tie up
pin
immobilise
trap
immobilize
rest
biocontrol
hindering
obstructive
impeding
clogging
antihandling
keep a tight rein on
bear off
in control
at ease
rein in
stand
decontrol
unbudgingly
hold down
clampdown
keep off
restrictive
hold
stay off
inactive
unsleepingly
at rest
antibounce
nuzzle
hold still
buoy up
buoy
nest
snuggle
nestle
cuddle
lay up
draw close
get up
jerkless
repose
gruel
keep out
damp
turn out
arise
cramp
ration
uprise
rise
freeze
tread water
shackle
conk out
stop dead
keep
fetter
hold in hand
exclude
in stride
a rolling stone gathers no moss
debar
forbear
bar
run on
unbridled
unchecked
straight
stand down
come to rest
incautious
pull the plug
sluff
antihiatic
clog up
bog
uncurbed
bog down
stay up
ungoverned
bed
mitmachen
serene
step over
crawl in
hit the sack
mild
sit up
go to sleep
hit the hay
get off
unleashed
go to bed
kip down
hem in
hindering
obstructive
impeding
clogging
antihandling
restrictive
inactive
unsleepingly
antibounce
jerkless
unbridled
unchecked
incautious
antihiatic
uncurbed
ungoverned
serene
mild
unleashed
unbudgingly
straight
clampdown
mitmachen
tie up
pin
immobilise
trap
immobilize
rest
biocontrol
keep a tight rein on
bear off
rein in
stand
decontrol
hold down
keep off
hold
stay off
nuzzle
hold still
buoy up
buoy
nest
snuggle
nestle
cuddle
lay up
draw close
get up
repose
gruel
keep out
damp
turn out
arise
cramp
ration
uprise
rise
freeze
tread water
shackle
conk out
stop dead
keep
fetter
hold in hand
exclude
debar
forbear
bar
run on
stand down
come to rest
pull the plug
sluff
clog up
bog
bog down
stay up
bed
step over
crawl in
hit the sack
sit up
go to sleep
hit the hay
get off
go to bed
kip down
hem in
verb
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- attach or fasten with pins
- pierce with a pin
- (chess) immobilize a piece
noun
- a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
- informal terms for the leg
- axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
- cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
- a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
- a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
verb
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
- place in a confining or embarrassing position
- catch in or as if in a trap
- hold or catch as if in a trap
- to sell marijuana on a street corner
noun
- a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas
- something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
- a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters
- the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
- informal terms for the mouth
- a light two-wheeled carriage
- a hazard on a golf course
verb
- not move; be in a resting position
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- give a rest to
- have a place in relation to something else
- be at rest
- stay the same; remain in a certain state
- be inherent or innate in
- put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying
- sit, as on a branch
- rest on or as if on a pillow
- be inactive, refrain from acting
noun
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a pause for relaxation
- a state of inaction
- euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- a support on which things can be put
- a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
verb
- remain inactive or immobile
- be standing; be upright
- be in some specified state or condition
- occupy a place or location, also metaphorically
- hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- have or maintain a position or stand on an issue
- be in effect; be or remain in force
- be tall; have a height of; copula
- put into an upright position
- withstand the force of something
- be available for stud services
noun
- a support or foundation
- the position where a thing or person stands
- a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
- a small table for holding articles of various kinds
- a support for displaying ot holding various articles
- an interruption of normal activity
- a mental position from which things are viewed
- a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance
- tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade)
- a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air
- a defensive effort
verb
- Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- 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
- get up and out of bed
- be shown or be found to be
- prove to be in the result or end
- produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery
- result or end
- come, usually in answer to an invitation or summons
- bring forth
- put out or expel from a place
- come and gather for a public event
- outfit or equip, as with accessories
- turn outward
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
verb
- To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- To form on a cramp.
- To affect with cramps or spasms.
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- To prohibit movement or expression of.
- To bind together; to unite.
noun
verb
- get up and out of bed
- move upward
- increase in value or to a higher point
- rise to one's feet
- rise up
- come to the surface
- come into existence; take on form or shape
- move to a better position in life or to a better job
- go up or advance
- become more extreme
- rise in rank or status
- become heartened or elated
- exert oneself to meet a challenge
- take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- increase in volume
- come up, of celestial bodies
- return from the dead
noun
- a growth in strength or number or importance
- the act of changing location in an upward direction
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- a movement upward; rise above the ground
- the amount a salary is increased
- the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
- a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
- (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
- an increase in cost
- increase in price or value
verb
- stop moving or become immobilized
- change to ice
- be cold
- cause to freeze
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- be very cold, below the freezing point
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- anesthetize by cold
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
noun
verb
- hold and prevent from leaving
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity
- retain possession of
- stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
- conform one's action or practice to
- stick to correctly or closely
- look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
- maintain by writing regular records
- supply with room and board
- allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
- supply with necessities and support
- fail to spoil or rot
- behave as expected during of holidays or rites
- maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger
- to rear
- retain rights to
- store or keep customarily
- have as a supply
- maintain for use and service
- prevent the action or expression of
- prevent (food) from rotting
noun
verb
verb
- prevent from entering; keep out
- render unsuitable for passage
- expel, as if by official decree
- secure with, or as if with, bars
noun
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink
- a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
- the act of preventing
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- a heating element in an electric fire
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
verb
- To continue without interruption
- Using a certain time zone.
- To operate with a particular energy source.
- To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
- To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.
- To continue talking for a long time.
adv
- Continuously; without interruption or pause.
- Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
- Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
- Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
adj
- Direct, undeviating.
- Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- Strait; narrow.
- Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- Heterosexual.
- Serious rather than comedic.
- Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
- Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
noun
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
- Five cards in sequence.
- A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- A heterosexual.
- A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
verb
verb
verb
- prepare for sleep
- furnish with a bed
- place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
- put to bed
- have sexual intercourse with
noun
- a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
- a plot of ground in which plants are growing
- a depression forming the ground under a body of water
- (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)
- a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
- single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
- the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
- a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
verb
verb
verb
verb
verb
- To stop touching or physically interfering with something or someone.
- To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- To cause (something) to stop touching or interfering with (something else).
- To stop using a piece of equipment, such as a telephone or computer.
- Indicates annoyance or dismissiveness.
- To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
- To make (someone) fall asleep.
- To make or help someone be ready to leave a place (especially to go to another place).
- To acquire (something) from (someone).
- To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- To experience great pleasure, especially sexual pleasure; in particular, to experience an orgasm.
- To kiss; to smooch.
- To (write and) send (something); to discharge.
- To leave one's job, or leave school, as scheduled or with permission.
- To help someone to escape serious or severe consequences and receive only mild or no punishment.
- To get high (on a drug).
- To find enjoyment (in behaving in a presumptuous, rude, or intrusive manner).
- To escape serious or severe consequences; to receive only mild or no punishment (or injuries, etc) for something one has done or been accused of.
- To fall asleep.
- To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
- To reserve or have a period of time as a vacation from work.
verb
verb
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