CRANKING Antonyms

• having no employment

• affording physical or mental rest

• a decrease in rate of change

• fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members

• the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch

• the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

• act of changing in practice or custom

• a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe

• a movement in a new direction

• the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe

• the activity of shaping something on a lathe

• the shore of a sea or ocean

• a slope down which sleds may coast

• the area within view

• the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it

• move effortlessly; by force of gravity

• lose velocity; move more slowly

• reduce the speed of

• characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

• free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound

• (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots

• a period of calm weather

• an untroubled state; free from disturbances

• the absence of sound

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

• not showy or obtrusive

• in a softened tone

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• become quiet or quieter

• make calm or still

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a pause for relaxation

• a state of inaction

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• a support on which things can be put

• a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

• not move; be in a resting position

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

• give a rest to

• have a place in relation to something else

• be at rest

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• be inherent or innate in

• put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

• sit, as on a branch

• rest on or as if on a pillow

• be inactive, refrain from acting