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Verb
▲
Make narrower, especially by encircling pressure
contract
squeeze
compress
narrow
shrink
choke
tighten
condense
strangle
strangulate
capsule
capsulize
collapse
compact
constringe
pinch
restrict
telescope
become narrower
cramp
straiten
astringe
become smaller
circumscribe
clench
concentrate
confine
constrain
control
draw in
make narrower
make smaller
narrow down
restrain
tauten
tense
tuck
draw together
roll
ball
pound
round
agglomerate
trample
thrust
stick
firm
sandwich
shoehorn
mash
pulp
grind
tread
pulverizeUS
outline
recap
recapitulate
reprise
brief
fill
heap
sum up
load
push
squish
pulveriseUK
brim
clog
overfill
wrap up
pack in
pack it in
jam-pack
fill up
concertina
crumple
mill
crash
drive
screw
shove
macerate
clamp
stamp
classify
moldUS
form
mouldUK
charge
insert
catalogueUK
tabulate
codify
methodize
systematizeUS
order
arrange
dispose
pack tightly
bung up
systematiseUK
nutshell
catalogUS
survey
capture
record
express
sketch
plaster
level
cut to bone
mangle
tramp
wear
give a summary of
give the gist of
give the main points of
stive
congest
pile
bang
hammer
overcrowd
iron out
even out
smooth off
mass
pack 'em in
fill to overflowing
more ❯
“In both cases, nicotine is absorbed and may constrict blood vessels and raise blood pressure.”
Verb
▲
Inhibit or restrict
limit
restrict
inhibit
confine
curb
impede
obstruct
check
delimit
hamper
hinder
straiten
interfere with
restrain
regulate
control
constrain
bottle up
bridle
circumscribe
trammel
cramp
hem in
hold down
hamstring
cap
demarcate
hold
arrest
bound
stop
prevent
halt
slow down
delay
suppress
stall
interrupt
curtail
stay
encompass
keep in check
establish
prohibit
smother
forestall
keep back
fence
determine
keep down
environ
cut off
impair
stonewall
pen
circumvent
interdict
cage
mark out
gag
delineate
stand in the way of
stem
nip in the bud
detain
circle
shut out
impound
muffle
foil
leash
muzzle
isolate
catch
blockade
envelop
stipulate
still
deter
debar
counteract
gird
compass
choke back
choke
cool
coop
weaken
wall in
ring
forbid
get in the way of
concentrate
preclude
hedge
mark
subdue
wrap
entrammel
separate
outline
encase
suspend
derail
disadvantage
sabotage
focus
bork
close
strangle
cripple
draw up
scotch
disrupt
pull up
fetch up
avert
embrace
wreathe
border
edge
bring to a standstill
fight back
intercept
skirt
shut down
bite back
head off
hold captive
hold off
box in
put the brakes on
shut off
block off
cumber
settle
decide
proscribe
damage
wall
cover
exclude
corral
designate
mure
enfold
compromise
distinguish
silence
stake out
burden
counter
trap
spoil
dampen
depress
ruin
staunch
swallow
oppose
identify
pause
besiege
beset
bring up
pinpoint
shelve
hem
cut short
discourage
immobilizeUS
avoid
immobiliseUK
mew
set back
squelch
plug
obscure
invest
brake
flank
scupper
postpone
put at a disadvantage
kill
keep waiting
compose
collect
engird
slow up
keep in
fill
dam
hide
rim
verge
stave off
fringe
closet
throttle
close out
place at a disadvantage
cut back
bog down
set out
defend against
ward off
put an end to
put a stop to
rule out
keep within the limits of
keep a lid on
stopper
stop up
jam up
weigh down
hedge in
stem the flow of
button up
cork up
bottle
simmer down
drag one's feet
put inside
fence off
not allow to go beyond
cramp someone's style
get in the way
clarify
describe
lace
truss
fix together
join
lash
set aside
protect
tie someone down
set a limit on
cuff
idle
rail
zero in
center onUS
fix on
tie someone's hands
inconvenience
set the limits
devitalize
sap
differentiate
ring-fence
indicate
put straitjacket on
throw monkey wrench in
drag feet
encage
nail down
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
neutralizeUS
overload
put a straitjacket on
cause to wait
make late
cause to stay
snag
pound
house
line
incommode
entrap
deflate
bring to a screeching halt
tie one's hands
bottleneck
charge
discommode
oppress
bother
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works of
divide
discipline
repulse
rebuff
neutraliseUK
checkmate
seal off
cordon off
mew up
veil
implant
induct
imbue
include
enshroud
insert
discontinue
dither
hesitate
prevaricate
stand
tarry
defer
quibble
equivocate
barricade
seal
caulk
screen
stunt
decelerate
draw
segregate
discriminate
detach
mothball
dishearten
saddle with
make difficult
go around
siege
beleaguer
slacken pace
shield
mask
chill
obviate
forfend
keep at bay
baffle
turn aside
stave
ward
fend off
keep off
anticipate
clog up
close up
jam
block out
fill up
wrong
put a limit on
slacken
enwreathe
throng
enwreath
crab
complicate
sandbag
interfere
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
close off
choke up
stanch
pack
block up
stuff
bung up
crib
pick off
close in on
close around
margin
enclave
loop
ring round
inundate
lay siege to
round
mire
lag
retardate
lessen
abate
avoid the issue
take one's time
buy time
put off
not move
stand still
beat around the bush
come to a standstill
stand off
hold over
peter out
erode
undermine
monkey with
foul up
treat harshly
break off
congest
bung
plug up
choke off
occlude
put the brakes on
take out of play
distinguish between
quiet
loiter
procrastinate
embog
reef
keep tight rein on
conceal
pocket
submerge
master
overcome
sink
treat unfairly
do a disservice to
give a disadvantage to
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
tell against
inflict a handicap on
enjoin
bring to screeching halt
mute
stop in your tracks
overpower
outlaw
narrow down
centre onUK
suffocate
quieten
censor
quelch
keep under wraps
keep inside
black out
lock
chasten
shush
gridlock
internalizeUS
pour cold water on
internaliseUK
throw cold water on
localiseUK
centerUS
localizeUS
centreUK
get out of
defeat
get around
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
lose steam
let down flaps
cut down
wind down
anchor it
no-platform
put paid to
escape
bypass
evade
beat
blackball
except
eliminate
disturb
nullify
overturn
circumnavigate
deaden
shy
garroteUS
garrotteUK
tongue-tie
stumble
demur
squash
estop
refuse
reject
ostracizeUS
steer clear of
sidestep
deflect
bring to a close
crimp
classify
override
count out
freeze out
ostraciseUK
shut out of
exile
bind up
put the lid on
tape up
seal somebody's lips
bind over
end
wreck
put the stopper on
stump
ditch
take wind out of
take down
upset
outwit
crash
do for
juke
put the kibosh on
unsettle
sideline
infringe
encroach on
remand
detail
stockade
bastille
bit
harness
stop from spreading
commit
shut up
set apart
give disadvantage
take out
blanket
swaddle
swathe
cloak
ice
jug
send down
hold in custody
keep captive
put in irons
send to prison
put into detention
hold hostage
put behind bars
put in chains
lock away
hold prisoner
take into custody
bang up
rail in
put in prison
detain at Her Majesty's pleasure
clap in irons
take prisoner
keep in custody
put under lock and key
rein back
guide
direct
hogtie
vitiate
be happy with
make do with only
belt
crush
name
arrange
put out of commission
sit on
pull back
crack down
lay down
choose
appoint
hurt
harm
mar
paralyseUK
enfeeble
keep in line
bring under control
bloody
blemish
bankrupt
flaw
have on a tight leash
set the boundaries of
set the limits of
set bounds to
injure
endamage
scrub
sidetrack
drop
brace
can
select
paralyzeUS
prearrange
allot
conclude
finalizeUS
cross up
rain on someone's parade
knock off
resolve on
resolve
ordain
decide on
arrive at
finaliseUK
schedule
solve
work
bring to an end
agree on
work out
set a date for
more ❯
“And how does your perception of reality enlarge or constrict the life that calls you forward?”
Verb
▲
To lower in length or size
reduce
contract
shrink
shorten
foreshorten
trim
truncate
prune
slim
chop
compress
crop
slim down
condense
downsize
narrow
deflate
lop
lop off
pare
clip
concentrate
cut
cut down
cut short
decrease
diminish
lessen
pare down
round down
shave
shear
slash
whittle down
cut back
cut off
waste away
tighten
more ❯
Verb
▲
To block or clog up a space or opening
choke
block
clog
obstruct
occlude
congest
dam
jam
plug
stop up
bung
clot
stuff
bar
close
obturate
stop
bung up
check
clog up
dam up
die
drown
fill
gibbet
gum up
halt
kill
noose
plug up
retard
silt up
squeeze
stopper
stunt
suppress
wring
gunge up
fill up
line
prohibit
ward off
forbid
pad
arm
preclude
cushion
wad
estop
fill to the brim
prepare to fire
top up
smother
hush
silence
quiet
muffle
hamstring
crown
hold up
interrupt
frustrate
encumber
trammel
shackle
sabotage
baulkUK
fetter
slow down
mantle
blanket
coat
delay
forestall
hobble
manacle
short-circuit
hog-tie
cramp
screen
handicap
handcuff
embarrass
derail
mask
shield
bork
hide
sandbag
hang up
weigh down
foul up
bring to a standstill
drag one's feet
crab
put a brake on
terminate
tie up
balkUS
get in the way
complicate
interfere
monkey with
put a gag on
overlay
more ❯
Verb
▲
To smother or suffocate someone
asphyxiate
choke
smother
stifle
strangle
strangulate
suffocate
throttle
drown
kill
choke to death
garotte
garroteUS
garrotteUK
overcome
crush
quash
overpower
snuff out
incapacitate
burke
correct
regulate
muzzle
curb
gag
repress
silence
subdue
adjust
suppress
muffle
restrain
check
mute
constrain
squash
deaden
squelch
cork
put the lid on
restrict
censor
fetter
quieten
shackle
no-platform
limit
stumble
keep the lid on
ban
bottle up
demur
cork up
still
interdict
tape up
prohibit
baulkUK
seal somebody's lips
bind over
shy
balkUS
bind up
stop up
shut down
tongue-tie
obstruct
stop
prevent
hinder
hamper
impede
extinguish
inhibit
hush
destroy
submerge
swallow
sink
pocket
trammel
dry up
put an stop to
torpedo
put an end to
clamp down
stamp out
bring to screeching halt
choke back
sit on
stultify
crack down
spike
hold it down
clam up
cover up
constipate
damp down
hush up
stagnate
black out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put pressure on
pressurizeUS
force
coerce
press
browbeat
bulldoze
pressure
squeeze
bully
dragoon
hound
influence
intimidate
persuade
push
badger
brainwash
drive
goad
harass
harry
nag
pester
prod
blackjack
bludgeon
compel
compress
strong-arm
condense
fast-talk
hustle
press-gang
railroad
squash
lean on
make
prevail on
put pressure on
use pressure on
breathe down someone's neck
twist someone's arm
put the squeeze on
turn on the heat
put the screws on
bear down on
pressuriseUK
thrust
inflict
claim
send
call for
set
expect
requisition
introduce
effectuate
unload
land someone with
lumber someone with
saddle someone with
force upon
create
wreak
engender
fix
seek
determine
render
levy
invoke
summon
quest
press for
breed
bring about
result in
burden someone with
commit
stipulate for
cause to be
clamor for
cause to become
restrain
palm
pass off
lay
put
palm off
take
wish
make necessary
bear
leave
fob off
need
precipitate
condition
crave
postulate
predispose
produce
crack down
generate
establish
call
mandate
beget
spawn
enact
enkindle
carry out
do
catalyseUK
catalyzeUS
authorizeUS
authoriseUK
clamour for
appeal for
pester for
nag for
translate into
lay claim to
give rise to
badger for
bring on
contribute to
lay down the law
bay for
petition for
insist upon
ask for
rig
throw
place
astrict
indebt
catapult
mobilizeUS
nobble
make indebted
reduce
kick
mobiliseUK
enthuse
pitchfork
intrude
egg
dog
pressurize into
coerce into
orient
root
bludgeon into
bully into
commandeer
forcefully persuade
terrorize into
intimidate into
shove
proclaim
decide
assert oneself
exert
achieve
accomplish
pronounce
volunteer someone unwittingly
throw weight around
pray for
arrogate
beg for
apply for
hit up
supplicate
hold out for
sue for
impetrate
whistle for
inquire about
employ
leave someone no option but to
milk
bring forth
perform
fulfillUS
fulfilUK
develop
attain
pull off
foster
adjudge
make compulsory
pick
abet
brew
raise
ferment
bleed
subject
fine
assess
announce
read the riot act
put one's foot down
declare
lay down
set on
drive on
tell someone to volunteer
warrant
agitate for
forward
craze
taunt
get to
set off
juice
fan the fire
root on
psych
assign
consign
involve
task
beckon
subpoena
entail
ransom
shake
give orders to
give orders
call the shots
put foot down
give directions
condemn
doom
voluntell
extort money from
want
mean
shake down
behooveUS
bias
demand hush money from
hold to ransom
put the shake on
give
unleash
obtain
make willing
impress on
yield
behoveUK
be grounds for
subject to
prevail
kindle
vent
emphasize to
instil in
instilUK
drum into
stress to
inculcate
inculcate in
instillUS
offload
dump
deliver
administer
indulge
express
exercise
bestow
perpetrate
visit
begin
lead to
look for
end in
draw on
trigger off
touch off
make happen
spark off
be the cause of
execute
gratify
bring home to
drive into
ingrain in
knock into
din into
leave no choice but to
lay on
wreck
mete out
serve out
give free rein to
give vent to
deal out
bring home
get into head
fix deeply in someone's mind
establish in someone's mind
drive home
leave in no doubt
shift on to
compel to accept
pull a fast one
ram down one's throat
thrust upon
inflict upon
get rid of
sneak in
insert fraudulently
more ❯
Verb
▲
To tie up, around or together, typically with a rope, chain, wire or other cordage
bind
tie
truss
rope
band
lash
strap
cinch
knot
wrap
lace
tie up
bind up
fasten
secure
tether
make fast
attach
pinion
gird
join
fetter
hitch
connect
leash
chain
fix
intertwine
weave
interlace
interlock
mat
coil
interlink
interconnect
catch
entrap
snag
intermingle
enmesh
jumble
muddle
immesh
mix
hook
cross
dishevel
crisscross
interwreathe
reticulate
interleave
pad
interwind
convolute
blend
twirl
felt
intervolve
network
merge
fuse
associate
intermix
snarl up
tangle up
make a hitch
make a knot
make a bow
darn
mingle
pleach
kink
bind together
scramble
jam
embroil
tousle
trap
snare
intersperse
ensnare
ensnarl
entoil
net
trammel
hamper
corner
mix up
clog
impede
confuse
intertangle
enchain
catch up
swindle
embrangle
burden
bewilder
puzzle
compromise
unsettle
intermesh
salt
alternate
duke in
set up
rope in
come on
lead on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make or become thinner or pointier
fine
thin
taper
narrow
attenuate
straiten
become thin
become thinner
make thin
make thinner
Verb
▲
To deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
wither
wilt
droop
fade
perish
decay
dry
shrivel
decline
languish
die
disintegrate
emaciate
fail
flag
go
lag
sag
shrink
sink
weaken
desiccate
dry up
wane
become limp
blast
blight
collapse
contract
deflate
deteriorate
fold
shrivel up
waste away
wizen
become marcescent
become stale
lose quality
be in decline
go into decline
be on your last legs
relapse
come apart at the seams
be overcome
undermine
revert
skid
lose it
suffer
lose control
be the worse for wear
have a relapse
suffer a relapse
have a breakdown
take a turn for the worse
drop off
crack up
freak out
come apart at seams
flounder
go down
go from bad to worse
go pear-shaped
decompensate
run to seed
reduce
return
come to bits
freak
come to pieces
fall into disrepair
adulterate
alloy
mar
unravel
come undone
be handicapped
appear in a poor light
be at disadvantage
be damaged
be shown to disadvantage
go wrong
be worse for wear
let up
remit
get ill again
get worse again
moderate
taper
ease
de-escalate
relent
fall ill
catch something
become ill
swoon
recidivate
come to an end
retire
fall away
trail
ease off
withdraw
ratchet down
drain away
flow away
phase down
slip back
be taken ill
be taken sick
slide back
fall back
tumble
buckle
drift back
pass out
black out
be overtaken
turn back
go back to
yawn
flake out
go out like light
lose consciousness
become unconscious
zonk out
keel over
fall unconscious
go out like a light
go out
become fatigued
get tired
become tired
grow tired
lose one's strength
go mad
go out of mind
go bonkers
crack
become psychotic
go off deep end
have breakdown
schizz out
go nuts
become demented
go crazy
go off rocker
flip out
blow a fuse
derange
more ❯
Verb
▲
To push, fold, or turn (the edges or ends of something, especially a garment or bedclothes) so as to hide or secure them
tuck
push
insert
slip
stick
stuff
ease
pop
thrust
cram
contract
dart
enfold
hem
pinch
place
plait
pucker
put
ruche
seam
swaddle
wrap
draw together
make snug
put in
squeeze in
shove
slide
position
mount
anchor
secure
fix
plant
hitch
bed
engrain
clamp
fasten
sink
affix
root
bury
enroot
entrench
catch
moor
zero in
make fast
more ❯
Verb
▲
To grasp (something) tightly and firmly
clench
clutch
grip
clamp
clasp
grasp
grab
hold
press
seize
squeeze
clinch
cling to
compress
contract
grapple
hold tightly
scrunch
tighten
double up
draw together
hang on to
lay hands on
fasten one's hand on
snatch
take
catch
grab hold of
take hold of
snag
stabiliseUK
palm
handle
wield
adhere
wring
hold close
keep close
not let go of
have in one's hand
stick
cleave to
keep hold of
pull
wrench
yank
jerk
gain
tweak
tug
save
force
hold fast to
win
gather
collect
occupy
maintain
exact
take possession of
uproot
usurp
retain
enjoy
get a hold of
fasten round
hold on
pinch
hold onto
glom onto
cling on to
twinge
nip
bring
appropriate
attach
possess oneself of
take receipt of
pick up
harvest
twitch
pull at
draw
free
rescue
hew
score
extricate
salvage
obtain
recover
tug at
clutch at
snatch at
pull out
play
pick at
cull
bond
get one's fingers on
gain possession of
gather up
lay one's hands on
jump
bind
cohere
extract
twist
get out
conquer
overrun
annexUS
tear
pry
rip
preserve
reserve
grab away
hang
twine
extort
prize
conserve
heave
prise
peel
corkscrew
uphold
cling
exploit
subjugate
hijack
arrest
get fingers on
clap hands on
perpetuate
withhold
apprehend
take over
colonizeUS
abduct
subject
stay put
stick like glue
freeze to
dislodge
contain
coloniseUK
overcome
pounce
claw
overwhelm
incorporate
remove
lift
throttle
annexeUK
subdue
overpower
ambush
hog
leap at
pounce on
take captive
seize on
continue with
tear out
detain
keep possession
wrestle
root out
clutch on to
keep back
keep possession of
rend
keep up
take by force
nurture
husband
hold back
remove by force
continue to have
teem with
have in hand
be the proud possessor of
sit on
have in one's possession
chalk up
be in possession of
boast
count among one's possessions
be the owner of
hast (archaic)
have to one's name
be the possessor of
have possession of
be blessed with
take into custody
spirit away
jump at
take control of
take advantage of
carry off
take by storm
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