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maroon
collapse
an exploding firework used as a warning signal
a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
of dark brownish to purplish red
leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
related words >
Titian
,
Titian-red
,
abandon
,
back out
,
beg off
,
bivouac
,
bricky
,
cardinal
,
carmine
,
carnation
,
carnelian
,
cast away
,
cerise
,
cherry
,
cherry-colored
,
cherry-red
,
crimson
,
cry off
,
damask
,
depart from
,
desert
,
discard
,
drop out
,
encamp
,
evacuate
,
ferruginous
,
fiery
,
fire-red
,
flame-colored
,
flame-red
,
flaming
,
forsake
,
glowing
,
go back on
,
gules
,
hot
,
incarmined
,
inflamed
,
infrared
,
iron-red
,
isolate
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
lake-colored
,
laky
,
lateritious
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
lobster-red
,
lurid
,
port-wine
,
puce
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
red
,
red-dyed
,
red-looking
,
reddened
,
reddish
,
reddish-amber
,
reddish-brown
,
renege
,
rubicund
,
rubiginous
,
rubric
,
rubricose
,
ruby
,
ruby-colored
,
ruby-red
,
ruddied
,
ruddy
,
rufescent
,
rufous
,
rust
,
rust-red
,
rusty
,
say goodbye to
,
scarlet
,
seclude
,
stammel
,
stand down
,
strand
,
take leave of
,
tent
,
throw over
,
tile-red
,
vacate
,
vermilion
,
vinaceous
,
warm
,
wine
,
wine-colored
,
wine-red
,
withdraw
derogative
collapse
expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"
related words >
abusive
,
back-biting
,
belittling
,
bitchy
,
calumniatory
,
calumnious
,
catty
,
censorious
,
contemptuous
,
contumelious
,
defamatory
,
deprecatory
,
depreciative
,
depreciatory
,
derisive
,
derisory
,
derogatory
,
detractory
,
disparaging
,
libelous
,
minimizing
,
pejorative
,
ridiculing
,
scandalous
,
scurrile
,
scurrilous
,
slanderous
,
slighting
,
vilifying
discount
collapse
the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
give a reduction in price on; "I never discount these books-they sell like hot cakes"
related words >
abate
,
abatement
,
abjure
,
abuse
,
admit
,
admit exceptions
,
allow
,
allow for
,
allowance
,
bate
,
belittle
,
blink at
,
borrow
,
brush aside
,
brush off
,
charge off
,
chuck
,
chuck out
,
concede
,
consider
,
consider the circumstances
,
consider the source
,
contemn
,
contradict
,
cut
,
decline
,
deduct
,
deduction
,
deny
,
depreciate
,
derogate
,
despise
,
detract from
,
diminish
,
disapprove
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
discount notes
,
disdain
,
dismiss
,
disown
,
disparage
,
dispraise
,
disregard
,
draw back
,
except
,
exclude
,
fail
,
forget
,
forswear
,
gloss over
,
grant
,
ignore
,
kick back
,
knock off
,
lend
,
lessen
,
lift temporarily
,
lower
,
make allowance
,
make allowance for
,
mark down
,
minimize
,
omit
,
overlook
,
overpass
,
pass by
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
provide for
,
push aside
,
rebate
,
rebuff
,
recant
,
reduce
,
reduction
,
refund
,
refuse
,
refuse to consider
,
reject
,
relax
,
relax the condition
,
renounce
,
repel
,
repudiate
,
repulse
,
scout
,
set aside
,
shave
,
shove away
,
slight
,
spurn
,
subtract
,
subtraction
,
take
,
take a premium
,
take account of
,
take away
,
take into account
,
take into consideration
,
take off
,
take out
,
throw away
,
throw out
,
turn away
,
turn out
,
waive
,
write off
back matter
collapse
written matter following the main text of a book
related words >
PS
,
Parthian shot
,
acknowledgments
,
addendum
,
afterthought
,
appendix
,
article
,
back
,
bastard title
,
bibliography
,
book
,
catch line
,
catchword
,
chapter
,
chorus
,
clause
,
coda
,
codicil
,
colophon
,
conclusion
,
consequence
,
contents
,
contents page
,
continuance
,
continuation
,
copyright page
,
dedication
,
double take
,
dying words
,
endleaf
,
endpaper
,
endsheet
,
envoi
,
epilogue
,
errata
,
fascicle
,
flyleaf
,
folio
,
follow-through
,
follow-up
,
fore edge
,
foreword
,
front matter
,
gathering
,
half-title page
,
head
,
imprint
,
index
,
inscription
,
introduction
,
last words
,
leaf
,
makeup
,
number
,
page
,
paragraph
,
parting shot
,
passage
,
peroration
,
phrase
,
postface
,
postfix
,
postlude
,
postscript
,
preface
,
preliminaries
,
recto
,
refrain
,
reverso
,
running title
,
second thought
,
section
,
sentence
,
sequel
,
sequela
,
sequelae
,
sequelant
,
sequent
,
sequitur
,
sheet
,
signature
,
subscript
,
subtitle
,
suffix
,
supplement
,
swan song
,
table of contents
,
tag
,
tail
,
text
,
title
,
title page
,
trim size
,
type page
,
verse
,
verso
rotary
collapse
relating to or characterized by rotation; "rotary dial"
related words >
O-shaped
,
alternate
,
ambagious
,
ascending
,
axial
,
back
,
back-flowing
,
backhanded
,
backward
,
beating
,
carrefour
,
circling
,
circuitous
,
circular
,
circumgyratory
,
circumvolutory
,
cloverleaf
,
crossing
,
crosspoint
,
crossroad
,
crosswalk
,
crossway
,
cyclic
,
cyclonic
,
descending
,
deviating
,
deviative
,
devious
,
digressive
,
discursive
,
down-trending
,
downward
,
drifting
,
epochal
,
even
,
every other
,
excursive
,
flowing
,
fluent
,
flying
,
flyover
,
going
,
grade crossing
,
gulfy
,
gyral
,
gyrational
,
gyratory
,
gyrostatic
,
helical
,
indirect
,
intercrossing
,
intermittent
,
intersection
,
isochronal
,
level crossing
,
meandering
,
measured
,
metronomic
,
mounting
,
oblique
,
orbital
,
oscillatory
,
out-of-the-way
,
overcrossing
,
overpass
,
passing
,
periodical
,
plunging
,
progressive
,
pulsing
,
reciprocal
,
recurrent
,
recurring
,
reflowing
,
refluent
,
regressive
,
retrogressive
,
rhythmic
,
rising
,
rotational
,
rotatory
,
round
,
roundabout
,
running
,
rushing
,
seasonal
,
serial
,
sideward
,
sinking
,
soaring
,
spiral
,
steady
,
streaming
,
swirly
,
tornadic
,
traffic circle
,
trochilic
,
undercrossing
,
undulant
,
undulatory
,
up-trending
,
upward
,
vertiginous
,
viaduct
,
vortical
,
wavelike
,
wheeling
,
whirlabout
,
whirligig
,
whirlwindish
,
whirlwindy
,
whirly
graze
collapse
the act of grazing
a superficial abrasion
scrape gently; "graze the skin"
break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
related words >
ablate
,
abrade
,
abrase
,
attouchement
,
bark
,
batten upon
,
beak
,
board
,
bread
,
breath
,
browse
,
bruise
,
brush
,
brush by
,
bunt
,
caress
,
carom
,
chafe
,
chuck
,
come in contact
,
contact
,
contingence
,
contuse
,
crop
,
cutaneous sense
,
dab
,
dap
,
dine
,
erase
,
erode
,
fatten on
,
fatten upon
,
feast on
,
feast upon
,
feed
,
feed on
,
feel
,
feeling
,
file
,
fillip
,
fingertip caress
,
flick
,
flip
,
flirt
,
fodder
,
forage
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
gall
,
glance
,
gnaw
,
gnaw away
,
grass
,
grate
,
gratify
,
grind
,
hand-mindedness
,
harm
,
hit
,
hurt
,
impinge
,
impingement
,
impingence
,
injure
,
kiss
,
lambency
,
lap
,
lick
,
light touch
,
live on
,
meat
,
mess
,
nudge
,
osculate
,
osculation
,
pasture
,
pasture on
,
pat
,
peck
,
pick
,
prey on
,
provision
,
rap
,
rasp
,
raze
,
regale
,
ricochet
,
rub
,
rub away
,
rub off
,
rub out
,
ruffle
,
satisfy
,
scour
,
scrape
,
scrub
,
scuff
,
sense of touch
,
shave
,
sideswipe
,
skim
,
skin
,
skip
,
skirt
,
snap
,
squeak by
,
stroke
,
sustain
,
sweep
,
tactile sense
,
taction
,
tangency
,
tap
,
tentative contact
,
tentative poke
,
tickle
,
tip
,
touch
,
touch lightly
,
touch upon
,
touching
,
wear
,
wear away
,
whisk
,
whisper
,
wine and dine
,
wound
ascend
collapse
travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"
go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"
become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"
go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"
related words >
advance
,
arise
,
aspire
,
back
,
back up
,
bank
,
budge
,
buss the clouds
,
cant
,
careen
,
chandelle
,
change
,
change place
,
circle
,
clamber
,
climb
,
come up
,
crest
,
curl upwards
,
decline
,
descend
,
dip
,
drop
,
ebb
,
escalade
,
escalate
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
float
,
flow
,
gain altitude
,
get over
,
get up
,
go
,
go around
,
go downhill
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
go up
,
go uphill
,
grade
,
grow up
,
gyrate
,
hoick
,
incline
,
keel
,
lean
,
levitate
,
lift
,
list
,
loom
,
mount
,
move
,
move over
,
pitch
,
plunge
,
progress
,
rake
,
rear
,
rear up
,
regress
,
retreat
,
retrogress
,
rise
,
rise up
,
rotate
,
run
,
scale
,
scale the heights
,
scramble
,
shelve
,
shift
,
shin
,
sidle
,
sink
,
slant
,
slope
,
soar
,
spin
,
spiral
,
spire
,
stand on tiptoe
,
stand up
,
stir
,
stream
,
subside
,
surge
,
surmount
,
swag
,
swarm up
,
sway
,
sweep up
,
tilt
,
tip
,
top
,
tower
,
travel
,
up
,
upclimb
,
upgo
,
upgrow
,
upheave
,
uprear
,
uprise
,
upspin
,
upstream
,
upsurge
,
upswarm
,
upwind
,
wane
,
whirl
,
zoom
reappear
collapse
appear again; "The sores reappeared on her body"; "Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago"
related words >
alternate
,
be here again
,
circle
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around
,
come round
,
come round again
,
come up again
,
cycle
,
echo
,
go back
,
intermit
,
keep coming
,
oscillate
,
pulsate
,
pulse
,
recur
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
resound
,
resume
,
return
,
reverberate
,
revert
,
revolve
,
roll around
,
rotate
,
turn
,
undulate
,
wheel
,
wheel around
underwrite
collapse
guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"
related words >
OK
,
accede to
,
accept
,
accredit
,
affirm
,
agree to
,
amen
,
approve
,
arm
,
armor
,
assure
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
authorize
,
autograph
,
avouch
,
back
,
back up
,
be sponsor for
,
bless
,
bond
,
certify
,
champion
,
cloak
,
compass about
,
confirm
,
consent to
,
copyright
,
cosign
,
countersecure
,
countersign
,
cover
,
cushion
,
defend
,
endorse
,
ensure
,
fence
,
fend
,
finance
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the imprimatur
,
give thumbs up
,
guarantee
,
guaranty
,
guard
,
harbor
,
haven
,
indorse
,
initial
,
insure
,
invest in
,
keep
,
keep from harm
,
make a promise
,
make safe
,
nestle
,
notarize
,
okay
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass upon
,
patent
,
permit
,
pledge
,
plight
,
police
,
promise
,
protect
,
ratify
,
register
,
ride shotgun for
,
rubber stamp
,
safeguard
,
sanction
,
say amen to
,
screen
,
seal
,
second
,
secure
,
shelter
,
shield
,
shroud
,
sign
,
sign and seal
,
sign for
,
sponsor
,
stand behind
,
stand up for
,
subscribe to
,
subsidize
,
subvene
,
support
,
swear
,
swear and affirm
,
swear to
,
troth
,
undersign
,
uphold
,
validate
,
visa
,
vise
,
vouch
,
vow
,
warrant
rotate
collapse
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"
cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"
related words >
advance
,
alternate
,
ascend
,
back
,
back up
,
bandy
,
be here again
,
become airborne
,
budge
,
change
,
change place
,
circle
,
circulate
,
circumrotate
,
circumvolute
,
clear
,
climb
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around
,
come round
,
come round again
,
come up again
,
convert
,
crank
,
cycle
,
descend
,
ebb
,
ensue
,
evert
,
exchange
,
flow
,
fly aloft
,
follow
,
get over
,
go
,
go around
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
gyrate
,
gyre
,
interchange
,
intermit
,
introvert
,
intussuscept
,
invaginate
,
inverse
,
invert
,
jump off
,
leave the ground
,
mount
,
move
,
move over
,
oscillate
,
pirouette
,
pivot
,
plunge
,
progress
,
pronate
,
pulsate
,
pulse
,
reappear
,
recur
,
reel
,
regress
,
relieve
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
resupinate
,
retrogress
,
return
,
reverse
,
revolve
,
rise
,
roll
,
roll around
,
round
,
run
,
screw
,
shift
,
sink
,
soar
,
spell
,
spin
,
stir
,
stream
,
subside
,
succeed
,
supinate
,
swap
,
swing
,
switch
,
swivel
,
take off
,
take turns
,
taxi
,
transpose
,
travel
,
turn
,
turn a pirouette
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn down
,
turn in
,
turn inside out
,
turn out
,
turn over
,
turn round
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn upside down
,
twirl
,
twist
,
undulate
,
wamble
,
wane
,
wheel
,
wheel around
,
whirl
,
wind
Parthian shot
collapse
related words >
PS
,
addendum
,
address
,
affirmation
,
afterthought
,
allegation
,
answer
,
apostrophe
,
appendix
,
assertion
,
averment
,
back answer
,
back matter
,
caustic remark
,
chorus
,
coda
,
codicil
,
colophon
,
comeback
,
comment
,
conclusion
,
consequence
,
continuance
,
continuation
,
crack
,
cut
,
cutting remark
,
declaration
,
dictum
,
dig
,
double take
,
dump
,
dying words
,
envoi
,
epilogue
,
exclamation
,
expression
,
fleer
,
flout
,
follow-through
,
follow-up
,
foolery
,
gibe
,
gibing retort
,
greeting
,
interjection
,
jab
,
jape
,
jeer
,
jest
,
last words
,
leg-pull
,
mention
,
mock
,
note
,
observation
,
parting shot
,
peroration
,
phrase
,
position
,
postface
,
postfix
,
postlude
,
postscript
,
pronouncement
,
put-down
,
put-on
,
question
,
quip
,
reflection
,
refrain
,
remark
,
rude reproach
,
say
,
saying
,
scoff
,
scurrility
,
second thought
,
sentence
,
sequel
,
sequela
,
sequelae
,
sequelant
,
sequent
,
sequitur
,
short answer
,
slam
,
slap
,
statement
,
subjoinder
,
subscript
,
suffix
,
supplement
,
swan song
,
swipe
,
tag
,
taunt
,
thought
,
twit
,
utterance
,
verbal thrust
,
word
vacate
collapse
leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
related words >
abandon
,
abdicate
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
abscond
,
annul
,
back out
,
be pensioned
,
be superannuated
,
beat a retreat
,
beg off
,
bow out
,
cancel
,
cede
,
clear
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
cry off
,
demit
,
depart from
,
desert
,
disannul
,
disappear
,
discard
,
discharge
,
disgorge
,
dispense with
,
dispose of
,
dissolve
,
do away with
,
do without
,
drop
,
drop out
,
dump
,
empty
,
evacuate
,
forgo
,
forsake
,
forswear
,
get along without
,
get out of
,
get rid of
,
give away
,
give up
,
go back on
,
have done with
,
invalidate
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
kiss good-bye
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
let go
,
make a sacrifice
,
make void
,
maroon
,
nullify
,
override
,
overrule
,
part with
,
pension off
,
pull out
,
quash
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
quitclaim
,
recall
,
recant
,
relinquish
,
remove
,
render up
,
renege
,
renounce
,
renounce the throne
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resign
,
retire
,
retire from office
,
retract
,
retreat
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
sacrifice
,
say goodbye to
,
set aside
,
spare
,
stand aside
,
stand down
,
step aside
,
superannuate
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
swear off
,
take leave of
,
throw over
,
throw up
,
vanish
,
void
,
waive
,
withdraw
,
withdraw from
,
write off
,
yield
sine wave
collapse
a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve
related words >
Lissajous figure
,
alternation
,
back-and-forth
,
coming and going
,
ebb and flow
,
flux and reflux
,
reciprocation
,
rhythmic play
,
seesaw
,
seesawing
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
teeter-tottering
,
teetering
,
to-and-fro
,
tottering
,
ups and downs
,
wigwag
coming and going
collapse
related words >
Lissajous figure
,
alternation
,
back-and-forth
,
ebb and flow
,
flux and reflux
,
reciprocation
,
rhythmic play
,
seesaw
,
seesawing
,
sine wave
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
teeter-tottering
,
teetering
,
to-and-fro
,
tottering
,
ups and downs
,
wigwag
transpose
collapse
a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix
change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"
put (a piece of music) into another key
transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
related words >
adapt
,
alternate
,
arrange
,
assign
,
bandy
,
be quits with
,
carry over
,
change
,
communicate
,
commute
,
compensate
,
compose
,
consign
,
convert
,
cooperate
,
counterchange
,
deliver
,
deport
,
diffuse
,
disseminate
,
evert
,
exchange
,
expel
,
export
,
extradite
,
get back at
,
get even with
,
give and take
,
hand forward
,
hand on
,
hand over
,
harmonize
,
impart
,
import
,
instrument
,
instrumentate
,
interchange
,
introvert
,
intussuscept
,
invaginate
,
inverse
,
invert
,
logroll
,
make an adaptation
,
make over
,
melodize
,
metamorphose
,
metastasize
,
metathesize
,
musicalize
,
orchestrate
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass over
,
pass the buck
,
pay back
,
perfuse
,
permute
,
pronate
,
put
,
put to music
,
reciprocate
,
relay
,
render
,
requite
,
respond
,
resupinate
,
retaliate
,
return
,
return the compliment
,
reverse
,
revert
,
revolve
,
rotate
,
score
,
set
,
set to music
,
spread
,
supinate
,
swap
,
switch
,
trade
,
transcribe
,
transfer
,
transfer property
,
transfigure
,
transfuse
,
translate
,
translocate
,
transmit
,
transmogrify
,
transmute
,
transplace
,
transplant
,
transubstantiate
,
turn
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn down
,
turn in
,
turn inside out
,
turn out
,
turn over
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn upside down
,
write
qualified
collapse
legally qualified; "a competent witness"
meeting the proper standards and requirements and training for an office or position or task; "many qualified applicants for the job"
limited or restricted; not absolute; "gave only qualified approval"
related words >
a propos
,
able
,
acceptable
,
accomplished
,
ad rem
,
adapted
,
adept
,
adjusted
,
admissible
,
altered
,
applicable
,
apposite
,
appropriate
,
apropos
,
apt
,
au fait
,
becoming
,
befitting
,
better
,
bound
,
bounded
,
boxed in
,
capable
,
changeable
,
changed
,
checked out
,
circumscribed
,
competent
,
conditional
,
conditioned
,
confined
,
contingent
,
converted
,
copyrighted
,
cramped
,
definite
,
degenerate
,
deserved
,
desirable
,
determined
,
deviant
,
disciplined
,
divergent
,
dovetailing
,
earned
,
efficient
,
eligible
,
enfranchised
,
entitled
,
equal to
,
equipped
,
experienced
,
expert
,
felicitous
,
finite
,
fit
,
fitted
,
fitted for
,
fitting
,
fixed
,
geared
,
good
,
happy
,
hedged
,
hedged about
,
hedged in
,
hemmed in
,
icebound
,
improved
,
instructed
,
journeyman
,
just right
,
justified
,
knowledgeable
,
landlocked
,
leavened
,
likely
,
limited
,
merited
,
meshing
,
metamorphosed
,
metastasized
,
mitigated
,
moderated
,
modified
,
modulated
,
mutant
,
narrow
,
on the button
,
opportune
,
partial
,
pat
,
patented
,
prepared
,
prescribed
,
proficient
,
proper
,
proscribed
,
proved
,
provisional
,
ready
,
rebuilt
,
reformed
,
relevant
,
renewed
,
reserved
,
restricted
,
revived
,
revolutionary
,
right
,
seasonable
,
seasoned
,
skilled
,
snowbound
,
softened
,
sortable
,
stinted
,
strait
,
straitened
,
subversive
,
suitable
,
suited
,
suiting
,
tailored
,
talented
,
tempered
,
tested
,
to the point
,
to the purpose
,
trained
,
transformed
,
translated
,
transmuted
,
tried
,
unmitigated
,
up to
,
up to snuff
,
warranted
,
well-earned
,
well-fitted
,
well-informed
,
well-qualified
,
well-suited
,
wicked
,
windbound
,
with voice
,
with vote
,
worse
,
worthy
avenge
collapse
related words >
avengement
,
avenging
,
chasten
,
chastise
,
compensate
,
correct
,
counterblow
,
even the score
,
get even with
,
launch a vendetta
,
pay back
,
pay out
,
punish
,
recompense
,
redress
,
repay
,
reprisal
,
requital
,
requite
,
retaliate
,
retribution
,
revanche
,
revenge
,
right
,
take revenge
,
vengeance
,
vindicate
,
wreckage
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