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snowfall
collapse
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avalanche
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blizzard
,
crystal
,
driven snow
,
flake
,
flurry
,
granular snow
,
igloo
,
mantle of snow
,
mogul
,
slosh
,
slush
,
snow
,
snow banner
,
snow bed
,
snow blanket
,
snow blast
,
snow fence
,
snow flurry
,
snow roller
,
snow slush
,
snow squall
,
snow wreath
,
snow-crystal
,
snowball
,
snowbank
,
snowbridge
,
snowcap
,
snowdrift
,
snowfield
,
snowflake
,
snowland
,
snowman
,
snowscape
,
snowshed
,
snowslide
,
snowslip
,
snowstorm
,
wet snow
shy
collapse
a quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first baseman"
wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers"
easily startled or frightened
throw quickly
start suddenly, as from fight
related words >
Pyrrhonic
,
about the bush
,
afraid
,
agnostic
,
apprehensive
,
around the bush
,
arrested
,
averse
,
avert
,
avoid
,
back down
,
backhanded
,
backward
,
balance
,
balk
,
bankrupt in
,
bare of
,
bashful
,
be startled
,
bear off
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bereft of
,
bicker
,
bilk
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
boggling
,
bowl
,
cagey
,
callow
,
cast
,
cast at
,
catapult
,
cautious
,
cavil
,
chary
,
choplogic
,
chuck
,
chuck at
,
chunk
,
circumspect
,
confused
,
conscious
,
cowardly
,
coy
,
cringe
,
dart
,
dash
,
debate
,
defective
,
deficient
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
demure
,
demurring
,
denuded of
,
deprived of
,
destitute of
,
devoid of
,
diffident
,
distrustful
,
dodge
,
double
,
doubtful
,
doubting
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
dubious
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
elude
,
embryonic
,
empty of
,
equivocate
,
eschew
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fade
,
failing
,
fall back
,
falter
,
faltering
,
fear
,
fearful
,
fearing
,
fearsome
,
fence
,
fight shy
,
fight shy of
,
fire
,
fire at
,
flinch
,
fling
,
fling at
,
flip
,
fly off
,
for want of
,
fork
,
forlorn of
,
from Missouri
,
gag
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
goosy
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
haw
,
head off
,
heave
,
heave at
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitant
,
hesitate
,
hesitating
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
hurl
,
hurl against
,
hurl at
,
hurtle
,
hypoplastic
,
immature
,
in arrear
,
in arrears
,
in default
,
in default of
,
in doubt
,
in fear
,
in short supply
,
in want of
,
inadequate
,
inarticulate
,
incomplete
,
indisposed
,
infant
,
insufficient
,
introversive
,
introvert
,
introverted
,
jerk
,
jib
,
jump
,
jump a mile
,
jumpy
,
lacking
,
lance
,
launch
,
leery
,
let fly
,
let fly at
,
loath
,
lob
,
make bones about
,
make way for
,
missing
,
mistrustful
,
mistrusting
,
modest
,
mousy
,
move aside
,
mystify
,
needing
,
nervous
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
out of
,
out of pocket
,
palter
,
panic
,
parry
,
part
,
partial
,
pass
,
patchy
,
pause
,
peg
,
pelt
,
pick nits
,
pitch
,
pitchfork
,
ponder
,
pot
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pussyfoot
,
put
,
put off
,
put the shot
,
quail
,
qualmish
,
questioning
,
quibble
,
rabbity
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
reluctant
,
reserved
,
retiring
,
retract
,
retreat
,
scant
,
scant of
,
scanty
,
scarce
,
scary
,
scrappy
,
scruple
,
scrupulous
,
self-conscious
,
self-distrustful
,
self-effacing
,
serve
,
shaky
,
shamefaced
,
shamefast
,
sheepish
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shivery
,
short
,
short of
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shrinking
,
shuffle
,
shun
,
shunt
,
shy at
,
shy away
,
shy of
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sideswipe
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
skedaddle
,
skeptical
,
sketchy
,
skittery
,
skittish
,
sling
,
sling at
,
snap
,
split hairs
,
squeamish
,
stammering
,
stampede
,
start
,
start aside
,
start back
,
startle
,
startlish
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
stick
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stickling
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
suspecting
,
suspicious
,
swerve
,
switch
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
throw
,
throw at
,
tilt
,
timid
,
timorous
,
toss
,
toss at
,
trembling
,
tremulous
,
trepidant
,
trigger-happy
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
unassertive
,
unassured
,
unblessed with
,
uncertain
,
underdeveloped
,
undeveloped
,
uneager
,
unpossessed of
,
untrusting
,
unwilling
,
veer off
,
void of
,
wanting
,
ward off
,
wary
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
stand on
collapse
related words >
abut on
,
affirm
,
allege
,
announce
,
annunciate
,
argue
,
assert
,
assever
,
asseverate
,
aver
,
avouch
,
avow
,
be based on
,
be contingent on
,
be dependent on
,
be incumbent on
,
be predicated on
,
bear on
,
bestraddle
,
bestride
,
brook no denial
,
contend
,
declare
,
depend
,
depend on
,
enunciate
,
express
,
hang
,
hang on
,
have
,
hinge
,
hinge on
,
hold
,
insist
,
insist on
,
insist upon
,
issue a manifesto
,
lay down
,
lean on
,
lie on
,
lie with
,
maintain
,
manifesto
,
perch
,
persist
,
predicate
,
press
,
proclaim
,
profess
,
pronounce
,
protest
,
put
,
put it
,
rely on
,
repose on
,
rest
,
rest on
,
rest with
,
revolve on
,
ride
,
say
,
set down
,
sit on
,
speak
,
speak out
,
speak up
,
stand for
,
state
,
stick to
,
straddle
,
stride
,
submit
,
take no denial
,
turn on
,
turn upon
,
urge
palter
collapse
related words >
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
bargain
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
chaffer
,
choplogic
,
dicker
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
falsify
,
fence
,
fib
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
higgle
,
huckster
,
hum and haw
,
lie
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
tergiversate
,
waffle
,
weasel
instability
collapse
the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute
unreliability attributable to being unstable
an unstable order
related words >
ambitendency
,
ambivalence
,
caducity
,
capriciousness
,
chanciness
,
change of mind
,
changeability
,
changeableness
,
choppiness
,
corruptibility
,
criticalness
,
danger
,
dappleness
,
death
,
decrepitude
,
delicacy
,
desultoriness
,
deviability
,
deviation
,
difference
,
differentiation
,
disorder
,
divarication
,
divergence
,
diversification
,
double-mindedness
,
doubtfulness
,
dubiety
,
dubiousness
,
eccentricity
,
ephemerality
,
ephemeralness
,
erraticism
,
evanescence
,
fence-sitting
,
fence-straddling
,
fickleness
,
finitude
,
fleetingness
,
flightiness
,
freakishness
,
fugacity
,
hazard
,
hazardousness
,
impermanence
,
impermanency
,
impulsiveness
,
incapacity
,
inconsistency
,
inconstancy
,
indecision
,
indecisiveness
,
inequality
,
infirmity
,
infirmity of purpose
,
insecurity
,
insipidity
,
insolidity
,
insubstantiality
,
invalidism
,
irregularity
,
irresolution
,
jerkiness
,
mercuriality
,
momentariness
,
moodiness
,
mortality
,
motleyness
,
mugwumpery
,
mugwumpism
,
mutability
,
nonconformism
,
nonconformity
,
nonstandardization
,
nonuniformity
,
peril
,
perilousness
,
perishability
,
pluralism
,
precariousness
,
raggedness
,
restlessness
,
ricketiness
,
risk
,
riskiness
,
second thoughts
,
senility
,
shakiness
,
shiftiness
,
shiftingness
,
slipperiness
,
speculativeness
,
sword of Damocles
,
tergiversation
,
ticklish business
,
ticklishness
,
totteriness
,
touchiness
,
transience
,
transiency
,
transientness
,
transitoriness
,
treacherousness
,
treachery
,
unauthenticity
,
unauthoritativeness
,
uncertainty
,
unconformism
,
unconformity
,
undecidedness
,
undependability
,
undeterminedness
,
unevenness
,
unfaithworthiness
,
unfirmness
,
unfixedness
,
unhealthiness
,
unorthodoxy
,
unpredictability
,
unreliability
,
unsafeness
,
unsettledness
,
unsettlement
,
unsolidity
,
unsoundness
,
unstableness
,
unsteadfastness
,
unsteadiness
,
unsturdiness
,
unsubstantiality
,
unsureness
,
untrustworthiness
,
vapidity
,
variability
,
variation
,
variegation
,
variety
,
variousness
,
versatility
,
volatility
,
wantonness
,
wateriness
,
wavering
,
waywardness
,
whimsicality
,
wishy-washiness
footslog
collapse
related words >
amble
,
backpack
,
barge
,
bowl along
,
bundle
,
clump
,
defile
,
drag
,
file
,
file off
,
flounce
,
foot
,
go on parade
,
goose-step
,
halt
,
hike
,
hippety-hop
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
hop
,
jog
,
jolt
,
jump
,
limp
,
lumber
,
lunge
,
lurch
,
march
,
mince
,
mush
,
pace
,
paddle
,
parade
,
peg
,
piaffe
,
piaffer
,
plod
,
prance
,
rack
,
roll
,
sashay
,
saunter
,
scuff
,
scuffle
,
scuttle
,
shamble
,
shuffle
,
sidle
,
single-foot
,
skip
,
slink
,
slither
,
slog
,
slop
,
slouch
,
stagger
,
stalk
,
stamp
,
stodge
,
stomp
,
straddle
,
straggle
,
stride
,
stroll
,
strut
,
stump
,
swagger
,
swing
,
tittup
,
toddle
,
toil
,
totter
,
traipse
,
tramp
,
trash
,
trip
,
trudge
,
waddle
,
wamble
,
wiggle
,
wobble
nestle
collapse
position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"
lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest"
related words >
arm
,
armor
,
bed
,
bless
,
bundle
,
burrow
,
champion
,
cloak
,
compass about
,
copyright
,
cover
,
cradle
,
croodle
,
cuddle
,
cuddle up
,
curl up
,
cushion
,
defend
,
ensure
,
fence
,
fend
,
guarantee
,
guard
,
harbor
,
haven
,
huddle
,
insure
,
keep
,
keep from harm
,
lap
,
make safe
,
nuzzle
,
patent
,
police
,
protect
,
put to bed
,
register
,
ride shotgun for
,
safeguard
,
screen
,
secure
,
shelter
,
shield
,
shroud
,
snug
,
snug up
,
snuggle
,
snuggle up to
,
tuck in
,
underwrite
beg the question
collapse
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
ward off
barge
collapse
a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
transport by barge on a body of water
push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room"
related words >
amble
,
boat
,
bowl along
,
bundle
,
bus
,
cart
,
clump
,
coach
,
drag
,
dray
,
ferry
,
float
,
flounce
,
foot
,
footslog
,
halt
,
haul
,
hippety-hop
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
hop
,
jog
,
jolt
,
jump
,
lighter
,
limp
,
lumber
,
lunge
,
lurch
,
mince
,
pace
,
paddle
,
peg
,
piaffe
,
piaffer
,
plod
,
prance
,
rack
,
raft
,
roll
,
sashay
,
saunter
,
scuff
,
scuffle
,
scuttle
,
shamble
,
ship
,
shuffle
,
sidle
,
single-foot
,
skip
,
sled
,
sledge
,
slink
,
slither
,
slog
,
slouch
,
stagger
,
stalk
,
stamp
,
stomp
,
straddle
,
straggle
,
stride
,
stroll
,
strut
,
stumble
,
stump
,
swagger
,
swing
,
tittup
,
toddle
,
totter
,
traipse
,
trip
,
truck
,
trudge
,
van
,
waddle
,
wagon
,
wamble
,
wheelbarrow
,
wiggle
,
wobble
uncommitted
collapse
not bound or pledged
related words >
Laodicean
,
afoot and lighthearted
,
apathetic
,
at large
,
at liberty
,
centrist
,
clear
,
detached
,
disengaged
,
easygoing
,
emancipated
,
even
,
fifty-fifty
,
footloose
,
footloose and fancy-free
,
free
,
free and easy
,
free as air
,
freeborn
,
freed
,
go-as-you-please
,
half-and-half
,
impartial
,
in the clear
,
independent
,
indifferent
,
liberated
,
loose
,
midway
,
moderate
,
neuter
,
neutral
,
nonaligned
,
noncommitted
,
nonpartisan
,
on the fence
,
on the loose
,
passive
,
released
,
scot-free
,
third-force
,
third-world
,
unattached
,
unengaged
,
uninvolved
bootleg
collapse
the part of a boot above the instep
distributed or sold illicitly; "the black economy pays no taxes"
produce or distribute illegally; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing"
sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey"
related words >
actionable
,
against the law
,
anarchic
,
anarchistic
,
anomic
,
bathtub gin
,
black-market
,
black-marketeer
,
blockade
,
brew
,
chargeable
,
contraband
,
contrary to law
,
criminal
,
distill
,
felonious
,
fence
,
flawed
,
hooch
,
illegal
,
illegitimate
,
illicit
,
impermissible
,
irregular
,
justiciable
,
lawless
,
moonlight
,
moonshine
,
mountain dew
,
nonconstitutional
,
nonlegal
,
nonlicit
,
outlaw
,
outlawed
,
punishable
,
push
,
run
,
shove
,
triable
,
unallowed
,
unauthorized
,
unconstitutional
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
unlawful
,
unofficial
,
unstatutory
,
unwarrantable
,
unwarranted
,
white lightning
,
wrongful
nitpick
collapse
be overly critical; criticize minor details
related words >
around the bush
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
carp
,
catch at straws
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
cut up
,
dodge
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fault-find
,
fence
,
find fault
,
hedge
,
mystify
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pettifog
,
pick holes
,
pick nits
,
pick to pieces
,
prevaricate
,
pull apart
,
pull to pieces
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
take exception
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tergiversate
dig in
collapse
related words >
arm
,
armor
,
armor-plate
,
bank
,
barricade
,
battle
,
blockade
,
bulwark
,
castellate
,
crenellate
,
embattle
,
entrench
,
fence
,
fortify
,
garrison
,
hang in
,
hang in there
,
hang tough
,
hold fast
,
hold out
,
man
,
man the garrison
,
mine
,
palisade
,
remain firm
,
stand fast
,
stand firm
,
stand no nonsense
,
stand the gaff
,
stick
,
stick fast
,
take what comes
,
wall
middle of the road
collapse
related words >
average
,
balance
,
center
,
compromise
,
fence
,
generality
,
golden mean
,
half measures
,
half-and-half measures
,
halfway measures
,
happy medium
,
juste-milieu
,
mean
,
median
,
mediocrity
,
medium
,
middle
,
middle course
,
middle ground
,
middle point
,
middle position
,
middle state
,
middle way
,
middle-of-the-road
,
midpoint
,
moderantism
,
moderate position
,
moderateness
,
moderation
,
moderatism
,
neutral ground
,
norm
,
normal
,
par
,
rule
,
run
,
third force
,
via media
shirk
collapse
avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"
related words >
abandon
,
avoid
,
bilk
,
burke
,
bypass
,
creep
,
cut
,
dodge
,
dog it
,
double
,
duck
,
duck duty
,
eschew
,
evade
,
fence
,
get around
,
get out of
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
gumshoe
,
jump
,
leave
,
leave loose ends
,
leave undone
,
let alone
,
let be
,
let dangle
,
let go
,
lurk
,
malinger
,
miss
,
not pull fair
,
omit
,
parry
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
pretermit
,
procrastinate
,
pussyfoot
,
shrink from
,
shun
,
sidestep
,
skip
,
skive
,
skulk
,
slack
,
slide out of
,
slink
,
slip
,
slip out of
,
snake
,
sneak out of
,
soldier
,
steal
,
trifle
,
welsh
beat around the bush
collapse
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
circumlocute
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
go round about
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
periphrase
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
ward off
balustrade
collapse
related words >
Samson post
,
baluster
,
banister
,
barrier
,
base
,
boundary
,
caryatid
,
colonnade
,
column
,
dado
,
die
,
doorjamb
,
doorpost
,
fence
,
footstalk
,
gatepost
,
hitching post
,
jack
,
jamb
,
king post
,
milepost
,
mullion
,
newel-post
,
pedestal
,
pedicel
,
peduncle
,
pier
,
pilaster
,
pile
,
piling
,
pillar
,
plinth
,
pole
,
post
,
queen-post
,
rail
,
railing
,
shaft
,
signpost
,
snubbing post
,
socle
,
staff
,
stalk
,
stanchion
,
stand
,
standard
,
stem
,
stile
,
stone wall
,
subbase
,
surbase
,
trunk
,
upright
,
wall
Milquetoast
collapse
related words >
baby
,
big baby
,
chicken
,
chicken liver
,
coward
,
crybaby
,
doormat
,
dull tool
,
fence-sitter
,
fraid-cat
,
fraidy-cat
,
funk
,
funker
,
gutless wonder
,
invertebrate
,
jellyfish
,
lightweight
,
lily liver
,
meek soul
,
milksop
,
mollycoddle
,
mouse
,
mugwump
,
namby-pamby
,
nebbish
,
nonentity
,
pansy
,
pantywaist
,
pushover
,
sad sack
,
scaredy-cat
,
shilly-shally
,
sissy
,
softling
,
softy
,
sop
,
waverer
,
weak sister
,
weakling
,
white feather
,
white liver
,
wobbler
wamble
collapse
move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion
related words >
amble
,
barge
,
bowl along
,
bundle
,
circle
,
circulate
,
circumrotate
,
circumvolute
,
clump
,
crank
,
drag
,
flounce
,
foot
,
footslog
,
go around
,
go round
,
gyrate
,
gyre
,
halt
,
hippety-hop
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
hop
,
jog
,
jolt
,
jump
,
limp
,
lumber
,
lunge
,
lurch
,
mince
,
pace
,
paddle
,
peg
,
piaffe
,
piaffer
,
pirouette
,
pivot
,
plod
,
prance
,
rack
,
revolve
,
roll
,
rotate
,
round
,
sashay
,
saunter
,
screw
,
scuff
,
scuffle
,
scuttle
,
shamble
,
shuffle
,
sidle
,
single-foot
,
skip
,
slink
,
slither
,
slog
,
slouch
,
spin
,
stagger
,
stalk
,
stamp
,
stomp
,
straddle
,
straggle
,
stride
,
stroll
,
strut
,
stump
,
swagger
,
swing
,
swivel
,
tittup
,
toddle
,
totter
,
traipse
,
trip
,
trudge
,
turn
,
turn a pirouette
,
turn around
,
turn round
,
twist
,
waddle
,
wheel
,
wiggle
,
wind
,
wobble
moat
collapse
ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
related words >
abri
,
abysm
,
abyss
,
approach trench
,
aqueduct
,
arch dam
,
arroyo
,
backstop
,
bamboo curtain
,
bank
,
bar
,
barrage
,
barrier
,
bear-trap dam
,
beaver dam
,
boom
,
box canyon
,
breach
,
break
,
breakwater
,
breastwork
,
brick wall
,
buffer
,
bulkhead
,
bulwark
,
bunker
,
canal
,
canalization
,
canyon
,
cavity
,
channel
,
chap
,
chasm
,
check
,
chimney
,
chink
,
cleft
,
cleuch
,
clough
,
cofferdam
,
col
,
communication trench
,
coulee
,
couloir
,
countermine
,
coupure
,
crack
,
cranny
,
crevasse
,
crevice
,
crimp
,
cut
,
cwm
,
dam
,
defense
,
defile
,
dell
,
dike
,
ditch
,
donga
,
double sap
,
draw
,
dugout
,
earthwork
,
embankment
,
entrenchment
,
excavation
,
fault
,
fence
,
fire trench
,
fissure
,
flaw
,
flume
,
flying sap
,
fortified tunnel
,
fosse
,
foxhole
,
fracture
,
furrow
,
gallery
,
gap
,
gape
,
gash
,
gate
,
goffer
,
gorge
,
gravity dam
,
groin
,
groove
,
gulch
,
gulf
,
gully
,
gutter
,
ha-ha
,
hole
,
hydraulic-fill dam
,
incision
,
iron curtain
,
jam
,
jetty
,
joint
,
kennel
,
kloof
,
leak
,
leaping weir
,
levee
,
logjam
,
milldam
,
mine
,
mole
,
mound
,
notch
,
nullah
,
opening
,
parallel
,
parapet
,
pass
,
passage
,
pleat
,
portcullis
,
rampart
,
ravine
,
rent
,
rift
,
rime
,
roadblock
,
rock-fill dam
,
rupture
,
sap
,
scissure
,
seam
,
seawall
,
shutter dam
,
slit
,
slit trench
,
slot
,
split
,
stone wall
,
sunk fence
,
trench
,
trough
,
tunnel
,
valley
,
void
,
wadi
,
wall
,
weir
,
wicket dam
,
work
contravallation
collapse
related words >
abatis
,
advanced work
,
balistraria
,
bank
,
banquette
,
barbed-wire entanglement
,
barbican
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
bartizan
,
bastion
,
battlement
,
breastwork
,
bulwark
,
casemate
,
cheval-de-frise
,
circumvallation
,
counterscarp
,
curtain
,
demibastion
,
dike
,
drawbridge
,
earthwork
,
enclosure
,
entanglement
,
escarp
,
escarpment
,
fence
,
fieldwork
,
fortalice
,
fortification
,
glacis
,
loophole
,
lunette
,
machicolation
,
mantelet
,
merlon
,
mound
,
outwork
,
palisade
,
parados
,
parapet
,
portcullis
,
postern gate
,
rampart
,
ravelin
,
redan
,
redoubt
,
sally port
,
scarp
,
sconce
,
stockade
,
tenaille
,
vallation
,
vallum
,
work
bartizan
collapse
related words >
abatis
,
advanced work
,
balistraria
,
bank
,
banquette
,
barbed-wire entanglement
,
barbican
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
bastion
,
battlement
,
breastwork
,
bulwark
,
casemate
,
cheval-de-frise
,
circumvallation
,
contravallation
,
counterscarp
,
curtain
,
demibastion
,
dike
,
drawbridge
,
earthwork
,
enclosure
,
entanglement
,
escarp
,
escarpment
,
fence
,
fieldwork
,
fortalice
,
fortification
,
glacis
,
loophole
,
lunette
,
machicolation
,
mantelet
,
merlon
,
mound
,
outwork
,
palisade
,
parados
,
parapet
,
portcullis
,
postern gate
,
rampart
,
ravelin
,
redan
,
redoubt
,
sally port
,
scarp
,
sconce
,
stockade
,
tenaille
,
vallation
,
vallum
,
work
abatis
collapse
related words >
advanced work
,
balistraria
,
bank
,
banquette
,
barbed-wire entanglement
,
barbican
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
bartizan
,
bastion
,
battlement
,
breastwork
,
bulwark
,
casemate
,
cheval-de-frise
,
circumvallation
,
contravallation
,
counterscarp
,
curtain
,
demibastion
,
dike
,
drawbridge
,
earthwork
,
enclosure
,
entanglement
,
escarp
,
escarpment
,
fence
,
fieldwork
,
fortalice
,
fortification
,
glacis
,
loophole
,
lunette
,
machicolation
,
mantelet
,
merlon
,
mound
,
outwork
,
palisade
,
parados
,
parapet
,
portcullis
,
postern gate
,
rampart
,
ravelin
,
redan
,
redoubt
,
sally port
,
scarp
,
sconce
,
stockade
,
tenaille
,
vallation
,
vallum
,
work
compete
collapse
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
related words >
antagonize
,
approach
,
attempt
,
battle
,
beat against
,
beat up against
,
breast the wave
,
buck
,
buffet
,
buffet the waves
,
challenge
,
clash
,
close with
,
collide
,
combat
,
compete with
,
conflict
,
contend
,
contend against
,
contest
,
cope
,
dispute
,
emulate
,
equal
,
essay
,
fence
,
fight
,
fight against
,
grapple with
,
jockey
,
join battle with
,
joust
,
labor against
,
match
,
meet
,
militate against
,
offer resistance
,
outvie
,
reluct
,
reluctate
,
rival
,
stem the tide
,
strive
,
strive against
,
struggle
,
struggle against
,
take on
,
test one another
,
touch
,
try
,
vie
,
vie with
chitchat
collapse
light informal conversation for social occasions
related words >
babble
,
back-fence gossip
,
backchat
,
beauty-parlor chitchat
,
cackle
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chitter
,
chitter-chatter
,
clack
,
cocktail-party chitchat
,
gabble
,
gossip
,
gossiping
,
gossipmongering
,
gossipry
,
groundless rumor
,
idle chat
,
idle talk
,
newsmongering
,
piece of gossip
,
prattle
,
small talk
,
story
,
table talk
,
tale
,
talebearing
,
taletelling
,
talk
,
talkee-talkee
,
tattle
,
tea-table talk
,
tittle-tattle
battlement
collapse
a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
related words >
abatis
,
advanced work
,
balistraria
,
bank
,
banquette
,
barbed-wire entanglement
,
barbican
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
bartizan
,
bastion
,
breastwork
,
bulwark
,
casemate
,
castellation
,
cheval-de-frise
,
circumvallation
,
contravallation
,
counterscarp
,
crenel
,
curtain
,
demibastion
,
dike
,
drawbridge
,
earthwork
,
embrasure
,
enclosure
,
entanglement
,
escarp
,
escarpment
,
fence
,
fieldwork
,
fortalice
,
fortification
,
glacis
,
loophole
,
lunette
,
machicolation
,
mantelet
,
merlon
,
mound
,
outwork
,
palisade
,
parados
,
parapet
,
portcullis
,
postern gate
,
rampart
,
ravelin
,
redan
,
redoubt
,
sally port
,
scarp
,
sconce
,
stockade
,
tenaille
,
vallation
,
vallum
,
work
beleaguer
collapse
related words >
annoy
,
bedevil
,
beset
,
besiege
,
blockade
,
bound
,
box in
,
cage
,
chamber
,
close in
,
compass
,
contain
,
coop
,
coop in
,
coop up
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
corral
,
encircle
,
enclose
,
encompass
,
enshrine
,
envelop
,
fence in
,
gnaw
,
harass
,
harry
,
hedge in
,
hem in
,
house in
,
impound
,
imprison
,
incarcerate
,
include
,
invest
,
jail
,
kennel
,
lay siege to
,
leaguer
,
mew
,
mew up
,
pen
,
pen in
,
pester
,
plague
,
pocket
,
quarantine
,
rail in
,
shrine
,
shut in
,
shut up
,
siege
,
soften up
,
stable
,
storm
,
surround
,
tease
,
wall in
,
wrap
,
yard
,
yard up
redoubt
collapse
a forbidding stronghold
related words >
abatis
,
advanced work
,
balistraria
,
bank
,
banquette
,
barbed-wire entanglement
,
barbican
,
barricade
,
barrier
,
bartizan
,
bastion
,
battlement
,
breastwork
,
bulwark
,
casemate
,
cheval-de-frise
,
circumvallation
,
citadel
,
contravallation
,
counterscarp
,
curtain
,
demibastion
,
dike
,
drawbridge
,
earthwork
,
enclosure
,
entanglement
,
escarp
,
escarpment
,
fastness
,
fence
,
fieldwork
,
fortalice
,
fortification
,
fortress
,
glacis
,
loophole
,
lunette
,
machicolation
,
mantelet
,
merlon
,
mound
,
outwork
,
palisade
,
parados
,
parapet
,
portcullis
,
postern gate
,
rampart
,
ravelin
,
redan
,
sally port
,
scarp
,
sconce
,
stockade
,
stronghold
,
tenaille
,
vallation
,
vallum
,
work
snowdrift
collapse
a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
related words >
anthill
,
avalanche
,
bank
,
blizzard
,
cock
,
crystal
,
drift
,
driven snow
,
dune
,
embankment
,
flake
,
flurry
,
granular snow
,
haycock
,
haymow
,
hayrick
,
haystack
,
heap
,
hill
,
igloo
,
mantle of snow
,
mogul
,
molehill
,
mound
,
mow
,
pile
,
pyramid
,
rick
,
slosh
,
slush
,
snow
,
snow banner
,
snow bed
,
snow blanket
,
snow blast
,
snow fence
,
snow flurry
,
snow roller
,
snow slush
,
snow squall
,
snow wreath
,
snow-crystal
,
snowball
,
snowbank
,
snowbridge
,
snowcap
,
snowfall
,
snowfield
,
snowflake
,
snowland
,
snowman
,
snowscape
,
snowshed
,
snowslide
,
snowslip
,
snowstorm
,
stack
,
wet snow
fickle
collapse
marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"
related words >
adrift
,
afloat
,
agnostic
,
alternating
,
ambiguous
,
ambitendent
,
ambivalent
,
amorphous
,
at loose ends
,
brittle
,
capricious
,
chancy
,
changeable
,
changeful
,
coquettish
,
corruptible
,
deciduous
,
derelict
,
desultory
,
deviable
,
dicey
,
disaffected
,
disloyal
,
dizzy
,
double-minded
,
doubting
,
dubious
,
dying
,
eccentric
,
ephemeral
,
equivocal
,
erratic
,
evanescent
,
faddish
,
fading
,
faithless
,
false
,
fanciful
,
fast and loose
,
fence-sitting
,
fence-straddling
,
fitful
,
fleeting
,
flickering
,
flighty
,
flirtatious
,
flitting
,
fluctuating
,
fly-by-night
,
flying
,
fragile
,
frail
,
freakish
,
frivolous
,
fugacious
,
fugitive
,
giddy
,
hesitant
,
hesitating
,
impermanent
,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
incalculable
,
inconsistent
,
inconstant
,
indecisive
,
indemonstrable
,
infirm
,
infirm of purpose
,
insubstantial
,
irregular
,
irresolute
,
irresolved
,
irresponsible
,
light
,
lubricious
,
mazy
,
mercurial
,
momentary
,
moody
,
mortal
,
mugwumpian
,
mugwumpish
,
mutable
,
nondurable
,
nonpermanent
,
not true to
,
of bad faith
,
of two minds
,
passing
,
perishable
,
polysemous
,
quicksilver
,
rambling
,
recreant
,
restless
,
roving
,
scatterbrained
,
shapeless
,
shifting
,
shifty
,
short-lived
,
shuffling
,
skeptical
,
skittish
,
spasmodic
,
spineless
,
temperamental
,
temporal
,
temporary
,
ticklish
,
touch-and-go
,
toying
,
transient
,
transitive
,
transitory
,
trothless
,
unaccountable
,
uncertain
,
unconfirmable
,
uncontrolled
,
unconvinced
,
undecided
,
undependable
,
undetermined
,
undisciplined
,
undivinable
,
undurable
,
unenduring
,
unfaithful
,
unfixed
,
unforeseeable
,
unloyal
,
unpersuaded
,
unpredictable
,
unprovable
,
unreliable
,
unresolved
,
unrestrained
,
unsettled
,
unstable
,
unstable as water
,
unstaid
,
unsteadfast
,
unsteady
,
unsure
,
untrue
,
untrustworthy
,
unverifiable
,
vacillating
,
vagrant
,
variable
,
versatile
,
vicissitudinary
,
vicissitudinous
,
volatile
,
wandering
,
wanton
,
wavering
,
wavery
,
wavy
,
wayward
,
whimsical
,
wishy-washy
prevaricate
collapse
related words >
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
be untruthful
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
belie
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
deceive
,
dodge
,
draw the longbow
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
exaggerate
,
falsify
,
fence
,
fib
,
garble
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
lie
,
lie flatly
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mislead
,
misrepresent
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
speak falsely
,
split hairs
,
story
,
stretch the truth
,
tell a lie
,
tergiversate
,
waffle
,
weasel
wage war
collapse
related words >
battle
,
box
,
brawl
,
broil
,
carry on hostilities
,
clash
,
close
,
collide
,
combat
,
come to blows
,
contend
,
contest
,
cut and thrust
,
duel
,
engage in hostilities
,
exchange blows
,
fence
,
feud
,
fight
,
fight a duel
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
grapple
,
grapple with
,
jostle
,
joust
,
make war
,
mix it up
,
quarrel
,
rassle
,
riot
,
run a tilt
,
scramble
,
scuffle
,
shed blood
,
skirmish
,
spar
,
spill blood
,
strive
,
struggle
,
thrust and parry
,
tilt
,
tourney
,
tussle
,
war
,
wrestle
aqueduct
collapse
a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley
related words >
arroyo
,
bed
,
canal
,
canalization
,
channel
,
conduit
,
course
,
creek bed
,
crimp
,
culvert
,
cut
,
dike
,
ditch
,
donga
,
dry bed
,
duct
,
entrenchment
,
flume
,
fosse
,
goffer
,
gulch
,
gully
,
gullyhole
,
gutter
,
ha-ha
,
headrace
,
irrigation ditch
,
kennel
,
moat
,
nullah
,
pleat
,
race
,
river bed
,
riverway
,
runnel
,
sluice
,
spillbox
,
spillway
,
stream bed
,
streamway
,
sunk fence
,
swash
,
swash channel
,
tailrace
,
trench
,
trough
,
wadi
,
water carrier
,
water channel
,
water furrow
,
water gap
,
water gate
,
watercourse
,
waterway
,
waterworks
go out
collapse
become extinguished; "The lights suddenly went out and we were in the dark"
leave the house to go somewhere; "We never went out when our children were small"
take the field; "The soldiers went out on missions"
go out of fashion; become unfashionable
related words >
be all over
,
be lost
,
be no more
,
be superseded
,
become extinct
,
become void
,
blow over
,
bow out
,
boycott
,
burn out
,
carry
,
carry out
,
cease to be
,
cease to live
,
cover
,
decease
,
depart
,
depart this life
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
egress
,
encompass
,
environ
,
exit
,
expire
,
extend
,
extend out
,
fall
,
fall asleep
,
fall into disuse
,
fizzle
,
fizzle out
,
flame out
,
get out
,
go
,
go on strike
,
have it
,
have its time
,
hold
,
hold out
,
lapse
,
lie
,
lock out
,
make an exit
,
march out
,
obsolesce
,
outdistance
,
outlie
,
outrange
,
outstretch
,
part
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass on
,
pass out
,
pass over
,
perish
,
picket
,
put off mortality
,
quit this world
,
range
,
range out
,
reach
,
reach out
,
return to dust
,
revolt
,
run
,
run its course
,
run out
,
shut it down
,
sit down
,
slow down
,
span
,
spread
,
stop breathing
,
straddle
,
stretch
,
stretch out
,
strike
,
succumb
,
superannuate
,
surround
,
sweep
,
take in
,
thrust out
,
up and die
,
walk out
,
wear away
,
wear off
,
yield the ghost
jellyfish
collapse
any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
related words >
Chilopoda
,
Chordata
,
Echiuroidea
,
Ectoprocta
,
Entoprocta
,
Milquetoast
,
Monoplacophora
,
Nemertinea
,
Phoronidea
,
baby
,
big baby
,
chicken
,
chicken liver
,
coward
,
crybaby
,
doormat
,
dull tool
,
fence-sitter
,
fraid-cat
,
fraidy-cat
,
funk
,
funker
,
gutless wonder
,
invertebrate
,
lightweight
,
lily liver
,
meek soul
,
milksop
,
mollycoddle
,
mouse
,
mugwump
,
namby-pamby
,
nebbish
,
nonentity
,
pansy
,
pantywaist
,
pushover
,
sad sack
,
scaredy-cat
,
shilly-shally
,
sissy
,
softling
,
softy
,
sop
,
waverer
,
weak sister
,
weakling
,
white feather
,
white liver
,
wobbler
blow hot and cold
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
change
,
chop and change
,
choplogic
,
dither
,
dodge
,
ebb and flow
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fence
,
flounder
,
fluctuate
,
go through phases
,
hedge
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
oscillate
,
palter
,
parry
,
pendulate
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
ring the changes
,
seesaw
,
shift
,
shilly-shally
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
split hairs
,
stagger
,
sway
,
swing
,
teeter
,
teeter-totter
,
tergiversate
,
totter
,
turn
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waver
,
wax and wane
,
wobble
duel
collapse
any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)
a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"
related words >
affair of honor
,
battle
,
box
,
brawl
,
broil
,
buck
,
clash
,
close
,
collide
,
combat
,
come to blows
,
contend
,
contest
,
cut and thrust
,
dispute
,
exchange blows
,
fence
,
feud
,
fight
,
fight a duel
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
grapple
,
grapple with
,
jostle
,
joust
,
mix it up
,
monomachy
,
oppose
,
quarrel
,
rassle
,
repel
,
riot
,
run a tilt
,
satisfaction
,
scramble
,
scuffle
,
single combat
,
skirmish
,
spar
,
strive
,
struggle
,
thrust and parry
,
tilt
,
tourney
,
traverse
,
tussle
,
wage war
,
war
,
withstand
,
wrestle
strut
collapse
a proud stiff pompous gait
brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression
related words >
amble
,
barge
,
bounce
,
bowl along
,
brave show
,
bundle
,
clump
,
drag
,
droop
,
flaunt
,
flounce
,
foot
,
footslog
,
gait
,
gallop
,
halt
,
hippety-hop
,
hitch
,
hobble
,
hop
,
jog
,
jolt
,
jump
,
limp
,
lock step
,
lumber
,
lunge
,
lurch
,
mince
,
mincing steps
,
pace
,
paddle
,
parade
,
peacock
,
peacockery
,
peacockishness
,
peg
,
piaffe
,
piaffer
,
plod
,
prance
,
prink
,
promenade
,
rack
,
roll
,
sashay
,
saunter
,
scuff
,
scuffle
,
scuttle
,
shamble
,
shuffle
,
sidle
,
single-foot
,
skip
,
slink
,
slither
,
slog
,
slouch
,
slowness
,
stagger
,
stalk
,
stamp
,
step
,
stomp
,
straddle
,
straggle
,
stride
,
stroll
,
strolling gait
,
strutting
,
stump
,
swagger
,
swaggering
,
swank
,
swash
,
swashbuckle
,
swashbucklering
,
swashbucklery
,
swashbuckling
,
swing
,
tittup
,
toddle
,
totter
,
traipse
,
tread
,
trip
,
trot
,
trudge
,
velocity
,
waddle
,
walk
,
wamble
,
wiggle
,
wobble
stone wall
collapse
a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields
related words >
arch dam
,
backstop
,
balustrade
,
bamboo curtain
,
bank
,
bar
,
barrage
,
barrier
,
bear-trap dam
,
beaver dam
,
boom
,
boundary
,
breakwater
,
breastwork
,
brick wall
,
buffer
,
bulkhead
,
bulwark
,
cofferdam
,
dam
,
defense
,
dike
,
ditch
,
earthwork
,
embankment
,
fence
,
gate
,
gravity dam
,
groin
,
hydraulic-fill dam
,
iron curtain
,
jam
,
jetty
,
leaping weir
,
levee
,
logjam
,
milldam
,
moat
,
mole
,
mound
,
parapet
,
portcullis
,
rail
,
railing
,
rampart
,
roadblock
,
rock-fill dam
,
seawall
,
shutter dam
,
wall
,
weir
,
wicket dam
,
work
debate
collapse
the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)
argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"
discuss the pros and cons of an issue
related words >
Kilkenny cats
,
address
,
after-dinner speech
,
agitate
,
air
,
airing
,
allocution
,
altercation
,
analysis
,
analyze
,
application
,
argue
,
argument
,
argumentation
,
back down
,
balance
,
be abstracted
,
bickering
,
brood
,
buzz session
,
canvass
,
canvassing
,
cat-and-dog life
,
chalk talk
,
chew the cud
,
cloture
,
cogitation
,
colloquium
,
combat
,
comment upon
,
committee consideration
,
concentration
,
conference
,
conflict
,
consider
,
consideration
,
contemplate
,
contemplation
,
contend
,
contention
,
contentiousness
,
contest
,
contestation
,
controversy
,
controvert
,
cut and thrust
,
deal with
,
debating
,
declaim
,
declamation
,
deliberate
,
deliberate upon
,
deliberation
,
demagogue
,
demur
,
dialectic
,
dialogue
,
diatribe
,
digest
,
discept
,
discourse about
,
discuss
,
discussion
,
disputation
,
dispute
,
division
,
elocute
,
enmity
,
eulogy
,
examination
,
examine
,
exchange of views
,
exchange views
,
exhortation
,
falter
,
fear
,
fighting
,
filibuster
,
filibustering
,
filing
,
first reading
,
forensic
,
forensic address
,
formal speech
,
forum
,
funeral oration
,
go into
,
handle
,
hang back
,
harangue
,
heed
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold forth
,
hortatory address
,
hostility
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
inaugural
,
inaugural address
,
introduction
,
introspect
,
invective
,
investigate
,
investigation
,
jeremiad
,
jib
,
joint discussion
,
knock around
,
litigation
,
logical analysis
,
logical discussion
,
logomachy
,
logrolling
,
meditate
,
meditation
,
moot
,
mouth
,
mull over
,
muse
,
open discussion
,
open forum
,
orate
,
oration
,
out-herod Herod
,
panel discussion
,
paper war
,
pass under review
,
pause
,
pep talk
,
perorate
,
peroration
,
perpend
,
philippic
,
pitch
,
play around with
,
play with
,
polemic
,
ponder
,
ponder over
,
prepared speech
,
prepared text
,
public speech
,
pull back
,
quarrel
,
quarreling
,
quarrelsomeness
,
question
,
rabble-rouse
,
rant
,
rap
,
rap session
,
read
,
reading
,
reason
,
reason about
,
reason the point
,
recital
,
recitation
,
recite
,
reflect
,
reflection
,
refuting
,
retreat
,
review
,
rodomontade
,
roll call
,
ruminate
,
ruminate over
,
sales talk
,
salutatory
,
salutatory address
,
say
,
scrapping
,
screed
,
scruple
,
second reading
,
seminar
,
set speech
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
sift
,
speculate
,
speech
,
speechification
,
speeching
,
spiel
,
spout
,
squabbling
,
steamroller methods
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
strife
,
struggle
,
study
,
symposium
,
tabling
,
take up
,
talk
,
talk about
,
talk of
,
talk over
,
talkathon
,
think over
,
think through
,
think twice about
,
third reading
,
thrash out
,
thresh out
,
tirade
,
toss
,
town meeting
,
toy with
,
treat
,
treatment
,
tub-thump
,
valediction
,
valedictory
,
valedictory address
,
ventilate
,
ventilation
,
vote
,
war
,
war of words
,
warfare
,
weigh
,
withdraw
,
words
,
wrangle
,
wrangling
,
yield
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