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Main Entry: hem/hem in
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enclose, restrict

Synonyms:

begird, beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, corral, define, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, hedge in, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, shut in, skirt, surround, verge

Antonyms:

let go, release
Main Entry: bind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fasten, secure

Synonyms:

adhere, attach, bandage, border, chain, cinch, clamp, connect, constrict, cover, dress, edge, encase, enchain, enfetter, fetter, finish, fix, fold, furl, glue, hamper, handcuff, hem, hitch, hitch on, hobble, hook on, hook up, lace, lap, lash, leash, manacle, moor, muzzle, paste, peg down, pin, pin down, pinion, put together, restrain, restrict, rope, shackle, stick, strap, swathe, tack on, tether, tie, tie up, trammel, trim, truss, unite, wrap, yoke

Antonyms:

free, loose, loosen, release, set free, unbind, unfasten, untie
Main Entry: border
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bound on; be on the edge

Synonyms:

abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge
Notes: a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary

Antonyms:

be inside, center
Main Entry: cage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold in enclosure

Synonyms:

close in, confine, coop up, enclose, envelop, fence in, hem, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock up, mew, pen, restrain, shut in, shut up

Antonyms:

free, let go, let out, release
Main Entry: cough
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: expelling air with sound

Synonyms:

bark, choke, clear throat, convulse, expectorate, hack, hawk, hem, spit up, vomit, whoop
Main Entry: edge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: border, trim

Synonyms:

bind, bound, decorate, fringe, hem, margin, outline, rim, shape, skirt, surround, verge

Antonyms:

center
Main Entry: envelop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encase, hide

Synonyms:

blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, enwrap, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, overspread, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, shut in, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up

Antonyms:

free, let go, let loose, open, release, uncover, unwrap
Main Entry: fence
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enclose or separate an area

Synonyms:

bound, cage, circumscribe, confine, coop, corral, defend, encircle, fortify, girdle, guard, hedge, hem, immure, mew, mure, pen, protect, rail, restrict, secure, surround, wall

Antonyms:

release, set free, uncoop
Main Entry: fold
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lay in creases

Synonyms:

bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crisp, crumple, curl, dog-ear, double, double over, furrow, gather, groove, hem, intertwine, knit, lap, overlap, overlay, plait, pleat, plicate, pucker, purse, replicate, ridge, ruche, ruck, ruffle, telescope, tuck, turn under, wrinkle

Antonyms:

flatten, leave, unbend
Main Entry: join
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: touch; border on

Synonyms:

abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, be at hand, be close to, be contiguous to, bound, butt, communicate, conjoin, extend, fringe, hem, lie beside, lie near, lie next to, line, march, meet, neighbor, open into, parallel, reach, rim, skirt, trench on, verge on

Antonyms:

separate
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