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mark off
collapse
set boundaries to and delimit; "mark out the territory"
related words >
allocate
,
allot
,
analyze
,
anatomize
,
appoint
,
appropriate to
,
assign
,
assign to
,
atomize
,
be characteristic
,
blaze
,
blaze a trail
,
blemish
,
blotch
,
blueprint
,
bound
,
brand
,
chalk
,
chalk up
,
change
,
characterize
,
chart
,
check
,
check off
,
chop logic
,
cicatrize
,
circle in
,
circumscribe
,
dapple
,
dash
,
define
,
delimit
,
delimitate
,
demarcate
,
describe
,
destine
,
desynonymize
,
detail
,
determine
,
diagram
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
discolor
,
discriminate
,
disequalize
,
disjoin
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
dot
,
earmark
,
enclose
,
engrave
,
fate
,
fix
,
fleck
,
freckle
,
gash
,
graph
,
hatch
,
impress
,
imprint
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
keynote
,
lay off
,
lay out
,
line
,
lot
,
make a distinction
,
make a mark
,
make assignments
,
map
,
map out
,
mark
,
mark boundaries
,
mark out
,
mark out for
,
mark the periphery
,
measure off
,
measure out
,
modify
,
mottle
,
nick
,
notch
,
ordain
,
pace off
,
particularize
,
pencil
,
pepper
,
personalize
,
plot
,
plot out
,
point
,
portion off
,
prick
,
print
,
punch
,
punctuate
,
puncture
,
refine a distinction
,
reserve
,
restrict
,
restrict to
,
riddle
,
rope off
,
rule off
,
scar
,
scarify
,
schedule
,
score
,
scotch
,
scratch
,
seal
,
seam
,
segregate
,
separate
,
set
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set off
,
set out
,
set the limit
,
set the pace
,
set the tone
,
sever
,
severalize
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
sound the keynote
,
specialize
,
specify
,
speck
,
speckle
,
split hairs
,
splotch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stake out
,
stamp
,
step off
,
stigmatize
,
streak
,
striate
,
stripe
,
surround
,
tag
,
tattoo
,
tick
,
tick off
,
trace
,
underline
,
underscore
,
vary
lay into
collapse
related words >
ambush
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
blitz
,
bushwhack
,
come at
,
come down on
,
crack down on
,
descend on
,
descend upon
,
draw first blood
,
fall on
,
fall upon
,
gang up on
,
go at
,
go for
,
harry
,
have at
,
hit
,
hit like lightning
,
jump
,
land on
,
lay about one
,
lay at
,
lay hands on
,
lay on
,
light into
,
make war on
,
mug
,
pitch into
,
pounce upon
,
pound
,
sail into
,
set on
,
set upon
,
square up
,
strike
,
surprise
,
swoop down on
,
take the offensive
,
wade into
sandwich
collapse
two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men"
make into a sandwich
related words >
BLT
,
Dagwood sandwich
,
Sloppy Joe
,
Swiss cheese sandwich
,
bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich
,
canape
,
cheeseburger
,
corned beef sandwich
,
double-decker sandwich
,
drag in
,
edge in
,
egg salad sandwich
,
foist in
,
fudge in
,
grilled cheese sandwich
,
grinder
,
ham sandwich
,
hamburger
,
hoagy
,
hot dog
,
implant in
,
inject in
,
insert in
,
insinuate in
,
intercalate
,
interjaculate
,
interject
,
interpolate
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
introduce in
,
intrude
,
lug in
,
pastrami sandwich
,
poor boy
,
put between
,
run in
,
smuggle in
,
squeeze in
,
submarine sandwich
,
throw in
,
thrust in
,
tuna salad sandwich
,
tunaburger
,
wedge in
,
work in
,
worm in
individualize
collapse
make or mark or treat as individual; "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"
related words >
analyze
,
anatomize
,
atomize
,
change
,
chop logic
,
descend to particulars
,
desynonymize
,
detail
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
discriminate
,
disequalize
,
disjoin
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
individuate
,
itemize
,
make a distinction
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
modify
,
particularize
,
peculiarize
,
personalize
,
precise
,
quality
,
refine a distinction
,
segregate
,
separate
,
set apart
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
signalize
,
specialize
,
spell out
,
split hairs
,
vary
reduced
collapse
well below normal (especially in price)
related words >
abated
,
ablated
,
adulterated
,
attenuated
,
badly off
,
bated
,
belittled
,
best
,
bottom
,
bowed down
,
broken
,
brought down
,
brought low
,
cachectic
,
conquered
,
consumed
,
contracted
,
crushed
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
debased
,
debilitated
,
decreased
,
deflated
,
depressed
,
diluted
,
diminished
,
dissipated
,
distressed
,
domesticated
,
down to bedrock
,
downcast
,
downthrown
,
drained
,
dropped
,
embarrassed
,
enervated
,
eroded
,
exhausted
,
failing
,
fallen
,
feeble
,
feeling the pinch
,
felled
,
flattened
,
frail
,
giveaway
,
half-price
,
hard up
,
healthless
,
housebroke
,
housebroken
,
humbled
,
humiliated
,
ill off
,
impecunious
,
in Queer Street
,
in narrow circumstances
,
in poor health
,
in reduced circumstances
,
in straitened circumstances
,
in the dust
,
infirm
,
invalid
,
land-poor
,
languishing
,
less
,
lesser
,
low
,
lower
,
lowered
,
lowest
,
made to grovel
,
marked down
,
mastered
,
miniaturized
,
moribund
,
narrow
,
on the edge
,
out of pocket
,
pale
,
peaked
,
peaky
,
pinched
,
poor
,
poorly off
,
prostrate
,
put down
,
quelled
,
rarefied
,
reduced in health
,
retrenched
,
rock-bottom
,
run-down
,
sacrificial
,
scaled-down
,
set down
,
shorn
,
short
,
short of cash
,
short of funds
,
short of money
,
shorter
,
shrunk
,
shrunken
,
sickly
,
slashed
,
smaller
,
smashed
,
squeezed
,
straitened
,
strapped
,
subdued
,
subjugated
,
submerged
,
sunk
,
sunken
,
suppressed
,
tamed
,
thinned
,
unhealthy
,
unmoneyed
,
unprosperous
,
unsound
,
valetudinarian
,
valetudinary
,
vanquished
,
watered
,
watered-down
,
weakened
,
weakly
,
with low resistance
,
worn
roost
collapse
a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
settle down or stay, as if on a roost
related words >
abide
,
accommodations
,
anchor
,
aviary
,
be seated
,
berth
,
billet
,
billet at
,
bird cage
,
birdhouse
,
bivouac
,
board
,
bunk
,
burrow
,
camp
,
cohabit
,
colonize
,
columbary
,
come to anchor
,
diggings
,
digs
,
domesticate
,
domicile
,
domiciliate
,
doss down
,
dovecote
,
drop anchor
,
dwell
,
ensconce
,
establish residence
,
hang out
,
hive
,
house
,
housing
,
hut
,
inhabit
,
keep house
,
land
,
light
,
live
,
live at
,
living quarters
,
locate
,
lodge
,
lodging
,
lodgings
,
lodgment
,
moor
,
move
,
nest
,
occupy
,
park
,
people
,
perch
,
pigeon house
,
pigeon loft
,
populate
,
put up
,
quarter
,
quarters
,
relocate
,
remain
,
remain seated
,
reside
,
room
,
rooms
,
roosting place
,
set
,
set down
,
set up housekeeping
,
set up shop
,
settle
,
settle down
,
shelter
,
sit
,
sit down
,
sleeping place
,
squat
,
stand
,
stay
,
stay at
,
strike root
,
take residence at
,
take root
,
take up residence
,
tenant
,
touch down
hopped up
collapse
related words >
agog
,
antsy
,
antsy-pantsy
,
anxious
,
aquiver
,
aroused
,
atingle
,
atwitter
,
breathless
,
bursting
,
carried away
,
chafing
,
doped
,
eager
,
ebullient
,
edgy
,
effervescent
,
excited
,
exhilarated
,
fired
,
fretful
,
fretting
,
hasty
,
high
,
hopped up
,
impassioned
,
impatient
,
impetuous
,
in a lather
,
in a stew
,
in a sweat
,
inflamed
,
keyed up
,
lathered up
,
manic
,
moved
,
on edge
,
ready to burst
,
restive
,
restless
,
roused
,
spaced-out
,
squirming
,
squirmy
,
steamed up
,
stimulated
,
stirred
,
stirred up
,
stoned
,
thrilled
,
tingling
,
tingly
,
turned-on
,
uneasy
,
unpatient
,
unquiet
,
whipped up
,
wiped out
,
worked up
,
wrought up
,
yeasty
,
zonked
coequal
collapse
having the same standing before the law
related words >
all one
,
all the same
,
analogous
,
answering
,
balanced
,
coextensive
,
coincident
,
coincidental
,
coinciding
,
compeer
,
complemental
,
complementary
,
congruent
,
convertible
,
coordinate
,
correspondent
,
corresponding
,
coterminous
,
counterpart
,
ditto
,
equal
,
equilateral
,
equiparant
,
equipollent
,
equivalent
,
eurythmic
,
even
,
fellow
,
finished
,
harmonious
,
homologous
,
identical
,
like
,
match
,
mate
,
much the same
,
opposite number
,
parallel
,
peer
,
proportioned
,
reciprocal
,
reciprocative
,
regular
,
rival
,
symmetric
,
synonymous
,
tantamount
,
twin
,
uniform
,
well-balanced
,
well-set
,
well-set-up
with bated breath
collapse
related words >
abjectly
,
anticipatingly
,
anticipatively
,
anticipatorily
,
anxious
,
apprehensive
,
apprehensively
,
aside
,
bashfully
,
behind the curtain
,
behind the scenes
,
behind the veil
,
between the teeth
,
covertly
,
diffidently
,
expectantly
,
expectingly
,
fearfully
,
for fear of
,
hopefully
,
humbly
,
in a corner
,
in a whisper
,
in an aside
,
in darkness
,
in hidlings
,
in secret
,
in suspense
,
in the background
,
in the dark
,
keyed-up
,
meekly
,
modestly
,
mousily
,
nobody the wiser
,
on all fours
,
on bended knee
,
on edge
,
on tenterhooks
,
on tiptoe
,
out of earshot
,
quakingly
,
quivering
,
secretly
,
shrinkingly
,
shyly
,
sotto voce
,
sub rosa
,
submissively
,
taut
,
tense
,
timidly
,
timorously
,
tremblingly
,
tremulously
,
under the breath
,
under the rose
,
undercover
,
underground
,
with breathless expectation
,
with due deference
,
with muscles tense
discriminate
collapse
marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions; "discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people"
noting distinctions with nicety; "a discriminating interior designer"; "a nice sense of color"; "a nice point in the argument"
recognize or perceive the difference
distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish"
treat differently on the basis of sex or race
related words >
analyze
,
anatomize
,
atomize
,
change
,
chop logic
,
collate
,
compare
,
contradistinguish
,
contrast
,
demarcate
,
demark
,
desynonymize
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
discern
,
discriminate against
,
disequalize
,
disfavor
,
disjoin
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
draw the line
,
extricate
,
favor
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
make a distinction
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mark the interface
,
modify
,
note
,
particularize
,
perceive
,
personalize
,
pick out
,
play favorites
,
prefer
,
red-bait
,
refine a distinction
,
remark
,
screen
,
screen out
,
segregate
,
select
,
separate
,
set a limit
,
set apart
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
show preference
,
sieve
,
sieve out
,
sift
,
sift out
,
sort
,
sort out
,
specialize
,
split hairs
,
subdivide
,
subtilize
,
treat unequally
,
vary
,
winnow
taut
collapse
pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a tight rope"
subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the strings of a bow"
related words >
all ataunto
,
anxious
,
apprehensive
,
ataunt
,
bungup and bilge-free
,
close
,
dragged out
,
drawn
,
drawn out
,
elongated
,
extended
,
firm
,
in suspense
,
in trim
,
keyed-up
,
lengthened
,
neat
,
on edge
,
on tenterhooks
,
on tiptoe
,
orderly
,
pokerlike
,
prolongated
,
prolonged
,
protracted
,
pulled
,
quivering
,
ramrodlike
,
renitent
,
rigid
,
rodlike
,
shipshape
,
smart
,
spruce
,
spun out
,
starched
,
starchy
,
stiff
,
stiff as buckram
,
straggling
,
strained
,
stretched
,
stretched out
,
stretched tight
,
strung out
,
tense
,
tidy
,
tight
,
trig
,
trim
,
under a strain
,
unrelaxed
,
uptight
,
virgate
,
with bated breath
,
with muscles tense
perimeter
collapse
a line enclosing a plane areas
related words >
alentours
,
ambience
,
ambit
,
border
,
borderlands
,
borderline
,
boundaries
,
boundary
,
bounds
,
bourn
,
bourns
,
brim
,
brink
,
circle
,
circuit
,
circumambiencies
,
circumference
,
circumjacencies
,
circumscription
,
circumstances
,
compass
,
confines
,
context
,
coordinates
,
edge
,
edges
,
entourage
,
environing circumstances
,
environment
,
environs
,
fringe
,
fringes
,
gestalt
,
habitat
,
hem
,
limitations
,
limits
,
marches
,
margin
,
metes
,
metes and bounds
,
milieu
,
neighborhood
,
outlines
,
outposts
,
outskirts
,
pale
,
parameters
,
periphery
,
precincts
,
purlieus
,
situation
,
skirt
,
skirts
,
suburbs
,
surroundings
,
total environment
,
verge
,
verges
,
vicinage
,
vicinity
interfere
collapse
come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle; "Your talking interferes with my work!"
related words >
antagonize
,
arrest
,
baffle
,
balk
,
bar
,
barge in
,
be antipathetic
,
be inimical
,
beat against
,
block
,
bottle up
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
burst in
,
busybody
,
butt in
,
charge in
,
check
,
clash
,
collide
,
come between
,
conflict
,
conflict with
,
confute
,
contradict
,
contrapose
,
contravene
,
counter
,
counteract
,
counterattack
,
countercheck
,
counterpose
,
countervail
,
counterwork
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
cross
,
crowd in
,
curb
,
cut in
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
delay
,
detain
,
discommode
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
encumber
,
entrench
,
foil
,
foist in
,
fool
,
frustrate
,
go against
,
go counter to
,
hamper
,
handicap
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
horn in
,
impede
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
incommode
,
inconvenience
,
infiltrate
,
infringe
,
inhibit
,
insinuate
,
intercede
,
intercept
,
interfere with
,
interlope
,
intermeddle
,
intermediate
,
interpose
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
kibitz
,
lock horns
,
make
,
meddle
,
mediate
,
meet head-on
,
militate against
,
monkey with
,
obstruct
,
obtrude
,
oppose
,
oppugn
,
press in
,
push in
,
put on
,
put upon
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
run against
,
run counter to
,
rush in
,
sabotage
,
scotch
,
set back
,
slacken
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
slow
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
snub
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
step in
,
storm in
,
subvert
,
suppress
,
swim upstream
,
tamper with
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
thwart
,
trammel
,
trench
,
trespass
,
trouble
,
work against
,
work in
,
worm in
implanted
collapse
related words >
chronic
,
confirmed
,
deep-dyed
,
deep-engraven
,
deep-fixed
,
deep-grounded
,
deep-laid
,
deep-rooted
,
deep-seated
,
deep-set
,
deep-settled
,
dyed-in-the-wool
,
embedded
,
embossed
,
engrafted
,
engraved
,
entrenched
,
esoteric
,
established
,
etched
,
fast
,
firmly established
,
fixed
,
graven
,
immanent
,
implicit
,
impressed
,
imprinted
,
inalienable
,
incorrigible
,
inculcated
,
indelibly impressed
,
indwelling
,
infixed
,
ingrained
,
ingrown
,
inherent
,
inner
,
instilled
,
internal
,
intrinsic
,
inveterate
,
inward
,
inwrought
,
irreducible
,
irreversible
,
long-established
,
old-line
,
on a rock
,
on bedrock
,
private
,
resident
,
rooted
,
secret
,
set
,
settled
,
settled in habit
,
stabilized
,
subjective
,
thorough
,
unalienable
,
unchallengeable
,
unquestionable
,
vested
,
well-established
,
well-founded
,
well-grounded
,
well-set
,
well-settled
infixed
collapse
related words >
chronic
,
confirmed
,
deep-dyed
,
deep-engraven
,
deep-fixed
,
deep-grounded
,
deep-laid
,
deep-rooted
,
deep-seated
,
deep-set
,
deep-settled
,
dyed-in-the-wool
,
embedded
,
embossed
,
engrafted
,
engraved
,
entrenched
,
esoteric
,
established
,
etched
,
fast
,
firmly established
,
fixed
,
graven
,
immanent
,
implanted
,
implicit
,
impressed
,
imprinted
,
inalienable
,
incorrigible
,
inculcated
,
indelibly impressed
,
indwelling
,
ingrained
,
ingrown
,
inherent
,
inner
,
instilled
,
internal
,
intrinsic
,
inveterate
,
inward
,
inwrought
,
irreducible
,
irreversible
,
long-established
,
old-line
,
on a rock
,
on bedrock
,
private
,
resident
,
rooted
,
secret
,
set
,
settled
,
settled in habit
,
stabilized
,
subjective
,
thorough
,
unalienable
,
unchallengeable
,
unquestionable
,
vested
,
well-established
,
well-founded
,
well-grounded
,
well-set
,
well-settled
fearful
collapse
experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism"
timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"
extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"
related words >
aflutter
,
afraid
,
aghast
,
agitated
,
alarmed
,
alarming
,
all nerves
,
all-overish
,
anxious
,
anxioused up
,
appalling
,
apprehensive
,
atrocious
,
awful
,
awing
,
baleful
,
bashful
,
bothered
,
chicken
,
chickenhearted
,
chilling
,
concerned
,
coward
,
cowardly
,
cowed
,
daunted
,
daunting
,
deadly
,
deterrent
,
deterring
,
diffident
,
dire
,
direful
,
discomposed
,
disconcerting
,
discouraging
,
disgusting
,
disheartening
,
dismayed
,
dismaying
,
disquieted
,
disquieting
,
disturbed
,
dreadful
,
edgy
,
excitable
,
fainthearted
,
fear-inspiring
,
fearing
,
fearsome
,
foreboding
,
formidable
,
frightened
,
frightening
,
frightful
,
funking
,
funky
,
ghastly
,
goosy
,
grim
,
grisly
,
gruesome
,
heinous
,
henhearted
,
hesitant
,
hideous
,
high-strung
,
horrendous
,
horrible
,
horrific
,
horrifying
,
howling
,
in a pucker
,
in a stew
,
in fear
,
intimidated
,
irritable
,
jittery
,
jumpy
,
lily-livered
,
loathsome
,
lurid
,
macabre
,
malign
,
milk-livered
,
milksoppish
,
milksoppy
,
misgiving
,
monstrous
,
mousy
,
nauseating
,
nauseous
,
nerves on edge
,
nervous
,
nervy
,
on edge
,
on tenterhooks
,
overanxious
,
overapprehensive
,
overawing
,
overstrung
,
overtimid
,
overtimorous
,
overwhelming
,
panic-prone
,
panic-stricken
,
panicky
,
perturbed
,
pigeonhearted
,
pusillanimous
,
rabbity
,
redoubtable
,
repugnant
,
repulsive
,
revolting
,
rousing
,
scared
,
scaring
,
scary
,
shaky
,
shivery
,
shocking
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
sinister
,
sissified
,
sissy
,
skittery
,
skittish
,
soft
,
solicitous
,
startling
,
startlish
,
strained
,
sublime
,
suspenseful
,
tense
,
terrible
,
terrific
,
terrified
,
terrifying
,
terror-stricken
,
thumping
,
timid
,
timorous
,
trembling
,
tremendous
,
tremulous
,
trepidant
,
trigger-happy
,
troubled
,
uneasy
,
unmanly
,
unmanned
,
unspeakable
,
unwilling
,
weak
,
weak-kneed
,
weakhearted
,
whacking
,
white-livered
,
yellow
,
zealous
specify
collapse
decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
determine the essential quality of
related words >
address to
,
adduce
,
advert to
,
allude to
,
anatomize
,
assign
,
atomize
,
baptize
,
be taken as
,
bound
,
bring to attention
,
bring to notice
,
call
,
call attention to
,
christen
,
circle in
,
circumscribe
,
circumstantiate
,
cite
,
condition
,
define
,
delimit
,
delimitate
,
delineate
,
demarcate
,
denominate
,
denote
,
descend to particulars
,
designate
,
detail
,
determine
,
direct attention to
,
direct to
,
document
,
dub
,
emblematize
,
enclose
,
enter into detail
,
entitle
,
enumerate
,
establish
,
figure
,
finger
,
fix
,
focus on
,
give full particulars
,
identify
,
indicate
,
individualize
,
instance
,
inventory
,
itemize
,
label
,
lay off
,
limit
,
list
,
mark
,
mark boundaries
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mark the periphery
,
mention
,
name
,
nickname
,
nominate
,
particularize
,
pick out
,
pin down
,
point at
,
point out
,
point to
,
precise
,
refer to
,
rope off
,
select
,
set
,
set forth
,
set out
,
set the limit
,
settle
,
signify
,
specialize
,
spell out
,
stake out
,
stand for
,
state
,
stigmatize
,
stipulate
,
style
,
substantiate
,
surround
,
symbol
,
symbolize
,
tag
,
term
,
title
,
touch on
,
typify
disabuse
collapse
free somebody (from an erroneous belief)
related words >
amend
,
awaken
,
break the spell
,
burst the bubble
,
conflict
,
contention
,
correct
,
debunk
,
difference
,
disaccord
,
disappoint
,
disenchant
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
dissension
,
dissent
,
dissidence
,
disunity
,
emend
,
enlighten
,
expose
,
free
,
illuminate
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
liberate
,
prick the bubble
,
purge
,
put straight
,
rectify
,
redress
,
release
,
set right
,
set straight
,
show up
,
strife
,
tell the truth
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
undeceive
,
unspell
,
wake up
out of pocket
collapse
related words >
at a loss
,
badly off
,
bankrupt in
,
bare of
,
bereft of
,
denuded of
,
deprived of
,
destitute of
,
devoid of
,
distressed
,
down to bedrock
,
embarrassed
,
empty of
,
feeling the pinch
,
for want of
,
forlorn of
,
hard up
,
ill off
,
impecunious
,
in Queer Street
,
in default of
,
in narrow circumstances
,
in reduced circumstances
,
in straitened circumstances
,
in the red
,
in want of
,
lacking
,
land-poor
,
missing
,
narrow
,
needing
,
on the edge
,
out
,
out of
,
pinched
,
poor
,
poorly off
,
reduced
,
scant of
,
short
,
short of
,
short of cash
,
short of funds
,
short of money
,
shy
,
shy of
,
squeezed
,
straitened
,
strapped
,
to the bad
,
unblessed with
,
unmoneyed
,
unpossessed of
,
unprofitably
,
unprosperous
,
void of
,
wanting
butt in
collapse
related words >
barge in
,
blow it
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
burst in
,
busybody
,
charge in
,
come between
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
entrench
,
foist in
,
fool
,
go off half-cocked
,
horn in
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
infiltrate
,
infringe
,
insinuate
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interpose
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
make
,
monkey with
,
obtrude
,
press in
,
push in
,
put on
,
put upon
,
rush in
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
speak inopportunely
,
speak too late
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
storm in
,
tamper with
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
trench
,
trespass
,
work in
,
worm in
nervous
collapse
easily agitated; "quick nervous movements"
of or relating to the nervous system; "nervous disease"; "neural disorder"
related words >
acid
,
agitable
,
agitated
,
all nerves
,
all-overish
,
allergic
,
anaphylactic
,
anxious
,
anxioused up
,
apprehensive
,
bashful
,
biting
,
bothered
,
concerned
,
corrosive
,
cowardly
,
critical
,
cutting
,
delicate
,
difficult
,
diffident
,
discomposed
,
disquieted
,
distressed
,
disturbed
,
driving
,
edgy
,
effective
,
emotional
,
emotionally unstable
,
empathetic
,
empathic
,
eruptive
,
excitable
,
excited
,
explosive
,
fearful
,
fearing
,
fearsome
,
feverish
,
fidgety
,
flurried
,
flustered
,
forceful
,
forcible
,
foreboding
,
fretful
,
frightened
,
goosey
,
goosy
,
gutsy
,
high-mettled
,
high-spirited
,
high-strung
,
highly emotional
,
hyperesthetic
,
hyperpathic
,
hypersensitive
,
imperative
,
impressive
,
in a dither
,
in a pucker
,
in a stew
,
in a sweat
,
in a tizzy
,
in fear
,
incisive
,
inflammable
,
irascible
,
irritable
,
itchy
,
jittery
,
jumpy
,
mettlesome
,
misgiving
,
mordant
,
mousy
,
nerval
,
nerves on edge
,
nervy
,
neural
,
neurological
,
on edge
,
on tenterhooks
,
overanxious
,
overapprehensive
,
overrefined
,
oversensible
,
oversensitive
,
overstrung
,
overtender
,
panicky
,
passible
,
penetrating
,
perturbable
,
perturbed
,
piercing
,
poignant
,
powerful
,
prickly
,
punchy
,
querulous
,
rabbity
,
refined
,
responsive
,
restless
,
ruffled
,
scared
,
scary
,
sensational
,
sensitive
,
shaken
,
shaken up
,
shaky
,
shivery
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
sinewed
,
sinewy
,
skittery
,
skittish
,
slashing
,
snappish
,
solicitous
,
spooky
,
startlish
,
stirred up
,
strained
,
striking
,
strong
,
strung out
,
supersensitive
,
suspenseful
,
sympathetic
,
tactful
,
telling
,
tender
,
tense
,
tetchy
,
thin-skinned
,
ticklish
,
timid
,
timorous
,
touchy
,
trembling
,
tremulous
,
trenchant
,
trepidant
,
trigger-happy
,
troubled
,
troublous
,
turbulent
,
twittery
,
uneasy
,
unpeaceful
,
unquiet
,
unrestful
,
upset
,
uptight
,
vigorous
,
vital
,
volatile
,
volcanic
,
waspish
,
worked up
,
worried
,
wrought up
,
zealous
steer clear of
collapse
related words >
avert
,
avoid
,
be stuck-up
,
bear off
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
fight shy of
,
fly off
,
gee
,
give place to
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
haw
,
head off
,
hold aloof
,
hold away from
,
jib
,
keep aloof
,
keep away
,
keep away from
,
keep clear of
,
keep from
,
keep hands off
,
keep remote from
,
let alone
,
maintain distance
,
make way for
,
move aside
,
not meddle with
,
not touch
,
refuse to receive
,
sheer off
,
shove aside
,
shun
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
spurn
,
stand aloof
,
stand clear of
,
stand off
,
stay detached from
,
step aside
,
switch
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn away from
,
turn back
,
veer off
ignite
collapse
cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
related words >
bank
,
blaze up
,
burn
,
conflagrate
,
enkindle
,
fan the flame
,
feed
,
feed the fire
,
fire
,
fire up
,
flame up
,
flare up
,
inflame
,
kindle
,
light
,
light up
,
rekindle
,
relight
,
relume
,
set fire to
,
set on fire
,
spunk up
,
stir the fire
,
stoke
,
stoke the fire
,
strike a light
,
take fire
,
torch
,
touch off
propound
collapse
put forward, as of an idea
related words >
advance
,
assert
,
bring before
,
bring forward
,
bring up
,
broach
,
commend to attention
,
introduce
,
launch
,
lay before
,
lay down
,
make a motion
,
moot
,
move
,
offer
,
offer a resolution
,
open up
,
pose
,
posit
,
postulate
,
predicate
,
prefer
,
proffer
,
propose
,
proposition
,
put
,
put forth
,
put forward
,
put it to
,
recommend
,
set before
,
set forth
,
start
,
submit
,
suggest
think nothing of
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
be above
,
be contemptuous of
,
belittle
,
brush aside
,
brush off
,
care nothing for
,
carry through
,
contemn
,
cool it
,
de-emphasize
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
deride
,
despise
,
disdain
,
dismiss
,
disparage
,
disprize
,
downplay
,
drop the subject
,
dump on
,
face out
,
feel contempt for
,
feel superior to
,
forget
,
forget about it
,
forget it
,
go easy
,
hold beneath one
,
hold cheap
,
hold in contempt
,
insult
,
lay aside
,
let it go
,
let slip
,
look down upon
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
minimize
,
misestimate
,
misprize
,
not hesitate
,
not look back
,
not sweat it
,
play down
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put down
,
rank low
,
ridicule
,
scorn
,
sell short
,
set aside
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
shrug off
,
sneer at
,
sneeze at
,
sniff at
,
snort at
,
stick at nothing
,
stop at nothing
,
take it easy
,
think little of
,
thrust aside
,
turn away from
,
underestimate
,
underplay
,
underprize
,
underrate
,
underreckon
,
undervalue
muscle bound
collapse
related words >
able-bodied
,
athletic
,
brawny
,
broad-shouldered
,
burly
,
dour
,
firm
,
fundamentalist
,
hard
,
hidebound
,
impliable
,
inexorable
,
inflexible
,
iron
,
ironbound
,
ironclad
,
ironhanded
,
muscular
,
obdurate
,
obstinate
,
orthodox
,
procrustean
,
purist
,
puristic
,
puritan
,
puritanic
,
relentless
,
rigid
,
rigorist
,
rigoristic
,
rigorous
,
rockbound
,
sinewy
,
stiff
,
straightlaced
,
straitlaced
,
stubborn
,
thewy
,
thickset
,
unbending
,
uncompromising
,
unrelenting
,
unyielding
,
well-built
,
well-knit
,
well-set
,
well-set-up
,
wiry
hold over
collapse
intimidate somebody (with a threat); "She was holding it over him"
continue a term of office past the normal period of time
keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time
related words >
adjourn
,
continue
,
defer
,
delay
,
drag out
,
extend
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
hold off
,
hold up
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
pigeonhole
,
postpone
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
reserve
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sleep on
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
waive
insulate
collapse
protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"
related words >
bolt
,
close off
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
cover
,
cull out
,
cushion
,
cut off
,
detach
,
divide
,
enisle
,
fireproof
,
ghettoize
,
gin
,
ground
,
island
,
island-hop
,
isolate
,
keep apart
,
keep aside
,
lag
,
lay aside
,
pick out
,
preserve
,
proof
,
protect
,
put aside
,
quarantine
,
riddle
,
screen
,
seclude
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
sequestrate
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shelter
,
shield
,
sieve
,
sift
,
sort out
,
soundproof
,
thrash
,
thresh
,
waterproof
,
weatherproof
,
winnow
,
wrap
stringency
collapse
a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
related words >
Spartanism
,
acerbity
,
acidity
,
acridity
,
acrimony
,
astringency
,
austerity
,
authoritarianism
,
bite
,
bitterness
,
causticity
,
chinchiness
,
chintziness
,
demandingness
,
discipline
,
edge
,
exactingness
,
exiguity
,
fewness
,
fierceness
,
grimness
,
grip
,
hardness
,
harshness
,
inclemency
,
infrequency
,
keenness
,
meagerness
,
meticulousness
,
miserliness
,
mordacity
,
mordancy
,
niggardliness
,
paucity
,
poignancy
,
point
,
rarity
,
regimentation
,
restrictedness
,
rigid discipline
,
rigor
,
roughness
,
ruggedness
,
scantiness
,
scarcity
,
scrimpiness
,
severity
,
sharpness
,
skimpiness
,
smallness
,
sparseness
,
sparsity
,
sternness
,
sting
,
stinginess
,
strictness
,
stridency
,
tartness
,
teeth
,
thinness
,
tightness
,
toughness
,
trenchancy
,
ungentleness
,
vehemence
,
violence
,
virulence
vest
collapse
a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
become legally vested; "The property vests in the trustees"
place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons; "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons"
related words >
appertain
,
appertain to
,
authorize
,
base
,
belong to
,
bless with
,
build
,
build in
,
dower
,
empower
,
endow
,
endow with
,
establish
,
favor with
,
fix
,
found
,
grace with
,
ground
,
install
,
invest
,
lay the foundation
,
pertain
,
pertain to
,
pitch
,
plant
,
put in
,
put up
,
seat
,
set
,
set up
,
settle on
,
settle upon
,
vest in
,
vest with
,
waistcoat
wrinkle
collapse
a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"
related words >
abbreviate
,
age
,
bezel
,
bonus
,
bristle
,
canal
,
canalize
,
carve
,
chamfer
,
channel
,
chase
,
cheat the undertaker
,
chink
,
chisel
,
circumscribe
,
coarct
,
cocker
,
cockle
,
compact
,
compress
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
constrict
,
constringe
,
contract
,
corrugate
,
corrugation
,
crack
,
cramp
,
crankle
,
cranny
,
craze
,
crease
,
crimp
,
crimple
,
crinkle
,
crumple
,
curtail
,
cut
,
dado
,
decline
,
decoration
,
decrease
,
dike
,
ditch
,
dodder
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw together
,
engrave
,
engraving
,
extra
,
extra added attraction
,
extra dash
,
fad
,
faddiness
,
faddishness
,
faddism
,
faddist
,
fade
,
fail
,
filigree
,
filling
,
fillip
,
flourish
,
flute
,
fluting
,
fold
,
frill
,
furrow
,
gash
,
get along
,
get on
,
goffer
,
gouge
,
groove
,
grow old
,
gully
,
incise
,
incision
,
knit
,
knot
,
lagniappe
,
microgroove
,
narrow
,
novelty
,
ornament
,
padding
,
pleat
,
plica
,
plow
,
premium
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
purse
,
rabbet
,
rage
,
reduce
,
ridge
,
rifle
,
rifling
,
rimple
,
ripple
,
rivel
,
ruck
,
ruckle
,
ruffle
,
rumple
,
rut
,
score
,
scratch
,
screw
,
scrunch
,
set on edge
,
shake
,
shirr
,
shorten
,
shrivel
,
sink
,
slit
,
solidify
,
something extra
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
streak
,
stria
,
striate
,
striation
,
stuffing
,
sulcation
,
sulcus
,
superaddition
,
totter
,
trench
,
trimming
,
trough
,
turn gray
,
turn white
,
twist
,
wane
,
waste away
,
well-worn groove
,
wimple
,
wither
,
wizen
tell the truth
collapse
related words >
acknowledge
,
admit
,
admit everything
,
allow
,
avow
,
awaken
,
break the spell
,
burst the bubble
,
come clean
,
concede
,
confess
,
cop a plea
,
correct
,
debunk
,
disabuse
,
disappoint
,
disenchant
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
enlighten
,
expose
,
grant
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
let on
,
open up
,
out with it
,
own
,
own up
,
plead guilty
,
prick the bubble
,
put straight
,
set right
,
set straight
,
show up
,
spill
,
spill it
,
spit it out
,
tell all
,
tell true
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
undeceive
,
unspell
,
wake up
awaken
collapse
cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"
related words >
alert
,
annoy
,
arouse
,
awake
,
awaken to
,
be begotten
,
be born
,
be incarnated
,
become alive to
,
become aware of
,
become conscious of
,
bestir
,
blow the coals
,
blow up
,
break the spell
,
burst the bubble
,
call forth
,
call up
,
challenge
,
come alive
,
come into being
,
come into existence
,
come to
,
come to know
,
come to life
,
correct
,
debunk
,
disabuse
,
disappoint
,
disenchant
,
disillude
,
disillusion
,
disillusionize
,
enkindle
,
enlighten
,
enrage
,
excite
,
expose
,
fan
,
fan the fire
,
fan the flame
,
feed the fire
,
fire
,
flame
,
foment
,
frenzy
,
get hep to
,
get next to
,
get up
,
get wise to
,
have it reported
,
heat
,
impassion
,
incense
,
incite
,
inflame
,
infuriate
,
key up
,
kindle
,
knock up
,
lather up
,
learn
,
let down easy
,
let in on
,
light the fuse
,
light up
,
live again
,
madden
,
move
,
overexcite
,
pique
,
prick the bubble
,
put straight
,
quicken
,
raise
,
raise up
,
rally
,
reanimate
,
resurge
,
resuscitate
,
return to life
,
revive
,
rise again
,
rouse
,
see the light
,
set astir
,
set fire to
,
set on fire
,
set right
,
set straight
,
shake up
,
show up
,
steam up
,
stir
,
stir the blood
,
stir the embers
,
stir the feelings
,
stir up
,
summon up
,
tell the truth
,
turn on
,
unblindfold
,
uncharm
,
undeceive
,
unspell
,
wake
,
wake up
,
waken
,
warm
,
warm the blood
,
whet
,
whip up
,
work into
,
work up
high noon
collapse
related words >
acme
,
apex
,
apogee
,
brow
,
cap
,
climax
,
cloud nine
,
crest
,
crown
,
culmen
,
culmination
,
edge
,
eight bells
,
extreme limit
,
extremity
,
heaven
,
heavens
,
height
,
highest pitch
,
highest point
,
limit
,
maximum
,
meridian
,
meridiem
,
midday
,
mountaintop
,
ne plus ultra
,
no place higher
,
noon
,
noonday
,
nooning
,
noonlight
,
noontide
,
noontime
,
peak
,
pinnacle
,
pitch
,
point
,
pole
,
ridge
,
seventh heaven
,
sky
,
spire
,
summit
,
tip
,
tip-top
,
top
,
upmost
,
upper extremity
,
uppermost
,
utmost
,
vertex
,
very top
,
zenith
establishment
collapse
a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
any large organization
(ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
related words >
A
,
Old Guard
,
absolute indication
,
agency
,
alpha
,
anchorage
,
animal kingdom
,
architecture
,
aristocracy
,
ascertainment
,
assurance
,
atelier
,
barbershop
,
barons
,
beauty parlor
,
beauty shop
,
beginning
,
bench
,
blast-off
,
boutique
,
building
,
burden of proof
,
business
,
butcher shop
,
certification
,
chain of being
,
chain store
,
check
,
checking
,
class structure
,
co-op
,
collation
,
colonization
,
commencement
,
company
,
concern
,
concession
,
conclusive evidence
,
confirmation
,
constitution
,
construct
,
construction
,
cooperative
,
corporation
,
countinghouse
,
country store
,
cream
,
creation
,
cutting edge
,
damning evidence
,
dawn
,
deep-rootedness
,
deep-seatedness
,
demonstration
,
department store
,
desk
,
determination
,
dime store
,
discount house
,
discount store
,
domain
,
edge
,
edifice
,
effectuation
,
elite
,
embedment
,
emporium
,
ensuring
,
enterprise
,
entrenchment
,
erection
,
fabric
,
facility
,
firm
,
five-and-ten
,
fixation
,
fixedness
,
fixity
,
fixture
,
flying start
,
formation
,
foundation
,
founding
,
fresh start
,
general store
,
hierarchy
,
house
,
implantation
,
inauguration
,
inception
,
incontrovertible evidence
,
indisputable evidence
,
infixion
,
initiation
,
installation
,
installment
,
institute
,
institution
,
investiture
,
inveteracy
,
ironclad proof
,
jump-off
,
kick-off
,
kingdom
,
leading edge
,
lodgment
,
loft
,
lords of creation
,
magasin
,
mail-order house
,
market
,
mart
,
materialization
,
mineral kingdom
,
mooring
,
natural hierarchy
,
new departure
,
nobility
,
office
,
oncoming
,
onset
,
onus
,
onus probandi
,
opening
,
organization
,
origin
,
origination
,
outbreak
,
outfit
,
outset
,
overlapping
,
packaged house
,
parlor
,
pecking order
,
peopling
,
pile
,
plantation
,
population
,
post
,
power elite
,
power structure
,
prefab
,
prefabrication
,
proof
,
pyramid
,
realization
,
realm
,
reassurance
,
reassurement
,
retail store
,
ruling circles
,
ruling class
,
running start
,
salon
,
send-off
,
setting in motion
,
setting-up
,
settlement
,
settling
,
shop
,
skyscraper
,
square one
,
stabilization
,
start
,
start-off
,
starting point
,
store
,
structure
,
studio
,
substantiation
,
supermarket
,
superstructure
,
sure sign
,
sweatshop
,
take-off
,
the Church
,
the Establishment
,
the administration
,
the authorities
,
the best
,
the best people
,
the brass
,
the government
,
the power structure
,
top people
,
tower
,
trading post
,
unmistakable sign
,
upper class
,
upper crust
,
validation
,
variety shop
,
variety store
,
vegetable kingdom
,
verification
,
warehouse
,
wareroom
,
wholesale house
,
work site
,
work space
,
workbench
,
workhouse
,
working space
,
workplace
,
workroom
,
workshop
,
worktable
psyched up
collapse
related words >
all ready
,
all set
,
armed
,
armed and ready
,
booted and spurred
,
briefed
,
coached
,
cocked
,
equipped
,
familiarized
,
good and ready
,
groomed
,
in arms
,
in battle array
,
in readiness
,
in the saddle
,
informed
,
loaded
,
loaded for bear
,
mature
,
mobilized
,
on the mark
,
planned
,
prearranged
,
prepared
,
prepared and ready
,
prepped
,
primed
,
provided
,
ready
,
ready for anything
,
ripe
,
set
,
up in arms
,
vigilant
,
well-prepared
all set
collapse
related words >
all ready
,
armed
,
armed and ready
,
booted and spurred
,
briefed
,
coached
,
cocked
,
equipped
,
familiarized
,
good and ready
,
groomed
,
in arms
,
in battle array
,
in readiness
,
in the saddle
,
informed
,
loaded
,
loaded for bear
,
mature
,
mobilized
,
on the mark
,
planned
,
prearranged
,
prepared
,
prepared and ready
,
prepped
,
primed
,
provided
,
psyched up
,
ready
,
ready for anything
,
ripe
,
set
,
up in arms
,
vigilant
,
well-prepared
descend upon
collapse
related words >
alight upon
,
ambush
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
blitz
,
bushwhack
,
come at
,
come down on
,
crack down on
,
descend on
,
drop on
,
fall on
,
fall upon
,
gang up on
,
go at
,
go for
,
harry
,
have at
,
hit
,
hit like lightning
,
hit upon
,
jump
,
land on
,
lay at
,
lay hands on
,
lay into
,
light into
,
light upon
,
mug
,
pitch into
,
pounce upon
,
pound
,
sail into
,
set on
,
set upon
,
settle on
,
strike
,
strike upon
,
surprise
,
swoop down on
,
take the offensive
,
wade into
groomed
collapse
neat and smart in appearance; well cared for; "the manager was a beautifully groomed young man"; "his horse was always groomed"
related words >
all ready
,
all set
,
armed
,
armed and ready
,
booted and spurred
,
briefed
,
coached
,
cocked
,
equipped
,
familiarized
,
good and ready
,
in arms
,
in battle array
,
in readiness
,
in the saddle
,
informed
,
loaded
,
loaded for bear
,
mature
,
mobilized
,
on the mark
,
planned
,
prearranged
,
prepared
,
prepared and ready
,
prepped
,
primed
,
provided
,
psyched up
,
ready
,
ready for anything
,
ripe
,
set
,
up in arms
,
vigilant
,
well-prepared
mobilized
collapse
related words >
all ready
,
all set
,
armed
,
armed and ready
,
booted and spurred
,
briefed
,
coached
,
cocked
,
equipped
,
familiarized
,
good and ready
,
groomed
,
in arms
,
in battle array
,
in readiness
,
in the saddle
,
informed
,
loaded
,
loaded for bear
,
mature
,
on the mark
,
planned
,
prearranged
,
prepared
,
prepared and ready
,
prepped
,
primed
,
provided
,
psyched up
,
ready
,
ready for anything
,
ripe
,
set
,
up in arms
,
vigilant
,
well-prepared
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