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RESTRAIN |
Keep back |
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FORBEAR |
Keep back; withhold |
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RETARD |
Keep back or hinder |
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RETAIN |
Keep back or hinder |
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BACKWARD |
To keep back; to hinder. |
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WITHHOLD |
Keep back by means of wrestling move |
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DETAIN |
To keep back or from; to withhold. |
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RESPITE |
To keep back from execution; to reprieve. |
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BAY |
A bank or dam to keep back water. |
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REPRESS |
Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back. |
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STAY |
To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back. |
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RESERVE |
To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or
disclose. |
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REFRAIN |
To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed
bounds; to curb; to govern. |
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BARRIER |
A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to
keep back a crowd. |
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BACK |
In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to
keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another. |
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MINCE |
To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to
palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip,
as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of. |
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DAM |
A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of
earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water
course, to confine and keep back flowing water. |
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SADDLE |
...se's back,
being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to
keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.... |
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RETIRE |
To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep
aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy;
as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice. |
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REFUSE |
To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a
wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to
engage the enemy... |
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RECOUPE |
To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off,
so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to
deduct; as, where a ... |
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HINDER |
To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving
forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; --
often followe... |