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happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"
handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
related words >
act
,
angle
,
be caught short
,
be effective
,
be in action
,
be responsible for
,
be short
,
behave
,
belong
,
brew
,
bucket
,
bucketshop
,
cabal
,
carry on
,
carry out
,
carry through
,
chart a course
,
collude
,
complot
,
concoct
,
cond
,
conduct
,
conn
,
connive
,
conspire
,
control
,
cook up
,
countermine
,
counterplot
,
coxswain
,
cut
,
deal with
,
deposit margin
,
direct
,
do with
,
drive
,
employ
,
engineer
,
exercise
,
exert
,
finagle
,
finesse
,
frame
,
frame up
,
function
,
go
,
go long
,
guide
,
handle
,
hatch
,
hatch a plot
,
hatch up
,
have effect
,
have free play
,
have play
,
have the conn
,
helm
,
hold on
,
intrigue
,
keep
,
lay a plot
,
machinate
,
make
,
make a killing
,
make a scoop
,
make go
,
make use of
,
manage
,
maneuver
,
manipulate
,
margin up
,
militate
,
miss the market
,
move
,
navigate
,
open up
,
ordain
,
overstay the market
,
percolate
,
perform
,
perform on
,
perk
,
pilot
,
play
,
play the market
,
plot
,
plunge
,
ply
,
practice
,
proceed
,
pyramid
,
react
,
rig
,
run
,
scalp
,
scheme
,
scoop the market
,
see to
,
serve
,
shape a course
,
speculate
,
stag
,
stag the market
,
steer
,
take
,
take a flier
,
take care of
,
take effect
,
tick
,
trade on margin
,
use
,
utilize
,
venture
,
wangle
,
wield
,
work
without warning
collapse
related words >
abruptly
,
bang
,
by surprise
,
dash
,
hastily
,
impetuously
,
implausibly
,
improbably
,
impulsively
,
like a flash
,
like a thunderbolt
,
of a sudden
,
on short notice
,
plop
,
plump
,
plunk
,
pop
,
precipitantly
,
precipitately
,
precipitously
,
sharp
,
slap
,
smack
,
startlingly
,
sudden
,
suddenly
,
surprisingly
,
unanticipatedly
,
unawares
,
unexpectedly
,
unforeseeably
,
unpredictably
,
without notice
empty handed
collapse
related words >
bare-handed
,
beggarly
,
famished
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impoverished
,
on short commons
,
pauperized
,
poor
,
shorthanded
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
underfed
,
undermanned
,
undernourished
,
unfed
,
unprovided
,
unreplenished
,
unsupplied
unsupplied
collapse
related words >
bare-handed
,
beggarly
,
empty-handed
,
famished
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impoverished
,
on short commons
,
pauperized
,
poor
,
shorthanded
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
underfed
,
undermanned
,
undernourished
,
unfed
,
unprovided
,
unreplenished
under
collapse
further down; "see under for further discussion"
down below; "get under quickly!"
below the horizon; "the sun went under"
below some quantity or limit; "fifty dollars or under"
in or into a state of subordination or subjugation; "we must keep our disappointment under"
down to defeat, death, or ruin; "their competitors went under"
into unconsciousness; "this will put the patient under"
through a range downward; "children six and under will be admitted free"
related words >
answerable to
,
at a disadvantage
,
at the nadir
,
below
,
below deck
,
below par
,
below the mark
,
belowstairs
,
beneath
,
collateral
,
dependent
,
down
,
down below
,
downstairs
,
drunk
,
earlier
,
high
,
impaired
,
in the gutter
,
inferior
,
infra
,
least
,
least of all
,
less
,
lesser
,
low
,
lower
,
lowest
,
neath
,
nether
,
out of sight
,
secondary
,
short of
,
sub
,
subjacent
,
subject
,
subordinate to
,
tipsy
,
tributary
,
under par
,
under the influence
,
underfoot
,
underneath
,
underwater
narrator
collapse
someone who tells a story
related words >
anecdotalist
,
anecdotist
,
annalist
,
author
,
chronicler
,
describer
,
fableist
,
fabler
,
fabulist
,
fictionist
,
mythmaker
,
mythopoet
,
novelettist
,
novelist
,
raconteur
,
reciter
,
recounter
,
relator
,
reporter
,
romancer
,
romancist
,
sagaman
,
short-story writer
,
spinner of yarns
,
storier
,
storyteller
,
taleteller
,
teller of tales
,
word painter
,
yarn spinner
one horse
collapse
related words >
cramped
,
dinky
,
exiguous
,
half-pint
,
jerkwater
,
knee-high
,
limited
,
little
,
measly
,
niggling
,
petite
,
pettifogging
,
petty
,
picayune
,
picayunish
,
piddling
,
piffling
,
pindling
,
pint-sized
,
poky
,
punk
,
puny
,
short
,
slight
,
small
,
small-beer
,
small-time
,
smallish
,
tinhorn
,
two-bit
,
two-by-four
pounce upon
collapse
related words >
ambush
,
appear unexpectedly
,
assail
,
assault
,
astonish
,
attack
,
be unexpected
,
blitz
,
bob up
,
bounce
,
bound
,
buck
,
buckjump
,
bushwhack
,
capriole
,
catch at
,
catch off-guard
,
catch unawares
,
clear
,
come at
,
come down on
,
come from behind
,
come unawares
,
come upon
,
come upon unexpectedly
,
crack down on
,
creep up on
,
curvet
,
descend on
,
descend upon
,
dive
,
do the unexpected
,
drop
,
drop in on
,
fall
,
fall on
,
fall upon
,
fasten upon
,
flash upon one
,
gang up on
,
go at
,
go for
,
harry
,
have at
,
hippety-hop
,
hit
,
hit like lightning
,
hop
,
hurdle
,
jump
,
jump at
,
jump over
,
land on
,
lay at
,
lay hands on
,
lay into
,
leap
,
leap over
,
leapfrog
,
light into
,
mug
,
negotiate
,
nose-dive
,
overjump
,
overleap
,
overskip
,
parachute
,
pitch
,
pitch into
,
plop
,
plummet
,
plump
,
plunge
,
plunk
,
pop up
,
pounce
,
pounce on
,
pound
,
pull up short
,
sail into
,
scramble for
,
seize on
,
set on
,
set upon
,
ski jump
,
skin-dive
,
skip
,
sky-dive
,
snap at
,
snatch at
,
sound
,
spring
,
spring a surprise
,
spring upon
,
start
,
start aside
,
start up
,
steeplechase
,
stoop
,
strike
,
surprise
,
swoop
,
swoop down
,
swoop down on
,
swoop down upon
,
take a header
,
take by surprise
,
take short
,
take the offensive
,
take unawares
,
turn up
,
updive
,
upleap
,
upspring
,
vault
,
wade into
unprovidential
collapse
related words >
badly off
,
depressed
,
dire
,
donsie
,
doomful
,
evil-starred
,
fatal
,
fortuneless
,
funest
,
hapless
,
ill off
,
ill-starred
,
in adverse circumstances
,
inauspicious
,
luckless
,
ominous
,
out of luck
,
planet-struck
,
sad
,
short of luck
,
star-crossed
,
unblessed
,
underprivileged
,
unfortunate
,
unhappy
,
unlucky
,
unprosperous
out of luck
collapse
related words >
badly off
,
depressed
,
dire
,
donsie
,
doomful
,
evil-starred
,
fatal
,
fortuneless
,
funest
,
hapless
,
ill off
,
ill-starred
,
in adverse circumstances
,
inauspicious
,
luckless
,
ominous
,
planet-struck
,
sad
,
short of luck
,
star-crossed
,
unblessed
,
underprivileged
,
unfortunate
,
unhappy
,
unlucky
,
unprosperous
,
unprovidential
star crossed
collapse
related words >
badly off
,
depressed
,
dire
,
donsie
,
doomful
,
evil-starred
,
fatal
,
fortuneless
,
funest
,
hapless
,
ill off
,
ill-starred
,
in adverse circumstances
,
inauspicious
,
luckless
,
ominous
,
out of luck
,
planet-struck
,
sad
,
short of luck
,
unblessed
,
underprivileged
,
unfortunate
,
unhappy
,
unlucky
,
unprosperous
,
unprovidential
step up
collapse
related words >
accelerando
,
accelerate
,
acceleration
,
accost
,
advance
,
aggravate
,
aggravation
,
amplify
,
approach
,
appropinquate
,
approximate
,
bear down on
,
bear down upon
,
bear up
,
beef up
,
beefing-up
,
blow up
,
blowing up
,
blowup
,
charge
,
close
,
close in
,
close with
,
come
,
come closer
,
come forward
,
come near
,
come on
,
come up
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
concentration
,
condensation
,
condense
,
confront
,
consolidate
,
consolidation
,
crack on
,
deepen
,
deepening
,
double
,
draw near
,
draw nigh
,
drive
,
electrify
,
encounter
,
energize
,
enhance
,
enhancement
,
exacerbate
,
exacerbation
,
exaggerate
,
exaggeration
,
explosion
,
gain ground
,
gain upon
,
galvanize
,
generate
,
getaway
,
hasten
,
heat up
,
heating-up
,
heighten
,
heightening
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
hurry
,
hurry up
,
impetus
,
information explosion
,
intensification
,
intensify
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
loop in
,
magnification
,
magnify
,
make complex
,
narrow the gap
,
near
,
open the throttle
,
pick up speed
,
pickup
,
plug in
,
population explosion
,
proximate
,
put on
,
put on steam
,
quicken
,
quickening
,
race
,
ramify
,
redouble
,
redoubling
,
reinforce
,
reinforcement
,
rev
,
shake up
,
sharpen
,
shock
,
short
,
short-circuit
,
sidle up to
,
soup up
,
speed up
,
speedup
,
step down
,
step on it
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
strengthening
,
switch off
,
switch on
,
thrust
,
tightening
,
triple
,
turn off
,
turn on
,
whet
undermanned
collapse
related words >
bare-handed
,
beggarly
,
empty-handed
,
famished
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impoverished
,
on short commons
,
pauperized
,
poor
,
shorthanded
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
underfed
,
underhanded
,
undernourished
,
understaffed
,
unfed
,
unprovided
,
unreplenished
,
unsupplied
unbeautiful
collapse
related words >
beautiless
,
blemished
,
blotted
,
cacophonic
,
cacophonous
,
defaced
,
disfigured
,
dysphemistic
,
dysphemized
,
hideous
,
homely
,
ill-favored
,
ill-looking
,
inelegant
,
marred
,
plain
,
short on looks
,
spoiled
,
uglified
,
ugly
,
ugly as hell
,
ugly as sin
,
unaesthetic
,
unalluring
,
unattractive
,
unbeauteous
,
uncomely
,
unhandsome
,
unlovely
,
unpleasing
,
unpretty
,
unsightly
impoverished
collapse
related words >
Lenten
,
Spartan
,
ablated
,
abstemious
,
ascetic
,
austere
,
badly off
,
bankrupt
,
bare-handed
,
barren
,
beggared
,
beggarly
,
bereaved
,
bereft
,
burnt up
,
consumed
,
denuded
,
depleted
,
deprived
,
desolate
,
destitute
,
disadvantaged
,
dissipated
,
drained
,
dwarfed
,
dwarfish
,
eaten up
,
effete
,
empty
,
empty-handed
,
eroded
,
exhausted
,
exiguous
,
famished
,
finished
,
flat broke
,
fleeced
,
frugal
,
ghettoized
,
gone
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impecunious
,
in distress
,
in need
,
in rags
,
in want
,
indigent
,
insolvent
,
jejune
,
lean
,
limited
,
meager
,
mean
,
mendicant
,
miserly
,
narrow
,
necessitous
,
needy
,
niggardly
,
on relief
,
on short commons
,
out at elbows
,
paltry
,
parsimonious
,
pauperized
,
penurious
,
pinched
,
poor
,
poverty-stricken
,
puny
,
ruined
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scrawny
,
scrimp
,
scrimpy
,
short
,
shorthanded
,
skimp
,
skimpy
,
slender
,
slight
,
slim
,
small
,
spare
,
sparing
,
spent
,
starvation
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
stingy
,
stinted
,
stone-broke
,
straitened
,
strapped
,
stripped
,
stunted
,
subsistence
,
thin
,
underfed
,
undermanned
,
undernourished
,
underprivileged
,
unfed
,
unnourishing
,
unnutritious
,
unprovided
,
unreplenished
,
unsupplied
,
up against it
,
used up
,
wasted
,
watered
,
watery
,
wiped out
,
worn away
,
worn-out
unelevated
collapse
related words >
couchant
,
crouched
,
debased
,
depressed
,
flat
,
knee-high
,
knocked flat
,
laid low
,
low
,
low-built
,
low-hung
,
low-level
,
low-leveled
,
low-lying
,
low-set
,
low-statured
,
neap
,
prone
,
recumbent
,
runty
,
short
,
squat
,
squatty
,
stooped
,
stumpy
,
supine
stooped
collapse
related words >
couchant
,
crouched
,
debased
,
depressed
,
flat
,
knee-high
,
knocked flat
,
laid low
,
low
,
low-built
,
low-hung
,
low-level
,
low-leveled
,
low-lying
,
low-set
,
low-statured
,
neap
,
prone
,
recumbent
,
runty
,
short
,
squat
,
squatty
,
stumpy
,
supine
,
unelevated
brief
collapse
a condensed written summary or abstract
a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
concise and succinct; "covered the matter in a brief statement"
of short duration or distance; "a brief stay in the country"; "in a little while"; "it's a little way away"
give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abbreviation
,
abbreviature
,
abrege
,
abridge
,
abridged
,
abridgment
,
abrupt
,
abstract
,
account
,
account rendered
,
accounting
,
acquaint
,
acta
,
advertise
,
advertise of
,
advise
,
advocate
,
airmanship
,
annual
,
aposiopestic
,
apprise
,
bespeak
,
block in
,
block out
,
blunt
,
book
,
breviary
,
briefing
,
briefly
,
bring word
,
brisk
,
brusque
,
bulletin
,
capsule
,
capsulize
,
census report
,
chalk out
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
coach
,
cometary
,
communicate
,
compact
,
compend
,
compendious
,
compendium
,
compressed
,
concise
,
concisely
,
condensation
,
condense
,
condensed
,
condensed version
,
confer
,
conspectus
,
consult with
,
contracted
,
counsel
,
crisp
,
crusty
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
curtal
,
curtate
,
cut
,
debrief
,
decurtate
,
delineate
,
digest
,
direct
,
disclose
,
docked
,
draft
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
election returns
,
elliptic
,
employ
,
engage
,
enlighten
,
ephemeral
,
epigrammatic
,
epitome
,
evanescent
,
explain
,
extract
,
familiarize
,
fill in
,
flashing
,
fleet
,
fleeting
,
flickering
,
flight plan
,
flying lessons
,
fugitive
,
give a briefing
,
give directions
,
give notice
,
give the facts
,
give word
,
gnomic
,
gruff
,
guide
,
head
,
hire
,
in brief
,
in sum
,
in summary
,
indisposed to talk
,
inform
,
instantaneous
,
instruct
,
kibitz
,
laconic
,
leave word
,
let know
,
line
,
little
,
low
,
meddle
,
mention to
,
meteoric
,
minutes
,
momentary
,
mum
,
mute
,
notify
,
nutshell
,
outline
,
overview
,
pandect
,
passing
,
pilot training
,
pilotship
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
precis
,
preengage
,
prescribe
,
proceedings
,
propose
,
pruned
,
quick
,
quiet
,
recommend
,
recruit
,
report
,
reserve
,
reserved
,
resume
,
retain
,
returns
,
review
,
rough
,
rough in
,
rough out
,
rubric
,
run down
,
run through
,
rundown
,
send word
,
sententious
,
serve notice
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-lived
,
short-term
,
short-termed
,
shorten
,
shortened
,
shortened version
,
sign on
,
sign up
,
sign up for
,
silent
,
skeleton
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speak
,
speechless
,
speedy
,
statement
,
submit
,
succinct
,
succinctly
,
suggest
,
summarize
,
summary
,
survey
,
swift
,
syllabus
,
synopsis
,
synopsize
,
synopsized
,
synoptic
,
taciturn
,
take into employment
,
take on
,
tally
,
tell
,
temporary
,
terse
,
the record
,
thumbnail sketch
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
topical outline
,
trace
,
transactions
,
transient
,
transitory
,
truncated
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
verse
,
washout
,
word-bound
,
wordless
,
yearbook
reserved
collapse
cool and formal in manner
marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
set aside for the use of a particular person or party
related words >
Olympian
,
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
aloof
,
antisocial
,
aposiopestic
,
backward
,
bashful
,
blank
,
brief
,
brusque
,
ceremonious
,
chilled
,
chilly
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
cold
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
conserved
,
constrained
,
contracted
,
controlled
,
conventional
,
cool
,
crisp
,
curt
,
cut
,
demure
,
detached
,
diffident
,
dignified
,
discreet
,
distant
,
docked
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
expressionless
,
forbidding
,
formal
,
frigid
,
frosty
,
gnomic
,
guarded
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
ice-cold
,
icy
,
impassive
,
impersonal
,
inaccessible
,
incommunicable
,
introverted
,
kept
,
laconic
,
modest
,
modified
,
noncommittal
,
offish
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
poker-faced
,
preserved
,
prim
,
pruned
,
put by
,
quiet
,
remote
,
removed
,
repressed
,
restrained
,
retained
,
reticent
,
retiring
,
rigid
,
saved
,
sedate
,
sententious
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
silent
,
spare
,
standoff
,
standoffish
,
strait-laced
,
subdued
,
succinct
,
summary
,
suppressed
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
tights
,
to the point
,
truncated
,
unaffable
,
unapproachable
,
uncommunicative
,
uncongenial
,
undemonstrative
,
unemotional
,
unexpansive
,
ungenial
,
unresponsive
,
unsocial
,
withdrawn
,
withheld
blowup
collapse
related words >
Photostat
,
Xerox
,
Xerox copy
,
accelerando
,
acceleration
,
access
,
aggravation
,
backfire
,
bang
,
beefing-up
,
blast
,
blaze of temper
,
blowing up
,
blowout
,
blueprint
,
boom
,
burst
,
concentration
,
condensation
,
consolidation
,
contact printing
,
cyanotype
,
deepening
,
detonation
,
discharge
,
enhancement
,
enlargement
,
eruption
,
exacerbation
,
exaggeration
,
explosion
,
flare
,
flare-up
,
flash
,
fulguration
,
fulmination
,
glossy
,
heating-up
,
heightening
,
high words
,
hologram
,
information explosion
,
intensification
,
lantern slide
,
magnification
,
matte
,
microcopy
,
microprint
,
outburst
,
photocopy
,
photogravure
,
photostatic copy
,
pickup
,
population explosion
,
positive
,
print
,
projection printing
,
redoubling
,
reinforcement
,
report
,
scene
,
semi-matte
,
slide
,
speedup
,
step-up
,
storm
,
strengthening
,
tightening
,
transparency
obliteration
collapse
related words >
Lethe
,
absentmindedness
,
blot
,
blotting
,
blotting out
,
cancel
,
cancellation
,
decay of memory
,
deletion
,
effacement
,
erasure
,
expunction
,
forgetfulness
,
forgetting
,
forgiveness
,
grace period
,
hazy recollection
,
heedlessness
,
moratorium
,
nepenthe
,
nirvana
,
oblivion
,
obliviousness
,
scrubbing
,
short memory
,
unmindfulness
,
washing out
,
waters of oblivion
,
wiping out
,
write-off
unhatched
collapse
not yet hatched
related words >
ad-lib
,
caught napping
,
caught off balance
,
caught short
,
extemporaneous
,
extemporized
,
haphazard
,
hasty
,
impromptu
,
improvised
,
makeshift
,
precipitate
,
rough-and-ready
,
snap
,
surprised
,
taken aback
,
taken by surprise
,
taken unawares
,
tripped up
,
unarranged
,
unbegun
,
unconcocted
,
uncontrived
,
undeliberated
,
undevised
,
unmade
,
unmanufactured
,
unorganized
,
unplanned
,
unpremeditated
,
unprepared
,
unprimed
,
unready
,
unstudied
uncontrived
collapse
related words >
ad-lib
,
caught napping
,
caught off balance
,
caught short
,
extemporaneous
,
extemporized
,
haphazard
,
hasty
,
impromptu
,
improvised
,
makeshift
,
precipitate
,
rough-and-ready
,
snap
,
surprised
,
taken aback
,
taken by surprise
,
taken unawares
,
tripped up
,
unarranged
,
unbegun
,
unconcocted
,
undeliberated
,
undevised
,
unhatched
,
unmade
,
unmanufactured
,
unorganized
,
unplanned
,
unpremeditated
,
unprepared
,
unprimed
,
unready
,
unstudied
contracted
collapse
reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes"
related words >
Spartan
,
abated
,
abbreviated
,
ablated
,
abridged
,
affianced
,
agreed
,
aposiopestic
,
arranged
,
assured
,
attenuated
,
bated
,
belittled
,
betrothed
,
blank
,
blind
,
blind-alley
,
bound
,
brief
,
brusque
,
cecal
,
choked
,
choked off
,
clamped
,
clipped
,
close
,
closed
,
committed
,
compact
,
compacted
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
compromised
,
concentrated
,
concise
,
condensed
,
consolidated
,
constricted
,
consumed
,
covenanted
,
cramped
,
crisp
,
curt
,
curtailed
,
cut
,
dead
,
dead-end
,
decreased
,
deflated
,
diminished
,
dissipated
,
docked
,
dropped
,
elliptic
,
engaged
,
epigrammatic
,
eroded
,
fallen
,
gnomic
,
guaranteed
,
intended
,
knitted
,
laconic
,
less
,
lesser
,
lower
,
lowered
,
miniaturized
,
nipped
,
obligated
,
pinched
,
pinched-in
,
pithy
,
pledged
,
plighted
,
pointed
,
promised
,
pruned
,
puckered
,
pursed
,
reduced
,
reserved
,
retrenched
,
scaled-down
,
sealed
,
sententious
,
settled
,
shorn
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
shorter
,
shrunk
,
shrunken
,
shut
,
signed
,
smaller
,
solidified
,
squeezed
,
squeezed shut
,
stipulated
,
strangled
,
strangulated
,
succinct
,
summary
,
sworn
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
to the point
,
truncated
,
undertaken
,
underwritten
,
unopen
,
unopened
,
unvented
,
unventilated
,
warranted
,
wasp-waisted
,
watered-down
,
weakened
,
worn
,
wrinkled
unfed
collapse
not given support; "a grudge that remained unfed"
not fed
related words >
Lenten
,
bare-handed
,
beggarly
,
empty-handed
,
famished
,
fasting
,
half-starved
,
ill off
,
ill-equipped
,
ill-furnished
,
ill-provided
,
impoverished
,
on short commons
,
pauperized
,
poor
,
quadragesimal
,
shorthanded
,
starved
,
starveling
,
starving
,
underfed
,
undermanned
,
undernourished
,
uneating
,
unprovided
,
unreplenished
,
unsupplied
immaturity
collapse
not having reached maturity
related words >
adulteration
,
amateurishness
,
amateurism
,
arrestment
,
babyishness
,
brand-newness
,
callowness
,
childishness
,
coarseness
,
crudeness
,
crudity
,
defectibility
,
defectiveness
,
deficiency
,
dewiness
,
erroneousness
,
fallibility
,
faultiness
,
freshness
,
gloss of novelty
,
greenness
,
ignorance
,
immatureness
,
impairment
,
imperfection
,
imprudence
,
impurity
,
inaccuracy
,
inadequacy
,
inadequateness
,
inadvisability
,
inattention
,
incompleteness
,
incompletion
,
inconsideration
,
indiscreetness
,
indiscretion
,
inexactitude
,
inexactness
,
inexpedience
,
inexperience
,
infancy
,
infantilism
,
injudiciousness
,
intactness
,
irrationality
,
juiciness
,
juniority
,
lack
,
lateness
,
maidenhood
,
mediocrity
,
minority
,
mint condition
,
newbornness
,
newfangledness
,
newfangleness
,
newness
,
nonage
,
nondevelopment
,
novelness
,
novelty
,
nowness
,
originality
,
oversimplicity
,
oversimplification
,
patchiness
,
pompousness
,
presentness
,
pristineness
,
puerilism
,
puerility
,
rawness
,
reasonlessness
,
recency
,
recentness
,
recklessness
,
reductionism
,
roughness
,
rudeness
,
sappiness
,
scrappiness
,
senselessness
,
short measure
,
short weight
,
shortage
,
shortcoming
,
simplism
,
sketchiness
,
strangeness
,
stuffiness
,
the rough
,
thoughtlessness
,
unaccustomedness
,
unacquaintance
,
unacquaintedness
,
uncommonness
,
uncultivation
,
underdevelopment
,
undevelopment
,
unevenness
,
unexperiencedness
,
unfamiliarity
,
unfinish
,
unfinishedness
,
unfledgedness
,
unintelligence
,
unperfectedness
,
unpracticedness
,
unprofessionalism
,
unprofessionalness
,
unreason
,
unreasonableness
,
unrefinement
,
unripeness
,
unsensibleness
,
unsoundness
,
unthoughtfulness
,
unusualness
,
unwisdom
,
unwiseness
,
virginity
,
want
,
witlessness
brusque
collapse
marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abrupt
,
aggressive
,
aposiopestic
,
artless
,
bearish
,
beastly
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
brash
,
brief
,
broad
,
candid
,
cavalier
,
churlish
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
crusty
,
curt
,
cut
,
direct
,
discourteous
,
docked
,
downright
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
explicit
,
forthright
,
frank
,
frankhearted
,
free
,
free-speaking
,
free-spoken
,
free-tongued
,
genuine
,
gnomic
,
gruff
,
harsh
,
heart-to-heart
,
ill-mannered
,
impolite
,
indisposed to talk
,
ingenuous
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
open
,
openhearted
,
outspoken
,
overbearing
,
pithy
,
plain
,
plain-spoken
,
pointed
,
pruned
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
rough
,
round
,
rude
,
sententious
,
severe
,
sharp
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
sincere
,
snippety
,
snippy
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
straight
,
straight-out
,
straightforward
,
succinct
,
summary
,
surly
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
transparent
,
truculent
,
truncated
,
unchecked
,
uncivil
,
unconstrained
,
unequivocal
,
ungracious
,
unguarded
,
unloquacious
,
unmannerly
,
unreserved
,
unrestrained
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
fleet
collapse
a group of warships organized as a tactical unit
a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership
group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
moving very fast; "fleet of foot"; "the fleet scurrying of squirrels"; "a swift current"; "swift flight of an arrow"; "a swift runner"
related words >
Naval Construction Battalion
,
RN
,
Royal Navy
,
Seabees
,
USN
,
United States Navy
,
age group
,
agile
,
alert
,
animated
,
argosy
,
armada
,
ball the jack
,
band
,
barrel
,
battalion
,
beguile
,
bevy
,
body
,
boom
,
bottoms
,
bowl along
,
breakneck
,
breeze
,
breeze along
,
brief
,
brigade
,
brisk
,
brush
,
bunch
,
cabal
,
cast
,
clip
,
clique
,
coast guard
,
cohort
,
cometary
,
company
,
complement
,
contingent
,
convoy
,
corps
,
coterie
,
covey
,
crew
,
crowd
,
cut along
,
dally
,
dashing
,
detachment
,
detail
,
disappear
,
division
,
double-quick
,
eagle-winged
,
escadrille
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
expeditious
,
express
,
faction
,
fade
,
fast
,
featly
,
flashing
,
flickering
,
flit
,
flotilla
,
fly
,
fly low
,
flying
,
foot
,
fritter
,
galloping
,
gang
,
go fast
,
graceful
,
group
,
grouping
,
groupment
,
hair-trigger
,
hasty
,
headlong
,
highball
,
hustling
,
idle
,
in-group
,
junta
,
light
,
light of heel
,
light-footed
,
line
,
lively
,
make good
,
make knots
,
marine
,
melt
,
melt like snow
,
merchant fleet
,
merchant marine
,
merchant navy
,
mercurial
,
meteoric
,
mob
,
mosquito fleet
,
movement
,
naval forces
,
naval militia
,
naval reserve
,
navy
,
neat-fingered
,
neat-handed
,
nimble
,
nimble-footed
,
nip
,
nit
,
out-group
,
outfit
,
outstrip the wind
,
pack
,
party
,
pass
,
pass away
,
peart
,
peer group
,
phalanx
,
platoon
,
posse
,
potter
,
pour it on
,
precipitate
,
prompt
,
quick
,
quick as lightning
,
quick as thought
,
rapid
,
reckless
,
regiment
,
rip
,
running
,
sail
,
salon
,
scorch
,
set
,
shipping
,
ships
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
short-term
,
short-termed
,
sink
,
sizzle
,
skim
,
snappy
,
spanking
,
speed
,
speedy
,
spirited
,
sprightly
,
spry
,
squad
,
squadron
,
squander
,
stable
,
storm along
,
string
,
sure-footed
,
sweep
,
swift
,
task force
,
task group
,
tatter
,
team
,
tear
,
tear along
,
thunder along
,
tonnage
,
tribe
,
troop
,
troupe
,
vanish
,
vivacious
,
waste
,
whaling fleet
,
whisk
,
whiz
,
wile
,
wing
,
winged
,
zing
,
zip
,
zoom
cut across
collapse
be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations; "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
related words >
bar
,
catercorner
,
chiasmal
,
chiasmic
,
chiastic
,
crisscross
,
cross
,
crossbar
,
crosscut
,
crossed
,
crossing
,
cruciate
,
cut
,
cut a corner
,
cut corners
,
cut crosswise
,
cut through
,
decussate
,
decussated
,
diagonalize
,
intercross
,
intersect
,
intersected
,
intersecting
,
lie across
,
make a beeline
,
secant
,
short-cut
,
slant across
,
slash
,
slash across
,
transverse
,
traverse
least
collapse
something that is of no importance; "it is the least I can do"; "that is the least of my concerns"
used to form the superlative; "The garter snake is the least dangerous snake"
related words >
at a disadvantage
,
at the nadir
,
below
,
below the mark
,
few
,
homely
,
humble
,
humble-looking
,
humble-visaged
,
humblest
,
in the gutter
,
inglorious
,
innocuous
,
least of all
,
less
,
littlest
,
low
,
lowest
,
lowliest
,
lowly
,
mean
,
minim
,
minimum
,
minority
,
minority group
,
modest
,
plain
,
poor
,
short of
,
shortest
,
simple
,
slightest
,
small
,
smallest
,
teachable
,
the few
,
the minority
,
under
,
under par
,
undistinguished
,
unimportant
,
unpretentious
,
we happy few
inconsiderable
collapse
too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"
related words >
back-burner
,
cursory
,
depthless
,
dinky
,
dispensable
,
few
,
footling
,
immaterial
,
inappreciable
,
inconsequential
,
inessential
,
inferior
,
insignificant
,
irrelevant
,
little
,
low
,
meager
,
miniature
,
minor
,
minute
,
negligible
,
no great shakes
,
nonessential
,
not vital
,
petit
,
petty
,
picayune
,
picayunish
,
shallow
,
short
,
skin-deep
,
small
,
superficial
,
technical
,
tiny
,
trifling
,
trivial
,
unessential
,
unimpressive
,
unnoteworthy
fugacious
collapse
related words >
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
evanescent
,
fading
,
fickle
,
fleeting
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugitive
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
inconstant
,
insubstantial
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
nonpermanent
,
passing
,
perishable
,
short-lived
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
undurable
,
unenduring
,
unstable
,
volatile
undurable
collapse
related words >
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
evanescent
,
fading
,
fickle
,
fleeting
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugacious
,
fugitive
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
inconstant
,
insubstantial
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
nonpermanent
,
passing
,
perishable
,
short-lived
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
unenduring
,
unstable
,
volatile
nonpermanent
collapse
related words >
brittle
,
capricious
,
changeable
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
dying
,
ephemeral
,
evanescent
,
fading
,
fickle
,
fleeting
,
flitting
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
fugacious
,
fugitive
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
inconstant
,
insubstantial
,
momentary
,
mortal
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
passing
,
perishable
,
short-lived
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
undurable
,
unenduring
,
unstable
,
volatile
harden
collapse
become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"
related words >
acclimate
,
acclimatize
,
accommodate
,
accustom
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
anneal
,
be tough
,
beef up
,
brace
,
brace up
,
break
,
break in
,
brutalize
,
buttress
,
cake
,
calcify
,
callous
,
case harden
,
caseharden
,
compact
,
concrete
,
condition
,
confirm
,
conform
,
congeal
,
consolidate
,
cornify
,
crystallize
,
densify
,
domesticate
,
domesticize
,
dry
,
endure
,
establish
,
familiarize
,
firm
,
fix
,
fortify
,
fossilize
,
freeze
,
gentle
,
gird
,
habituate
,
hang tough
,
housebreak
,
indurate
,
intensify
,
inure
,
invigorate
,
lapidify
,
lithify
,
naturalize
,
nerve
,
orient
,
orientate
,
ossify
,
petrify
,
prop
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
season
,
set
,
shore up
,
solidify
,
steel
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
tame
,
temper
,
toughen
,
train
,
turn to stone
,
undergird
,
vitrify
,
wont
steel
collapse
knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
cover, plate, or edge with steel
get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
related words >
Excalibur
,
Gibraltar
,
adamant
,
anneal
,
assessable stock
,
aureate
,
authorized capital stock
,
ax
,
bear up
,
beef up
,
bite the bullet
,
blade
,
blue chip
,
blue chip stock
,
bone
,
borrowed stock
,
brace
,
brace up
,
brass
,
brassy
,
brazen
,
brick
,
bronze
,
bronzy
,
brutalize
,
buck up
,
buttress
,
calcify
,
callous
,
capital stock
,
case harden
,
cement
,
cold steel
,
common stock
,
concrete
,
confirm
,
convertible preferred stock
,
copper
,
coppery
,
cornify
,
corporate stock
,
cumulative preferred stock
,
cupreous
,
cuprous
,
cutlery
,
cutter
,
cyclical stock
,
dagger
,
defensive stock
,
deferred stock
,
diamond
,
dirk
,
edge tools
,
eighth stock
,
equities
,
equity
,
equity security
,
fancies
,
ferrous
,
ferruginous
,
firm
,
flint
,
floating stock
,
fortify
,
fossilize
,
gilt
,
gird
,
glamour issue
,
gold
,
gold-filled
,
gold-plated
,
golden
,
granite
,
growth stock
,
guaranteed stock
,
harden
,
heart of oak
,
high-flier
,
horse
,
hot issue
,
hypothecated stock
,
inactive stock
,
income stock
,
indurate
,
insulate
,
inure
,
invigorate
,
iron
,
ironlike
,
issued capital stock
,
knife
,
lapidify
,
lead
,
leaden
,
letter stock
,
lion
,
lithify
,
loaned stock
,
long stock
,
marble
,
mercurial
,
mercurous
,
nails
,
naked steel
,
nerve
,
nickel
,
nickelic
,
nickeline
,
nonassessable stock
,
nonvoting stock
,
oak
,
ordinary shares
,
ossify
,
ox
,
pale blue chip
,
participating preferred stock
,
penny stock
,
petrify
,
pewter
,
pewtery
,
pigsticker
,
point
,
preference stock
,
preferred stock
,
prepare
,
prop
,
protect
,
protective stock
,
puncturer
,
quarter stock
,
quicksilver
,
rails
,
rally
,
ready
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
reverse split
,
rock
,
seasoned stock
,
share ledger
,
shares
,
sharpener
,
shore up
,
short stock
,
silver
,
silver-plated
,
silvery
,
special situation stock
,
specialty stock
,
speculative stock
,
split
,
standard stock
,
steels
,
steely
,
stiffen
,
stiletto
,
stock
,
stock ledger
,
stock list
,
stock split
,
stocks
,
stone
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
sword
,
temper
,
ten-share unit stock
,
tin
,
tinny
,
toad sticker
,
toughen
,
treasury stock
,
trusty sword
,
undergird
,
unissued capital stock
,
unmeasurable
,
utilities
,
vitrify
,
voting stock
,
whittle
impregnate
collapse
make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"
fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated"
infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol"
fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide"
related words >
bathe
,
beat into
,
besprinkle
,
brainwash
,
breathe
,
brew
,
catechize
,
charge
,
color
,
condition
,
cross-fertilize
,
cross-pollen
,
cross-pollinate
,
cross-pollinize
,
decoct
,
douche
,
dredge
,
drench
,
dress
,
drouk
,
dye
,
enrich
,
entincture
,
fatten
,
fecundate
,
fecundify
,
fertilize
,
fill
,
flavor
,
flush
,
fructify
,
get with child
,
get with young
,
imbrue
,
imbue
,
implant
,
impress
,
inculcate
,
indoctrinate
,
infiltrate
,
infix
,
infuse
,
inject
,
inoculate
,
inseminate
,
instill
,
interpenetrate
,
lave
,
leach
,
leaven
,
lixiviate
,
macerate
,
manure
,
penetrate
,
percolate
,
permeate
,
pervade
,
pollen
,
pollinate
,
pollinize
,
program
,
prolificate
,
rinse
,
saturate
,
season
,
seethe
,
soak
,
sodden
,
sop
,
souse
,
spermatize
,
steep
,
suffuse
,
temper
,
tincture
,
tinge
,
transfuse
,
wash
,
waterlog
mythmaker
collapse
related words >
anecdotist
,
creative artist
,
fableist
,
fabler
,
fabulist
,
fancier
,
fantasist
,
fantast
,
fictionist
,
imaginer
,
inventor
,
mythicizer
,
mythifier
,
mythopoet
,
narrator
,
novelettist
,
novelist
,
poet
,
raconteur
,
reciter
,
recounter
,
relator
,
romancer
,
romancist
,
sagaman
,
short-story writer
,
spinner of yarns
,
storier
,
storyteller
,
taleteller
,
teller of tales
,
word painter
,
yarn spinner
gird
collapse
bind with something round or circular
related words >
band
,
bandage
,
beef up
,
begird
,
belt
,
belt in
,
bend
,
beset
,
bind
,
bind up
,
bolster
,
brace
,
brace up
,
bundle
,
buttress
,
case harden
,
chain
,
cinch
,
cincture
,
circle
,
confirm
,
dispose
,
do up
,
encincture
,
encircle
,
encompass
,
engird
,
ensphere
,
fleer
,
flout
,
forearm
,
fortify
,
gibe
,
girdle
,
girt
,
girth
,
harden
,
hem
,
invigorate
,
jeer
,
jest
,
lace
,
lash
,
leash
,
loop
,
nerve
,
prepare
,
prop
,
ready
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
ring
,
rope
,
round
,
shore up
,
sneer
,
splice
,
steel
,
stiffen
,
strap
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
swaddle
,
swathe
,
temper
,
tie
,
tie up
,
toughen
,
truss
,
twine around
,
undergird
,
whet the knife
,
wire
,
wrap
,
wrap up
,
wreathe
,
wreathe around
,
zone
below
collapse
at a later place; "see below"
in or to a place that is lower
(in writing) see below; "vide infra"
related words >
adown
,
at a disadvantage
,
at the nadir
,
behind
,
below deck
,
below par
,
below the mark
,
belowstairs
,
beneath
,
beneath the sky
,
down
,
down below
,
down south
,
downgrade
,
downhill
,
downline
,
downright
,
downstairs
,
downstream
,
downstreet
,
downtown
,
downward
,
downwards
,
downwith
,
following
,
hellishly
,
here
,
here below
,
in hell
,
in hellfire
,
in the gutter
,
in the world
,
infernally
,
infra
,
least
,
least of all
,
less
,
neath
,
next
,
on earth
,
short of
,
since
,
subordinate to
,
subsequent to
,
unbefitting
,
under
,
under heaven
,
under par
,
under the stars
,
under the sun
,
underfoot
,
underneath
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