conclude
plesio-
close
hold in
confine
clench
enclose
stick with
snug
at close range
close up
upclose
nearby
closeish
approximate
come close
barnacle
keep away
reclude
near
hand-to-hand
clinch
closish
pin back
close one's doors
overnigh
distance
hand to hand
immediate
onhold
cling
stand back
hang
at the elbow
contact
latter
shut
clenched
remain
stay
value
clinched
persist
stick to
nearest
constrain
follow
postclosure
propinquent
hang onto
march on
dress
bang
unclutch
within reach
stopgap
closen
tick on
slam
steek
appress
bind
stick
end
adhere
sport
stick out
hold fast
bond
shutter
terminate
A.C.
near at hand
demiclosed
lift
clasp
hold down
raise
floor
cabined
overclose
proximate
constrained
hot on someone's heels
pass
closely
hold onto
keep
preclosure
preclosing
through
snug
nearby
closeish
near
hand-to-hand
closish
overnigh
immediate
latter
clenched
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postclosure
propinquent
stopgap
demiclosed
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proximate
constrained
hot on someone's heels
preclosure
preclosing
at close range
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hand to hand
closely
through
contact
A.C.
conclude
close
hold in
confine
clench
enclose
stick with
upclose
approximate
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barnacle
keep away
reclude
clinch
pin back
close one's doors
distance
onhold
cling
stand back
hang
shut
remain
stay
value
persist
stick to
constrain
follow
hang onto
march on
dress
bang
unclutch
closen
tick on
slam
steek
appress
bind
stick
end
adhere
sport
stick out
hold fast
bond
shutter
terminate
lift
clasp
hold down
raise
floor
overclose
pass
hold onto
keep
prefix
verb
- come to a close
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- become closed
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- engage at close quarters
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- come together, as if in an embrace
- draw near
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- bar access to
- fill or stop up
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
adj
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- marked by fidelity to an original
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- crowded
- lacking fresh air
- of textiles
- strictly confined or guarded
- confined to specific persons
- fitting closely but comfortably
- used of hair or haircuts
- giving or spending with reluctance
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
adj
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- close in relevance or relationship
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
noun
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the last section of a communication
- the concluding part of any performance
adv
adv
verb
adj
verb
noun
- In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
- A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
- A worldly sailor.
- On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
- The barnacle goose.
- A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
adj
- Physically close.
- Close in time.
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
- Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- Approximate, almost.
- On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
adv
verb
noun
prep
verb
- To set closely together; to close tightly.
- To clasp; to interlock.
- To embrace passionately.
- To make certain; to finalize.
- To hold firmly; to clench.
- To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
- To fasten securely or permanently.
noun
- Any of several fastenings.
- A passionate embrace.
- The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast.
- The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.
- A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
verb
adj
- Very close; direct or adjacent.
- An artillery fire mission modifier for to types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).
- Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
- Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
- Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location).
- Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.
verb
- hold on tightly or tenaciously
- be suspended or hanging
- cause to be hanging or suspended
- kill by hanging
- let drop or droop
- fall or flow in a certain way
- be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive
- give heed (to)
- be suspended or poised
- be exhibited
- prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- decorate or furnish with something suspended
- be placed in position as by a hinge
- place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction
- suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste
noun
prep_phrase
noun
- close interaction
- the act of touching physically
- the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
- the physical coming together of two or more things
- a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- a channel for communication between groups
- (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
- a communicative interaction
- a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
verb
verb
- stay behind
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- stay put (in a certain place)
- dwell
- continue in a place, position, or situation
- remain behind
- stop or halt
- hang on during a trial of endurance
- stop a judicial process
- fasten with stays
- overcome or allay
noun
- continuing or remaining in a place or state
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted
- a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)
- (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar
verb
- To hold dear.
- To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
- To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
- To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
noun
- The degree of importance given to something.
- The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
- The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
- The relative duration of a musical note.
- That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
- The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
- The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
- Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
- Precise meaning; import.
verb
prep
verb
- keep to
- to travel behind, go after, come after
- be later in time
- come as a logical consequence; follow logically
- travel along a certain course
- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- come after in time, as a result
- behave in accordance or in agreement with
- be next
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- to bring something about at a later time than
- imitate in behavior; take as a model
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- be the successor (of)
- perform an accompaniment to
- keep informed
- to be the product or result
- accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
- adhere to or practice
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- keep under surveillance
- follow in or as if in pursuit
- grasp the meaning
- to subscribe to someone's updates on social media
- to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media
adj
verb
verb
- put a finish on
- put on clothes
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
- dress in a certain manner
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- kill and prepare for market or consumption
- arrange in ranks
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- provide with decoration
- put a dressing on
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
- convert into leather
- apply a bandage or medication to
- give a neat appearance to
- arrange attractively
noun
- a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
- clothing in general
adj
verb
- close violently
- strike violently
- to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
- move noisily
- have sexual intercourse with
- leap, jerk, bang
noun
- a vigorous blow
- a sudden very loud noise
- a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a conspicuous success
adv
adj
verb
- To stop up or fill (a physical gap or hole, or a hiatus).
- To use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained.
- To work at a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire is made.
noun
- That which stops up or fills a gap or hole.
- Something spoken to fill up an uncomfortable pause in speech; a filled pause or filler.
- A short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained; that which serves as an expedient in an emergency; a band-aid solution.
- A person appointed or hired to fill a position temporarily until a permanent appointment or hire can be made; a temp.
verb
noun
verb
verb
- stick to firmly
- create social or emotional ties
- make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
- wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
- secure with or as if with ropes
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- provide with a binding
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
- form a chemical bond with
- cause to be constipated
noun
verb
- stick to firmly
- put, fix, force, or implant
- stay put (in a certain place)
- be or become fixed
- endure
- be a devoted follower or supporter
- be loyal to
- cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
- fasten with an adhesive material like glue
- fasten with or as with pins or nails
- fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
- pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
- pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
- come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
- saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
- be a mystery or bewildering to
noun
- an implement consisting of a length of wood
- a small thin branch of a tree
- a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
- a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
- informal terms for the leg
- a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
- a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
- marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
- threat of a penalty
verb
- bring to an end or halt
- put an end to
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
noun
- either extremity of something that has length
- the point in time at which something ends
- the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
- the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- a final part or section
- a final state
- the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
- (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
- a boundary marking the extremities of something
- one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
- the part you are expected to play
- the last section of a communication
- a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line
verb
- To close (a door).
- To display; to have as a notable feature.
- To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
- To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
- To amuse oneself, to play.
- To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
- To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
- To represent by any kind of play.
noun
- Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
- Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
- A sportsman; a gambler.
- One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
- A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
- A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
- Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
- Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
- A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
verb
verb
- stick to firmly
- create social or emotional ties
- issue bonds on
- bring together in a common cause or emotion
noun
- an electrical force linking atoms
- a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- a connection that fastens things together
- a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
- the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
verb
- put an end to
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- take hold of something and move it to a different location
- move upwards
- move upward
- make audible
- cancel officially
- make off with belongings of others
- raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- invigorate or heighten
- raise in rank or condition
- take off or away by decreasing
- rise up
- pay off (a mortgage)
- take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
- take illegally
- fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means
- take (root crops) out of the ground
- call to stop the hunt or to retire, as of hunting dogs
- rise upward, as from pressure or moisture
- remove (hair) by scalping
- remove from a seedbed or from a nursery
- remove from a surface
- perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
noun
- the act of giving temporary assistance
- the component of the aerodynamic forces acting on an airfoil that opposes gravity
- the event of something being raised upward
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
- a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
- one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
- lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
- transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable)
- a ride in a car
- the act of raising something
verb
- put an end to
- raise the level or amount of something
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- cause to be heard or known; express or utter
- collect funds for a specific purpose
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- look after a child until it is an adult
- summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- move upwards
- construct, build, or erect
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
- raise in rank or condition
- increase the level of
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- cause to puff up with a leaven
- bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
- bet more than the previous player
- cause to assemble or enlist in the military
- put forward for consideration or discussion
- pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- activate or stir up
- establish radio communications with
- multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
- bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
- invigorate or heighten
- cause to become alive again
noun
verb
- To finish or make an end of.
- To set a lower bound.
- To cover or furnish with a floor.
- To amaze or greatly surprise.
- To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
- To push (a pedal) down to the floor, especially to accelerate.
- To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
noun
- The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition.
- A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.
- The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers.
- The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
- The area of a casino where gambling occurs.
- A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap.
- In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
- The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
- The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
- A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
- The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine.
- An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise
- A dance floor.
- A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories.
- The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.
- A storey/story of a building.
- That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
- Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground).
- Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event.
verb
- To continue.
- To cause to move or go; to send; to transfer from one person, place, or condition to another.
- To depart, to cease, to come to an end.
- To spend.
- To go from one person to another.
- To put through a sieve.
- To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
- To reject; to pass up.
- To happen.
- In turn-based games, to decline to play in one's turn.
- To proceed without hindrance or opposition.
- To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
- To utter; to pronounce; to pledge.
- To die.
- To cause to obtain entrance, admission, or conveyance.
- In euchre, to decline to make the trump.
- To transcend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed.
- To put in circulation; to give currency to.
- To live through; to have experience of; to undergo; to suffer.
- To decline something that is offered or available.
- To move or be moved from one place to another.
- To change from one state to another (without the implication of progression).
- To elapse, to be spent.
- To progress from one state to another; to advance.
- To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance.
- To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just.
- To move (the ball or puck) to a teammate.
- To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.
- To go by without noticing; to omit attention to; to take no note of; to disregard.
- To eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes.
- To be accepted by others as a member of a race, sex, or other group to which one does not belong or would not have originally appeared to belong; especially to be considered white although one has black ancestry, or a woman although one was assigned male at birth or vice versa.
- To make a lunge or swipe.
- To throw the ball, generally downfield, towards a teammate.
- To decline or not attempt to answer a question.
- To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to become valid or effective; to obtain the formal sanction of (a legislative body).
- To make a judgment on or upon a person or case.
- To achieve a successful outcome from.
- To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
noun
- A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
- Success in an examination or similar test.
- Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
- An intentional walk.
- The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
- A sexual advance.
- An attempt.
- A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
- A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission
- The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
- A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
- A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
- A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
- The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
- The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
- An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
- A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
- A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
- A thrust; a sally of wit.
- An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
verb
- To continue.
- To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
- To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
- To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- To remain in a state.
- To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
- To raise; to care for.
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- To act as wicket-keeper.
- To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- To restrain.
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- To maintain possession of.
- To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
noun
adj
adj
adv
- To the end.
- Completely.
- Out into the open.
- During a period of time; throughout
- From one side to the other by way of the interior.
- From one end to the other.
adj
- Passing from one side of something to the other.
- Without a future; done for.
- No longer interested; wearied or turned off by experience.
- Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
- In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
- Finished; complete.
prep
- Entering, then later leaving.
- To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
- From one side of an opening to the other.
- By means of.
- In consequence of; as a result of.
- Surrounded by (while moving).
postp
noun
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