N. contraction, reduction, diminution, decrease of size,
defalcation, decrement,
lessening,
shrinking,
compaction,
tabes,
collapse,
emaciation,
attenuation,
tabefaction, consumption,
marasmus,
atrophy,
systole, neck,
hourglass,
condensation, compression, compactness,
compendium,
squeezing,
strangulation,
corrugation,
astringency, astringents, sclerotics,
contractility,
compressibility,
coarctation, inferiority in size
V. become small, become smaller,
lessen, decrease, grow less,
dwindle,
shrink, contract, narrow,
shrivel,
collapse, wither, lose flesh,
wizen, fall away, waste,
wane,
ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller,
lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow,
coarctate, boil down,
constrict,
constringe,
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush, crumple up,
warp, purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow,
pinch,
tighten,
strangle,
cramp,
dwarf,
bedwarf,
shorten,
circumscribe, restrain,
abrade,
pare, reduce,
attenuate, rub down,
scrape,
file, file down,
grind, grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear, wear down
Adj. contracting,
astringent,
shrunk, contracted,
strangulated,
tabid,
wizened,
stunted,
waning,
neap, compact, unexpanded &c. (expand ),
contractile,
compressible, smaller &c. (small )
V. circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose,
surround, compass about, imprison, hedge in, wall in, rail in, fence round, fence in, hedge round,
picket,
corral,
enfold,
bury,
encase, incase, pack up,
enshrine,
inclasp, wrap up,
embay,
embosom, containment (inclusion) 76
Adj. circumscribed,
begirt, lapt, buried in, immersed in, embosomed, in the bosom of,
imbedded,
encysted, mewed up, imprisoned,
landlocked, in a ring fence
N. inclosure,
envelope, case, # wrapper,
girdle, pen, fold, pen fold, in fold, sheep fold,
paddock, pound,
corral, yard, net, seine net, wall,
hedge, hedge row,
espalier,
fence, pale, paling,
balustrade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling,
circumvallation,
enceinte, ring fence, barrier,
barricade, gate,
gateway, bent,
dingle, door,
hatch,
cordon, prison,
dike,
dyke,
ditch,
fosse,
moat V. inclose, circumscribe
N. prohibition,
inhibition,
veto, disallowance,
interdict,
interdiction, injunction,
estoppel,
embargo,
ban,
taboo,
proscription, index expurgatorius,
restriction,
hindrance, forbidden fruit, maine law
V. prohibit,
inhibit,
forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow,
enjoin,
ban, outlaw,
taboo,
proscribe,
estop, bar,
debar,
forefend, keep in, keep within bounds, restrain,
cohibit,
withhold, limit,
circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict,
interdict,
taboo, put under an interdiction, place under an interdiction, put under the ban, place under the ban,
proscribe,
exclude, shut out, shut the door, bolt the door, show the door, warn off, dash the cup from one's lips, forbid the banns
Adj. prohibitive,
prohibitory,
proscriptive, restrictive, exclusive,
forbidding, prohibited, not permitted,
unlicensed,
contraband,
impermissible, under the ban of,
illegal, unauthorized, not to be thought of, uncountenanced, unthinkable, beyond the pale
Adv. on no account
Int. forbid it heaven,
&c. (deprecation) 766, hands off, keep off, hold, stop,
desist, cease and desist,
avast, phr, that will never do, don't you dare, forget it, don't even think about doing it, "go ahead; make my day "
