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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become smaller |
| Synonyms: | compress, concentrate, condense, constrict, contract, decrease, deflate, diminish, drop off, dwindle, fail, fall off, fall short, grow smaller, lessen, narrow, reduce, shorten, shrivel, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, wither, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | develop, enlarge, expand, grow, stretch |
| Main Entry: | stuff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | load with |
| Synonyms: | choke up, clog up, compress, congest, cram, crowd, fill, fill to overflowing, fill to the brim, force, glut, gobble, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, jam, jam-pack, overfill, overindulge, overstuff, pack, pad, push, ram, sate, satiate, shove, squeeze, stow, wad, wedge |
| Antonyms: | unload, unstuff |
| Main Entry: | tighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | constrict |
| Synonyms: | bind, clench, close, compress, condense, congeal, contract, cramp, crush, fasten, fix, grip, harden, narrow, pinch, pressure, rigidify, screw, secure, squeeze, stiffen, strain, strangle, stretch, tauten, tense, toughen |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, loose, loosen, relax, release |
| Main Entry: | poultice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bandage |
| Synonyms: | cataplasm, compress, dressing, fomentation, plaster |
| Main Entry: | wring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist, contort |
| Synonyms: | choke, coerce, compress, draw out, exact, extort, extract, force, gouge, hurt, pain, pinch, pry, push, screw, shake down, squeeze, strain, strangle, throttle, turn, wrench, wrest |
| Antonyms: | untwist |
| Main Entry: | wrinkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crinkle, fold |
| Synonyms: | compress, corrugate, crease, crimp, crisp, crumple, furrow, gather, line, prune up, pucker, purse, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw up, scrunch, seam, shrivel, twist |
| Antonyms: | smooth, straighten, unfold |
| Main Entry: | rimple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrinkle |
| Synonyms: | compress, corrugate, crease, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crumple, furrow, gather, line, prune up, pucker, purse, ruck, rumple, screw up, scrunch, seam, shrivel, twist |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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ad idem, agreed, benami, conventional, innominate, mediatory, negotiable, nominate, under hand and seal
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| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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abridged, analectic, compendious, condensed, curtailed, minified, synoptic, truncated
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