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debigulate
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close in on
disincrease
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shrinker
elongatedness
blench
draw
shrinkable
taper
divaricate
puff
puff out
crinkly
shrift
puff up
blow up
decline
unscale
dwindle
shrink up
light up
restretch
intumesce
check
pod
spaghetti
withered
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wizen
overfall
unnarrow
wizened
shriveled
prostrate
go
rendingly
slippery
regressive
abate
slippy
smartsize
rightsize
neck
recoilingly
protuberant
shrapnel
deflate
rediminish
uncollapse
trim one's sails
loosen
deviate
loose
ungrow
scaledown
shrinking
contractility
huff
pooch
swerve
narrow
retire
stave in
antishrink
belly
tapered
elongatory
shrivel
tapering
wimple
centrifugal
realigning
unbend
loosenable
narrowing
sludge
fade
frazzle
overturn
lapse
shrinkageproof
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shrinkable
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wizened
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centrifugal
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loosenable
narrowing
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overshrink
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shrump
reshrink
debigulate
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close in on
disincrease
degrow
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draw
taper
divaricate
puff
puff out
puff up
blow up
decline
unscale
dwindle
shrink up
light up
restretch
intumesce
check
pod
spaghetti
overfall
unnarrow
prostrate
go
wizen
abate
smartsize
rightsize
neck
deflate
rediminish
uncollapse
trim one's sails
loosen
deviate
loose
ungrow
huff
pooch
swerve
narrow
retire
stave in
belly
shrivel
wimple
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sludge
fade
frazzle
overturn
lapse
adv
- So as shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.
- In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.
- So as to reverse direction and return.
- Away from someone or something; at a distance.
- Away from the front or from an edge.
- In a manner that impedes.
- In a reciprocal manner; in return.
- To a later point in time. See also put back.
- Towards, into or in the past.
- To or in a previous condition or place.
- Earlier, ago.
- In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.
verb
- To go in the reverse direction.
- To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
- To push or force backwards.
- To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
- To support.
- To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
- To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.
- To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
- To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
- To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).
- To draw from behind the back [+accusative = a knife etc.] (as also back out).
- To row backward with (oars).
- To carry an infant on one's back.
noun
- Effort, usually physical.
- The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
- The keel and keelson of a ship.
- A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
- The part of something that goes last.
- The spine and associated tissues.
- The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
- A ferryboat.
- The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
- Large and attractive buttocks.
- The inside margin of a page.
- The edge of a book which is bound.
- In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
- A support or resource in reserve.
- The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
- A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
- Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
- Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
- The side of a blade opposite the side used for cutting.
- The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
- That which is farthest away from the front.
- The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
- Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
adj
- Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).
- Not current.
- Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.
- At or near the rear.
- Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.
- Moving or operating backward.
- In arrears; overdue.
postp
verb
noun
- A hoisting machine used for loading or discharging cargo, or for hauling in lines. (FM 55-501).
- A kick, as of an animal, from impatience or uneasiness.
- A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
- A machine consisting of a drum on an axle, a friction brake or ratchet and pawl, and a crank handle or prime mover (often an electric or hydraulic motor), with or without gearing, to give increased mechanical advantage when hauling on a rope or cable.
- Witch.
verb
verb
- shrink
- cause to move by pulling
- get or derive
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- take liquid out of a container or well
- give a description of
- select or take in from a given group or region
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- suck in or take (air)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- choose at random
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- write a legal document or paper
- engage in drawing
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- require a specified depth for floating
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- take in, also metaphorically
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- thread on or as if on a string
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- steep; pass through a strainer
- remove the entrails of
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- cause to localize at one point
noun
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- To become thinner or narrower at one end.
- To make thinner or narrower at one end.
- To diminish gradually.
- (of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy.
noun
- A small light.
- A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
- Someone who works with tape or tapes.
- A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
- One who operates a tape machine.
- A slender wax candle.
- A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.
adj
verb
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- suck in or take (air)
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- make proud or conceited
- praise extravagantly
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- blow hard and loudly
noun
- a short light gust of air
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- thick cushion used as a seat
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
adj
verb
- To cause to decrease or diminish.
- To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
- To run through from first to last; to recite in order as though declining a noun.
- To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
- To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
- To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
- To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.
- To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.
- To become weaker or worse.
- To recite all the different declined forms of (a word).
noun
verb
- To loosen, slacken, or ease off.
- To shock (someone) with a stun gun.
- He saw Mary and his face lit up.
- To light a cigarette, pipe, etc.
- To open fire on a target or group of targets, especially with rockets, a flamethrower etc.
- To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
- To show an increase in activity or a brightening of mood.
- Smoking in this building is not allowed, so I always step outside to light up.
- To make happy.
- To activate the emergency sirens on a police vehicle in order to pull someone over.
verb
- To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- To inspect; to examine.
- To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
- To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
- To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
- To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
- To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
- To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
- To verify or compare with a source of information.
- To leave in safekeeping.
- To control, limit, or halt.
- To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
- To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
- To act as a curb or restraint.
- To make a stop; to pause; with at.
- To mark with a check pattern.
adj
noun
- The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
- A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
- Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
- A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
- A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
- A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
- A control; a limit or stop.
- An inspection or examination.
- A small chink or crack.
- A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
- An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
- A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
- A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
- A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
verb
- To swell or fill.
- To remove peas from their case.
- To put into a pod or to enter a pod.
- To bear or produce pods
noun
- A lie-flat business or first class seat.
- A small section of a larger office, compartmentalised for a specific purpose.
- A small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations.
- A subsection of a prison, containing a number of inmates.
- A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.
- A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.
- A nicotine cartridge.
verb
- To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.)
- To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
- To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- To be spent or used up.
- To belong (somewhere).
- To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- To make the (specified) sound.
- To fit.
- To urinate or defecate.
- To tend (toward a result).
- To be lost.
- To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- I woke up just before the clock went.
- To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- Let's go halves on this.
- Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way
- To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- I went at him with a knife.
- To be in general; to be usually; often in comparison to others of the same group.
- To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- To attend.
- To be sold.
- To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- Synonyms: become, turn, change into
- To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- To sound; to make a noise.
- To leave; to move away.
- To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- To come to (a certain condition or state).
- To start; to begin (an action or process).
- To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, see also Thesaurus:defecate
- To attack.
- To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
- To date.
- Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
- Synonyms: function, work, operate
- To break down or decay.
- To be accepted.
- We've only gone twenty miles today.
- To be valid.
- To have a certain record.
- To take a turn, especially in a game.
- To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- To be out.
- To resort (to).
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- To yield or weigh.
- Those babies go five tons apiece.
- To be discarded or disposed of.
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- Anything goes around here.
- Why don’t you go with us?
- Let's go this way for a while.
- To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- To fight or attack.
- How long can you go without water?
- To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- Expressing encouragement or approval.
- To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
- To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- To die.
- To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- To travel or pass along.
- To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
noun
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- An attempt, a try.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- An act; the working or operation.
- A period of activity.
- Synonym: green light
- A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try
- The act of going.
adj
verb
- To decrease in amount or size.
- Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
- To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
- To lower (something) in price or value.
- To put an end to (a nuisance).
- To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
- To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
- Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
- To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
- To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
- To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
- To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
- To reduce (something) in amount or size.
noun
verb
verb
verb
- To decrease in diameter.
- To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
- To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
- To drink rapidly.
noun
- The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
- The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
- A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
- A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
- The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
- The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
- A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
- A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.
- A falsehood; a lie.
- The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
- The gorgerin of a capital.
- The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
- The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
- A person's life.
- The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
noun
- Loose change.
- The bullets from the aforementioned type of artillery shell.
- A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine.
- An anti-personnel artillery shell used in World War I which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.
- Debris.
verb
- To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- To let down or disappoint.
- To belch or flatulate
- To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- To become deflated.
- To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre
- To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
verb
verb
- make loose or looser
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- turn loose or free from restraint
- become loose or looser or less tight
adj
- (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
- not officially recognized or controlled
- not literal
- emptying easily or excessively
- not tense or taut
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- not carefully arranged in a package
- having escaped, especially from confinement
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
adj
- not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
- not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
- not affixed
adv
verb
- To enlarge; to swell up.
- To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
- To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
- To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
- To breathe heavily.
- To say in a huffy manner.
- To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
noun
verb
- To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
- To bend; to incline; to give way.
- To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
- To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
- Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
- To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
- To go out of one's way to avoid; to snub.
- To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.
noun
verb
- To get narrower.
- To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
- To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
adj
- Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- Having a small margin or degree.
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
noun
verb
- To recede; to fall or bend back.
- To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
- To cease use or production of something.
- To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy.
- To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.
- To go to bed.
- To withdraw; to take away.
- To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.
- To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure.
- To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay.
- To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list.
- To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout.
noun
verb
- To cause to swell out; to fill.
- To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow.
- To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly.
noun
- The stomach.
- The main curved portion of a knife blade.
- The abdomen, especially a fat one.
- The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part).
- The womb.
- The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.
- The lower fuselage of an airplane.
verb
- To cease to be bent; to become straight.
- To remove a bend so as to make, or allow to become, straight.
- To cast loose or untie
- To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like
- To release (a load) from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax.
- To unfasten sails from the spars or stays to which are attached for use.
verb
noun
verb
- To cause to fade.
- To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
- To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
- To bet against.
- To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
- To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
noun
- A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.
- The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
- A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
- A fight.
- A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
verb
- To turn over, capsize or upset.
- To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- To overthrow or destroy.
- Of a body of water: to undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
- To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
noun
verb
- To fall away gradually; to subside.
- To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- To become void.
- To fall into error or heresy.
- To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
noun
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- A pause in continuity.
- A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- A fall or apostasy.
- An interval of time between events.
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- memory lapse
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