| Main Entry: | crimp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fold or curl |
Synonyms: |
coil, crease, crimple, crinkle, crisp, crumple, flow, frizz, pleat, rimple, ruck, screw, scrunch, set, swirl, undulate, wave, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | arrest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking into custody |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, apprehension, appropriation, bag*, booby trap, bust, captivity, capture, collar, commitment, confinement, constraint, crimp, detention, drop*, fall*, gaff, glom, grab*, heat*, hook*, imprisonment, incarceration, jailing, mitt, nab, nail, nick, nip, pick up*, pickle, pinch*, preventive custody, protective custody, pull in, pull*, restraining, run in, sequestering, snare, sweep* |
| Main Entry: | balk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop short |
Synonyms: |
cramp, crimp, demur, desist, dodge, evade, flinch, hesitate, recoil, refuse, resist, shirk, shrink from, shy, turn down, upset apple cart |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form or cause a curve |
Synonyms: |
angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | circumvent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, mislead |
Synonyms: |
avoid, beat, beguile, bilk, bypass, circumnavigate, cramp, crimp, deceive, detour, disappoint, dodge, dupe, elude, ensnare, entrap, escape, evade, foil, frustrate, get around, hoodwink, outflank, outwit, overreach, prevent, queer, ruin, shun, sidestep, skirt, stave off, steer clear of, stump, stymie, thwart, trick, ward off |
| Notes: | circumnavigate means to proceed completely around while circumvent means to avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing duties, questions, or issues |
Antonyms: |
aid, allow, assist, help, permit |
| Main Entry: | crease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fold, rumple |
Synonyms: |
bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crinkle, crumple, dog-ear, double up, plait, pleat, pucker, purse, ridge, ruck up, screw up, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | crinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crumple, ruffle |
Synonyms: |
cockle, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, crimple, curl, fold, hiss, pucker, ruck, rumple, rustle, scallop, screw, scrunch, seam, swish, twist, whisper, wind, wreathe, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | betray, hinder |
Synonyms: |
backtalk, block, bollix, buck, crab, cramp, crimp, deny, double-cross, flummox, foil, foul up, frustrate, have bone to pick, impede, interfere, knock props out, louse up, obstruct, oppose, resist, sell out, sell*, snafu, stab in the back, stonewall, stump, stymie, take on, take wind out of sails, thwart |
Antonyms: |
abet, aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | crumple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become wrinkled |
Synonyms: |
break down, buckle, cave in, collapse, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crush, fall, fold, give way, go to pieces, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw, scrunch, shrivel, wad, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loop, ringlet, curve |
Synonyms: |
coil, crimp, crispation, curlicue, flourish, frizz, kink, quirk, spiral, swirl, twist, wave, whorl |
Antonyms: |
line |