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v. contain or include; "This new system subsumes the old one"

v. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"; "Turn back the tide of communism"

control, mortify, subdue

v. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

incorporate, comprise

v. include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"

carry, hold, take, bear

v. contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water"

control, curb, moderate, restrain, hold in

v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

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Fuzzynyms (168)

feature, have

v. have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"

stunt

v. check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles"

take, have, consume, ingest

v. serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

deny

v. refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"

tame, chasten, subdue

v. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

modify

v. make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

control, curb, moderate, restrain, contain, hold in

v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

modulate, regulate

v. fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"

assuage, slake, quench, allay

v. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"

feature, have

v. have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"

incarnate, embody, body forth, represent in bodily form

v. represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"

integrate, incorporate, make into a whole

v. make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal"

exhibit, possess

v. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"

carry, transport

v. move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"

carry, take

v. have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"

carry, conduct, channel, convey, transmit

v. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"

carry, express, convey

v. serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af anger"

take, bring

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

transfer, bring, communicate, convey, transmit

v. move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"

get, bring, convey, fetch

v. go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"

bring, convey

v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

carry, bear, expect

v. be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

carry, hold, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

carry, conduct, bear, behave, acquit, deport, comport

v. behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

feature, have

v. have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"

stick, cling, adhere, cohere

v. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

follow, go after, come after, travel behind

v. to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"

hold, restrain, confine, straiten

v. to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

coincide, cooccur

v. go with, fall together

have, own, possess, have possession of

v. have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"

exhibit, possess

v. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"

suit, fit, accommodate

v. be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs"

suppress, repress

v. put out of one's consciousness

reduce, keep down, subdue, repress, quash, subjugate

v. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

restrain, constrain, encumber, cumber

v. hold back

stifle, dampen

v. smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"

decide, determine, decide upon, make up one's mind

v. reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

stifle, muffle, smother

v. conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

bridle, put a bridle on

v. put a bridle on; "bridle horses"

supervise, manage, oversee, superintend

v. watch and direct; "Who is overseeing this project?"

control, harness, rein, rule, keep in check

v. keep in check; "rule one's temper"

muffle, mute, damp, deaden, dampen, tone down

v. of sounds or images

palliate, extenuate, mitigate

v. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

muzzle, gag

v. prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"

contract, narrow

v. make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

consult, take counsel

v. advise professionally; "The professor consults for industry"

inhibit

v. limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

temper, moderate, chasten

v. restrain or temper

modify

v. make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

control, mortify, subdue, contain

v. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

modulate, regulate

v. fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"

try, judge, adjudicate

v. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

Synonyms (3)

hold, keep, maintain

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

Antonyms (4)

keep, preserve

v. maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger; "May God keep you"

exclude

v. lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"

obey

v. be obedient to

contain

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