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two shakes
collapse
related words >
a breath
,
bit
,
breath
,
coup
,
crack
,
flash
,
half a jiffy
,
half a mo
,
half a second
,
half a shake
,
instant
,
jiff
,
jiffy
,
little
,
little bit
,
little while
,
microsecond
,
millisecond
,
minute
,
moment
,
no time
,
pair of winks
,
sec
,
second
,
shake
,
short spell
,
short time
,
small space
,
span
,
split second
,
spurt
,
stroke
,
tick
,
trice
,
twink
,
twinkle
,
twinkling
,
twitch
,
wink
yet
collapse
up to the present time; "I have yet to see the results"; "details are yet to be worked out"
related words >
above
,
additionally
,
after a while
,
after all
,
again
,
albeit
,
all included
,
all the same
,
along
,
already
,
also
,
although
,
altogether
,
among other things
,
and all
,
and also
,
and so
,
as well
,
as yet
,
at all events
,
at any rate
,
au reste
,
before
,
before all
,
beside
,
besides
,
beyond
,
but
,
by this time
,
earlier
,
early
,
else
,
en plus
,
ere
,
ere then
,
erenow
,
even
,
even so
,
eventually
,
except
,
extra
,
farther
,
finally
,
for all that
,
for lagniappe
,
formerly
,
further
,
furthermore
,
heretofore
,
hereunto
,
hitherto
,
howbeit
,
however
,
in addition
,
in any case
,
in any event
,
in due course
,
inter alia
,
into the bargain
,
item
,
just the same
,
likewise
,
more
,
moreover
,
nevertheless
,
nonetheless
,
notwithstanding
,
on the side
,
on top of
,
or ever
,
over
,
plus
,
previously
,
priorly
,
rather
,
save
,
similarly
,
so far
,
someday
,
sometime
,
somewhen
,
sooner or later
,
still
,
then
,
then as previously
,
theretofore
,
therewith
,
though
,
thus far
,
till now
,
to boot
,
to date
,
to this day
,
too
,
ultimately
,
until now
,
until this time
,
up to now
,
when
interminably
collapse
all the time; seemingly without stopping; "a theological student with whom I argued interminably"; "her nagging went on endlessly"
related words >
ad infinitum
,
again and again
,
and night
,
at a stretch
,
boundlessly
,
ceaselessly
,
connectedly
,
constantly
,
continually
,
continuously
,
cumulatively
,
cyclically
,
day after day
,
endlessly
,
enduringly
,
eternally
,
everlastingly
,
for an age
,
for life
,
for long
,
forever
,
hour after hour
,
illimitably
,
immeasurably
,
immensely
,
in perpetuity
,
incalculably
,
incessantly
,
incomprehensibly
,
indestructibly
,
infinitely
,
innumerably
,
limitlessly
,
long
,
long ago
,
long since
,
measurelessly
,
monotonously
,
month after month
,
morning
,
never-endingly
,
noon
,
on a stretch
,
on and on
,
on end
,
perdurably
,
perennially
,
permanently
,
perpetually
,
persistently
,
protractedly
,
repetitively
,
round the clock
,
since time began
,
steadily
,
the livelong day
,
till doomsday
,
time immemorial
,
time without end
,
to infinity
,
together
,
unbrokenly
,
unceasingly
,
undyingly
,
unendingly
,
unintermittently
,
uninterruptedly
,
unrelievedly
,
without a break
,
without cease
,
without end
,
without limit
,
without stopping
,
world without end
,
year after year
perdure
collapse
related words >
abide
,
bide
,
carry on
,
carry through
,
continue
,
continue to be
,
defeat time
,
defy time
,
dwell
,
endure
,
exist
,
extend
,
go on
,
hold
,
hold on
,
hold out
,
keep
,
keep on
,
last
,
last long
,
last out
,
live
,
live on
,
live through
,
maintain
,
perennate
,
persist
,
prevail
,
remain
,
run
,
run on
,
stand
,
stay
,
stay on
,
subsist
,
survive
,
sustain
,
tarry
,
tide over
,
wear
,
wear well
diary
collapse
a personal journal (as a physical object)
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
related words >
Clio
,
Domesday Book
,
Muse of history
,
account book
,
address book
,
adventures
,
adversaria
,
album
,
annals
,
annual
,
appointment calendar
,
appointment schedule
,
autobiography
,
bimonthly
,
biographical sketch
,
biography
,
biweekly
,
blankbook
,
blotter
,
calendar
,
case history
,
cashbook
,
catalog
,
check sheet
,
chronicle
,
chronicles
,
chronology
,
classified catalog
,
clock card
,
commonplace book
,
confessions
,
court calendar
,
curriculum vitae
,
daily
,
date slip
,
datebook
,
daybook
,
desk calendar
,
diptych
,
docket
,
engagement book
,
ephemeris
,
experiences
,
fortnightly
,
fortunes
,
gazette
,
hagiography
,
hagiology
,
historiography
,
history
,
journal
,
ledger
,
legend
,
life
,
life and letters
,
life story
,
log
,
logbook
,
loose-leaf notebook
,
magazine
,
martyrology
,
memo book
,
memoir
,
memoirs
,
memorabilia
,
memorandum book
,
memorial
,
memorials
,
memory book
,
monthly
,
necrology
,
newsmagazine
,
notebook
,
obituary
,
organ
,
pad
,
periodical
,
petty cashbook
,
photobiography
,
pictorial
,
pocket notebook
,
pocketbook
,
police blotter
,
profile
,
quarterly
,
record
,
register
,
registry
,
resume
,
review
,
scrapbook
,
scratch pad
,
serial
,
slick magazine
,
spiral notebook
,
story
,
table
,
tablet
,
theory of history
,
time book
,
time chart
,
time scale
,
time schedule
,
time sheet
,
time study
,
timecard
,
timetable
,
trade magazine
,
triptych
,
weekly
,
workbook
,
writing tablet
,
yearbook
vacation
collapse
the act of making something legally void
leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
spend or take a vacation
related words >
AWOL
,
Christmas
,
French leave
,
Sunday
,
abeyance
,
abolishment
,
abolition
,
abrogation
,
abscondence
,
absence
,
absence without leave
,
absentation
,
absenteeism
,
absenting
,
annulment
,
break
,
breathing space
,
caesura
,
cancel
,
canceling
,
cancellation
,
cassation
,
cease-fire
,
coffee break
,
countermand
,
counterorder
,
cut
,
day off
,
default
,
defeasance
,
departure
,
disappearance
,
downtime
,
drop
,
escape
,
excused absence
,
fleeing
,
furlough
,
go on furlough
,
go on leave
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
hesitation
,
holiday
,
hooky
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
invalidation
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
leave
,
leave of absence
,
leaving
,
letup
,
liberty
,
lull
,
make holiday
,
nonappearance
,
nonattendance
,
nullification
,
off-time
,
paid holiday
,
paid vacation
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
quiet spell
,
recall
,
recantation
,
recess
,
relief
,
remission
,
renege
,
repeal
,
rescinding
,
rescindment
,
rescission
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
retraction
,
reversal
,
revocation
,
revoke
,
revokement
,
running away
,
sabbatical
,
sabbatical leave
,
sabbatical year
,
setting aside
,
shore leave
,
sick leave
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
suspension
,
take a holiday
,
take leave
,
time off
,
time out
,
truancy
,
truantism
,
truce
,
unexcused absence
,
vacatur
,
voidance
,
voiding
,
waiver
,
waiving
,
weekend
,
withdrawal
,
write-off
enlist
collapse
join the military
engage somebody to enter the army
related words >
affiliate
,
affiliate with
,
alternate
,
associate
,
bring
,
call up
,
carry
,
combine
,
come into
,
commandeer
,
conscript
,
cover
,
creep in
,
decide
,
detach
,
detach for service
,
determine
,
dispose
,
do a hitch
,
do a stint
,
do a tour
,
do time
,
draft
,
employ
,
engage
,
enroll
,
enter
,
fill in for
,
gather
,
get
,
get into
,
get to do
,
go into
,
have a go
,
have tenure
,
hire
,
hold office
,
impress
,
inaugurate
,
incline
,
induce
,
induct
,
influence
,
initiate
,
install
,
instate
,
interest in
,
invest
,
join
,
join up
,
keep a watch
,
lead
,
league with
,
levy
,
list
,
lure
,
make available
,
mobilize
,
muster
,
muster in
,
obtain
,
ordain
,
organize
,
press
,
procure
,
prompt
,
raise
,
re-up
,
recruit
,
reenlist
,
register
,
relieve
,
retain
,
secure
,
serve time
,
sign on
,
sign up
,
sneak in
,
spell
,
spell off
,
summon
,
sway
,
take out membership
,
take turns
,
take up membership
,
team up with
,
team with
,
tempt
,
time off
,
volunteer
prophecy
collapse
knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
related words >
actuarial prediction
,
afflatus
,
aftertime
,
afteryears
,
apocalypse
,
augury
,
by-and-by
,
cast
,
course ahead
,
crystal ball
,
determinism
,
direct communication
,
distant future
,
divination
,
divine inspiration
,
divine revelation
,
epiphany
,
eventuality
,
expectation
,
foreboding
,
forecast
,
forecasting
,
foreshowing
,
foresight
,
foretelling
,
forward look
,
future
,
future tense
,
futurism
,
futurity
,
guesswork
,
hereafter
,
immediate future
,
immediate prospect
,
imminence
,
improbability
,
inspiration
,
mystical experience
,
mysticism
,
near future
,
offing
,
omen
,
oracle
,
outlook
,
posteriority
,
prediction
,
prefiguration
,
prefigurement
,
prefiguring
,
presage
,
presaging
,
presentiment
,
preshowing
,
presignifying
,
prognosis
,
prognostication
,
project
,
promise
,
prophesying
,
prospect
,
prospectus
,
revelation
,
soothsay
,
soothsaying
,
speculation
,
statistical prediction
,
the future
,
the morrow
,
the sweet by-and-by
,
theophania
,
theophany
,
theopneustia
,
theopneusty
,
time ahead
,
time just ahead
,
time to come
,
tomorrow
,
vaticination
,
vision
,
weird
clock watcher
collapse
a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time
related words >
dallier
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
do-nothing
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
eye-servant
,
faineant
,
gentleman of leisure
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
laggard
,
lingerer
,
loafer
,
loiterer
,
loller
,
lotus-eater
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
malingerer
,
mope
,
moper
,
old soldier
,
potterer
,
putterer
,
shirk
,
shirker
,
skulk
,
skulker
,
slacker
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
soldier
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
tax dodger
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
trifler
,
truant
,
waiter on Providence
,
welsher
trifle
collapse
sponge cake spread with jam and soaked in wine; served with a custard sauce
related words >
Charlotte
,
Danish pastry
,
French pastry
,
a continental
,
a curse
,
a damn
,
a darn
,
a hoot
,
abandon
,
bagatelle
,
baklava
,
bauble
,
be foolish
,
be stupid
,
bean
,
beguile the time
,
bibelot
,
bill and coo
,
bit
,
blintz
,
brass farthing
,
bric-a-brac
,
burn daylight
,
button
,
carrot pudding
,
cent
,
chaff
,
chicken feed
,
chickenshit
,
chocolate eclair
,
chocolate mousse
,
cipher
,
clown
,
clown around
,
consume time
,
copulate
,
coquet
,
cream puff
,
curio
,
custard
,
cut
,
dab
,
dabble
,
dally
,
dally away
,
dandle
,
dash
,
details
,
diddle
,
diddle away
,
doodle
,
dowdy
,
dribble away
,
drivel away
,
drop
,
dud
,
duff
,
dummy
,
eclair
,
farce
,
farthing
,
feather
,
fiddle
,
fiddle with
,
fiddle-faddle
,
fidget
,
fidget with
,
fig
,
finger with
,
flan
,
fleabite
,
flirt
,
flirt with
,
folderol
,
fool
,
fool around
,
fool away
,
fool with
,
footle
,
fribble
,
frippery
,
fritter away
,
fritter away time
,
frivol
,
froth
,
gaud
,
get funny
,
gewgaw
,
gimcrack
,
gimcrackery
,
go haywire
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
hair
,
halfpenny
,
hardly anything
,
hill of beans
,
hollow man
,
horse around
,
idle
,
idle away
,
invite ridicule
,
iota
,
jackstraw
,
jerk off
,
jest
,
joke
,
jot
,
jump
,
junket
,
kickshaw
,
kid around
,
kill time
,
knickknack
,
knickknackery
,
lay figure
,
lead on
,
leave
,
leave loose ends
,
leave undone
,
let alone
,
let be
,
let dangle
,
let go
,
little
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
lose time
,
make love
,
make out
,
malinger
,
man of straw
,
mash
,
mere nothing
,
mess around
,
minikin
,
minutiae
,
miss
,
mite
,
mockery
,
molehill
,
monkey
,
monkey around
,
mousse
,
muck
,
mucker
,
muddle away
,
nebbish
,
neck
,
next to nothing
,
nobody
,
nonentity
,
nothing
,
novelty
,
nullity
,
omit
,
pandowdy
,
pass over
,
pass the time
,
pass up
,
pastry
,
pasty
,
patisserie
,
patty
,
patty-shell
,
peanuts
,
peppercorn
,
pet
,
philander
,
picayune
,
piddle
,
pie
,
pin
,
pinch
,
pinch of snuff
,
pinprick
,
piss away
,
play
,
play around
,
play the buffoon
,
play the fool
,
play with
,
plaything
,
plum pudding
,
potter
,
potter away
,
pretermit
,
procrastinate
,
pudding
,
puff
,
puppet
,
pushover
,
putter
,
quiche
,
rap
,
red cent
,
rennet
,
rosette
,
row of pins
,
rubbish
,
rush
,
scintilla
,
shade
,
shirk
,
shit
,
skip
,
slack
,
smack
,
small beer
,
small change
,
smatter
,
smidgen
,
smidgin
,
smooch
,
snap
,
sneeshing
,
sou
,
soupcon
,
spice
,
spoon
,
steamed pudding
,
straw
,
string along
,
strudel
,
suggestion
,
suspicion
,
sweet-talk
,
syllabub
,
tad
,
tapioca pudding
,
tart
,
thing of naught
,
timbale
,
tinker
,
tipsy cake
,
tittle
,
tomfool
,
touch
,
toy
,
toy with
,
trace
,
trash
,
trifle away
,
trifle with
,
trifles
,
trinket
,
trivia
,
triviality
,
trumpery
,
tuppence
,
turnover
,
twiddle
,
two cents
,
twopence
,
vanilla pudding
,
vol-au-vent
,
wanton
,
waste time
,
whatnot
,
whiff
,
while away
,
whim-wham
,
whisper sweet nothings
,
whit
,
zero
hard pressed
collapse
related words >
at the double
,
crowded
,
desperate
,
double-quick
,
double-time
,
hard up
,
hard-pressed
,
hard-pushed
,
hard-run
,
hurried
,
in desperate straits
,
in extremis
,
in extremities
,
on the double
,
pinched
,
pressed
,
pressed for time
,
pushed
,
rushed
,
sorely pressed
,
straitened
,
up against it
registry
collapse
related words >
account
,
account book
,
accounts payable ledger
,
accounts receivable ledger
,
active list
,
adversaria
,
aide-memoire
,
annals
,
annotation
,
archives
,
balance sheet
,
bank ledger
,
bankbook
,
blacklist
,
booking
,
books
,
card ledger
,
cashbook
,
catalog
,
cataloging
,
chancery
,
check sheet
,
checklist
,
chronicle
,
chronicling
,
chronology
,
civil list
,
clock card
,
correspondence
,
cost card
,
cost ledger
,
cost sheet
,
date slip
,
datebook
,
daybook
,
diary
,
docket
,
documentation
,
enlistment
,
enrollment
,
entering
,
entry
,
enumeration
,
factory ledger
,
files
,
filing
,
footnote
,
history
,
impanelment
,
indexing
,
inscribing
,
inscription
,
insertion
,
inventory
,
inventorying
,
item
,
itemization
,
items
,
jotting
,
journal
,
ledger
,
letters
,
list
,
listing
,
log
,
logbook
,
logging
,
marginal note
,
marginalia
,
matriculation
,
memo
,
memoir
,
memorandum
,
memorial
,
minutes
,
notation
,
note
,
passbook
,
pipe roll
,
posting
,
purchase ledger
,
record
,
record book
,
record keeping
,
recordation
,
recording
,
register
,
register office
,
registration
,
relic
,
remains
,
reminder
,
repertory
,
retired list
,
roll
,
rolls
,
roster
,
rota
,
sales journal
,
sales ledger
,
schedule
,
scholia
,
scholium
,
scroll
,
sick list
,
stock ledger
,
stores ledger
,
suspense ledger
,
table
,
tabulation
,
tally
,
tally sheet
,
time book
,
time chart
,
time scale
,
time schedule
,
time sheet
,
time study
,
timecard
,
timetable
,
token
,
trace
,
vestige
rushed
collapse
related words >
a bit previous
,
advanced
,
at the double
,
crowded
,
double-quick
,
double-time
,
far ahead
,
forward
,
half-baked
,
half-cocked
,
hard-pressed
,
hard-pushed
,
hard-run
,
hasty
,
hurried
,
ill-considered
,
impulsive
,
not firm
,
on the double
,
overhasty
,
oversoon
,
precipitate
,
precocious
,
premature
,
pressed
,
pressed for time
,
previous
,
pushed
,
too early
,
too soon
,
uncrystallized
,
unjelled
,
unmatured
,
unmeditated
,
unpremeditated
,
unprepared
,
unripe
,
untimely
tide over
collapse
suffice for a period between two points; "This money will keep us going for another year"
related words >
abide
,
be safe
,
bide
,
carry on
,
come through
,
continue
,
continue to be
,
defeat time
,
defy time
,
dwell
,
endure
,
exist
,
extend
,
go on
,
hold
,
hold on
,
hold out
,
keep
,
keep on
,
keep safe
,
last
,
last long
,
last out
,
live
,
live on
,
live through
,
maintain
,
perdure
,
perennate
,
persist
,
prevail
,
remain
,
ride out
,
run
,
run on
,
stand
,
stay
,
stay on
,
subsist
,
survive
,
sustain
,
tarry
,
wear
,
wear well
,
weather
,
weather the storm
in the long run
collapse
after a very lengthy period of time; "she will succeed in the long run"
related words >
all in all
,
all things considered
,
almost entirely
,
altogether
,
approximately
,
as a rule
,
as a whole
,
as an approximation
,
as things go
,
as times go
,
at large
,
broadly
,
broadly speaking
,
by and large
,
chiefly
,
commonly
,
effectually
,
essentially
,
eventually
,
finally
,
generally
,
generally speaking
,
in due course
,
in due season
,
in due time
,
in general
,
in round numbers
,
in the main
,
in time
,
mainly
,
mostly
,
normally
,
on balance
,
on the average
,
on the whole
,
ordinarily
,
overall
,
predominantly
,
prevailingly
,
roughly
,
roughly speaking
,
routinely
,
speaking generally
,
substantially
,
ultimately
,
usually
,
virtually
hold off
collapse
resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"
related words >
abstain
,
adjourn
,
be dilatory
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
blench
,
block
,
boggle
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
continue
,
counter
,
cut
,
defer
,
delay
,
demur
,
dismiss
,
dispense with
,
do without
,
drag out
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
extend
,
falter
,
fend
,
fend off
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
forbear
,
forgo
,
gain time
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hang off
,
hang up
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
keep at bay
,
keep back
,
keep in hand
,
keep off
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
let alone
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
not touch
,
not use
,
obstruct
,
pack off
,
parry
,
pause
,
pigeonhole
,
play for time
,
postpone
,
procrastinate
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
pull back
,
push aside
,
push back
,
put
,
put aside
,
put back
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
quail
,
rebuff
,
rebut
,
recess
,
recoil
,
refrain
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
reserve
,
save
,
scruple
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sleep on
,
snub
,
spare
,
spurn
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop
,
strain
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
waive
,
ward off
,
waver
,
wince
dawdler
collapse
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
related words >
clock watcher
,
dallier
,
dawdle
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
do-nothing
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
drone
,
faineant
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
laggard
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
loafer
,
loiterer
,
loller
,
lotus-eater
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
mope
,
moper
,
plodder
,
potterer
,
procrastinator
,
putterer
,
sleepyhead
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trifler
,
waiter on Providence
bourn
collapse
an archaic term for a goal or destination
an archaic term for a boundary
related words >
adolescent stream
,
anchorage
,
arroyo
,
beck
,
border line
,
bound
,
boundary
,
boundary condition
,
boundary line
,
braided stream
,
branch
,
break boundary
,
breakoff point
,
brook
,
brooklet
,
burn
,
ceiling
,
channel
,
circumscription
,
compass
,
confine
,
creek
,
crick
,
cutoff
,
cutoff point
,
deadline
,
delimitation
,
destination
,
determinant
,
division line
,
end
,
extremity
,
finish
,
floor
,
flowing stream
,
fluviation
,
fresh
,
freshet
,
frontier
,
gill
,
goal
,
harbor
,
haven
,
hedge
,
high-water mark
,
interface
,
kill
,
last stop
,
lazy stream
,
limen
,
limit
,
limitation
,
limiting factor
,
line
,
line of demarcation
,
low-water mark
,
lower limit
,
march
,
mark
,
meandering stream
,
mete
,
midchannel
,
midstream
,
millstream
,
moving road
,
navigable river
,
port
,
race
,
racing stream
,
river
,
rivulet
,
run
,
rundle
,
runlet
,
runnel
,
sike
,
spill stream
,
start
,
starting line
,
starting point
,
stop
,
stopping place
,
stream
,
stream action
,
streamlet
,
subterranean river
,
target date
,
term
,
terminal
,
terminal date
,
terminal point
,
terminus
,
threshold
,
time allotment
,
upper limit
,
wadi
,
watercourse
,
waterway
linger
collapse
take one's time; proceed slowly
remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"
related words >
abide
,
amble
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
carry on
,
cease not
,
continue
,
crawl
,
creep
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
diddle
,
dillydally
,
dither
,
doodle
,
drag
,
drag along
,
drag on
,
drift
,
dwell on
,
elaborate
,
endure
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
flag
,
get behind
,
go along
,
go on
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hang back
,
hang on
,
harp on
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold steady
,
hold your horses
,
idle
,
jog on
,
keep going
,
keep on
,
labor
,
lag
,
linger behind
,
linger on
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
mark time
,
mope
,
mosey
,
muck
,
never cease
,
pause
,
persevere
,
persist
,
piddle
,
poke
,
procrastinate
,
put off
,
remain
,
run on
,
shilly-shally
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
slog on
,
stagger on
,
stay
,
stay on
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
straggle
,
stroll
,
survive
,
take time
,
tarry
,
temporize
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
waste time
,
wear on
interlude
collapse
a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance
an intervening period or episode
perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"
related words >
abeyance
,
act
,
afterpiece
,
anacrusis
,
bass passage
,
bit
,
bourdon
,
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
bridge
,
burden
,
cadence
,
caesura
,
cease-fire
,
chaser
,
chorus
,
cigarette break
,
cocktail hour
,
coda
,
coffee break
,
curtain
,
curtain call
,
curtain raiser
,
day off
,
development
,
divertimento
,
divertissement
,
division
,
downtime
,
drop
,
enforced respite
,
epilogue
,
episode
,
exode
,
exodus
,
exposition
,
expository scene
,
figure
,
finale
,
folderol
,
gap
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
happy hour
,
harmonic close
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hoke act
,
holiday
,
idyll
,
interim
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
introduction
,
introductory phrase
,
lacuna
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
letup
,
lull
,
meantime
,
meanwhile
,
measure
,
movement
,
musical phrase
,
musical sentence
,
number
,
off-time
,
ornament
,
parenthesis
,
part
,
passage
,
pause
,
period
,
phrase
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
prologue
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
refrain
,
relief
,
remission
,
resolution
,
respite
,
response
,
rest
,
resting point
,
ritornello
,
routine
,
scene
,
section
,
shtick
,
sketch
,
skit
,
song and dance
,
spell
,
stand-down
,
stand-up comedy act
,
stanza
,
statement
,
stay
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
strain
,
striptease
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tailpiece
,
tea break
,
time off
,
time out
,
truce
,
turn
,
tutti
,
tutti passage
,
vacation
,
variation
,
verse
,
wait
amuse
collapse
make (somebody) laugh; "The clown amused the children"
occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion; "The play amused the ladies"
related words >
absorb
,
animate
,
beguile
,
charm
,
cheer
,
convulse
,
delight
,
distract
,
divert
,
enchant
,
engross
,
enliven
,
entertain
,
exhilarate
,
fascinate
,
fleet
,
fracture one
,
interest
,
kill
,
knock dead
,
loosen up
,
occupy
,
please
,
quicken
,
raise a laugh
,
raise a smile
,
recreate
,
refresh
,
regale
,
relax
,
slay
,
solace
,
tickle
,
titillate
,
while
,
wile
,
wow
lingerer
collapse
related words >
clock watcher
,
dallier
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
do-nothing
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
drone
,
faineant
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
laggard
,
lie-abed
,
loafer
,
loiterer
,
loller
,
lotus-eater
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
mope
,
moper
,
plodder
,
potterer
,
procrastinator
,
putterer
,
sleepyhead
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
straggler
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trifler
,
waiter on Providence
loiterer
collapse
someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
related words >
clock watcher
,
dallier
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
do-nothing
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
drone
,
faineant
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
laggard
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
loafer
,
loller
,
lotus-eater
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
mope
,
moper
,
plodder
,
potterer
,
procrastinator
,
putterer
,
sleepyhead
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
straggler
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trifler
,
waiter on Providence
blue pencil
collapse
related words >
abbreviate
,
abridge
,
amend
,
blot out
,
bowdlerize
,
cancel
,
censor
,
correct
,
cross out
,
cut
,
delete
,
edit
,
edit out
,
emend
,
emendate
,
erase
,
expunge
,
expurgate
,
kill
,
omit
,
recense
,
rectify
,
redact
,
redraft
,
rescind
,
revamp
,
revise
,
rework
,
rewrite
,
rub out
,
strike
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
void
,
work over
switch off
collapse
cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
related words >
amplify
,
charge
,
close
,
cut
,
electrify
,
energize
,
galvanize
,
generate
,
kill
,
loop in
,
plug in
,
shock
,
short
,
short-circuit
,
shut
,
shut down
,
shut off
,
step down
,
step up
,
stiffen
,
switch on
,
turn off
,
turn on
letup
collapse
a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"
related words >
abatement
,
abeyance
,
abridgment
,
allayment
,
alleviation
,
arrest
,
assuagement
,
attenuation
,
blunting
,
breach
,
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
caesura
,
calming
,
cease-fire
,
cessation
,
check
,
cigarette break
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
contraction
,
dampening
,
damping
,
day off
,
deadening
,
deceleration
,
decrease
,
decrement
,
decrescence
,
deduction
,
deflation
,
delay
,
demulsion
,
depreciation
,
depression
,
detention
,
diminishment
,
diminution
,
downtime
,
drag
,
drop
,
dulcification
,
dulling
,
dying
,
dying off
,
ease-off
,
ease-up
,
easing
,
enforced respite
,
extenuation
,
fade-out
,
falling-off
,
fissure
,
flagging
,
gap
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
happy hour
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
holdup
,
holiday
,
hushing
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
lacuna
,
lag
,
languishment
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
leniency
,
lessening
,
letdown
,
lightening
,
loosening
,
lowering
,
lull
,
lulling
,
miniaturization
,
minus acceleration
,
mitigation
,
modulation
,
mollification
,
obstruction
,
off-time
,
pacification
,
palliation
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
quiet spell
,
quietening
,
quieting
,
recess
,
reduction
,
relaxation
,
relief
,
remission
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
retardation
,
retardment
,
sagging
,
scaling down
,
setback
,
simplicity
,
slack-up
,
slackening
,
slowdown
,
slowing
,
slowing down
,
slowup
,
softening
,
soothing
,
spell
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
subduement
,
subtraction
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tea break
,
tempering
,
time off
,
time out
,
tranquilization
,
truce
,
vacation
,
weakening
scrag
collapse
the lean end of a neck of veal
lean end of the neck
related words >
KO
,
and quarter
,
call off
,
cancel
,
complete
,
delete
,
dispose of
,
draw
,
drop the curtain
,
end off
,
expunge
,
extinguish
,
finalize
,
finish
,
fold up
,
get it over
,
get over with
,
get through with
,
gibbet
,
give the quietus
,
hang
,
kayo
,
kibosh
,
kill
,
knock out
,
liquidate
,
lynch
,
neck
,
noose
,
perfect
,
polish off
,
put paid to
,
rackabones
,
shoot down
,
stack of bones
,
stretch
,
string up
,
turn
,
wipe out
,
zap
immemorial
collapse
related words >
acknowledged
,
admitted
,
age-old
,
ageless
,
ancient
,
antique
,
auld
,
ceaseless
,
coeternal
,
constant
,
continual
,
continuous
,
conventional
,
customary
,
dateless
,
early
,
elderly
,
endless
,
erstwhile
,
established
,
eternal
,
eterne
,
ever-being
,
ever-durable
,
ever-during
,
everlasting
,
everliving
,
fixed
,
folk
,
fore
,
former
,
hallowed
,
handed down
,
heroic
,
hoary
,
incessant
,
indestructible
,
infinite
,
interminable
,
inveterate
,
late
,
legendary
,
long-established
,
long-standing
,
mythological
,
never-ceasing
,
never-ending
,
nonstop
,
nonterminating
,
nonterminous
,
of long standing
,
of old
,
of the folk
,
of yore
,
olamic
,
old
,
old as Methuselah
,
old as history
,
old as time
,
old-time
,
olden
,
once
,
onetime
,
oral
,
past
,
perdurable
,
permanent
,
perpetual
,
prehistoric
,
prescriptive
,
previous
,
primeval
,
primitive
,
prior
,
quondam
,
received
,
recent
,
recognized
,
rooted
,
sempiternal
,
sometime
,
steady
,
then
,
time-honored
,
timeless
,
traditional
,
tried and true
,
true-blue
,
unceasing
,
understood
,
unending
,
unintermitting
,
uninterrupted
,
unremitting
,
unwritten
,
venerable
,
without end
,
worshipful
plateau
collapse
related words >
alkali flat
,
alluvial plain
,
amount
,
basin
,
bench
,
bottomland
,
break
,
bushveld
,
caliber
,
campo
,
champaign
,
champaign country
,
coastal plain
,
coffee break
,
compass
,
cut
,
degree
,
delta
,
desert
,
down
,
downs
,
downtime
,
extent
,
fell
,
flat
,
flat country
,
flatland
,
flats
,
grade
,
grass veld
,
grassland
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
heath
,
height
,
highland
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
lande
,
leap
,
letup
,
level
,
llano
,
lowland
,
lowlands
,
lull
,
lunar mare
,
mare
,
mark
,
measure
,
mesa
,
mesilla
,
moor
,
moorland
,
notch
,
nuance
,
off-time
,
open country
,
pampa
,
pampas
,
pas
,
pause
,
peg
,
peneplain
,
period
,
pitch
,
plain
,
plains
,
plane
,
playa
,
point
,
point of repose
,
prairie
,
proportion
,
quiet spell
,
range
,
ratio
,
reach
,
recess
,
relief
,
remove
,
respite
,
resting point
,
round
,
rung
,
salt flat
,
salt marsh
,
salt pan
,
savanna
,
scale
,
scope
,
sebkha
,
shade
,
shadow
,
space
,
stair
,
standard
,
step
,
steppe
,
stint
,
table
,
table mountain
,
tableland
,
time off
,
time out
,
tread
,
tree veld
,
tundra
,
upland
,
vacation
,
vega
,
veld
,
weald
,
wide-open spaces
,
wold
quickening
collapse
the process of showing signs of life; "the quickening of seed that will become ripe grain"
the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus
related words >
acceleration
,
activating
,
animating
,
animation
,
animative
,
bracing
,
clarification
,
double time
,
double-quick
,
double-quick time
,
drive
,
easing
,
energizing
,
enlivening
,
enlivenment
,
exhilarating
,
exhilaration
,
exhilarative
,
expediting
,
expedition
,
facilitation
,
festination
,
forced march
,
forwarding
,
getaway
,
hastening
,
hurrying
,
impetus
,
invigorating
,
invigoration
,
invigorative
,
life-giving
,
pickup
,
revitalization
,
revival
,
rousing
,
simplification
,
simplifying
,
smoothing
,
speeding
,
speedup
,
step-up
,
stimulating
,
stimulation
,
stimulative
,
streamlining
,
thrust
,
tonic
,
viable
,
vitalization
,
vitalizing
,
vivification
,
vivifying
make haste
collapse
related words >
bolt
,
bundle
,
bustle
,
career
,
chase
,
crowd
,
dart
,
dash
,
dash off
,
dash on
,
double-time
,
festinate
,
fling
,
get going
,
get moving
,
haste
,
hasten
,
hie
,
hump
,
hump it
,
hurry
,
hurry on
,
hurry through
,
hurry up
,
hurry-scurry
,
hurtle
,
hustle
,
leap
,
lose no time
,
move quickly
,
plunge
,
post
,
press on
,
push on
,
race
,
run
,
rush
,
rush through
,
scamper
,
scoot
,
scour
,
scramble
,
scud
,
scurry
,
scuttle
,
shoot
,
skedaddle
,
spurt
,
step on it
,
tear
times
collapse
a more or less definite period of time in history
related words >
affairs
,
circumstances
,
concerns
,
condition of things
,
conditions
,
contemporaneity
,
contemporaneousness
,
dealings
,
doings
,
goings-on
,
historical present
,
life
,
march of events
,
matters
,
modernity
,
newness
,
now
,
nowadays
,
nowness
,
our times
,
present
,
present tense
,
presentness
,
proceedings
,
relations
,
run of things
,
state of affairs
,
the Now Generation
,
the nonce
,
the now
,
the present
,
the present age
,
the present day
,
the present hour
,
the present juncture
,
the present time
,
the time being
,
the times
,
the world
,
these days
,
this day
,
this hour
,
this instant
,
this moment
,
this point
,
this stage
,
today
,
what happens
convulse
collapse
be overcome with laughter
make someone convulse with laughter; "The comedian convulsed the crowd"
contract involuntarily, as in a spasm; "The muscles in her face convulsed"
cause to contract; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles"
shake uncontrollably; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside"
move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
related words >
afflict
,
agitate
,
agonize
,
ail
,
amuse
,
beat
,
beat up
,
beguile
,
bite
,
bloody
,
bug
,
burn
,
chafe
,
churn
,
churn up
,
claw
,
concuss
,
crucify
,
cut
,
delight
,
disarrange
,
discompose
,
disquiet
,
distract
,
distress
,
disturb
,
divert
,
embroil
,
enliven
,
entertain
,
excite
,
excruciate
,
exhilarate
,
ferment
,
fester
,
flurry
,
fracture one
,
fret
,
gall
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grate
,
grind
,
gripe
,
harrow
,
hurt
,
impale
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
kill
,
kill by inches
,
knock dead
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
loosen up
,
macerate
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
nip
,
paddle
,
pain
,
perturb
,
perturbate
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
psych
,
punish
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
raise a laugh
,
raise a smile
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
recreate
,
refresh
,
regale
,
relax
,
rile
,
rip
,
ripple
,
rock
,
roil
,
roughen
,
rub
,
ruffle
,
rumple
,
savage
,
scarify
,
shake
,
shake up
,
slay
,
solace
,
spook
,
stab
,
sting
,
stir
,
stir up
,
swirl
,
throw
,
throw into confusion
,
tickle
,
titillate
,
torment
,
torture
,
trouble
,
tweak
,
twist
,
unsettle
,
upset
,
whip
,
whip up
,
whisk
,
work up
,
wound
,
wow
,
wring
out of date
collapse
related words >
abandoned
,
abjured
,
ahead of time
,
anachronistic
,
antedated
,
antiquated
,
antique
,
archaic
,
back-number
,
beforehand
,
behind the times
,
behind time
,
behindhand
,
dated
,
deserted
,
discontinued
,
disused
,
done with
,
early
,
foredated
,
has-been
,
late
,
metachronistic
,
misdated
,
mistimed
,
not worth saving
,
obsolescent
,
obsolete
,
old
,
old hat
,
old-fashioned
,
old-timey
,
oldfangled
,
on the shelf
,
out
,
out of fashion
,
out of season
,
out of use
,
out-of-date
,
outdated
,
outmoded
,
outworn
,
overdue
,
parachronistic
,
past due
,
past use
,
pensioned off
,
postdated
,
prochronistic
,
relinquished
,
renounced
,
resigned
,
retired
,
styleless
,
superannuate
,
superannuated
,
superseded
,
tardy
,
unfashionable
,
unpunctual
,
unseasonable
,
worn-out
obliterate
collapse
remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
do away with completely, without leaving a trace
related words >
absolve
,
annihilate
,
black out
,
blot
,
blot out
,
cancel
,
consign to oblivion
,
cross out
,
declare a moratorium
,
dele
,
delete
,
destroy
,
efface
,
eliminate
,
eradicate
,
erase
,
expunge
,
exterminate
,
extirpate
,
forgive
,
kill
,
nullify
,
raze
,
rub out
,
rule out
,
scratch
,
scratch out
,
sponge
,
sponge out
,
strike off
,
strike out
,
wipe out
,
write off
keep on
collapse
related words >
abide
,
bide
,
carry on
,
cease not
,
continue
,
continue to be
,
defeat time
,
defy time
,
drag on
,
dwell
,
endure
,
exist
,
extend
,
go along
,
go on
,
hold
,
hold on
,
hold out
,
hold steady
,
jog on
,
keep
,
keep at
,
keep at it
,
keep busy
,
keep driving
,
keep going
,
keep moving
,
keep trying
,
keep up
,
last
,
last long
,
last out
,
linger
,
live
,
live on
,
live through
,
maintain
,
never cease
,
not accept compromise
,
peg away
,
perdure
,
perennate
,
persevere
,
persist
,
plug away
,
prevail
,
remain
,
run
,
run on
,
slog on
,
stagger on
,
stand
,
stay
,
stay on
,
subsist
,
survive
,
sustain
,
tarry
,
tide over
,
wear
,
wear well
forehanded
collapse
having provided for the future
related words >
Scotch
,
anticipant
,
anticipative
,
anticipatory
,
beforetime
,
bright and early
,
canny
,
careful
,
chary
,
cheeseparing
,
clairvoyant
,
conserving
,
divinatory
,
early
,
economic
,
economizing
,
farseeing
,
farsighted
,
forehand
,
foreknowing
,
foreseeing
,
foresighted
,
forethoughted
,
forethoughtful
,
frugal
,
in good time
,
intuitive
,
labor-saving
,
longsighted
,
money-saving
,
parsimonious
,
penny-wise
,
precautional
,
precautionary
,
precautious
,
precognitive
,
precognizant
,
prepared
,
prescient
,
prevenient
,
provident
,
providential
,
provisional
,
prudent
,
prudential
,
ready
,
sagacious
,
saving
,
scrimping
,
skimping
,
spare
,
sparing
,
thrifty
,
time-saving
,
unwasteful
sluggard
collapse
an idle slothful person
related words >
bum
,
clock watcher
,
dallier
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
do-nothing
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
drone
,
faineant
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
laggard
,
lazybones
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
loafer
,
loiterer
,
loller
,
lotus-eater
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
mope
,
moper
,
plodder
,
potterer
,
procrastinator
,
putterer
,
shirker
,
sleepyhead
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
slugabed
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trifler
,
waiter on Providence
picnic
collapse
any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"
related words >
Cadmean victory
,
KO
,
Mardi Gras
,
Pyrrhic victory
,
Saturnalia
,
TV dinner
,
action
,
agonizing
,
agony
,
alfresco meal
,
arduous
,
ascendancy
,
ball
,
banquet
,
barbecue
,
big time
,
blowout
,
board
,
break bread with
,
breakfast
,
breeze
,
brunch
,
buffet supper
,
carnival
,
championship
,
cinch
,
clambake
,
coffee break
,
conquest
,
cook out
,
cookout
,
difficult
,
dine
,
dine out
,
diner
,
dinner
,
disagreeable
,
do
,
duck
,
easy target
,
easy thing
,
easy victory
,
eat out
,
elevenses
,
fair
,
feast
,
festival
,
festive occasion
,
festivity
,
fete
,
field day
,
fiesta
,
fish fry
,
fun
,
fun and games
,
funmaking
,
gala
,
gala affair
,
gala day
,
game
,
garden party
,
good time
,
grand slam
,
great doings
,
great fun
,
high jinks
,
high old time
,
high tea
,
high time
,
hot luncheon
,
jamboree
,
kermis
,
knockout
,
landslide
,
landslide victory
,
laughs
,
lead-pipe cinch
,
lovely time
,
lunch
,
luncheon
,
mash
,
mastery
,
meat breakfast
,
mess with
,
misfortune
,
moral victory
,
no picnic
,
painful
,
party
,
petit dejeuner
,
pie
,
piece of cake
,
play
,
pleasant time
,
pushover
,
rough
,
runaway victory
,
setup
,
sinecure
,
sitting duck
,
snap
,
sport
,
subdual
,
subduing
,
success
,
sup
,
supper
,
tea
,
tea break
,
teatime
,
tiffin
,
torture
,
torturous
,
total victory
,
tough
,
triumph
,
velvet
,
victory
,
walkaway
,
walkover
,
waygoose
,
wayzgoose
,
wiener roast
,
wienie roast
,
win
,
winning
,
winning streak
live on
collapse
related words >
abide
,
batten upon
,
bide
,
browse
,
carry on
,
continue
,
continue to be
,
continue to exist
,
crop
,
defeat time
,
defy time
,
dwell
,
endure
,
exist
,
extend
,
fatten on
,
fatten upon
,
feast on
,
feast upon
,
feed on
,
go on
,
graze
,
hold
,
hold on
,
hold out
,
keep
,
keep on
,
last
,
last long
,
last out
,
live
,
live through
,
maintain
,
pasture on
,
perdure
,
perennate
,
persist
,
prevail
,
prey on
,
remain
,
run
,
run on
,
stand
,
stay
,
stay on
,
subsist
,
survive
,
sustain
,
tarry
,
tide over
,
wear
,
wear well
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