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toughen
collapse
make tough or tougher; "This experience will toughen her"
related words >
acclimate
,
acclimatize
,
anneal
,
be tough
,
beef up
,
brace
,
brace up
,
buttress
,
calcify
,
callous
,
case harden
,
confirm
,
cornify
,
develop
,
endure
,
firm
,
fortify
,
fossilize
,
gird
,
hang tough
,
harden
,
indurate
,
invigorate
,
lapidify
,
lithify
,
nerve
,
ossify
,
petrify
,
prop
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
season
,
shore up
,
steel
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
temper
,
undergird
,
vitrify
blade
collapse
the flat part of a tool or weapon that (usually) has a cutting edge
flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
the part of the skate that slides on the ice
a broad flat body part (as of the shoulder or tongue)
a cut of beef from the shoulder blade
something long and thin resembling a blade of grass; "a blade of lint on his suit"
a dashing young man; "gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures"
especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
related words >
Beau Brummel
,
Excalibur
,
Skimobile
,
Sno-Cat
,
alveolar ridge
,
alveolus
,
apex
,
arytenoid cartilages
,
ax
,
back
,
battler
,
bayonet
,
beau
,
belligerent
,
belted knight
,
bickerer
,
blood
,
boulevardier
,
bract
,
bracteole
,
bractlet
,
bravo
,
brawler
,
bully
,
bullyboy
,
clotheshorse
,
cold steel
,
combatant
,
competitor
,
contender
,
contestant
,
cotyledon
,
coxcomb
,
cutlass
,
cutlery
,
cutter
,
cutting edge
,
dagger
,
dandy
,
disputant
,
dorsum
,
dude
,
duelist
,
edge tools
,
enforcer
,
exquisite
,
fashion plate
,
fencer
,
feuder
,
fighter
,
fighting cock
,
fine gentleman
,
flag
,
floral leaf
,
foilsman
,
foliole
,
fop
,
fribble
,
frond
,
gallant
,
gamecock
,
gladiator
,
glume
,
goon
,
gorilla
,
hard palate
,
hatchet man
,
hood
,
hoodlum
,
hooligan
,
involucre
,
involucrum
,
jack-a-dandy
,
jackanapes
,
jackknife
,
jouster
,
knife
,
knight
,
lady-killer
,
lamina
,
larynx
,
leaf
,
leaflet
,
lemma
,
ligule
,
lips
,
macaroni
,
man-about-town
,
masher
,
militant
,
naked steel
,
nasal cavity
,
needle
,
oral cavity
,
palate
,
penknife
,
petal
,
pharyngeal cavity
,
pharynx
,
pigsticker
,
pile
,
pine needle
,
playboy
,
plug-ugly
,
point
,
poniard
,
puncturer
,
puppy
,
quarreler
,
rapier
,
rioter
,
rival
,
rough
,
rowdy
,
ruffian
,
runner
,
sabreur
,
scrapper
,
scuffler
,
seed leaf
,
sepal
,
sharpener
,
shoot
,
sled
,
sleigh
,
snowmobile
,
soft palate
,
spark
,
spathe
,
spear
,
speech organ
,
spire
,
sport
,
squabbler
,
steel
,
stiletto
,
stipula
,
stipule
,
strong arm
,
strong-arm man
,
strong-armer
,
struggler
,
swashbuckler
,
swell
,
sword
,
swordplayer
,
swordsman
,
syrinx
,
teeth
,
teeth ridge
,
thug
,
tilter
,
tip
,
toad sticker
,
tongue
,
tough
,
trusty sword
,
tussler
,
velum
,
vocal chink
,
vocal cords
,
vocal folds
,
vocal processes
,
voice box
,
weasel
,
whittle
,
wrangler
silver plated
collapse
related words >
aureate
,
brass
,
brassy
,
brazen
,
bronze
,
bronzy
,
chromium-plated
,
copper
,
copperplated
,
coppery
,
cupreous
,
cuprous
,
electroplated
,
ferrous
,
ferruginous
,
gilt
,
gold
,
gold-filled
,
gold-plated
,
golden
,
iron
,
ironlike
,
lead
,
leaden
,
mercurial
,
mercurous
,
nickel
,
nickel-plated
,
nickelic
,
nickeline
,
pewter
,
pewtery
,
plated
,
quicksilver
,
silver
,
silvery
,
steel
,
steely
,
tin
,
tinny
brutalize
collapse
become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him"
treat brutally
related words >
assault
,
attack
,
barbarize
,
bastardize
,
batter
,
burn
,
butcher
,
callous
,
carry on
,
case harden
,
corrupt
,
debauch
,
demoralize
,
deprave
,
destroy
,
go on
,
hammer
,
harden
,
indurate
,
inure
,
lay waste
,
loot
,
maul
,
mug
,
ossify
,
pervert
,
pillage
,
rage
,
ramp
,
rampage
,
rant
,
rape
,
rave
,
riot
,
roar
,
ruin
,
sack
,
savage
,
slaughter
,
sow chaos
,
steel
,
storm
,
tear
,
tear around
,
terrorize
,
vandalize
,
violate
,
vitiate
,
warp
,
wreck
indurate
collapse
become fixed or established; "indurated customs"
related words >
anneal
,
backed
,
brutalize
,
cake
,
calcified
,
calcify
,
callous
,
calloused
,
case harden
,
case-hardened
,
concrete
,
congeal
,
cornify
,
crusted
,
crusty
,
crystallized
,
dry
,
firm
,
fossilize
,
fossilized
,
granulated
,
harden
,
hardened
,
hornified
,
incrusted
,
indurated
,
inure
,
lapidified
,
lapidify
,
lithify
,
ossified
,
ossify
,
petrified
,
petrify
,
reinforced
,
rigidified
,
sclerotic
,
set
,
solidified
,
solidify
,
steel
,
steeled
,
stiffened
,
strengthened
,
temper
,
toughen
,
toughened
,
vitrified
,
vitrify
banjo
collapse
a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
related words >
Dobro guitar
,
F-hole guitar
,
Spanish guitar
,
archlute
,
balalaika
,
banjo-uke
,
banjo-ukulele
,
banjo-zither
,
banjorine
,
banjuke
,
bass guitar
,
centerhole guitar
,
concert guitar
,
electric guitar
,
guitar
,
lute
,
mando-bass
,
mando-cello
,
mandola
,
mandolin
,
mandolute
,
mandore
,
oud
,
pandora
,
pandura
,
samisen
,
sitar
,
steel guitar
,
tamboura
,
theorbo
,
troubadour fiddle
,
uke
,
ukulele
Spanish guitar
collapse
related words >
Dobro guitar
,
F-hole guitar
,
archlute
,
balalaika
,
banjo
,
banjo-uke
,
banjo-ukulele
,
banjo-zither
,
banjorine
,
banjuke
,
bass guitar
,
centerhole guitar
,
concert guitar
,
electric guitar
,
guitar
,
lute
,
mando-bass
,
mando-cello
,
mandola
,
mandolin
,
mandolute
,
mandore
,
oud
,
pandora
,
pandura
,
samisen
,
sitar
,
steel guitar
,
tamboura
,
theorbo
,
troubadour fiddle
,
uke
,
ukulele
sitar
collapse
a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings
related words >
Dobro guitar
,
F-hole guitar
,
Spanish guitar
,
archlute
,
balalaika
,
banjo
,
banjo-uke
,
banjo-ukulele
,
banjo-zither
,
banjorine
,
banjuke
,
bass guitar
,
centerhole guitar
,
concert guitar
,
electric guitar
,
guitar
,
lute
,
mando-bass
,
mando-cello
,
mandola
,
mandolin
,
mandolute
,
mandore
,
oud
,
pandora
,
pandura
,
samisen
,
steel guitar
,
tamboura
,
theorbo
,
troubadour fiddle
,
uke
,
ukulele
samisen
collapse
a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum
related words >
Dobro guitar
,
F-hole guitar
,
Spanish guitar
,
archlute
,
balalaika
,
banjo
,
banjo-uke
,
banjo-ukulele
,
banjo-zither
,
banjorine
,
banjuke
,
bass guitar
,
centerhole guitar
,
concert guitar
,
electric guitar
,
guitar
,
lute
,
mando-bass
,
mando-cello
,
mandola
,
mandolin
,
mandolute
,
mandore
,
oud
,
pandora
,
pandura
,
sitar
,
steel guitar
,
tamboura
,
theorbo
,
troubadour fiddle
,
uke
,
ukulele
mandolin
collapse
a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
related words >
Dobro guitar
,
F-hole guitar
,
Spanish guitar
,
archlute
,
balalaika
,
banjo
,
banjo-uke
,
banjo-ukulele
,
banjo-zither
,
banjorine
,
banjuke
,
bass guitar
,
centerhole guitar
,
concert guitar
,
electric guitar
,
guitar
,
lute
,
mando-bass
,
mando-cello
,
mandola
,
mandolute
,
mandore
,
oud
,
pandora
,
pandura
,
samisen
,
sitar
,
steel guitar
,
tamboura
,
theorbo
,
troubadour fiddle
,
uke
,
ukulele
lute
collapse
chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
related words >
Dobro guitar
,
F-hole guitar
,
Spanish guitar
,
archlute
,
balalaika
,
banjo
,
banjo-uke
,
banjo-ukulele
,
banjo-zither
,
banjorine
,
banjuke
,
bass guitar
,
centerhole guitar
,
concert guitar
,
electric guitar
,
guitar
,
mando-bass
,
mando-cello
,
mandola
,
mandolin
,
mandolute
,
mandore
,
oud
,
pandora
,
pandura
,
samisen
,
sitar
,
steel guitar
,
tamboura
,
theorbo
,
troubadour fiddle
,
uke
,
ukulele
guitar
collapse
a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
related words >
Dobro guitar
,
F-hole guitar
,
Spanish guitar
,
archlute
,
balalaika
,
banjo
,
banjo-uke
,
banjo-ukulele
,
banjo-zither
,
banjorine
,
banjuke
,
bass guitar
,
centerhole guitar
,
concert guitar
,
electric guitar
,
lute
,
mando-bass
,
mando-cello
,
mandola
,
mandolin
,
mandolute
,
mandore
,
oud
,
pandora
,
pandura
,
samisen
,
sitar
,
steel guitar
,
tamboura
,
theorbo
,
troubadour fiddle
,
uke
,
ukulele
ukulele
collapse
related words >
Dobro guitar
,
F-hole guitar
,
Spanish guitar
,
archlute
,
balalaika
,
banjo
,
banjo-uke
,
banjo-ukulele
,
banjo-zither
,
banjorine
,
banjuke
,
bass guitar
,
centerhole guitar
,
concert guitar
,
electric guitar
,
guitar
,
lute
,
mando-bass
,
mando-cello
,
mandola
,
mandolin
,
mandolute
,
mandore
,
oud
,
pandora
,
pandura
,
samisen
,
sitar
,
steel guitar
,
tamboura
,
theorbo
,
troubadour fiddle
,
uke
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
silverware
collapse
tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel
related words >
appliances
,
brassware
,
chinaware
,
clayware
,
copperware
,
cutlery
,
dining utensils
,
dinnerware
,
durable goods
,
durables
,
earthenware
,
enamelware
,
fixtures
,
flat silver
,
flatware
,
forks
,
glassware
,
graniteware
,
hard goods
,
hardware
,
hollow ware
,
housefurnishings
,
housewares
,
ironmongery
,
ironware
,
kitchenware
,
knives
,
metalware
,
ovenware
,
silver
,
silver plate
,
spoons
,
sporting goods
,
stainless-steel ware
,
stoneware
,
tablespoon
,
tableware
,
teaspoon
,
tinware
,
tools and machinery
,
white goods
,
woodenware
tableware
collapse
articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware)
related words >
appliances
,
brassware
,
chinaware
,
clayware
,
copperware
,
cutlery
,
dining utensils
,
dinnerware
,
durable goods
,
durables
,
earthenware
,
enamelware
,
fixtures
,
flat silver
,
flatware
,
forks
,
glassware
,
graniteware
,
hard goods
,
hardware
,
hollow ware
,
housefurnishings
,
housewares
,
ironmongery
,
ironware
,
kitchenware
,
knives
,
metalware
,
ovenware
,
silver
,
silver plate
,
silverware
,
spoons
,
sporting goods
,
stainless-steel ware
,
stoneware
,
tablespoon
,
teaspoon
,
tinware
,
tools and machinery
,
white goods
,
woodenware
hollow ware
collapse
related words >
appliances
,
brassware
,
chinaware
,
clayware
,
copperware
,
cutlery
,
dining utensils
,
dinnerware
,
durable goods
,
durables
,
earthenware
,
enamelware
,
fixtures
,
flat silver
,
flatware
,
forks
,
glassware
,
graniteware
,
hard goods
,
hardware
,
housefurnishings
,
housewares
,
ironmongery
,
ironware
,
kitchenware
,
knives
,
metalware
,
ovenware
,
silver
,
silver plate
,
silverware
,
spoons
,
sporting goods
,
stainless-steel ware
,
stoneware
,
tablespoon
,
tableware
,
teaspoon
,
tinware
,
tools and machinery
,
white goods
,
woodenware
flatware
collapse
silverware eating utensils
tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece
related words >
appliances
,
brassware
,
chinaware
,
clayware
,
copperware
,
cutlery
,
dining utensils
,
dinnerware
,
durable goods
,
durables
,
earthenware
,
enamelware
,
fixtures
,
flat silver
,
forks
,
glassware
,
graniteware
,
hard goods
,
hardware
,
hollow ware
,
housefurnishings
,
housewares
,
ironmongery
,
ironware
,
kitchenware
,
knives
,
metalware
,
ovenware
,
silver
,
silver plate
,
silverware
,
spoons
,
sporting goods
,
stainless-steel ware
,
stoneware
,
tablespoon
,
tableware
,
teaspoon
,
tinware
,
tools and machinery
,
white goods
,
woodenware
quick witted
collapse
related words >
Attic
,
adroit
,
apt
,
biting
,
brainy
,
bright
,
brilliant
,
clever
,
dexterous
,
droll
,
facetious
,
funny
,
gifted
,
humorous
,
humorsome
,
jesting
,
jocose
,
jocular
,
joking
,
joky
,
joshing
,
keen
,
keen-witted
,
mordant
,
nimble
,
nimble-witted
,
no dumbbell
,
not born yesterday
,
pointed
,
pungent
,
quick
,
quick-thinking
,
rapier-like
,
salt
,
salty
,
scintillating
,
sharp
,
sharp-witted
,
smart
,
sparkling
,
sprightly
,
steel-trap
,
talented
,
whimsical
,
witty
armored
collapse
protected by armor (used of persons or things military)
used of animals; provided with protective covering
equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior
related words >
armed cap-a-pie
,
armor-plated
,
cased
,
ceiled
,
cloaked
,
clouded
,
coated
,
coped
,
covered
,
covert
,
cowled
,
curtained
,
eclipsed
,
encapsulated
,
encapsuled
,
encased
,
enveloped
,
enwrapped
,
filmed
,
floored
,
hooded
,
housed
,
in armor
,
in complete steel
,
in harness
,
ironclad
,
loricate
,
loricated
,
mailclad
,
mailed
,
mantled
,
masked
,
muffled
,
obscured
,
occulted
,
packaged
,
panoplied
,
paved
,
roofed-in
,
screened
,
scummed
,
sheathed
,
shelled
,
shielded
,
shrouded
,
swathed
,
tented
,
under cover
,
veiled
,
walled
,
walled-in
,
wrapped
ironclad
collapse
a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor
inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule"
sheathed in iron plates for protection
related words >
armed cap-a-pie
,
armor-plated
,
armored
,
constant
,
dour
,
firm
,
fixed
,
fundamentalist
,
hard
,
hidebound
,
immovable
,
immutable
,
impliable
,
in armor
,
in complete steel
,
in harness
,
inalterable
,
inexorable
,
inflexible
,
invariable
,
iron
,
ironbound
,
ironhanded
,
loricate
,
loricated
,
mailclad
,
mailed
,
muscle-bound
,
obdurate
,
obstinate
,
orthodox
,
panoplied
,
procrustean
,
purist
,
puristic
,
puritan
,
puritanic
,
relentless
,
rigid
,
rigorist
,
rigoristic
,
rigorous
,
rockbound
,
stiff
,
straightlaced
,
straitlaced
,
stubborn
,
unalterable
,
unbending
,
uncompromising
,
unmodifiable
,
unrelenting
,
unyielding
aquatint
collapse
a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water color
an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water color
etch in aquatint
related words >
autolithograph
,
block
,
block print
,
cerography
,
chalcography
,
chromolithograph
,
color print
,
copperplate
,
copperplate print
,
crayon engraving
,
cribbling
,
cut
,
drypoint
,
engravement
,
engraving
,
etching
,
graphotype
,
impress
,
impression
,
imprint
,
intaglio
,
linoleum-block print
,
lithograph
,
metal cut
,
mezzotint
,
negative
,
photoengraving
,
plate engraving
,
print
,
pyrogravure
,
relief method
,
rubber-block print
,
steel engraving
,
vignette
,
wood engraving
,
woodblock
,
woodburning
,
woodcut
,
woodprint
,
xylograph
,
zincography
nimble witted
collapse
related words >
Attic
,
adroit
,
apt
,
biting
,
brainy
,
bright
,
brilliant
,
canny
,
clever
,
dexterous
,
droll
,
facetious
,
funny
,
gifted
,
hep
,
humorous
,
humorsome
,
jesting
,
jocose
,
jocular
,
joking
,
joky
,
joshing
,
keen
,
keen-witted
,
knowing
,
mordant
,
nimble
,
no dumbbell
,
not born yesterday
,
pointed
,
pungent
,
quick
,
quick-thinking
,
quick-witted
,
rapier-like
,
salt
,
salty
,
scintillating
,
sharp
,
sharp-witted
,
slick
,
smart
,
sparkling
,
sprightly
,
steel-trap
,
talented
,
whimsical
,
witty
talented
collapse
endowed with talent or talents; " a gifted writer"
related words >
accomplished
,
ace
,
adept
,
adroit
,
apt
,
born for
,
brainy
,
bright
,
brilliant
,
clever
,
crack
,
crackerjack
,
cut out for
,
deft
,
dexterous
,
endowed
,
excellent
,
expert
,
first-rate
,
gifted
,
good
,
keen
,
keen-witted
,
made for
,
masterful
,
nimble
,
nimble-witted
,
no dumbbell
,
not born yesterday
,
polished
,
proficient
,
quick
,
quick-thinking
,
quick-witted
,
scintillating
,
sharp
,
sharp-witted
,
skilled
,
smart
,
steel-trap
,
top-drawer
,
top-notch
,
with a flair
,
wizard
beef up
collapse
related words >
accelerate
,
aggrandize
,
aggravate
,
augment
,
blow up
,
boost
,
brace
,
brace up
,
buttress
,
case harden
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
confirm
,
consolidate
,
deepen
,
double
,
enhance
,
enlarge
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
expand
,
extend
,
fortify
,
gird
,
harden
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
intensify
,
invigorate
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
magnify
,
make complex
,
multiply
,
nerve
,
prop
,
ramify
,
redouble
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
sharpen
,
shore up
,
soup up
,
steel
,
step up
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
temper
,
toughen
,
triple
,
undergird
,
whet
gifted
collapse
related words >
able
,
ace
,
adroit
,
apt
,
born for
,
brainy
,
bright
,
brilliant
,
capable
,
clever
,
crack
,
crackerjack
,
cut out for
,
dexterous
,
endowed
,
excellent
,
expert
,
first-class
,
first-rate
,
good
,
keen
,
keen-witted
,
made for
,
master
,
masterful
,
masterly
,
nimble
,
nimble-witted
,
no dumbbell
,
not born yesterday
,
outstanding
,
quick
,
quick-thinking
,
quick-witted
,
scintillating
,
sharp
,
sharp-witted
,
skilled
,
smart
,
steel-trap
,
superb
,
superior
,
talented
,
top-drawer
,
top-flight
,
top-notch
,
virtuoso
,
with a flair
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
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
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
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
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
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
steel band
collapse
a band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands)
related words >
German band
,
Philharmonic
,
band
,
big band
,
brass
,
brass band
,
brass choir
,
brass quintet
,
brass section
,
brasses
,
callithumpian band
,
chamber orchestra
,
combo
,
concert band
,
desks
,
dixieland band
,
ensemble
,
gamelan orchestra
,
group
,
jazz band
,
jug band
,
military band
,
orchestra
,
quartet
,
quintet
,
ragtime band
,
rock-and-roll group
,
sextet
,
skiffle band
,
street band
,
string band
,
string choir
,
string orchestra
,
string quartet
,
strings
,
swing band
,
symphony
,
symphony orchestra
,
trio
,
waits
,
woodwind
,
woodwind choir
,
woodwind quartet
,
woodwinds
jazz band
collapse
a small band of jazz musicians
related words >
German band
,
Philharmonic
,
band
,
big band
,
brass
,
brass band
,
brass choir
,
brass quintet
,
brass section
,
brasses
,
callithumpian band
,
chamber orchestra
,
combo
,
concert band
,
desks
,
dixieland band
,
ensemble
,
gamelan orchestra
,
group
,
jug band
,
military band
,
orchestra
,
quartet
,
quintet
,
ragtime band
,
rock-and-roll group
,
sextet
,
skiffle band
,
steel band
,
street band
,
string band
,
string choir
,
string orchestra
,
string quartet
,
strings
,
swing band
,
symphony
,
symphony orchestra
,
trio
,
waits
,
woodwind
,
woodwind choir
,
woodwind quartet
,
woodwinds
Philharmonic
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devoted to or appreciative of music; "the most philharmonic ear is at times deeply affected by a simple air"
composing or characteristic of an orchestral group; "philharmonic players"
related words >
German band
,
band
,
big band
,
brass
,
brass band
,
brass choir
,
brass quintet
,
brass section
,
brasses
,
callithumpian band
,
chamber orchestra
,
combo
,
concert band
,
desks
,
dixieland band
,
ensemble
,
gamelan orchestra
,
group
,
jazz band
,
jug band
,
military band
,
orchestra
,
quartet
,
quintet
,
ragtime band
,
rock-and-roll group
,
sextet
,
skiffle band
,
steel band
,
street band
,
string band
,
string choir
,
string orchestra
,
string quartet
,
strings
,
swing band
,
symphony
,
symphony orchestra
,
trio
,
waits
,
woodwind
,
woodwind choir
,
woodwind quartet
,
woodwinds
harden
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become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"
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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
gird
collapse
bind with something round or circular
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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
intaglio
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glyptic art consisting of a sunken or depressed engraving or carving on a stone or gem (as opposed to cameo)
related words >
anaglyph
,
aquatint
,
bas-relief
,
boss
,
burin
,
cameo
,
cameo glass
,
cast
,
cavo-rilievo
,
cerography
,
chalcography
,
crayon engraving
,
cribbling
,
cut glass
,
die
,
drypoint
,
embossment
,
engraving tool
,
etching
,
etching ball
,
etching ground
,
etching needle
,
etching point
,
form
,
glyph
,
glyptograph
,
graver
,
high relief
,
intaglio rilevato
,
intaglio rilievo
,
last
,
low relief
,
mask
,
matrix
,
medal
,
medallion
,
metal cut
,
mezzotint
,
mint
,
mold
,
needle
,
negative
,
photoengraving
,
plaquette
,
plate engraving
,
point
,
punch
,
pyrogravure
,
relief
,
relief method
,
relievo
,
rocker
,
scorper
,
sculptured glass
,
seal
,
shoe last
,
stamp
,
steel engraving
,
style
,
template
,
wood engraving
,
woodburning
,
woodcut
,
zincography
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