counter
on the back foot
cover
hold
ward
shackle
defense
parry
man up
checking
man-to-man
one-on-one
waiting move
fend
bear
challenge
double-team
defence
fastening
choke hold
chokehold
fastener
domination
holdfast
fixing
stand
fend off
fortification
point d'appui
en garde
ride the tiger
come-along
shielding
stranglehold
hooking
guiding
controlling
forceful
emphatic
counterattack
countermove
bind
block
undershift
misdefense
on the defensive
dominant
backfoot
hurry-up offense
hardheaded
bring the lumber
deflect
mulish
endplay
blocker
fury
withstander
social control
in effect
cling on
forward-leaning
force
setup
effective
good
in force
go into one's shell
screen
bristle
pick
bidirectional
prophylaxis
tenable
fight IQ
fence
in leash
smother
hold one's own
interfere
intervene
defendable
interpose
operative
step in
strong-handed
defensible
strong-arm
antibacklash
inhibited
free
counterdefensive
dislodge
retroaction
man-to-man
one-on-one
en garde
guiding
forceful
emphatic
dominant
hardheaded
mulish
in effect
forward-leaning
effective
good
in force
bidirectional
tenable
defendable
operative
strong-handed
defensible
antibacklash
inhibited
counterdefensive
counter
hold
ward
shackle
defense
parry
checking
waiting move
challenge
defence
fastening
choke hold
chokehold
fastener
domination
holdfast
fixing
stand
fortification
point d'appui
come-along
shielding
stranglehold
hooking
controlling
counterattack
countermove
bind
undershift
misdefense
hurry-up offense
endplay
blocker
fury
withstander
social control
force
setup
screen
pick
prophylaxis
fight IQ
retroaction
cover
man up
fend
bear
double-team
fend off
ride the tiger
parry
bind
block
backfoot
bring the lumber
deflect
cling on
go into one's shell
bristle
stranglehold
fence
smother
hold one's own
interfere
intervene
interpose
step in
strong-arm
free
dislodge
noun
- A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
- A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
- The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
- The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
- Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
- A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
- The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
- In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
- An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
- A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
- A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
- A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- A hit counter.
- One who counts.
adv
verb
- To contradict, oppose.
- To take action in response to; to respond.
- To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
adj
verb
- protect or defend (a position in a game)
- be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- form a cover over
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- provide for
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- travel across or pass over
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- hold within range of an aimed firearm
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- hide from view or knowledge
- maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
- protect by insurance
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities
- be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- cover as if with a shroud
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- put something on top of something else
- play a higher card than the one previously played
- sit on (eggs)
- clothe, as if for protection from the elements
noun
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
- fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
- a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
- a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
- a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
noun
- A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- Power over someone or something.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- An act or instance of holding.
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- The wager amount, the total hold.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- The ability to persist.
- An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- Something reserved or kept.
- A grasp or grip.
- The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
verb
- To detain.
- To take place, to occur.
- In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To have and keep possession of something.
- Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- To contain or store.
- To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- To win one's own service game.
- To cause to wait or delay.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To grasp or grip.
- To reserve.
- To bear, carry, or manage.
- To keep oneself in a particular state.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
noun
- A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
- An object used for guarding.
- A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
- Land tenure through military service.
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
- A minor looked after by a guardian.
- A division of a forest.
verb
noun
- A restraint on one's action, activity, or progress.
- A link for connecting railroad cars; a drawlink or draglink.
- A length of cable or chain equal to 12+¹⁄₂ fathoms or 75 feet, or later to 15 fathoms.
- A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism.
- A fetter-like band worn as an ornament.
- A restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger; normally used in pairs joined by a chain.
verb
noun
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
- The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
- The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
noun
- A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
- A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.
- A defensive move intended to change the direction of an incoming strike to make it miss its intended target, rather than block and absorb it; and typically performed with an open hand in a downward or sideways slapping motion.
verb
verb
- To vigorously guard the opponent to whom one is assigned.
- To "be a man about it"; to do the things a man is traditionally expected to do, such as taking responsibility for the consequences of one's actions; displaying bravery or toughness in the face of danger, adversity, or a challenge; providing for one's family, etc. (Compare man (“brace oneself, steel oneself”).)
- (Of personnel) to assemble, each person manning (attending to) his station, prepared for the departure of an aircraft, ship, etc. (Compare man (“supply with staff; take up position to operate”).)
- To staff adequately; to staff up; to successfully fill all needed labor positions. (Compare man (“supply with staff”).)
verb
- move while holding up or supporting
- have
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- cause to be born
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- bring forth
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- contain or hold; have within
- bring in
- have on one's person
- behave in a certain manner
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- support or hold in a certain manner
- be pregnant with
noun
noun
- An attempt to take possession; a tackle.
- The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- A bid to overcome something.
- The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
- An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.
- The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.
- A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.
- The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
- A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).
verb
- To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
- To dare (someone).
- To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
- To be difficult or challenging for.
- To call something into question or dispute.
- To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.
- To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.
- To make a formal objection to a juror.
- To dispute (something).
noun
- The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
- A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offence.
- Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- Something used to oppose attacks.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
noun
- Control by means of superior ability, influence, position, or resources; prevailing force.
- The exercise of power in ruling; sovereignty; authority; government.
- Synonym of cover
- A fetish characterized by control/power over and discipline of one's sexual partner.
- A dominion; an angel from a high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy.
noun
- A defensive position or effort.
- A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
- A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
- A single set, as of arms.
- The act of standing.
- A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
- A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
- An advertisement filling an entire billboard, comprising many sheets of paper.
- A partnership.
- A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
- The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
- An area of raised seating for waiters at the stock exchange.
- A device to hold something upright or aloft.
- A period of performance in a given location or venue.
- A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
- Grandstand. (often in the plural)
- A type of supernatural ability from the anime and manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, named for the fact that they appear to 'stand' next to their user.
- A location or position where one may stand.
- A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
verb
- To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
- To be valid.
- Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
- To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
- To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
- To remain without ruin or injury.
- To place in an upright or standing position.
- To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
- To appear in court.
- To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
- To be positioned to gain or lose.
- To undergo; withstand; hold up.
- To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
- To remain motionless.
- To be present, to have welled up.
- To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
- To measure when erect on the feet.
- To be a candidate (in an election).
- To act as an umpire.
- To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
- To tolerate.
- To cover the expense of; to pay for.
- To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
- To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
noun
- A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
- That which binds or ties.
- A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
- The indurated clay of coal mines.
- A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
verb
- To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- To exert a binding or restraining influence.
- To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
- To put together in a cover, as of books.
- To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
- To place under legal obligation to serve.
- To cover, as with a bandage.
- To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
- To make two or more elements stick together.
- To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
- To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- To couple.
- To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- To cohere or stick together in a mass.
- To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
- To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- To complain; to whine about something.
- To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
verb
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- render unsuitable for passage
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- stop from happening or developing
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- run on a block system
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- shape into a block or blocks
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
noun
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
noun
- The strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's weak side.
- A misalignment resulting from failure to shift gears far enough.
- An underhang caused by seismic shift.
- An unfitted undergarment that covers the torso.
- A change that results in something being not being moved far enough or too few things being moved.
- The amount of displacement in the layers in a crystal lattice that places the layers too close together.
verb
verb
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
- turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
- turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
- draw someone's attention away from something
noun
- One who blocks or impedes the movement of an opponent.
- A gatekeeper who refuses the marketer access to the person they wish to contact.
- A bug or issue that prevents software from being released.
- A person who blocks (stretches or moulds) hats.
- A blocker bet.
- Any of various medications that block (inhibit) the activity of a chemical messenger or its receptors, such as cardiac conduction modifiers (e.g., alpha-blockers), gastric acid inhibitors (H₂ histamine blockers), puberty blockers, and others.
- A close-fitting rectangular glove worn by a goalie in multiple forms of hockey.
- One who prevents another user from contacting them electronically.
- An application that stops / impedes unauthorised access to a programme.
- A playing card, needed by one player, that is held by another.
noun
- control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
noun
- The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
- A metaphysical and ubiquitous power from the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas. See usage note.
- A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
- A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
- A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
- Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
- Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
- Legal validity.
- Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- Synonym of police force
- Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.
- Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
- A waterfall or cascade.
verb
- To compel (someone or something) to do something.
- To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
- To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
- To violate (a woman); to rape.
- To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- To stuff; to lard; to farce.
noun
- A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
- Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- An installer.
- The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
adj
- exerting force or influence
- having the normally expected amount
- deserving of esteem and respect
- promoting or enhancing well-being
- agreeable or pleasing
- of moral excellence
- having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- thorough
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- financially safe
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- resulting favorably
- capable of pleasing
- appealing to the mind
- in excellent physical condition
- tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- not forged
- not left to spoil
- generally admired
adv
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
- completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
adj
- having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- morally admirable
noun
verb
noun
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
- Searching through a sample for a target; an act of screening
- A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
- A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
- A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
- A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
- The visualised data or imagery displayed on a computer screen.
- An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.
- The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
- The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.
- The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
- A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
- One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
- A disguise; concealment.
verb
- To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- To determine the source or subject matter of a call before deciding whether to answer the phone.
- To present publicly (on the screen).
- To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds which would potentially bind to a given biological target such as a protein.
- To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing. To hide the facts.
- To fit with a screen.
- To shelter or conceal.
- To filter by passing through a screen.
- To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility to a disease.
noun
- An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
- Pasture; feed, for animals.
- A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
- A screen.
- A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
- The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
- A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
- A pickoff.
- A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
- That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
- A choice; ability to choose.
- A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
- A good defensive play by an infielder.
- An interception.
- An anchor.
- That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
verb
- To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released.
- To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
- To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
- To steal; to pilfer.
- To screen.
- To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
- To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
- To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
- To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
- To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
- To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
- To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
- To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises.
- To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.
- To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
- To intercept a pass from the offense as a defensive player.
verb
- To defend or guard.
- To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- To engage in the sport of fencing.
- To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- To jump over a fence.
- To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
noun
- A memory barrier.
- Skill in oral debate.
- Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- The place whence such a middleman operates.
- A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
verb
- To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
- to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
- To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
- To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- To cook in a close dish.
- To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
- To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
- To be suffocated.
- to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
- To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
- To daub or smear.
noun
verb
- remove or force out from a position
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- relieve from
- grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
- make (information) available for publication
- free from obligations or duties
- free or remove obstruction from
- let off the hook
- part with a possession or right
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- make (assets) available
adj
- not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
- unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion
- not held in servitude
adj
- costing nothing
- not occupied or in use
- not fixed in position
- not taken up by scheduled activities
- completely wanting or lacking
- not literal
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noun
English words for 'A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.'
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