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fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel

v. show submission or fear

flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

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give way, yield

v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

kneel

v. rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"

flatter, blandish

v. praise somewhat dishonestly

wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle

v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

truckle

v. yield to out of weakness

clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

crawl, creep

v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail

v. draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

grimace, make a face, pull a face

v. contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do"

shudder, shiver, throb, thrill

v. tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

stop, halt, block, kibosh

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

shiver, shudder

v. shake, as from cold; "The children are shivering--turn on the heat!"

shy

v. throw quickly

fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel

v. show submission or fear

stoop

v. sag, bend, bend over or down; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"

shrink, shrivel

v. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

shrink, reduce

v. reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet

v. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

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pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust

v. make a thrusting forward movement

spread

v. cover by spreading something over; "spread the bread with cheese"

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