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weatherproof
collapse
able to withstand exposure to weather without damage; "weatherproof electric wiring"; "a weatherproof coat"
make resistant to bad weather
related words >
airtight
,
ballproof
,
bombproof
,
bulletproof
,
burglarproof
,
corrosionproof
,
dampproof
,
fire-resisting
,
fireproof
,
flameproof
,
foolproof
,
hermetic
,
holeproof
,
impervious to
,
insulate
,
leakproof
,
noiseproof
,
proof
,
proof against
,
punctureproof
,
resistant
,
rustproof
,
shatterproof
,
shellproof
,
soundproof
,
tight
,
waterproof
,
watertight
niggard
collapse
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
related words >
Silas Marner
,
cheapskate
,
cheeseparing
,
churl
,
close
,
curmudgeon
,
grudging
,
mean
,
mingy
,
miser
,
miserly
,
muckworm
,
niggardly
,
penny pincher
,
penny-pinching
,
penurious
,
pinchfist
,
pinchgut
,
pinchpenny
,
save-all
,
scrooge
,
shabby
,
skinflint
,
sordid
,
stiff
,
tight
,
tightwad
soundproof
collapse
impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound; "a soundproof room"
insulate against noise; "Proust had his apartment soundproofed"
related words >
airtight
,
ballproof
,
bombproof
,
bulletproof
,
burglarproof
,
corrosionproof
,
dampproof
,
fire-resisting
,
fireproof
,
flameproof
,
foolproof
,
hermetic
,
holeproof
,
impervious to
,
insulate
,
leakproof
,
noiseproof
,
proof
,
proof against
,
punctureproof
,
resistant
,
rustproof
,
shatterproof
,
shellproof
,
tight
,
waterproof
,
watertight
,
weatherproof
quagmire
collapse
related words >
baygall
,
bind
,
bog
,
bottom
,
bottomland
,
bottoms
,
box
,
buffalo wallow
,
cesspool
,
cloaca
,
cloaca maxima
,
clutch
,
complication
,
corner
,
crunch
,
dilemma
,
drain
,
dump
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
everglade
,
fen
,
fenland
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
fix
,
garbage dump
,
glade
,
hell to pay
,
hobble
,
hog wallow
,
hole
,
holm
,
hot water
,
how-do-you-do
,
imbroglio
,
jam
,
marais
,
marish
,
marsh
,
marshland
,
meadow
,
mere
,
mess
,
mire
,
mix
,
moor
,
moorland
,
morass
,
moss
,
mud
,
mud flat
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
peat bog
,
pickle
,
pinch
,
plight
,
predicament
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
quag
,
quicksand
,
salt marsh
,
scrape
,
septic tank
,
sewer
,
sink
,
slob land
,
slough
,
sough
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
strait
,
straits
,
sump
,
swale
,
swamp
,
swampland
,
taiga
,
tight spot
,
tight squeeze
,
tightrope
,
tricky spot
,
unholy mess
,
wallow
,
wash
elongated
collapse
drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"
related words >
dragged out
,
drawn
,
drawn out
,
drawn-out
,
elliptical
,
elongate
,
extended
,
lengthened
,
lengthy
,
oblong
,
oblongated
,
oblongitudinal
,
prolongated
,
prolonged
,
protracted
,
pulled
,
rectangular
,
spun out
,
straggling
,
strained
,
stretched
,
stretched out
,
strung out
,
taut
,
tense
,
tight
shipshape
collapse
of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder; "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"
related words >
all ataunto
,
anal
,
ataunt
,
bungup and bilge-free
,
chipper
,
dinky
,
neat
,
orderly
,
sleek
,
slick
,
smart
,
snug
,
spick and span
,
spick-and-span
,
spotless
,
spruce
,
taut
,
tidy
,
tight
,
trig
,
trim
,
uncluttered
,
well-cared-for
,
well-groomed
terse
collapse
related words >
Attic
,
Ciceronian
,
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abrupt
,
aphoristic
,
aposiopestic
,
axiomatic
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
brief
,
brusque
,
chaste
,
classic
,
clear
,
clear-cut
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concentrated
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
curt
,
cut
,
direct
,
distilled
,
docked
,
dumb
,
easy
,
economical of words
,
elegant
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
finished
,
formulaic
,
formulistic
,
gnomic
,
graceful
,
gracile
,
gruff
,
incisive
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
lean
,
limpid
,
lucid
,
mum
,
mute
,
natural
,
neat
,
pellucid
,
perspicuous
,
petulant
,
pithy
,
plain
,
platitudinous
,
pointed
,
polished
,
precise
,
proverbial
,
pruned
,
pungent
,
pure
,
quiet
,
refined
,
reserved
,
restrained
,
round
,
rude
,
sententious
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
simple
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
straightforward
,
succinct
,
summary
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
tart
,
tasteful
,
taut
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
trim
,
truncated
,
unaffected
,
ungracious
,
unlabored
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
strained
collapse
under great stress; "her voice was strained as she asked the question"
related words >
Herculean
,
agitated
,
all-overish
,
anxious
,
anxioused up
,
apprehensive
,
arduous
,
artificial
,
awkward
,
backbreaking
,
biased
,
bothered
,
burdensome
,
chill
,
chilly
,
cold
,
concerned
,
cooked
,
cool
,
crushing
,
difficult
,
disaccordant
,
disquieted
,
distant
,
disturbed
,
doctored
,
dragged out
,
drawn
,
drawn out
,
effortful
,
elongated
,
extended
,
farfetched
,
fearful
,
forced
,
foreboding
,
frosty
,
garbled
,
grueling
,
hard-earned
,
hard-fought
,
heavy
,
hefty
,
icy
,
improbable
,
in a pucker
,
in a stew
,
incompatible
,
inhospitable
,
inimical
,
insincere
,
killing
,
labored
,
laborious
,
lengthened
,
misgiving
,
misquoted
,
misrepresented
,
nervous
,
on tenterhooks
,
onerous
,
operose
,
oppressive
,
out-of-the-way
,
overanxious
,
overapprehensive
,
painful
,
perturbed
,
perverted
,
prolongated
,
prolonged
,
protracted
,
pulled
,
punishing
,
put-on
,
quite another thing
,
remote
,
self-conscious
,
slanted
,
solicitous
,
something else again
,
spun out
,
stiff
,
straggling
,
strenuous
,
stretched
,
stretched out
,
stretched tight
,
strung out
,
suspenseful
,
taut
,
tense
,
tight
,
toilsome
,
tortured
,
tough
,
troubled
,
troublesome
,
twisted
,
unamiable
,
unamicable
,
uncomfortable
,
uncordial
,
under a strain
,
uneasy
,
unfriendly
,
ungenial
,
unharmonious
,
unnatural
,
unrelaxed
,
unsociable
,
uphill
,
uptight
,
wearisome
,
zealous
uptight
collapse
related words >
accordant
,
anal
,
bourgeois
,
compulsive
,
concordant
,
conformist
,
conventional
,
corresponding
,
edgy
,
formalistic
,
harmonious
,
in accord
,
in keeping
,
in line
,
in step
,
kosher
,
nervy
,
orthodox
,
pedantic
,
plastic
,
precisianistic
,
restive
,
square
,
straight
,
strained
,
stretched tight
,
stuffy
,
taut
,
tense
,
traditionalist
,
under a strain
,
uneasy
,
unrelaxed
shut off
collapse
block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"
isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"
stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"
related words >
abrupt
,
alienate
,
alienated
,
apart
,
bar
,
barricade
,
block
,
block out
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bolt
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
chock
,
choke
,
choke off
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
constrict
,
crowd
,
cut
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
debar
,
delete
,
depart
,
detached
,
disarticulate
,
disarticulated
,
disconnect
,
disconnected
,
disengage
,
disengaged
,
disjoin
,
disjoined
,
disjoint
,
disjointed
,
disjunct
,
dislocated
,
dispersed
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
disunited
,
divide
,
divided
,
divorce
,
divorced
,
dog
,
eject
,
estrange
,
estranged
,
expel
,
in a backwater
,
insular
,
isolate
,
isolated
,
jam
,
kill
,
leave
,
lock
,
obstruct
,
occlude
,
out-of-the-way
,
out-of-the-world
,
pack
,
part
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
quarantined
,
remote
,
removed
,
retired
,
scattered
,
secluded
,
segregate
,
segregated
,
separate
,
separated
,
sequester
,
sequestered
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
shroud
,
shut
,
shut down
,
shut out
,
shut tight
,
split
,
squeeze
,
squeeze shut
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
step aside
,
stifle
,
stop up
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
subtract
,
suffocate
,
switch off
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
turn off
,
uncouple
,
unfrequented
,
unvisited
,
unyoke
,
withdraw
,
withdrawn
tightness
collapse
lack of movement or room for movement
related words >
Jim Crow
,
adhesiveness
,
alien
,
apartheid
,
avarice
,
bullheadedness
,
cheapness
,
chinchiness
,
chintziness
,
closefistedness
,
closeness
,
cohesiveness
,
color bar
,
confinement
,
consistency
,
crowdedness
,
division
,
ethnocentrism
,
exclusiveness
,
exiguity
,
fewness
,
firmness
,
foreigner
,
gluiness
,
glutinosity
,
gumminess
,
hair
,
hairbreadth
,
hairsbreadth
,
hardfistedness
,
hoarding
,
illiberality
,
incapaciousness
,
incommodiousness
,
infrequency
,
insularity
,
insulation
,
isolation
,
know-nothingism
,
limitation
,
meagerness
,
miserliness
,
narrow gauge
,
narrowness
,
nearness
,
niggardliness
,
obstinacy
,
out-group
,
outcast
,
outsider
,
parochialism
,
paucity
,
penny-pinching
,
persistence
,
persistency
,
persona non grata
,
quarantine
,
race hatred
,
racial segregation
,
rarity
,
renitence
,
renitency
,
restrictedness
,
restriction
,
retention
,
rigidity
,
rigidness
,
rigor
,
scantiness
,
scarcity
,
scrimpiness
,
seclusion
,
segregation
,
separation
,
skimpiness
,
slenderness
,
smallness
,
snobbishness
,
snugness
,
sparseness
,
sparsity
,
starchiness
,
stick-to-itiveness
,
stickiness
,
stiffness
,
stinginess
,
straitness
,
stranger
,
strictness
,
stringency
,
stubbornness
,
tackiness
,
tautness
,
tenaciousness
,
tenacity
,
tenseness
,
tension
,
tensity
,
thinness
,
tight purse strings
,
tight squeeze
,
tightfistedness
,
toughness
,
ungenerosity
,
viscidity
,
viscosity
,
xenophobia
incommodious
collapse
uncomfortably or inconveniently small; "incommodious hotel accommodations"
related words >
angustifoliate
,
angustirostrate
,
angustisellate
,
angustiseptal
,
awkward
,
circumscribed
,
close
,
close-fitting
,
clumsy
,
confined
,
constricted
,
cramp
,
cramped
,
crowded
,
discommodious
,
incapacious
,
inconvenient
,
isthmian
,
isthmic
,
limited
,
meager
,
narrow
,
near
,
restrained
,
restricted
,
scant
,
scanty
,
slender
,
strait
,
tight
,
troublesome
,
unhandy
,
unwieldy
morass
collapse
related words >
anarchy
,
baygall
,
bind
,
bog
,
bottom
,
bottomland
,
bottoms
,
buffalo wallow
,
chaos
,
clutch
,
complication
,
confusion
,
crunch
,
dunghill
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
entanglement
,
everglade
,
fabulous formless darkness
,
fen
,
fenland
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
foul-up
,
glade
,
hassle
,
hell to pay
,
hobble
,
hog wallow
,
holm
,
hot water
,
how-do-you-do
,
imbroglio
,
jam
,
jungle
,
knot
,
labyrinth
,
license
,
marais
,
marish
,
marsh
,
marshland
,
meadow
,
mere
,
mesh
,
mess
,
mire
,
misrule
,
mix
,
mix-up
,
moor
,
moorland
,
moss
,
mud
,
mud flat
,
muddle
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
peat bog
,
pickle
,
pinch
,
plight
,
predicament
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
quag
,
quagmire
,
quicksand
,
salt marsh
,
scrape
,
screw-up
,
skein
,
slob land
,
slough
,
snafu
,
snarl
,
sough
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
strait
,
straits
,
sump
,
swale
,
swamp
,
swampland
,
taiga
,
tangle
,
tight spot
,
tight squeeze
,
tightrope
,
tricky spot
,
unholy mess
,
view
,
wallow
,
wash
,
web
wedged
collapse
related words >
aground
,
anchored
,
bonded
,
caught
,
cemented
,
chained
,
close
,
fast
,
fastened
,
firm
,
fixed
,
glued
,
grounded
,
held
,
high and dry
,
impacted
,
inextricable
,
jammed
,
moored
,
packed
,
secure
,
set
,
stranded
,
stuck
,
stuck fast
,
taped
,
tethered
,
tied
,
tight
,
transfixed
tight lipped
collapse
related words >
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tongue-tied
,
unloquacious
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
untalkative
collapse
related words >
brief
,
brusque
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
concise
,
curt
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
indisposed to talk
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
quiet
,
short
,
silent
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight-lipped
,
tongue-tied
,
unloquacious
,
word-bound
,
wordless
tight squeeze
collapse
related words >
bind
,
broken fortune
,
close call
,
close shave
,
close squeak
,
closeness
,
clutch
,
complication
,
confinement
,
crowdedness
,
crunch
,
cubby
,
cubbyhole
,
difficulties
,
distress
,
doghouse
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
genteel poverty
,
hair
,
hairbreadth
,
hairbreadth escape
,
hairsbreadth
,
hard pinch
,
hardship
,
hell to pay
,
hobble
,
hole
,
hot water
,
how-do-you-do
,
imbroglio
,
impecuniosity
,
impecuniousness
,
incapaciousness
,
incommodiousness
,
insolvency
,
jam
,
light purse
,
limitation
,
mess
,
mix
,
morass
,
narrow escape
,
narrow gauge
,
narrow means
,
narrow squeak
,
narrowness
,
near go
,
near miss
,
near thing
,
nearness
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
pickle
,
pigeonhole
,
pinch
,
playhouse
,
plight
,
poorness
,
poverty
,
predicament
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
quagmire
,
quicksand
,
restrictedness
,
restriction
,
scrape
,
slender means
,
slenderness
,
slough
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
strait
,
straitened circumstances
,
straitness
,
straits
,
strictness
,
swamp
,
tight spot
,
tightness
,
tightrope
,
tricky spot
,
unholy mess
,
unprosperousness
,
voluntary poverty
,
vows of poverty
infrequent
collapse
not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper"
related words >
almost unheard-of
,
cheeseparing
,
chinchy
,
chintzy
,
exiguous
,
meager
,
miserly
,
niggardly
,
piddling
,
poor
,
rare
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scarce
,
scattered
,
scrimping
,
scrimpy
,
seldom met with
,
seldom seen
,
skimping
,
skimpy
,
slim
,
slow
,
sparse
,
spotty
,
sprinkled
,
stingy
,
thin
,
tight
,
uncommon
,
unfrequent
,
unique
,
unusual
shatterproof
collapse
resistant to shattering or splintering; "shatterproof automobile windows"
related words >
airtight
,
ballproof
,
bombproof
,
bulletproof
,
burglarproof
,
chip-proof
,
corrosionproof
,
dampproof
,
fire-resisting
,
fireproof
,
flameproof
,
foolproof
,
fractureproof
,
hermetic
,
holeproof
,
impervious to
,
infrangible
,
leakproof
,
noiseproof
,
nonbreakable
,
proof
,
proof against
,
punctureproof
,
resistant
,
rustproof
,
shellproof
,
soundproof
,
tight
,
unbreakable
,
unshatterable
,
watertight
,
weatherproof
windproof
collapse
related words >
airtight
,
close
,
compact
,
dustproof
,
dusttight
,
fast
,
firm
,
gasproof
,
gastight
,
hermetic
,
hermetically sealed
,
lightproof
,
lighttight
,
oilproof
,
oiltight
,
rainproof
,
raintight
,
sealed
,
shut fast
,
smokeproof
,
smoketight
,
snug
,
staunch
,
stormproof
,
stormtight
,
tight
,
water-repellant
,
waterproof
,
watertight
,
windtight
lightproof
collapse
not penetrable by light; "lightproof containers"
related words >
airtight
,
close
,
compact
,
dustproof
,
dusttight
,
fast
,
firm
,
gasproof
,
gastight
,
hermetic
,
hermetically sealed
,
lighttight
,
oilproof
,
oiltight
,
rainproof
,
raintight
,
sealed
,
shut fast
,
smokeproof
,
smoketight
,
snug
,
staunch
,
stormproof
,
stormtight
,
tight
,
water-repellant
,
waterproof
,
watertight
,
windproof
,
windtight
miserly
collapse
related words >
Lenten
,
Spartan
,
a hog for
,
abject
,
abstemious
,
acquisitive
,
all-devouring
,
ascetic
,
austere
,
avaricious
,
avid
,
bottomless
,
cheap
,
cheeseparing
,
chinchy
,
chintzy
,
close
,
closefisted
,
coveting
,
covetous
,
devouring
,
dwarfed
,
dwarfish
,
esurient
,
exiguous
,
frugal
,
gluttonous
,
gobbling
,
grabby
,
grasping
,
greedy
,
hardfisted
,
hoggish
,
ignoble
,
illiberal
,
impoverished
,
infrequent
,
insatiable
,
insatiate
,
jejune
,
lean
,
limited
,
limitless
,
meager
,
mean
,
mercenary
,
mingy
,
money-hungry
,
money-mad
,
narrow
,
near
,
niggardly
,
omnivorous
,
overgreedy
,
paltry
,
parsimonious
,
penny-pinching
,
penurious
,
piddling
,
piggish
,
pinchfisted
,
pinching
,
poor
,
puny
,
quenchless
,
rapacious
,
rare
,
ravening
,
ravenous
,
save-all
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scarce
,
scattered
,
scrawny
,
scrimp
,
scrimping
,
scrimpy
,
seldom met with
,
seldom seen
,
skimp
,
skimping
,
skimpy
,
slakeless
,
slender
,
slight
,
slim
,
small
,
sordid
,
spare
,
sparing
,
sparse
,
spotty
,
sprinkled
,
starvation
,
stingy
,
stinted
,
straitened
,
stunted
,
subsistence
,
swinish
,
thin
,
tight
,
tight-fisted
,
tightfisted
,
unappeasable
,
unappeased
,
ungenerous
,
unnourishing
,
unnutritious
,
unquenchable
,
unsated
,
unsatisfied
,
unslakeable
,
unslaked
,
venal
,
voracious
,
watered
,
watery
iron grip
collapse
related words >
bear hug
,
bite
,
clamp
,
clasp
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
clinging
,
clutch
,
death grip
,
embrace
,
firm hold
,
foothold
,
footing
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hold
,
hug
,
nip
,
purchase
,
seizure
,
tight grip
,
toehold
death grip
collapse
related words >
bear hug
,
bite
,
clamp
,
clasp
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
clinging
,
clutch
,
embrace
,
firm hold
,
foothold
,
footing
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hold
,
hug
,
iron grip
,
nip
,
purchase
,
seizure
,
tight grip
,
toehold
leakproof
collapse
not subject to leaks
related words >
airtight
,
ballproof
,
bombproof
,
bulletproof
,
burglarproof
,
corrosionproof
,
dampproof
,
dripproof
,
fire-resisting
,
fireproof
,
flameproof
,
floodproof
,
foolproof
,
hermetic
,
holeproof
,
impervious to
,
moistureproof
,
noiseproof
,
proof
,
proof against
,
punctureproof
,
rainproof
,
raintight
,
resistant
,
rustproof
,
seepproof
,
shatterproof
,
shellproof
,
soundproof
,
stormproof
,
stormtight
,
tight
,
waterproof
,
watertight
,
weatherproof
punctureproof
collapse
related words >
airtight
,
ballproof
,
bombproof
,
bulletproof
,
burglarproof
,
corrosionproof
,
dampproof
,
fire-resisting
,
fireproof
,
flameproof
,
foolproof
,
hermetic
,
holeproof
,
impassable
,
impenetrable
,
impermeable
,
impervious
,
impervious to
,
leakproof
,
noiseproof
,
nonpuncturable
,
proof
,
proof against
,
resistant
,
rustproof
,
shatterproof
,
shellproof
,
soundproof
,
tight
,
unpassable
,
unperforable
,
unpierceable
,
watertight
,
weatherproof
suffocate
collapse
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
related words >
OD
,
asphyxiate
,
bake
,
bar
,
barricade
,
be in heat
,
be killed
,
blaze
,
block
,
block up
,
blockade
,
bloom
,
boil
,
bolt
,
bottle up
,
broil
,
burke
,
burn
,
censor
,
chock
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clamp down on
,
close
,
close off
,
close tight
,
close up
,
combust
,
constrict
,
cook
,
cork
,
cork up
,
crack down on
,
crowd
,
crush
,
damp down
,
debar
,
dog
,
drown
,
extinguish
,
famish
,
flame
,
flame up
,
flare
,
flare up
,
flicker
,
flush
,
fry
,
gag
,
garrote
,
gasp
,
glow
,
hold down
,
incandesce
,
jam
,
jump on
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
kill
,
lock
,
muzzle
,
obstruct
,
occlude
,
pack
,
pant
,
parch
,
pour water on
,
put down
,
put out
,
quash
,
quell
,
quench
,
radiate heat
,
repress
,
roast
,
scald
,
scorch
,
seethe
,
shimmer with heat
,
shut down on
,
shut off
,
shut out
,
shut tight
,
silence
,
simmer
,
sit down on
,
sit on
,
smash
,
smolder
,
smother
,
smothering
,
smudgy
,
snuff out
,
spark
,
squash
,
squeeze
,
squeeze shut
,
squelch
,
stamp out
,
stanch
,
starve
,
steam
,
stew
,
stifle
,
stop the breath
,
stop up
,
strangle
,
strangulate
,
stultify
,
subdue
,
suffocating
,
suppress
,
sweat
,
swelter
,
throttle
,
toast
,
trample out
,
trample underfoot
,
voice
bear hug
collapse
a takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest
a wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent
related words >
bite
,
clamp
,
clasp
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
clinging
,
clutch
,
death grip
,
embrace
,
enfoldment
,
firm hold
,
foothold
,
footing
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hold
,
hug
,
iron grip
,
nip
,
purchase
,
seizure
,
squeeze
,
tight grip
,
toehold
fastened
collapse
firmly closed or secured; "found the gate fastened"; "a fastened seatbelt"
related words >
aground
,
anchored
,
bonded
,
caught
,
cemented
,
chained
,
close
,
fast
,
firm
,
fixed
,
glued
,
grounded
,
held
,
high and dry
,
impacted
,
inextricable
,
jammed
,
moored
,
packed
,
riveted
,
secure
,
set
,
settled
,
staple
,
stated
,
stranded
,
stuck
,
stuck fast
,
taped
,
tethered
,
tied
,
tight
,
transfixed
,
wedged
secretive
collapse
related words >
close
,
closemouthed
,
dark
,
discreet
,
disinclined to communicate
,
evasive
,
excretory
,
lachrymal
,
lachrymose
,
lacrimatory
,
lactational
,
lacteal
,
lacteous
,
meaningless
,
mum
,
reserved
,
reticent
,
rheumy
,
salivant
,
salivary
,
salivous
,
secret
,
secretional
,
secretory
,
seminal
,
serous
,
shifty
,
sialagogic
,
silent
,
spermatic
,
taciturn
,
tight-lipped
,
uncommunicative
,
unconversable
,
unsociable
,
watering
,
watery
reserved
collapse
cool and formal in manner
marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
set aside for the use of a particular person or party
related words >
Olympian
,
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
aloof
,
antisocial
,
aposiopestic
,
backward
,
bashful
,
blank
,
brief
,
brusque
,
ceremonious
,
chilled
,
chilly
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-lipped
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
cold
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
conserved
,
constrained
,
contracted
,
controlled
,
conventional
,
cool
,
crisp
,
curt
,
cut
,
demure
,
detached
,
diffident
,
dignified
,
discreet
,
distant
,
docked
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
expressionless
,
forbidding
,
formal
,
frigid
,
frosty
,
gnomic
,
guarded
,
held
,
held back
,
held in reserve
,
ice-cold
,
icy
,
impassive
,
impersonal
,
inaccessible
,
incommunicable
,
introverted
,
kept
,
laconic
,
modest
,
modified
,
noncommittal
,
offish
,
pithy
,
pointed
,
poker-faced
,
preserved
,
prim
,
pruned
,
put by
,
quiet
,
remote
,
removed
,
repressed
,
restrained
,
retained
,
reticent
,
retiring
,
rigid
,
saved
,
sedate
,
sententious
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
shrinking
,
shy
,
silent
,
spare
,
standoff
,
standoffish
,
strait-laced
,
subdued
,
succinct
,
summary
,
suppressed
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
tights
,
to the point
,
truncated
,
unaffable
,
unapproachable
,
uncommunicative
,
uncongenial
,
undemonstrative
,
unemotional
,
unexpansive
,
ungenial
,
unresponsive
,
unsocial
,
withdrawn
,
withheld
thriftiness
collapse
related words >
austerity
,
austerity program
,
canniness
,
care
,
carefulness
,
chariness
,
economic planning
,
economicalness
,
economy
,
economy of means
,
false economy
,
forehandedness
,
frugality
,
frugalness
,
good management
,
husbandry
,
management
,
parsimoniousness
,
parsimony
,
providence
,
prudence
,
prudential administration
,
sparingness
,
thrift
,
tight purse strings
,
unwastefulness
flameproof
collapse
resistant to catching fire
related words >
airtight
,
ballproof
,
bombproof
,
bulletproof
,
burglarproof
,
corrosionproof
,
dampproof
,
fire-resistant
,
fire-resisting
,
fire-retardant
,
fire-retarded
,
fireproof
,
fireproofed
,
foolproof
,
hermetic
,
holeproof
,
impervious to
,
leakproof
,
noiseproof
,
proof
,
proof against
,
punctureproof
,
resistant
,
rustproof
,
shatterproof
,
shellproof
,
soundproof
,
tight
,
watertight
,
weatherproof
brusque
collapse
marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"
related words >
Spartan
,
abbreviated
,
abridged
,
abrupt
,
aggressive
,
aposiopestic
,
artless
,
bearish
,
beastly
,
bluff
,
blunt
,
brash
,
brief
,
broad
,
candid
,
cavalier
,
churlish
,
clipped
,
close
,
close-tongued
,
closemouthed
,
compact
,
compendious
,
compressed
,
concise
,
condensed
,
contracted
,
crisp
,
crusty
,
curt
,
cut
,
direct
,
discourteous
,
docked
,
downright
,
dumb
,
economical of words
,
elliptic
,
epigrammatic
,
explicit
,
forthright
,
frank
,
frankhearted
,
free
,
free-speaking
,
free-spoken
,
free-tongued
,
genuine
,
gnomic
,
gruff
,
harsh
,
heart-to-heart
,
ill-mannered
,
impolite
,
indisposed to talk
,
ingenuous
,
laconic
,
mum
,
mute
,
open
,
openhearted
,
outspoken
,
overbearing
,
pithy
,
plain
,
plain-spoken
,
pointed
,
pruned
,
quiet
,
reserved
,
rough
,
round
,
rude
,
sententious
,
severe
,
sharp
,
short
,
short and sweet
,
shortened
,
silent
,
sincere
,
snippety
,
snippy
,
snug
,
sparing of words
,
speechless
,
straight
,
straight-out
,
straightforward
,
succinct
,
summary
,
surly
,
synopsized
,
taciturn
,
terse
,
tight
,
tight-lipped
,
to the point
,
tongue-tied
,
transparent
,
truculent
,
truncated
,
unchecked
,
uncivil
,
unconstrained
,
unequivocal
,
ungracious
,
unguarded
,
unloquacious
,
unmannerly
,
unreserved
,
unrestrained
,
untalkative
,
word-bound
,
wordless
fireproof
collapse
impervious to damage by fire
make resistant to fire
related words >
airtight
,
ballproof
,
bombproof
,
bulletproof
,
burglarproof
,
corrosionproof
,
dampproof
,
fire-resistant
,
fire-resisting
,
fire-retardant
,
fire-retarded
,
fireproofed
,
flameproof
,
foolproof
,
hermetic
,
holeproof
,
impervious to
,
insulate
,
leakproof
,
noiseproof
,
proof
,
proof against
,
punctureproof
,
resistant
,
rustproof
,
shatterproof
,
shellproof
,
soundproof
,
tight
,
waterproof
,
watertight
,
weatherproof
nearness
collapse
the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; "the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action"
related words >
access
,
accession
,
accord
,
accordance
,
addition
,
adjunct
,
advance
,
advent
,
affairs
,
affiliation
,
affinity
,
afflux
,
affluxion
,
agreement
,
alikeness
,
alliance
,
analogy
,
aping
,
approach
,
approaching
,
appropinquation
,
approximation
,
appulse
,
assemblage
,
assimilation
,
association
,
avarice
,
bond
,
cheapness
,
chumminess
,
closefistedness
,
closeness
,
combination
,
coming
,
coming near
,
coming toward
,
community
,
comparability
,
comparison
,
confinement
,
conformity
,
connectedness
,
connection
,
contiguity
,
contrariety
,
copying
,
correspondence
,
crowdedness
,
dealings
,
deduction
,
disjunction
,
familiarity
,
filiation
,
flowing toward
,
forthcoming
,
hair
,
hairbreadth
,
hairsbreadth
,
hardfistedness
,
hoarding
,
homology
,
identity
,
illiberality
,
imitation
,
imminence
,
incapaciousness
,
incommodiousness
,
inseparableness
,
intercourse
,
intimacy
,
intimate acquaintance
,
junction
,
liaison
,
likeness
,
likening
,
limitation
,
link
,
linkage
,
linking
,
mateyness
,
metaphor
,
mimicking
,
miserliness
,
mutual attraction
,
narrow gauge
,
narrowness
,
nearing
,
oncoming
,
palliness
,
parallelism
,
parity
,
penny-pinching
,
propinquity
,
proximation
,
proximity
,
rapport
,
relatedness
,
relation
,
relations
,
relationship
,
resemblance
,
restrictedness
,
restriction
,
sameness
,
semblance
,
similarity
,
simile
,
similitude
,
simulation
,
slenderness
,
special affinity
,
stinginess
,
straitness
,
strictness
,
sympathy
,
tie
,
tie-in
,
tight purse strings
,
tight squeeze
,
tightfistedness
,
tightness
,
ungenerosity
,
union
sequential
collapse
related words >
appendant
,
catenary
,
connected
,
consecutive
,
consequent
,
consequential
,
consistent
,
continuous
,
cyclic
,
deducible
,
derivable
,
derivational
,
derivative
,
ensuing
,
final
,
following
,
infenible
,
joined
,
lineal
,
linear
,
next
,
ordered
,
orderly
,
ordinal
,
organized
,
posterior
,
postpositional
,
postpositive
,
progressive
,
proximate
,
resultant
,
resulting
,
sequacious
,
sequent
,
serial
,
seriate
,
subsequent
,
succeeding
,
successional
,
successive
,
suffixed
,
systematic
,
tight
,
uninterrupted
strait
collapse
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
strict and severe; "strait is the gate"
related words >
angustifoliate
,
angustirostrate
,
angustisellate
,
angustiseptal
,
arm
,
armlet
,
bay
,
bayou
,
belt
,
bight
,
bind
,
boca
,
bottleneck
,
bound
,
bounded
,
box
,
breakers ahead
,
canal
,
cardhouse
,
cause for alarm
,
channel
,
circumscribed
,
climacteric
,
close
,
close-fitting
,
clutch
,
complication
,
conditioned
,
confined
,
confining
,
constricted
,
contingency
,
convergence of events
,
copyrighted
,
cove
,
cramp
,
cramped
,
creek
,
crisis
,
critical juncture
,
critical point
,
crossroads
,
crowded
,
crucial period
,
crunch
,
danger
,
dangerous ground
,
defile
,
demanding
,
difficult
,
dilemma
,
disciplined
,
embarrassing position
,
embarrassment
,
emergency
,
endangerment
,
estuary
,
euripus
,
exacting
,
exigency
,
extremity
,
fine how-do-you-do
,
finite
,
fjord
,
frith
,
gaping chasm
,
gathering clouds
,
gulf
,
gut
,
harbor
,
hazard
,
hell to pay
,
hinge
,
hobble
,
hot water
,
house of cards
,
how-do-you-do
,
imbroglio
,
imperilment
,
incapacious
,
incommodious
,
inlet
,
isthmian
,
isthmic
,
isthmus
,
jam
,
jeopardy
,
kyle
,
limited
,
limiting
,
loch
,
meager
,
menace
,
mess
,
mix
,
moderated
,
morass
,
mouth
,
narrow
,
narrow seas
,
narrows
,
natural harbor
,
near
,
neck
,
parlous straits
,
pass
,
patented
,
peril
,
perplexity
,
pickle
,
pinch
,
plight
,
predicament
,
prescribed
,
pretty pass
,
pretty pickle
,
pretty predicament
,
proscribed
,
push
,
quagmire
,
qualified
,
quicksand
,
reach
,
restricted
,
restricting
,
rigorous
,
risk
,
road
,
roads
,
roadstead
,
rocks ahead
,
rub
,
scant
,
scanty
,
scrape
,
slender
,
slough
,
sound
,
spot
,
squeeze
,
stew
,
sticky wicket
,
storm clouds
,
straitened
,
straits
,
swamp
,
thin ice
,
threat
,
throat
,
tight
,
tight spot
,
tight squeeze
,
tightrope
,
tricky spot
,
trouble
,
turn
,
turning
,
turning point
,
unholy mess
grapple
collapse
to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
related words >
abduct
,
adhere to
,
affix
,
anchor
,
annex
,
attach
,
battle
,
bear hug
,
belay
,
bite
,
box
,
brawl
,
broil
,
carry off
,
catch
,
cement
,
cinch
,
clamp
,
clash
,
clasp
,
cleave to
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
clinging
,
clip
,
close
,
clutch
,
collide
,
combat
,
come to blows
,
contend
,
contend with
,
contest
,
cope with
,
cramp
,
cut and thrust
,
deal with
,
death grip
,
duel
,
embrace
,
engraft
,
exchange blows
,
face
,
fasten
,
fence
,
feud
,
fight
,
fight a duel
,
firm hold
,
fix
,
foothold
,
footing
,
freeze to
,
give and take
,
give satisfaction
,
grab
,
graft
,
grapple with
,
grasp
,
grip
,
gripe
,
hang on
,
hang on to
,
hold
,
hold fast
,
hold on
,
hold on to
,
hold tight
,
hug
,
iron grip
,
jostle
,
joust
,
keep hold of
,
kidnap
,
knit
,
make fast
,
mix it up
,
moor
,
nab
,
nail
,
never let go
,
nip
,
purchase
,
put to
,
quarrel
,
rassle
,
riot
,
run a tilt
,
scramble
,
screw up
,
scuffle
,
secure
,
seize
,
seizure
,
set
,
set to
,
shanghai
,
skirmish
,
snatch
,
spar
,
stick to
,
strive
,
struggle
,
struggle with
,
tackle
,
take
,
take on
,
tenure
,
throttle
,
thrust and parry
,
tight grip
,
tighten
,
tilt
,
toehold
,
tourney
,
trice up
,
trim
,
tussle
,
wage war
,
war
,
wrestle
hug
collapse
a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"
fit closely or tightly; "The dress hugged her hips"
related words >
abduct
,
accost
,
accueil
,
address
,
adhere
,
adhere to
,
agglomerate
,
around
,
bear
,
bear hug
,
bite
,
bob
,
bosom
,
bow
,
bunch
,
carry off
,
cherish
,
clamp
,
clasp
,
cleave
,
cleave to
,
clench
,
clinch
,
cling
,
cling to
,
clinging
,
clip
,
clot
,
cluster
,
clutch
,
coagulate
,
cohere
,
congeal
,
conglomerate
,
curtsy
,
death grip
,
embosom
,
embrace
,
enfold
,
enfoldment
,
entertain
,
firm hold
,
fold
,
follow close upon
,
fondle
,
foothold
,
footing
,
foster
,
freeze to
,
glad hand
,
go with
,
grapple
,
grasp
,
greeting
,
grip
,
gripe
,
grow together
,
hail
,
hand-clasp
,
handshake
,
hang about
,
hang on
,
hang on to
,
hang together
,
harbor
,
have
,
have and hold
,
hearty welcome
,
hello
,
hold
,
hold fast
,
hold on
,
hold on to
,
hold tight
,
hold together
,
hover over
,
how-do-you-do
,
huddle
,
hug the shore
,
iron grip
,
keep
,
keep close to
,
keep hold of
,
kidnap
,
kiss
,
lie by
,
make welcome
,
march with
,
mass
,
never let go
,
nip
,
nod
,
nurse
,
nurture
,
open arms
,
persist
,
press
,
purchase
,
reception
,
salutation
,
salute
,
seizure
,
set
,
shanghai
,
smile
,
smile of recognition
,
smiling reception
,
solidify
,
squeeze
,
stand by
,
stay
,
stay inshore
,
stay near
,
stay put
,
stick
,
stick to
,
stick together
,
tailgate
,
take hold of
,
the glad hand
,
throttle
,
tight grip
,
toehold
,
treasure
,
treasure up
,
wave
,
welcome
,
welcome mat
,
welcoming
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