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307 entries under verb topic. ×
| contract(move, close, diminish, restrict) | |
| fasten(hold, fix, secure, settle) | |
| stiffen(stretch, tense, brace, hunch) | |
| secure(close, fix, position, join) | |
| tense | |
| close(hold, fix, secure, settle) | |
| tauten(go, cover, open, run) | |
| tie(hold, close, fix, secure) | |
| compress(decline, reduce, diminish, decrease) | |
| narrow(adjective, close, decline, reduce) | |
| fix(hold, close, change, set) | |
| squeeze(close, restrain, restrict, gather) | |
| strain(go, cover, open, run) | |
| stretch(move, cover, damage, extend) | |
| constrain | |
| constrict(close, decline, reduce, damage) | |
| lock(hold, secure, settle, join) | |
| pinch(restrain, contract, narrow, inhibit) | |
| reduce(close, decline, diminish, decrease) | |
| bind(hold, close, fix, secure) |
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