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tauten
collapse
make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"
become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"
related words >
continue
,
crank
,
crank in
,
drag out
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw out
,
draw taut
,
elongate
,
extend
,
lengthen
,
lengthen out
,
let out
,
produce
,
prolong
,
prolongate
,
protract
,
pull
,
pull in
,
reel
,
reel in
,
spin out
,
strain
,
stretch
,
stretch out
,
string out
,
tackle
,
tense
,
tighten
,
trim
,
winch
,
wind in
,
windlass
reel
collapse
a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
music composed for dancing a reel
wind onto or off a reel
related words >
Charybdis
,
Chinese windlass
,
Spanish windlass
,
avoid
,
be drunk
,
be intoxicated
,
blench
,
blink
,
blunder
,
bob
,
bobble
,
call off
,
capstan
,
careen
,
career
,
centrifugate
,
centrifuge
,
coggle
,
crab
,
crank
,
crank in
,
cringe
,
dangle
,
dizzy round
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
draw taut
,
duck
,
eddy
,
enumerate
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falter
,
flinch
,
flounce
,
flounder
,
fluctuate
,
flutter
,
gurge
,
gyre
,
hang back
,
heave
,
hobbyhorse
,
itemize
,
jib
,
labor
,
librate
,
list
,
lurch
,
maelstrom
,
make heavy weather
,
name
,
nutate
,
oscillate
,
pass out
,
pendulate
,
pirouette
,
pitch
,
pitch and plunge
,
pitch and toss
,
plunge
,
pound
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
purl
,
quail
,
rat race
,
rear
,
recite
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
reel in
,
reel off
,
resonate
,
retreat
,
review
,
rock
,
roll
,
round
,
run over
,
run through
,
scend
,
see double
,
seethe
,
shake
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
spin
,
stagger
,
stammer
,
start aside
,
start back
,
struggle
,
stumble
,
surge
,
swag
,
sway
,
swerve
,
swim
,
swing
,
swinging
,
swirl
,
tackle
,
tauten
,
teeter
,
thrash about
,
tighten
,
topple
,
toss
,
toss and tumble
,
toss and turn
,
totter
,
trim
,
tumble
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
twirl
,
vacillate
,
vibrate
,
volutation
,
vortex
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wallop
,
wallow
,
wave
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
weave
,
welter
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
whirligig
,
whirlpool
,
whirlwind
,
wince
,
winch
,
wind in
,
windlass
,
wobble
,
yaw
centrifuge
collapse
an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids
related words >
analyzer
,
breaker
,
centrifugate
,
cutter
,
eddy
,
gurge
,
reel
,
separator
,
sieve
,
spin
,
stripper
,
surge
,
swirl
,
twirl
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
whirligig
,
whirlpool
tighten
collapse
become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"
make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"
related words >
affix
,
anchor
,
annex
,
attach
,
back
,
belay
,
box
,
box in
,
box up
,
brace
,
cement
,
cinch
,
circumscribe
,
clamp
,
clinch
,
close
,
compress
,
confine
,
continue
,
cramp
,
crank
,
crank in
,
crush
,
drag out
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw out
,
draw taut
,
elongate
,
engraft
,
ensphere
,
extend
,
fasten
,
fix
,
graft
,
grapple
,
hem
,
hem in
,
keep from spreading
,
keep within bounds
,
knit
,
lengthen
,
lengthen out
,
let out
,
limit
,
localize
,
make fast
,
moor
,
narrow
,
nip
,
pinch
,
press
,
produce
,
prolong
,
prolongate
,
protract
,
pull
,
pull in
,
put to
,
qualify
,
reel
,
reel in
,
reinforce
,
restrict
,
rigidify
,
screw up
,
secure
,
set
,
set to
,
shore up
,
spin out
,
squeeze
,
stiffen
,
stint
,
strain
,
strengthen
,
stretch
,
stretch out
,
string out
,
tackle
,
tauten
,
tense
,
trice up
,
trim
,
tweak
,
wad up
,
winch
,
wind in
,
windlass
coggle
collapse
related words >
bob
,
bobble
,
careen
,
dangle
,
fluctuate
,
flutter
,
librate
,
lurch
,
nutate
,
oscillate
,
pendulate
,
pitch
,
reel
,
resonate
,
rock
,
roll
,
shake
,
swag
,
sway
,
swing
,
toss
,
vacillate
,
vibrate
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wave
,
waver
,
wobble
windlass
collapse
related words >
Chinese windlass
,
Spanish windlass
,
capstan
,
crab
,
crane
,
derrick
,
erector
,
forklift
,
gantry crane
,
hoist
,
hydraulic tailgate
,
jack
,
jackscrew
,
lever
,
lift
,
lifter
,
reel
,
tackle
,
winch
resonate
collapse
be received or understood
sound with resonance; "The sound resonates well in this theater"
related words >
bob
,
bobble
,
careen
,
coggle
,
dangle
,
fluctuate
,
flutter
,
librate
,
lurch
,
nutate
,
oscillate
,
pendulate
,
pitch
,
pulse
,
reel
,
rock
,
roll
,
shake
,
swag
,
sway
,
swing
,
throb
,
toss
,
vacillate
,
vibrate
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wave
,
waver
,
wobble
draw in
collapse
pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
related words >
abbreviate
,
absorb
,
allure
,
argue
,
aspirate
,
bait
,
bait the hook
,
blandish
,
breathe in
,
bring around
,
cajole
,
catch up in
,
circumscribe
,
coarct
,
coax
,
compact
,
compress
,
concentrate
,
concern
,
condense
,
confine
,
consolidate
,
constrict
,
constringe
,
contract
,
convince
,
cramp
,
crank
,
crank in
,
cringe
,
curtail
,
decoy
,
decrease
,
diminish
,
draw
,
draw back
,
draw on
,
draw taut
,
draw together
,
duck
,
embarrass
,
engage
,
enmesh
,
ensnare
,
entangle
,
entice
,
flinch
,
flirt
,
flirt with
,
get
,
give the come-on
,
go in
,
implicate
,
inhale
,
inspire
,
interest
,
inveigle
,
involve
,
knit
,
lead on
,
limit
,
lure
,
narrow
,
offer bait to
,
persuade
,
prevail
,
prompt
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
purse
,
reduce
,
reel
,
reel in
,
restrict
,
retract
,
rope in
,
seduce
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
shy
,
slurp
,
snape
,
sniff
,
sniffle
,
snuff
,
snuff in
,
snuffle
,
solidify
,
straiten
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
suck
,
suck in
,
suck into
,
suckle
,
tackle
,
talk into
,
tangle
,
taper
,
tauten
,
tighten
,
trim
,
win over
,
wince
,
winch
,
wind in
,
windlass
,
withdraw
,
woo
,
wrinkle
pull in
collapse
move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"
related words >
accomplish
,
achieve
,
apprehend
,
approach
,
arrest
,
arrive
,
arrive at
,
arrive in
,
attain
,
attain to
,
be received
,
bit
,
blow in
,
bob up
,
bridle
,
bust
,
check
,
check in
,
clock in
,
collar
,
come
,
come in
,
come to
,
come to hand
,
constrain
,
contain
,
control
,
cool
,
cool off
,
crank
,
crank in
,
cringe
,
curb
,
curtail
,
decelerate
,
detain
,
dompt
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
draw taut
,
duck
,
enjoin
,
fetch
,
fetch up at
,
find
,
flinch
,
gain
,
get in
,
get there
,
get to
,
govern
,
guard
,
hinder
,
hit
,
hit town
,
hold
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold down
,
hold fast
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold in leash
,
hold up
,
inhibit
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep from
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep under control
,
lay under restraint
,
make
,
make a pinch
,
make it
,
nab
,
pick up
,
pinch
,
pop up
,
prohibit
,
pull
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
punch in
,
reach
,
reel
,
reel in
,
rein
,
rein in
,
restrain
,
retard
,
retract
,
retrench
,
ring in
,
roll in
,
run in
,
set back
,
show up
,
shrink
,
shy
,
sign in
,
slow down
,
snub
,
straiten
,
tackle
,
tauten
,
tighten
,
time in
,
trim
,
turn up
,
wince
,
winch
,
wind in
,
windlass
,
withdraw
,
withhold
waggle
collapse
related words >
beat
,
bob
,
bobble
,
careen
,
coggle
,
dangle
,
fluctuate
,
flutter
,
lash
,
librate
,
lurch
,
nutate
,
oscillate
,
pendulate
,
pitch
,
reel
,
resonate
,
rock
,
roll
,
shake
,
squirm
,
swag
,
sway
,
swing
,
swinging
,
switch
,
toss
,
twist and turn
,
vacillate
,
vibrate
,
waddle
,
wag
,
wave
,
waver
,
wiggle
,
wobble
,
wriggle
,
writhe
whaling
collapse
related words >
angling
,
banging
,
bumping
,
casting
,
colossal
,
dressing-down
,
enormous
,
fishery
,
fishing
,
fly fishing
,
gargantuan
,
gigantic
,
guddling
,
harpooning
,
hiding
,
immense
,
jigging
,
larruping
,
lathering
,
leathering
,
licking
,
mighty
,
paddling
,
piscation
,
prodigious
,
rod and reel
,
slapping
,
spanking
,
still-fishing
,
tanning
,
thumping
,
thundering
,
trawling
,
trolling
,
walloping
,
whacking
,
whopping
gurge
collapse
related words >
Charybdis
,
Maelstrom
,
back stream
,
backflow
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
centrifugate
,
centrifuge
,
countercurrent
,
counterflow
,
counterflux
,
dizzy round
,
eddy
,
gulf
,
gyre
,
maelstrom
,
pirouette
,
purl
,
rat race
,
reel
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regurgitation
,
round
,
spin
,
surge
,
swirl
,
turn
,
twirl
,
vortex
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
whirligig
,
whirlpool
,
whirlwind
,
whorl
rotator
collapse
related words >
carousel
,
centrifuge
,
chuck
,
disk
,
drill
,
extractor
,
fan
,
governor
,
gyroscope
,
impeller
,
jack
,
merry-go-round
,
propeller
,
reel
,
roller
,
rolling pin
,
rolling stone
,
rotary drill
,
rotor
,
roundabout
,
rundle
,
screw
,
spindle
,
spinner
,
spit
,
spool
,
teetotum
,
top
,
treadmill
,
turbine
,
turntable
,
wheel
,
whirlabout
,
whirler
,
whirligig
,
whorl
,
windmill
fishing
collapse
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
the occupation of catching fish for a living
related words >
angling
,
casting
,
cynegetic
,
delving
,
digging
,
fishery
,
fly fishing
,
following
,
guddling
,
halieutic
,
harpooning
,
hunting
,
in full cry
,
in hot pursuit
,
in pursuit
,
in search of
,
jigging
,
loaded for bear
,
looking for
,
nosy
,
out for
,
out for bear
,
piscation
,
piscatorial
,
piscatory
,
poking
,
probing
,
prying
,
pursuant
,
pursuing
,
questing
,
rod and reel
,
searching
,
seeking
,
still-fishing
,
trawling
,
trolling
,
whaling
thrash about
collapse
related words >
agonize over
,
be at sea
,
be uncertain
,
beat about
,
blunder
,
careen
,
career
,
doubt
,
falter
,
feel unsure
,
flounce
,
flounder
,
grope
,
labor
,
lurch
,
pitch
,
pitch and plunge
,
plunge
,
puzzle over
,
question
,
reel
,
rock
,
roll
,
seethe
,
stagger
,
struggle
,
stumble
,
sway
,
swing
,
toss
,
toss and tumble
,
toss and turn
,
totter
,
tumble
,
wallop
,
wallow
,
welter
,
wonder
,
wonder whether
whirlpool
collapse
a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
related words >
Charybdis
,
Maelstrom
,
ado
,
back stream
,
backflow
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
bustle
,
centrifugate
,
centrifuge
,
countercurrent
,
counterflow
,
counterflux
,
dizzy round
,
eddy
,
flurry
,
furore
,
fuss
,
gulf
,
gurge
,
gyre
,
maelstrom
,
pirouette
,
pother
,
purl
,
rat race
,
reel
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regurgitation
,
round
,
spin
,
surge
,
swirl
,
turn
,
twirl
,
vortex
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
whirligig
,
whirlwind
,
whorl
pirouette
collapse
(ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet)
do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance
related words >
Charybdis
,
circle
,
circulate
,
circumrotate
,
circumvolute
,
crank
,
dizzy round
,
eddy
,
go around
,
go round
,
gurge
,
gyrate
,
gyre
,
maelstrom
,
pivot
,
pivoting
,
rat race
,
reel
,
revolution
,
revolve
,
rotate
,
round
,
screw
,
spin
,
surge
,
swing
,
swirl
,
swivel
,
turn
,
turn a pirouette
,
turn around
,
turn round
,
twirl
,
twist
,
vortex
,
wamble
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
whirligig
,
whirlpool
,
whirlwind
,
wind
purl
collapse
a basic knitting stitch
gold or silver wire thread
make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling"
embroider with gold or silver thread
edge or border with gold or silver embroidery
knit with a purl stitch
related words >
adjoin
,
babble
,
befringe
,
bind
,
border
,
bound
,
bubble
,
burble
,
eddy
,
edge
,
enframe
,
frame
,
fringe
,
guggle
,
gurge
,
gurgle
,
gyrate
,
gyre
,
hem
,
lap
,
line
,
list
,
march
,
marge
,
margin
,
marginate
,
pirouette
,
plash
,
purfle
,
reel
,
rim
,
ripple
,
set off
,
side
,
skirt
,
slosh
,
spin
,
splash
,
swash
,
swirl
,
swish
,
trill
,
trim
,
twirl
,
verge
,
wash
,
whirl
,
whirligig
,
whirlpool
,
whorl
gyroscope
collapse
rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
related words >
balance
,
balance rudder
,
balance wheel
,
ballast
,
centrifuge
,
chuck
,
counterbalance
,
counterweight
,
drill
,
extractor
,
fan
,
fin
,
fixative
,
flywheel
,
governor
,
hairspring
,
impeller
,
jack
,
keel
,
mordant
,
pendulum
,
propeller
,
reel
,
roller
,
rolling pin
,
rotary drill
,
rotor
,
screw
,
shock absorber
,
spindle
,
spinner
,
spit
,
spool
,
springs
,
stabilizator
,
stiffening
,
tail plane
,
teetotum
,
top
,
treadmill
,
turbine
,
turntable
,
whorl
,
windmill
talk nonsense
collapse
related words >
babble
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blather
,
blether
,
bull
,
bullshit
,
chat
,
chatter
,
clack
,
clatter
,
dither
,
drivel
,
drool
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
go on
,
gossip
,
gush
,
haver
,
jabber
,
jaw
,
natter
,
palaver
,
patter
,
piffle
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prattle
,
ramble on
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
run on
,
spout
,
spout off
,
talk away
,
talk on
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
vapor
,
waffle
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
vibrate
collapse
shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
related words >
bob
,
bobble
,
bounce
,
bump
,
careen
,
chatter
,
coggle
,
continue
,
dangle
,
didder
,
falter
,
fluctuate
,
flutter
,
have an ague
,
hustle
,
jactitate
,
jar
,
jog
,
joggle
,
jolt
,
jostle
,
jounce
,
jump
,
librate
,
lurch
,
nutate
,
occur often
,
oscillate
,
pendulate
,
pitch
,
pulsate
,
pulse
,
quake
,
quaver
,
quiver
,
recur
,
reel
,
resonate
,
reverberate
,
rock
,
roll
,
shake
,
shiver
,
shock
,
shudder
,
swag
,
sway
,
swing
,
throb
,
toss
,
tremble
,
tremor
,
twitter
,
vacillate
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wave
,
waver
,
wobble
swim
collapse
travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"
related words >
Australian crawl
,
aquaplaning
,
aquatics
,
backstroke
,
balneation
,
bathe
,
bathing
,
bon ton
,
breaststroke
,
butterfly
,
convention
,
crawl
,
custom
,
dive
,
diving
,
dog paddle
,
fashion
,
fin
,
fishtail
,
flapper
,
flipper
,
float
,
floating
,
go in swimming
,
go in wading
,
haute couture
,
high fashion
,
mode
,
natation
,
prevailing taste
,
proper thing
,
reel
,
sidestroke
,
skinny-dip
,
stream of fashion
,
style
,
surfboarding
,
surfing
,
swimming
,
tread water
,
treading water
,
trend
,
turn
,
vogue
,
wade
,
wading
,
waterskiing
,
whirl
fluctuate
collapse
be unstable; "The stock market fluctuates"
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
bob
,
bobble
,
careen
,
change
,
chop and change
,
coggle
,
dangle
,
dither
,
ebb and flow
,
equivocate
,
flounder
,
flutter
,
go through phases
,
intermit
,
lack regularity
,
librate
,
lurch
,
nutate
,
oscillate
,
pendulate
,
pitch
,
recur
,
reel
,
resonate
,
return
,
reverse
,
ring the changes
,
rock
,
roll
,
seesaw
,
shake
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shuffle
,
stagger
,
swag
,
sway
,
swing
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
tergiversate
,
toss
,
totter
,
turn
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
vibrate
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wave
,
waver
,
wax and wane
,
wobble
whirlwind
collapse
a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth
related words >
Charybdis
,
ado
,
baguio
,
blaze
,
burst
,
bustle
,
convulsion
,
cyclone
,
dizzy round
,
dust devil
,
eddy
,
eruption
,
explosion
,
fit
,
flare-up
,
flurry
,
furore
,
fuss
,
gale
,
gurge
,
gust
,
gyre
,
hurricane
,
irruption
,
maelstrom
,
outbreak
,
outburst
,
paroxysm
,
pirouette
,
pother
,
rainspout
,
rat race
,
reel
,
rotary storm
,
round
,
sand column
,
sandspout
,
seizure
,
spasm
,
spin
,
storm
,
surge
,
swirl
,
tempest
,
tornado
,
turn
,
twirl
,
twister
,
typhoon
,
upheaval
,
vortex
,
waterspout
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
whirlblast
,
whirlpool
,
whirly
,
wind eddy
draw back
collapse
related words >
avoid
,
back down
,
back out
,
beat a retreat
,
blench
,
blink
,
cringe
,
discount
,
disengage
,
dodge
,
draw in
,
draw off
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
flinch
,
funk
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
hang back
,
jib
,
knock off
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
run back
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
subtract
,
swerve
,
take
,
take away
,
take off
,
take out
,
turn aside
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
oscillate
collapse
move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
be here again
,
bob
,
bobble
,
careen
,
change
,
circle
,
coggle
,
come again
,
come and go
,
come around
,
come round
,
come round again
,
come up again
,
cycle
,
dangle
,
dither
,
ebb and flow
,
equivocate
,
flounder
,
fluctuate
,
flutter
,
go through phases
,
hem and haw
,
intermit
,
librate
,
lurch
,
nutate
,
pendulate
,
pitch
,
pulsate
,
pulse
,
reappear
,
recur
,
reel
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
resonate
,
return
,
revolve
,
ring the changes
,
rock
,
roll
,
roll around
,
rotate
,
seesaw
,
shake
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shuffle
,
stagger
,
swag
,
sway
,
swing
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
tergiversate
,
toss
,
totter
,
turn
,
undulate
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
vibrate
,
wag
,
waggle
,
wave
,
waver
,
wax and wane
,
wheel
,
wheel around
,
wobble
natter
collapse
related words >
babble
,
babblement
,
bavardage
,
bibble-babble
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blah-blah
,
blather
,
blether
,
blethers
,
cackle
,
caquet
,
caqueterie
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chitter-chatter
,
clack
,
clatter
,
dither
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
go on
,
gossip
,
guff
,
gush
,
haver
,
hot air
,
idle talk
,
jabber
,
jaw
,
mere talk
,
nonsense talk
,
palaver
,
patter
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prating
,
prattle
,
prittle-prattle
,
ramble on
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
run on
,
spout
,
spout off
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
talkee-talkee
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
waffle
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
toss and turn
collapse
related words >
be vigilant
,
blunder
,
careen
,
career
,
count sheep
,
falter
,
fidget
,
flip out
,
flounce
,
flounder
,
flutter
,
freak out on
,
get high on
,
glow
,
go pitapat
,
have the fidgets
,
have the shakes
,
heave
,
jerk
,
keep alert
,
labor
,
lurch
,
palpitate
,
pant
,
pitch
,
pitch and plunge
,
plunge
,
quake
,
quaver
,
quiver
,
reel
,
rock
,
roll
,
seethe
,
shake
,
shiver
,
squirm
,
stagger
,
stay awake
,
struggle
,
stumble
,
sway
,
swell
,
swell with emotion
,
swing
,
thrash about
,
thrill
,
thrill to
,
throb
,
tingle
,
tingle with excitement
,
toss
,
toss and tumble
,
totter
,
tremble
,
tumble
,
turn on to
,
twist and turn
,
twitch
,
twitter
,
wallop
,
wallow
,
welter
,
wiggle
,
wriggle
,
writhe
eddy
collapse
a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
flow in a circular current, of liquids
related words >
Charybdis
,
Maelstrom
,
ado
,
agitation
,
back
,
back stream
,
backflow
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
brouhaha
,
bustle
,
centrifugate
,
centrifuge
,
commotion
,
countercurrent
,
counterflow
,
counterflux
,
cyclone
,
disturbance
,
dizzy round
,
dust devil
,
ebullience
,
ebullition
,
effervescence
,
embroilment
,
feery-fary
,
ferment
,
fermentation
,
flurry
,
fume
,
gulf
,
gurge
,
gyre
,
hurly-burly
,
hurricane
,
hurry
,
hurry-scurry
,
maelstrom
,
pell-mell
,
perturbation
,
pirouette
,
purl
,
rat race
,
reel
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regurgitation
,
round
,
ruffle
,
spin
,
stir
,
surge
,
swirl
,
swirling
,
to-do
,
tornado
,
tumult
,
turbulence
,
turmoil
,
turn
,
twirl
,
twister
,
typhoon
,
uproar
,
vortex
,
waterspout
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
whirligig
,
whirlpool
,
whirlwind
,
whorl
,
yeastiness
twirl
collapse
turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
related words >
Charybdis
,
Maelstrom
,
back stream
,
backflow
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
centrifugate
,
centrifuge
,
cirrus
,
coil
,
contort
,
convolution
,
corkscrew
,
countercurrent
,
counterflow
,
counterflux
,
crinkle
,
curl
,
curlicue
,
dizzy round
,
eddy
,
evolute
,
gulf
,
gurge
,
gyrate
,
gyre
,
helix
,
intort
,
involute
,
kink
,
maelstrom
,
meander
,
pirouette
,
purl
,
rat race
,
reel
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regurgitation
,
revolution
,
revolve
,
ringlet
,
roll
,
rotate
,
round
,
scallop
,
screw
,
scroll
,
serpentine
,
slink
,
snake
,
spin
,
spinning
,
spiral
,
surge
,
swirl
,
tendril
,
turn
,
turning
,
twine
,
twirling
,
twist
,
twist and turn
,
volute
,
volution
,
vortex
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
whirligig
,
whirling
,
whirlpool
,
whirlwind
,
whorl
,
wind
,
winding
,
worm
,
wring
blench
collapse
related words >
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
avoid
,
blanch
,
bleach
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cringe
,
decolor
,
decolorize
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
funk
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have a misery
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hurt
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pound
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shoot
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
smart
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
suffer
,
swerve
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
turn aside
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
white
,
wince
,
writhe
sheer off
collapse
related words >
about the bush
,
avert
,
avoid
,
bear off
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blench
,
blink
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fence
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
jib
,
make way for
,
move aside
,
parry
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
switch
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer off
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
flinch
collapse
draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
related words >
avoid
,
avoidance
,
be startled
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cower
,
cringe
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
duck
,
elude
,
escape
,
eschew
,
evade
,
evasion
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fallback
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
funk
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
jib
,
jump
,
jump a mile
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pullback
,
pullout
,
quail
,
recede
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shrink from
,
shun
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
startle
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
swerve
,
turn aside
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
waffle
collapse
pancake batter baked in a waffle iron
related words >
babble
,
back and fill
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blather
,
blether
,
blintz
,
buckwheat cake
,
bull
,
bullshit
,
chat
,
chatter
,
cheese blintz
,
clack
,
clatter
,
crepe
,
dither
,
dodge
,
drivel
,
drool
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
flapcake
,
flapjack
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
go on
,
gossip
,
griddlecake
,
gush
,
haver
,
hem and haw
,
hot cake
,
hum and haw
,
jabber
,
jaw
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
natter
,
palacsinta
,
palaver
,
palter
,
pancake
,
parry
,
patter
,
piffle
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prattle
,
prevaricate
,
ramble on
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
run on
,
sidestep
,
spout
,
spout off
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
tergiversate
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
vapor
,
weasel
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
scend
collapse
rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"
related words >
be poised
,
billow
,
bore
,
break
,
breakers
,
chop
,
choppiness
,
chopping sea
,
comb
,
comber
,
crash
,
dash
,
dirty water
,
eagre
,
ebb and flow
,
flounder
,
gravity wave
,
ground swell
,
heave
,
heavy sea
,
heavy swell
,
hobbyhorse
,
lift
,
lop
,
lurch
,
make heavy weather
,
peak
,
pitch
,
pitch and toss
,
plunge
,
popple
,
pound
,
rear
,
reel
,
riffle
,
ripple
,
rise
,
rise and fall
,
rock
,
roll
,
roller
,
rough water
,
sea
,
send
,
smash
,
surf
,
surge
,
sway
,
swell
,
swing
,
tidal bore
,
tidal wave
,
tide wave
,
toss
,
toss and tumble
,
trough
,
tsunami
,
tumble
,
undulate
,
undulation
,
wallow
,
water wave
,
wave
,
wavelet
,
welter
,
white horses
,
whitecaps
,
yaw
welter
collapse
be immersed in; "welter in work"
toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"
related words >
arsy-varsiness
,
bask
,
bend
,
blunder
,
careen
,
career
,
clutter
,
cower
,
cringe
,
crouch
,
falter
,
farrago
,
flounce
,
flounder
,
get down
,
grovel
,
hash
,
heave
,
helter-skelter
,
higgledy-piggledy
,
hobbyhorse
,
hodgepodge
,
hunch
,
hunch down
,
hysteron proteron
,
indulge
,
jumble
,
labor
,
litter
,
lurch
,
luxuriate
,
make heavy weather
,
mess
,
mishmash
,
mummify
,
mummy
,
pitch
,
pitch and plunge
,
pitch and toss
,
plunge
,
pound
,
rear
,
reel
,
revel
,
rock
,
roll
,
rollick
,
scend
,
scramble
,
scrouch down
,
seethe
,
shrivel
,
squat
,
stagger
,
stoop
,
strive
,
struggle
,
stumble
,
sway
,
swing
,
thrash about
,
topsy-turviness
,
topsy-turvydom
,
toss
,
toss and tumble
,
toss and turn
,
totter
,
tumble
,
turmoil
,
unholy mess
,
volutation
,
wallop
,
wallow
,
wilt
,
wizen
,
writhe
,
yaw
rat race
collapse
an exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation
related words >
Charybdis
,
absurdity
,
aimlessness
,
bootlessness
,
busyness
,
dirty work
,
dizzy round
,
donkeywork
,
drudgery
,
eddy
,
employment
,
emptiness
,
fag
,
fatigue
,
fatuity
,
fecklessness
,
fruitlessness
,
futility
,
grind
,
gurge
,
gyre
,
handiwork
,
handwork
,
hollowness
,
impotence
,
inanity
,
industry
,
ineffectiveness
,
ineffectuality
,
inefficacy
,
labor
,
lick
,
lick of work
,
maelstrom
,
manual labor
,
meaninglessness
,
moil
,
nugacity
,
otiosity
,
pirouette
,
plenty to do
,
pointlessness
,
press of business
,
profitlessness
,
purposelessness
,
reel
,
round
,
scut work
,
slavery
,
spadework
,
spin
,
stroke
,
stroke of work
,
surge
,
sweat
,
swirl
,
task
,
the absurd
,
the rat race
,
tiresome work
,
toil
,
travail
,
treadmill
,
triviality
,
turn
,
twirl
,
unproductiveness
,
unprofitability
,
unprofitableness
,
valuelessness
,
vanity
,
vicious circle
,
vortex
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
whirlpool
,
whirlwind
,
work
,
worthlessness
avoid
collapse
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories"
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abstain
,
abstain from
,
avert
,
be stuck-up
,
bilk
,
blench
,
blink
,
circumvent
,
cringe
,
debar
,
deflect
,
divert
,
do without
,
dodge
,
double
,
draw back
,
duck
,
elude
,
escape
,
eschew
,
evade
,
exclude
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
forbear
,
forbid
,
forgo
,
give place to
,
hang back
,
hold aloof
,
hold aloof from
,
hold back
,
jib
,
keep aloof
,
keep away from
,
keep clear of
,
keep from
,
keep hands off
,
keep off
,
keep remote from
,
leave alone
,
let alone
,
let go by
,
make way for
,
never touch
,
not meddle with
,
not touch
,
obviate
,
pass up
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
refrain
,
refrain from
,
retreat
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shun
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
spare
,
stand aloof
,
stand aloof from
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stay detached from
,
steer clear of
,
swerve
,
turn aside
,
turn away from
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withhold
wince
collapse
a reflex response to sudden pain
the facial expression of sudden pain
make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"
related words >
ache
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anguish
,
avoid
,
avoidance
,
blanch
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cower
,
cringe
,
demur
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
duck
,
evade
,
evasion
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fallback
,
falter
,
feel pain
,
feel the pangs
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
funk
,
grimace
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have a misery
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hurt
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pound
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pullback
,
pullout
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer
,
sheer off
,
shoot
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
sidestepping
,
smart
,
squinch
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
suffer
,
swerve
,
thrill
,
throb
,
tingle
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
twinge
,
twitch
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
withdraw
,
writhe
fall back
collapse
retreat
fall backwards and down
have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
related words >
avoid
,
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
back up
,
backslide
,
beat a retreat
,
blench
,
blink
,
come after
,
come last
,
cringe
,
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
disengage
,
disimprove
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall
,
fall again into
,
fall astern
,
fall behind
,
fall from grace
,
flinch
,
follow
,
get worse
,
give back
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
grow worse
,
hang back
,
have a relapse
,
jib
,
lag behind
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
let down
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
quail
,
recidivate
,
recoil
,
recur to
,
reel back
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return to
,
revert
,
revert to
,
run back
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sicken
,
sidestep
,
sink back
,
slacken
,
slide back
,
slip back
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
swerve
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
turn aside
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
worsen
,
yield again to
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