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hold good
collapse
related words >
afford proof of
,
ascertain
,
be consistent
,
be demonstrable
,
be irrefutable
,
be logical
,
be reasonable
,
be the case
,
be true
,
be truthful
,
bring home to
,
cinch
,
clinch
,
conform to fact
,
demonstrate
,
determine
,
establish
,
figure
,
fix
,
follow
,
follow from
,
have a case
,
hold
,
hold together
,
hold true
,
hold up
,
hold water
,
make good
,
make out
,
make sense
,
nail down
,
prove
,
prove out
,
prove to be
,
prove true
,
remain valid
,
remove all doubt
,
set at rest
,
settle
,
settle the matter
,
show
,
stand the test
,
stand to reason
,
stand up
,
stick together
,
wash
hold water
collapse
related words >
afford proof of
,
ascertain
,
be consistent
,
be demonstrable
,
be irrefutable
,
be logical
,
be reasonable
,
be the case
,
be true
,
be truthful
,
bring home to
,
cinch
,
clinch
,
conform to fact
,
demonstrate
,
determine
,
establish
,
figure
,
fix
,
follow
,
follow from
,
have a case
,
hold
,
hold good
,
hold together
,
hold true
,
hold up
,
make good
,
make out
,
make sense
,
nail down
,
prove
,
prove out
,
prove to be
,
prove true
,
remain valid
,
remove all doubt
,
set at rest
,
settle
,
settle the matter
,
show
,
stand the test
,
stand to reason
,
stand up
,
stick together
,
wash
muscle
collapse
authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way); "the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign"
animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
one of the contractile organs of the body
make one's way by force; "He muscled his way into the office"
related words >
adductor
,
arm
,
beef
,
beefiness
,
biceps
,
brawn
,
brawniness
,
buccinator
,
effort
,
elasticity
,
elbow grease
,
endeavor
,
energy
,
exert strength
,
exertion
,
force
,
gemellus
,
gluteus maximus
,
hard pull
,
heftiness
,
huskiness
,
infraspinatus
,
intercostal
,
involuntary muscle
,
latissimus dorsi
,
levator
,
long pull
,
masseter
,
mentalis
,
might
,
might and main
,
muscularity
,
musculature
,
mylohyoid
,
nasalis
,
nerve and sinew
,
oblique
,
occipitalis
,
omohyoid
,
pains
,
pectineus
,
pectoralis
,
peroneus
,
physique
,
potency
,
power
,
sinew
,
sinewiness
,
sinews
,
sphincter
,
strength
,
strong arm
,
strong-arm
,
tensor
,
thew
,
thewiness
,
thews
,
tone
,
trapezius
,
triceps
,
trouble
,
use force
,
voluntary muscle
procreate
collapse
related words >
bear
,
beget
,
birth
,
blossom
,
breed
,
breed true
,
brew
,
bring forth
,
bring into being
,
bring to birth
,
burgeon
,
call into being
,
coin
,
conceive
,
concoct
,
contrive
,
cook up
,
copulate
,
create
,
crossbreed
,
design
,
develop
,
devise
,
discover
,
dream up
,
engender
,
evolve
,
fabricate
,
father
,
flourish
,
frame
,
gather
,
generate
,
germinate
,
get
,
give being to
,
give birth to
,
give rise to
,
grow
,
grow up
,
hatch
,
hypertrophy
,
improvise
,
inbreed
,
increase
,
invent
,
make
,
make do with
,
make love
,
make up
,
mature
,
mint
,
mother
,
multiply
,
mushroom
,
originate
,
outbreed
,
outgrow
,
overdevelop
,
overgrow
,
overtop
,
parent
,
plan
,
produce
,
progenerate
,
proliferate
,
propagate
,
pullulate
,
reproduce
,
reproduce in kind
,
shoot up
,
sire
,
spawn
,
spring up
,
sprout
,
sprout up
,
strike out
,
think out
,
think up
,
thrive
,
tower
,
upshoot
,
upspear
,
upspring
,
upsprout
,
vegetate
,
wax
repair
collapse
the act of putting something in working order again
a formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair"
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"
related words >
adjust
,
adjustment
,
amends
,
apply
,
atone
,
atone for
,
bad condition
,
brighten up
,
brush up
,
case
,
cobble
,
commission
,
compensate
,
compensation
,
condition
,
correction
,
darn
,
do up
,
doctor
,
estate
,
expiate
,
fare
,
fettle
,
fitness
,
fix
,
fix up
,
fixing
,
form
,
freshen
,
furbish
,
furbish up
,
give satisfaction
,
go
,
good condition
,
hie
,
improvement
,
journey
,
kilter
,
live down
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make good
,
make matters up
,
make reparation
,
make right
,
make up for
,
making right
,
mend
,
mending
,
nick
,
order
,
overhaul
,
overhauling
,
pass
,
patch
,
patch up
,
pay the forfeit
,
pay the penalty
,
polish
,
polish up
,
proceed
,
process
,
propitiate
,
push on
,
put in commission
,
put in order
,
put in repair
,
put in shape
,
put right
,
ready
,
rebuild
,
recap
,
recompense
,
recondition
,
reconstruct
,
rectification
,
recur
,
redeem
,
redress
,
refer
,
remedy
,
renew
,
renewal
,
renovate
,
renovation
,
repairing
,
reparation
,
restoration
,
restore
,
retouch
,
retread
,
revamp
,
revive
,
rub up
,
run
,
satisfaction
,
satisfy
,
service
,
set right
,
set to rights
,
sew up
,
shape
,
shine
,
spruce
,
spruce up
,
square it
,
square things
,
state
,
tinker
,
tinker up
,
tone up
,
touch up
,
travel
,
trim
,
troubleshooting
,
turn
,
vamp
,
vamp up
,
wend
smooch
collapse
snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
related words >
begrime
,
besoil
,
bill and coo
,
blow a kiss
,
buss
,
copulate
,
dally
,
dirty
,
foul
,
grime
,
kiss
,
lip
,
lollygag
,
make love
,
make out
,
neck
,
osculate
,
osculation
,
peck
,
pet
,
smack
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
spoon
,
sweet-talk
,
tarnish
,
toy
,
trifle
,
wanton
,
whisper sweet nothings
salaam
collapse
a deep bow; a Muslim form of salutation
greet with a salaam
related words >
bend
,
bend the knee
,
bend the neck
,
bending the knee
,
best wishes
,
bob
,
bob a curtsy
,
bob down
,
bow
,
bow and scrape
,
bow down
,
bow the head
,
bowing and scraping
,
crouch
,
curtsy
,
dipping the colors
,
duck
,
fall down before
,
genuflect
,
genuflection
,
greetings
,
homage
,
inclination
,
kneel
,
kneeling
,
kowtow
,
make a leg
,
make a reverence
,
make obeisance
,
making a leg
,
nod
,
obeisance
,
obsequiousness
,
presenting arms
,
prostration
,
regards
,
reverence
,
salaams
,
salutation
,
salutations
,
salute
,
scrape
,
servility
,
squat
,
standing at attention
,
stoop
,
submission
,
submissiveness
,
supination
de emphasize
collapse
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
bank the fire
,
bedwarf
,
belittle
,
blunt
,
chasten
,
conceal
,
constrain
,
control
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
deaden
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
detract from
,
diminish
,
disguise
,
downplay
,
dull
,
dwarf
,
extenuate
,
hush up
,
keep within bounds
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
minify
,
minimize
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
muffle
,
obtund
,
palliate
,
play down
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
restrain
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
silence
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
stifle
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
underplay
,
weaken
prefabricate
collapse
produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally
to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings
related words >
assemble
,
build
,
cast
,
compose
,
compound
,
concoct
,
construct
,
create
,
devise
,
elaborate
,
erect
,
evolve
,
extrude
,
fabricate
,
fashion
,
form
,
formulate
,
frame
,
fudge together
,
get up
,
indite
,
make
,
make up
,
manufacture
,
mature
,
mold
,
patch together
,
piece together
,
prepare
,
produce
,
put together
,
put up
,
raise
,
rear
,
run up
,
set up
,
shape
,
whomp up
,
write
explicate
collapse
elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
related words >
account for
,
allegorize
,
amplify
,
clarify
,
clear up
,
construe
,
crack
,
decipher
,
demonstrate
,
demythologize
,
descant
,
detail
,
develop
,
dilate
,
elaborate
,
elucidate
,
enlarge
,
enlarge upon
,
enlighten
,
euhemerize
,
evolve
,
exemplify
,
expand
,
expatiate
,
explain
,
explain away
,
exposit
,
expound
,
get across
,
get over
,
give reason for
,
give the meaning
,
illuminate
,
illustrate
,
interpret
,
make clear
,
make it clear
,
make plain
,
particularize
,
popularize
,
put across
,
put over
,
rationalize
,
rehearse in extenso
,
relate at large
,
shed light upon
,
show
,
show how
,
show the way
,
simplify
,
solve
,
spell out
,
throw light upon
,
unfold
,
unlock
,
unravel
,
vulgarize
,
work out
put straight
collapse
related words >
amend
,
awaken
,
break the spell
,
burst the bubble
,
compensate
,
correct
,
debunk
,
disabuse
,
disappoint
,
disenchant
,
disentangle
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
emend
,
enlighten
,
expose
,
extend
,
flatten
,
give satisfaction
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
make all square
,
make good
,
make right
,
pay reparations
,
prick the bubble
,
put right
,
put to rights
,
recompense
,
rectify
,
redress
,
remedy
,
remunerate
,
requite
,
right
,
set right
,
set straight
,
set to rights
,
set up
,
show up
,
sit up
,
smooth
,
stand up
,
straighten
,
straighten out
,
straighten up
,
tell the truth
,
unbend
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
uncurl
,
undeceive
,
unkink
,
unsnarl
,
unspell
,
wake up
guard against
collapse
related words >
advocate
,
champion
,
clear the decks
,
consider every angle
,
defend
,
flank
,
forearm
,
guard
,
hedge
,
leave out nothing
,
make sure
,
make sure against
,
overlook no possibility
,
play safe
,
prepare for
,
protect
,
provide a hedge
,
provide against
,
provide for
,
reef down
,
safeguard
,
screen
,
secure
,
shield
,
shorten sail
,
take measures
,
take precautions
,
take steps
adhere to
collapse
related words >
abide by
,
act up to
,
administer
,
attend to
,
be faithful to
,
bite
,
carry out
,
carry through
,
clasp
,
cleave to
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
clip
,
clutch
,
complete
,
comply with
,
conform to
,
discharge
,
do justice to
,
effect
,
effectuate
,
embrace
,
enforce
,
execute
,
fill
,
fill out
,
follow
,
freeze to
,
fulfill
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hang on
,
hang on to
,
heed
,
hold
,
hold by
,
hold fast
,
hold on
,
hold on to
,
hold tight
,
honor
,
hug
,
implement
,
keep
,
keep faith with
,
keep hold of
,
live up to
,
make
,
make good
,
make out
,
meet
,
never let go
,
nip
,
observe
,
promulgate
,
prosecute
,
put in force
,
put through
,
regard
,
render
,
respect
,
satisfy
,
stick to
,
transact
devise
collapse
(law) a gift of real property by will
a will disposing of real property
give by will, especially real property
related words >
add a codicil
,
arrange
,
assemble
,
assign
,
attested copy
,
beget
,
bequeath
,
bequeathal
,
bequest
,
bestow
,
blueprint
,
breed
,
bring forth
,
bring into being
,
build
,
calculate
,
call into being
,
cast
,
chart
,
codicil
,
cogitate
,
coin
,
collogue
,
collude
,
compose
,
compound
,
conceive
,
concert
,
concoct
,
connive
,
conspire
,
construct
,
contrive
,
convey
,
cook up
,
create
,
cut out
,
design
,
develop
,
discover
,
dispose of
,
dope out
,
draft
,
dream up
,
elaborate
,
engender
,
entail
,
erect
,
evolve
,
execute a will
,
extrude
,
fabricate
,
fashion
,
figure
,
forecast
,
forge
,
form
,
formulate
,
frame
,
fudge together
,
generate
,
get up
,
give
,
give being to
,
give rise to
,
hand down
,
hand on
,
hatch
,
hatch up
,
improvise
,
indite
,
inheritance
,
intend
,
intrigue
,
invent
,
lay plans
,
leave
,
legacy
,
legate
,
machinate
,
make
,
make a bequest
,
make a projection
,
make a will
,
make arrangements
,
make do with
,
make up
,
manufacture
,
mature
,
methodize
,
mint
,
mold
,
organize
,
originate
,
pass on
,
patch together
,
piece together
,
plan
,
plan ahead
,
prearrange
,
prefabricate
,
prepare
,
probate
,
procreate
,
produce
,
program
,
project
,
put together
,
put up
,
raise
,
rationalize
,
rear
,
run up
,
schedule
,
schematize
,
scheme
,
set up
,
shape
,
spawn
,
strike out
,
systematize
,
testament
,
think out
,
think up
,
transfer
,
transmit
,
vamp up
,
whomp up
,
will
,
will and bequeath
,
will to
,
work out
,
work up
,
write
cruise
collapse
an ocean trip taken for pleasure
sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing; "We were cruising in the Caribbean"
travel at a moderate speed; "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude"
drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure; "She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible"
look for a sexual partner in a public place; "The men were cruising the park"
related words >
aeroplane
,
airlift
,
airplane
,
balloon
,
be airborne
,
boat
,
campaign
,
canoe
,
carry sail
,
circumnavigate
,
coast
,
course
,
cross
,
crossing
,
drift
,
fare
,
ferry
,
flit
,
fly
,
glide
,
globe-trot
,
go abroad
,
go by ship
,
go on safari
,
go on shipboard
,
go overseas
,
go to sea
,
hit the trail
,
hop
,
hover
,
hydroplane
,
jaunt
,
jet
,
journey
,
leg
,
make a journey
,
make a passage
,
make a pilgrimage
,
make a trip
,
motorboat
,
navigate
,
ocean trip
,
passage
,
peregrinate
,
pilgrim
,
pilgrimage
,
ply
,
range the world
,
row
,
rubberneck
,
run
,
sail
,
sail round
,
sail the sea
,
sailplane
,
scull
,
sea trip
,
seafare
,
seaplane
,
shakedown cruise
,
sight-see
,
soar
,
steam
,
steamboat
,
take a trip
,
take a voyage
,
take the air
,
take the road
,
take wing
,
tour
,
travel
,
traverse
,
trek
,
volplane
,
voyage
,
wayfare
,
wing
,
yacht
belittle
collapse
related words >
bedwarf
,
bring down
,
bring into discredit
,
bring low
,
criticize
,
cry down
,
de-emphasize
,
debase
,
decry
,
degrade
,
denigrate
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
derogate from
,
detract from
,
diminish
,
disapprove of
,
discount
,
discredit
,
disgrace
,
disparage
,
dispraise
,
downgrade
,
downplay
,
dwarf
,
hold in contempt
,
knock
,
lessen
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
minify
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
mitigate
,
play down
,
pooh-pooh
,
put down
,
reduce
,
reflect discredit upon
,
run down
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shrug off
,
slight
,
speak ill of
,
submit to indignity
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
trivialize
,
underestimate
,
underplay
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
,
write off
step out
collapse
go outside a room or building for a short period of time
related words >
carouse
,
cast off
,
celebrate
,
cut loose
,
debauch
,
doff
,
douse
,
drop
,
hell around
,
jollify
,
jolly
,
lark
,
let go
,
let loose
,
let off steam
,
make merry
,
make whoopee
,
put off
,
raise hell
,
remove
,
revel
,
roister
,
see life
,
skylark
,
slip out of
,
spree
,
step out of
,
take off
,
throw off
,
undo
,
unwrap
,
wanton
,
whoop it up
means to an end
collapse
related words >
ability
,
action
,
ad hoc measure
,
answer
,
artifice
,
capacity
,
capital
,
contrivance
,
countermove
,
coup
,
course of action
,
demarche
,
device
,
devices
,
disposable resources
,
dodge
,
effort
,
expedient
,
funds
,
gimmick
,
improvisation
,
jury-rig
,
jury-rigged expedient
,
last expedient
,
last resort
,
last shift
,
makeshift
,
maneuver
,
means
,
measure
,
method
,
move
,
pis aller
,
power
,
recourses
,
resort
,
resorts
,
resource
,
resources
,
shake-up
,
shift
,
solution
,
step
,
stock
,
stopgap
,
stratagem
,
stroke
,
stroke of policy
,
supply
,
tactic
,
temporary expedient
,
trick
,
trump
,
ways
,
ways and means
,
wherewith
,
wherewithal
,
working hypothesis
,
working proposition
attain
collapse
related words >
accede
,
accomplish
,
achieve
,
approach
,
arrive
,
arrive at
,
arrive in
,
attain to
,
be instated
,
be received
,
blow in
,
bob up
,
check in
,
clock in
,
come
,
come in
,
come to
,
come to hand
,
compass
,
consummate
,
deal with
,
discharge
,
dispatch
,
dispose of
,
do
,
do the job
,
do the trick
,
effect
,
effectuate
,
enact
,
execute
,
fetch
,
fetch up at
,
find
,
fulfill
,
gain
,
get in
,
get there
,
get to
,
hit
,
hit town
,
knock off
,
make
,
make good
,
make it
,
manage
,
mount the throne
,
perform
,
polish off
,
pop up
,
produce
,
pull in
,
punch in
,
put away
,
reach
,
realize
,
ring in
,
roll in
,
score
,
show up
,
sign in
,
succeed
,
take care of
,
take office
,
time in
,
turn the trick
,
turn up
,
win
,
work
,
work out
improvise
collapse
perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
related words >
ad lib
,
ad-lib
,
be caught napping
,
be surprised
,
be taken unawares
,
be unprepared
,
beget
,
breed
,
bring forth
,
bring into being
,
call into being
,
coin
,
conceive
,
concoct
,
contrive
,
cook up
,
dash off
,
design
,
develop
,
devise
,
discover
,
do offhand
,
dream up
,
engender
,
evolve
,
extemporize
,
fabricate
,
fake
,
frame
,
generate
,
give being to
,
give rise to
,
go off half-cocked
,
hatch
,
have no plan
,
improvisate
,
invent
,
jury-rig
,
knock off
,
lash up
,
make do
,
make do with
,
make up
,
mature
,
mint
,
originate
,
plan
,
play by ear
,
procreate
,
scrap the plan
,
spawn
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
think out
,
think up
,
throw off
,
throw together
,
toss off
,
toss out
,
vamp
,
whip up
,
whomp up
,
wing it
simulate
collapse
make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
related words >
act
,
act a part
,
act like
,
adopt
,
affect
,
ape
,
appear like
,
approach
,
appropriate
,
approximate
,
assume
,
be like
,
be redolent of
,
bear resemblance
,
bluff
,
borrow
,
bring to mind
,
call to mind
,
call up
,
chorus
,
come close
,
come near
,
compare with
,
copy
,
correspond
,
counterfeit
,
cover up
,
crib
,
derive from
,
dissemble
,
dissimulate
,
ditto
,
do
,
do a bit
,
do like
,
dramatize
,
echo
,
evoke
,
fake
,
favor
,
feature
,
feign
,
follow
,
forge
,
four-flush
,
gammon
,
go like
,
histrionize
,
hoke
,
hoke up
,
imitate
,
infringe
,
let on
,
let on like
,
look like
,
make a pretense
,
make like
,
make out like
,
make use of
,
match
,
mimic
,
mirror
,
mock
,
near
,
nearly reproduce
,
not tell apart
,
overact
,
parallel
,
partake of
,
pirate
,
plagiarize
,
play
,
play a part
,
play a scene
,
play possum
,
playact
,
pose
,
pretend
,
profess
,
put on
,
put on airs
,
reecho
,
reflect
,
remind one of
,
repeat
,
resemble
,
savor of
,
seem like
,
sham
,
smack of
,
sound like
,
stack up with
,
steal
,
suggest
,
take
,
take after
,
take on
,
take over
,
tug the heartstrings
,
wear
misconceive
collapse
related words >
contort
,
distort
,
garble
,
get one wrong
,
get wrong
,
gloss
,
make a miscue
,
make a mistake
,
misapply
,
misapprehend
,
miscite
,
misconstrue
,
miscue
,
misdeem
,
misexplain
,
misexplicate
,
misexpound
,
misidentify
,
misinterpret
,
misjudge
,
misquote
,
misread
,
misrender
,
mistake
,
mistranslate
,
misunderstand
,
pervert
,
squeeze
,
strain the sense
,
torture
,
twist the words
,
wrench
clock in
collapse
register one's arrival at work
related words >
accomplish
,
achieve
,
approach
,
arrive
,
arrive at
,
arrive in
,
attain
,
attain to
,
be received
,
blow in
,
bob up
,
check in
,
come
,
come in
,
come to
,
come to hand
,
fetch
,
fetch up at
,
find
,
gain
,
get in
,
get there
,
get to
,
hit
,
hit town
,
make
,
make it
,
pop up
,
pull in
,
punch in
,
reach
,
ring in
,
roll in
,
show up
,
sign in
,
time in
,
turn up
lollygag
collapse
related words >
bill and coo
,
copulate
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
doodle
,
drag
,
falter
,
flag
,
goof off
,
halt
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
make love
,
make out
,
neck
,
pet
,
piddle
,
poke
,
shilly-shally
,
smooch
,
spoon
,
sweet-talk
,
tarry
,
toy
,
trail
,
trifle
,
wanton
,
waste time
,
whisper sweet nothings
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
striving
collapse
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
related words >
aim
,
ambition
,
animus
,
aspiration
,
battling
,
combat
,
competition
,
conflict
,
contending
,
contestant
,
contesting
,
counsel
,
desideration
,
desideratum
,
design
,
desire
,
determination
,
disputant
,
drudging
,
effect
,
effort
,
emulation
,
endeavor
,
essay
,
exertion
,
fight
,
fighting
,
fixed purpose
,
function
,
grinding
,
grubbing
,
hardworking
,
hassle
,
idea
,
intendment
,
intent
,
intention
,
labor
,
laboring
,
meaning
,
mind
,
motive
,
nisus
,
pegging
,
plan
,
plodding
,
plugging
,
point
,
project
,
proposal
,
prospectus
,
purpose
,
quarrelsome
,
resolution
,
resolve
,
rivalry
,
sake
,
slaving
,
slogging
,
strain
,
straining
,
strife
,
struggle
,
struggling
,
study
,
sweating
,
toil
,
toiling
,
travail
,
trial
,
try
,
tug-of-war
,
undertaking
,
view
,
warfare
,
warlike
,
warring
,
will
,
work
,
working
spawn
collapse
the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
related words >
albumen
,
bear
,
beget
,
breed
,
bring about
,
bring forth
,
bring into being
,
brood
,
call into being
,
cause
,
caviar
,
clutch
,
coin
,
conceive
,
concoct
,
contrive
,
cook up
,
create
,
deposit
,
design
,
develop
,
devise
,
discover
,
dream up
,
drop
,
egg
,
egg white
,
eggshell
,
engender
,
evolve
,
fabricate
,
farrow
,
father
,
fish eggs
,
frame
,
fry
,
generate
,
get
,
give being to
,
give birth to
,
give rise to
,
glair
,
hatch
,
improvise
,
invent
,
lay
,
litter
,
make
,
make do with
,
make up
,
mature
,
mint
,
nest
,
originate
,
ovule
,
parent
,
plan
,
procreate
,
produce
,
roe
,
sire
,
spat
,
strike out
,
think out
,
think up
,
vitellus
,
white
,
yellow
,
yield
,
yolk
,
young
minimize
collapse
make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"
cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his influence"
related words >
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
bedwarf
,
belittle
,
bring down
,
bring into discredit
,
bring low
,
cry down
,
curtail
,
cut down
,
de-emphasize
,
debase
,
decrease
,
decry
,
degrade
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
derogate from
,
detract from
,
devaluate
,
devalue
,
diminish
,
disapprove of
,
discount
,
discredit
,
disgrace
,
disparage
,
dispraise
,
downplay
,
dwarf
,
hold in contempt
,
knock
,
lessen
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
minify
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
play down
,
prune
,
put down
,
reduce
,
reflect discredit upon
,
run down
,
sell short
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
shrug off
,
slight
,
speak ill of
,
submit to indignity
,
talk down
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
underestimate
,
underplay
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
superscribe
collapse
write on the outside or upper part of; "superscribe an envelope"
write on the top or outside; "superscribe one's name and address"
related words >
address
,
copy
,
copy out
,
direct
,
draft
,
draw up
,
edit
,
enface
,
engross
,
inscribe
,
make a recension
,
make out
,
pen
,
pencil
,
push the pen
,
put in writing
,
recense
,
record
,
revise
,
rewrite
,
scribe
,
scrive
,
scroll
,
spill ink
,
spoil paper
,
trace
,
transcribe
,
type
,
write
,
write down
,
write out
misapprehend
collapse
related words >
contort
,
distort
,
garble
,
get one wrong
,
get wrong
,
gloss
,
make a miscue
,
make a mistake
,
misapply
,
miscite
,
misconceive
,
misconstrue
,
miscue
,
misdeem
,
misexplain
,
misexplicate
,
misexpound
,
misidentify
,
misinterpret
,
misjudge
,
misquote
,
misread
,
misrender
,
miss
,
mistake
,
mistranslate
,
misunderstand
,
pervert
,
squeeze
,
strain the sense
,
torture
,
twist the words
,
wrench
unburden
collapse
take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"
free or relieve (someone) of a burden
related words >
alleviate
,
be light
,
break bulk
,
clear
,
disburden
,
discharge
,
disembarrass
,
disencumber
,
dump
,
ease
,
have little weight
,
kick the beam
,
lighten
,
lose
,
make light
,
make lighter
,
off-load
,
reduce weight
,
relieve
,
rid
,
set at ease
,
shake off
,
throw off
,
unballast
,
unfreight
,
unlade
,
unload
,
unpack
,
unship
,
weigh lightly
misunderstand
collapse
related words >
contort
,
distort
,
garble
,
get one wrong
,
get wrong
,
gloss
,
make a miscue
,
make a mistake
,
misapply
,
misapprehend
,
miscalculate
,
miscite
,
misconceive
,
misconstrue
,
miscue
,
misdeem
,
misexplain
,
misexplicate
,
misexpound
,
misidentify
,
misinterpret
,
misjudge
,
misquote
,
misread
,
misrender
,
mistake
,
mistranslate
,
pervert
,
squeeze
,
strain the sense
,
torture
,
twist the words
,
wrench
outweigh
collapse
be heavier than
related words >
atone for
,
balance
,
best
,
better
,
cap
,
compensate for
,
counterbalance
,
counterpoise
,
countervail
,
exceed
,
excel
,
go one better
,
improve on
,
make up
,
make up for
,
offset
,
outbalance
,
outpoise
,
overbalance
,
overbear
,
overcome
,
overpass
,
overpoise
,
override
,
overtop
,
overweigh
,
overweight
,
perfect
,
predominate
,
preponderate
,
prevail
,
prevail over
,
redeem
,
set off
,
surpass
,
tip the scales
,
top
,
tower above
,
tower over
,
transcend
,
trump
hand on
collapse
related words >
abalienate
,
add a codicil
,
alien
,
alienate
,
amortize
,
assign
,
barter
,
bequeath
,
broadcast
,
carry over
,
cede
,
communicate
,
confer
,
consign
,
convey
,
deed
,
deed over
,
deliver
,
demise
,
deport
,
devise
,
devolve upon
,
diffuse
,
disseminate
,
enfeoff
,
entail
,
exchange
,
execute a will
,
expel
,
export
,
extradite
,
get across
,
get over
,
give
,
give title to
,
give word
,
hand
,
hand down
,
hand forward
,
hand over
,
impart
,
import
,
leave
,
leave word
,
make a bequest
,
make a will
,
make known
,
make over
,
metastasize
,
metathesize
,
negotiate
,
pass
,
pass along
,
pass on
,
pass over
,
pass the buck
,
perfuse
,
relay
,
render
,
report
,
sell
,
send
,
send word
,
settle
,
settle on
,
share
,
share with
,
sign away
,
sign over
,
signal
,
spread
,
surrender
,
switch
,
tell
,
trade
,
transfer
,
transfer property
,
transfuse
,
translate
,
translocate
,
transmit
,
transplace
,
transplant
,
transpose
,
turn over
,
will
,
will and bequeath
,
will to
try out
collapse
related words >
arrange
,
assay
,
be a gas
,
be a hit
,
bill
,
bomb
,
bring to test
,
clear for action
,
clear the decks
,
confirm
,
cure
,
cut and try
,
demonstrate
,
deploy
,
dramatize
,
dress
,
essay
,
examine
,
experiment
,
fail
,
feature
,
fix
,
fix up
,
flop
,
get ready
,
give a try
,
give a tryout
,
have a go
,
headline
,
inspect
,
make a hit
,
make arrangements
,
make preparations
,
make ready
,
marshal
,
melodramatize
,
mobilize
,
mount
,
open
,
open a show
,
plan
,
play around with
,
practice upon
,
prearrange
,
premiere
,
prep
,
prepare
,
present
,
pretreat
,
preview
,
process
,
produce
,
prove
,
provide
,
put in shape
,
put on
,
put to trial
,
ready
,
ready up
,
research
,
road-test
,
run a sample
,
sample
,
scenarize
,
scrutinize
,
set the stage
,
settle preliminaries
,
shake down
,
stage
,
star
,
substantiate
,
succeed
,
tan
,
taste
,
test
,
theatricalize
,
treat
,
trim
,
try
,
try it on
,
validate
,
verify
take advantage of
collapse
related words >
abuse
,
benefit from
,
bleed
,
bleed white
,
capitalize on
,
carpe diem
,
cash in
,
cash in on
,
deceive
,
drain
,
exploit
,
foist on
,
ill-use
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
improve
,
improve the occasion
,
make capital of
,
make hay
,
make use of
,
manipulate
,
milk
,
misuse
,
not be behindhand
,
pass off on
,
pass the buck
,
play on
,
presume upon
,
profit by
,
put across
,
put on
,
put over
,
put to advantage
,
put upon
,
seize the day
,
shift the blame
,
shift the responsibility
,
stroke
,
suck dry
,
trade on
,
turn to account
,
turn to profit
,
turn to use
,
use
,
use ill
,
use to advantage
,
work on
,
work upon
give thanks
collapse
related words >
acknowledge
,
beseech
,
bless
,
commune with God
,
credit
,
give credit
,
implore
,
invoke
,
make acknowledgments of
,
make supplication
,
offer a prayer
,
offer thanks
,
petition
,
pray
,
pray over
,
recite the rosary
,
recognize
,
render credit
,
render thanks
,
return thanks
,
say grace
,
supplicate
,
thank
deride
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treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
related words >
banter
,
be above
,
be contemptuous of
,
belittle
,
care nothing for
,
chaff
,
contemn
,
dare
,
despise
,
diminish
,
disdain
,
disparage
,
disprize
,
disregard
,
dump on
,
feel contempt for
,
feel superior to
,
flout
,
get fresh
,
get smart
,
grin at
,
have a nerve
,
have the cheek
,
have the gall
,
hold beneath one
,
hold cheap
,
hold in contempt
,
hold in derision
,
insult
,
jeer at
,
jolly
,
kid
,
knock
,
laugh at
,
laugh to scorn
,
look down upon
,
lout
,
make bold
,
make fun of
,
make game of
,
make merry with
,
misprize
,
mock
,
pan
,
pillory
,
point at
,
poke fun at
,
pooh-pooh
,
presume
,
put down
,
put one on
,
quiz
,
rag
,
rally
,
rank low
,
razz
,
rib
,
ride
,
ridicule
,
roast
,
scoff at
,
scorn
,
scout
,
set at defiance
,
set at naught
,
slight
,
slight over
,
smile at
,
sneer at
,
sneeze at
,
snicker at
,
sniff at
,
snigger at
,
snort at
,
take liberties
,
taunt
,
tease
,
think nothing of
,
treat with contempt
,
twit
rectify
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convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current"
set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve"
related words >
accommodate
,
accommodate with
,
accord
,
adapt
,
adapt to
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
agree with
,
ameliorate
,
amend
,
assimilate
,
assimilate to
,
atone
,
attune
,
be guided by
,
bend
,
blue-pencil
,
bolt
,
chime in with
,
clarify
,
clear
,
compensate
,
comply
,
comply with
,
compose
,
conform
,
coordinate
,
correct
,
correspond
,
cover
,
cure
,
cut to
,
decrassify
,
depurate
,
discipline
,
disentangle
,
distill
,
do penance
,
edit
,
edulcorate
,
elute
,
emend
,
emendate
,
equalize
,
essentialize
,
expiate
,
extend
,
extract
,
fall in with
,
fill up
,
filter
,
filtrate
,
fit
,
fix
,
flatten
,
follow
,
gear to
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
go by
,
harmonize
,
homologate
,
homologize
,
improve
,
indemnify
,
key to
,
leach
,
lixiviate
,
make all square
,
make amends
,
make compensation
,
make conform
,
make good
,
make plumb
,
make right
,
make uniform
,
make up for
,
measure
,
meet
,
mend
,
mold
,
observe
,
pay back
,
pay reparations
,
percolate
,
proportion
,
purify
,
put in tune
,
put right
,
put straight
,
put to rights
,
rebuild
,
recense
,
recompense
,
reconcile
,
redact
,
redraft
,
redress
,
refine
,
regulate
,
remedy
,
remunerate
,
repair
,
repay
,
requite
,
retaliate
,
revamp
,
revise
,
rework
,
rewrite
,
right
,
rub off corners
,
screen
,
separate
,
set
,
set right
,
set straight
,
set to rights
,
set up
,
settle
,
shape
,
sieve
,
sift
,
similarize
,
sit up
,
smooth
,
spiritualize
,
square
,
stand up
,
straighten
,
straighten out
,
straighten up
,
strain
,
sublimate
,
sublime
,
suit
,
sync
,
synchronize
,
tailor
,
tally with
,
trim to
,
true
,
true up
,
try
,
tune
,
unbend
,
uncurl
,
unkink
,
unsnarl
,
winnow
,
work over
,
yield
kid around
collapse
related words >
be merry with
,
coquet
,
crack a joke
,
crack wise
,
dabble
,
dally
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget with
,
finger with
,
fleer at
,
flirt
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool with
,
fribble
,
frivol
,
fun
,
gibe at
,
horse around
,
idle
,
jape
,
jerk off
,
jest
,
joke
,
josh
,
kid
,
loiter
,
make a funny
,
make fun
,
make fun of
,
mess around
,
mock
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
piddle
,
play
,
play around
,
play on words
,
play with
,
poke fun at
,
potter
,
pun
,
putter
,
quip
,
ridicule
,
scintillate
,
scoff at
,
smatter
,
sparkle
,
tinker
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trifle
,
twiddle
,
utter a mot
,
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