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nincompoop
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a stupid foolish person
related words >
Boeotian
,
ass
,
block
,
clod
,
dimwit
,
dolt
,
donkey
,
dope
,
dullard
,
dumb cluck
,
dumbbell
,
dummy
,
dunce
,
gowk
,
idiot
,
imbecile
,
jackass
,
jerk
,
jobbernowl
,
lackwit
,
lamebrain
,
lightweight
,
looby
,
loon
,
niais
,
ninny
,
ninnyhammer
,
nitwit
,
noddy
,
put
,
stupid
,
thickwit
,
tomfool
,
witling
dullard
collapse
related words >
Boeotian
,
block
,
clod
,
dimwit
,
dolt
,
donkey
,
dope
,
dullhead
,
dumb cluck
,
dumbbell
,
dummkopf
,
dummy
,
dunce
,
gowk
,
idiot
,
ignoramus
,
jobbernowl
,
lackwit
,
lamebrain
,
lightweight
,
looby
,
loon
,
moron
,
niais
,
nincompoop
,
ninny
,
ninnyhammer
,
nitwit
,
noddy
,
put
,
simpleton
,
stupid
,
thickwit
,
witling
lifeboat
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a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship
related words >
Mae West
,
air-sea rescue
,
bolt-hole
,
breeches buoy
,
buoy
,
coast guard
,
cork jacket
,
ejection capsule
,
ejection seat
,
ejector seat
,
emergency exit
,
escape hatch
,
fire escape
,
inflatable slide
,
life belt
,
life buoy
,
life jacket
,
life net
,
life preserver
,
life raft
,
life ring
,
life vest
,
lifeguard
,
lifeline
,
lifesaver
,
parachute
,
rescuer
,
rubber dinghy
,
safety belt
,
sally port
,
savior
,
slide
,
water wings
superimpose
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place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?"
related words >
apply to
,
blanket
,
block
,
canopy
,
cloak
,
clothe
,
cloud
,
cope
,
cover
,
cover up
,
cowl
,
curtain
,
eclipse
,
film
,
hood
,
lay on
,
lay over
,
mantle
,
mask
,
muffle
,
obduce
,
obscure
,
occult
,
overlay
,
overspread
,
put on
,
screen
,
scum
,
shield
,
spread over
,
superpose
,
veil
drawback
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the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"
related words >
abatement
,
agio
,
allowance
,
bank discount
,
blemish
,
block
,
blockade
,
bottleneck
,
breakage
,
bug
,
cash discount
,
catch
,
chain discount
,
charge-off
,
concession
,
cordon
,
crack
,
curtain
,
cut
,
damage
,
deduction
,
defect
,
defection
,
deficiency
,
depreciation
,
determent
,
deterrent
,
detriment
,
difficulty
,
disability
,
disadvantage
,
discount
,
evil
,
failing
,
failure
,
fault
,
faute
,
flaw
,
foible
,
frailty
,
handicap
,
hang-up
,
harm
,
hazard
,
hindrance
,
hitch
,
hole
,
hurdle
,
hurt
,
ill
,
impairment
,
impediment
,
imperfection
,
inadequacy
,
inconvenience
,
infirmity
,
injury
,
joker
,
kickback
,
kink
,
liability
,
little problem
,
loss
,
loss of ground
,
mischief
,
objection
,
obstacle
,
obstruction
,
obstructive
,
one small difficulty
,
penalty
,
penalty clause
,
percentage
,
prejudice
,
premium
,
price reduction
,
price-cut
,
problem
,
rebate
,
rebatement
,
reduction
,
refund
,
rift
,
rollback
,
rub
,
salvage
,
setoff
,
shortcoming
,
snag
,
something missing
,
step backward
,
stumbling block
,
stumbling stone
,
taint
,
tare
,
time discount
,
trade discount
,
tret
,
trouble
,
underselling
,
vulnerable place
,
weak link
,
weak point
,
weakness
,
write-off
beat off
collapse
related words >
block
,
check
,
counter
,
drive back
,
fend
,
fend off
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold off
,
keep at bay
,
keep off
,
obstruct
,
parry
,
push back
,
put back
,
rebuff
,
repel
,
repulse
,
stave off
,
stop
,
turn aside
,
ward off
prosaicism
collapse
related words >
aridity
,
aridness
,
banality
,
barrenness
,
bromide
,
chestnut
,
cliche
,
commonness
,
commonplace
,
commonplace expression
,
commonplaceness
,
corn
,
dearth of ideas
,
dryness
,
dullness
,
familiar tune
,
flatness
,
hackneyed saying
,
infecundity
,
infertility
,
insipidness
,
lieu commun
,
locus communis
,
matter of fact
,
matter-of-factness
,
old joke
,
old saw
,
old song
,
old story
,
plainness
,
platitude
,
prosaicness
,
prosaism
,
prose
,
prosiness
,
reiteration
,
retold story
,
rubber stamp
,
shibboleth
,
staidness
,
stereotyped saying
,
stolidity
,
stuffiness
,
tag
,
trite saying
,
triticism
,
truism
,
twice-told tale
,
uncreativeness
,
unembellishedness
,
unfancifulness
,
unidealism
,
unimaginativeness
,
unoriginality
,
unpoeticalness
,
unromanticism
,
vapidity
suffocate
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feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
related words >
OD
,
asphyxiate
,
bake
,
bar
,
barricade
,
be in heat
,
be killed
,
blaze
,
block
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bloom
,
boil
,
bolt
,
bottle up
,
broil
,
burke
,
burn
,
censor
,
chock
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clamp down on
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
combust
,
constrict
,
cook
,
cork
,
cork up
,
crack down on
,
crowd
,
crush
,
damp down
,
debar
,
dog
,
drown
,
extinguish
,
famish
,
flame
,
flame up
,
flare
,
flare up
,
flicker
,
flush
,
fry
,
gag
,
garrote
,
gasp
,
glow
,
hold down
,
incandesce
,
jam
,
jump on
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
kill
,
lock
,
muzzle
,
obstruct
,
occlude
,
pack
,
pant
,
parch
,
pour water on
,
put down
,
put out
,
quash
,
quell
,
quench
,
radiate heat
,
repress
,
roast
,
scald
,
scorch
,
seethe
,
shimmer with heat
,
shut down on
,
shut off
,
shut out
,
shut tight
,
silence
,
simmer
,
sit down on
,
sit on
,
smash
,
smolder
,
smother
,
smothering
,
smudgy
,
snuff out
,
spark
,
squash
,
squeeze
,
squeeze shut
,
squelch
,
stamp out
,
stanch
,
starve
,
steam
,
stew
,
stifle
,
stop the breath
,
stop up
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
stultify
,
subdue
,
suffocating
,
suppress
,
sweat
,
swelter
,
throttle
,
toast
,
trample out
,
trample underfoot
,
voice
splint
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an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning splint"
support with a splint; "splint a broken finger"
related words >
Ace bandage
,
Band-Aid
,
adhesive tape
,
application
,
band
,
bandage
,
bandaging
,
bathe
,
binder
,
brace
,
care for
,
cast
,
cataplasm
,
compress
,
cotton
,
court plaster
,
cravat
,
cure
,
diagnose
,
doctor
,
dressing
,
elastic bandage
,
epithem
,
flux
,
four-tailed bandage
,
gauze
,
give care to
,
heal
,
lint
,
massage
,
minister to
,
nurse
,
operate on
,
physic
,
plaster
,
plaster cast
,
pledget
,
poultice
,
purge
,
remedy
,
roller
,
roller bandage
,
rub
,
rubber bandage
,
sling
,
sponge
,
strap
,
stupe
,
tampon
,
tape
,
tent
,
tourniquet
,
treat
,
triangular bandage
undersign
collapse
sign at the bottom of (a document)
related words >
OK
,
accept
,
accredit
,
affirm
,
amen
,
approve
,
assure
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
authorize
,
autograph
,
back
,
be sponsor for
,
bond
,
certify
,
confirm
,
cosign
,
countersecure
,
countersign
,
endorse
,
ensure
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the imprimatur
,
give thumbs up
,
guarantee
,
guaranty
,
initial
,
insure
,
notarize
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass upon
,
permit
,
ratify
,
rubber stamp
,
sanction
,
say amen to
,
seal
,
second
,
secure
,
sign
,
sign and seal
,
sign for
,
sponsor
,
stand behind
,
stand up for
,
subscribe to
,
support
,
swear and affirm
,
swear to
,
underwrite
,
validate
,
visa
,
vise
,
warrant
printed
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written in print characters or produced by means of e.g. a printing press
related words >
autograph
,
autographic
,
calligraphic
,
carved
,
chirographic
,
creased
,
cursive
,
cut
,
enchased
,
engraved
,
engrossed
,
flowing
,
furrowed
,
glyphic
,
graphic
,
graphoanalytic
,
graphologic
,
graphometric
,
graved
,
graven
,
grooved
,
holograph
,
holographic
,
impressed
,
imprinted
,
in longhand
,
in print
,
in shorthand
,
in writing
,
incised
,
inscribed
,
insculptured
,
italic
,
italicized
,
lined
,
longhand
,
manuscript
,
marked
,
on paper
,
penciled
,
penned
,
running
,
scriptorial
,
scriptural
,
sculptured
,
shorthand
,
stamped
,
stylographic
,
tooled
,
typeset
,
written
clog
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any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
footwear usually with wooden soles
fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots"
impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed"
become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
dance a clog dance
related words >
arrest
,
bar
,
barrier
,
bearing rein
,
bind
,
bit
,
blank wall
,
blind alley
,
blind gut
,
block
,
block up
,
blockade
,
blockage
,
bottleneck
,
brake
,
bung
,
caulk
,
cecum
,
chain
,
check
,
checkrein
,
chink
,
chock
,
choke
,
choke off
,
choke up
,
choking
,
choking off
,
clog up
,
congest
,
congestion
,
constipate
,
constipation
,
cork
,
costiveness
,
countercheck
,
cover
,
cul-de-sac
,
curb
,
curb bit
,
dam
,
dam up
,
damper
,
dance
,
dead end
,
doorstop
,
drag
,
drag sail
,
drift anchor
,
drift sail
,
drogue
,
embolism
,
embolus
,
encumber
,
fetter
,
fill
,
fill up
,
foot
,
foul
,
fox-trot
,
gorge
,
hamper
,
holdback
,
hoof
,
hop
,
impasse
,
impede
,
impediment
,
infarct
,
infarction
,
jam
,
martingale
,
obstacle
,
obstipate
,
obstipation
,
obstruct
,
obstruction
,
pack
,
pelham
,
plug
,
plug up
,
prance
,
remora
,
scotch
,
sea anchor
,
sealing off
,
shackle
,
shake
,
shimmy
,
shuffle
,
skip
,
snaffle
,
spile
,
spoke
,
stanch
,
stay
,
stench
,
stop
,
stop up
,
stoppage
,
stopper
,
stopple
,
strangulation
,
stuff
,
stuff up
,
tap-dance
,
trammel
,
trip
,
waltz
polymer
collapse
a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers
related words >
acid
,
acidity
,
adhesive
,
agent
,
alkali
,
alkalinity
,
alloisomer
,
anion
,
antacid
,
atom
,
base
,
biochemical
,
cast plastic
,
cation
,
cellulose plastic
,
chemical
,
chemical element
,
chromoisomer
,
compound
,
copolymer
,
dimer
,
element
,
extruded plastic
,
heavy chemicals
,
high polymer
,
homopolymer
,
hydracid
,
inorganic chemical
,
ion
,
isomer
,
laminate
,
macromolecule
,
metamer
,
molded plastic
,
molding compounds
,
molecule
,
monomer
,
neutralizer
,
nonacid
,
organic chemical
,
oxyacid
,
plastic
,
protein plastic
,
pseudoisomer
,
radical
,
reagent
,
resin plastic
,
sulfacid
,
synthetic
,
synthetic fabric
,
synthetic rubber
,
thermoplastic
,
thermosetting plastic
,
trimer
specification
collapse
(patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
naming explicitly
related words >
allocation
,
allowance
,
analysis
,
anatomization
,
assignment
,
atomization
,
attribution
,
boundary condition
,
bounding
,
cameo
,
catalog
,
cataloging
,
catch
,
cession
,
character
,
character sketch
,
characterization
,
circling-in
,
circumscribing
,
circumscription
,
circumstantiation
,
clause
,
concession
,
condition
,
consideration
,
definition
,
delimitation
,
delineation
,
demarcation
,
denomination
,
denotation
,
depiction
,
describing
,
description
,
designation
,
detail
,
details
,
determination
,
differentiation
,
disclosure
,
donnee
,
encincture
,
enumeration
,
escalator clause
,
escape clause
,
escape hatch
,
evocation
,
exception
,
exemption
,
expression
,
extenuating circumstances
,
fine print
,
fingering
,
fixing
,
given
,
grain of salt
,
grant
,
graphic account
,
grounds
,
hedge
,
hedging
,
hint
,
identification
,
identifying
,
image
,
imagery
,
impression
,
inclusion-exclusion
,
indication
,
indicativeness
,
inventory
,
itemization
,
itemizing
,
joker
,
kicker
,
limitation
,
limiting condition
,
limning
,
list
,
listing
,
manifestation
,
meaning
,
mental reservation
,
modification
,
naming
,
obligation
,
parameter
,
particularization
,
photograph
,
picking out
,
picture
,
pinning down
,
pointing
,
pointing out
,
pointing to
,
portrait
,
portraiture
,
portrayal
,
precision
,
prerequisite
,
profile
,
provision
,
provisions
,
proviso
,
qualification
,
rendering
,
rendition
,
representation
,
requirement
,
requisite
,
reservation
,
restriction
,
salvo
,
saving clause
,
selection
,
show
,
showing
,
signification
,
sine qua non
,
sketch
,
small print
,
special case
,
special treatment
,
specialness
,
specifying
,
stipulation
,
string
,
suggestion
,
symptomaticness
,
terms
,
ultimatum
,
vignette
,
vivid description
,
waiver
,
whereas
,
word painting
declared
collapse
made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal"
declared as fact; explicitly stated
related words >
accessible
,
affirmed
,
alleged
,
announced
,
asserted
,
asseverated
,
attested
,
averred
,
avouched
,
avowed
,
broadcast
,
brought to notice
,
certified
,
circulated
,
common knowledge
,
common property
,
current
,
deposed
,
diffused
,
disseminated
,
distributed
,
enunciated
,
in circulation
,
in print
,
made public
,
manifestoed
,
open
,
pledged
,
predicated
,
proclaimed
,
professed
,
pronounced
,
propagated
,
public
,
published
,
reported
,
spread
,
stated
,
sworn
,
sworn to
,
telecast
,
televised
,
vouched
,
vouched for
,
vowed
,
warranted
photo
collapse
related words >
3-D
,
Telephoto
,
Wirephoto
,
aerial photograph
,
black-and-white photograph
,
candid photograph
,
cheesecake
,
chronophotograph
,
color photograph
,
color print
,
diapositive
,
heliochrome
,
heliograph
,
montage
,
mug
,
mug shot
,
panchromatic
,
photoactive
,
photobiography
,
photochronograph
,
photogenic
,
photograph
,
photographic
,
photomap
,
photomicrograph
,
photomontage
,
photomural
,
photosensitive
,
picture
,
pinup
,
portrait
,
shoot
,
shot
,
slide
,
snap
,
snapshot
,
still
,
still photograph
,
telephoto
,
telephotograph
,
telephotographic
,
three-dimensional
,
tintype
,
transparency
embolism
collapse
occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
an insertion into a calendar
related words >
bar
,
barrier
,
blank wall
,
blind alley
,
blind gut
,
block
,
blockade
,
blockage
,
bottleneck
,
cecum
,
choking
,
choking off
,
clog
,
congestion
,
constipation
,
costiveness
,
cul-de-sac
,
dead end
,
embolus
,
gorge
,
impasse
,
impediment
,
infarct
,
infarction
,
jam
,
obstacle
,
obstipation
,
obstruction
,
sealing off
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
strangulation
infarction
collapse
related words >
bar
,
barrier
,
blank wall
,
blind alley
,
blind gut
,
block
,
blockade
,
blockage
,
bottleneck
,
cecum
,
choking
,
choking off
,
clog
,
congestion
,
constipation
,
costiveness
,
cul-de-sac
,
dead end
,
embolism
,
embolus
,
gorge
,
impasse
,
impediment
,
infarct
,
jam
,
obstacle
,
obstipation
,
obstruction
,
sealing off
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
strangulation
lapidary
collapse
a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones
an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and engraving them
of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them; "the ring is of no lapidary value"- Lord Byron; "lapidary art"
related words >
aquatint
,
aquatinta
,
autolithographic
,
burinist
,
carver
,
cerographer
,
chalcographer
,
engraver
,
etcher
,
gem engraver
,
glyptic
,
glyptographic
,
graphic artist
,
graver
,
inscriber
,
line engraver
,
lithographer
,
lithographic
,
mezzotint
,
printmaker
,
pyrographer
,
serigrapher
,
silk-screen artist
,
wood engraver
,
wood-block
,
xylographic
,
xylopyrographer
busybody
collapse
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
related words >
Paul Pry
,
Peeping Tom
,
a tale-bearing animal
,
backseat driver
,
butt in
,
butt-in
,
buttinsky
,
eavesdropper
,
fool
,
gossip
,
gossip columnist
,
gossiper
,
gossipmonger
,
horn in
,
informer
,
inquirer
,
inquisitive
,
inquisitor
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
intermeddler
,
kibitzer
,
make
,
meddler
,
monkey with
,
mouse
,
newsmonger
,
newspaperman
,
nose
,
nosy Parker
,
peeper
,
poke
,
pragmatic
,
pragmatist
,
prier
,
pry
,
querier
,
querist
,
questioner
,
quidnunc
,
reporter
,
rubber
,
rubberneck
,
rubbernecker
,
rumormonger
,
scandalmonger
,
scopophiliac
,
sightseer
,
snook
,
snoop
,
snooper
,
tabby
,
talebearer
,
taleteller
,
tamper with
,
tattler
,
tattletale
,
telltale
,
tittle-tattler
,
voyeur
,
yenta
nugget
collapse
a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
related words >
bar
,
batch
,
block
,
bulk
,
bullion
,
chunk
,
clod
,
clump
,
coin gold
,
coin silver
,
copper
,
gob
,
gold
,
gold nugget
,
hunch
,
hunk
,
ingot
,
loaf
,
lump
,
mass
,
nickel
,
pat
,
precious metals
,
quantity
,
silver
,
wad
,
yellow stuff
backwash
collapse
related words >
Charybdis
,
Maelstrom
,
back stream
,
backcountry
,
backflow
,
backlash
,
backwater
,
backwoods
,
boondocks
,
bush
,
clout
,
condensation trail
,
contrail
,
countercurrent
,
counterflow
,
counterflux
,
eddy
,
exhaust
,
force
,
gulf
,
gurge
,
hinterland
,
impact
,
impress
,
impression
,
imprint
,
maelstrom
,
mark
,
print
,
reaction
,
recoil
,
reflex
,
refluence
,
reflux
,
regurgitation
,
repercussion
,
response
,
sticks
,
stream
,
swirl
,
track
,
twirl
,
up-country
,
vapor trail
,
vortex
,
wake
,
wash
,
whirl
,
whirlpool
confirm
collapse
make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
related words >
OK
,
accede
,
accept
,
acclimate
,
acclimatize
,
accommodate
,
accredit
,
accustom
,
acquiesce
,
adapt
,
addict
,
adjust
,
administer the Eucharist
,
affirm
,
amen
,
anoint
,
approve
,
assay
,
assent
,
assure
,
attest
,
audit
,
authenticate
,
authorize
,
autograph
,
back
,
back up
,
be sponsor for
,
bear out
,
bed
,
beef up
,
bind
,
bolster
,
bond
,
brace
,
brace up
,
break
,
break in
,
bring to test
,
buttress
,
case harden
,
certify
,
check
,
check and doublecheck
,
check out
,
check over
,
chrism
,
circumstantiate
,
clinch
,
collate
,
condition
,
consent
,
corroborate
,
cosign
,
countersecure
,
countersign
,
cross-check
,
cut and try
,
deep-dye
,
define
,
do duty
,
document
,
domesticate
,
domesticize
,
double-check
,
embed
,
encourage
,
endorse
,
engraft
,
engrave
,
ensure
,
entrench
,
essay
,
establish
,
etch
,
experiment
,
familiarize
,
fix
,
fortify
,
found
,
gentle
,
gird
,
give a try
,
give a tryout
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the imprimatur
,
give thumbs up
,
ground
,
guarantee
,
guaranty
,
habituate
,
harden
,
have a go
,
housebreak
,
impact
,
implant
,
impose
,
impress
,
imprint
,
infix
,
ingrain
,
initial
,
inscribe
,
insure
,
inure
,
invigorate
,
jam
,
justify
,
lay hands on
,
lodge
,
make good
,
minister
,
naturalize
,
nerve
,
notarize
,
officiate
,
orient
,
orientate
,
pack
,
painstakingly match
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass upon
,
perform a rite
,
perform service
,
permit
,
plant
,
play around with
,
practice upon
,
print
,
probate
,
prop
,
prove
,
put to trial
,
ratify
,
recheck
,
recognize
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
research
,
restrengthen
,
road-test
,
root
,
rubber stamp
,
run a sample
,
sample
,
sanction
,
say amen to
,
scrutinize comparatively
,
seal
,
season
,
seat
,
second
,
secure
,
set
,
set in
,
settle
,
shake down
,
shore up
,
sign
,
sign and seal
,
sign for
,
sponsor
,
stamp
,
stand behind
,
stand up for
,
steel
,
stereotype
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
subscribe
,
subscribe to
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
swear and affirm
,
swear to
,
take to
,
tame
,
taste
,
temper
,
test
,
toughen
,
train
,
triple-check
,
try
,
try it on
,
try out
,
undergird
,
underpin
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
visa
,
vise
,
vouch
,
warrant
,
wedge
,
witness
,
wont
scarce
collapse
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"
related words >
almost unheard-of
,
at a premium
,
barely
,
cheeseparing
,
chinchy
,
chintzy
,
curtailed
,
deficient
,
exiguous
,
failing
,
few
,
hardly
,
in short supply
,
inadequate
,
infrequent
,
insufficient
,
lacking
,
meager
,
miserly
,
niggardly
,
occasional
,
out of print
,
out of season
,
out of stock
,
piddling
,
poor
,
rare
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scarcely
,
scattered
,
scrimping
,
scrimpy
,
seldom
,
seldom met with
,
seldom seen
,
shortened
,
shy
,
skimping
,
skimpy
,
slim
,
slow
,
sparse
,
sporadic
,
spotty
,
sprinkled
,
stingy
,
thin
,
tight
,
truncated
,
uncommon
,
unfrequent
,
unique
,
unusual
,
wanting
spread over
collapse
related words >
apply to
,
bespread
,
blanket
,
block
,
canopy
,
cloak
,
clothe
,
cloud
,
cope
,
cover
,
cover up
,
cowl
,
curtain
,
eclipse
,
film
,
grow over
,
hood
,
lay on
,
lay over
,
mantle
,
mask
,
muffle
,
obduce
,
obscure
,
occult
,
overgrow
,
overlay
,
overspread
,
put on
,
run riot
,
screen
,
scum
,
shield
,
superimpose
,
superpose
,
swarm over
,
teem over
,
veil
swear to
collapse
related words >
OK
,
accept
,
accredit
,
affirm
,
amen
,
and candle
,
approve
,
assert under oath
,
assure
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
authorize
,
autograph
,
book
,
certify
,
confirm
,
cosign
,
countersign
,
depone
,
depose
,
endorse
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the imprimatur
,
give thumbs up
,
guarantee
,
initial
,
kiss the book
,
notarize
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass upon
,
permit
,
ratify
,
rubber stamp
,
sanction
,
say amen to
,
seal
,
second
,
sign
,
sign and seal
,
subscribe to
,
support
,
swear
,
swear and affirm
,
swear by bell
,
swear the truth
,
swear to God
,
swear to goodness
,
testify
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
validate
,
visa
,
vise
,
vouch
,
vow
,
warrant
electric chair
collapse
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
related words >
ax
,
block
,
cross
,
death chair
,
death chamber
,
drop
,
gallows
,
gallows-tree
,
gas chamber
,
gibbet
,
guillotine
,
halter
,
hemp
,
hempen collar
,
hot seat
,
lethal chamber
,
maiden
,
noose
,
rope
,
scaffold
,
stake
,
the chair
,
tree
bottleneck
collapse
the narrow part of a bottle near the top
become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"
slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"
related words >
abbreviation
,
approach
,
astriction
,
astringency
,
asymptote
,
bar
,
barrier
,
blank wall
,
blind alley
,
blind gut
,
block
,
blockade
,
blockage
,
canal
,
catch
,
cecum
,
cervix
,
channel
,
choking
,
choking off
,
circumscription
,
clog
,
coarctation
,
collision course
,
compactedness
,
compaction
,
compression
,
compressure
,
concentralization
,
concentration
,
concourse
,
concurrence
,
condensation
,
confluence
,
conflux
,
congestion
,
congress
,
consolidation
,
constipation
,
constriction
,
constringency
,
contraction
,
contracture
,
convergence
,
converging
,
cordon
,
costiveness
,
crossing
,
cul-de-sac
,
curtailment
,
curtain
,
dead end
,
decrease
,
defile
,
determent
,
deterrent
,
difficulty
,
diminuendo
,
drawback
,
embolism
,
embolus
,
focalization
,
focus
,
funnel
,
gorge
,
hang-up
,
hazard
,
hitch
,
hourglass
,
hourglass figure
,
hub
,
hurdle
,
impasse
,
impediment
,
infarct
,
infarction
,
isthmus
,
jam
,
joker
,
knitting
,
meeting
,
mutual approach
,
narrow
,
narrow place
,
narrowing
,
narrowing gap
,
narrows
,
neck
,
objection
,
obstacle
,
obstipation
,
obstruction
,
obstructive
,
one small difficulty
,
pass
,
puckering
,
pursing
,
radius
,
reduction
,
rub
,
sealing off
,
shortening
,
snag
,
solidification
,
spokes
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
strait
,
stranglement
,
strangulation
,
striction
,
stricture
,
stumbling block
,
stumbling stone
,
systole
,
tangent
,
throat
,
wasp waist
,
wrinkling
authenticate
collapse
establish the authenticity of something
related words >
OK
,
accept
,
accredit
,
affirm
,
amen
,
approve
,
attest
,
authorize
,
autograph
,
avouch
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
cosign
,
countersign
,
demonstrate
,
document
,
endorse
,
fortify
,
give permission
,
give the go-ahead
,
give the imprimatur
,
give thumbs up
,
initial
,
justify
,
notarize
,
pass
,
pass on
,
pass upon
,
permit
,
probate
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
rubber stamp
,
sanction
,
say amen to
,
seal
,
second
,
sign
,
sign and seal
,
strengthen
,
subscribe to
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
swear and affirm
,
swear to
,
test
,
try
,
undergird
,
undersign
,
underwrite
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
visa
,
vise
,
vouch for
,
warrant
sculpt
collapse
shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"
related words >
assemble
,
block out
,
carve
,
cast
,
chase
,
chisel
,
create
,
cut
,
efform
,
engrave
,
fashion
,
figure
,
fix
,
forge
,
form
,
formalize
,
found
,
frame
,
grave
,
hew
,
insculpture
,
knead
,
knock out
,
lay out
,
lick into shape
,
mint
,
model
,
mold
,
rough out
,
roughcast
,
roughhew
,
sculp
,
sculpture
,
set
,
shape
,
solder
,
stamp
,
tailor
,
thermoform
,
weld
,
work
eiderdown
collapse
down of the eider duck
a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
related words >
afghan
,
bed linen
,
bedclothes
,
bedcover
,
bedding
,
bedsheet
,
bedspread
,
blanket
,
blubber
,
breeze
,
buffalo robe
,
butter
,
case
,
clay
,
clothes
,
comfort
,
comforter
,
contour sheet
,
counterpane
,
cover
,
coverlet
,
coverlid
,
cushion
,
dough
,
down
,
feather bed
,
feathers
,
fitted sheet
,
fleece
,
floss
,
flue
,
fluff
,
foam
,
fur
,
fuzz
,
kapok
,
lap robe
,
linen
,
lint
,
patchwork quilt
,
pile
,
pillow
,
pillow slip
,
pillowcase
,
plush
,
pudding
,
puff
,
putty
,
quilt
,
robe
,
rubber
,
rug
,
satin
,
sheet
,
sheeting
,
silk
,
slip
,
spread
,
swansdown
,
thistledown
,
velvet
,
wax
,
wool
,
zephyr
gauze
collapse
a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
related words >
Ace bandage
,
Band-Aid
,
London fog
,
London special
,
adhesive tape
,
application
,
band
,
bandage
,
bandaging
,
binder
,
brace
,
cast
,
cataplasm
,
compress
,
cotton
,
court plaster
,
cravat
,
dressing
,
drisk
,
drizzling mist
,
elastic bandage
,
epithem
,
film
,
fog
,
four-tailed bandage
,
frost smoke
,
haze
,
lint
,
mist
,
pea soup
,
pea-soup fog
,
peasouper
,
plaster
,
plaster cast
,
pledget
,
poultice
,
roller
,
roller bandage
,
rubber bandage
,
sling
,
smog
,
splint
,
sponge
,
stupe
,
tampon
,
tape
,
tent
,
tourniquet
,
triangular bandage
,
vapor
diagram
collapse
a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed
related words >
alphabet
,
art
,
black and white
,
blueprint
,
brouillon
,
cartoon
,
catalog
,
catalogue raisonne
,
catch a likeness
,
chalk
,
character
,
charactering
,
characterization
,
characterize
,
charcoal
,
charcoal drawing
,
chart
,
chiaroscuro
,
choreography
,
color
,
conventional representation
,
copy
,
crayon
,
crosshatch
,
dance notation
,
dash off
,
daub
,
delineate
,
delineation
,
demonstration
,
depict
,
depiction
,
depictment
,
design
,
doodle
,
draft
,
drama
,
draw
,
drawing
,
ebauche
,
elevation
,
esquisse
,
exemplification
,
figuration
,
figure
,
graph
,
ground plan
,
hatch
,
hieroglyphic
,
hit off
,
house plan
,
ichnography
,
iconography
,
ideogram
,
illustration
,
imagery
,
imaging
,
lay off
,
lay out
,
letter
,
limn
,
limning
,
line drawing
,
logogram
,
logograph
,
map
,
map out
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
musical notation
,
notate
,
notation
,
outline
,
paint
,
paint a picture
,
pastel
,
pattern
,
pen-and-ink
,
pencil
,
pencil drawing
,
pictogram
,
picture
,
picturization
,
picturize
,
plan
,
plot
,
plot out
,
portraiture
,
portray
,
portrayal
,
prefigurement
,
presentment
,
print
,
printing
,
profile
,
projection
,
realization
,
register
,
render
,
rendering
,
rendition
,
represent
,
representation
,
rough
,
rough copy
,
rough draft
,
rough outline
,
rub
,
schema
,
schematize
,
scheme
,
score
,
scratch
,
script
,
scumble
,
set out
,
shade
,
silhouette
,
silver-print drawing
,
sinopia
,
skeleton
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
stencil
,
study
,
syllabary
,
symbol
,
symbolize
,
tablature
,
table
,
table of contents
,
take a rubbing
,
tint
,
trace
,
trace out
,
trace over
,
tracing
,
vignette
,
working drawing
,
write
,
writing
crosshatch
collapse
shade with multiple crossing lines; "the draftsman crosshatched the area"
related words >
autolithograph
,
be a printmaker
,
cartoon
,
carve
,
chalk
,
character
,
charcoal
,
chisel
,
color
,
copy
,
crayon
,
crease
,
cribble
,
cut
,
dash off
,
daub
,
delineate
,
depict
,
design
,
diagram
,
doodle
,
draft
,
draw
,
enchase
,
engrave
,
furrow
,
grave
,
groove
,
hatch
,
incise
,
inscribe
,
limn
,
line
,
lithograph
,
make prints
,
mark
,
paint
,
paint a picture
,
pencil
,
picture
,
picturize
,
portray
,
print
,
score
,
scrape
,
scratch
,
sculpture
,
scumble
,
shade
,
sketch
,
stencil
,
stipple
,
tint
,
tool
,
trace
parcel of land
collapse
related words >
block
,
clearing
,
clos
,
close
,
corn field
,
croft
,
cultivated land
,
enclave
,
field
,
forty
,
hayfield
,
kraal
,
lot
,
paddy
,
pale
,
patch
,
piece of land
,
plat
,
plot
,
plot of ground
,
quad
,
quadrangle
,
real estate
,
rice paddy
,
section
,
square
,
tract
,
wheat field
flue
collapse
a conduit to carry off smoke
related words >
air
,
blubber
,
breeze
,
bubble
,
butter
,
chaff
,
chimney
,
chimney corner
,
chip
,
clay
,
cobweb
,
cork
,
cushion
,
dough
,
down
,
dust
,
eiderdown
,
ether
,
fairy
,
feather
,
feather bed
,
feathers
,
fender
,
fire screen
,
fireboard
,
fireguard
,
fireplace
,
fireside
,
fleece
,
floss
,
flue pipe
,
fluff
,
foam
,
froth
,
fumarole
,
funnel
,
fur
,
fuzz
,
gossamer
,
hearth
,
hearthstone
,
hob
,
hub
,
ingle
,
inglenook
,
ingleside
,
kapok
,
lint
,
mote
,
pile
,
pillow
,
plush
,
pudding
,
puff
,
putty
,
rubber
,
satin
,
silk
,
smokehole
,
smokeshaft
,
smokestack
,
sponge
,
spume
,
stack
,
stovepipe
,
straw
,
swansdown
,
thistledown
,
velvet
,
wax
,
wool
,
zephyr
inhibition
collapse
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
the quality of being inhibited
(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve"
related words >
Eighteenth Amendment
,
Prohibition Party
,
Volstead Act
,
arrest
,
arrestation
,
arrestment
,
ban
,
bar
,
barrier
,
block
,
blockage
,
blocking
,
bottling up
,
censorship
,
check
,
clogging
,
closing up
,
closure
,
constraint
,
constriction
,
contraband
,
control
,
cooling
,
cooling down
,
cooling off
,
corking up
,
cramp
,
curb
,
curtailment
,
deceleration
,
defence
,
delay
,
denial
,
detainment
,
detention
,
disallowance
,
embargo
,
exclusion
,
fixation
,
foot-dragging
,
forbiddance
,
forbidden fruit
,
forbidding
,
hampering
,
hindering
,
hindrance
,
holdback
,
holding
,
holding in
,
holdup
,
impediment
,
index
,
index expurgatorius
,
index librorum prohibitorum
,
injunction
,
interdict
,
interdiction
,
interdictum
,
interference
,
interruption
,
keeping
,
law
,
legal restraint
,
let
,
locking in
,
maintenance
,
monopoly
,
negativism
,
no-no
,
nuisance value
,
obstruction
,
obstructionism
,
occlusion
,
opposition
,
preclusion
,
prehension
,
preservation
,
prevention
,
prohibition
,
prohibitory injunction
,
proscription
,
protection
,
protectionism
,
protective tariff
,
psychological block
,
rationing
,
refusal
,
rein
,
rejection
,
repression
,
resistance
,
restraint
,
restraint of trade
,
restriction
,
restrictive covenants
,
retainment
,
retardation
,
retardment
,
retention
,
retentiveness
,
retentivity
,
retrenchment
,
ruling out
,
self-consciousness
,
self-control
,
setback
,
slowing down
,
squeeze
,
statute
,
stranglehold
,
stricture
,
sumptuary laws
,
suppression
,
taboo
,
tariff wall
,
tenacity
,
thought control
,
zoning
,
zoning laws
scaffold
collapse
a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers
a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded)
provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"
related words >
ax
,
block
,
cross
,
death chair
,
death chamber
,
drop
,
echafaudage
,
electric chair
,
gallows
,
gallows-tree
,
gas chamber
,
gibbet
,
guillotine
,
halter
,
hemp
,
hempen collar
,
hot seat
,
lethal chamber
,
maiden
,
noose
,
rope
,
scaffolding
,
stage
,
staging
,
stake
,
the chair
,
tree
blank wall
collapse
related words >
bar
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
blind alley
,
blind gut
,
block
,
blockade
,
blockage
,
bottleneck
,
cecum
,
choking
,
choking off
,
clog
,
congestion
,
constipation
,
costiveness
,
cul-de-sac
,
dead end
,
embolism
,
embolus
,
fence
,
gorge
,
impasse
,
impediment
,
infarct
,
infarction
,
jam
,
obstacle
,
obstipation
,
obstruction
,
roadblock
,
sealing off
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
strangulation
,
wall
rubbery
collapse
having an elastic texture resembling rubber in flexibility or toughness
related words >
able to adapt
,
adaptable
,
adjustable
,
alterable
,
alterative
,
anemic
,
asthenic
,
bloodless
,
changeable
,
checkered
,
chicken
,
cowardly
,
debilitated
,
drooping
,
droopy
,
dull
,
effete
,
etiolated
,
ever-changing
,
faint
,
faintish
,
feeble
,
flabby
,
flaccid
,
flexible
,
flimsy
,
floppy
,
fluid
,
gone
,
gutless
,
imbecile
,
impermanent
,
impotent
,
kaleidoscopic
,
languid
,
languorous
,
lax
,
limber
,
limp
,
listless
,
loose
,
lustless
,
malleable
,
many-sided
,
marrowless
,
metamorphic
,
mobile
,
modifiable
,
movable
,
mutable
,
nerveless
,
nonuniform
,
permutable
,
pithless
,
plastic
,
pooped
,
powerless
,
protean
,
proteiform
,
relaxed
,
resilient
,
rubber
,
rubberized
,
rubberlike
,
sapless
,
sinewless
,
slack
,
soft
,
spineless
,
strengthless
,
supple
,
transient
,
transitory
,
unhardened
,
unnerved
,
unstrung
,
variable
,
weak
,
weakly
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