HARNESS Synonyms

• a path over which electrical signals can pass

• a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through

• a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

• a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels

• (often plural) a means of communication or access

• a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

• a television station and its programs

• a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors

• transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

• direct the flow of

• send from one person or place to another

• power to direct or determine

• a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

• (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc

• a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment

• the activity of managing or exerting control over something

• the state that exists when one person or group has power over another

• discipline in personal and social activities

• great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity

• a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine

• a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance

• the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

• exercise authoritative control or power over

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• handle and cause to function

• maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage

• check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard

• place under restrictions; limit access to by law

• verify by using a duplicate register for comparison

• be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

• have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

• the state of being employed or having a job

• put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

• engage or hire for work

• a notable achievement

• use or manipulate to one's advantage

• draw from; make good use of

• work excessively hard

• be successful; achieve a goal

• be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• watch and direct

• achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

• carry on or function

• handle effectively

• very restrained or quiet

• brought from wildness into a domesticated state

• flat and uninspiring

• very docile

• correct by punishment or discipline

• make less strong or intense; soften

• adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment

• overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

• make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans

• public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive

• a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

• a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file

• a series of consequences wrought by an event

• piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor

• wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

• create by training and teaching

• undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession

• develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control

• educate for a future role or function

• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

• teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports

• exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition

• cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it

• travel by rail or train

• drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

• put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

• put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

• convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)

• one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse

• any means of control

• control and direct with or as if by reins

• stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins

• stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins

• keep in check

• a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

• something regarded as a normative example

• prescribed guide for conduct or action

• (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice

• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• the duration of a monarch's or government's power

• dominance or power through legal authority

• directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted

• any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order

• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems

• measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

• exercise authority over; as of nations

• decide with authority

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

• decide on and make a declaration about

• have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

• mark or draw with a ruler

• keep in check

• the person who plays offensive or defensive tackle on a football team

• gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails

• gear used in fishing

• (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, typically opposite one of the offensive guards

• (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground

• accept as a challenge

• put a harness

• seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball

• control and direct with or as if by reins