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stiffen
collapse
make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"
become stiff or stiffer; "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"
related words >
amplify
,
back
,
be tough
,
beef up
,
brace
,
brace up
,
buttress
,
case harden
,
charge
,
clot
,
coagulate
,
confirm
,
congeal
,
crystallize
,
electrify
,
endure
,
energize
,
fortify
,
galvanize
,
generate
,
gird
,
hang tough
,
harden
,
invigorate
,
jell
,
loop in
,
nerve
,
plug in
,
prop
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
rigidify
,
screw up
,
set
,
shock
,
shore up
,
short
,
short-circuit
,
solidify
,
steel
,
step down
,
step up
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
switch off
,
switch on
,
tauten
,
temper
,
tense
,
thicken
,
tighten
,
toughen
,
trice up
,
turn off
,
turn on
,
undergird
bespeckle
collapse
related words >
band
,
bar
,
bespangle
,
bespot
,
blot
,
blotch
,
check
,
checker
,
dapple
,
dot
,
flake
,
fleck
,
flyspeck
,
freckle
,
harlequin
,
iris
,
maculate
,
marble
,
marbleize
,
motley
,
mottle
,
pepper
,
polychrome
,
polychromize
,
rainbow
,
spangle
,
spatter
,
speck
,
speckle
,
splash
,
splatter
,
splotch
,
spot
,
sprinkle
,
stigmatize
,
stipple
,
streak
,
striate
,
stripe
,
stud
,
tattoo
,
tessellate
,
variegate
,
vein
sackcloth and ashes
collapse
a display of extreme remorse or repentance or grief
related words >
Day of Atonement
,
Yom Kippur
,
asceticism
,
black
,
cold purgatorial fires
,
crape
,
cypress
,
cypress lawn
,
deep mourning
,
fasting
,
flagellation
,
hair shirt
,
lustration
,
maceration
,
mortification
,
mourning
,
mourning band
,
penance
,
penitence
,
penitential act
,
penitential exercise
,
purgation
,
purgatory
,
repentance
,
sackcloth
,
weeds
,
yew
granite
collapse
something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness); "a man of granite"
plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
related words >
aa
,
abyssal rock
,
adamant
,
basalt
,
bedrock
,
block lava
,
bone
,
brash
,
breccia
,
brick
,
cement
,
concrete
,
conglomerate
,
crag
,
diamond
,
druid stone
,
festooned pahoehoe
,
flint
,
gneiss
,
heart of oak
,
igneous rock
,
iron
,
lava
,
limestone
,
living rock
,
magma
,
mantlerock
,
marble
,
metamorphic rock
,
monolith
,
nails
,
oak
,
pahoehoe
,
pillow lava
,
porphyry
,
pudding stone
,
regolith
,
rock
,
ropy lava
,
rubble
,
rubblestone
,
sandstone
,
sarsen
,
schist
,
scoria
,
scree
,
sedimentary rock
,
shelly pahoehoe
,
steel
,
stone
,
talus
,
tufa
,
tuff
spill
collapse
a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"
the act of allowing a fluid to escape
liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills"
reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table"
pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee"
cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
related words >
Mystik tape
,
Scotch tape
,
accident
,
acknowledge
,
adhesive tape
,
admit
,
admit everything
,
allow
,
alluvion
,
alluvium
,
avow
,
babble
,
band
,
bandage
,
batten
,
be indiscreet
,
be unguarded
,
belt
,
betray
,
betray a confidence
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blurt
,
blurt out
,
brand
,
bung
,
butane lighter
,
capsizal
,
capsize
,
cascade
,
cataclysm
,
cataract
,
cellophane tape
,
check valve
,
cigarette lighter
,
cloth tape
,
cock
,
come clean
,
concede
,
confess
,
consume
,
cop a plea
,
cork
,
cropper
,
culbute
,
deluge
,
dive
,
dribble
,
drip
,
drop
,
engulf
,
engulfment
,
exhaust
,
expend
,
fall
,
fascia
,
faucet
,
fillet
,
firebrand
,
flambeau
,
flint
,
flint and steel
,
flood
,
flop
,
forced landing
,
friction tape
,
girdle
,
give away
,
grant
,
header
,
igniter
,
inform
,
inform on
,
inundate
,
inundation
,
lath
,
leak
,
leakage
,
let drop
,
let fall
,
let on
,
let slip
,
lid
,
light
,
lighter
,
ligula
,
ligule
,
list
,
lose
,
masking tape
,
open up
,
out with it
,
outpouring
,
overbrim
,
overfill
,
overflow
,
overflowing
,
overrun
,
overrunning
,
overset
,
overthrow
,
overturn
,
overwhelm
,
own
,
own up
,
peach
,
peg
,
pin
,
plank
,
plastic tape
,
plead guilty
,
plug
,
plunge
,
portfire
,
pour out
,
pour over
,
pratfall
,
rat
,
reveal a secret
,
revolution
,
ribband
,
ribbon
,
run
,
run over
,
sea cock
,
shred
,
sing
,
slat
,
slip
,
slop
,
slosh
,
somersault
,
somerset
,
sparker
,
spatter
,
spend
,
spigot
,
spike
,
spile
,
spill it
,
spill out
,
spill over
,
spill the beans
,
spillage
,
spit it out
,
splash
,
spline
,
sprawl
,
spray
,
squab
,
squeal
,
stool
,
stop
,
stopgap
,
stopper
,
stopple
,
strake
,
strap
,
strip
,
strop
,
stumble
,
submerge
,
submersion
,
subversion
,
swamp
,
sweep
,
taenia
,
talk
,
tap
,
tape
,
tape measure
,
tapeline
,
taper
,
tattle
,
tattle on
,
tell all
,
tell on
,
tell secrets
,
tell tales
,
tell the truth
,
the Deluge
,
the Flood
,
throw out
,
ticker tape
,
torch
,
trip
,
tumble
,
turnover
,
upset
,
upturn
,
use up
,
valve
,
washout
,
waste
,
whelm
,
whelming
unshaken
collapse
related words >
abiding
,
calm
,
constant
,
coolheaded
,
failing
,
firm
,
fixed
,
flinty
,
going strong
,
immovable
,
in full force
,
in full swing
,
inexcitable
,
inflexible
,
loyal
,
nerveless
,
never
,
relaxed
,
rock-steady
,
set
,
settled
,
sot
,
staunch
,
steadfast
,
steady
,
steady-handed
,
steady-nerved
,
steel-nerved
,
steely
,
strong-nerved
,
true
,
unabated
,
unallayed
,
unbated
,
unbending
,
unblenching
,
unblinking
,
undeflectable
,
undiminished
,
unexhausted
,
unfaded
,
unfaltering
,
unflagging
,
unflappable
,
unflinching
,
unnervous
,
unquestioning
,
unquivering
,
unshaky
,
unshrinking
,
unstrained
,
unswerving
,
untremulous
,
unwavering
,
unweakened
,
unweakening
,
unwithered
,
unworn
,
unyielding
,
without a tremor
mourning
collapse
state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
related words >
anguish
,
bemoaning
,
bereavement
,
bewailing
,
black
,
crape
,
cypress
,
cypress lawn
,
deep mourning
,
desolation
,
despair
,
despondency
,
grief
,
grieving
,
heartache
,
howling
,
in mourning
,
keening
,
lament
,
lamentation
,
lamenting
,
loss
,
melancholy
,
misery
,
moaning
,
mourning band
,
sackcloth
,
sackcloth and ashes
,
sadness
,
sorrow
,
sorrowing
,
ululation
,
wailing
,
weeds
,
weeping
,
woe
,
woefulness
,
yew
sling
collapse
bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck
a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
hurl as if with a sling
related words >
Ace bandage
,
Band-Aid
,
adhesive tape
,
application
,
arbalest
,
ballista
,
band
,
bandage
,
bandaging
,
belt
,
binder
,
bowl
,
brace
,
bung
,
cast
,
cast at
,
cataplasm
,
catapult
,
change of pace
,
change-up
,
chuck
,
chuck at
,
chunk
,
compress
,
cotton
,
court plaster
,
cravat
,
curve
,
dangle
,
dart
,
dash
,
depend
,
downcurve
,
dressing
,
elastic bandage
,
epithem
,
fastball
,
fasten up
,
fire
,
fire at
,
fling
,
fling at
,
flip
,
fork
,
forward pass
,
four-tailed bandage
,
gauze
,
hang
,
hang up
,
heave
,
heave at
,
hurl
,
hurl against
,
hurl at
,
hurtle
,
incurve
,
jerk
,
knuckleball
,
lance
,
lateral
,
lateral pass
,
launch
,
let fly
,
let fly at
,
lint
,
lob
,
march
,
outcurve
,
pass
,
peg
,
pelt
,
pitch
,
pitchfork
,
plaster
,
plaster cast
,
pledget
,
poultice
,
propel
,
put
,
put the shot
,
put up
,
roller
,
roller bandage
,
rubber bandage
,
screwball
,
serve
,
service
,
shoot
,
shot-put
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sinker
,
slider
,
sling at
,
slingshot
,
snap
,
sock
,
spitball
,
spitter
,
splint
,
sponge
,
stalk
,
strap
,
stupe
,
support
,
suspend
,
tampon
,
tape
,
tent
,
throw
,
throw at
,
throw stick
,
throwing-stick
,
tilt
,
toss
,
toss at
,
tourniquet
,
trebuchet
,
triangular bandage
,
upcurve
,
wommera
petrify
collapse
cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
related words >
alarm
,
amaze
,
anneal
,
appall
,
astonish
,
astound
,
awe
,
awestrike
,
bedaze
,
bedazzle
,
bemuse
,
benumb
,
bewilder
,
boggle
,
bowl down
,
bowl over
,
calcify
,
callous
,
case harden
,
confound
,
cornify
,
crystallize
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
disconcert
,
dismay
,
dumbfound
,
dumbfounder
,
firm
,
flabbergast
,
fossilize
,
freeze
,
frighten
,
harden
,
horrify
,
indurate
,
lapidify
,
lithify
,
numb
,
ossify
,
overwhelm
,
paralyze
,
perplex
,
scare
,
scare stiff
,
scare to death
,
shock
,
stagger
,
startle
,
steel
,
strike dead
,
strike dumb
,
strike terror into
,
strike with wonder
,
stun
,
stupefy
,
surprise
,
temper
,
terrify
,
toughen
,
turn to stone
,
vitrify
silvery
collapse
related words >
Quaker-colored
,
achingly sweet
,
acier
,
agreeable
,
agreeable-sounding
,
appealing
,
argent
,
argentine
,
ariose
,
arioso
,
ashen
,
ashy
,
aureate
,
brass
,
brassy
,
brazen
,
brilliant
,
bronze
,
bronzy
,
canescent
,
canorous
,
cantabile
,
catchy
,
chalky
,
cinereous
,
cinerous
,
copper
,
coppery
,
cretaceous
,
cupreous
,
cuprous
,
dapple
,
dapple-gray
,
dappled
,
dappled-gray
,
dingy
,
dismal
,
dove-colored
,
dove-gray
,
dreary
,
dulcet
,
dull
,
dusty
,
euphonic
,
euphonious
,
euphonous
,
ferrous
,
ferruginous
,
fine-toned
,
fleecy-white
,
frosted
,
frosty
,
gilt
,
glaucescent
,
glaucous
,
glittering
,
gold
,
gold-filled
,
gold-plated
,
golden
,
golden-tongued
,
golden-voiced
,
gray
,
gray-black
,
gray-brown
,
gray-colored
,
gray-drab
,
gray-green
,
gray-spotted
,
gray-toned
,
gray-white
,
grayed
,
grayish
,
griseous
,
grizzle
,
grizzled
,
grizzly
,
hoar
,
hoary
,
honeyed
,
iron
,
iron-gray
,
ironlike
,
lactescent
,
lead
,
lead-gray
,
leaden
,
lily-white
,
livid
,
marble
,
marmoreal
,
melic
,
mellifluent
,
mellifluous
,
mellisonant
,
mellow
,
melodic
,
melodious
,
mercurial
,
mercurous
,
milky
,
mouse-colored
,
mouse-gray
,
mousy
,
music-flowing
,
music-like
,
musical
,
nickel
,
nickelic
,
nickeline
,
niveous
,
pearl
,
pearl-gray
,
pearly
,
pewter
,
pewtery
,
platinum
,
pleasant
,
pleasant-sounding
,
pure white
,
quicksilver
,
rich
,
sad
,
shimmering
,
shining
,
silver
,
silver-gray
,
silver-plated
,
silver-toned
,
silver-tongued
,
silver-voiced
,
silvered
,
singable
,
slate-colored
,
slaty
,
smoke-gray
,
smoky
,
snow-white
,
snowy
,
sober
,
somber
,
songful
,
songlike
,
sonorous
,
steel
,
steel-gray
,
steely
,
stone-colored
,
swan-white
,
sweet
,
sweet-flowing
,
sweet-sounding
,
taupe
,
tin
,
tinny
,
tunable
,
tuneful
,
white
,
white as snow
reciprocate
collapse
alternate the direction of motion of; "the engine reciprocates the propeller"
act, feel, or give mutually or in return; "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!"
related words >
accord
,
act in concert
,
act together
,
affiliate
,
agree
,
agree with
,
ally
,
alternate
,
amalgamate
,
answer
,
answer to
,
associate
,
back and fill
,
band
,
band together
,
bandy
,
battledore and shuttlecock
,
be in league
,
be quits with
,
change
,
chime in with
,
club together
,
coact
,
coalesce
,
coequal
,
collaborate
,
collude
,
combine
,
come and go
,
come back at
,
commute
,
compensate
,
complement
,
concert
,
concord
,
concur
,
confederate
,
consolidate
,
conspire
,
cooperate
,
correspond
,
correspond to
,
cotton to
,
counter
,
counterchange
,
do business with
,
ebb and flow
,
empathize
,
equal
,
exchange
,
fall in with
,
federate
,
fuse
,
get along
,
get along with
,
get back at
,
get even with
,
get heads together
,
get on with
,
get together
,
give and take
,
give in exchange
,
give in return
,
go partners
,
hang together
,
harmonize
,
harmonize with
,
hit back at
,
hitch and hike
,
hold together
,
hook up
,
identify with
,
interchange
,
join
,
join in
,
join together
,
keep together
,
league
,
league together
,
logroll
,
make common cause
,
match
,
merge
,
partner
,
pass and repass
,
pay back
,
permute
,
play ball
,
pull together
,
put heads together
,
recompense
,
repay
,
requite
,
respond
,
respond to
,
retaliate
,
retort
,
return
,
return the compliment
,
ride and tie
,
seesaw
,
shuttle
,
shuttlecock
,
sing in chorus
,
stand together
,
strike back
,
swap
,
swing
,
switch
,
sympathize
,
team up
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
throw in together
,
tie in
,
tie up
,
to-and-fro
,
trade
,
transpose
,
understand one another
,
unite
,
unite efforts
,
wax and wane
,
wibble-wabble
,
wigwag
,
work together
,
zigzag
virgule
collapse
related words >
band
,
bar
,
bend
,
bias
,
cross-hatching
,
dash
,
delineation
,
diagonal
,
dotted line
,
hachure
,
hairline
,
hatching
,
line
,
lineation
,
oblique
,
oblique angle
,
oblique figure
,
oblique line
,
rhomboid
,
score
,
scratch comma
,
separatrix
,
slant
,
slash
,
solidus
,
streak
,
streaking
,
striation
,
strip
,
stripe
,
striping
,
stroke
,
sublineation
,
transverse
,
underline
,
underlining
,
underscore
,
underscoring
brace up
collapse
related words >
animate
,
assure
,
beef up
,
bolster
,
brace
,
brighten up
,
brisk
,
brisken
,
buck up
,
buttress
,
case harden
,
cheer
,
cheer up
,
chirk up
,
confirm
,
convalesce
,
embolden
,
encourage
,
enliven
,
exhilarate
,
fortify
,
fresh up
,
freshen
,
freshen up
,
gain strength
,
get better
,
gird
,
harden
,
hearten
,
improve
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
invigorate
,
light up
,
nerve
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
prop
,
quicken
,
rally
,
reanimate
,
reassure
,
recreate
,
recruit
,
recuperate
,
refresh
,
refreshen
,
regale
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
renew
,
restrengthen
,
revive
,
revivify
,
set up
,
shore up
,
sleep it off
,
steel
,
stiffen
,
stimulate
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
take courage
,
take heart
,
temper
,
toughen
,
turn the corner
,
undergird
,
vivify
variegate
collapse
change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors
related words >
band
,
bar
,
bespangle
,
bespeckle
,
bespot
,
blotch
,
break up
,
check
,
checker
,
dapple
,
differ
,
differentiate
,
dissent
,
disunify
,
divaricate
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
dot
,
flake
,
fleck
,
freckle
,
harlequin
,
iris
,
maculate
,
marble
,
marbleize
,
motley
,
mottle
,
pepper
,
polychrome
,
polychromize
,
rainbow
,
relieve
,
spangle
,
speck
,
speckle
,
splotch
,
spot
,
sprinkle
,
stigmatize
,
stipple
,
streak
,
striate
,
stripe
,
stud
,
tattoo
,
tessellate
,
variate
,
vary
,
vein
trampoline
collapse
gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame; used for tumbling
related words >
Indian club
,
Lastex
,
baleen
,
barbell
,
battledore
,
chewing gum
,
dumbbell
,
elastic
,
elastomer
,
exerciser
,
gum
,
gum elastic
,
handball
,
horse
,
jumping jack
,
long horse
,
parallel bars
,
punching bag
,
racket
,
rings
,
rowing machine
,
rubber
,
rubber ball
,
rubber band
,
side horse
,
spandex
,
spring
,
springboard
,
stretch fabric
,
trapeze
,
weight
,
whalebone
saw
collapse
hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace"
related words >
Vandyke edge
,
adage
,
amputate
,
ana
,
analects
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
ax
,
axiom
,
backsaw
,
band saw
,
belt saw
,
bisect
,
bow
,
bow saw
,
bucksaw
,
butcher
,
buzz saw
,
byword
,
carve
,
catchword
,
chain saw
,
chop
,
circular saw
,
cleave
,
cockscomb
,
collected sayings
,
compass saw
,
coping saw
,
cordwood saw
,
crenation
,
crenelation
,
crenulation
,
crest
,
crosscut saw
,
current saying
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
deckle edge
,
denticulation
,
dentil
,
dentil band
,
diamond saw
,
dichotomize
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
dissever
,
distich
,
dogtooth
,
double-cut saw
,
dovetail saw
,
epigram
,
excise
,
expression
,
fiddle
,
fissure
,
frame saw
,
fretsaw
,
gash
,
gnome
,
golden saying
,
hack
,
hacksaw
,
halve
,
handsaw
,
helicoidal saw
,
hew
,
incise
,
jigsaw
,
keyhole saw
,
lance
,
maxim
,
meat saw
,
mill saw
,
moral
,
mot
,
motto
,
notching
,
oracle
,
panel saw
,
pare
,
phrase
,
pit saw
,
pithy saying
,
play violin
,
portable saw
,
power saw
,
precept
,
prescript
,
proverb
,
proverbial saying
,
proverbs
,
prune
,
pruning saw
,
rend
,
rickrack
,
ripsaw
,
rive
,
rock saw
,
saw knife
,
saw machine
,
saw teeth
,
saying
,
scallop
,
scissor
,
scrape
,
scribe saw
,
scroll saw
,
sentence
,
sententious expression
,
serration
,
sever
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
sloka
,
snip
,
split
,
splitsaw
,
stock saying
,
sunder
,
sutra
,
table saw
,
teaching
,
tear
,
text
,
two-handed saw
,
verse
,
vertical saw
,
whipsaw
,
whittle
,
wire saw
,
wisdom
,
wisdom literature
,
wise saying
,
witticism
,
wood saw
,
word
,
words of wisdom
dapple
collapse
related words >
Quaker-colored
,
acier
,
ashen
,
ashy
,
band
,
bar
,
bespangle
,
bespeckle
,
bespot
,
birthmark
,
blaze
,
blaze a trail
,
blemish
,
blotch
,
brand
,
brindled
,
calico
,
canescent
,
caste mark
,
chalk
,
chalk up
,
check
,
check off
,
checker
,
checkmark
,
cicatrix
,
cicatrize
,
cinereous
,
cinerous
,
clouded
,
cut
,
dapple-gray
,
dappled
,
dappled-gray
,
dappledness
,
dappleness
,
dash
,
define
,
delimit
,
demarcate
,
dingy
,
discolor
,
discoloration
,
dismal
,
dot
,
dotted
,
dottedness
,
dove-colored
,
dove-gray
,
dreary
,
dull
,
dusty
,
earmark
,
engrave
,
engraving
,
flake
,
flea-bitten
,
fleck
,
flecked
,
flick
,
freckle
,
freckliness
,
gash
,
glaucescent
,
glaucous
,
graving
,
gray
,
gray-black
,
gray-brown
,
gray-colored
,
gray-drab
,
gray-green
,
gray-spotted
,
gray-toned
,
gray-white
,
grayed
,
grayish
,
griseous
,
grizzle
,
grizzled
,
grizzly
,
hack
,
harlequin
,
hatch
,
impress
,
imprint
,
iris
,
iron-gray
,
jot
,
lead-gray
,
leaden
,
lentigo
,
line
,
livid
,
macula
,
maculate
,
maculation
,
macule
,
make a mark
,
marble
,
marbled
,
marbleize
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
marking
,
mole
,
motley
,
mottle
,
mottled
,
mottledness
,
mouse-colored
,
mouse-gray
,
mousy
,
nevus
,
nick
,
notch
,
paint
,
patch
,
pearl
,
pearl-gray
,
pearly
,
pencil
,
pepper
,
pepper-and-salt
,
piebald
,
pied
,
pinto
,
point
,
pointillage
,
pointillism
,
polka dot
,
polychrome
,
polychromize
,
prick
,
print
,
punch
,
punctuate
,
puncture
,
rainbow
,
riddle
,
sad
,
scar
,
scarification
,
scarify
,
score
,
scotch
,
scratch
,
scratching
,
seal
,
seam
,
silver
,
silver-gray
,
silvered
,
silvery
,
skewbald
,
slate-colored
,
slaty
,
smoke-gray
,
smoky
,
sober
,
somber
,
spangle
,
speck
,
speckle
,
speckled
,
speckliness
,
splash
,
splotch
,
spot
,
spotted
,
spottedness
,
spottiness
,
sprinkle
,
stain
,
stamp
,
steel-gray
,
steely
,
stigma
,
stigmatize
,
stipple
,
stippledness
,
stippling
,
stone-colored
,
strawberry mark
,
streak
,
striate
,
stripe
,
stud
,
tattoo
,
tattoo mark
,
taupe
,
tessellate
,
tick
,
tick off
,
tittle
,
trace
,
underline
,
underscore
,
variegate
,
vein
,
watermark
compress
collapse
a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle"
make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data"
related words >
Ace bandage
,
Band-Aid
,
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
abstract
,
adhesive tape
,
application
,
band
,
bandage
,
bandaging
,
bear
,
binder
,
bob
,
boil down
,
brace
,
capsulize
,
cast
,
cataplasm
,
circumscribe
,
clamp
,
clip
,
coarct
,
compact
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
congest
,
consolidate
,
constrict
,
constringe
,
contract
,
cotton
,
court plaster
,
cram
,
cramp
,
cravat
,
crop
,
crowd
,
crush
,
curtail
,
cut
,
cut back
,
cut down
,
cut off short
,
cut short
,
damp
,
dampen
,
decrease
,
deduct
,
deflate
,
densen
,
densify
,
depreciate
,
depress
,
diminish
,
dock
,
downgrade
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw together
,
dressing
,
elastic bandage
,
elide
,
ensphere
,
epithem
,
epitomize
,
foreshorten
,
four-tailed bandage
,
gauze
,
jam
,
knit
,
lessen
,
lint
,
lower
,
mow
,
narrow
,
nip
,
pare
,
pinch
,
plaster
,
plaster cast
,
pledget
,
poll
,
pollard
,
poultice
,
press
,
prune
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
purse
,
push
,
ram down
,
reap
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
reduce
,
retrench
,
roll back
,
roller
,
roller bandage
,
rubber bandage
,
scale down
,
shave
,
shear
,
shorten
,
shrink
,
simplify
,
sling
,
snub
,
solidify
,
splint
,
sponge
,
squab
,
squash
,
squeeze
,
squish
,
step down
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
stunt
,
stupe
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
synopsize
,
take from
,
take in
,
tampon
,
tape
,
telescope
,
tent
,
tighten
,
tourniquet
,
triangular bandage
,
trim
,
truncate
,
tune down
,
tweak
,
wad up
,
wrinkle
hold together
collapse
related words >
accord
,
act in concert
,
act together
,
adhere
,
affiliate
,
agglomerate
,
agree
,
ally
,
amalgamate
,
answer to
,
assent
,
associate
,
assort with
,
band
,
band together
,
be consistent
,
be in league
,
be of one
,
be the case
,
be true
,
be truthful
,
be uniform with
,
bunch
,
check
,
chime
,
clasp
,
cleave
,
clinch
,
cling
,
cling to
,
clot
,
club together
,
cluster
,
coact
,
coagulate
,
coalesce
,
cohere
,
coincide
,
collaborate
,
collude
,
combine
,
come together
,
communicate
,
concert
,
concord
,
concur
,
confederate
,
conform
,
conform to fact
,
conform with
,
congeal
,
conglomerate
,
connect
,
consist with
,
consolidate
,
conspire
,
converge
,
cooperate
,
correspond
,
do business with
,
dovetail
,
embrace
,
fall in together
,
federate
,
fit together
,
freeze to
,
fuse
,
get heads together
,
get together
,
go partners
,
go together
,
go with
,
grasp
,
grow together
,
hang on
,
hang together
,
harmonize
,
hit
,
hold
,
hold good
,
hold on
,
hold true
,
hold up
,
hold water
,
hook up
,
hug
,
intercommunicate
,
interlock
,
intersect
,
jibe
,
join
,
join in
,
join together
,
keep together
,
knit
,
league
,
league together
,
lock
,
make common cause
,
mass
,
match
,
meet
,
merge
,
overlap
,
parallel
,
partner
,
persist
,
play ball
,
prove out
,
prove to be
,
prove true
,
pull together
,
put heads together
,
reciprocate
,
register
,
register with
,
remain valid
,
respond to
,
set
,
sing in chorus
,
solidify
,
sort with
,
square
,
square with
,
stand the test
,
stand together
,
stand up
,
stay
,
stay put
,
stick
,
stick together
,
take hold of
,
tally
,
team up
,
throw in together
,
tie in
,
tie up
,
unite
,
unite efforts
,
wash
,
work together
shore up
collapse
related words >
afford support
,
back
,
back up
,
bear
,
bear out
,
bear up
,
beef up
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
brace
,
brace up
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
case harden
,
confirm
,
cradle
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
finance
,
fortify
,
fund
,
gird
,
give support
,
harden
,
hold
,
hold up
,
invigorate
,
keep
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
nerve
,
pillow
,
prop
,
prop up
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
rigidify
,
screw up
,
shore
,
shoulder
,
stay
,
steel
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
subventionize
,
support
,
sustain
,
temper
,
tense
,
tighten
,
toughen
,
trice up
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underlie
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
mouse colored
collapse
related words >
Quaker-colored
,
acier
,
ashen
,
ashy
,
canescent
,
cinereous
,
cinerous
,
dapple
,
dapple-gray
,
dappled
,
dappled-gray
,
dingy
,
dismal
,
dove-colored
,
dove-gray
,
dreary
,
dull
,
dusty
,
glaucescent
,
glaucous
,
gray
,
gray-black
,
gray-brown
,
gray-colored
,
gray-drab
,
gray-green
,
gray-spotted
,
gray-toned
,
gray-white
,
grayed
,
grayish
,
griseous
,
grizzle
,
grizzled
,
grizzly
,
iron-gray
,
lead-gray
,
leaden
,
livid
,
mouse-gray
,
mousy
,
pearl
,
pearl-gray
,
pearly
,
sad
,
silver
,
silver-gray
,
silvered
,
silvery
,
slate-colored
,
slaty
,
smoke-gray
,
smoky
,
sober
,
somber
,
steel-gray
,
steely
,
stone-colored
,
taupe
consolidate
collapse
make firm or secure; strengthen; "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"
make or form into a solid or hardened mass; "consolidate fibers into boards"
form into a solid mass or whole; "The mud had consolidated overnight"
unite into one; "The companies consolidated"
bring together into a single whole or system; "The town and county schools are being consolidated"
related words >
abbreviate
,
accelerate
,
act in concert
,
act together
,
add
,
affiliate
,
aggravate
,
ally
,
amalgamate
,
assimilate
,
associate
,
band
,
band together
,
be in league
,
beef up
,
blend
,
blow up
,
circumscribe
,
club together
,
coact
,
coalesce
,
coarct
,
collaborate
,
collude
,
combine
,
come together
,
compact
,
complicate
,
compound
,
compress
,
comprise
,
concentrate
,
concert
,
concord
,
concur
,
condense
,
confederate
,
congest
,
connect
,
conspire
,
constrict
,
constringe
,
contract
,
cooperate
,
cram
,
cramp
,
crowd
,
curtail
,
decrease
,
deepen
,
densen
,
densify
,
do business with
,
double
,
draw
,
draw in
,
draw together
,
embody
,
encompass
,
enhance
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
federate
,
flux
,
fuse
,
get heads together
,
get together
,
go partners
,
hang together
,
harmonize
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hold together
,
hook up
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
include
,
incorporate
,
integrate
,
intensify
,
interblend
,
interfuse
,
jam
,
jazz up
,
join
,
join in
,
join together
,
keep together
,
key up
,
knit
,
league
,
league together
,
lump together
,
magnify
,
make common cause
,
make complex
,
make one
,
meld
,
melt into one
,
merge
,
mix
,
narrow
,
partner
,
play ball
,
press
,
pucker
,
pucker up
,
pull together
,
purse
,
put heads together
,
put together
,
ram down
,
ramify
,
reciprocate
,
redouble
,
reduce
,
reembody
,
reinforce
,
roll into one
,
set
,
shade into
,
sharpen
,
shorten
,
solidify
,
soup up
,
squeeze
,
stand together
,
step up
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
strengthen
,
syncretize
,
syndicate
,
synthesize
,
team up
,
throw in together
,
tie in
,
tie up
,
triple
,
unify
,
unite
,
unite efforts
,
whet
,
work together
,
wrinkle
accompany
collapse
go or travel along with; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"
related words >
agree
,
associate
,
associate with
,
assort with
,
attend
,
band together
,
be in phase
,
be in time
,
chaperon
,
chaperone
,
chord
,
coexist
,
coextend
,
coincide
,
combine
,
companion
,
concertize
,
concur
,
confederate
,
consociate
,
consort with
,
contemporize
,
convoy
,
couple with
,
do
,
escort
,
execute
,
flock together
,
go along with
,
go with
,
hang around with
,
herd together
,
interpret
,
isochronize
,
keep company with
,
keep in step
,
keep pace with
,
make music
,
match
,
perform
,
play
,
play by ear
,
render
,
run with
,
squire
,
symphonize
,
synchronize
,
time
,
usher
,
wait on
bloc
collapse
a group of countries in special alliance
related words >
Bund
,
Rochdale cooperative
,
alliance
,
assemblage
,
association
,
axis
,
band
,
body
,
coalition
,
college
,
combination
,
combine
,
common market
,
confederacy
,
confederation
,
consumer cooperative
,
cooperative
,
cooperative society
,
corps
,
council
,
credit union
,
customs union
,
economic community
,
faction
,
federation
,
free trade area
,
gang
,
group
,
grouping
,
league
,
machine
,
mob
,
partnership
,
party
,
political machine
,
ring
,
society
,
union
hearten
collapse
related words >
abet
,
advocate
,
aid and abet
,
animate
,
arouse
,
assure
,
bear up
,
bolster
,
boost
,
brace up
,
brighten
,
buck up
,
buoy up
,
cheer
,
chirk up
,
comfort
,
condole with
,
console
,
countenance
,
dynamize
,
ease
,
electrify
,
embolden
,
encourage
,
endorse
,
energize
,
enliven
,
exhilarate
,
favor
,
fire
,
galvanize
,
give a lift
,
give comfort
,
gladden
,
go for
,
inflame
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
invigorate
,
jazz up
,
keep in countenance
,
kindle
,
liven
,
nerve
,
pep up
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
put at ease
,
quicken
,
rally
,
reassure
,
rejoice
,
rejoice the heart
,
relieve
,
rouse
,
set at ease
,
shine upon
,
smile upon
,
snap up
,
solace
,
steel
,
stimulate
,
stir
,
strengthen
,
subscribe
,
support
,
sympathize with
,
vitalize
,
warm
,
zip up
hang around with
collapse
related words >
accompany
,
associate
,
associate with
,
assort with
,
attend
,
band together
,
chum
,
chum together
,
chum with
,
clique
,
clique with
,
club together
,
combine
,
companion
,
confederate
,
consociate
,
consort with
,
couple with
,
fellowship
,
flock together
,
fraternize
,
go along with
,
go with
,
hang out with
,
herd together
,
hobnob with
,
join
,
join in fellowship
,
keep company with
,
mingle with
,
mix with
,
pal
,
pal up with
,
pal with
,
run in couples
,
run with
,
sort with
,
take up with
,
tie up with
,
wait on
confederate
collapse
someone who assists in a plot
a supporter of the Confederate States of America
of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War; "Confederate soldiers"
form a confederation with; of nations
related words >
abettor
,
accessory
,
accompany
,
accomplice
,
accomplice in crime
,
act in concert
,
act together
,
adjunct
,
affiliate
,
affiliated
,
allied
,
ally
,
amalgamate
,
associate
,
associate with
,
associated
,
assort with
,
attend
,
band
,
band together
,
be in cahoots
,
be in league
,
bedfellow
,
brother
,
brother-in-arms
,
bunch
,
bunch up
,
cabal
,
cabalistic
,
cement a union
,
centralize
,
club
,
club together
,
coact
,
coadjutor
,
coalesce
,
coconspirator
,
cohort
,
collaborate
,
collaborator
,
colleague
,
collude
,
combine
,
come together
,
companion
,
compatriot
,
compeer
,
comrade
,
concert
,
concord
,
concur
,
confederated
,
confrere
,
consociate
,
consolidate
,
consort
,
consort with
,
conspirator
,
conspiratorial
,
conspire
,
cooperate
,
corporate
,
couple
,
couple with
,
coupled
,
crony
,
do business with
,
enleagued
,
federalize
,
federate
,
federated
,
fellow
,
fellow conspirator
,
fellow member
,
fellow traveler
,
flock together
,
fuse
,
gang
,
gang up
,
get heads together
,
get together
,
go along with
,
go in partners
,
go in partnership
,
go partners
,
go with
,
hang around with
,
hang together
,
harmonize
,
herd together
,
hold together
,
hook up
,
hook up with
,
in cahoots
,
in league
,
in partnership
,
in with
,
join
,
join forces
,
join fortunes with
,
join in
,
join together
,
join up with
,
join with
,
keep company with
,
keep together
,
league
,
league together
,
leagued
,
make common cause
,
married
,
marry
,
merge
,
organize
,
pair
,
pair off
,
paired
,
partner
,
partners with
,
play ball
,
pull together
,
put heads together
,
reciprocate
,
run with
,
socius criminis
,
stand together
,
stand up with
,
team up
,
team up with
,
team with
,
teamed
,
throw in together
,
throw in with
,
tie in
,
tie in with
,
tie up
,
tie up with
,
unionize
,
unite
,
unite efforts
,
unite with
,
wait on
,
wed
,
wedded
,
work together
bandage
collapse
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
dress by covering or binding; "The nurse bandaged a sprained ankle"; "bandage an incision"
related words >
Ace bandage
,
Band-Aid
,
Mystik tape
,
Scotch tape
,
adhesive tape
,
application
,
band
,
bandaging
,
bathe
,
batten
,
bedazzle
,
belt
,
bend
,
benight
,
bind
,
bind up
,
binder
,
binding
,
blind
,
blind the eyes
,
blindfold
,
brace
,
bundle
,
care for
,
cast
,
cataplasm
,
cellophane tape
,
chain
,
cinch
,
cloth tape
,
compress
,
cotton
,
court plaster
,
cravat
,
cure
,
darken
,
daze
,
dazzle
,
deprive of sight
,
diagnose
,
dim
,
do up
,
doctor
,
dress
,
dressing
,
dust jacket
,
eclipse
,
elastic bandage
,
envelope
,
envelopment
,
epithem
,
excecate
,
fascia
,
fillet
,
flux
,
four-tailed bandage
,
friction tape
,
gauze
,
gift wrapping
,
gird
,
girdle
,
girt
,
girth
,
give care to
,
glare
,
gouge
,
heal
,
hoodwink
,
jacket
,
lace
,
lash
,
lath
,
leash
,
ligula
,
ligule
,
lint
,
list
,
make blind
,
masking tape
,
massage
,
minister to
,
nurse
,
obscure
,
operate on
,
physic
,
plank
,
plaster
,
plaster cast
,
plastic tape
,
pledget
,
poultice
,
purge
,
remedy
,
ribband
,
ribbon
,
roller
,
roller bandage
,
rope
,
rub
,
rubber bandage
,
shred
,
slat
,
sling
,
slip
,
snow-blind
,
spill
,
splice
,
spline
,
splint
,
sponge
,
strake
,
strap
,
strike blind
,
strip
,
strop
,
stupe
,
swaddle
,
swathe
,
taenia
,
tampon
,
tape
,
tape measure
,
tapeline
,
tent
,
ticker tape
,
tie
,
tie up
,
tourniquet
,
treat
,
triangular bandage
,
truss
,
wire
,
wrap
,
wrap up
,
wrapper
,
wrapping
band shell
collapse
related words >
L
,
R
,
acting area
,
apron
,
apron stage
,
backstage
,
bandstand
,
board
,
bridge
,
coulisse
,
dock
,
dressing room
,
flies
,
fly floor
,
fly gallery
,
forestage
,
greenroom
,
grid
,
gridiron
,
lightboard
,
orchestra
,
orchestra pit
,
performing area
,
pit
,
proscenium
,
proscenium stage
,
shell
,
stage
,
stage left
,
stage right
,
switchboard
,
the boards
,
wings
bandstand
collapse
a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
related words >
L
,
R
,
acting area
,
apron
,
apron stage
,
backstage
,
band shell
,
board
,
bridge
,
coulisse
,
dock
,
dressing room
,
flies
,
fly floor
,
fly gallery
,
forestage
,
greenroom
,
grid
,
gridiron
,
lightboard
,
orchestra
,
orchestra pit
,
performing area
,
pit
,
proscenium
,
proscenium stage
,
shell
,
stage
,
stage left
,
stage right
,
switchboard
,
the boards
,
wings
nerveless
collapse
related words >
anemic
,
asthenic
,
bloodless
,
calm
,
castrated
,
chicken
,
coolheaded
,
cowardly
,
debilitated
,
demasculinized
,
devitalized
,
drooping
,
droopy
,
dull
,
effeminized
,
effete
,
emasculate
,
emasculated
,
enervated
,
etiolated
,
eunuchized
,
faint
,
faintish
,
feeble
,
flabby
,
flaccid
,
floppy
,
gelded
,
gone
,
gutless
,
imbecile
,
impotent
,
inexcitable
,
languid
,
languorous
,
limber
,
limp
,
listless
,
lustless
,
marrowless
,
pithless
,
pooped
,
powerless
,
relaxed
,
rock-steady
,
rubbery
,
sapless
,
sinewless
,
slack
,
soft
,
spineless
,
steady
,
steady-handed
,
steady-nerved
,
steel-nerved
,
strengthless
,
strong-nerved
,
unblenching
,
unblinking
,
unfaltering
,
unflinching
,
unhardened
,
unmanned
,
unnerved
,
unnervous
,
unquivering
,
unsexed
,
unshaken
,
unshaky
,
unshrinking
,
unstrained
,
unstrung
,
untremulous
,
unwavering
,
weak
,
weakly
,
without a tremor
unshrinking
collapse
related words >
accessible
,
approachable
,
calm
,
candid
,
communicative
,
conversable
,
coolheaded
,
demonstrative
,
effusive
,
expansive
,
extroverted
,
frank
,
free
,
free-speaking
,
free-spoken
,
free-tongued
,
gossipy
,
inexcitable
,
nerveless
,
newsy
,
nothing loath
,
open
,
outgoing
,
outspoken
,
relaxed
,
rock-steady
,
self-revealing
,
self-revelatory
,
sociable
,
steady
,
steady-handed
,
steady-nerved
,
steel-nerved
,
stick-at-nothing
,
strong-nerved
,
talkative
,
unabashed
,
unappalled
,
unaverse
,
unawed
,
unblenching
,
unblinking
,
unconstrained
,
uncowed
,
uncringing
,
undaunted
,
undismayed
,
unfaltering
,
unflinching
,
ungrudging
,
ungrumbling
,
unhampered
,
unhesitant
,
unhesitating
,
unintimidated
,
unloath
,
unnervous
,
unquivering
,
unreluctant
,
unrepressed
,
unreserved
,
unrestrained
,
unrestricted
,
unreticent
,
unsecretive
,
unshaken
,
unshaky
,
unsilent
,
unstrained
,
unsuppressed
,
untremulous
,
unwavering
,
without a tremor
breeching
collapse
related words >
back band
,
backstrap
,
bearing rein
,
bellyband
,
bit
,
blinders
,
blinds
,
bridle
,
caparison
,
cavesson
,
checkrein
,
cheekpiece
,
chinband
,
cinch
,
collar
,
crownband
,
crupper
,
curb
,
gag swivel
,
girth
,
hackamore
,
halter
,
hames
,
hametugs
,
harness
,
headgear
,
headstall
,
hip straps
,
jaquima
,
jerk line
,
lines
,
martingale
,
noseband
,
pole strap
,
reins
,
ribbons
,
saddle
,
shaft tug
,
side check
,
snaffle
,
surcingle
,
tack
,
tackle
,
trappings
,
tug
,
winker braces
,
yoke
federalize
collapse
put under the control and authority of a federal government
related words >
affiliate
,
ally
,
associate
,
band together
,
be in cahoots
,
bunch
,
bunch up
,
cabal
,
cement a union
,
centralize
,
club
,
club together
,
come together
,
confederate
,
consociate
,
conspire
,
couple
,
federate
,
gang
,
gang up
,
go in partners
,
go in partnership
,
hook up with
,
join forces
,
join fortunes with
,
join together
,
join up with
,
join with
,
league
,
marry
,
organize
,
pair
,
pair off
,
partner
,
stand together
,
stand up with
,
team up with
,
team with
,
throw in with
,
tie in with
,
tie up with
,
unionize
,
unite with
,
wed
unionize
collapse
form or join a union; "The auto workers decided to unionize"
recruit for a union or organize into a union; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers"
related words >
affiliate
,
ally
,
associate
,
band together
,
be in cahoots
,
bunch
,
bunch up
,
cabal
,
cement a union
,
centralize
,
club
,
club together
,
come together
,
confederate
,
consociate
,
conspire
,
couple
,
federalize
,
federate
,
gang
,
gang up
,
go in partners
,
go in partnership
,
hook up with
,
join forces
,
join fortunes with
,
join together
,
join up with
,
join with
,
league
,
marry
,
organize
,
pair
,
pair off
,
partner
,
stand together
,
stand up with
,
team up with
,
team with
,
throw in with
,
tie in with
,
tie up with
,
unite with
,
wed
join forces
collapse
related words >
affiliate
,
ally
,
associate
,
band together
,
be in cahoots
,
bunch
,
bunch up
,
cabal
,
cement a union
,
centralize
,
club
,
club together
,
come together
,
confederate
,
consociate
,
conspire
,
couple
,
federalize
,
federate
,
gang
,
gang up
,
go in partners
,
go in partnership
,
hook up with
,
join fortunes with
,
join together
,
join up with
,
join with
,
league
,
marry
,
organize
,
pair
,
pair off
,
partner
,
stand together
,
stand up with
,
team up with
,
team with
,
throw in with
,
tie in with
,
tie up with
,
unionize
,
unite with
,
wed
strop
collapse
a leather strap used to sharpen razors
sharpen on a strop; "strop razors"
related words >
Mystik tape
,
Scotch tape
,
aculeate
,
acuminate
,
adhesive tape
,
band
,
bandage
,
barb
,
batten
,
belt
,
cellophane tape
,
cloth tape
,
cuspidate
,
edge
,
fascia
,
file
,
fillet
,
friction tape
,
girdle
,
grind
,
hone
,
lath
,
ligula
,
ligule
,
list
,
masking tape
,
oilstone
,
plank
,
plastic tape
,
point
,
reset
,
ribband
,
ribbon
,
set
,
sharpen
,
shred
,
slat
,
slip
,
spiculate
,
spill
,
spline
,
spur
,
strake
,
strap
,
strip
,
taenia
,
tape
,
tape measure
,
tapeline
,
taper
,
ticker tape
,
whet
underlayer
collapse
related words >
band
,
bed
,
bedding
,
bedrock
,
belly
,
belt
,
bottom
,
bottom side
,
breech
,
buttocks
,
couche
,
course
,
deck
,
downside
,
floor
,
fundament
,
gallery
,
hardpan
,
layer
,
ledge
,
level
,
lower side
,
lowest layer
,
lowest level
,
measures
,
nether side
,
nethermost level
,
overlayer
,
overstory
,
rock bottom
,
seam
,
shelf
,
stage
,
step
,
story
,
stratum
,
substratum
,
superstratum
,
thickness
,
tier
,
topsoil
,
underbelly
,
underneath
,
underside
,
understory
,
understratum
,
zone
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
improvised
collapse
done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"
related words >
ad hoc
,
ad libitum
,
ad-lib
,
band-aid
,
caught napping
,
caught off balance
,
caught short
,
extemporaneous
,
extemporary
,
extempore
,
extemporized
,
haphazard
,
hasty
,
impromptu
,
improvisational
,
improvisatorial
,
improvise
,
improviso
,
jury-rigged
,
makeshift
,
makeshifty
,
off-the-cuff
,
offhand
,
precipitate
,
provisional
,
rough-and-ready
,
snap
,
stopgap
,
surprised
,
taken aback
,
taken by surprise
,
taken unawares
,
temporary
,
tentative
,
tripped up
,
unarranged
,
unbegun
,
unconcocted
,
uncontrived
,
undeliberated
,
undevised
,
unhatched
,
unmade
,
unmanufactured
,
unorganized
,
unplanned
,
unpremeditated
,
unprepared
,
unprimed
,
unready
,
unrehearsed
,
unstudied
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