DRAWSTRINGS Antonyms

• a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

• an electrical switch operated by pressing

• any of various plant parts that resemble buttons

• a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment

• a female sexual organ homologous to the penis

• a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

• any artifact that resembles a button

• a specific area or icon in graphical user interface systems that is clicked or pressed in order to select a command or perform an action

• provide with buttons

• fasten with buttons

• a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together

• the act of grasping

• hold firmly and tightly

• fasten with or as if with a brooch

• fasten with a buckle or buckles

• grasp firmly

• cause to be firmly attached

• become fixed or fastened

• attach to

• make tight or tighter

• a catch for locking a door

• a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

• anything that serves as an enticement

• a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

• a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

• a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

• a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

• fasten with a hook

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

• hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

• take by theft

• make off with belongings of others

• hit with a hook

• catch with a hook

• to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

• secure with the foot

• entice and trap

• approach with an offer of sexual favors

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• a spell of cold weather

• tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections

• a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

• the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand

• a sudden sharp noise

• a sudden breaking

• the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed

• an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

• a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound

• any undertaking that is easy to do

• the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand

• (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

• utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension

• move or strike with a noise

• close with a snapping motion

• make a sharp sound

• move with a snapping sound

• to grasp hastily or eagerly

• put in play with a snap

• cause to make a snapping sound

• lose control of one's emotions

• bring the jaws together

• record on photographic film

• neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front

• a social or business relationship

• equality of score in a contest

• a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating

• a fastener that serves to join or connect

• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

• (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value

• one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

• a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied

• fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

• finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.

• limit or restrict to

• connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

• form a knot or bow in

• create social or emotional ties

• perform a marriage ceremony

• make by tying pieces together

• unite musical notes by a tie

• nylon fabric used as a fastening

• fasten with Velcro

• a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab

• close with a zipper