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see with attention; "behold Christ!"
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NB
,
catch sight of
,
clap eyes on
,
descry
,
discern
,
discover
,
distinguish
,
espy
,
glimpse
,
have in sight
,
ken
,
lay eyes on
,
look at
,
look on
,
look upon
,
make out
,
mark
,
note
,
notice
,
observe
,
perceive
,
pick out
,
recognize
,
regard
,
remark
,
see
,
sight
,
spot
,
spy
,
take in
,
twig
,
view
,
witness
gild
collapse
decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
related words >
adorn
,
apply paint
,
aurify
,
bedaub
,
belie
,
besmear
,
brighten
,
brush on paint
,
butter
,
calcimine
,
camouflage
,
coat
,
color
,
complexion
,
convolute
,
cover
,
dab
,
daub
,
decorate
,
deep-dye
,
dip
,
disguise
,
distemper
,
distort
,
double-dye
,
dress up
,
dye
,
elaborate
,
embellish
,
emblazon
,
embroider
,
enamel
,
engild
,
enrich
,
face
,
falsify
,
fast-dye
,
festoon
,
flourish
,
fresco
,
fudge
,
garble
,
gild the lily
,
glaze
,
gloss
,
gloss over
,
grain
,
hue
,
illuminate
,
imbue
,
ingrain
,
involve
,
japan
,
jaundice
,
lacquer
,
lay on
,
lay on color
,
load with ornament
,
mask
,
miscite
,
miscolor
,
misquote
,
misreport
,
misrepresent
,
misstate
,
ornament
,
overcharge
,
overlay
,
overload
,
overstate
,
paint
,
parget
,
pervert
,
pigment
,
prime
,
sallow
,
shade
,
shadow
,
shellac
,
slant
,
slap on
,
slather
,
slop on paint
,
smear
,
smear on
,
spread on
,
spread with
,
stain
,
stipple
,
strain
,
sweeten
,
tar
,
tinct
,
tincture
,
tinge
,
tint
,
titivate
,
tone
,
trick out
,
turn yellow
,
twist
,
undercoat
,
understate
,
varnish
,
warp
,
wash
,
whitewash
,
yellow
cast down
collapse
related words >
abase
,
abash
,
abashed
,
afflicted
,
agitated
,
bad
,
baffle
,
balk
,
beat down
,
beset
,
bilk
,
blow down
,
blow over
,
bothered
,
bowed-down
,
bowl down
,
bowl over
,
break down
,
bring down
,
bulldog
,
bulldoze
,
burn down
,
chagrin
,
chagrined
,
chapfallen
,
chop down
,
confound
,
confuse
,
confused
,
crestfallen
,
cross
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dampen the spirits
,
darken
,
dash
,
dash down
,
dashed
,
debase
,
deck
,
defeat
,
defeat expectation
,
degrade
,
deject
,
dejected
,
demean
,
depress
,
depressed
,
despairing
,
despondent
,
desponding
,
disappoint
,
discomfit
,
discomfited
,
discomforted
,
discompose
,
discomposed
,
disconcert
,
disconcerted
,
disconsolate
,
discourage
,
discouraged
,
dishearten
,
disheartened
,
disillusion
,
dispirit
,
dispirited
,
disquieted
,
dissatisfy
,
distressed
,
disturbed
,
down
,
downcast
,
downhearted
,
drooping
,
droopy
,
drop
,
embarrass
,
embarrassed
,
feeling low
,
fell
,
fetch down
,
flatten
,
floor
,
foil
,
frustrate
,
ground
,
heartless
,
hew down
,
humiliate
,
hung up
,
hypochondriac
,
hypochondriacal
,
ill at ease
,
in low spirits
,
in the depths
,
in the doldrums
,
in the dumps
,
knock down
,
knock over
,
languishing
,
lay level
,
lay low
,
lay out
,
let down
,
level
,
low
,
low-spirited
,
lower
,
lower the spirits
,
mortified
,
mortify
,
mow down
,
oppress
,
out of countenance
,
perturbed
,
pessimistic
,
pining
,
precipitate
,
press down
,
prostrate
,
pull down
,
put out
,
put-out
,
put-upon
,
rase
,
raze
,
sadden
,
send headlong
,
sink
,
smash
,
spiritless
,
spread-eagle
,
steamroller
,
subdued
,
suicidal
,
supinate
,
take down
,
tantalize
,
tear down
,
tease
,
throw
,
throw down
,
throw into confusion
,
thwart
,
topple
,
trip
,
troubled
,
tumble
,
uncomfortable
,
uneasy
,
upset
,
weary of life
,
weigh heavy upon
,
weigh upon
,
whack down
,
woebegone
,
world-weary
disperse
collapse
move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
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administer
,
atomize
,
be consumed
,
be gone
,
bend
,
bestrew
,
bias
,
branch
,
branch out
,
break into pieces
,
break to pieces
,
break up
,
broadcast
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
circulate
,
circumfuse
,
crash
,
crook
,
crunch
,
crush
,
curve
,
cut to pieces
,
deactivate
,
deal
,
deal out
,
debrief
,
deflect
,
dematerialize
,
demob
,
demobilize
,
demolish
,
depart
,
deploy
,
detach
,
deviate
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
diffract
,
diffuse
,
disappear
,
disband
,
disburse
,
discharge
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
dismiss
,
disorganize
,
dispel
,
dispense
,
dispose
,
dispread
,
disrupt
,
disseminate
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
distort
,
distribute
,
diverge
,
divert
,
divide
,
divvy
,
do a fade-out
,
dogleg
,
dole
,
dole out
,
dwindle
,
ease
,
ease off
,
emanate
,
erode
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exit
,
expand
,
extend
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
fan
,
fan out
,
fission
,
flare
,
flee
,
fly
,
fragment
,
free
,
give out
,
go
,
go away
,
go separate ways
,
grind
,
hairpin
,
hide
,
issue
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
let go
,
let up
,
loose
,
loosen
,
make mincemeat of
,
measure out
,
melt
,
melt away
,
mete
,
mete out
,
mince
,
muster out
,
open
,
open up
,
outspread
,
outstretch
,
overgrow
,
overrun
,
overscatter
,
oversow
,
overspread
,
parcel out
,
part
,
part company
,
partition
,
pass
,
pass around
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
pay out
,
perish
,
portion out
,
propagate
,
publish
,
pull
,
pulverize
,
radiate
,
ramify
,
ray
,
refract
,
relax
,
release
,
retail
,
retire from sight
,
rout
,
scatter
,
send away
,
send off
,
separate
,
shatter
,
shiver
,
sink
,
sink away
,
skew
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slacken
,
smash
,
smash up
,
sow
,
sow broadcast
,
splay
,
splinter
,
split up
,
spoon out
,
spraddle
,
sprangle
,
sprawl
,
spread
,
spread like wildfire
,
spread out
,
squash
,
squish
,
strew
,
suffer an eclipse
,
turn
,
twist
,
unfold
,
unglue
,
unleash
,
unstick
,
utter
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
warp
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear away
,
widen
,
zigzag
droop
collapse
hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"
related words >
amble
,
bad
,
bag
,
become suicidal
,
blow
,
blue
,
break
,
break down
,
burn out
,
cadence
,
cascade
,
cast down
,
catenary
,
cave
,
cave in
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come unstuck
,
conk out
,
couch
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
daggle
,
dangle
,
decline
,
decurrence
,
dejected
,
demit
,
depend
,
depress
,
depressed
,
desiccate
,
despair
,
despond
,
deteriorate
,
diminish
,
disintegrate
,
dispirited
,
doleful
,
down
,
downhearted
,
drabble
,
drag
,
draggle
,
drape
,
droopy
,
drop
,
dry up
,
dwindle
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fail
,
faint
,
fall
,
fatigue
,
fizzle out
,
flag
,
flap
,
flop
,
flop down
,
flounce
,
flow
,
flump
,
flump down
,
founder
,
gait
,
gallop
,
gasp
,
get tired
,
give out
,
give way
,
go down
,
go downhill
,
go soft
,
go to pieces
,
grow weary
,
hang
,
hang down
,
hit rock bottom
,
hit the skids
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
jade
,
jog
,
languish
,
lapse
,
let down
,
limp
,
lock step
,
loll
,
lollop
,
lop
,
lose heart
,
lose strength
,
lower
,
lowering
,
lurch
,
mince
,
mincing steps
,
nod
,
pace
,
paddle
,
pant
,
peak
,
peg out
,
pend
,
peter out
,
piaffer
,
pine
,
play out
,
plop
,
plop down
,
plumb the depths
,
plump
,
poop out
,
prance
,
puff
,
puff and blow
,
rack
,
reach the depths
,
roll
,
run down
,
run out
,
sag
,
saunter
,
scuttle
,
sear
,
set
,
settle
,
shrink
,
shrivel
,
shuffle
,
sidle
,
single-foot
,
sink
,
sink down
,
sinkage
,
sling
,
slink
,
slither
,
slouch
,
slowness
,
slump
,
slump down
,
stagger
,
stalk
,
step
,
stride
,
stroll
,
strolling gait
,
strut
,
submerge
,
submergence
,
subside
,
subsidence
,
succumb
,
suspend
,
swag
,
swagger
,
swing
,
tire
,
toddle
,
totter
,
touch bottom
,
trail
,
tread
,
trollop
,
trot
,
velocity
,
waddle
,
walk
,
waste
,
waste away
,
weaken
,
wear away
,
wear thin
,
weary
,
weep
,
wheeze
,
wilt
,
wither
,
wither away
,
wizen
,
yield
hang up
collapse
interrupt a telephone conversation
put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
related words >
adjourn
,
afterthought
,
bind
,
block
,
blockade
,
blockage
,
blow up
,
bog down
,
bottleneck
,
bureaucratic delay
,
buzz
,
call
,
call up
,
catch
,
come to nothing
,
complex
,
compulsion
,
continue
,
cordon
,
curtain
,
decelerate
,
defer
,
delay
,
delayage
,
delayed reaction
,
detain
,
detention
,
determent
,
deterrent
,
dial
,
difficulty
,
double take
,
drag out
,
dragging
,
drawback
,
explode
,
extend
,
fail miserably
,
fascination
,
fasten up
,
fixation
,
fixed idea
,
fizz out
,
fizzle
,
fizzle out
,
get nowhere
,
give a ring
,
go phut
,
halt
,
hang
,
hang fire
,
hazard
,
hindrance
,
hitch
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold the phone
,
hold up
,
holdup
,
hurdle
,
hypercathexis
,
idee fixe
,
interim
,
irresistible impulse
,
jam
,
joker
,
lag
,
lagging
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
listen in
,
logjam
,
make a call
,
mire
,
misfire
,
monomania
,
moratorium
,
morbid drive
,
objection
,
obsession
,
obsessive compulsion
,
obstacle
,
obstruction
,
obstructive
,
one small difficulty
,
paperasserie
,
pause
,
phone
,
pigeonhole
,
poop out
,
possession
,
postpone
,
preoccupation
,
prepossession
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
put up
,
recess
,
red tape
,
red-tapeism
,
red-tapery
,
reprieve
,
reserve
,
respite
,
retard
,
retardance
,
retardation
,
ring
,
ring off
,
ring up
,
rub
,
ruling passion
,
set aside
,
set back
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
slacken
,
sleep on
,
sling
,
slow down
,
slow-up
,
slowdown
,
slowness
,
snag
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stay of execution
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
stretch out
,
stumbling block
,
stumbling stone
,
suspend
,
suspension
,
table
,
take a recess
,
telephone
,
tic
,
tie-up
,
time lag
,
wait
,
waive
accredit
collapse
give credit for; "She was not properly credited in the program"
grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree"
provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials
related words >
OK
,
accept
,
account for
,
accredit with
,
accrete to
,
acknowledge
,
affirm
,
amen
,
apply to
,
approve
,
ascribe to
,
assign
,
assign to
,
attach to
,
attest
,
attribute
,
attribute to
,
authenticate
,
authorize
,
autograph
,
blame
,
blame for
,
blame on
,
bring home to
,
certify
,
charge
,
charge on
,
charge to
,
charter
,
commend
,
commission
,
commit
,
confess
,
confirm
,
connect with
,
consign
,
cosign
,
countersign
,
credit
,
credit with
,
delegate
,
depute
,
deputize
,
detach
,
detail
,
devolute
,
devolve
,
devolve upon
,
empower
,
enable
,
endorse
,
entrust
,
fasten upon
,
father upon
,
fix on
,
fix upon
,
give in charge
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the imprimatur
,
give thumbs up
,
hang on
,
impute
,
impute to
,
initial
,
introduce
,
lay
,
lay to
,
license
,
mission
,
notarize
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass upon
,
permit
,
pin on
,
pinpoint
,
place upon
,
point to
,
post
,
present
,
ratify
,
recommend
,
refer
,
refer to
,
rubber stamp
,
saddle on
,
saddle with
,
sanction
,
say amen to
,
seal
,
second
,
send out
,
set down to
,
settle upon
,
sign
,
sign and seal
,
subscribe to
,
support
,
swear and affirm
,
swear to
,
transfer
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
validate
,
visa
,
vise
,
vouch for
,
warrant
hollow man
collapse
related words >
actor
,
affecter
,
cipher
,
deceiver
,
dud
,
dummy
,
fake
,
fraud
,
jackstraw
,
lay figure
,
man of straw
,
mannerist
,
nebbish
,
nobody
,
nonentity
,
nothing
,
nullity
,
paper tiger
,
performer
,
phony
,
playactor
,
pretender
,
puppet
,
pushover
,
straw man
,
thing of naught
,
trifle
,
zero
exterminate
collapse
kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
related words >
abate
,
abolish
,
annihilate
,
bereave of life
,
blot out
,
bump off
,
butcher
,
carry away
,
carry off
,
cast off
,
chloroform
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
deprive of life
,
deracinate
,
destroy
,
dispatch
,
dispel
,
dispose of
,
do away with
,
do for
,
do to death
,
eliminate
,
end
,
eradicate
,
execute
,
extinguish
,
extirpate
,
finish
,
finish off
,
fling off
,
get rid of
,
immolate
,
kill
,
launch into eternity
,
liquidate
,
lynch
,
make away with
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
massacre
,
murder
,
obliterate
,
poison
,
purge
,
put away
,
put down
,
put to death
,
put to sleep
,
remove
,
remove from life
,
root out
,
root up
,
rub out
,
sacrifice
,
shake off
,
shoo
,
slaughter
,
slay
,
stamp out
,
starve
,
sweep away
,
take life
,
take off
,
terminate
,
throw away
,
throw off
,
uproot
,
waste
,
weed out
,
wipe out
desensitize
collapse
make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"
cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized"
related words >
KO
,
anesthetize
,
bedaze
,
benumb
,
besot
,
blunt
,
chloroform
,
coldcock
,
deaden
,
dope
,
drug
,
dull
,
etherize
,
freeze
,
hebetate
,
kayo
,
knock out
,
knock senseless
,
knock stiff
,
knock unconscious
,
lay out
,
mull
,
narcotize
,
numb
,
obtund
,
palsy
,
paralyze
,
put to sleep
,
stun
,
stupefy
cut loose
collapse
related words >
bail out
,
board
,
boom
,
break away
,
break jail
,
break loose
,
break out
,
carouse
,
cast loose
,
celebrate
,
clap on ratlines
,
clear
,
clear hawse
,
create a disturbance
,
create a riot
,
debauch
,
disembarrass
,
disembroil
,
disengage
,
disentangle
,
disinvolve
,
dislodge
,
escape
,
escape prison
,
evade
,
extricate
,
flee
,
fly the coop
,
free
,
get away
,
get clear of
,
get free
,
get out
,
get out of
,
give way to
,
go all out
,
go berserk
,
go flat out
,
go unrestrained
,
haul
,
haul down
,
heave
,
heave apeak
,
heave round
,
heave short
,
hell around
,
jollify
,
jolly
,
jump
,
kedge
,
lark
,
lay
,
lay aloft
,
let go
,
let loose
,
let off steam
,
log
,
make a commotion
,
make a getaway
,
make an ado
,
make merry
,
make trouble
,
make whoopee
,
open up
,
raise a ruckus
,
raise a rumpus
,
raise a storm
,
raise hell
,
ratline down
,
release
,
revel
,
riot
,
roil
,
roister
,
run amok
,
run riot
,
run wild
,
see life
,
skip
,
skylark
,
slip the collar
,
spar down
,
spree
,
step out
,
stream the log
,
tear loose
,
traverse a yard
,
unknot
,
unlash
,
unravel
,
unsnarl
,
untangle
,
wanton
,
warp
,
whoop it up
knuckle down
collapse
related words >
accede
,
accept
,
acquiesce
,
assent
,
be agreeable
,
buckle down
,
comply
,
consent
,
endeavor
,
face the music
,
go all out
,
go along with
,
hump
,
hump it
,
knock under
,
knuckle under
,
lay to
,
live with it
,
not resist
,
obey
,
ply the oar
,
relent
,
resign
,
spare no effort
,
submit
,
succumb
,
swallow it
,
swallow the pill
,
take
,
take it
cover up
collapse
related words >
act
,
act a part
,
affect
,
alibi
,
apology
,
apply to
,
assume
,
be the goat
,
becloud
,
befog
,
blanket
,
blind
,
block
,
bluff
,
camouflage
,
canopy
,
cloak
,
clothe
,
cloud
,
color
,
conceal
,
cope
,
counterfeit
,
cover
,
cover story
,
cowl
,
curtain
,
device
,
disguise
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
distract attention from
,
eclipse
,
ensconce
,
enshroud
,
envelop
,
excuse
,
facade
,
fake
,
feign
,
feint
,
film
,
four-flush
,
front
,
front for
,
gammon
,
gloss
,
gloss over
,
guise
,
handle
,
hide
,
hood
,
keep under cover
,
lame excuse
,
lay on
,
lay over
,
let on
,
let on like
,
locus standi
,
make a pretense
,
make as if
,
make believe
,
make like
,
mantle
,
mask
,
muffle
,
obduce
,
obfuscate
,
obscure
,
occult
,
ostensible motive
,
overlay
,
overspread
,
play
,
play a part
,
play possum
,
playact
,
poor excuse
,
pretend
,
pretense
,
pretension
,
pretext
,
profess
,
protestation
,
public motive
,
put on
,
put-off
,
refuge
,
screen
,
scum
,
semblance
,
shade
,
sham
,
shield
,
show
,
shroud
,
simulate
,
slur over
,
smoke screen
,
spread over
,
stalking-horse
,
stratagem
,
subterfuge
,
superimpose
,
superpose
,
trick
,
varnish
,
veil
,
whitewash
jeopardize
collapse
related words >
compromise
,
encounter danger
,
endanger
,
expose
,
gamble
,
gamble with
,
hazard
,
imperil
,
incur danger
,
jeopard
,
jeopardy
,
lay open
,
menace
,
peril
,
put in danger
,
put in jeopardy
,
risk
,
threaten
,
venture
ice
collapse
a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)
the frozen part of a body of water
diamonds; "look at the ice on that dame!"
water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks"
put ice on or put on ice; "Ice your sprained limbs"
related words >
Dry Ice
,
French ice cream
,
Freon
,
Italian ice
,
air-condition
,
air-cool
,
alabaster
,
ammonia
,
berg
,
bijouterie
,
billiard table
,
blast
,
blast-freeze
,
blast-frozen
,
blight
,
blot out
,
bowling alley
,
bowling green
,
bubble
,
bump off
,
calf
,
cap
,
carbon dioxide
,
chill
,
china
,
climax
,
congeal
,
congealed
,
consummate
,
cool
,
coolant
,
costume jewelry
,
crest
,
croak
,
crown
,
cryosphere
,
culminate
,
do in
,
eggshell
,
erase
,
ether
,
ethyl chloride
,
firn
,
fix
,
flat
,
floe
,
frappe
,
frazil
,
freeze
,
freeze solid
,
freezing mixture
,
freshen
,
frost
,
frostbitten
,
frostnipped
,
frozen
,
frozen custard
,
frozen dessert
,
frozen solid
,
frozen water
,
gelid
,
get
,
give the business
,
glace
,
glacial
,
glaciate
,
glaciation
,
glacier
,
glacieret
,
glacify
,
glass
,
glass house
,
glaze
,
glazed frost
,
granular snow
,
ground ice
,
growler
,
gun down
,
hail
,
head
,
hit
,
house of cards
,
ice banner
,
ice barrier
,
ice belt
,
ice cave
,
ice cream
,
ice cubes
,
ice dike
,
ice field
,
ice floe
,
ice foot
,
ice front
,
ice island
,
ice needle
,
ice over
,
ice pack
,
ice pinnacle
,
ice raft
,
ice sheet
,
ice up
,
ice-cold
,
ice-cool
,
ice-cream cone
,
ice-cream soda
,
iceberg
,
icefall
,
icelike
,
icequake
,
icicle
,
icy
,
icy-cold
,
infrigidate
,
ivory
,
jewelry
,
jokul
,
junk jewelry
,
lay out
,
level
,
liquid air
,
liquid helium
,
liquid oxygen
,
lolly
,
mahogany
,
marble
,
matchwood
,
neve
,
nieve penitente
,
nip
,
off
,
old paper
,
outtop
,
overarch
,
overtop
,
pack ice
,
parchment
,
paste
,
peak
,
piecrust
,
plane
,
polish off
,
quick-freeze
,
quick-frozen
,
refreeze
,
refresh
,
refrigerant
,
refrigerate
,
regelate
,
rub out
,
satin
,
scatter pins
,
serac
,
settle
,
sharp-frozen
,
shelf ice
,
sherbet
,
silk
,
sleet
,
slide
,
slob
,
sludge
,
smooth
,
snow
,
snow ice
,
snow in
,
snow under
,
snowberg
,
sundae
,
surmount
,
take care of
,
tennis court
,
tip
,
top
,
top off
,
velvet
,
ventilate
,
waste
,
wipe out
,
zap
endanger
collapse
pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
related words >
chance
,
compromise
,
encounter danger
,
expose
,
gamble
,
gamble with
,
hazard
,
imperil
,
incur danger
,
jeopard
,
jeopardize
,
jeopardy
,
lay open
,
menace
,
peril
,
put in danger
,
put in jeopardy
,
risk
,
threaten
,
venture
bleed white
collapse
related words >
ablate
,
absorb
,
abuse
,
assimilate
,
bleed
,
burn up
,
clip
,
consume
,
denude
,
deplete
,
deplume
,
despoil
,
digest
,
displume
,
divest
,
drain
,
drain of resources
,
dry
,
eat
,
eat up
,
erode
,
exhaust
,
expend
,
exploit
,
finish
,
finish off
,
flay
,
fleece
,
gobble
,
gobble up
,
gouge
,
hold up
,
ill-use
,
impose upon
,
impoverish
,
ingest
,
make use of
,
manipulate
,
milk
,
misuse
,
overcharge
,
overprice
,
overtax
,
pick clean
,
play on
,
pluck
,
presume upon
,
profiteer
,
screw
,
shear
,
skin
,
soak
,
spend
,
squander
,
stick
,
sting
,
strip
,
strip bare
,
stroke
,
suck dry
,
surcharge
,
swallow
,
swallow up
,
swindle
,
take advantage of
,
use
,
use ill
,
use up
,
victimize
,
waste away
,
wear away
,
work on
,
work upon
take down
collapse
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
related words >
abase
,
abash
,
admonish
,
bear down
,
beat down
,
blow down
,
blow over
,
book
,
bowl down
,
bowl over
,
break down
,
bring down
,
bring low
,
bring to book
,
bulldog
,
bulldoze
,
burn down
,
calendar
,
call to account
,
carve
,
cast down
,
catalog
,
chalk
,
chalk up
,
chastise
,
check in
,
chide
,
chop down
,
chronicle
,
consume
,
correct
,
couch
,
crush
,
cut
,
cut down
,
dash down
,
debase
,
deck
,
degrade
,
demean
,
demolish
,
depress
,
detrude
,
devour
,
diminish
,
disassemble
,
dismantle
,
dismember
,
dismount
,
dispatch
,
dispose of
,
docket
,
down
,
downbear
,
drop
,
dump
,
dump on
,
eat up
,
engrave
,
enroll
,
enscroll
,
enter
,
fell
,
fetch down
,
file
,
fill out
,
flatten
,
floor
,
get away with
,
get down
,
grave
,
ground
,
haul down
,
have words with
,
hew down
,
impanel
,
incise
,
indent
,
index
,
ingest
,
inscribe
,
insert
,
jot down
,
knock down
,
knock over
,
lay level
,
lay low
,
lay out
,
lecture
,
let down
,
level
,
list
,
log
,
lower
,
make a memorandum
,
make a note
,
make an entry
,
make out
,
mark down
,
matriculate
,
minute
,
mow down
,
note
,
note down
,
objurgate
,
place upon record
,
poll
,
post
,
post up
,
precipitate
,
press down
,
prostrate
,
pull down
,
push down
,
put away
,
put down
,
put in writing
,
put on paper
,
put on tape
,
rase
,
rate
,
raze
,
rebuke
,
record
,
reduce
,
reduce to writing
,
register
,
reprehend
,
reprimand
,
reprove
,
scold
,
send headlong
,
set down
,
set straight
,
sink
,
smash
,
spank
,
spread-eagle
,
steamroller
,
straighten out
,
supinate
,
surround
,
swallow
,
tabulate
,
take apart
,
take in
,
take to task
,
tape
,
tape-record
,
tear down
,
throw
,
throw down
,
thrust down
,
topple
,
trip
,
trip up
,
tuck in
,
tumble
,
upbraid
,
videotape
,
whack down
,
write
,
write down
,
write in
,
write out
,
write up
submit
collapse
put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"
yield to the control of another
related words >
accede
,
accede to
,
accept
,
acquiesce
,
advance
,
advise
,
advocate
,
affirm
,
agree to
,
allege
,
announce
,
annunciate
,
argue
,
assent
,
assert
,
assever
,
asseverate
,
attend to orders
,
aver
,
avouch
,
avow
,
be agreeable
,
be persuaded
,
bend
,
bend to
,
bow to
,
brief
,
bring before
,
bring forward
,
bring up
,
broach
,
coach
,
come around
,
come over
,
come round
,
come to
,
commend to attention
,
comply
,
comply with
,
condone
,
confer
,
conform
,
consent
,
consent to
,
consult with
,
contend
,
counsel
,
countenance
,
declare
,
defer to
,
designate
,
direct
,
enter
,
enunciate
,
express
,
extend
,
face the music
,
fall in with
,
follow the book
,
give
,
give way
,
go along with
,
grin and abide
,
guide
,
harken to
,
have
,
heed
,
hold
,
hold forth
,
hold out
,
insist
,
instruct
,
introduce
,
issue a manifesto
,
keep
,
kibitz
,
knock under
,
knuckle down
,
knuckle under
,
knuckle under to
,
launch
,
lay
,
lay before
,
lay down
,
let go by
,
let pass
,
listen to
,
live with it
,
maintain
,
make a motion
,
manifesto
,
mark
,
meddle
,
mind
,
moot
,
move
,
name
,
name for office
,
nominate
,
not resist
,
obey
,
obey the rules
,
observe
,
offer
,
offer a resolution
,
open up
,
overlook
,
park
,
place
,
pose
,
posit
,
post
,
postulate
,
predicate
,
prefer
,
prescribe
,
present
,
proclaim
,
profess
,
proffer
,
pronounce
,
propose
,
proposition
,
propound
,
protest
,
put
,
put forth
,
put forward
,
put it
,
put it to
,
put up
,
put up with
,
recommend
,
relax
,
relent
,
resign
,
respect
,
rise above
,
run
,
run for office
,
say
,
seat
,
set
,
set before
,
set down
,
set forth
,
shrug
,
shrug it off
,
speak
,
speak out
,
speak up
,
stand for
,
stand on
,
start
,
state
,
station
,
stay in line
,
stick
,
submit to
,
succumb
,
succumb to
,
suggest
,
swallow it
,
swallow the pill
,
take
,
take it
,
take orders
,
tender
,
toe the line
,
truckle to
,
unbend
,
yield
,
yield to
mendicant
collapse
practicing beggary; "mendicant friars"
related words >
Albigensian
,
Catharist
,
Franciscan
,
Sabbatarian
,
Trappist
,
Waldensian
,
abbacomes
,
abbot
,
abstainer
,
abstinent
,
anchorite
,
anchoritic
,
ascetic
,
austere
,
beadsman
,
beggar
,
beggared
,
beggarly
,
begging
,
bereaved
,
bereft
,
bhikshu
,
brother
,
bum
,
bummer
,
cadger
,
cadging
,
caloyer
,
celibate
,
cenobite
,
conventual
,
conventual prior
,
coupon clippers
,
deprived
,
dervish
,
disadvantaged
,
drone
,
eremitic
,
fakir
,
flagellant
,
fleeced
,
freeloader
,
friar
,
ghettoized
,
grand prior
,
hermit
,
hieromonach
,
hobo
,
idle rich
,
impoverished
,
in need
,
in rags
,
in want
,
indigent
,
lay abbot
,
lay brother
,
leisure class
,
loafer
,
lounge lizard
,
lumpen proletariat
,
mendicant friar
,
mendicant order
,
monastic
,
monk
,
moocher
,
mooching
,
necessitous
,
needy
,
nonworker
,
on relief
,
out at elbows
,
palmer
,
panhandler
,
parasite
,
pauperized
,
petitionary
,
pilgrim
,
pillar saint
,
pillarist
,
poverty-stricken
,
prayerful
,
precative
,
prior
,
puritan
,
puritanical
,
religieux
,
religious
,
rentiers
,
rigoristic
,
sannyasi
,
schnorrer
,
scrounger
,
scrounging
,
self-denying
,
spiv
,
sponger
,
starveling
,
stripped
,
stylite
,
suppliant
,
supplicant
,
supplicating
,
supplicatory
,
the unemployable
,
the unemployed
,
tramp
,
underprivileged
,
wedded to poverty
,
yogi
,
yogin
understandable
collapse
related words >
appreciable
,
apprehensible
,
articulate
,
ascertainable
,
clear-cut
,
cognizable
,
comprehensible
,
conceivable
,
discernible
,
discoverable
,
distinguishable
,
easily understood
,
easy to understand
,
exoteric
,
fathomable
,
graspable
,
intelligible
,
knowable
,
lay
,
lucid
,
luminous
,
penetrable
,
perceptible
,
plain
,
plumbable
,
popular
,
prehensible
,
readable
,
recognizable
,
scrutable
,
seizable
,
simple
,
straightforward
,
unambiguous
siege
collapse
the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
related words >
attack
,
beleaguer
,
beleaguerment
,
besetment
,
besiege
,
besiegement
,
blockade
,
blockading
,
bottle up
,
bout
,
circumscription
,
confinement
,
cordon off
,
cordoning
,
encircle
,
encirclement
,
enclosure
,
encompassment
,
envelopment
,
go
,
immurement
,
imprisonment
,
incarceration
,
inclusion
,
investment
,
lay siege to
,
onslaught
,
pincer movement
,
quarantine
,
seizure
,
spell
,
vertical envelopment
force upon
collapse
related words >
administer
,
apply
,
bestow
,
dose
,
dose with
,
enforce upon
,
force
,
give
,
insist
,
lay on
,
mete out to
,
obtrude on
,
ply
,
ply upon
,
prescribe for
,
press
,
press upon
,
push upon
,
put on
,
put upon
,
thrust upon
,
urge upon
drain
collapse
emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"
a pipe through which liquid is carried away
tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
empty of liquid; drain the liquid from; "We drained the oil tank"
deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy"
flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
ablation
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
absorb
,
absorption
,
abstract
,
abuse
,
achromatize
,
acquire
,
air-dry
,
anhydrate
,
assimilate
,
assimilation
,
attrition
,
bake
,
bankrupt
,
bate
,
bereave
,
blackmail
,
blanch
,
bleach
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
blot
,
blow
,
blow out
,
bog
,
broach
,
brush
,
bugger
,
burn
,
burn up
,
burning up
,
call
,
call for
,
catch up
,
cesspool
,
channel
,
claim
,
clap hands on
,
clasp
,
claw
,
clean out
,
clear
,
clear away
,
clear off
,
clear out
,
clear the decks
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cloaca
,
cloaca maxima
,
clutch
,
conduit
,
consume
,
consumption
,
contribution
,
cripple
,
culvert
,
cure
,
curtail
,
cut off
,
de-energize
,
debilitate
,
decant
,
decolor
,
decolorize
,
decrease
,
decrement
,
deduct
,
defecate
,
defluxion
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
demand
,
demand for
,
denude
,
deplete
,
depletion
,
deplume
,
depreciate
,
depreciation
,
depress
,
deprive
,
deprive of
,
derogate
,
desiccate
,
despoil
,
detract
,
digest
,
digestion
,
dim
,
diminish
,
disable
,
disbursement
,
discharge
,
discolor
,
disenable
,
disentitle
,
disparage
,
displume
,
dissipate
,
dissipation
,
ditch
,
divest
,
down the drain
,
draft
,
draft off
,
drag
,
drain of color
,
drain of resources
,
drain off
,
drain out
,
drainage
,
draw
,
draw down
,
draw from
,
draw off
,
drench
,
dribble away
,
drink up
,
drip
,
dry
,
dull
,
dump
,
duty
,
ease one of
,
eat
,
eat away
,
eat up
,
eating up
,
ebb
,
effluence
,
efflux
,
effluxion
,
effusion
,
eliminate
,
embrace
,
empty
,
empty out
,
enfeeble
,
ennui
,
erode
,
erosion
,
etiolate
,
evacuate
,
evaporate
,
evaporation
,
exaction
,
exhalation
,
exhaust
,
exhaustion
,
expend
,
expending
,
expenditure
,
exploit
,
exsiccate
,
extortion
,
extortionate demand
,
extract
,
fade
,
fatigue
,
file away
,
find vent
,
finish
,
finish off
,
finishing
,
fire
,
flay
,
fleece
,
flow
,
flow out
,
flowoff
,
fume
,
garbage dump
,
get
,
get hold of
,
glom on to
,
gobble
,
gobble up
,
gone
,
grab
,
grab hold of
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
gush
,
gush out
,
gutter
,
hamstring
,
headchute
,
heavy demand
,
hors de combat
,
hug
,
ill-use
,
impair
,
impose upon
,
imposition
,
impost
,
impoverish
,
impoverishment
,
inactivate
,
incapacitate
,
indent
,
ingest
,
ingestion
,
insistent demand
,
insolate
,
jade
,
jet
,
kennel
,
kibosh
,
kiln
,
lame
,
lay hands on
,
lay hold of
,
leach
,
leakage
,
leave
,
lessen
,
let
,
let blood
,
let out
,
levy
,
lighten one of
,
loot
,
lost
,
maim
,
make use of
,
manipulate
,
marsh
,
milk
,
mine
,
mire
,
misuse
,
mummify
,
nail
,
nip
,
nip up
,
nonnegotiable demand
,
notice
,
ooze
,
oppress
,
order
,
outfall
,
outflow
,
outflowing
,
outgo
,
outlet
,
outpour
,
outpouring
,
pale
,
pall
,
palm
,
parch
,
partake
,
peroxide
,
phlebotomize
,
pick clean
,
pillage
,
pipe
,
pipette
,
piscina
,
play on
,
pluck
,
pocket
,
possess
,
pour
,
pour out
,
presume upon
,
pump
,
pump out
,
purge
,
purify
,
put
,
quaff
,
quagmire
,
queer
,
queer the works
,
receive
,
reduce
,
reduction
,
refine
,
remove
,
requirement
,
requisition
,
retrench
,
rub
,
rub away
,
run out
,
runoff
,
rush
,
rush order
,
sabotage
,
sap
,
sapping
,
scorch
,
scour out
,
scupper
,
sear
,
seep
,
seize
,
septic tank
,
sewer
,
shear
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
shrinkage
,
shrivel
,
sink
,
siphon
,
siphon off
,
skin
,
sluice
,
sluice out
,
smoke
,
snap up
,
snatch
,
soak up
,
sough
,
spend
,
spending
,
spew out
,
spike
,
sponge
,
spout
,
spout out
,
spurt
,
squander
,
squandering
,
steal
,
strain
,
strip
,
strip bare
,
stroke
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
suck
,
suck dry
,
suck out
,
sump
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
surge
,
swab
,
swallow
,
swallow up
,
swamp
,
sweep out
,
swill
,
take
,
take advantage of
,
take away
,
take away from
,
take by assault
,
take by storm
,
take from
,
take hold of
,
take possession
,
tap
,
tarnish
,
tax
,
taxing
,
thin
,
thin out
,
thrown away
,
tire
,
tone down
,
torrefy
,
towel
,
trench
,
tribute
,
trickle
,
ultimatum
,
unclog
,
unfit
,
unfoul
,
up the spout
,
use
,
use ill
,
use up
,
using
,
using up
,
venesect
,
vent
,
void
,
vomit forth
,
warning
,
wash out
,
wastage
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wasted
,
wastefulness
,
wasting away
,
watercourse
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear away
,
wear down
,
wearing
,
wearing away
,
wearing down
,
weary
,
weazen
,
weed
,
weigh
,
well
,
well out
,
whip up
,
whiten
,
wing
,
wipe
,
withdraw
,
withdrawal
,
wither
,
wizen
,
work on
,
work upon
,
wreck
hose
collapse
a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas
man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
water with a hose; "hose the lawn"
related words >
adjutage
,
asperge
,
bedew
,
bespatter
,
besprinkle
,
catheter
,
dabble
,
damp
,
dampen
,
dash
,
dew
,
douche
,
drainpipe
,
efflux tube
,
fire hose
,
flue pipe
,
funnel
,
garden hose
,
gas pipe
,
hose down
,
hosepipe
,
hosiery
,
humect
,
humectate
,
humidify
,
irrigate
,
moisten
,
nipple
,
organ pipe
,
paddle
,
pipe
,
pipeline
,
pipette
,
piping
,
reed
,
reed pipe
,
siamese
,
siamese connection
,
siphon
,
slobber
,
slop
,
slosh
,
snorkel
,
socks
,
soil pipe
,
sparge
,
spatter
,
splash
,
splatter
,
sponge
,
spray
,
sprinkle
,
standpipe
,
steam pipe
,
stem
,
stockings
,
straw
,
swash
,
syringe
,
tap
,
tube
,
tubing
,
tubulation
,
tubule
,
tubulet
,
tubulure
,
waste pipe
,
water
,
water pipe
,
wet
,
wet down
up country
collapse
related words >
back
,
back country
,
back of beyond
,
back-country
,
backcountry
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
backwood
,
backwoods
,
backwoodsy
,
boondock
,
boondocks
,
boorish
,
borderland
,
brush
,
bush
,
bush country
,
bushveld
,
churlish
,
cloddish
,
clodhopping
,
clownish
,
countrified
,
country-born
,
country-bred
,
farmerish
,
forests
,
from the sticks
,
frontier
,
hayseed
,
heartland
,
hick
,
hicky
,
hinterland
,
hobnailed
,
inland
,
inlands
,
inshore
,
interior
,
inurbane
,
loutish
,
lumpen
,
lumpish
,
mediterranean
,
midland
,
midlands
,
outback
,
outpost
,
rube
,
sticks
,
sylvan
,
the bush
,
timbers
,
uncouth
,
uncultivated
,
uncultured
,
uninhabited region
,
unpolished
,
unrefined
,
virgin
,
virgin land
,
virgin territory
,
waste
,
wasteland
,
wild
,
wild West
,
wilderness
,
wilds
,
woodland
,
woodlands
,
woods
,
yokel
,
yokelish
shrink
collapse
decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
related words >
Sanforize
,
abate
,
ablate
,
about the bush
,
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
analyst
,
anguish
,
attenuate
,
avoid
,
avoid the limelight
,
balk at
,
bate
,
be eaten away
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
behavior therapist
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
blush unseen
,
boggle
,
clinical psychologist
,
compress
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
constrict
,
consume
,
consume away
,
contract
,
corrode
,
cower
,
cringe
,
crouch
,
crumble
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deliquesce
,
demur
,
deplete
,
depreciate
,
desiccate
,
die away
,
diminish
,
dissipate
,
dive
,
dodge
,
drain
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
dribble away
,
drift away
,
droop
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dry up
,
duck
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
emacerate
,
emaciate
,
equivocate
,
erode
,
evade
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall back
,
fall off
,
fall short
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fence
,
fight shy of
,
flag
,
flinch
,
funk
,
go
,
go away
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have a misery
,
have qualms
,
headshrinker
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
huddle
,
hurt
,
hypnotherapist
,
jib
,
languish
,
lessen
,
let up
,
macerate
,
make bones about
,
melt away
,
move away
,
move off
,
narcotherapist
,
parch
,
parry
,
pause
,
pine
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
pound
,
preshrink
,
psychiatrist
,
psychoanalyst
,
psychoanalyzer
,
psychotherapeutist
,
psychotherapist
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recede
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
run low
,
sag
,
scruple
,
sear
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shoot
,
shrink back
,
shrink from
,
shrinker
,
shrivel
,
shrivel up
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
sink
,
slink
,
smart
,
squander
,
squinch
,
stand off
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
subside
,
suffer
,
swerve
,
tail off
,
thin
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
turn aside
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
wane
,
ward off
,
waste
,
waste away
,
waver
,
weaken
,
wear
,
wear away
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
weazen
,
widen the distance
,
wilt
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
withdraw from
,
wither
,
wizen
,
writhe
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
fall to pieces
collapse
related words >
ablate
,
atomize
,
bite the dust
,
break
,
break open
,
break up
,
burst
,
canker
,
carry away
,
come apart
,
come off
,
come to dust
,
come undone
,
come unstuck
,
consume
,
corrode
,
corrupt
,
crack
,
crack up
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
crumble to dust
,
decay
,
decompose
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
disorganize
,
dissolve
,
effloresce
,
erode
,
fall
,
fall into decay
,
fall off
,
fall to dust
,
fester
,
fission
,
fissure
,
fly apart
,
fracture
,
gangrene
,
get loose
,
give away
,
give way
,
go bad
,
go to pieces
,
grain
,
granulate
,
mildew
,
mold
,
molder
,
mortify
,
necrose
,
peel off
,
powder
,
putrefy
,
putresce
,
rankle
,
rot
,
rupture
,
shard
,
shatter
,
snap
,
sphacelate
,
split
,
spoil
,
spring a leak
,
spring apart
,
start
,
suppurate
,
topple
,
tumble
,
unravel
,
waste away
,
wear away
take five
collapse
take a break for five minutes; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal"
related words >
break
,
breathe
,
call a break
,
call time
,
declare a recess
,
interlude
,
intermit
,
interval
,
intervene
,
knock off
,
lay off
,
pause
,
recess
,
stop for breath
,
take a break
,
take a recess
,
take a rest
,
take ten
,
take time out
grade
collapse
a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade"
the height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade"
a degree of ablaut
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"
determine the grade of or assign a grade to
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"
level to the right gradient
related words >
acclivity
,
adjust
,
align
,
alphabetize
,
amount
,
analyze
,
arrange
,
array
,
ascend
,
ascent
,
assort
,
bank
,
bevel
,
bezel
,
blood
,
bolt
,
bracket
,
branch
,
break down
,
bulk
,
caliber
,
calibrate
,
calibrated
,
cant
,
careen
,
caste
,
catalog
,
categorize
,
category
,
chute
,
clan
,
class
,
classify
,
climb
,
codify
,
collate
,
compass
,
condition
,
cool off
,
correct
,
cut
,
cut it
,
dab
,
decline
,
declivity
,
decrease
,
degree
,
deploy
,
descend
,
descent
,
differentiate
,
digest
,
dip
,
dispose
,
divide
,
division
,
downgrade
,
drag
,
dress
,
drop
,
dub
,
easy slope
,
echelon
,
enlarge
,
equalize
,
estate
,
evaluate
,
even
,
extent
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
fell
,
file
,
flatten
,
fleam
,
flush
,
form
,
gauge
,
gentle slope
,
glacis
,
go downhill
,
go uphill
,
gradate
,
gradation
,
gradational
,
gradient
,
gradual
,
graduate
,
graduated
,
grease
,
group
,
grouping
,
hack it
,
hanging gardens
,
harmonize
,
harrow
,
head
,
heading
,
height
,
helicline
,
hierarchic
,
hierarchize
,
hill
,
hillside
,
inclination
,
incline
,
inclined plane
,
increase
,
index
,
interval
,
keel
,
kin
,
label
,
launching ramp
,
lay
,
lay down
,
lay flat
,
lay level
,
lay low
,
lay out
,
league
,
lean
,
leaning
,
leap
,
level
,
line up
,
list
,
lubricate
,
make it
,
make the grade
,
mark
,
marshal
,
match
,
measure
,
measure up
,
methodize
,
mow
,
normalize
,
notch
,
nuance
,
oil
,
order
,
organize
,
pacify
,
pas
,
pass
,
peg
,
period
,
pigeonhole
,
pitch
,
place
,
plane
,
planish
,
plaster
,
plateau
,
point
,
position
,
predicament
,
progressive
,
proportion
,
qualify
,
quiet
,
race
,
rake
,
ramp
,
range
,
rank
,
rase
,
rate
,
rating
,
ratio
,
raze
,
reach
,
regular
,
regularize
,
regulate
,
remove
,
retreat
,
riddle
,
rise
,
roll
,
roll flat
,
round
,
routinize
,
rubric
,
rung
,
scalar
,
scale
,
scarp
,
scope
,
score
,
screen
,
section
,
separate
,
sept
,
set
,
set up
,
shade
,
shade off
,
shadow
,
shave
,
shelve
,
shelving beach
,
side
,
sidle
,
sieve
,
sift
,
situation
,
size
,
slant
,
slope
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth out
,
smoothen
,
sort
,
sort out
,
space
,
stage
,
stair
,
standard
,
standardize
,
standing
,
state
,
station
,
status
,
steamroll
,
steamroller
,
steep slope
,
step
,
stiff climb
,
stint
,
strain
,
stratum
,
structure
,
subdivide
,
subdivision
,
subgroup
,
suborder
,
subordinate
,
succeed
,
swag
,
sway
,
systematize
,
tabulate
,
talus
,
tier
,
tilt
,
tip
,
title
,
track
,
tranquilize
,
tread
,
type
,
upgrade
,
uprise
,
year
besot
collapse
make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
related words >
KO
,
addle
,
anesthetize
,
bedaze
,
befuddle
,
bemuse
,
benumb
,
blunt
,
chloroform
,
coldcock
,
deaden
,
desensitize
,
dope
,
drug
,
dull
,
etherize
,
freeze
,
inebriate
,
intoxicate
,
kayo
,
knock out
,
knock senseless
,
knock stiff
,
knock unconscious
,
lay out
,
narcotize
,
numb
,
obtund
,
palsy
,
paralyze
,
put to sleep
,
stun
,
stupefy
indispose
collapse
cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"
make unwilling
related words >
afflict
,
blunt
,
chill
,
cool
,
damp
,
dampen
,
debilitate
,
deflect
,
derange
,
deter
,
devitalize
,
disable
,
disaffect
,
discourage
,
disincline
,
disinterest
,
disorder
,
distract
,
divert
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
hospitalize
,
incapacitate
,
invalid
,
lay up
,
put off
,
quench
,
reduce
,
repel
,
sicken
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn from
,
turn off
,
weaken
,
wean from
pipette
collapse
related words >
adjutage
,
aspirator
,
bleed
,
broach
,
catheter
,
corkscrew
,
crowbar
,
decant
,
draft
,
draft off
,
drain
,
drainpipe
,
draw
,
draw from
,
draw off
,
efflux tube
,
empty
,
exhaust
,
extractor
,
fire hose
,
flue pipe
,
forceps
,
funnel
,
garden hose
,
gas pipe
,
hose
,
hosepipe
,
let
,
let blood
,
let out
,
milk
,
nipple
,
organ pipe
,
phlebotomize
,
pincers
,
pipe
,
pipeline
,
piping
,
pliers
,
press
,
pump
,
pump out
,
reed
,
reed pipe
,
separator
,
siamese
,
siamese connection
,
siphon
,
siphon off
,
snorkel
,
soil pipe
,
standpipe
,
steam pipe
,
stem
,
straw
,
suck
,
suck out
,
tap
,
tube
,
tubing
,
tubulation
,
tubule
,
tubulet
,
tubulure
,
tweezers
,
vacuum pump
,
venesect
,
waste pipe
,
water pipe
,
wringer
possess
collapse
have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"
enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her"
related words >
achieve
,
acquire
,
appreciate
,
apprehend
,
be acquainted with
,
be apprised of
,
be aware of
,
be cognizant of
,
be conscious of
,
be conversant with
,
be enfeoffed of
,
be informed
,
be possessed of
,
be seized of
,
bear
,
bedevil
,
beset
,
bewitch
,
boast
,
captivate
,
carry
,
catch up
,
charm
,
claim
,
clap hands on
,
clasp
,
claw
,
clench
,
clinch
,
clutch
,
cognize
,
come by
,
come into
,
command
,
compel
,
comprehend
,
conceive
,
conceptualize
,
consume
,
contain
,
control
,
demonize
,
devilize
,
diabolize
,
discern
,
dominate
,
drain off
,
draw off
,
drive
,
embody
,
embrace
,
enchant
,
enjoy
,
fathom
,
fill
,
gain
,
get
,
get hold of
,
glom on to
,
govern
,
grab
,
grab hold of
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hant
,
haunt
,
have
,
have and hold
,
have in hand
,
have information about
,
have knowledge of
,
have tenure of
,
hex
,
hold
,
hoodoo
,
hug
,
impel
,
include
,
infatuate
,
jinx
,
ken
,
know
,
lay hands on
,
lay hold of
,
loot
,
make out
,
nail
,
nip
,
nip up
,
not let go
,
obsess
,
obtain
,
occupy
,
overlook
,
own
,
palm
,
partake
,
perceive
,
pillage
,
pocket
,
prehend
,
preoccupy
,
procure
,
realize
,
receive
,
recognize
,
retain
,
savvy
,
secure
,
see
,
seize
,
snap up
,
snatch
,
spook
,
squat
,
squat on
,
steal
,
take
,
take by assault
,
take by storm
,
take hold of
,
take possession
,
take possession of
,
understand
,
usucapt
,
voodoo
,
whip up
,
win
,
witch
,
wot
,
wot of
forget it
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
brush aside
,
brush off
,
dismiss
,
drop it
,
drop the subject
,
fat chance
,
forget
,
forget about it
,
ignore it
,
lay aside
,
let it go
,
let it pass
,
let slip
,
never mind
,
nix
,
no matter
,
no sirree
,
no way
,
nope
,
not a chance
,
not much
,
nothing doing
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
set aside
,
shrug off
,
skip it
,
sneeze at
,
think nothing of
,
thrust aside
,
turn away from
carry off
collapse
related words >
abduce
,
abduct
,
accomplish
,
achieve
,
annihilate
,
bear the palm
,
bereave of life
,
bring about
,
bring off
,
bring through
,
bring to effect
,
bring to pass
,
capture
,
carry
,
carry away
,
carry into effect
,
carry into execution
,
carry it
,
carry out
,
carry the day
,
carry through
,
cart away
,
chloroform
,
come out first
,
come through
,
come through with
,
compass
,
crimp
,
crown with success
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
delocalize
,
deprive of life
,
destroy
,
dislodge
,
dispatch
,
displace
,
dispose of
,
do away with
,
do for
,
do the trick
,
do to death
,
down
,
end
,
execute
,
exterminate
,
finish
,
finish in front
,
finish off
,
fluke
,
fulfill
,
gain
,
gain the day
,
get by
,
get through
,
go through
,
hold for ransom
,
immolate
,
implement
,
impress
,
kidnap
,
kill
,
launch into eternity
,
lay aside
,
lay low
,
liquidate
,
lynch
,
make a killing
,
make away with
,
manhandle
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
move
,
poison
,
pull off
,
purge
,
put across
,
put aside
,
put away
,
put down
,
put in practice
,
put into effect
,
put into practice
,
put over
,
put through
,
put to death
,
put to sleep
,
relocate
,
remove
,
remove from life
,
run away with
,
sacrifice
,
send
,
set aside
,
shanghai
,
shift
,
shunt
,
side
,
skyjack
,
slay
,
snatch
,
spirit away
,
starve
,
take away
,
take life
,
take off
,
take the cake
,
throttle
,
translate into action
,
turn the trick
,
win
,
win out
,
win the battle
,
win the laurels
,
win the palm
,
win the prize
,
win through
,
work out
piddle
collapse
waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
related words >
beguile the time
,
burn daylight
,
consume time
,
coquet
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
doodle
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
footle
,
fribble
,
fritter away time
,
frivol
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jerk off
,
kid around
,
kill time
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
lose time
,
make water
,
mess around
,
micturition
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
number one
,
pass the time
,
pee
,
pee-pee
,
pish
,
piss
,
play
,
play around
,
play with
,
poke
,
potter
,
pump bilge
,
putter
,
smatter
,
spend a penny
,
stale
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
urea
,
urinate
,
urination
,
urine
,
waste time
,
water
,
wee-wee
,
wet
routinize
collapse
related words >
adjust
,
arrange
,
array
,
chart
,
codify
,
cool off
,
coordinate
,
deploy
,
dispose
,
fix
,
form
,
grade
,
harmonize
,
hierarchize
,
lay out
,
line up
,
marshal
,
methodize
,
normalize
,
order
,
organize
,
pacify
,
plan
,
quiet
,
rank
,
rationalize
,
regularize
,
regulate
,
set up
,
settle
,
standardize
,
structure
,
synchronize
,
systematize
,
tranquilize
,
tune
,
tune up
eviscerate
collapse
having been disembowelled
take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"
remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"
related words >
abate
,
attenuate
,
blunt
,
bowel
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
damp
,
dampen
,
deaden
,
debilitate
,
devitalize
,
disembowel
,
draw
,
dull
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
gruel
,
gut
,
lay low
,
mitigate
,
paunch
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
sap
,
shake
,
shake up
,
soften up
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
weaken
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