| Main Entry: | accumulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather or amass something |
Synonyms: |
accrue, acquire, add to, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, assemble, bring together, cache, clean up, collect, collocate, compile, concentrate, cumulate, draw together, expand, gain, gather, grow, heap, heap together, hoard, incorporate, increase, load up, lump*, make a bundle, make a killing, mass, pile up, pile*, procure, profit, rack up, roll up, round up, scare up, stack up, stockpile, store, store up, swell, unite |
Antonyms: |
disperse, dissipate, dwindle, lessen, lose, spend, squander, waste |
| Main Entry: | clench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grasp |
Synonyms: |
clamp, clasp, clinch, clutch, constrict, contract, double up, draw together, grapple, grip, hold |
| Notes: | clench means to hold in a tight grasp while clinch means to settle conclusively - for example, hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches |
Antonyms: |
let go, loose, loosen, release |
| Main Entry: | compile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assemble, accumulate |
Synonyms: |
abridge, amass, anthologize, arrange, assemble, bring together, collate, collect, colligate, collocate, compose, concentrate, congregate, consolidate, cull, draw together, edit, garner, gather, get together, glean, group, heap up, marshal, muster, organize, put together, recapitulate, unite |
Antonyms: |
disassemble, disperse, scatter, separate |
| Main Entry: | concentrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, collect |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, bunch, center, centralize, cluster, coalesce, collect, combine, compact, compress, congest, conglomerate, congregate, consolidate, constrict, contract, converge, cramp, crowd, draw together, eliminate, embody, focalize, focus, forgather, garner, get to the meat, heap, heap up, hoard, huddle, integrate, intensify, localize, mass, muster, narrow, pile, reduce, salt away, store, strengthen, swarm, unify, zero in |
Antonyms: |
disperse, scatter |
| Main Entry: | constrict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inhibit |
Synonyms: |
astringe, choke, circumscribe, clench, compress, concentrate, condense, confine, constringe, contract, cramp, curb, draw together, limit, narrow, pinch, restrain, restrict, shrink, squeeze, strangle, strangulate, tauten, tense, tighten, tuck |
Antonyms: |
expand, free, let go, loosen, open, release |
| Main Entry: | contraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drawing in; shortening |
Synonyms: |
abbreviating, abbreviation, abridging, abridgment, compression, condensation, condensing, confinement, confining, constriction, curtailing, curtailment, cutting down, decrease, decreasing, deflating, deflation, diminishing, diminution, drawing together, dwindling, elision, evaporating, evaporation, lessening, lopping, narrowing, omission, omitting, receding, recession, reducing, reduction, shrinkage, shrinking, shrivelling, tensing, tightening, withdrawal, withdrawing |
Antonyms: |
amplification, dilation, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase, lengthening, spread, stretch |
| Main Entry: | huddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meet, discuss |
Synonyms: |
bunch, cluster, confer, consult, converge, crouch, crowd, cuddle, curl up, draw together, flock, gather, herd, hug, hunch up, mass, nestle, parley, powwow, press, press close, snuggle, throng |
Antonyms: |
cancel |
| Main Entry: | hunch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cower, crouch |
Synonyms: |
arch, bend, bow, curve, draw in, draw together, huddle, hump, lean, scrooch down, squat, stoop, tense |
Antonyms: |
stand, straighten |
| Main Entry: | tuck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fold together |
Synonyms: |
constrict, contract, draw together, enfold, gather, hem, insert, make snug, pinch, plait, pleat, push, put in, seam, squeeze in, swaddle, wrap |
| Concept: | Contraction. |
| Category: | 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease of size; defalcation, decrement; lessening, shrinking; compaction; tabes, collapse, emaciation, attenuation, tabefaction, consumption, marasmus, atrophy; systole, neck, hourglass., condensation, compression, compactness; compendium; squeezing; strangulation; corrugation; astringency; astringents, sclerotics; contractility, compressibility; coarctation., inferiority in size.
-verbs
become small, become smaller; lessen, decrease; grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb; decay (deteriorate)., be smaller than, fall short of; not come up to (be inferior)., render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate; boil down; constrict, constringe; condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, stow; pinch, tighten, strangle; cramp; dwarf, bedwarf; shorten; circumscribe; restrain., pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, grind, chip, shave, shear.
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Antonyms: |
expansion |
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