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delineate
collapse
describe in vivid detail
trace the shape of
related words >
block in
,
block out
,
brief
,
bring to life
,
cartoon
,
catch a likeness
,
chalk
,
chalk out
,
character
,
characterize
,
charcoal
,
chart
,
color
,
contour
,
copy
,
crayon
,
crosshatch
,
dash off
,
daub
,
define
,
depict
,
describe
,
design
,
diagram
,
doodle
,
draft
,
draw
,
etch
,
evoke
,
express
,
give words to
,
hatch
,
hit off
,
image
,
interpret
,
limn
,
line
,
map
,
notate
,
outline
,
paint
,
paint a picture
,
pencil
,
picture
,
picturize
,
plan
,
portray
,
print
,
profile
,
register
,
render
,
represent
,
rough in
,
rough out
,
rub
,
schematize
,
scratch
,
scumble
,
set forth
,
shade
,
silhouette
,
sketch
,
stencil
,
symbolize
,
take a rubbing
,
tint
,
trace
,
trace out
,
trace over
,
write
deduct
collapse
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
allow
,
bate
,
charge off
,
collect
,
compress
,
conclude
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduce
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derive
,
derogate
,
detract
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disparage
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
gather
,
impair
,
judge
,
kick back
,
knock off
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make
,
make allowance
,
make out
,
pare
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
take
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
minister to
collapse
related words >
act for
,
administer to
,
advance
,
assist
,
attend
,
attend on
,
attend to
,
baby-sit
,
bandage
,
bathe
,
be instrumental
,
care for
,
cater to
,
chaperon
,
cherish
,
chore
,
conserve
,
cure
,
dance attendance upon
,
diagnose
,
do for
,
do service to
,
doctor
,
drudge
,
facilitate
,
flux
,
forward
,
foster
,
give care to
,
go between
,
heal
,
help
,
keep watch over
,
lackey
,
look after
,
look out for
,
look to
,
maid
,
massage
,
matronize
,
mediate
,
mind
,
mother
,
nurse
,
nurture
,
operate on
,
pander
,
pander to
,
physic
,
plaster
,
poultice
,
preserve
,
promote
,
protege
,
provide for
,
purge
,
remedy
,
ride herd on
,
rub
,
see after
,
see to
,
serve
,
shepherd
,
splint
,
strap
,
subserve
,
support
,
take care of
,
take charge of
,
tend
,
treat
,
upon
,
valet
,
wait
,
wait on
,
watch
,
watch out for
,
watch over
,
work for
impingement
collapse
a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture"
related words >
appulse
,
attouchement
,
brunt
,
brush
,
bulldozing
,
bulling
,
bump
,
cannon
,
carambole
,
caress
,
carom
,
clash
,
collision
,
concussion
,
contact
,
contingence
,
crack-up
,
crash
,
crump
,
crunch
,
encounter
,
encroachment
,
entrance
,
entrenchment
,
glance
,
graze
,
hammering
,
impact
,
impingence
,
imposition
,
incursion
,
infiltration
,
influx
,
infringement
,
injection
,
inroad
,
insinuation
,
interference
,
interjection
,
interloping
,
interposition
,
interposure
,
interruption
,
intervention
,
intrusion
,
invasion
,
irruption
,
jar
,
jolt
,
kiss
,
mauling
,
meeting
,
nudge
,
obtrusion
,
onslaught
,
osculation
,
percussion
,
ramming
,
rub
,
shock
,
sideswipe
,
sledgehammering
,
smash
,
smash-up
,
smashing
,
taction
,
tangency
,
tentative contact
,
thrusting
,
touch
,
touching
,
trespass
,
trespassing
,
unlawful entry
,
whomp
disaffinity
collapse
related words >
Discordia
,
Eris
,
animosity
,
antigravity
,
bad feeling
,
centrifugal force
,
chill
,
chilliness
,
clash
,
clashing
,
coldness
,
conflict
,
contention
,
coolness
,
diamagnetism
,
disaccord
,
disaffection
,
disapprobation
,
disapproval
,
discord
,
discordance
,
discordancy
,
disfavor
,
disharmony
,
disinclination
,
dislike
,
displeasure
,
disrelish
,
distaste
,
enmity
,
friction
,
frost
,
hard feelings
,
hardheartedness
,
hostility
,
iciness
,
immediate dislike
,
incompatibility
,
incompatibleness
,
inharmoniousness
,
inharmony
,
inhospitality
,
inimicality
,
jangle
,
jar
,
magnetic repulsion
,
mischief
,
mutual repulsion
,
noncooperation
,
open conflict
,
personal conflict
,
personality conflict
,
polarization
,
repellence
,
repellency
,
repelling
,
repulsion
,
rub
,
strain
,
strained relations
,
tension
,
unamiability
,
uncordiality
,
unfriendliness
,
ungeniality
,
unharmoniousness
,
unpleasantness
,
unsociability
belabor
collapse
attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students"
to work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious"
related words >
accent
,
accentuate
,
always trot out
,
baste
,
bastinado
,
batter
,
beat
,
belt
,
birch
,
buffet
,
cane
,
club
,
cowhide
,
cudgel
,
cut
,
drub
,
dwell on
,
dwell upon
,
emphasize
,
flagellate
,
flail
,
flog
,
fustigate
,
give a whipping
,
give emphasis to
,
give the stick
,
hammer away at
,
harp on
,
highlight
,
horsewhip
,
insist upon
,
italicize
,
knout
,
labor
,
lace
,
lambaste
,
lash
,
lay on
,
overaccentuate
,
overemphasize
,
overstress
,
pelt
,
pistol-whip
,
place emphasis on
,
point up
,
pommel
,
pound
,
pummel
,
punctuate
,
rawhide
,
rub in
,
scourge
,
smite
,
spank
,
spotlight
,
star
,
strap
,
stress
,
stripe
,
swinge
,
switch
,
thrash
,
thresh over
,
thump
,
trounce
,
truncheon
,
underline
,
underscore
,
wallop
,
whale
,
whip
,
whop
wizen
collapse
related words >
Sanforize
,
age
,
air-dry
,
anhydrate
,
attenuate
,
bake
,
blot
,
brush
,
burn
,
cheat the undertaker
,
consume
,
cure
,
decline
,
decrease
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
desiccate
,
diminish
,
dodder
,
drain
,
droop
,
dry
,
dry up
,
dwindle
,
emacerate
,
emaciate
,
evaporate
,
exsiccate
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fail
,
fire
,
flag
,
get along
,
get on
,
grow old
,
insolate
,
kiln
,
languish
,
macerate
,
mummify
,
mummy
,
parch
,
pine
,
preshrink
,
reduce
,
rub
,
scorch
,
sear
,
shake
,
shrink
,
shrivel
,
sink
,
smoke
,
soak up
,
sponge
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
swab
,
thin
,
torrefy
,
totter
,
towel
,
turn gray
,
turn white
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
weazen
,
welter
,
wilt
,
wipe
,
wither
,
wrinkle
bark
collapse
a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
the sound made by a dog
a noise resembling the bark of a dog
tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
tan (a skin) with bark tannins
speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone"
make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger"
remove the bark of a tree
cover with bark
related words >
ablate
,
abrade
,
abrase
,
advertise
,
animal noise
,
argosy
,
ballyhoo
,
bang
,
barking
,
battle cry
,
bawl
,
bay
,
bell
,
bellow
,
bill
,
birdcall
,
blare
,
blast
,
blat
,
blate
,
bleat
,
blemish
,
bloody
,
blubber
,
boat
,
boom
,
boost
,
bottom
,
bran
,
bray
,
break
,
breathe
,
bucket
,
build up
,
bulletin
,
burn
,
burst
,
buzz
,
cackle
,
call
,
capsule
,
case
,
caterwaul
,
chafe
,
chaff
,
chant
,
check
,
cheer
,
chip
,
chirp
,
circularize
,
clang
,
claw
,
coo
,
cork
,
corn shuck
,
cornhusk
,
cortex
,
crack
,
craft
,
craze
,
crow
,
cry
,
cry up
,
cut
,
decorticate
,
detonate
,
detonation
,
discharge
,
drawl
,
epicarp
,
erase
,
erode
,
establish
,
exclaim
,
excoriate
,
explode
,
explosion
,
file
,
flay
,
flute
,
fracture
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
fulminate
,
fulmination
,
fusillade
,
gall
,
gash
,
gasp
,
give a write-up
,
give publicity
,
give tongue
,
give voice
,
gnaw
,
gnaw away
,
go off
,
grate
,
graze
,
grind
,
growl
,
grunt
,
gunshot
,
hail
,
halloo
,
hiss
,
holler
,
hollo
,
hooker
,
hoot
,
howl
,
howling
,
hulk
,
hull
,
hurrah
,
hurt
,
husk
,
incise
,
injure
,
jacket
,
keel
,
keen
,
lacerate
,
leviathan
,
lilt
,
low
,
maim
,
make mincemeat of
,
mating call
,
maul
,
meow
,
mew
,
mewl
,
miaow
,
moo
,
mumble
,
murmur
,
mutilate
,
mutter
,
neigh
,
nicker
,
note
,
packet
,
palea
,
pant
,
pare
,
peel
,
peeling
,
phellum
,
pierce
,
pipe
,
placard
,
plug
,
pod
,
pop
,
post
,
post bills
,
post up
,
press-agent
,
promote
,
publicize
,
puff
,
pule
,
puncture
,
rallying cry
,
rasp
,
raze
,
rend
,
rind
,
rip
,
roar
,
rub away
,
rub off
,
rub out
,
rumble
,
run
,
rupture
,
salvo
,
savage
,
scald
,
scalp
,
scorch
,
scotch
,
scour
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
screak
,
scream
,
screech
,
scrub
,
scuff
,
sell
,
shell
,
ship
,
shot
,
shout
,
shriek
,
shuck
,
sibilate
,
sigh
,
sing
,
skin
,
slash
,
slit
,
snap
,
snarl
,
snort
,
sob
,
spiel
,
sprain
,
squall
,
squawk
,
squeak
,
squeal
,
stab
,
stick
,
strain
,
stridulation
,
strip
,
tear
,
thunder
,
traumatize
,
troat
,
trumpet
,
tub
,
twang
,
ululate
,
ululation
,
vessel
,
volley
,
wail
,
war cry
,
war whoop
,
warble
,
watercraft
,
wear
,
wear away
,
whicker
,
whine
,
whinny
,
whisper
,
whoop
,
woodnote
,
wound
,
wrench
,
write up
,
yammer
,
yap
,
yawl
,
yawp
,
yell
,
yelp
,
yip
,
yo-ho
,
yowl
turning point
collapse
related words >
bench mark
,
cardinal point
,
chief thing
,
climacteric
,
climax
,
clutch
,
contingency
,
convergence of events
,
core
,
cornerstone
,
crisis
,
critical juncture
,
critical point
,
crossroads
,
crucial period
,
crunch
,
crux
,
culmination
,
emergency
,
essence
,
essential
,
essential matter
,
exigency
,
extremity
,
fundamental
,
gist
,
gravamen
,
great point
,
heart
,
high point
,
hinge
,
important thing
,
issue
,
kernel
,
keystone
,
landmark
,
main point
,
main thing
,
material point
,
meat
,
milestone
,
moment of truth
,
nub
,
pass
,
peak
,
pinch
,
pith
,
pivot
,
push
,
real issue
,
rub
,
salient point
,
sine qua non
,
strait
,
substance
,
substantive point
,
the bottom line
,
the point
,
turn
,
zero hour
exterminate
collapse
kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
related words >
abate
,
abolish
,
annihilate
,
bereave of life
,
blot out
,
bump off
,
butcher
,
carry away
,
carry off
,
cast off
,
chloroform
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
deprive of life
,
deracinate
,
destroy
,
dispatch
,
dispel
,
dispose of
,
do away with
,
do for
,
do to death
,
eliminate
,
end
,
eradicate
,
execute
,
extinguish
,
extirpate
,
finish
,
finish off
,
fling off
,
get rid of
,
immolate
,
kill
,
launch into eternity
,
liquidate
,
lynch
,
make away with
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
massacre
,
murder
,
obliterate
,
poison
,
purge
,
put away
,
put down
,
put to death
,
put to sleep
,
remove
,
remove from life
,
root out
,
root up
,
rub out
,
sacrifice
,
shake off
,
shoo
,
slaughter
,
slay
,
stamp out
,
starve
,
sweep away
,
take life
,
take off
,
terminate
,
throw away
,
throw off
,
uproot
,
waste
,
weed out
,
wipe out
desiccate
collapse
related words >
air-dry
,
anhydrate
,
bake
,
blast-freeze
,
blot
,
brine
,
brush
,
burn
,
corn
,
cure
,
decay
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
deplete
,
devitalize
,
diminish
,
divest
,
drain
,
droop
,
dry
,
dry up
,
dry-cure
,
dry-salt
,
embalm
,
evaporate
,
exhaust
,
exsiccate
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fire
,
flag
,
freeze
,
freeze-dry
,
fume
,
insolate
,
irradiate
,
jerk
,
kiln
,
kipper
,
languish
,
marinade
,
marinate
,
mummify
,
parch
,
pickle
,
pine
,
preservatize
,
quick-freeze
,
refrigerate
,
rub
,
salt
,
scorch
,
sear
,
season
,
shrink
,
shrivel
,
smoke
,
smoke-cure
,
soak up
,
sponge
,
stuff
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
swab
,
torrefy
,
towel
,
weazen
,
wilt
,
wipe
,
wither
,
wizen
tatter
collapse
related words >
ablate
,
abrade
,
barrel
,
beeline
,
bit
,
bits
,
bullet
,
butt
,
chip
,
chunk
,
clip
,
clipping
,
collop
,
crumb
,
cut
,
cutting
,
destroyed
,
dollop
,
end
,
erode
,
fly
,
fragment
,
fray
,
frazzle
,
fret
,
gob
,
gobbet
,
haste
,
hasten
,
highball
,
hunk
,
in disarray
,
in ruins
,
in shreds
,
in tatters
,
lump
,
modicum
,
moiety
,
morceau
,
morsel
,
nip
,
paring
,
particle
,
patch
,
piece
,
pieces
,
rags
,
rasher
,
rocket
,
rub off
,
ruined
,
scoop
,
scrap
,
scraps
,
shard
,
shattered
,
shaving
,
shiver
,
shred
,
shreds
,
slice
,
sliver
,
smithereen
,
snack
,
snatch
,
snick
,
snip
,
snippet
,
splinter
,
stitch
,
stump
,
tag
,
tatters
,
wear
,
wear away
,
wear down
,
wear off
,
wear out
,
wear ragged
,
weather
shrivel
collapse
wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
related words >
Sanforize
,
age
,
air-dry
,
anhydrate
,
attenuate
,
bake
,
blot
,
brush
,
burn
,
cheat the undertaker
,
consume
,
contract
,
cure
,
curl up
,
decline
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
desiccate
,
diminish
,
dodder
,
drain
,
droop
,
dry
,
dry up
,
emacerate
,
emaciate
,
evaporate
,
exsiccate
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fail
,
fire
,
flag
,
fossilize
,
get along
,
get on
,
grow old
,
insolate
,
kiln
,
languish
,
macerate
,
mummify
,
mummy
,
parch
,
pine
,
preshrink
,
pucker up
,
rub
,
scorch
,
sear
,
shake
,
shrink
,
shrivel up
,
sink
,
smoke
,
soak up
,
sponge
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
swab
,
thin
,
torrefy
,
totter
,
towel
,
turn gray
,
turn white
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
weazen
,
welter
,
wilt
,
wipe
,
wither
,
wizen
,
wrinkle
botch
collapse
make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
related words >
anamorphosis
,
bad job
,
bad likeness
,
bat out
,
be all thumbs
,
bevue
,
bitch up
,
blight
,
blow
,
blunder
,
blunder away
,
blunder into
,
blunder on
,
blunder upon
,
bobble
,
boggle
,
bollix
,
bonehead play
,
boner
,
boo-boo
,
botchery
,
bugger up
,
bumble
,
bungle
,
bungling
,
burlesque
,
butcher
,
caricature
,
clumsy performance
,
cobble
,
commit a gaffe
,
confuse
,
dash off
,
daub
,
destroy
,
disorder
,
distortion
,
do anyhow
,
do by halves
,
do carelessly
,
do offhand
,
dub
,
error
,
etourderie
,
fake up
,
faux pas
,
fiasco
,
flounder
,
flub
,
fluff
,
flunk
,
foozle
,
fudge up
,
fumble
,
gaffe
,
gaucherie
,
goof up
,
gum up
,
haphazardness
,
hash
,
indiscretion
,
jury-rig
,
knock off
,
knock out
,
knock together
,
lash up
,
loose ends
,
louse up
,
lumber
,
make a blunder
,
make a misstep
,
mangle
,
mar
,
mess
,
mess up
,
messiness
,
misconduct
,
miscue
,
misdraw
,
mishandle
,
mismanage
,
mispaint
,
misspeak
,
mistake
,
mix-up
,
muck
,
muck up
,
mucker
,
muddle
,
muff
,
mull
,
murder
,
muss
,
mutilate
,
off day
,
parody
,
patch
,
patch together
,
patch up
,
play havoc with
,
play hell with
,
pound out
,
rough out
,
roughcast
,
roughhew
,
ruin
,
sad work
,
scratch
,
screw up
,
scribble
,
shambles
,
slap up
,
slapdash
,
slip
,
slipshoddiness
,
slipshodness
,
sloppiness
,
slovenliness
,
slovenly performance
,
slovenry
,
sluttishness
,
solecism
,
spoil
,
stumble
,
stupidity
,
throw off
,
throw together
,
tinker
,
toss off
,
toss out
,
toss together
,
travesty
,
trifle with
,
trip
,
untidiness
,
washout
,
whomp up
,
wreck
deterrent
collapse
tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices"
related words >
admonishing
,
admonitory
,
alarming
,
awing
,
bar
,
block
,
blockade
,
bottleneck
,
catch
,
cautionary
,
cautioning
,
check
,
chill
,
chilling
,
cold water
,
cordon
,
curtain
,
damp
,
damper
,
daunting
,
determent
,
deterring
,
difficulty
,
disconcerting
,
discouragement
,
discouraging
,
disheartening
,
disincentive
,
disinclining
,
dismaying
,
disquieting
,
dissuading
,
dissuasion
,
dissuasive
,
drawback
,
exemplary
,
expostulatory
,
fear-inspiring
,
fearful
,
fearsome
,
forbidding
,
forestalling
,
frightening
,
frightful
,
hang-up
,
hazard
,
hindrance
,
hitch
,
hurdle
,
impediment
,
intimidating
,
joker
,
monitorial
,
monitory
,
notificational
,
notifying
,
objection
,
obstacle
,
obstruction
,
obstructive
,
one small difficulty
,
overawing
,
preclusive
,
preventative
,
preventive
,
prohibitive
,
prophylactic
,
rub
,
scaring
,
scary
,
snag
,
startling
,
stumbling block
,
stumbling stone
,
warning
,
wet blanket
omit
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
ban
,
bar
,
bar out
,
blink at
,
blockade
,
blot out
,
blue-pencil
,
bowdlerize
,
cancel
,
censor
,
count out
,
cross out
,
cut
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
debar
,
dele
,
delete
,
discount
,
disregard
,
edit
,
edit out
,
embargo
,
eradicate
,
erase
,
except
,
exclude
,
expunge
,
expurgate
,
fail
,
forget
,
freeze out
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
ignore
,
jump
,
keep out
,
kill
,
leave
,
leave loose ends
,
leave out
,
leave undone
,
let alone
,
let be
,
let dangle
,
let go
,
let slide
,
lock out
,
malinger
,
miss
,
neglect
,
obliterate
,
ostracize
,
overlook
,
overpass
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
preclude
,
pretermit
,
procrastinate
,
prohibit
,
reject
,
relegate
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
rub out
,
send to Coventry
,
shirk
,
shut out
,
skip
,
slack
,
slight
,
strike
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
taboo
,
trifle
,
void
portray
collapse
portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
related words >
act a part
,
act out
,
bring to life
,
cartoon
,
catch a likeness
,
chalk
,
character
,
characterize
,
charcoal
,
chart
,
color
,
copy
,
crayon
,
create a role
,
crosshatch
,
dash off
,
daub
,
delineate
,
depict
,
describe
,
design
,
diagram
,
doodle
,
draft
,
draw
,
duplicate
,
enact
,
evoke
,
express
,
give words to
,
hatch
,
hit off
,
image
,
impersonate
,
interpret
,
limn
,
map
,
notate
,
outline
,
paint
,
paint a picture
,
pencil
,
personate
,
photograph
,
picture
,
picturize
,
play a part
,
play a role
,
play opposite
,
pose as
,
print
,
register
,
render
,
represent
,
reproduce
,
rub
,
schematize
,
scratch
,
scumble
,
set forth
,
shade
,
show
,
sketch
,
stencil
,
support
,
sustain a part
,
symbolize
,
take a part
,
take a rubbing
,
tint
,
trace
,
trace out
,
trace over
,
write
sideswipe
collapse
a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles)
strike from the side
related words >
appulse
,
bang
,
bang into
,
brunt
,
brush
,
brush by
,
bulldozing
,
bulling
,
bump
,
bump into
,
cannon
,
carambole
,
caress
,
carom
,
carom into
,
clash
,
collide
,
collision
,
come in contact
,
come into collision
,
concuss
,
concussion
,
confront each other
,
contact
,
crack up
,
crack-up
,
crash
,
crash into
,
crump
,
crunch
,
dash into
,
encounter
,
fall foul of
,
foul
,
glance
,
graze
,
hammering
,
hit
,
hit against
,
hurt
,
hurtle
,
impact
,
impinge
,
impingement
,
kiss
,
knock
,
knock against
,
mauling
,
meet
,
meeting
,
nudge
,
onslaught
,
osculate
,
percuss
,
percussion
,
pot
,
ramming
,
rub
,
run into
,
scrape
,
shave
,
shock
,
shy
,
skim
,
skirt
,
slam into
,
sledgehammering
,
smack into
,
smash
,
smash into
,
smash up
,
smash-up
,
smashing
,
squeak by
,
strike
,
strike against
,
thrusting
,
touch
,
whomp
depict
collapse
related words >
act a part
,
act out
,
bring to life
,
cartoon
,
catch a likeness
,
chalk
,
character
,
characterize
,
charcoal
,
chart
,
color
,
copy
,
crayon
,
create a role
,
crosshatch
,
dash off
,
daub
,
delineate
,
describe
,
design
,
diagram
,
doodle
,
draft
,
draw
,
enact
,
evoke
,
express
,
give words to
,
hatch
,
hit off
,
image
,
impersonate
,
interpret
,
limn
,
map
,
narrate
,
notate
,
outline
,
paint
,
paint a picture
,
pencil
,
personate
,
picture
,
picturize
,
play a part
,
play a role
,
play opposite
,
portray
,
print
,
recite
,
recount
,
register
,
rehearse
,
relate
,
render
,
report
,
represent
,
rub
,
schematize
,
scratch
,
scumble
,
set forth
,
shade
,
sketch
,
state
,
stencil
,
support
,
sustain a part
,
symbolize
,
take a part
,
take a rubbing
,
tint
,
trace
,
trace out
,
trace over
,
write
define
collapse
give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
related words >
assign
,
baptize
,
be characteristic
,
bed
,
blaze
,
blaze a trail
,
blemish
,
blotch
,
bound
,
brand
,
call
,
chalk
,
chalk up
,
characterize
,
check
,
check off
,
christen
,
cicatrize
,
circle in
,
circumscribe
,
clarify
,
confirm
,
construe
,
dapple
,
dash
,
deep-dye
,
delimit
,
delimitate
,
delineate
,
demarcate
,
denominate
,
describe
,
designate
,
detail
,
determine
,
diagnose
,
differentiate
,
discolor
,
distinguish
,
dot
,
dub
,
earmark
,
edge
,
embed
,
enclose
,
engraft
,
engrave
,
entitle
,
entrench
,
establish
,
etch
,
explain
,
expound
,
fix
,
fleck
,
found
,
freckle
,
gash
,
ground
,
hatch
,
hem
,
identify
,
impact
,
implant
,
impress
,
imprint
,
infix
,
ingrain
,
inscribe
,
interpret
,
jam
,
keynote
,
label
,
lay down
,
lay off
,
limit
,
line
,
lodge
,
make a mark
,
margin
,
mark
,
mark boundaries
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mark the periphery
,
mottle
,
name
,
nick
,
nickname
,
nominate
,
notch
,
outline
,
pack
,
pencil
,
pepper
,
plant
,
point
,
prick
,
print
,
punch
,
punctuate
,
puncture
,
read
,
read into
,
riddle
,
rim
,
root
,
rope off
,
scar
,
scarify
,
score
,
scotch
,
scratch
,
seal
,
seam
,
seat
,
set
,
set apart
,
set down
,
set in
,
set the limit
,
set the pace
,
set the tone
,
settle
,
skirt
,
sound the keynote
,
specify
,
speck
,
speckle
,
spell out
,
splotch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stake out
,
stamp
,
state
,
stereotype
,
stigmatize
,
streak
,
striate
,
stripe
,
style
,
surround
,
tag
,
take
,
take it that
,
take to mean
,
tattoo
,
term
,
tick
,
tick off
,
title
,
trace
,
underline
,
underscore
,
understand
,
understand by
,
verge
,
wedge
wither
collapse
related words >
Sanforize
,
age
,
air-dry
,
anhydrate
,
attenuate
,
bake
,
blot
,
brush
,
burn
,
cave in
,
cheat the undertaker
,
collapse
,
constrict
,
consume
,
contract
,
cure
,
decline
,
deflate
,
dehumidify
,
dehydrate
,
desiccate
,
diminish
,
dodder
,
drain
,
droop
,
dry
,
dry up
,
dwindle
,
emacerate
,
emaciate
,
evaporate
,
exsiccate
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fail
,
fire
,
flag
,
fold
,
get along
,
get on
,
grow old
,
insolate
,
kiln
,
languish
,
lose strength
,
macerate
,
mummify
,
mummy
,
parch
,
peak
,
pine
,
preshrink
,
rub
,
run down
,
scorch
,
sear
,
shake
,
shrink
,
shrivel
,
sink
,
smoke
,
soak up
,
sponge
,
sun
,
sun-dry
,
swab
,
thin
,
torrefy
,
totter
,
towel
,
turn gray
,
turn white
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
weaken
,
weazen
,
welter
,
wilt
,
wipe
,
wither away
,
wizen
,
wrinkle
abbreviate
collapse
shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
related words >
abridge
,
abstract
,
attenuate
,
be telegraphic
,
blot out
,
blue-pencil
,
bob
,
boil down
,
bowdlerize
,
cancel
,
capsulize
,
censor
,
circumscribe
,
clip
,
coarct
,
compact
,
compress
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
constrict
,
constringe
,
contract
,
cramp
,
crop
,
cross out
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
decrease
,
delete
,
dock
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw together
,
edit
,
edit out
,
elide
,
epitomize
,
erase
,
expunge
,
expurgate
,
extenuate
,
foreshorten
,
kill
,
knit
,
mow
,
narrow
,
nip
,
omit
,
poll
,
pollard
,
prune
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
purse
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
rescind
,
retrench
,
rub out
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
slash
,
snub
,
solidify
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
strike
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
stunt
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take in
,
telescope
,
trim
,
truncate
,
void
,
waste no words
,
wrinkle
fly in the ointment
collapse
an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something
related words >
abomination
,
atrocity
,
bad
,
bane
,
befoulment
,
blemish
,
blight
,
block
,
blockade
,
bottleneck
,
bug
,
catch
,
cordon
,
corruption
,
crack
,
crying evil
,
curtain
,
damage
,
defect
,
defection
,
deficiency
,
defilement
,
despoliation
,
destruction
,
determent
,
deterrent
,
detriment
,
difficulty
,
drawback
,
evil
,
failing
,
failure
,
fault
,
faute
,
flaw
,
foible
,
frailty
,
grievance
,
hang-up
,
harm
,
havoc
,
hazard
,
hitch
,
hole
,
hurdle
,
hurt
,
ill
,
imperfection
,
inadequacy
,
infection
,
infirmity
,
injury
,
joker
,
kink
,
little problem
,
mischief
,
objection
,
obstacle
,
obstruction
,
obstructive
,
one small difficulty
,
outrage
,
poison
,
pollution
,
problem
,
rift
,
rub
,
shortcoming
,
snag
,
something missing
,
stumbling block
,
stumbling stone
,
taint
,
the worst
,
toxin
,
venom
,
vexation
,
vulnerable place
,
weak link
,
weak point
,
weakness
,
woe
,
wrong
spruce up
collapse
dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"
make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
related words >
adorn
,
array
,
beautify
,
bedeck
,
bedizen
,
blazon
,
brighten up
,
brush up
,
clean up
,
clear the decks
,
clear up
,
color
,
dandify
,
deck
,
deck out
,
decorate
,
dizen
,
doll up
,
dress
,
dress up
,
embellish
,
emblazon
,
embroider
,
enrich
,
fancy up
,
fig out
,
fix
,
fix up
,
freshen
,
furbish
,
furbish up
,
garnish
,
get up
,
grace
,
groom
,
gussy up
,
neaten
,
ornament
,
overdress
,
paint
,
police
,
police up
,
polish
,
polish up
,
prank
,
prank up
,
preen
,
prettify
,
pretty up
,
primp
,
primp up
,
prink
,
prink up
,
put in trim
,
rag out
,
redecorate
,
redo
,
refurbish
,
renovate
,
repair
,
retouch
,
revive
,
rub up
,
set off
,
set out
,
shine
,
slick up
,
smarten
,
smarten up
,
spruce
,
straighten up
,
tidy
,
tidy up
,
titivate
,
tone up
,
touch up
,
trick out
,
trick up
,
trig up
,
trim
,
trim up
,
vamp
,
vamp up
rubbing
collapse
representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal
related words >
apograph
,
brushing
,
carbon
,
carbon copy
,
caressing
,
companion
,
confrication
,
contacting
,
contingent
,
copy
,
dead ringer
,
double
,
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,
duplication
,
effigy
,
exact likeness
,
feeling
,
fellow
,
fiche
,
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,
frication
,
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,
friction
,
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,
frottage
,
glancing
,
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handling
,
hectography
,
icon
,
idol
,
image
,
impingent
,
impinging
,
in contact
,
likeness
,
living image
,
living picture
,
manifold
,
manipulation
,
match
,
mate
,
meeting
,
microcopy
,
microfiche
,
microform
,
mimeography
,
miniature
,
mirroring
,
model
,
nudging
,
osculatory
,
palpation
,
perfrication
,
petting
,
photograph
,
picture
,
portrait
,
pressure
,
recording
,
reduplication
,
reflection
,
reproduction
,
reprography
,
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,
rub
,
semblance
,
shadow
,
similitude
,
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,
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,
spitting image
,
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,
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,
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,
tenor
,
touching
,
trace
,
tracing
,
transcript
,
transcription
,
transfer
,
twin
,
very image
,
very picture
,
xerography
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