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lie close
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Related Words:
hole up
collapse
score a hole in one
remain secluded or in hiding; "He is writing his book and is holing up in his study"
related words >
be incognito
,
burrow
,
disappear
,
drop from sight
,
go into hiding
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
lie
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie snug
,
masquerade
,
play peekaboo
,
remain anonymous
,
retire from sight
,
sit tight
,
stay in hiding
,
take cover
,
wear a mask
lie low
collapse
to try to avoid detection especially by police; "After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while"
keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous
related words >
be incognito
,
be latent
,
beware
,
burrow
,
couch
,
crawl
,
crouch
,
disappear
,
drop from sight
,
escape notice
,
go into hiding
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
grovel
,
have a care
,
hibernate
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
hole up
,
hug the earth
,
lie
,
lie beneath
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie dormant
,
lie hid
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
lie snug
,
lie under
,
look about one
,
look out
,
look sharp
,
lurk
,
make no sign
,
masquerade
,
mind
,
play peekaboo
,
qui vive
,
remain anonymous
,
retire from sight
,
sit tight
,
smolder
,
squat
,
stay in hiding
,
take care
,
take cover
,
take heed
,
underlie
,
watch out
,
wear a mask
take cover
collapse
related words >
bar the gate
,
be incognito
,
bolt the door
,
burrow
,
claim sanctuary
,
disappear
,
drop from sight
,
fly to
,
go into hiding
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
hole up
,
lie
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie snug
,
masquerade
,
play peekaboo
,
raise the drawbridge
,
remain anonymous
,
retire from sight
,
run into port
,
seek refuge
,
sit tight
,
stay in hiding
,
take refuge
,
take shelter
,
wear a mask
hibernate
collapse
sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"
be in an inactive or dormant state
related words >
aestivate
,
be a sideliner
,
be latent
,
be still
,
coast
,
delay
,
do nothing
,
drift
,
escape notice
,
hang fire
,
have nothing on
,
idle
,
lay by
,
lay off
,
lay to
,
lie beneath
,
lie by
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
lie hid
,
lie idle
,
lie low
,
lie off
,
lie to
,
lie up
,
lurk
,
make no sign
,
not budge
,
not stir
,
rest
,
ride at anchor
,
sit back
,
sit it out
,
smolder
,
stagnate
,
underlie
,
vegetate
,
wait and see
,
watch and wait
draw near
collapse
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
anticipate
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
await
,
be destined
,
be fated
,
be imminent
,
be in store
,
be to be
,
be to come
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
brew
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
confront
,
converge
,
draw nigh
,
draw on
,
encounter
,
expect
,
face
,
foresee
,
foretell
,
forthcome
,
gain upon
,
gather
,
hang over
,
hope
,
hover
,
impend
,
lie ahead
,
lie over
,
look for
,
look forward to
,
loom
,
lower
,
menace
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
nigh
,
overhang
,
plan
,
plot
,
predict
,
project
,
prophesy
,
proximate
,
sidle up to
,
step up
,
threaten
sit tight
collapse
maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"
related words >
abide
,
await
,
be incognito
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
burrow
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
disappear
,
drop from sight
,
go into hiding
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
hole up
,
lie
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie snug
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
masquerade
,
play peekaboo
,
remain anonymous
,
retire from sight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay in hiding
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take cover
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
wear a mask
lurk
collapse
lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
related words >
be latent
,
couch
,
creep
,
escape notice
,
gumshoe
,
hibernate
,
hide
,
lay wait
,
lie beneath
,
lie dormant
,
lie hid
,
lie in wait
,
lie low
,
make no sign
,
nightwalk
,
prowl
,
pussyfoot
,
shadow
,
skulk
,
slide
,
slink
,
slip
,
smolder
,
snake
,
sneak
,
stalk
,
steal
,
tiptoe
,
underlie
lie down
collapse
assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"
related words >
bed
,
bed down
,
couch
,
crawl
,
curl up
,
go to bed
,
go to rest
,
grovel
,
lay
,
lie
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
loll
,
lounge
,
prone
,
prostrate
,
recline
,
repose
,
rest
,
settle to rest
,
snug down
,
sprawl
,
stretch out
,
supinate
,
take it easy
,
take life easy
lay to
collapse
related words >
account for
,
accredit with
,
accrete to
,
acknowledge
,
aestivate
,
apply to
,
ascribe to
,
assign to
,
attach to
,
attribute to
,
blame
,
blame for
,
blame on
,
bring home to
,
buckle down
,
charge on
,
charge to
,
confess
,
connect with
,
credit with
,
endeavor
,
fasten upon
,
father upon
,
fix on
,
fix upon
,
go all out
,
hang on
,
have nothing on
,
head to wind
,
hibernate
,
hump
,
hump it
,
impute to
,
knuckle down
,
lay by
,
lay off
,
lay up
,
lie ahull
,
lie by
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
lie idle
,
lie off
,
lie to
,
lie up
,
pin on
,
pinpoint
,
place upon
,
ply the oar
,
point to
,
refer to
,
ride at anchor
,
saddle on
,
saddle with
,
set down to
,
settle upon
,
spare no effort
tailgate
collapse
a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
follow at a dangerously close distance; "it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle"
related words >
around
,
bedog
,
chase
,
clasp
,
cling to
,
come after
,
come behind
,
dog
,
follow
,
follow close upon
,
go after
,
go behind
,
go with
,
hang about
,
heel
,
hound
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
keep close to
,
lie by
,
march with
,
move behind
,
pursue
,
shadow
,
stand by
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
string along
,
tag
,
tag after
,
tag along
,
tail
,
trail
,
trail after
,
tread close upon
escape notice
collapse
related words >
be latent
,
be missed
,
be unseen
,
blush unseen
,
disappear
,
escape attention
,
escape one
,
get by
,
hibernate
,
lie beneath
,
lie dormant
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lurk
,
make no sign
,
not register
,
smolder
,
underlie
recline
collapse
cause to recline; "She reclined her head on the pillow"
related words >
abut on
,
be based on
,
bear on
,
bed
,
bed down
,
bestraddle
,
bestride
,
cant
,
couch
,
crawl
,
curl up
,
go to bed
,
go to rest
,
grovel
,
heel
,
incline
,
lay
,
lean
,
lean on
,
lie
,
lie down
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie on
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
list
,
loll
,
lounge
,
perch
,
prone
,
prostrate
,
rely on
,
repose
,
repose on
,
rest
,
rest on
,
ride
,
settle to rest
,
sit on
,
slope
,
snug down
,
sprawl
,
stand on
,
straddle
,
stretch out
,
stride
,
supinate
,
take it easy
,
take life easy
,
tilt
,
tip
loll
collapse
related words >
bed
,
bed down
,
bum
,
bum around
,
couch
,
crawl
,
curl up
,
diddle
,
do nothing
,
droop
,
go to bed
,
go to rest
,
goof off
,
grovel
,
hang around
,
idle
,
lay
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie
,
lie around
,
lie down
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
loaf
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loll around
,
lollop
,
lollop around
,
lop
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
recline
,
repose
,
rest
,
settle to rest
,
sit around
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
slump
,
snug down
,
sprawl
,
stand around
,
take it easy
,
take life easy
,
trollop
hang about
collapse
related words >
around
,
clasp
,
cling to
,
dangle
,
follow
,
follow at heel
,
follow close upon
,
follow the crowd
,
go with
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
keep close to
,
lie by
,
march with
,
stand by
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
tailgate
lay off
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
abort
,
aestivate
,
belay
,
blueprint
,
boot
,
bounce
,
bound
,
break
,
breathe
,
bump
,
bust
,
call a strike
,
call it quits
,
can
,
cancel
,
cashier
,
cease
,
chart
,
circle in
,
circumscribe
,
close down
,
close shop
,
cut it out
,
define
,
defrock
,
degrade
,
delimit
,
delimitate
,
demarcate
,
demote
,
deplume
,
depose
,
deprive
,
desist
,
determine
,
diagram
,
disbar
,
discharge
,
discontinue
,
disemploy
,
dismiss
,
displace
,
displume
,
drop it
,
drum out
,
enclose
,
end
,
expel
,
fire
,
fix
,
furlough
,
give over
,
give the ax
,
give the gate
,
go on strike
,
graph
,
halt
,
have done with
,
have nothing on
,
hibernate
,
hold
,
kick
,
kick upstairs
,
knock it off
,
knock off
,
lay by
,
lay out
,
lay to
,
leave off
,
let go
,
let out
,
lie by
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
lie idle
,
lie off
,
lie to
,
lie up
,
make redundant
,
map
,
map out
,
mark boundaries
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mark the periphery
,
measure off
,
measure out
,
pace off
,
pause
,
pension off
,
plot
,
plot out
,
quit
,
read out of
,
recess
,
refrain
,
release
,
relinquish
,
remove
,
renounce
,
replace
,
retire
,
ride at anchor
,
rope off
,
rule off
,
sack
,
scrub
,
secure
,
separate forcibly
,
set off
,
set out
,
set the limit
,
shut down
,
shut up shop
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
specify
,
spell
,
stake out
,
stay
,
step off
,
stop
,
stop for breath
,
strike
,
strip
,
superannuate
,
surplus
,
surround
,
suspend
,
take a break
,
take a recess
,
take a rest
,
take five
,
take ten
,
take time out
,
terminate
,
turn off
,
turn out
,
unfrock
,
walk out
underlie
collapse
be or form the base for
lie underneath
related words >
afford support
,
back
,
back up
,
be latent
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bed on
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
bottom on
,
brace
,
build on
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
couch
,
cradle
,
crawl
,
crouch
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
escape notice
,
found on
,
give support
,
ground on
,
grovel
,
hibernate
,
hold
,
hold up
,
hug the earth
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
lie beneath
,
lie dormant
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
lie under
,
lurk
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
make no sign
,
pillow
,
prop
,
reinforce
,
set on
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
smolder
,
squat
,
stay
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
support
,
sustain
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
intersect
collapse
meet at a point
related words >
accord
,
agree
,
answer to
,
approach
,
assent
,
assort with
,
bar
,
be consistent
,
be of one
,
be uniform with
,
bisect
,
center
,
centralize
,
check
,
chime
,
close
,
close in
,
close up
,
close with
,
cohere
,
coincide
,
come together
,
concenter
,
concentralize
,
concentrate
,
concur
,
conform
,
conform with
,
consist with
,
converge
,
cooperate
,
correspond
,
crisscross
,
cross
,
crossbar
,
crosscut
,
cruciate
,
cut across
,
decussate
,
dovetail
,
fall in together
,
fall in with
,
fit together
,
funnel
,
go together
,
go with
,
hang together
,
harmonize
,
hit
,
hold together
,
intercross
,
interlock
,
jibe
,
lie across
,
lock
,
match
,
meet
,
narrow the gap
,
nip
,
overlap
,
parallel
,
pinch
,
register
,
register with
,
respond to
,
run together
,
sing in chorus
,
sort with
,
square
,
square with
,
stand together
,
tally
,
taper
,
transverse
,
traverse
,
unite
slander
collapse
words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
related words >
asperse
,
assail
,
attack
,
backbite
,
backbiting
,
backstabbing
,
barefaced lie
,
belie
,
belittlement
,
bitchiness
,
blackwash
,
calumniate
,
calumniation
,
calumny
,
cattiness
,
character assassination
,
consummate lie
,
damage
,
decry
,
defamation
,
defamation of character
,
defame
,
denigrate
,
depreciation
,
dirt
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
gossip column
,
hurt
,
injure
,
juicy morsel
,
libel
,
malicious gossip
,
malign
,
misrepresentation
,
monstrous lie
,
muckrake
,
muckraking
,
obloquy
,
out-and-out lie
,
roorback
,
scandal
,
scandalmongering
,
slur
,
smear
,
strumpet
,
tale
,
tear down
,
the big lie
,
tidbit
,
traduce
,
traducement
,
vilification
,
vilify
,
whispering campaign
,
whopper
disappear
collapse
get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"
related words >
abandon
,
abscond
,
be all over
,
be annihilated
,
be consumed
,
be destroyed
,
be done for
,
be gone
,
be incognito
,
be no more
,
be past
,
be unseen
,
be wiped out
,
beat a retreat
,
become extinct
,
blush unseen
,
bow out
,
burrow
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
clear
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
conk out
,
dematerialize
,
depart
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
dispel
,
disperse
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
do a fade-out
,
drop from sight
,
duck out
,
dwindle
,
elapse
,
end
,
erode
,
escape
,
escape notice
,
evacuate
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exit
,
expire
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
flee
,
fleet
,
flit
,
fly
,
go
,
go away
,
go into hiding
,
go on furlough
,
go on leave
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
have run out
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
hole up
,
lapse
,
leave
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
lie
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie snug
,
masquerade
,
melt
,
melt away
,
melt like snow
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
peg out
,
perish
,
peter out
,
play peekaboo
,
quit
,
remain anonymous
,
remove
,
retire
,
retire from sight
,
retreat
,
run out
,
sink
,
sink away
,
sit tight
,
slip away
,
slip off
,
slip out
,
sneak out
,
stay in hiding
,
succumb
,
suffer an eclipse
,
take cover
,
take leave
,
vacate
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
vaporize
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear a mask
,
wear away
,
withdraw
fib
collapse
a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"
related words >
be untruthful
,
blague
,
bouncer
,
canard
,
cock-and-bull story
,
concoct
,
deceive
,
draw the longbow
,
equivocate
,
equivocation
,
evasiveness
,
exaggerate
,
exaggeration
,
fabricate
,
fairy tale
,
falsehood
,
falsify
,
falsity
,
farfetched story
,
farrago
,
fiction
,
fish story
,
flam
,
flimflam
,
ghost story
,
half-truth
,
legal fiction
,
lie
,
lie flatly
,
little white lie
,
make up
,
mendacity
,
mislead
,
palter
,
pious fiction
,
prevaricate
,
prevarication
,
slight stretching
,
speak falsely
,
story
,
stretch the truth
,
tale
,
tall story
,
tall tale
,
taradiddle
,
tell a lie
,
trump up
,
trumped-up story
,
untruth
,
untruthfulness
,
white lie
,
yarn
grovel
collapse
related words >
apple-polish
,
be promiscuous
,
bend
,
bend the knee
,
bend the neck
,
bend to
,
bootlick
,
bow
,
bow and scrape
,
bow down
,
bow to
,
chase women
,
commit adultery
,
couch
,
cower
,
crawl
,
creep
,
cringe
,
cringe to
,
crouch
,
crouch before
,
curtsy
,
debauch
,
dissipate
,
do homage
,
do obeisance
,
fawn
,
flatter
,
flounder
,
fornicate
,
genuflect
,
get down
,
go on tiptoe
,
gumshoe
,
hug the earth
,
hunch
,
hunch down
,
inch
,
inch along
,
kneel
,
kneel to
,
knuckle to
,
kowtow
,
lay
,
lick the dust
,
lickspittle
,
lie
,
lie down
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie low
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
lie under
,
loll
,
lounge
,
nightwalk
,
pad
,
philander
,
prowl
,
pussyfoot
,
rake
,
recline
,
repose
,
roll
,
scrabble
,
scramble
,
scrouch down
,
sidle
,
sleep around
,
slink
,
snake
,
sneak
,
sprawl
,
squat
,
steal
,
steal along
,
stoop
,
swing
,
tippytoe
,
tiptoe
,
toadeat
,
toady
,
truckle
,
truckle to
,
tumble
,
underlie
,
wallow
,
wanton
,
welter
,
whore
,
womanize
,
worm
,
worm along
lay by
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
adjourn
,
aestivate
,
arrange for
,
assign
,
cede
,
conserve
,
continue
,
decree
,
defer
,
define
,
delay
,
drag out
,
extend
,
forearm
,
give up
,
hand over
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
have nothing on
,
head to wind
,
hibernate
,
hold back
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
husband
,
impose
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep by one
,
keep in reserve
,
keep in store
,
keep on hand
,
lay aside
,
lay away
,
lay in
,
lay off
,
lay over
,
lay to
,
lay up
,
leave
,
lie ahull
,
lie by
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
lie idle
,
lie off
,
lie to
,
lie up
,
look out for
,
make provision for
,
make sure against
,
ordain
,
pigeonhole
,
postpone
,
prepare for
,
prescribe
,
preserve
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
provide against
,
provide for
,
push aside
,
put apart
,
put aside
,
put away
,
put by
,
put in mothballs
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
reserve
,
resign
,
retain
,
ride at anchor
,
salt away
,
save
,
save up
,
set
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sideline
,
sleep on
,
spare
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
store
,
stow
,
stretch out
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
table
,
table the motion
,
take a recess
,
waive
,
withhold
,
yield
libel
collapse
the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks
a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"
related words >
affidavit
,
allegation
,
asperse
,
aspersion
,
backbite
,
backbiting
,
bad-mouth
,
barefaced lie
,
belittle
,
belittlement
,
besmirch
,
bill
,
bill of complaint
,
bitchiness
,
blacken
,
blot
,
burlesque
,
calumniate
,
calumniation
,
calumny
,
caricature
,
cattiness
,
claim
,
complaint
,
consummate lie
,
declaration
,
defamation
,
defame
,
denigrate
,
denigration
,
denounce
,
denunciation
,
deposition
,
deprecate
,
deprecation
,
depreciate
,
depreciation
,
derogate
,
derogation
,
discredit
,
disgrace
,
dishonor
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
falsehood
,
humiliate
,
humiliation
,
ill repute
,
innuendo
,
insinuate
,
insinuation
,
lie
,
malign
,
misrepresent
,
misrepresentation
,
monstrous lie
,
mortification
,
mortify
,
narratio
,
nolle prosequi
,
nonsuit
,
obloquy
,
out-and-out lie
,
prevarication
,
scandal
,
scandalize
,
shame
,
slander
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
stain
,
statement
,
statement of facts
,
stigma
,
stigmatize
,
tear down
,
the big lie
,
traduce
,
traducement
,
travesty
,
untruth
,
vilification
,
vilify
,
whopper
lounge
collapse
a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa"
related words >
antechamber
,
anteroom
,
audience chamber
,
bar
,
barroom
,
bed
,
bed down
,
bum
,
bum around
,
cocktail lounge
,
couch
,
crawl
,
curl up
,
dally
,
divan
,
do nothing
,
drift
,
drinkery
,
foyer
,
front room
,
go to bed
,
go to rest
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
greenroom
,
grovel
,
hang around
,
idle
,
languish
,
lay
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie
,
lie around
,
lie down
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
loaf
,
lobby
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loll
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lounge around
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
parlor
,
pothouse
,
presence chamber
,
pub
,
reception room
,
recline
,
repose
,
rest
,
salon
,
saloon
,
saloon bar
,
settee
,
settle
,
settle to rest
,
side room
,
sit around
,
slack
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
snug down
,
sofa
,
sprawl
,
stand around
,
studio couch
,
take it easy
,
take life easy
,
tap
,
taproom
,
tete-a-tete
,
throne room
,
vegetate
,
vestibule
,
waiting room
,
wardroom
bear down on
collapse
sail towards another vessel, of a ship
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
advance against
,
advance upon
,
approach
,
approach anchorage
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
bear against
,
bear down upon
,
bear hard upon
,
bear up
,
bear up for
,
bear up to
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
confront
,
counterattack
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
drive
,
encounter
,
fetch
,
flank
,
gain upon
,
gas
,
go aboard
,
go alongside
,
high-pressure
,
infiltrate
,
launch an attack
,
lay aboard
,
lay for
,
lay in
,
lean on
,
lie in
,
make
,
make at
,
make for
,
march against
,
march upon
,
mount an attack
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
open an offensive
,
press
,
pressure
,
proximate
,
push
,
put away for
,
put in
,
put into port
,
put pressure on
,
reach
,
run for
,
sail for
,
sidle up to
,
squeeze
,
stand for
,
steer toward
,
step up
,
strike
,
thrust
thereabouts
collapse
related words >
about
,
along toward
,
around
,
at close quarters
,
at hand
,
close
,
close about
,
close at hand
,
close by
,
fast by
,
hard
,
hard by
,
hereabout
,
hereabouts
,
in spitting distance
,
in that place
,
in that vicinity
,
in those parts
,
near
,
near at hand
,
nearabout
,
nearabouts
,
nearby
,
nigh
,
nigh about
,
not far
,
only a step
,
there
,
thereabout
,
thereat
,
thither
,
thitherward
,
thitherwards
,
to that place
,
within call
,
within earshot
,
within hearing
,
within reach
stretch the truth
collapse
related words >
aggrandize
,
amplify
,
ballyhoo
,
be untruthful
,
build up
,
burlesque
,
caricature
,
carry too far
,
deceive
,
draw the longbow
,
equivocate
,
exaggerate
,
falsify
,
fib
,
go to extremes
,
hyperbolize
,
lay it on
,
lie
,
lie flatly
,
magnify
,
make much of
,
mislead
,
overcharge
,
overdo
,
overdraw
,
overestimate
,
overpraise
,
overreach
,
overreact
,
oversell
,
overspeak
,
overstate
,
overstress
,
pile it on
,
prevaricate
,
puff
,
speak falsely
,
story
,
stretch
,
talk big
,
talk in superlatives
,
tell a lie
,
tout
,
travesty
stand by
collapse
be available or ready for a certain function or service
be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"
related words >
abut
,
abut on
,
adjoin
,
advocate
,
around
,
aye
,
back
,
back up
,
be contiguous
,
be in contact
,
be prepared
,
be ready
,
border
,
border on
,
butt
,
champion
,
clasp
,
cling to
,
conjoin
,
connect
,
defend
,
flank
,
follow close upon
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
go with
,
guard
,
guard against
,
hang about
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
join
,
keep close to
,
lie by
,
march with
,
neighbor
,
protect
,
run interference for
,
safeguard
,
screen
,
second
,
secure
,
shield
,
side with
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand ready
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
tailgate
,
take sides with
,
verge upon
burrow
collapse
a hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter
move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"
related words >
abri
,
anchor
,
antre
,
be incognito
,
beat the bushes
,
billet at
,
bivouac
,
bore
,
bunker
,
camp
,
cave
,
cavern
,
colonize
,
come to anchor
,
couch
,
cove
,
covert
,
croodle
,
cuddle
,
delve
,
den
,
dig
,
dig out
,
dike
,
disappear
,
domesticate
,
dredge
,
drill
,
drive
,
drop anchor
,
drop from sight
,
dugout
,
earth
,
ensconce
,
establish residence
,
excavate
,
excavation
,
explore
,
forage
,
form
,
foxhole
,
frisk
,
furrow
,
go into hiding
,
go through
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
gouge
,
gouge out
,
groove
,
grot
,
grotto
,
grub
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
hive
,
hole
,
hole up
,
hunt
,
inhabit
,
keep house
,
lair
,
lie
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie snug
,
live at
,
locate
,
lodge
,
look around
,
look round
,
look through
,
lower
,
masquerade
,
mew
,
mine
,
moor
,
move
,
nest
,
nestle
,
nose around
,
nuzzle
,
park
,
people
,
perch
,
play peekaboo
,
poke
,
poke around
,
populate
,
pry
,
quarry
,
relocate
,
remain anonymous
,
research
,
reside
,
retire from sight
,
roost
,
root
,
run
,
sap
,
scoop
,
scoop out
,
scrabble
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
search
,
search through
,
set up housekeeping
,
set up shop
,
settle
,
settle down
,
sewer
,
shovel
,
sink
,
sit down
,
sit tight
,
smell around
,
snug
,
spade
,
squat
,
stand
,
stay at
,
stay in hiding
,
strike root
,
subterrane
,
subway
,
take cover
,
take residence at
,
take root
,
take up residence
,
trench
,
trough
,
tunnel
,
warren
,
wear a mask
lie in
collapse
be in confinement for childbirth
related words >
abide in
,
approach anchorage
,
be coextensive with
,
be comprised in
,
be confined
,
be constituted by
,
be contained in
,
be found
,
be located
,
be present in
,
be situated
,
bear
,
bear a child
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up for
,
bear up to
,
bear young
,
calve
,
cast
,
close with
,
consist in
,
drop
,
dwell in
,
exist in
,
farrow
,
fawn
,
fetch
,
foal
,
give birth
,
go aboard
,
go alongside
,
have
,
have a baby
,
have young
,
inhabit
,
inhere in
,
kitten
,
labor
,
lamb
,
lay aboard
,
lay for
,
lay in
,
lie
,
litter
,
make
,
make at
,
make for
,
pup
,
put away for
,
put in
,
put into port
,
reach
,
repose
,
repose in
,
reside in
,
rest
,
rest in
,
run for
,
sail for
,
stand
,
stand for
,
steer toward
,
subsist in
,
throw
,
travail
,
whelp
,
yean
half truth
collapse
related words >
blague
,
cock-and-bull story
,
exaggeration
,
fairy tale
,
falsehood
,
falsity
,
farfetched story
,
farrago
,
fib
,
fiction
,
fish story
,
flam
,
flimflam
,
ghost story
,
legal fiction
,
lie
,
little white lie
,
mendacity
,
pious fiction
,
prevarication
,
slight stretching
,
story
,
tale
,
tall story
,
tall tale
,
taradiddle
,
trumped-up story
,
untruth
,
white lie
,
yarn
white lie
collapse
an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)
related words >
blague
,
cock-and-bull story
,
exaggeration
,
fairy tale
,
falsehood
,
falsity
,
farfetched story
,
farrago
,
fib
,
fiction
,
fish story
,
flam
,
flimflam
,
ghost story
,
half-truth
,
legal fiction
,
lie
,
little white lie
,
mendacity
,
pious fiction
,
prevarication
,
slight stretching
,
story
,
tale
,
tall story
,
tall tale
,
taradiddle
,
trumped-up story
,
untruth
,
yarn
crouch
collapse
the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
related words >
bend
,
bend the knee
,
bend the neck
,
bend to
,
bob
,
bootlick
,
bow
,
bow and scrape
,
bow down
,
bow to
,
couch
,
cower
,
crawl
,
creep
,
cringe
,
cringe to
,
crouch before
,
curtsy
,
dip
,
do homage
,
do obeisance
,
duck
,
fawn
,
flatter
,
flinch
,
genuflect
,
genuflection
,
get down
,
grovel
,
huddle
,
hug the earth
,
hunch
,
hunch down
,
hunker down
,
kneel
,
kneel to
,
kneeling
,
knuckle to
,
kowtow
,
lick the dust
,
lickspittle
,
lie low
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
lie under
,
nod
,
obeisance
,
prostration
,
quail
,
reverence
,
salaam
,
scrouch down
,
skulk
,
slink
,
sneak
,
squat
,
stoop
,
supination
,
swat
,
toadeat
,
toady
,
truckle
,
truckle to
,
underlie
,
wallow
,
welter
,
wince
hover
collapse
hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
related words >
aeroplane
,
airlift
,
airplane
,
approach
,
around
,
ascend
,
aspire
,
await
,
back down
,
balance
,
balloon
,
be airborne
,
be imminent
,
be in store
,
become airborne
,
brew
,
clasp
,
claw skyward
,
cling to
,
come on
,
confront
,
cruise
,
dance
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
draw on
,
drift
,
face
,
falter
,
fear
,
ferry
,
flicker
,
flit
,
flitter
,
float
,
flutter
,
fly
,
fly aloft
,
follow close upon
,
forthcome
,
gain altitude
,
gather
,
glide
,
go with
,
hang
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hang back
,
hang over
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hop
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
hum and haw
,
hydroplane
,
impend
,
jet
,
jib
,
keep close to
,
kite
,
leave the ground
,
levitate
,
lie by
,
lie over
,
linger
,
loiter
,
loom
,
lower
,
march with
,
menace
,
navigate
,
near
,
overhang
,
pause
,
plane
,
poise
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
retreat
,
rise
,
sail
,
sailplane
,
scruple
,
seaplane
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
soar
,
spire
,
stand by
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
tailgate
,
take off
,
take the air
,
take wing
,
think twice about
,
threaten
,
volplane
,
wait
,
wing
,
withdraw
,
yield
,
zoom
within reach
collapse
related words >
about
,
accessible
,
along toward
,
approachable
,
around
,
at close quarters
,
at hand
,
attainable
,
attendant
,
available
,
close
,
close about
,
close at hand
,
close by
,
come-at-able
,
fast by
,
findable
,
getatable
,
gettable
,
hard
,
hard by
,
hereabout
,
hereabouts
,
immanent
,
immediate
,
in spitting distance
,
in view
,
indwelling
,
inherent
,
near
,
near at hand
,
nearabout
,
nearabouts
,
nearby
,
nigh
,
nigh about
,
not far
,
obtainable
,
on board
,
on deck
,
on hand
,
only a step
,
open
,
open to
,
penetrable
,
pervious
,
present
,
procurable
,
reachable
,
securable
,
thereabout
,
thereabouts
,
to be had
,
within call
,
within earshot
,
within hearing
,
within sight
narrow the gap
collapse
related words >
accost
,
advance
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
center
,
centralize
,
close
,
close in
,
close up
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come together
,
come up
,
concenter
,
concentralize
,
concentrate
,
confront
,
converge
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
encounter
,
fall in with
,
funnel
,
gain upon
,
intersect
,
meet
,
near
,
nip
,
pinch
,
proximate
,
run together
,
sidle up to
,
step up
,
taper
,
unite
go with
collapse
related words >
accompany
,
accord
,
agree
,
agree in opinion
,
agree with
,
answer to
,
around
,
assent
,
associate
,
associate with
,
assort with
,
attend
,
band together
,
be consistent
,
be of one
,
be uniform with
,
become
,
befit
,
check
,
chime
,
chime in with
,
clasp
,
cling to
,
close with
,
cohere
,
coincide
,
combine
,
companion
,
concur
,
confederate
,
conform
,
conform to
,
conform with
,
consist with
,
consociate
,
consort with
,
cooperate
,
correspond
,
couple with
,
ditto
,
dovetail
,
echo
,
fall in together
,
fall in with
,
fit
,
fit together
,
flock together
,
follow close upon
,
go along with
,
go together
,
hang about
,
hang around with
,
hang together
,
harmonize
,
herd together
,
hit
,
hold together
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
interlock
,
intersect
,
jibe
,
join up with
,
keep close to
,
keep company with
,
keep pace with
,
lie by
,
lock
,
march with
,
match
,
meet
,
overlap
,
parallel
,
register
,
register with
,
respond to
,
run parallel to
,
run with
,
side with
,
sing in chorus
,
sort with
,
square
,
square with
,
stand by
,
stand together
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
strike in with
,
tailgate
,
tally
,
team up with
,
wait on
nearby
collapse
close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"
not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"
related words >
about
,
accessible
,
adjacent
,
along toward
,
around
,
aside
,
at close quarters
,
at hand
,
away
,
beside
,
by
,
circa
,
close
,
close about
,
close at hand
,
close by
,
convenient
,
convenient to
,
easily reached
,
fast by
,
handy
,
hard
,
hard by
,
hereabout
,
hereabouts
,
immediate
,
in juxtaposition
,
in spitting distance
,
in the vicinity
,
near
,
near at hand
,
nearabout
,
nearabouts
,
nigh
,
nigh about
,
not far
,
on one side
,
on the side
,
only a step
,
propinquant
,
propinquous
,
ready at hand
,
round
,
sidelong
,
thereabout
,
thereabouts
,
to hand
,
to one side
,
to the side
,
within call
,
within earshot
,
within hearing
,
within reach
dwell in
collapse
related words >
abide in
,
be coextensive with
,
be comprised in
,
be constituted by
,
be contained in
,
be found
,
be located
,
be met with
,
be present
,
be present in
,
be situated
,
be there
,
consist in
,
exist
,
exist in
,
indwell
,
inhabit
,
inhere
,
inhere in
,
lie
,
lie in
,
occur
,
remain
,
repose in
,
reside in
,
rest in
,
stand
,
subsist in
nonporous
collapse
not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores; "nonporous wood"
related words >
close
,
close-knit
,
close-textured
,
close-woven
,
compact
,
compacted
,
compressed
,
concentrated
,
concrete
,
condensed
,
congested
,
consolidated
,
crammed
,
crammed full
,
crowded
,
dense
,
firm
,
gluey
,
hard
,
heavy
,
impenetrable
,
impermeable
,
jam-packed
,
jammed
,
massive
,
packed
,
serried
,
solid
,
substantial
,
thick
,
thick-growing
,
thickset
,
viscid
,
viscose
,
viscous
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