| Main Entry: | corner |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trap |
Synonyms: |
bottle, bring to bay, capture, catch, collar, fool, get on ropes, have up a tree, mousetrap, nab, put out, seize, tree, trick, trouble |
Antonyms: |
allow, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | cornered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under attack |
Synonyms: |
at bay, treed |
| Main Entry: | angular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bent |
Synonyms: |
V-shaped, Y-shaped, akimbo, bifurcate, cornered, crooked, crossing, crotched, divaricate, forked, intersecting, jagged, oblique, sharp-cornered, skewed, slanted, staggered, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straight |
| Main Entry: | bottle up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in check |
Synonyms: |
box up, bring to naught, check, collar, contain, coop up, cork, corner, cover up, cramp, curb, enclose, entrap, hold back, hold down, hold in, keep back, keep feeling inside oneself, keep secret, repress, restrain, restrict, shut in, suppress, trap |
Antonyms: |
confide, reveal, tell |
| Main Entry: | collar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apprehend |
Synonyms: |
abduct, appropriate, arrest, bag, capture, catch, cop, corner, get, grab, hook, lay hands on, nab, nail, prehend, secure, seize, take, tree |
Antonyms: |
let go, lose, release |
| Main Entry: | control |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curb, hold back |
Synonyms: |
adjust, awe, bridle, check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, cool, corner, cow, limit, monopolize, quell, regulate, rein in, repress, restrain, simmer down, smother, subdue |
Antonyms: |
chance, jump in, let go, risk, rush |
| Main Entry: | engross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold one's attention |
Synonyms: |
absorb, apply, arrest, assimilate, attract, be hung, become lost, bewitch, busy, captivate, consume, corner, engage, engulf, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, fill, grip, hog, immerse, involve, monopolize, occupy, preoccupy, sew up, soak, take up, up on |
Antonyms: |
forget, ignore, reject, repulse, turn off |
| Main Entry: | entangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve, mix up |
Synonyms: |
bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, duke in, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, enchain, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertangle, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, lead on, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, rope in, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle |
Antonyms: |
disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist |
| Main Entry: | have |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in possession |
Synonyms: |
accept, acquire, admit, annex, bear, carry, chalk up, compass, corner, enjoy, gain, get, get hands on, get hold of, have in hand, hog, hold, include, keep, land, latch on to, lock up, obtain, occupy, own, pick up, possess, procure, receive, retain, secure, sit on, take, take in, teem with |
Antonyms: |
lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | monopolize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dominate, control |
Synonyms: |
absorb, acquire, bogart, consume, copyright, corner, corner the market, devour, employ, engross, exclude, exercise control, have, hog, hold, keep to oneself, lock up, manage, own, own exclusively, patent, possess, restrain, sew up, sit on, syndicate, take over, take up, use, utilize |
Antonyms: |
distribute, scatter, share |