,
cowhide
,
cudgel
,
cuff
,
cut
,
drub
,
flagellate
,
flail
,
flap
,
flog
,
fustigate
,
give a whipping
,
give the stick
,
hammer
,
have words with
,
horsewhip
,
knock
,
knout
,
lace
,
lambaste
,
larrup
,
lash
,
lay on
,
lecture
,
maul
,
objurgate
,
paddle
,
paste
,
patter
,
pelt
,
pistol-whip
,
pommel
,
pound
,
pulverize
,
pummel
,
punch
,
punish
,
rap
,
rate
,
rawhide
,
rebuke
,
reprehend
,
reprimand
,
reprove
,
scold
,
scourge
,
set down
,
set straight
,
slap
,
sledgehammer
,
smack
,
smite
,
sock
,
straighten out
,
strap
,
stripe
,
swinge
,
switch
,
take down
,
take to task
,
thrash
,
thresh
,
thump
,
trounce
,
truncheon
,
upbraid
,
wallop
,
whack
,
whale
,
whip
,
whop
trounce
collapse
related words >
assail
,
attack
,
baste
,
bastinado
,
bear the palm
,
beat
,
beat all hollow
,
beat hollow
,
belabor
,
belt
,
best
,
birch
,
blister
,
buffet
,
cane
,
castigate
,
clobber
,
club
,
cowhide
,
cudgel
,
cut
,
defeat
,
destroy
,
do in
,
drub
,
excoriate
,
fix
,
flagellate
,
flail
,
flay
,
flog
,
fustigate
,
give a whipping
,
give the stick
,
hide
,
hors de combat
,
horsewhip
,
knout
,
lace
,
lambaste
,
lash
,
lather
,
lay on
,
lick
,
outclass
,
outdo
,
outfight
,
outgeneral
,
outmaneuver
,
outpoint
,
outrun
,
outsail
,
outshine
,
overwhelm
,
pistol-whip
,
pommel
,
pummel
,
put
,
rawhide
,
roast
,
ruin
,
scarify
,
scathe
,
scorch
,
scourge
,
settle
,
shellac
,
skin
,
skin alive
,
slash
,
smite
,
spank
,
strap
,
stripe
,
swinge
,
switch
,
take the cake
,
thrash
,
thump
,
trim
,
triumph
,
triumph over
,
truncheon
,
undo
,
walk all over
,
wallop
,
whale
,
whip
,
whomp
,
whop
,
win
,
worst
temperament
collapse
an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
related words >
animus
,
aptitude
,
bent
,
bias
,
body-build
,
brand
,
cast
,
character
,
characteristic
,
characteristics
,
chromatic scale
,
compass
,
complexion
,
composition
,
constituents
,
constitution
,
crasis
,
dharma
,
diapason
,
diathesis
,
disposition
,
dodecuple scale
,
eccentricity
,
enharmonic scale
,
ethos
,
fiber
,
frame
,
gamut
,
genius
,
grain
,
great scale
,
habit
,
hue
,
humor
,
humors
,
idiosyncrasy
,
ilk
,
inclination
,
individualism
,
individuality
,
kidney
,
kind
,
leaning
,
major scale
,
make
,
makeup
,
melodic minor
,
mental set
,
mentality
,
mettle
,
mind
,
mind-set
,
minor scale
,
mold
,
nature
,
octave scale
,
pentatonic scale
,
personality
,
physique
,
predilection
,
predisposition
,
preference
,
proclivity
,
propensity
,
property
,
quality
,
range
,
register
,
scale
,
set
,
slant
,
somatotype
,
sort
,
spirit
,
stamp
,
strain
,
streak
,
stripe
,
suchness
,
system
,
temper
,
tendency
,
tenor
,
tone
,
tuning
,
turn
,
turn of mind
,
twist
,
type
,
vein
,
warp
,
way
,
whole-tone scale
falsetto
collapse
a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
artificially high; above the normal voice range; "a falsetto voice"
related words >
alto
,
aphonia
,
artificial voice
,
baritone
,
bass
,
bourdon
,
bravura
,
broken speech
,
broken tones
,
broken voice
,
burden
,
chest voice
,
childish treble
,
choked voice
,
choral
,
choric
,
coloratura
,
countertenor
,
cracked voice
,
croak
,
crow
,
dramatic
,
drone
,
drone bass
,
dysarthria
,
dyslalia
,
dyslogia
,
dysphasia
,
dysphonia
,
dysphrasia
,
harshness
,
hawking voice
,
head register
,
head tone
,
head voice
,
heroic
,
high
,
high-pitched
,
high-sounding
,
high-toned
,
hiss
,
hoarseness
,
hymnal
,
idioglossia
,
idiolalia
,
impairment of speech
,
lisp
,
lisping
,
liturgical
,
loss of voice
,
lyric
,
male alto
,
mezzo-soprano
,
muzzy speech
,
nasal tone
,
nasalization
,
operatic
,
psalmic
,
psalmodial
,
psalmodic
,
quaver
,
sacred
,
shake
,
sibilation
,
singing
,
soprano
,
speech defect
,
speech impediment
,
tenor
,
treble
,
tremor
,
twang
,
vocal
,
voce
,
voce di petto
,
voce di testa
,
voice
muscularity
collapse
the physiological state of having or consisting of muscle
related words >
beef
,
beefiness
,
brawn
,
brawniness
,
elasticity
,
heftiness
,
huskiness
,
involuntary muscle
,
muscle
,
musculature
,
physique
,
sinew
,
sinewiness
,
sinews
,
thew
,
thewiness
,
thews
,
tone
,
voluntary muscle
thews
collapse
related words >
beef
,
beefiness
,
brawn
,
brawniness
,
elasticity
,
heftiness
,
huskiness
,
involuntary muscle
,
muscle
,
muscularity
,
musculature
,
physique
,
sinew
,
sinewiness
,
sinews
,
thew
,
thewiness
,
tone
,
voluntary muscle
musculature
collapse
related words >
beef
,
beefiness
,
brawn
,
brawniness
,
elasticity
,
heftiness
,
huskiness
,
involuntary muscle
,
muscle
,
muscularity
,
physique
,
sinew
,
sinewiness
,
sinews
,
thew
,
thewiness
,
thews
,
tone
,
voluntary muscle
monotone
collapse
an unchanging intonation
a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
related words >
AF
,
Indian file
,
alliterating
,
alliteration
,
alliterative
,
array
,
articulation
,
assonance
,
assonant
,
audio frequency
,
banausic
,
bank
,
belabored
,
blah
,
buzz
,
catena
,
catenation
,
chain
,
chain reaction
,
chaining
,
chanting
,
chime
,
chiming
,
cliche-ridden
,
clockwork regularity
,
concatenation
,
connection
,
consecution
,
constancy
,
continuum
,
course
,
cycle
,
daily round
,
descent
,
dim
,
dingdong
,
dreary
,
drone
,
droning
,
endless belt
,
endless round
,
even pace
,
even tenor
,
file
,
filiation
,
frequency
,
fundamental
,
fundamental tone
,
gamut
,
gradation
,
harmonic
,
harping
,
hum
,
humdrum
,
intonation
,
invariability
,
jingle
,
jingle-jangle
,
jog-trot
,
labored
,
line
,
lineage
,
monologue
,
monotonic
,
monotonous
,
monotonousness
,
monotony
,
near rhyme
,
nexus
,
orderliness
,
overtone
,
partial
,
partial tone
,
pedestrian
,
pendulum
,
periodicity
,
pitch
,
pitter-patter
,
plenum
,
poky
,
powder train
,
progression
,
queue
,
range
,
rank
,
recurrence
,
regularity
,
repeated sounds
,
repetitiousness
,
repetitiveness
,
reticulation
,
rhyme
,
rhymed
,
rhyming
,
rotation
,
round
,
routine
,
row
,
run
,
sameliness
,
sameness
,
scale
,
sequence
,
series
,
single file
,
singsong
,
slant rhyme
,
smoothness
,
soniferous
,
sonorous
,
sounded
,
sounding
,
spectrum
,
stale repetition
,
stodgy
,
string
,
succession
,
swath
,
tedious
,
tedium
,
thread
,
tier
,
tonal
,
tone
,
toneless
,
tonelessness
,
train
,
treadmill
,
trot
,
undeviation
,
undifferentiation
,
unnecessary repetition
,
unvariation
,
windrow
soften up
collapse
related words >
abate
,
affect
,
attenuate
,
beleaguer
,
bend
,
beset
,
besiege
,
bias
,
blarney
,
blockade
,
blunt
,
butter
,
butter up
,
color
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
devitalize
,
dispose
,
dull
,
ease
,
encircle
,
encompass
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
envelop
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fluff
,
gentle
,
get around
,
gruel
,
harass
,
harry
,
honey
,
incline
,
induce
,
influence
,
invest
,
jolly
,
kid along
,
knead
,
laxate
,
lay it on
,
lay low
,
lay siege to
,
lead
,
limber
,
limber up
,
loosen
,
mash
,
massage
,
mellow
,
milden
,
mitigate
,
mollify
,
move
,
oil
,
overdo it
,
persuade
,
play up to
,
plump
,
predispose
,
prompt
,
pulp
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
relax
,
sap
,
shake
,
shake up
,
smash
,
soap
,
soft-soap
,
soften
,
squash
,
string along
,
stroke
,
subdue
,
supple
,
surround
,
sway
,
tenderize
,
tinge
,
tone
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
weaken
,
wear down
,
weigh with
,
work
inflection
collapse
deviation from a straight or normal course
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
related words >
IC analysis
,
L
,
S-curve
,
accent
,
accidence
,
affix
,
affixation
,
allomorph
,
angle
,
apex
,
articulation
,
bend
,
bending
,
bifurcation
,
bight
,
bound morpheme
,
bow
,
bowing
,
cant
,
chevron
,
coin
,
conflexure
,
conjugation
,
corner
,
crank
,
crook
,
crotchet
,
cutting
,
declension
,
deflection
,
derivation
,
difference of form
,
dogleg
,
elbow
,
ell
,
enclitic
,
enunciation
,
flection
,
flex
,
flexure
,
fork
,
formative
,
free form
,
furcation
,
geanticline
,
geosyncline
,
hairpin turn
,
hook
,
immediate constituent analysis
,
infix
,
infixation
,
intonation
,
intonation pattern
,
knee
,
meander
,
modulation
,
morph
,
morpheme
,
morphemic analysis
,
morphemics
,
morphology
,
morphophonemics
,
nook
,
oxbow
,
paradigm
,
pitch
,
pitch accent
,
point
,
prefix
,
prefixation
,
proclitic
,
pronunciation
,
quoin
,
radical
,
reflection
,
root
,
speech tune
,
stem
,
suffix
,
suffixation
,
suprasegmental
,
sweep
,
swerve
,
theme
,
timbre
,
tonality
,
tone
,
tone of voice
,
turn
,
turning
,
veer
,
vertex
,
word-formation
,
zag
,
zig
,
zigzag
song writer
collapse
related words >
arranger
,
ballad maker
,
balladeer
,
balladist
,
balladmonger
,
composer
,
contrapuntist
,
ethnomusicologist
,
harmonist
,
harmonizer
,
hymnist
,
hymnographer
,
hymnologist
,
librettist
,
madrigalist
,
melodist
,
melodizer
,
musicographer
,
musicologist
,
orchestrator
,
scorer
,
songsmith
,
symphonist
,
tone poet
,
tunesmith
hymnist
collapse
related words >
arranger
,
ballad maker
,
balladeer
,
balladist
,
balladmonger
,
composer
,
contrapuntist
,
ethnomusicologist
,
harmonist
,
harmonizer
,
hymnographer
,
hymnologist
,
librettist
,
madrigalist
,
melodist
,
melodizer
,
musicographer
,
musicologist
,
orchestrator
,
scorer
,
song writer
,
songsmith
,
symphonist
,
tone poet
,
tunesmith
orchestrator
collapse
an arranger who writes for orchestras
related words >
arranger
,
ballad maker
,
balladeer
,
balladist
,
balladmonger
,
composer
,
contrapuntist
,
ethnomusicologist
,
harmonist
,
harmonizer
,
hymnist
,
hymnographer
,
hymnologist
,
librettist
,
madrigalist
,
melodist
,
melodizer
,
musicographer
,
musicologist
,
scorer
,
song writer
,
songsmith
,
symphonist
,
tone poet
,
tunesmith
musicologist
collapse
a student of musicology
related words >
arranger
,
ballad maker
,
balladeer
,
balladist
,
balladmonger
,
composer
,
contrapuntist
,
ethnomusicologist
,
harmonist
,
harmonizer
,
hymnist
,
hymnographer
,
hymnologist
,
librettist
,
madrigalist
,
melodist
,
melodizer
,
musicographer
,
orchestrator
,
scorer
,
song writer
,
songsmith
,
symphonist
,
tone poet
,
tunesmith
tone down
collapse
make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
related words >
abate
,
achromatize
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
assuage
,
atone
,
attemper
,
attune
,
baffle
,
bank the fire
,
blanch
,
bleach
,
blunt
,
chasten
,
chord
,
constrain
,
control
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deafen
,
decolor
,
decolorize
,
dim
,
diminish
,
discolor
,
downplay
,
drain
,
drain of color
,
dull
,
ease
,
etiolate
,
extenuate
,
fade
,
fluff
,
fume
,
gentle
,
keep within bounds
,
knead
,
laxate
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
limber
,
limber up
,
loosen
,
mash
,
massage
,
mat
,
mellow
,
milden
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
muffle
,
mute
,
obtund
,
pale
,
palliate
,
peroxide
,
play down
,
plump
,
pulp
,
put in tune
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
relax
,
restrain
,
shake up
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smash
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
soften up
,
squash
,
stifle
,
stop
,
string
,
subdue
,
supple
,
suppress
,
tame
,
tarnish
,
temper
,
tenderize
,
tone up
,
tune
,
tune down
,
tune up
,
underplay
,
voice
,
wash out
,
weaken
,
whiten
tenderize
collapse
related words >
cushion
,
ease
,
fluff
,
gentle
,
knead
,
laxate
,
limber
,
limber up
,
loosen
,
mash
,
massage
,
mellow
,
milden
,
mollify
,
plump
,
pulp
,
relax
,
shake up
,
smash
,
soften
,
soften up
,
squash
,
subdue
,
supple
,
tone down
,
tune down
dissonant
collapse
related words >
absonant
,
antagonistic
,
antipathetic
,
assorted
,
at cross-purposes
,
at loggerheads
,
at odds
,
at variance
,
at war
,
atonal
,
cacophonic
,
cacophonous
,
clashing
,
conflicting
,
contradictory
,
contrary
,
contrasted
,
contrasting
,
cracked
,
cranky
,
cross
,
departing
,
deviating
,
deviative
,
diaphonic
,
different
,
differentiated
,
differing
,
disaccordant
,
disagreeable
,
disagreeing
,
disconsonant
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
discrete
,
discriminated
,
disharmonic
,
disharmonious
,
disjoined
,
disparate
,
disproportionate
,
dissident
,
dissimilar
,
distinct
,
distinguished
,
divergent
,
diverging
,
divers
,
diverse
,
diversified
,
flat
,
grating
,
harsh
,
heterogeneous
,
hoarse
,
hostile
,
immelodious
,
immiscible
,
in disagreement
,
inaccordant
,
incompatible
,
incongruent
,
incongruous
,
inconsistent
,
inconsonant
,
inharmonic
,
inharmonious
,
irreconcilable
,
jangling
,
jarring
,
many
,
motley
,
multifarious
,
musicless
,
negative
,
nonmelodious
,
off
,
off-key
,
off-tone
,
out of accord
,
out of pitch
,
out of tone
,
out of tune
,
out of whack
,
poles apart
,
poles asunder
,
raucous
,
repugnant
,
rude
,
rugged
,
separate
,
separated
,
several
,
sharp
,
shrill
,
sour
,
strident
,
tuneless
,
unconformable
,
uncongenial
,
unequal
,
unharmonious
,
unlike
,
unmelodious
,
unmusical
,
untunable
,
untuned
,
untuneful
,
variant
,
varied
,
variegated
,
various
,
varying
,
widely apart
,
worlds apart
manner of speaking
collapse
your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
related words >
adjectival phrase
,
affectation
,
asiaticism
,
clause
,
command of language
,
construction
,
device
,
euphuism
,
exaggeration
,
expression
,
expression of ideas
,
fashion
,
feeling for words
,
figurative language
,
figurativeness
,
figure
,
figure of speech
,
floridity
,
flourish
,
flower
,
flowery style
,
form of speech
,
grace of expression
,
grandiloquence
,
headed group
,
idiom
,
idiotism
,
image
,
imagery
,
inflation
,
literary style
,
locution
,
manner
,
mannerism
,
mode
,
mode of expression
,
nonliterality
,
nonliteralness
,
noun phrase
,
ornament
,
paragraph
,
peculiar expression
,
peculiarity
,
period
,
personal style
,
phrasal idiom
,
phrase
,
purple passage
,
rhetoric
,
sense of language
,
sentence
,
set phrase
,
standard phrase
,
strain
,
style
,
stylistic analysis
,
stylistics
,
syntactic structure
,
term
,
the grand style
,
the plain style
,
the sublime
,
timbre
,
tone
,
tone of voice
,
trick
,
trope
,
turn of expression
,
turn of phrase
,
usage
,
utterance
,
vein
,
verb complex
,
verb phrase
,
verbalism
,
voce
,
voice
,
voice qualifier
,
voice quality
,
way
,
way of saying
,
way of speaking
,
word-group
trend setter
collapse
related words >
Beau Brummel
,
arbiter of fashion
,
clotheshorse
,
clubman
,
clubwoman
,
dandy
,
deb
,
debutante
,
fashion plate
,
fashionable
,
fop
,
man-about-town
,
mondain
,
mondaine
,
socialite
,
subdeb
,
subdebutante
,
swinger
,
taste-maker
,
tone-setter
taste maker
collapse
related words >
Beau Brummel
,
arbiter of fashion
,
clotheshorse
,
clubman
,
clubwoman
,
dandy
,
deb
,
debutante
,
fashion plate
,
fashionable
,
fop
,
man-about-town
,
mondain
,
mondaine
,
socialite
,
subdeb
,
subdebutante
,
swinger
,
tone-setter
,
trend-setter
debutante
collapse
a young woman making her debut into society
related words >
Beau Brummel
,
arbiter of fashion
,
clotheshorse
,
clubman
,
clubwoman
,
dandy
,
deb
,
fashion plate
,
fashionable
,
fop
,
man-about-town
,
mondain
,
mondaine
,
socialite
,
subdeb
,
subdebutante
,
swinger
,
taste-maker
,
tone-setter
,
trend-setter
socialite
collapse
a socially prominent person
related words >
Beau Brummel
,
arbiter of fashion
,
clotheshorse
,
clubman
,
clubwoman
,
dandy
,
deb
,
debutante
,
fashion plate
,
fashionable
,
fop
,
man-about-town
,
mondain
,
mondaine
,
subdeb
,
subdebutante
,
swinger
,
taste-maker
,
tone-setter
,
trend-setter
mainstream
collapse
the prevailing current of thought; "his thinking was in the American mainstream"
related words >
Zeitgeist
,
bearing
,
course
,
current
,
direction
,
drift
,
glacial movement
,
line
,
main current
,
motion
,
movement
,
run
,
set
,
stream
,
swing
,
tenor
,
the general tendency
,
the main course
,
time spirit
,
tone
,
trend
inharmonious
collapse
lacking in harmony of parts; "an inharmonious (or incongruous) mixture of architectural styles"
not in harmony
related words >
absonant
,
antagonistic
,
antipathetic
,
assorted
,
at cross-purposes
,
at loggerheads
,
at odds
,
at variance
,
at war
,
atonal
,
cacophonic
,
cacophonous
,
cat-and-dog
,
clashing
,
colliding
,
conflicting
,
contradictory
,
contrary
,
contrasted
,
contrasting
,
cracked
,
cranky
,
cross
,
departing
,
deviating
,
deviative
,
diaphonic
,
different
,
differentiated
,
differing
,
disaccordant
,
disagreeable
,
disagreeing
,
disconsonant
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
discrete
,
discriminated
,
disharmonic
,
disharmonious
,
disjoined
,
disparate
,
disproportionate
,
dissentient
,
dissident
,
dissimilar
,
dissonant
,
distinct
,
distinguished
,
divergent
,
diverging
,
divers
,
diverse
,
diversified
,
flat
,
grating
,
harsh
,
heterogeneous
,
hostile
,
immelodious
,
immiscible
,
in disagreement
,
inaccordant
,
incompatible
,
incongruous
,
inconsistent
,
inconsonant
,
inharmonic
,
irreconcilable
,
jangling
,
jarring
,
many
,
motley
,
multifarious
,
musicless
,
negative
,
nonmelodious
,
off
,
off-color
,
off-key
,
off-tone
,
out of accord
,
out of pitch
,
out of tone
,
out of tune
,
out of whack
,
poles apart
,
poles asunder
,
quarrelsome
,
raucous
,
repugnant
,
separate
,
separated
,
several
,
sharp
,
shrill
,
sour
,
strident
,
tuneless
,
unconformable
,
uncongenial
,
unequal
,
unharmonious
,
unlike
,
unmelodious
,
unmusical
,
untunable
,
untuned
,
untuneful
,
variant
,
varied
,
variegated
,
various
,
varying
,
widely apart
,
worlds apart
baste
collapse
loose temporary stitches
cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"
sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"
related words >
bake
,
bang
,
barbecue
,
bastinado
,
batter
,
bawl out
,
beat
,
belabor
,
belt
,
berate
,
birch
,
blanch
,
boil
,
braise
,
brew
,
broil
,
brown
,
buffet
,
cane
,
chew out
,
clobber
,
club
,
coddle
,
cook
,
cowhide
,
cudgel
,
curry
,
cut
,
devil
,
do
,
do to perfection
,
drub
,
fire
,
flagellate
,
flail
,
flap
,
flog
,
fricassee
,
frizz
,
frizzle
,
fry
,
fustigate
,
give a whipping
,
give the stick
,
griddle
,
grill
,
hammer
,
heat
,
horsewhip
,
knock
,
knout
,
lace
,
lambaste
,
larrup
,
lash
,
lay on
,
maul
,
mill
,
oven-bake
,
pan
,
pan-broil
,
parboil
,
paste
,
patter
,
pelt
,
pistol-whip
,
poach
,
pommel
,
pound
,
prepare
,
prepare food
,
pulverize
,
pummel
,
rail
,
rap
,
rawhide
,
roast
,
saute
,
scallop
,
scourge
,
sear
,
shirr
,
simmer
,
sledgehammer
,
smite
,
spank
,
steam
,
stew
,
stir-fry
,
strap
,
stripe
,
swinge
,
switch
,
tell off
,
thrash
,
thresh
,
thump
,
toast
,
tongue-lash
,
trounce
,
truncheon
,
wallop
,
whale
,
whip
,
whop
,
wig
gut reaction
collapse
related words >
affect
,
affection
,
emotion
,
emotional charge
,
emotional shade
,
experience
,
feeling
,
feeling tone
,
foreboding
,
heartthrob
,
impression
,
passion
,
presentiment
,
profound sense
,
reaction
,
response
,
sensation
,
sense
,
sentiment
,
undercurrent
chord
collapse
a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
a straight line connecting two points on a curve
play chords on (a string instrument)
related words >
accompany
,
accord
,
air line
,
arpeggio
,
assonate
,
atone
,
attune
,
axis
,
be harmonious
,
be in tune
,
beeline
,
blend
,
broken chord
,
caring
,
catgut
,
chime
,
common chord
,
concento
,
concern
,
concertize
,
concord
,
consonant chord
,
diagonal
,
diameter
,
diminished seventh chord
,
direct line
,
directrix
,
do
,
dominant chord
,
echo
,
edge
,
empathy
,
enharmonic
,
execute
,
fellow feeling
,
fiddlestring
,
great-circle course
,
harmonize
,
horsehair
,
identification
,
interpret
,
involvement
,
major triad
,
make music
,
melodize
,
minor chord
,
musicalize
,
normal
,
nylon string
,
pathos
,
perform
,
perpendicular
,
play
,
play by ear
,
put in tune
,
radius
,
radius vector
,
relating
,
render
,
response
,
responsiveness
,
right line
,
secant
,
segment
,
seventh chord
,
sharing
,
shortcut
,
side
,
sixth chord
,
sound in tune
,
sound together
,
steel string
,
straight
,
straight course
,
straight line
,
straight stretch
,
straightaway
,
streamline
,
string
,
sympathetic chord
,
sympathetic response
,
sympathy
,
symphonize
,
synchronize
,
tangent
,
tone down
,
tone up
,
tonic triad
,
transversal
,
triad
,
tune
,
tune up
,
unbroken chord
,
vector
,
vibes
,
vibrations
,
voice
,
wound string
microorganism
collapse
any organism of microscopic size
related words >
Euglena
,
adenovirus
,
aerobe
,
aerobic bacteria
,
aerobic organism
,
amoeba
,
anaerobe
,
anaerobic bacteria
,
anaerobic organism
,
animalcule
,
autotrophic organism
,
bacillus
,
bacteria
,
bacterium
,
being
,
bug
,
coccus
,
colon bacillus
,
creature
,
crumb
,
diatom
,
disease-producing microorganism
,
dot
,
drop
,
droplet
,
dyad
,
echovirus
,
enterovirus
,
filterable virus
,
flagellate
,
fleck
,
flyspeck
,
fungus
,
genetic individual
,
germ
,
gnat
,
grain
,
gram-negative bacteria
,
gram-positive bacteria
,
heterotrophic organism
,
individual
,
iota
,
jot
,
living being
,
living thing
,
microbe
,
microspore
,
microzoa
,
midge
,
minim
,
minutia
,
minutiae
,
mite
,
mold
,
monad
,
morphological individual
,
mote
,
nematode
,
nonfilterable virus
,
ont
,
organic being
,
organism
,
organization
,
paramecium
,
particle
,
pathogen
,
physiological individual
,
picornavirus
,
pinhead
,
pinpoint
,
point
,
protozoa
,
protozoon
,
reovirus
,
rhinovirus
,
rickettsia
,
salmonella
,
saprophyte
,
scrap
,
snip
,
snippet
,
speck
,
spirillum
,
spirochete
,
spore
,
sporozoon
,
staphylococcus
,
streptococcus
,
tetrad
,
tittle
,
triad
,
trypanosome
,
vanishing point
,
vibrio
,
virus
,
volvox
,
vorticellum
,
zooid
,
zoon
,
zoospore
smite
collapse
inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl"
related words >
affect
,
agonize
,
bang
,
bash
,
baste
,
bastinado
,
bat
,
beat
,
belabor
,
belt
,
biff
,
birch
,
bonk
,
buffet
,
cane
,
catch
,
clap
,
clip
,
clobber
,
clout
,
club
,
clump
,
coldcock
,
come home to
,
cowhide
,
crack
,
crucify
,
cudgel
,
cut
,
dash
,
deal
,
deal a blow
,
deck
,
ding
,
drub
,
excruciate
,
fetch
,
fetch a blow
,
flagellate
,
flail
,
flog
,
fustigate
,
give a whipping
,
give the stick
,
harrow
,
hit
,
hit a clip
,
hit the mark
,
horsewhip
,
impress
,
impress forcibly
,
jab
,
knock
,
knock cold
,
knock down
,
knock out
,
knout
,
lace
,
lash
,
lay on
,
let have it
,
make an impression
,
martyr
,
paste
,
pistol-whip
,
plunk
,
poke
,
pommel
,
pummel
,
punch
,
rawhide
,
rock
,
scourge
,
sink in
,
slam
,
slog
,
slosh
,
slug
,
smack
,
snap
,
soak
,
sock
,
spank
,
strap
,
strike
,
strike at
,
strike hard
,
strike home
,
stripe
,
swat
,
swinge
,
swipe
,
switch
,
tell
,
thrash
,
thump
,
thwack
,
torment
,
torture
,
traumatize
,
trounce
,
truncheon
,
try
,
wallop
,
whack
,
whale
,
wham
,
whip
,
whop
,
yerk
touch up
collapse
alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance; "This photograph has been retouched!"
related words >
brighten up
,
brush up
,
do up
,
fix
,
fix up
,
freshen
,
furbish
,
furbish up
,
improve
,
perfect
,
polish
,
polish up
,
renovate
,
repair
,
retouch
,
revive
,
rub up
,
shine
,
spruce
,
spruce up
,
tone up
,
vamp
,
vamp up
limber up
collapse
make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
related words >
cushion
,
ease
,
fluff
,
gentle
,
get ready
,
get set
,
knead
,
laxate
,
limber
,
loosen
,
mash
,
massage
,
mellow
,
milden
,
mollify
,
plump
,
pulp
,
relax
,
shake up
,
shoulder arms
,
smash
,
soften
,
soften up
,
squash
,
strip for action
,
subdue
,
supple
,
tenderize
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
warm up
,
whet the knife
thrash
collapse
a swimming kick used while treading water
give a thrashing to; beat hard
beat the seeds out of a grain
move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"
beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all
related words >
bang
,
baste
,
bastinado
,
batter
,
beat
,
beat all hollow
,
beat hollow
,
belabor
,
belt
,
best
,
birch
,
bolt
,
buffet
,
cane
,
clobber
,
club
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
cowhide
,
cudgel
,
cull out
,
cut
,
defeat
,
destroy
,
divide
,
do in
,
drub
,
fix
,
flagellate
,
flail
,
flap
,
flog
,
fustigate
,
ghettoize
,
gin
,
give a whipping
,
give the stick
,
hammer
,
hide
,
hors de combat
,
horsewhip
,
insulate
,
isolate
,
keep apart
,
keep aside
,
knock
,
knout
,
lace
,
lambaste
,
larrup
,
lash
,
lather
,
lay aside
,
lay on
,
lick
,
maul
,
outclass
,
outdo
,
outfight
,
outgeneral
,
outmaneuver
,
outpoint
,
outrun
,
outsail
,
outshine
,
pail
,
paste
,
patter
,
pelt
,
pick out
,
pistol-whip
,
pommel
,
pound
,
pulverize
,
pummel
,
put
,
put aside
,
quarantine
,
rap
,
rawhide
,
riddle
,
ruin
,
scourge
,
screen
,
seclude
,
segregate
,
separate
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
settle
,
shellac
,
sieve
,
sift
,
skin
,
skin alive
,
sledgehammer
,
smear
,
smite
,
smother
,
sort out
,
spank
,
strap
,
strike
,
stripe
,
swinge
,
switch
,
thresh
,
thump
,
trim
,
triumph over
,
trounce
,
truncheon
,
undo
,
wallop
,
wear out
,
whale
,
whip
,
whop
,
winnow
,
worst
phrasing
collapse
the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line
related words >
adaptation
,
arrangement
,
choice of words
,
composition
,
dialect
,
diction
,
expression
,
formulation
,
grammar
,
harmonization
,
idiom
,
instrumentation
,
intonation
,
language
,
locution
,
modulation
,
orchestration
,
parlance
,
phrase
,
phraseology
,
preparation
,
resolution
,
rhetoric
,
setting
,
solution
,
speech
,
suspension
,
talk
,
tone painting
,
transcription
,
usage
,
use of words
,
usus loquendi
,
verbalism
,
verbiage
,
wordage
,
wording
tune
collapse
the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs to be tuned"
adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"
related words >
French pitch
,
accommodate
,
accord
,
accordance
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
agreement
,
air
,
align
,
aria
,
assimilate
,
assonate
,
atone
,
attend to
,
attune
,
attunement
,
be aware of
,
be blind to
,
be harmonious
,
be in tune
,
blend
,
calibrate
,
canto
,
cantus
,
capacitate
,
carol
,
chant
,
chart
,
chime
,
chiming
,
chord
,
chorus
,
classical pitch
,
codify
,
composition
,
concentus
,
concert
,
concord
,
concordance
,
condition
,
conform
,
conformity
,
consonance
,
consonancy
,
consort
,
coordinate
,
correspondence
,
cut to
,
depth
,
descant
,
dial
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the act of modifying or adjusting according to due measure and proportion (as with regard to artistic effect)
(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase
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an epic poem adapted for recitation
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