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Machiavellian
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Rasputin
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Svengali
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VIP
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access
,
bad influence
,
behind-the-scenes operator
,
big wheel
,
court
,
eminence grise
,
finagler
,
five-percenter
,
friend at court
,
gamesman
,
good influence
,
heavyweight
,
hidden hand
,
influence
,
influence peddler
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
key
,
kingmaker
,
lobby
,
lobbyist
,
logroller
,
lords of creation
,
machinator
,
man of influence
,
manipulator
,
open sesame
,
operator
,
pork-barrel politician
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
sinister influence
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
strategist
,
the Establishment
,
very important person
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
lobbyist
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someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for bills that the lobbyists favor
related words >
Rasputin
,
Svengali
,
VIP
,
access
,
bad influence
,
big wheel
,
court
,
eminence grise
,
five-percenter
,
friend at court
,
good influence
,
gray eminence
,
heavyweight
,
hidden hand
,
influence
,
influence peddler
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
key
,
kingmaker
,
legislative lobby
,
lobby
,
lobbyer
,
lords of creation
,
man of influence
,
manipulator
,
open sesame
,
parliamentary agent
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
registered lobbyist
,
sinister influence
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
special-interest lobby
,
the Establishment
,
very important person
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
vet
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provide veterinary care for
provide (a person) with medical care
examine carefully; "Someone should vet this report before it goes out"
work as a veterinarian; "She vetted for the farms in the area for many years"
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bone
,
campaigner
,
canvass
,
check over
,
check up
,
con
,
contemplate
,
dig
,
drill
,
elucubrate
,
examine
,
examine thoroughly
,
eye
,
give the eye
,
give the once-over
,
go deep into
,
go over
,
grind
,
hard look
,
horse doctor
,
inspect
,
leer
,
leer at
,
look closely at
,
look over
,
lucubrate
,
new
,
ogle
,
ogle at
,
old
,
old campaigner
,
old hand
,
old pro
,
old salt
,
old sea dog
,
old soldier
,
old-time
,
old-timer
,
perlustrate
,
perscrutate
,
peruse
,
plunge into
,
pore
,
pore over
,
practical
,
practice
,
practiced
,
read
,
regard studiously
,
restudy
,
review
,
salt
,
scrutinize
,
seasoned
,
seasoned veteran
,
shellback
,
size up
,
skilled
,
study
,
survey
,
swot
,
take a long
,
take stock of
,
versed
,
veteran
,
veterinarian
,
veterinary
,
veterinary surgeon
,
wade through
,
war-horse
telex
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communicate by telex; "We telexed the information to our sister company"
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TelAutography
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Teletype
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Teletype network
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Teletyping
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cable
,
cablegram
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closed-circuit telegraphy
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code
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day letter
,
duplex telegraphy
,
electricity
,
facsimile telegraph
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fast telegram
,
flash
,
interrupter
,
key
,
multiplex telegraphy
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news ticker
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night letter
,
quadruplex telegraphy
,
radio
,
radiogram
,
railroad telegraphy
,
receiver
,
send a wire
,
sender
,
sign off
,
sign on
,
simplex telegraphy
,
single-current telegraphy
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sounder
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stock ticker
,
submarine telegraphy
,
telegram
,
telegraph
,
telegraphics
,
telegraphy
,
teleprinter
,
teletypewriter
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teletypewriting
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ticker
,
transmitter
,
typotelegraph
,
typotelegraphy
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wire
,
wire service
educate
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give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better"
train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
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acculturate
,
advance
,
ameliorate
,
amend
,
better
,
boost
,
brief
,
bring forward
,
bring up
,
broaden the mind
,
catechize
,
civilize
,
coach
,
cultivate
,
demonstrate
,
develop
,
direct
,
discipline
,
drill
,
edify
,
elevate
,
emend
,
enhance
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enlighten
,
enrich
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explain
,
fatten
,
favor
,
forward
,
foster
,
give instruction
,
give lessons in
,
go straight
,
ground
,
guide
,
illumine
,
improve
,
improve upon
,
inculcate
,
indoctrinate
,
inform
,
instruct
,
lard
,
lift
,
make an improvement
,
meliorate
,
mend
,
nurture
,
open the eyes
,
prepare
,
promote
,
raise
,
ready
,
rear
,
reeducate
,
refine upon
,
reform
,
school
,
set right
,
sharpen the wits
,
show
,
show how
,
socialize
,
straighten out
,
teach
,
teach a lesson
,
teach the rudiments
,
train
,
transfigure
,
transform
,
tutor
,
upgrade
,
uplift
glossary
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an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
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amplification
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bilingual text
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biographical dictionary
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chemical dictionary
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clavis
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crib
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decipherment
,
decoding
,
desk dictionary
,
dialect dictionary
,
dictionary
,
dictionary of quotations
,
electronics dictionary
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etymological dictionary
,
faithful translation
,
foreign-language dictionary
,
free translation
,
gazetteer
,
general dictionary
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geological dictionary
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gloss
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gradus
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interlinear
,
interlinear translation
,
key
,
lexicon
,
loose translation
,
metaphrase
,
nomenclator
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onomasticon
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paraphrase
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phrase book
,
polyglot dictionary
,
pony
,
promptorium
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restatement
,
rewording
,
rhyming dictionary
,
science dictionary
,
slang dictionary
,
specialized dictionary
,
synonym dictionary
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synonymy
,
terminology
,
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transcription
,
translation
,
transliteration
,
treasury of words
,
trot
,
unabridged dictionary
,
vocabulary
,
word list
,
wordbook
zip up
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close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"
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animate
,
arouse
,
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
bolt
,
button
,
button up
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clap
,
close
,
close up
,
constrict
,
contain
,
contract
,
cover
,
dynamize
,
electrify
,
energize
,
enliven
,
exhilarate
,
fasten
,
fire
,
fold
,
fold up
,
galvanize
,
hearten
,
inflame
,
invigorate
,
jazz up
,
key
,
kindle
,
latch
,
liven
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
occlude
,
padlock
,
pep up
,
perk up
,
plumb
,
quicken
,
rouse
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
shut
,
shut the door
,
shut up
,
slam
,
snap
,
snap up
,
squeeze shut
,
stimulate
,
strangle
,
vitalize
,
warm
,
zipper
doss
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sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"
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assembly-line housing
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beauty sleep
,
bed
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beddy-bye
,
bedstead
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bedtime
,
billeting
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blanket drill
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bunk
,
bye-bye
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couch
,
domiciliation
,
doze
,
dreamland
,
drowse
,
fitful sleep
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get some shut-eye
,
gurney
,
hibernation
,
hospitality
,
housing
,
housing bill
,
housing development
,
housing problem
,
kip
,
land of Nod
,
light sleep
,
litter
,
living quarters
,
lodging
,
lodgment
,
lower-income housing
,
pound the ear
,
quartering
,
repose
,
shut-eye
,
silken repose
,
sleep
,
sleepland
,
sleepwalking
,
slum clearance
,
slumber
,
slumberland
,
snooze
,
snoozle
,
sofa
,
somnambulism
,
somniloquy
,
somnus
,
stretcher
,
subdivision
,
take forty winks
,
the hay
,
the sack
,
tract
,
transient lodging
,
unconsciousness
,
urban renewal
,
winter sleep
anomalous
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deviating from the general or common order or type; "advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe"
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aberrant
,
abnormal
,
absurd
,
amorphous
,
anomalistic
,
atypical
,
crank
,
crankish
,
cranky
,
crotchety
,
deviant
,
deviative
,
different
,
disproportionate
,
divergent
,
dotty
,
eccentric
,
erratic
,
exceptional
,
fey
,
flaky
,
foreign
,
formless
,
freakish
,
funny
,
heteroclite
,
heteromorphic
,
idiocratic
,
idiosyncratic
,
incoherent
,
incommensurable
,
incommensurate
,
incompatible
,
incongruous
,
inconsequent
,
inconsistent
,
inconsonant
,
irreconcilable
,
irregular
,
kinky
,
kooky
,
maggoty
,
monstrous
,
nutty
,
odd
,
oddball
,
off-key
,
out of proportion
,
oxymoronic
,
paradoxical
,
peculiar
,
preternatural
,
prodigious
,
queer
,
quirky
,
screwball
,
screwy
,
self-contradictory
,
shapeless
,
singular
,
strange
,
stray
,
straying
,
subnormal
,
twisted
,
unconventional
,
unnatural
,
unregular
,
unrepresentative
,
untypical
,
wacky
,
wandering
,
whimsical
disharmonious
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absonant
,
antagonistic
,
antipathetic
,
at cross-purposes
,
at loggerheads
,
at odds
,
at variance
,
at war
,
atonal
,
cacophonic
,
cacophonous
,
clashing
,
colliding
,
conflicting
,
contradictory
,
contrary
,
cracked
,
cranky
,
cross
,
diaphonic
,
differing
,
disaccordant
,
disagreeable
,
disagreeing
,
disconsonant
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
disharmonic
,
disproportionate
,
dissentient
,
dissident
,
dissonant
,
divergent
,
flat
,
grating
,
harsh
,
hostile
,
immelodious
,
immiscible
,
inaccordant
,
incompatible
,
inharmonic
,
inharmonious
,
jangling
,
jarring
,
musicless
,
negative
,
nonmelodious
,
off
,
off-key
,
off-tone
,
out of accord
,
out of pitch
,
out of tone
,
out of tune
,
out of whack
,
raucous
,
repugnant
,
sharp
,
shrill
,
sour
,
strident
,
tuneless
,
uncongenial
,
unharmonious
,
unmelodious
,
unmusical
,
untunable
,
untuned
,
untuneful
,
variant
tune
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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"
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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
,
diapason
,
disregard
,
dulcetness
,
enable
,
equalize
,
equip
,
euphony
,
extent
,
fit
,
fix
,
furnish
,
gear to
,
harmonics
,
harmonize
,
harmony
,
heavy harmony
,
height
,
high pitch
,
homologate
,
homologize
,
homophony
,
ignore
,
integrate
,
key
,
key to
,
lay
,
line
,
listen to
,
low pitch
,
magnitude
,
make plumb
,
make uniform
,
matter
,
measure
,
mellifluence
,
mellifluousness
,
melodia
,
melodic line
,
melodiousness
,
melodize
,
melody
,
methodize
,
monochord
,
monody
,
motif
,
musical quality
,
musical sound
,
musicality
,
musicalize
,
neighborhood
,
new philharmonic pitch
,
normalize
,
note
,
number
,
organize
,
pay attention to
,
philharmonic pitch
,
philosophical pitch
,
piece
,
pitch
,
plan
,
proportion
,
put in trim
,
put in tune
,
qualify
,
range
,
rationalize
,
reconcile
,
rectify
,
refrain
,
register
,
regularize
,
regulate
,
right
,
routinize
,
set
,
set right
,
settle
,
similarize
,
solo
,
solo part
,
song
,
soprano part
,
sound in tune
,
sound together
,
standard pitch
,
standardize
,
strain
,
string
,
suit
,
sweetness
,
symphonize
,
symphony
,
sync
,
synchronism
,
synchronization
,
synchronize
,
systematize
,
tailor
,
theme
,
three-part harmony
,
tonality
,
tone
,
tone down
,
tone up
,
treble
,
trim to
,
true
,
true up
,
tune out
,
tune up
,
tunefulness
,
understand
,
unison
,
unisonance
,
vicinity
,
vocalize
,
voice
,
warble
ream
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a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"
enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"
remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"
squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges"
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auger
,
bawl out
,
beat
,
bilk
,
bite
,
bore
,
broach
,
bugger
,
cardboard
,
chew
,
chew ass
,
chew out
,
chisel
,
countersink
,
cozen
,
cuss out
,
diddle
,
do
,
drill
,
empierce
,
fellate
,
fix
,
give a going-over
,
give hail Columbia
,
give hell
,
give the deuce
,
give what-for
,
gobs
,
gore
,
gouge
,
gouge out
,
gyp
,
heap
,
hole
,
honeycomb
,
impale
,
jack up
,
lambaste
,
lance
,
leaf
,
loads
,
mace
,
masturbate
,
needle
,
oodles
,
open up
,
page
,
paper
,
penetrate
,
perforate
,
pierce
,
pink
,
prick
,
punch
,
puncture
,
quantities
,
quire
,
ream ass
,
ream out
,
riddle
,
run through
,
screw
,
sheet
,
sit on
,
skewer
,
slew
,
sodomize
,
spear
,
spike
,
spit
,
stab
,
stationery
,
stick
,
tap
,
transfix
,
transpierce
,
trepan
,
trephine
,
wads
inspection
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a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator"
related words >
accounting
,
analysis
,
application
,
automatic electronic navigation
,
boning
,
brainwork
,
braking
,
checkup
,
computation
,
conning
,
contemplation
,
coordination
,
cram
,
cramming
,
drill
,
engrossment
,
examination
,
exercise
,
extensive study
,
eyeball inspection
,
fact distribution
,
forecasts
,
grind
,
grinding
,
headwork
,
inquest
,
inquiry
,
inquisition
,
investigation
,
lucubration
,
manipulation
,
mental labor
,
nonlinear calibrations
,
ocular inspection
,
output measurement
,
overhaul
,
overhauling
,
oversight
,
overview
,
perlustration
,
perusal
,
practice
,
probe
,
processing
,
quality control
,
reading
,
record keeping
,
research
,
restudy
,
restudying
,
review
,
run-through
,
scan
,
scrutiny
,
steering
,
study
,
studying
,
subject
,
supersonic flow detection
,
supervision
,
surveillance
,
survey
,
swotting
,
the eye
,
vetting
,
view
,
visitation
,
visual examination
,
wide reading
althorn
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related words >
alpenhorn
,
alphorn
,
alto horn
,
ballad horn
,
baritone
,
bass horn
,
brass choir
,
brass wind
,
brass-wind instrument
,
brasses
,
bugle
,
bugle horn
,
clarion
,
cornet
,
cornet-a-pistons
,
corno di caccia
,
cornopean
,
double-bell euphonium
,
euphonium
,
helicon
,
horn
,
hunting horn
,
key trumpet
,
lituus
,
lur
,
mellophone
,
ophicleide
,
orchestral horn
,
pocket trumpet
,
post horn
,
sackbut
,
saxhorn
,
saxtuba
,
serpent
,
slide trombone
,
sliphorn
,
sousaphone
,
tenor tuba
,
tromba
,
trombone
,
trumpet
,
tuba
,
valve trombone
,
valve trumpet
tuba
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related words >
alpenhorn
,
alphorn
,
althorn
,
alto horn
,
ballad horn
,
baritone
,
bass horn
,
brass choir
,
brass wind
,
brass-wind instrument
,
brasses
,
bugle
,
bugle horn
,
clarion
,
cornet
,
cornet-a-pistons
,
corno di caccia
,
cornopean
,
double-bell euphonium
,
euphonium
,
helicon
,
horn
,
hunting horn
,
key trumpet
,
lituus
,
lur
,
mellophone
,
ophicleide
,
orchestral horn
,
pocket trumpet
,
post horn
,
sackbut
,
saxhorn
,
saxtuba
,
serpent
,
slide trombone
,
sliphorn
,
sousaphone
,
tenor tuba
,
tromba
,
trombone
,
trumpet
,
valve trombone
,
valve trumpet
sousaphone
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related words >
alpenhorn
,
alphorn
,
althorn
,
alto horn
,
ballad horn
,
baritone
,
bass horn
,
brass choir
,
brass wind
,
brass-wind instrument
,
brasses
,
bugle
,
bugle horn
,
clarion
,
cornet
,
cornet-a-pistons
,
corno di caccia
,
cornopean
,
double-bell euphonium
,
euphonium
,
helicon
,
horn
,
hunting horn
,
key trumpet
,
lituus
,
lur
,
mellophone
,
ophicleide
,
orchestral horn
,
pocket trumpet
,
post horn
,
sackbut
,
saxhorn
,
saxtuba
,
serpent
,
slide trombone
,
sliphorn
,
tenor tuba
,
tromba
,
trombone
,
trumpet
,
tuba
,
valve trombone
,
valve trumpet
slide trombone
collapse
related words >
alpenhorn
,
alphorn
,
althorn
,
alto horn
,
ballad horn
,
baritone
,
bass horn
,
brass choir
,
brass wind
,
brass-wind instrument
,
brasses
,
bugle
,
bugle horn
,
clarion
,
cornet
,
cornet-a-pistons
,
corno di caccia
,
cornopean
,
double-bell euphonium
,
euphonium
,
helicon
,
horn
,
hunting horn
,
key trumpet
,
lituus
,
lur
,
mellophone
,
ophicleide
,
orchestral horn
,
pocket trumpet
,
post horn
,
sackbut
,
saxhorn
,
saxtuba
,
serpent
,
sliphorn
,
sousaphone
,
tenor tuba
,
tromba
,
trombone
,
trumpet
,
tuba
,
valve trombone
,
valve trumpet
saxhorn
collapse
any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
related words >
alpenhorn
,
alphorn
,
althorn
,
alto horn
,
ballad horn
,
baritone
,
bass horn
,
brass choir
,
brass wind
,
brass-wind instrument
,
brasses
,
bugle
,
bugle horn
,
clarion
,
cornet
,
cornet-a-pistons
,
corno di caccia
,
cornopean
,
double-bell euphonium
,
euphonium
,
helicon
,
horn
,
hunting horn
,
key trumpet
,
lituus
,
lur
,
mellophone
,
ophicleide
,
orchestral horn
,
pocket trumpet
,
post horn
,
sackbut
,
saxtuba
,
serpent
,
slide trombone
,
sliphorn
,
sousaphone
,
tenor tuba
,
tromba
,
trombone
,
trumpet
,
tuba
,
valve trombone
,
valve trumpet
gear to
collapse
related words >
accommodate
,
accommodate with
,
accord
,
adapt
,
adapt to
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
agree with
,
assimilate
,
assimilate to
,
attune
,
be guided by
,
bend
,
chime in with
,
comply
,
comply with
,
compose
,
conform
,
coordinate
,
correct
,
correspond
,
cut to
,
discipline
,
equalize
,
fall in with
,
fit
,
fix
,
follow
,
go by
,
harmonize
,
homologate
,
homologize
,
key to
,
make conform
,
make plumb
,
make uniform
,
measure
,
meet
,
mold
,
observe
,
proportion
,
put in tune
,
reconcile
,
rectify
,
regulate
,
right
,
rub off corners
,
set
,
set right
,
settle
,
shape
,
similarize
,
straighten
,
suit
,
sync
,
synchronize
,
tailor
,
tally with
,
trim to
,
true
,
true up
,
tune
,
yield
manipulator
collapse
a person who handles things manually
related words >
Rasputin
,
Svengali
,
VIP
,
access
,
agent
,
bad influence
,
big wheel
,
calculator
,
conductor
,
court
,
driver
,
eminence grise
,
engineer
,
five-percenter
,
friend at court
,
functionary
,
good influence
,
gray eminence
,
handler
,
heavyweight
,
hidden hand
,
influence
,
influence peddler
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
intriguer
,
key
,
kingmaker
,
lobby
,
lobbyist
,
lords of creation
,
machinator
,
man of influence
,
maneuverer
,
open sesame
,
operant
,
operative
,
operator
,
pilot
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
runner
,
schemer
,
sinister influence
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
steersman
,
strategist
,
tactician
,
the Establishment
,
very important person
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
French horn
collapse
a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
related words >
alpenhorn
,
alphorn
,
althorn
,
alto horn
,
ballad horn
,
baritone
,
bass horn
,
brass choir
,
brass wind
,
brass-wind instrument
,
brasses
,
bugle
,
bugle horn
,
clarion
,
cornet
,
cornet-a-pistons
,
corno di caccia
,
cornopean
,
double-bell euphonium
,
euphonium
,
helicon
,
horn
,
hunting horn
,
key trumpet
,
lituus
,
lur
,
mellophone
,
ophicleide
,
orchestral horn
,
pocket trumpet
,
post horn
,
sackbut
,
saxhorn
,
saxtuba
,
serpent
,
slide trombone
,
sliphorn
,
sousaphone
,
tenor tuba
,
tromba
,
trombone
,
trumpet
,
tuba
,
valve trombone
,
valve trumpet
coloration
collapse
choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"
related words >
achromatism
,
allegory
,
allusion
,
arcane meaning
,
assumption
,
cast
,
chromatism
,
chromism
,
color
,
color balance
,
color harmony
,
color printing
,
color scheme
,
coloring
,
complexion
,
connotation
,
decorator color
,
dyeing
,
emblazonry
,
hint
,
hue
,
illumination
,
implication
,
implied meaning
,
import
,
inference
,
innuendo
,
intimation
,
ironic suggestion
,
key
,
lithography
,
meaning
,
metaphorical sense
,
natural color
,
nuance
,
occult meaning
,
overtone
,
pallor
,
pigmentation
,
presumption
,
presupposition
,
shade
,
skin color
,
staining
,
subsense
,
subsidiary sense
,
suggestion
,
supposition
,
symbolism
,
tinct
,
tinction
,
tincture
,
tinge
,
tinging
,
tint
,
tinting
,
tone
,
touch
,
undercolor
,
undercurrent
,
undermeaning
,
undertone
bad influence
collapse
related words >
Jonah
,
Rasputin
,
Svengali
,
VIP
,
access
,
big wheel
,
court
,
curse
,
eminence grise
,
enchantment
,
evil eye
,
evil genius
,
evil star
,
five-percenter
,
friend at court
,
good influence
,
gray eminence
,
heavyweight
,
hex
,
hidden hand
,
hoodoo
,
ill wind
,
influence
,
influence peddler
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
jinx
,
key
,
kingmaker
,
lobby
,
lobbyist
,
lords of creation
,
malevolent influence
,
malocchio
,
man of influence
,
manipulator
,
open sesame
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
sinister influence
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
spell
,
the Establishment
,
very important person
,
voodoo
,
whammy
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
button up
collapse
related words >
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
bolt
,
button
,
cap
,
carry to completion
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clam up
,
clap
,
clean up
,
climax
,
close
,
close out
,
close up
,
complete
,
conclude
,
constrict
,
contain
,
contract
,
cover
,
crown
,
culminate
,
dummy up
,
end
,
fasten
,
finalize
,
finish
,
finish off
,
finish up
,
fold
,
fold up
,
get done
,
get it over
,
get through
,
get through with
,
key
,
latch
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
mop up
,
occlude
,
padlock
,
perfect
,
plumb
,
round out
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
shut
,
shut the door
,
shut up
,
slam
,
snap
,
squeeze shut
,
strangle
,
terminate
,
top off
,
top out
,
wind up
,
wrap up
,
zip up
,
zipper
Teletype
collapse
related words >
TelAutography
,
Teletype network
,
Teletyping
,
Wirephoto
,
cable
,
closed-circuit telegraphy
,
code
,
communication
,
communicational
,
communications
,
duplex telegraphy
,
electricity
,
facsimile
,
facsimile telegraph
,
flash
,
interrupter
,
key
,
magnetotelephonic
,
microtelephonic
,
monotelephonic
,
multiplex telegraphy
,
news ticker
,
phototelegraphic
,
quadruplex telegraphy
,
radio
,
radiotelegraphic
,
railroad telegraphy
,
receiver
,
send a wire
,
sender
,
sign off
,
sign on
,
signal
,
simplex telegraphy
,
single-current telegraphy
,
sounder
,
stock ticker
,
submarine telegraphy
,
telecommunicational
,
telegram
,
telegraph
,
telegraphic
,
telegraphics
,
telegraphy
,
telephonic
,
telephotographic
,
teleprinter
,
teletypewriter
,
teletypewriting
,
telex
,
thermotelephonic
,
ticker
,
transmitter
,
typotelegraph
,
typotelegraphy
,
wire
,
wire service
,
wireless
excavate
collapse
remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"
form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"
related words >
avulse
,
bore
,
bring to light
,
bring up
,
burrow
,
clear
,
countersink
,
cut out
,
deepen
,
delve
,
depress
,
deracinate
,
dig
,
dig out
,
dig up
,
dike
,
disclose
,
disentangle
,
disinter
,
dive
,
draw
,
draw out
,
dredge
,
dredge up
,
drill
,
drive
,
eradicate
,
evolve
,
evulse
,
excise
,
exhume
,
expose
,
exsect
,
extract
,
extricate
,
ferret out
,
fish up
,
furrow
,
get out
,
gouge
,
gouge out
,
groove
,
grub
,
grub up
,
hollow out
,
lay bare
,
lower
,
mine
,
pick out
,
pluck out
,
pluck up
,
pull
,
pull out
,
pull up
,
quarry
,
rake out
,
remove
,
reveal
,
rip out
,
root out
,
root up
,
sap
,
scoop
,
scoop out
,
scrabble
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
shovel
,
sink
,
spade
,
take out
,
tear out
,
trench
,
trough
,
tunnel
,
turn up
,
uncover
,
unearth
,
unravel
,
uproot
,
weed out
,
withdraw
,
worm out
,
wrest out
latch
collapse
catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove
spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key
fasten with a latch; "latch the door"
related words >
articulate
,
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
bolt
,
buckle
,
butt
,
button
,
button up
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clap
,
clasp
,
cleat
,
clip
,
close
,
close up
,
constrict
,
contain
,
contract
,
cover
,
dovetail
,
fasten
,
fold
,
fold up
,
hasp
,
hinge
,
hitch
,
hook
,
jam
,
joint
,
key
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
miter
,
mortise
,
nail
,
occlude
,
padlock
,
peg
,
pin
,
plumb
,
rabbet
,
rivet
,
scarf
,
screw
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
sew
,
shut
,
shut the door
,
shut up
,
skewer
,
slam
,
snap
,
squeeze shut
,
staple
,
stick
,
stitch
,
strangle
,
tack
,
toggle
,
wedge
,
zip up
,
zipper
zipper
collapse
related words >
articulate
,
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
bolt
,
buckle
,
butt
,
button
,
button up
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clap
,
clasp
,
cleat
,
clip
,
close
,
close up
,
constrict
,
contain
,
contract
,
cover
,
dovetail
,
fasten
,
fold
,
fold up
,
hasp
,
hinge
,
hitch
,
hook
,
jam
,
joint
,
key
,
latch
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
miter
,
mortise
,
nail
,
occlude
,
padlock
,
peg
,
pin
,
plumb
,
rabbet
,
rivet
,
scarf
,
screw
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
sew
,
shut
,
shut the door
,
shut up
,
skewer
,
slam
,
snap
,
squeeze shut
,
staple
,
stick
,
stitch
,
strangle
,
tack
,
toggle
,
wedge
,
zip up
vestige
collapse
related words >
account
,
afterglow
,
afterimage
,
ancient manuscript
,
annals
,
antique
,
antiquity
,
archaism
,
artifact
,
balance
,
boss
,
bump
,
butt
,
butt end
,
candle ends
,
catalog
,
catchword
,
cave painting
,
chaff
,
chronicle
,
clue
,
colophon
,
concavity
,
convexity
,
correspondence
,
cue
,
cue word
,
dactylogram
,
dactylograph
,
dash
,
debris
,
dent
,
detritus
,
dint
,
documentation
,
embossment
,
end
,
eolith
,
evidence
,
excrescence
,
fag end
,
filings
,
fingerprint
,
footmark
,
footprint
,
footstep
,
fossil
,
fossil footprint
,
fragment
,
glimmer
,
hint
,
history
,
holdover
,
hot lead
,
husks
,
ichnite
,
ichnolite
,
impress
,
impression
,
imprint
,
indent
,
indentation
,
indention
,
infusion
,
inkling
,
intimation
,
inventory
,
key
,
key word
,
lead
,
leavings
,
leftovers
,
letters
,
list
,
lump
,
mark
,
memento
,
memorial
,
mezzolith
,
microlith
,
neolith
,
odds and ends
,
offscourings
,
orts
,
pad
,
paleolith
,
parings
,
path
,
paw print
,
pawmark
,
petrification
,
petrified forest
,
petrified wood
,
petroglyph
,
pimple
,
pipe roll
,
plateaulith
,
print
,
pug
,
pugmark
,
rag
,
rags
,
record
,
recording
,
refuse
,
register
,
registry
,
relic
,
relics
,
reliquiae
,
remainder
,
remains
,
remnant
,
residue
,
residuum
,
rest
,
roach
,
roll
,
rolls
,
roster
,
rota
,
rubbish
,
ruin
,
ruins
,
rump
,
sauce
,
sawdust
,
scent
,
scourings
,
scrap
,
scraps
,
scroll
,
seal
,
seasoning
,
shade
,
shadow
,
shavings
,
sigil
,
sign
,
signet
,
smack
,
soupcon
,
spice
,
spoor
,
sprinkling
,
stamp
,
step
,
straw
,
stubble
,
stud
,
stump
,
suggestion
,
survival
,
suspicion
,
sweepings
,
table
,
tag
,
taint
,
taste
,
telltale
,
tempering
,
thought
,
thumbmark
,
thumbprint
,
tinct
,
tincture
,
tinge
,
tint
,
tip-off
,
token
,
touch
,
trace
,
track
,
tract
,
trail
,
waste
,
whiff
bore
collapse
a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
diameter of a tube or gun barrel
a person who evokes boredom
make a hole with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"
cause to be bored
related words >
acupunctuation
,
acupuncture
,
aggravation
,
annoyance
,
auger
,
bad news
,
be tedious
,
bedevilment
,
billow
,
bite
,
bore stiff
,
bore to death
,
bore to distraction
,
bore to tears
,
boring
,
bother
,
botheration
,
bothersomeness
,
breakers
,
broach
,
burrow
,
buttonhole
,
buttonholer
,
caliber
,
chop
,
choppiness
,
chopping sea
,
comb
,
comber
,
countersink
,
crashing bore
,
delve
,
devilment
,
diameter
,
difficulty
,
dig
,
dig out
,
dike
,
dirty water
,
discompose
,
discontent
,
disquiet
,
dogging
,
downer
,
drag
,
dredge
,
drill
,
drill hole
,
drip
,
drive
,
dryasdust
,
dusty
,
eagre
,
empierce
,
empiercement
,
ennui
,
exasperation
,
excavate
,
exhaust
,
fix
,
fixing
,
flat tire
,
frightful bore
,
furrow
,
gape
,
gaup
,
gawk
,
glare
,
gloat
,
goggle
,
gore
,
goring
,
gouge
,
gouge out
,
gravity wave
,
groove
,
ground swell
,
grub
,
harassment
,
harrying
,
headache
,
heave
,
heavy sea
,
heavy swell
,
hole
,
hollow out
,
honeycomb
,
hounding
,
humdrum
,
impale
,
impalement
,
jade
,
lance
,
lancing
,
leave unsatisfied
,
lift
,
lop
,
lower
,
mine
,
molestation
,
needle
,
nuisance
,
pall
,
peak
,
peer
,
penetrate
,
penetration
,
perforate
,
perforation
,
persecution
,
pest
,
pierce
,
piercing
,
pill
,
pink
,
popple
,
prick
,
pricking
,
problem
,
proser
,
punch
,
punching
,
puncture
,
puncturing
,
quarry
,
radius
,
ream
,
ream out
,
riddle
,
riffle
,
ripple
,
rise
,
roll
,
roller
,
rough water
,
run through
,
sap
,
scend
,
scoop
,
scoop out
,
scrabble
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
sea
,
semidiameter
,
send
,
send to sleep
,
shovel
,
sink
,
skewer
,
skewering
,
spade
,
spear
,
spike
,
spit
,
stab
,
stare
,
stick
,
surf
,
surge
,
swell
,
tap
,
terebration
,
tidal bore
,
tidal wave
,
tide wave
,
tire
,
transfix
,
transfixation
,
transfixion
,
transforation
,
transpierce
,
trench
,
trepan
,
trepanning
,
trephine
,
trephining
,
trial
,
trouble
,
trough
,
tsunami
,
tunnel
,
twaddler
,
undulation
,
vexation
,
vexatiousness
,
water wave
,
wave
,
wavelet
,
wear out
,
weary
,
wet blanket
,
white horses
,
whitecaps
,
worriment
,
worry
influence peddler
collapse
related words >
Machiavel
,
Machiavellian
,
Machiavellianist
,
Rasputin
,
Svengali
,
VIP
,
access
,
bad influence
,
big wheel
,
boodler
,
court
,
crooked politician
,
diplomat
,
diplomatist
,
eminence grise
,
five-percenter
,
fixer
,
four-percenter
,
friend at court
,
good influence
,
grafter
,
gray eminence
,
heavyweight
,
hidden hand
,
influence
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
jackleg politician
,
key
,
kingmaker
,
lobby
,
lobbyist
,
logroller
,
lords of creation
,
man of influence
,
manipulator
,
open sesame
,
political realist
,
politician
,
power broker
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
sinister influence
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
spoilsman
,
spoilsmonger
,
the Establishment
,
very important person
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
slumber
collapse
a dormant or quiescent state
related words >
ataraxia
,
ataraxy
,
beauty sleep
,
beddy-bye
,
bedtime
,
blanket drill
,
bye-bye
,
calmness
,
coma
,
composure
,
contemplation
,
dorm
,
doss
,
doze
,
dreamland
,
drowse
,
dullness
,
fitful sleep
,
fust
,
hang fire
,
hebetude
,
hibernation
,
idle
,
imperturbability
,
land of Nod
,
languor
,
lassitude
,
light sleep
,
lucid stillness
,
marmoreal repose
,
nap
,
nirvana
,
oversleep
,
peace
,
peacefulness
,
placidity
,
placidness
,
quiescence
,
quiescency
,
quiet
,
quietism
,
quietness
,
quietude
,
repose
,
rest
,
restfulness
,
satori
,
saw logs
,
saw wood
,
serenity
,
shut-eye
,
silence
,
silken repose
,
sleep
,
sleep soundly
,
sleepland
,
sleepwalking
,
slumberland
,
smolder
,
snoozle
,
snore
,
somnambulism
,
somniloquy
,
somnus
,
stagnate
,
stillness
,
stupor
,
take a nap
,
torpidity
,
torpor
,
tranquillity
,
unconsciousness
,
vegetate
,
winter sleep
,
wise passiveness
attune
collapse
adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with
related words >
accommodate
,
accord
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
agree
,
assimilate
,
assonate
,
atone
,
balance
,
be harmonious
,
be in tune
,
blend
,
capacitate
,
chime
,
chord
,
compensate
,
condition
,
conform
,
coordinate
,
counterbalance
,
cut to
,
enable
,
equalize
,
equip
,
fit
,
fix
,
furnish
,
gear to
,
harmonize
,
homologate
,
homologize
,
integrate
,
key to
,
make plumb
,
make uniform
,
measure
,
melodize
,
musicalize
,
proportion
,
put in trim
,
put in tune
,
qualify
,
reconcile
,
rectify
,
regulate
,
right
,
set
,
set right
,
set to rights
,
similarize
,
sound in tune
,
sound together
,
string
,
suit
,
symphonize
,
sync
,
synchronize
,
tailor
,
tone down
,
tone up
,
trim to
,
true
,
true up
,
tune
,
tune up
,
voice
big wheel
collapse
related words >
BMOC
,
Rasputin
,
Svengali
,
VIP
,
access
,
bad influence
,
big boy
,
big cheese
,
big gun
,
big noise
,
big shot
,
big-time operator
,
big-timer
,
bigwig
,
chief
,
court
,
eminence grise
,
five-percenter
,
friend at court
,
good influence
,
gray eminence
,
heavyweight
,
hidden hand
,
high-muck-a-muck
,
his nibs
,
influence
,
influence peddler
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
key
,
kingmaker
,
lobby
,
lobbyist
,
lords of creation
,
man of influence
,
manipulator
,
open sesame
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
sinister influence
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
the Establishment
,
very important person
,
wheel
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
occlude
collapse
related words >
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
block
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bolt
,
button
,
button up
,
chock
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clap
,
clog
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
congest
,
constrict
,
contain
,
contract
,
cover
,
crowd
,
debar
,
dog
,
fasten
,
fold
,
fold up
,
jam
,
key
,
latch
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
obstruct
,
pack
,
padlock
,
plug
,
plumb
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
shut
,
shut off
,
shut out
,
shut the door
,
shut tight
,
shut up
,
slam
,
snap
,
squeeze
,
squeeze shut
,
stifle
,
stop
,
stop up
,
stopper
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
suffocate
,
zip up
,
zipper
enrage
collapse
put into a rage; make violently angry
related words >
anger
,
annoy
,
arouse
,
awake
,
awaken
,
blow the coals
,
blow up
,
call forth
,
call up
,
enkindle
,
excite
,
fan
,
fan the fire
,
fan the flame
,
feed the fire
,
fire
,
flame
,
foment
,
frenzy
,
heat
,
impassion
,
incense
,
incite
,
inflame
,
infuriate
,
key up
,
kindle
,
lash into fury
,
lather up
,
light the fuse
,
light up
,
madden
,
move
,
overexcite
,
provoke
,
rouse
,
set astir
,
set fire to
,
set on fire
,
steam up
,
stir
,
stir the blood
,
stir the embers
,
stir the feelings
,
stir up
,
summon up
,
turn on
,
wake
,
wake up
,
waken
,
warm
,
warm the blood
,
whip up
,
work into
,
work up
wire service
collapse
related words >
TelAutography
,
Teletype
,
Teletype network
,
Teletyping
,
advice
,
broadcast journalism
,
closed-circuit telegraphy
,
code
,
duplex telegraphy
,
electricity
,
facsimile telegraph
,
information
,
intelligence
,
interrupter
,
journalism
,
key
,
multiplex telegraphy
,
news
,
news agency
,
news medium
,
news service
,
news ticker
,
newsiness
,
newsletter
,
newsmagazine
,
newspaper
,
newsworthiness
,
press association
,
quadruplex telegraphy
,
radio
,
railroad telegraphy
,
receiver
,
reportage
,
sender
,
simplex telegraphy
,
single-current telegraphy
,
sounder
,
stock ticker
,
submarine telegraphy
,
telegraph agency
,
telegraphics
,
telegraphy
,
teleprinter
,
teletypewriter
,
teletypewriting
,
television
,
telex
,
the fourth estate
,
the press
,
ticker
,
tidings
,
transmitter
,
typotelegraph
,
typotelegraphy
,
word
lock out
collapse
prevent employees from working during a strike
related words >
ban
,
bang
,
bar
,
bar out
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
blockade
,
bolt
,
boycott
,
button
,
button up
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clap
,
close
,
close up
,
constrict
,
contain
,
contract
,
count out
,
cover
,
cut off
,
debar
,
embargo
,
exclude
,
fasten
,
fold
,
fold up
,
freeze out
,
go on strike
,
go out
,
hold out
,
ignore
,
keep out
,
key
,
latch
,
leave out
,
lock
,
lock up
,
occlude
,
omit
,
ostracize
,
padlock
,
pass over
,
picket
,
plumb
,
preclude
,
prohibit
,
reject
,
relegate
,
repudiate
,
revolt
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
send to Coventry
,
shut
,
shut it down
,
shut out
,
shut the door
,
shut up
,
sit down
,
slam
,
slow down
,
snap
,
squeeze shut
,
strangle
,
strike
,
taboo
,
walk out
,
zip up
,
zipper
raucous
collapse
unpleasantly loud and harsh
disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers"
related words >
absonant
,
atonal
,
boisterous
,
brassy
,
brazen
,
brusque
,
cacophonous
,
choked
,
coarse
,
cracked
,
croaking
,
croaky
,
diaphonic
,
disconsonant
,
discordant
,
disharmonic
,
disharmonious
,
disorderly
,
dissonant
,
dry
,
ear-splitting
,
flat
,
grating
,
gruff
,
guttural
,
harsh
,
harsh-sounding
,
hoarse
,
husky
,
immelodious
,
inharmonic
,
inharmonious
,
jarring
,
loud
,
metallic
,
musicless
,
noisy
,
nonmelodious
,
off
,
off-key
,
off-tone
,
out of pitch
,
out of tone
,
out of tune
,
piercing
,
ragged
,
rasping
,
raucid
,
rough
,
roupy
,
rowdy
,
rowdyish
,
rude
,
rumbustious
,
scratching
,
scratchy
,
sharp
,
shrill
,
sour
,
squawking
,
squawky
,
stertorous
,
strangled
,
strident
,
stridulous
,
termagant
,
thick
,
throaty
,
tinny
,
tumultuous
,
tuneless
,
unharmonious
,
unmelodious
,
unmusical
,
unruly
,
untunable
,
untuned
,
untuneful
hot up
collapse
related words >
accelerate
,
agent provocateur
,
aggravate
,
amplify
,
annoy
,
augment
,
beef up
,
blow up
,
build up
,
chafe
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
cook
,
deepen
,
deteriorate
,
double
,
electric-heat
,
embitter
,
enhance
,
enlarge
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
exasperate
,
fire
,
fire up
,
foment
,
gas-heat
,
heat
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hop up
,
hot
,
hot-air-heat
,
hot-water-heat
,
increase
,
intensify
,
irritate
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
magnify
,
make acute
,
make complex
,
make worse
,
mull
,
overheat
,
preheat
,
provoke
,
ramify
,
recook
,
redouble
,
reheat
,
reinforce
,
sharpen
,
soup up
,
sour
,
steam
,
step up
,
stoke up
,
strengthen
,
superheat
,
tepefy
,
triple
,
warm
,
warm over
,
warm up
,
whet
,
worsen
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