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hold off
collapse
resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"
related words >
abstain
,
adjourn
,
be dilatory
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
blench
,
block
,
boggle
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
continue
,
counter
,
cut
,
defer
,
delay
,
demur
,
dismiss
,
dispense with
,
do without
,
drag out
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
extend
,
falter
,
fend
,
fend off
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
forbear
,
forgo
,
gain time
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hang off
,
hang up
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
keep at bay
,
keep back
,
keep in hand
,
keep off
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
let alone
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
not touch
,
not use
,
obstruct
,
pack off
,
parry
,
pause
,
pigeonhole
,
play for time
,
postpone
,
procrastinate
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
pull back
,
push aside
,
push back
,
put
,
put aside
,
put back
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
quail
,
rebuff
,
rebut
,
recess
,
recoil
,
refrain
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
reserve
,
save
,
scruple
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sleep on
,
snub
,
spare
,
spurn
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop
,
strain
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
waive
,
ward off
,
waver
,
wince
side with
collapse
related words >
accord
,
act with
,
advocate
,
agree
,
agree in opinion
,
agree with
,
align with
,
back
,
back up
,
backstop
,
champion
,
chime in with
,
close with
,
coincide
,
concur
,
conform to
,
ditto
,
echo
,
fall in with
,
flock to
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
get together with
,
go along with
,
go in with
,
go with
,
join
,
join hands with
,
join up with
,
join with
,
line up with
,
meet
,
rally round
,
range with
,
run interference for
,
second
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand by
,
stand in with
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
strike in with
,
string along with
,
swing in with
,
take part with
,
take sides with
,
team up with
,
throw in with
,
unite with
,
uphold
deduct
collapse
related words >
abate
,
abrade
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
allow
,
bate
,
charge off
,
collect
,
compress
,
conclude
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduce
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
derive
,
derogate
,
detract
,
diminish
,
discount
,
disparage
,
downgrade
,
drain
,
draw
,
draw back
,
eat away
,
erode
,
extract
,
file away
,
gather
,
impair
,
judge
,
kick back
,
knock off
,
leach
,
lessen
,
lower
,
make
,
make allowance
,
make out
,
pare
,
purify
,
rebate
,
reduce
,
refine
,
refund
,
remove
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
rub away
,
scale down
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
subduct
,
subtract
,
take
,
take a premium
,
take away
,
take from
,
take off
,
take out
,
thin
,
thin out
,
tune down
,
wear away
,
weed
,
withdraw
,
write off
corroborate
collapse
support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
confirm
,
document
,
fortify
,
justify
,
probate
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
melt away
collapse
related words >
abate
,
ablate
,
bate
,
be annihilated
,
be consumed
,
be destroyed
,
be eaten away
,
be gone
,
be no more
,
be wiped out
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
consume
,
consume away
,
corrode
,
crumble
,
decline
,
decrease
,
deliquesce
,
dematerialize
,
depart
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
diminish
,
disappear
,
dispel
,
disperse
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
dive
,
do a fade-out
,
drop
,
drop off
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
erode
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exit
,
expire
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall off
,
flee
,
fly
,
go
,
go away
,
hide
,
languish
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
lessen
,
let up
,
melt
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
perish
,
peter out
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
retire from sight
,
run low
,
sag
,
shrink
,
sink
,
sink away
,
subside
,
suffer an eclipse
,
tail off
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear
,
wear away
hold out on
collapse
related words >
bosom
,
classify
,
conceal
,
file and forget
,
hold back
,
in petto
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep between us
,
keep buttoned up
,
keep close
,
keep dark
,
keep from
,
keep in ignorance
,
keep mum
,
keep secret
,
keep snug
,
keep under wraps
,
make no sign
,
never let on
,
not give away
,
not tell
,
play dumb
,
secrete
,
veil
,
withhold
regain
collapse
related words >
achieve
,
attain
,
compass
,
gain
,
get back
,
ransom
,
reach
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
recoup
,
recover
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
redeem
,
renew
,
renovate
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
restore
,
resume
,
retake
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revive
,
save
,
take back
posterior
collapse
at or near the hind end in quadrupeds or toward the spine in primates
related words >
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
appendant
,
arse
,
ass
,
attendant
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backside
,
backward
,
behind
,
bottom
,
breech
,
bum
,
butt
,
buttocks
,
cadet
,
consecutive
,
consequent
,
croup
,
crupper
,
derriere
,
ensuing
,
flack
,
following
,
haunches
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
junior
,
later
,
latter
,
lineal
,
nates
,
next
,
occiput
,
postern
,
postpositional
,
postpositive
,
proximate
,
puisne
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retral
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
rump
,
seat
,
sequacious
,
sequent
,
sequential
,
stern
,
subsequent
,
succeeding
,
successive
,
suffixed
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
tuchis
,
younger
bidet
collapse
a basin for washing genitals and anal area
related words >
aquamanile
,
automatic dishwasher
,
basin
,
bath
,
bathtub
,
carriage horse
,
cart horse
,
cavalry horse
,
dishpan
,
dishwasher
,
draft horse
,
dray horse
,
driving horse
,
ewer
,
fill horse
,
filler
,
finger bowl
,
gigster
,
hack
,
hackney
,
hunter
,
jument
,
kitchen sink
,
lavabo
,
lavatory
,
lead
,
leader
,
mount
,
pack horse
,
palfrey
,
piscina
,
plow horse
,
pole horse
,
polo pony
,
post-horse
,
remount
,
rider
,
riding horse
,
road horse
,
roadster
,
rouncy
,
saddle horse
,
saddler
,
shaft horse
,
shower
,
shower bath
,
shower curtain
,
shower head
,
shower room
,
shower stall
,
showers
,
sink
,
stalking-horse
,
sumpter
,
sumpter horse
,
thill horse
,
thiller
,
tub
,
wash barrel
,
wash boiler
,
washbasin
,
washbowl
,
washdish
,
washer
,
washing machine
,
washing pot
,
washpot
,
washstand
,
washtub
,
wheeler
,
wheelhorse
,
workhorse
back to back
collapse
related words >
as one
,
as one man
,
at opposite extremes
,
behind
,
behind the scenes
,
coactively
,
coefficiently
,
collectively
,
combinedly
,
communally
,
concertedly
,
concordantly
,
concurrently
,
conjointly
,
contrariwise
,
contrary
,
cooperatingly
,
cooperatively
,
counter
,
eyeball to eyeball
,
face to face
,
hand in glove
,
hand in hand
,
harmoniously
,
in back of
,
in chorus
,
in concert with
,
in the background
,
in the rear
,
in unison
,
jointly
,
just opposite
,
nose to nose
,
opposite
,
poles apart
,
shoulder to shoulder
,
tandem
,
together
,
unanimously
,
vis-a-vis
,
with one voice
dispel
collapse
related words >
attenuate
,
be consumed
,
be gone
,
blow off
,
break up
,
cast forth
,
cast off
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
clear away
,
crumble
,
dematerialize
,
depart
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
dilute
,
disappear
,
disband
,
disintegrate
,
dismiss
,
disperse
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
diverge
,
do a fade-out
,
do away with
,
drive away
,
dwindle
,
eject
,
eliminate
,
erode
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exit
,
expel
,
exterminate
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
flee
,
fling off
,
fly
,
get rid of
,
go
,
go away
,
go separate ways
,
hide
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
liquidate
,
melt
,
melt away
,
oust
,
part
,
part company
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
perish
,
purge
,
retire from sight
,
scatter
,
separate
,
shake off
,
shoo
,
sink
,
sink away
,
split up
,
suffer an eclipse
,
thin
,
thin out
,
throw away
,
throw off
,
unimportant
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
volatilize
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear away
founder
collapse
a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
a worker who makes metal castings
stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
sink below the surface
related words >
abort
,
ancestors
,
apprentice
,
architect
,
artificer
,
artist
,
author
,
be clobbered
,
be destroyed
,
be felled
,
be lost
,
be poleaxed
,
be staggered
,
be stricken
,
begetter
,
beginner
,
break down
,
builder
,
capsize
,
cave
,
cave in
,
collapse
,
come to grief
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
conceiver
,
constructor
,
craftsman
,
creator
,
decline
,
designer
,
deviser
,
die
,
discoverer
,
droop
,
drown
,
effector
,
engenderer
,
engineer
,
establisher
,
executor
,
executrix
,
fail
,
fall
,
fall in
,
fall through
,
falter
,
father
,
flop
,
flop down
,
flump
,
flump down
,
framer
,
generator
,
give way
,
go down
,
go downhill
,
go lame
,
go under
,
grower
,
have a mishap
,
inaugurator
,
industrialist
,
initiator
,
instigator
,
institutor
,
introducer
,
inventor
,
journeyman
,
keel
,
keel over
,
lapse
,
lower
,
lurch
,
maker
,
manufacturer
,
master
,
master craftsman
,
miscarry
,
mother
,
organizer
,
originator
,
overset
,
overturn
,
past master
,
patriarch
,
pitchpole
,
planner
,
plop
,
plop down
,
plump
,
precursor
,
prime mover
,
producer
,
progenitor
,
raiser
,
realizer
,
run aground
,
sag
,
scuttle
,
set
,
settle
,
settle down
,
shaper
,
sink
,
sink down
,
sink like lead
,
sire
,
slip
,
slouch
,
slump
,
slump down
,
smith
,
somersault
,
stagger
,
stumble
,
submerge
,
submerse
,
subside
,
suffer a misfortune
,
swag
,
sway
,
topple
,
topple down
,
topple over
,
totter
,
trip
,
turn over
,
turn turtle
,
upset
,
upset the boat
,
wright
immerge
collapse
related words >
baptize
,
bury
,
deluge
,
dip
,
douse
,
drown
,
duck
,
dunk
,
engulf
,
immerse
,
inundate
,
merge
,
overwhelm
,
plunge in water
,
sink
,
souse
,
submerge
,
submerse
,
whelm
retract
collapse
use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
annul
,
assert the contrary
,
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
backwater
,
belie
,
cancel
,
cede
,
climb down
,
contest
,
contradict
,
contravene
,
controvert
,
counter
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
crawfish out
,
cringe
,
cross
,
deny
,
disaffirm
,
disallow
,
disannul
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disgorge
,
disown
,
dispense with
,
dispose of
,
disprove
,
dispute
,
do away with
,
do without
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
drop
,
duck
,
dump
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
fall back
,
flinch
,
forgo
,
forswear
,
gainsay
,
get along without
,
get rid of
,
give away
,
give up
,
have done with
,
impugn
,
invalidate
,
join issue upon
,
kiss good-bye
,
make a sacrifice
,
make void
,
not accept
,
not admit
,
nullify
,
oppose
,
override
,
overrule
,
palinode
,
part with
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quitclaim
,
recall
,
recant
,
refuse to admit
,
refute
,
relinquish
,
render up
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resign
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
sacrifice
,
set aside
,
shrink
,
shy
,
spare
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
swallow
,
swear off
,
take
,
take back
,
take issue with
,
throw up
,
unsay
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
write off
,
yield
snap out of it
collapse
related words >
bounce back
,
brace up
,
brighten up
,
buck up
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
get about
,
get over
,
get well
,
light up
,
make a comeback
,
perk up
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
rally
,
recover
,
revive
,
survive
,
take heart
,
weather the storm
hem and haw
collapse
utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"
related words >
about the bush
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
halt
,
hang back
,
haw
,
hedge
,
hem
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
mammer
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
palter
,
parry
,
pause
,
ponder
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
stammer
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
stutter
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
withdraw
,
yield
postern
collapse
a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle
related words >
French door
,
aft
,
after
,
aftermost
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
archway
,
back
,
back door
,
back seat
,
back side
,
backward
,
barway
,
behind
,
breech
,
bulkhead
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
front door
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
heel
,
hind
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hinder
,
hindermost
,
hindhand
,
hindhead
,
hindmost
,
lintel
,
occiput
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
posterior
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearmost
,
rearward
,
retrograde
,
reverse
,
scuttle
,
side door
,
stern
,
stile
,
storm door
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
go away
collapse
related words >
aberrate
,
be consumed
,
be getting along
,
be gone
,
buzz off
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
come away
,
decline
,
dematerialize
,
depart
,
deploy
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
diminish
,
disappear
,
dispel
,
disperse
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
divaricate
,
diverge
,
divide
,
do a fade-out
,
drift away
,
dwindle
,
ebb
,
erode
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exit
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
fan out
,
flee
,
fly
,
gang along
,
get along
,
get away
,
get off
,
get on
,
get under way
,
go
,
go along
,
go off
,
go on
,
hide
,
leave
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
march off
,
melt
,
melt away
,
mosey
,
move away
,
move off
,
move out
,
outspread
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
perish
,
pull away
,
pull out
,
recede
,
retire
,
retire from sight
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
sashay
,
sashay off
,
separate
,
shrink
,
sink
,
sink away
,
splay
,
spread
,
stagger along
,
stand off
,
suffer an eclipse
,
take flight
,
take wing
,
toddle along
,
up and go
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
wane
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear away
,
widen the distance
,
wing it
,
withdraw
back door
collapse
a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position); "he got his job through the back door"
an entrance at the rear of a building
an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
related words >
French door
,
afterpart
,
afterpiece
,
archway
,
back
,
back road
,
back seat
,
back side
,
back stairs
,
back street
,
back way
,
backstairs
,
barway
,
behind
,
bolt-hole
,
breech
,
bulkhead
,
by-lane
,
bypass
,
bypath
,
byroad
,
bystreet
,
byway
,
carriage entrance
,
cellar door
,
cellarway
,
clandestine
,
covert
,
covert way
,
detour
,
door
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
doorway
,
escalier derobe
,
escape hatch
,
escape route
,
feline
,
front door
,
furtive
,
gate
,
gatepost
,
gateway
,
hatch
,
hatchway
,
heel
,
hidlings
,
hind end
,
hind part
,
hindhead
,
hole-and-corner
,
hugger-mugger
,
lintel
,
occiput
,
porch
,
portal
,
porte cochere
,
posterior
,
postern
,
privy
,
propylaeum
,
pylon
,
quiet
,
rear
,
rear end
,
rearward
,
reverse
,
roundabout way
,
scuttle
,
secret exit
,
secret passage
,
secret staircase
,
shifty
,
side door
,
side road
,
side street
,
skulking
,
slinking
,
slinky
,
sly
,
sneaking
,
sneaky
,
stealthy
,
stern
,
stile
,
storm door
,
surreptitious
,
tail
,
tail end
,
tailpiece
,
threshold
,
tollgate
,
trap
,
trap door
,
turnpike
,
turnstile
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
undercover
,
underground
,
underground railroad
,
underground route
,
underhand
,
underhanded
,
unobtrusive
go around
collapse
become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
be sufficient; "There's not enough to go around"
related words >
advance
,
answer
,
ascend
,
avail
,
back
,
back up
,
be equal to
,
bear
,
budge
,
bypass
,
change
,
change place
,
circle
,
circuit
,
circuiteer
,
circulate
,
circumambulate
,
circummigrate
,
circumnavigate
,
circumrotate
,
circumvent
,
circumvolute
,
climb
,
close
,
close the circle
,
come full circle
,
compass
,
compass about
,
corner
,
crank
,
cycle
,
descend
,
describe a circle
,
detour
,
deviate
,
digress
,
do
,
do it
,
double a point
,
ebb
,
embay
,
embosom
,
embrace
,
encircle
,
enclasp
,
enclose
,
encompass
,
enfold
,
envelop
,
environ
,
enwrap
,
fill the bill
,
flank
,
flow
,
fulfill
,
get by
,
get over
,
girdle
,
girdle the globe
,
go
,
go about
,
go round
,
go round about
,
go sideways
,
go the round
,
gyrate
,
gyre
,
hack it
,
hold
,
invest
,
involve
,
just do
,
lap
,
make a circuit
,
make a detour
,
make the grade
,
meet
,
meet requirements
,
mount
,
move
,
move over
,
orbit
,
pass
,
pass muster
,
pirouette
,
pivot
,
plunge
,
progress
,
qualify
,
reach
,
regress
,
retrogress
,
revolve
,
rise
,
rotate
,
round
,
round a bend
,
round a corner
,
round a point
,
run
,
satisfy
,
screw
,
serve
,
serve the purpose
,
shift
,
sink
,
skirt
,
soar
,
spin
,
spiral
,
stand
,
stand up
,
stir
,
stream
,
stretch
,
subside
,
suffice
,
surround
,
swing
,
swivel
,
take it
,
travel
,
turn
,
turn a corner
,
turn a pirouette
,
turn around
,
turn round
,
twist
,
wamble
,
wane
,
wheel
,
whirl
,
wind
,
work
,
wrap
hassock
collapse
a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)
related words >
Eames chair
,
Hitchcock chair
,
TV chair
,
armchair
,
armless chair
,
back seat
,
banquette
,
bar stool
,
barber chair
,
barrel chair
,
basket chair
,
batch
,
batwing chair
,
bed chair
,
bench
,
bicycle seat
,
boudoir chair
,
bow-back chair
,
bucket seat
,
bunch
,
camp chair
,
campaign chair
,
club chair
,
club lounge chair
,
clump
,
cluster
,
comb-back chair
,
contour chair
,
copse
,
cricket
,
cricket chair
,
crop
,
dining chair
,
draft chair
,
easy chair
,
elbowchair
,
fan-back chair
,
fauteuil
,
fender stool
,
folding chair
,
foldstool
,
form
,
garden chair
,
group
,
grouping
,
groupment
,
grove
,
growth
,
high chair
,
horse
,
knot
,
ladder-back chair
,
lot
,
mess
,
milking stool
,
ottoman
,
overstuffed chair
,
pew
,
plantation
,
planting
,
platform rocker
,
rocker
,
rocking chair
,
sedan chair
,
settle
,
shock
,
slew
,
stand
,
step stool
,
stook
,
stool
,
swing
,
taboret
,
thicket
,
throne
,
tuft
,
tussock
,
wisp
up country
collapse
related words >
back
,
back country
,
back of beyond
,
back-country
,
backcountry
,
backwash
,
backwater
,
backwood
,
backwoods
,
backwoodsy
,
boondock
,
boondocks
,
boorish
,
borderland
,
brush
,
bush
,
bush country
,
bushveld
,
churlish
,
cloddish
,
clodhopping
,
clownish
,
countrified
,
country-born
,
country-bred
,
farmerish
,
forests
,
from the sticks
,
frontier
,
hayseed
,
heartland
,
hick
,
hicky
,
hinterland
,
hobnailed
,
inland
,
inlands
,
inshore
,
interior
,
inurbane
,
loutish
,
lumpen
,
lumpish
,
mediterranean
,
midland
,
midlands
,
outback
,
outpost
,
rube
,
sticks
,
sylvan
,
the bush
,
timbers
,
uncouth
,
uncultivated
,
uncultured
,
uninhabited region
,
unpolished
,
unrefined
,
virgin
,
virgin land
,
virgin territory
,
waste
,
wasteland
,
wild
,
wild West
,
wilderness
,
wilds
,
woodland
,
woodlands
,
woods
,
yokel
,
yokelish
scale down
collapse
reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down"
related words >
abridge
,
compress
,
contract
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
downgrade
,
lessen
,
lower
,
minify
,
pare
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
shorten
,
simplify
,
step down
,
take from
,
tune down
intermeddle
collapse
related words >
Paul-Pry
,
arrest
,
bottle up
,
busybody
,
butt in
,
check
,
countercheck
,
curb
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen
,
delay
,
detain
,
encroach
,
entrench
,
fool
,
fool with
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
horn in
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
invade
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
kibitz
,
make
,
meddle
,
meddle with
,
mess with
,
monkey with
,
nose
,
oppose
,
pry
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
scotch
,
set back
,
slacken
,
snoop
,
snub
,
suppress
,
tamper with
,
trespass
dampen
collapse
lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
check; keep in check (a fire)
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
related words >
abate
,
abridge
,
absorb the shock
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
arrest
,
asperge
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
baffle
,
bank the fire
,
beat down
,
bedew
,
bespatter
,
besprinkle
,
blunt
,
bottle up
,
break the fall
,
cast down
,
chasten
,
check
,
chill
,
compress
,
constrain
,
control
,
cool
,
countercheck
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
curb
,
curtail
,
cushion
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
dabble
,
dam up
,
damp
,
dampen the spirits
,
darken
,
dash
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deafen
,
debilitate
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
deflect
,
deject
,
delay
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
detain
,
deter
,
devitalize
,
dew
,
diminish
,
disaffect
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
disincline
,
disinterest
,
dispirit
,
distract
,
divert
,
douche
,
downgrade
,
downplay
,
dull
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
gruel
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
hose
,
hose down
,
humect
,
humectate
,
humidify
,
impede
,
indispose
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
irrigate
,
keep back
,
keep in check
,
keep within bounds
,
knock down
,
lay
,
lay low
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
lower
,
lower the spirits
,
meddle
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
moisten
,
muffle
,
mute
,
neutralize
,
obtund
,
offset
,
oppose
,
oppress
,
paddle
,
palliate
,
pare
,
play down
,
press down
,
put off
,
quench
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
repel
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retard
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
sadden
,
sap
,
scale down
,
scotch
,
set back
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shorten
,
show consideration
,
show mercy
,
show pity
,
simplify
,
sink
,
slacken
,
slobber
,
slop
,
slosh
,
slow down
,
smother
,
snub
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
soften the blow
,
soften up
,
sparge
,
spatter
,
splash
,
splatter
,
sponge
,
spray
,
sprinkle
,
step down
,
stifle
,
stop
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
swash
,
syringe
,
take from
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn from
,
turn off
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
underplay
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
water
,
weaken
,
wean from
,
weigh heavy upon
,
weigh upon
,
wet
,
wet down
retort
collapse
a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
answer back
related words >
acknowledge
,
acknowledgment
,
aerosol
,
alembic
,
answer
,
answer back
,
answering
,
antiphon
,
anvil
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
atomizer
,
back answer
,
back talk
,
backchat
,
backfire
,
bon mot
,
boomerang
,
boutade
,
bright idea
,
bright thought
,
brilliant idea
,
caldron
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come in
,
comeback
,
conceit
,
counter
,
counterattack
,
counterblast
,
counterblow
,
countercharge
,
counterfire
,
counterinsurgency
,
countermeasure
,
counterrevolution
,
counterstep
,
counterstroke
,
crack
,
crucible
,
defense
,
echo
,
engine
,
epigram
,
evaporator
,
evasive reply
,
exchange
,
facetiae
,
flash back
,
flash of wit
,
flight of wit
,
gag
,
get back at
,
gibe
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give in exchange
,
give in return
,
give-and-take
,
happy thought
,
hit back at
,
interchange
,
jape
,
jest
,
joke
,
lathe
,
machine
,
melting pot
,
mortar
,
mot
,
motor
,
nasty crack
,
persiflage
,
play of wit
,
pleasantry
,
quip
,
quips and cranks
,
react
,
reaction
,
ready reply
,
rebut
,
rebuttal
,
receipt
,
reciprocate
,
reciprocation
,
recoil
,
recrimination
,
reecho
,
rejoin
,
rejoinder
,
repartee
,
replication
,
reply
,
repost
,
reprisal
,
rescript
,
rescription
,
respond
,
respondence
,
response
,
responsion
,
responsory
,
retaliate
,
retaliation
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
revenge
,
reverberate
,
reverberation
,
riposte
,
sally
,
say
,
say in reply
,
scintillation
,
shoot back
,
short answer
,
smart crack
,
smart saying
,
snappy comeback
,
spray
,
still
,
strike back
,
stroke of wit
,
talk back
,
test tube
,
transducer
,
transformer
,
turn of thought
,
vaporizer
,
wisecrack
,
witticism
,
witty reply
,
witty retort
,
yes-and-no answer
ransom
collapse
the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
payment for the release of someone
money demanded for the return of a captured person
exchange or buy back for money; under threat
related words >
buy
,
deliver
,
deliverance
,
delivery
,
emancipate
,
extract
,
extricate
,
extrication
,
free
,
freeing
,
get back
,
liberate
,
liberation
,
lifesaving
,
payment
,
price
,
recapture
,
reclaim
,
reclaiming
,
reclamation
,
recoup
,
recoupment
,
recover
,
recovery
,
recuperate
,
recuperation
,
recycle
,
redeem
,
redemption
,
regain
,
regainment
,
release
,
renovate
,
reoccupation
,
reoccupy
,
replevin
,
replevy
,
repossess
,
repossession
,
rescue
,
restoration
,
restore
,
resume
,
resumption
,
retake
,
retaking
,
retrieval
,
retrieve
,
revindicate
,
revindication
,
revival
,
revive
,
salvage
,
salvation
,
save
,
saving
,
set free
,
take back
,
trover
,
win back
alveolus
collapse
a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the terminal dilation of tiny air passageways
related words >
alveolar ridge
,
alveolation
,
antrum
,
apex
,
armpit
,
arytenoid cartilages
,
back
,
basin
,
blade
,
bowl
,
cavity
,
concave
,
concavity
,
crater
,
crypt
,
cup
,
dent
,
depression
,
dimple
,
dint
,
dip
,
dorsum
,
fold
,
follicle
,
funnel chest
,
furrow
,
gouge
,
hard palate
,
hole
,
hollow
,
hollow shell
,
honeycomb
,
impress
,
impression
,
imprint
,
indent
,
indentation
,
indention
,
indenture
,
lacuna
,
larynx
,
lips
,
nasal cavity
,
notch
,
oral cavity
,
palate
,
pharyngeal cavity
,
pharynx
,
pit
,
pock
,
pocket
,
pockmark
,
print
,
punch bowl
,
scoop
,
shell
,
sink
,
sinus
,
socket
,
soft palate
,
speech organ
,
sunken part
,
syrinx
,
teeth
,
teeth ridge
,
tip
,
tongue
,
trough
,
velum
,
vocal chink
,
vocal cords
,
vocal folds
,
vocal processes
,
voice box
,
vug
go up in smoke
collapse
related words >
be consumed
,
be gone
,
blow up
,
break down
,
burn down
,
burn up
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
collapse
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
consume
,
cremate
,
dematerialize
,
depart
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
disappear
,
dispel
,
disperse
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
do a fade-out
,
dwindle
,
erode
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exit
,
explode
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
fail miserably
,
fall down
,
fall flat
,
fall through
,
fizz out
,
fizzle
,
fizzle out
,
flee
,
fleet
,
flit
,
fly
,
get bogged down
,
get hung up
,
get mired
,
get nowhere
,
go
,
go away
,
go phut
,
go to pot
,
go to seed
,
go to waste
,
hang up
,
hide
,
incendiarize
,
incinerate
,
leak
,
leak away
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
melt
,
melt away
,
melt like snow
,
misfire
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
perish
,
peter out
,
poop out
,
reduce to ashes
,
retire from sight
,
run to seed
,
run to waste
,
sink
,
sink away
,
suffer an eclipse
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear away
lavatory
collapse
related words >
WC
,
aquamanile
,
automatic dishwasher
,
backhouse
,
bagnio
,
balneae
,
balneum
,
basement
,
basin
,
bath
,
bathhouse
,
bathroom
,
baths
,
bathtub
,
bidet
,
bog
,
caldarium
,
can
,
closet
,
comfort station
,
convenience
,
crapper
,
dishpan
,
dishwasher
,
earth closet
,
equipment
,
ewer
,
finger bowl
,
head
,
john
,
johnny
,
johnny house
,
kitchen sink
,
latrine
,
lavabo
,
loo
,
mikvah
,
necessary
,
outhouse
,
piscina
,
powder room
,
privy
,
public baths
,
rest room
,
sauna
,
shower
,
shower bath
,
shower curtain
,
shower head
,
shower room
,
shower stall
,
showers
,
sink
,
spa
,
steam room
,
sudarium
,
sudatorium
,
sweat room
,
tepidarium
,
thermae
,
toilet
,
toilet room
,
tub
,
urinal
,
wash barrel
,
wash boiler
,
washbasin
,
washbowl
,
washdish
,
washer
,
washing machine
,
washing pot
,
washpot
,
washroom
,
washstand
,
washtub
,
water closet
,
watering place
run aground
collapse
related words >
be clobbered
,
be felled
,
be poleaxed
,
be staggered
,
be stricken
,
beach
,
cast away
,
come to grief
,
drown
,
founder
,
ground
,
have a mishap
,
pile up
,
shipwreck
,
sink
,
strand
,
suffer a misfortune
,
take the ground
,
wreck
hang off
collapse
related words >
blench
,
boggle
,
demur
,
falter
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
scruple
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
strain
,
waver
,
wince
delayed
collapse
caused to be slower or later; "the delayed plane finally arrived"
not as far along as normal in development
related words >
arrested
,
back
,
backward
,
behind
,
behindhand
,
belated
,
blocked
,
checked
,
delayed-action
,
detained
,
held up
,
hung up
,
impeded
,
in a bind
,
in abeyance
,
jammed
,
late
,
latish
,
moratory
,
never on time
,
obstructed
,
overdue
,
retarded
,
set back
,
slow
,
slowed down
,
stopped
,
tardy
,
unpunctual
,
unready
,
untimely
descend
collapse
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
related words >
advance
,
alight
,
ascend
,
assault
,
attack
,
back
,
back up
,
bank
,
be shamed
,
budge
,
cant
,
careen
,
cascade
,
cataract
,
change
,
change hands
,
change ownership
,
change place
,
circle
,
climb
,
climb down
,
collapse
,
come down
,
come in
,
condescend
,
crash
,
crash-land
,
decline
,
degenerate
,
deign
,
derogate
,
descend on
,
devolve
,
dip
,
dip down
,
disimprove
,
disintegrate
,
ditch
,
down
,
downwind
,
drop
,
drop down
,
drop off
,
ebb
,
fall
,
fall away
,
fall down
,
fall into disrepute
,
fall off
,
flow
,
get down
,
get over
,
go
,
go around
,
go down
,
go downhill
,
go round
,
go sideways
,
go uphill
,
grade
,
gravitate
,
gyrate
,
head
,
incline
,
incur discredit
,
incur disesteem
,
incur disgrace
,
invade
,
keel
,
land
,
lead
,
lean
,
level off
,
light
,
list
,
lose altitude
,
lose caste
,
lose countenance
,
lose credit
,
lose face
,
lower
,
lower oneself
,
mount
,
move
,
move over
,
overshoot
,
pancake
,
parachute
,
pass on
,
pitch
,
plummet
,
plunge
,
point
,
pounce
,
pounce on
,
pounce upon
,
pour down
,
precipitate
,
progress
,
rain
,
rake
,
regress
,
retreat
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
rise
,
rot
,
rotate
,
run
,
settle
,
settle down
,
shelve
,
shift
,
sidle
,
sink
,
slant
,
slope
,
soar
,
spin
,
stir
,
stoop
,
stream
,
subside
,
succeed
,
swag
,
sway
,
swoop
,
swoop down on
,
swoop down upon
,
talk down
,
tend
,
tend to go
,
tilt
,
tip
,
touch down
,
travel
,
trend downward
,
uprise
,
upwind
,
vouchsafe
,
wane
,
whirl
,
worsen
renege
collapse
fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise"
related words >
abandon
,
abjure
,
abolish
,
abrogate
,
annul
,
apostatize
,
back down
,
back out
,
backpedal
,
backwater
,
beg off
,
cancel
,
climb down
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
crawfish out
,
cry off
,
default
,
defect
,
degenerate
,
deny
,
depart from
,
desert
,
disannul
,
disavow
,
discard
,
disclaim
,
disown
,
do away with
,
drop out
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
evacuate
,
forsake
,
forswear
,
go back on
,
invalidate
,
jettison
,
jilt
,
leave
,
leave behind
,
leave flat
,
make void
,
maroon
,
nullify
,
override
,
overrule
,
pull out
,
quit
,
quit cold
,
recall
,
recant
,
renegade
,
renounce
,
repeal
,
repudiate
,
rescind
,
resile
,
retract
,
reverse
,
revoke
,
say goodbye to
,
set aside
,
stand down
,
suspend
,
swallow
,
take back
,
take leave of
,
throw over
,
turn against
,
turn traitor
,
unsay
,
vacate
,
void
,
waive
,
welsh
,
withdraw
,
write off
recharge
collapse
charge anew; "recharge a battery"
load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully"
related words >
activate
,
bring back
,
bring to
,
call back
,
reactivate
,
reanimate
,
recall to life
,
recruit
,
refresh
,
regenerate
,
reheat the ashes
,
reinspire
,
rejuvenate
,
rekindle
,
relight
,
renew
,
resurrect
,
resuscitate
,
revitalize
,
revive
,
revivify
,
rewarm
,
stir the embers
,
warm over
,
warm up
reversed
collapse
turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new"
related words >
arsy-varsy
,
ass over elbows
,
back
,
back-to-front
,
backward
,
backwards
,
capsized
,
chiastic
,
counter
,
everted
,
hyperbatic
,
inside out
,
introverted
,
invaginated
,
inversed
,
inverted
,
outside in
,
palindromic
,
reflex
,
resupinate
,
retroverted
,
topsy-turvy
,
transposed
,
turned around
,
upside-down
,
wrong side out
,
wrong-way
,
wrong-way around
reactivate
collapse
activate (an old file) anew
related words >
activate
,
give back
,
mobilize
,
place in
,
put back
,
recharge
,
reconstitute
,
reconvert
,
recruit
,
reenact
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reform
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
rekindle
,
remilitarize
,
renew
,
renovate
,
replace
,
replenish
,
restore
,
resurrect
,
resuscitate
,
retrieve
,
return
,
revest
,
revitalize
,
revivify
probate
collapse
the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
related words >
affirm
,
attest
,
attested copy
,
authenticate
,
back
,
back up
,
bear out
,
bequeathal
,
bequest
,
bolster
,
buttress
,
certify
,
circumstantiate
,
codicil
,
confirm
,
corroborate
,
devise
,
document
,
fortify
,
inheritance
,
legacy
,
prove
,
ratify
,
reinforce
,
strengthen
,
substantiate
,
support
,
sustain
,
testament
,
undergird
,
uphold
,
validate
,
verify
,
warrant
,
will
stand by
collapse
be available or ready for a certain function or service
be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
not act or do anything; "He just stood by when the police beat up the demonstrators"
related words >
abut
,
abut on
,
adjoin
,
advocate
,
around
,
aye
,
back
,
back up
,
be contiguous
,
be in contact
,
be prepared
,
be ready
,
border
,
border on
,
butt
,
champion
,
clasp
,
cling to
,
conjoin
,
connect
,
defend
,
flank
,
follow close upon
,
get behind
,
get in behind
,
go with
,
guard
,
guard against
,
hang about
,
hover over
,
huddle
,
hug
,
hug the shore
,
join
,
keep close to
,
lie by
,
march with
,
neighbor
,
protect
,
run interference for
,
safeguard
,
screen
,
second
,
secure
,
shield
,
side with
,
stand back of
,
stand behind
,
stand ready
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
stick by
,
stick up for
,
tailgate
,
take sides with
,
verge upon
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