Related Words:
- define
collapse - give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
- determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
- show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object" related words >
- assign,
- baptize,
- be characteristic,
- bed,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blemish,
- blotch,
- bound,
- brand,
- call,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- characterize,
- check,
- check off,
- christen,
- cicatrize,
- circle in,
- circumscribe,
- clarify,
- confirm,
- construe,
- dapple,
- dash,
- deep-dye,
- delimit,
- delimitate,
- delineate,
- demarcate,
- denominate,
- describe,
- designate,
- detail,
- determine,
- diagnose,
- differentiate,
- discolor,
- distinguish,
- dot,
- dub,
- earmark,
- edge,
- embed,
- enclose,
- engraft,
- engrave,
- entitle,
- entrench,
- establish,
- etch,
- explain,
- expound,
- fix,
- fleck,
- found,
- freckle,
- gash,
- ground,
- hatch,
- hem,
- identify,
- impact,
- implant,
- impress,
- imprint,
- infix,
- ingrain,
- inscribe,
- interpret,
- jam,
- keynote,
- label,
- lay down,
- lay off,
- limit,
- line,
- lodge,
- make a mark,
- margin,
- mark,
- mark boundaries,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mark the periphery,
- mottle,
- name,
- nick,
- nickname,
- nominate,
- notch,
- outline,
- pack,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- plant,
- point,
- prick,
- print,
- punch,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- read,
- read into,
- riddle,
- rim,
- root,
- rope off,
- scar,
- scarify,
- score,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- seal,
- seam,
- seat,
- set,
- set apart,
- set down,
- set in,
- set the limit,
- set the pace,
- set the tone,
- settle,
- skirt,
- sound the keynote,
- specify,
- speck,
- speckle,
- spell out,
- splotch,
- spot,
- stain,
- stake out,
- stamp,
- state,
- stereotype,
- stigmatize,
- streak,
- striate,
- stripe,
- style,
- surround,
- tag,
- take,
- take it that,
- take to mean,
- tattoo,
- term,
- tick,
- tick off,
- title,
- trace,
- underline,
- underscore,
- understand,
- understand by,
- verge,
- wedge
- explain
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- 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
- unravel
collapse
- become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread" related words >
- account for,
- allegorize,
- answer,
- avulse,
- bottom,
- break,
- break loose,
- break out,
- carry away,
- clarify,
- clear,
- clear up,
- come apart,
- come off,
- come undone,
- come unstuck,
- crack,
- crack up,
- cut loose,
- cut out,
- debug,
- decipher,
- decode,
- demonstrate,
- demythologize,
- deracinate,
- dig out,
- dig up,
- disembarrass,
- disembroil,
- disengage,
- disentangle,
- disintegrate,
- disintricate,
- disinvolve,
- dislodge,
- dissolve,
- divine,
- do,
- dope,
- dope out,
- draw,
- draw out,
- dredge,
- dredge up,
- elucidate,
- enlighten,
- eradicate,
- euhemerize,
- evolve,
- evulse,
- excavate,
- excise,
- exemplify,
- explain,
- explain away,
- explicate,
- exposit,
- expound,
- exsect,
- extract,
- extricate,
- fall off,
- fall to pieces,
- fathom,
- figure out,
- find out,
- find the answer,
- find the solution,
- fly apart,
- free,
- get,
- get loose,
- get out,
- get right,
- give reason for,
- give the meaning,
- give way,
- go to pieces,
- gouge out,
- grub up,
- guess,
- guess right,
- have it,
- hit it,
- illuminate,
- illustrate,
- interpret,
- make clear,
- make out,
- make plain,
- mine,
- open the lock,
- peel off,
- pick out,
- pluck out,
- pluck up,
- plumb,
- popularize,
- psych,
- psych out,
- pull,
- pull out,
- pull up,
- puzzle out,
- quarry,
- rake out,
- rationalize,
- ravel,
- ravel out,
- release,
- remove,
- resolve,
- riddle,
- rip out,
- root out,
- root up,
- shed light upon,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- simplify,
- solve,
- sort out,
- spell out,
- spring apart,
- start,
- take out,
- tear loose,
- tear out,
- throw light upon,
- unbraid,
- unclutter,
- uncoil,
- undo,
- unearth,
- unfold,
- unknot,
- unlock,
- unmix,
- unriddle,
- unscramble,
- unsnarl,
- untangle,
- unthread,
- untwine,
- untwist,
- unweave,
- unwind,
- uproot,
- weed out,
- withdraw,
- work,
- work out,
- wrest out
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