Synonyms of the word

collar

• n. Anything that encircles the neck.
• n. A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
• n. (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
• n. (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
• n. (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
• n. A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
• n. (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope…
• n. (slang) An arrest.
• v. (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
• v. (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.
• v. (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
• v. (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
• v. (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.
• v. (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
• v. (BDSM) To bind a submissive to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.

apprehend

• v. (transitive, archaic) To take or seize; to take hold of.
• v. (transitive) To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
• v. (transitive) To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant…
• v. (transitive) To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
• v. (intransitive) To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To be apprehensive; to fear.

apprehension

• n. (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure.
• n. (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
• n. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing…
• n. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
• n. The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
• n. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.

arrest

• n. A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
• n. The condition of being stopped, standstill.
• n. (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
• n. A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
• n. A device to physically arrest motion.
• n. (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
• n. (obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
• n. (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To stay, remain.
• v. (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
• v. (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
• v. (transitive) To catch the attention of.

band

• n. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
• n. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
• n. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
• n. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
• n. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic…
• n. (physics) A part of the radio spectrum.
• n. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
• n. (obsolete) A bond.
• n. (obsolete) Pledge; security.
• n. (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify…
• n. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc.
• n. (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension)…
• v. (transitive) To fasten with a band.
• v. (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
• n. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
• n. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
• n. A marching band.
• n. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
• n. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.
• n. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government…
• v. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

brim

• n. (obsolete) The sea; ocean; water; flood.
• n. An edge or border (originally specifically of the sea or a body of water).
• n. The topmost rim or lip of a container.
• n. A projecting rim, especially of a hat.
• v. To be full to overflowing.
• v. (transitive) To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top.
• v. Of pigs: to be in heat, to rut.
• adj. (obsolete) Fierce; sharp; cold.

capture

• n. An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
• n. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
• n. Something that has been captured; a captive.
• n. The recording or storage of something for later playback.
• n. (computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
• v. To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
• v. To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
• v. To reproduce convincingly.
• v. To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).

catch

• n. (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
• n. (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
• n. (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
• n. (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
• n. (countable) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
• n. (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
• n. (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
• n. (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
• n. (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
• n. (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
• n. (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
• n. (obsolete) A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.
• n. (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
• n. (obsolete) A type of strong boat, usually having two masts; a ketch.
• n. (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually…
• n. (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
• n. (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting…
• n. (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
• n. (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
• n. (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
• n. Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
• n. A slight remembrance; a trace.
• v. (heading) To capture, overtake.
• v. (heading) To seize hold of.
• v. (heading) To intercept.
• v. (heading) To receive (by being in the way).
• v. (heading) To take in with one's senses or intellect.
• v. (heading) To seize attention, interest.
• v. (heading) To obtain or experience.

choker

• n. A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace, tight to the throat.
• n. One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
• n. One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
• n. (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
• n. One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when…

clutch

• v. To seize, as though with claws.
• v. To grip or grasp tightly.
• n. The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
• n. (by extension) A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
• n. A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used between engine and gearbox in a car.
• n. The pedal in a car that disengages power transmission.
• n. Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
• n. A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
• n. (US) An important or critical situation.
• adj. (US, Canada) Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
• n. A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
• n. A group or bunch (of people or things).

cop

• n. (obsolete) A spider.
• v. (transitive, formerly dialect, now informal) to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to…
• v. (transitive) to (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment…
• v. (transitive, trainspotting, slang) to see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
• v. (transitive) to steal.
• v. (transitive) to adopt.
• v. (intransitive, usually with "to", slang) to admit, especially to a crime.
• n. (slang, law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.
• n. (crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
• n. (obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
• n. (obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself.
• n. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
• n. (architecture, military) A merlon.

equip

• v. (transitive) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever…
• v. (transitive) To dress up; to array; accouter.
• v. (transitive) To prepare (someone) with a skill.

fit

• adj. Suitable, proper.
• adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
• adj. In good shape; physically well.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
• adj. Prepared; ready.
• v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
• v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
• v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
• v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
• v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
• v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
• v. (transitive) To make ready.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
• v. To be proper or becoming.
• v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
• n. The degree to which something fits.
• n. Conformity of elements one to another.
• n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
• n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
• n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
• n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
• n. A seizure or convulsion.
• n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
• n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
• n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
• v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.

leash

• n. A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
• n. A brace and a half; a tierce.
• n. A set of three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the…
• n. A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
• n. (surfing) A leg rope.
• v. To fasten or secure with a leash.
• v. (figuratively) to curb, restrain.

lip

• n. (countable) Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
• n. (countable) A part of the body that resembles a lip, such as the edge of a wound or the labia.
• n. (countable) The projecting rim of an open container; a short open spout.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Backtalk; verbal impertinence.
• n. The edge of a high spot of land.
• n. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
• n. (botany) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
• n. (botany) The distinctive petal of the Orchis family.
• n. (zoology) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
• n. (music, colloquial) Embouchure: the condition or strength of a wind instrumentalist's lips.
• v. To touch with the lips; to kiss or lick; to lap the lips against something.
• v. To utter verbally.
• v. To simulate speech merely by lip-movement, as suffices for a lip-reader.
• v. (sports) to make a golf ball hit the lip of the cup, without dropping in.

nab

• v. (transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive.
• v. (transitive) To grab or snatch something.
• n. The summit of an eminence.
• n. The cock of a gunlock.
• n. (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

nail

• n. The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
• n. The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera.
• n. The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks, and other allied birds.
• n. A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven…
• n. A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The…
• n. An archaic English unit of length equivalent to 1/20th of an ell or 1/16th of a yard (2.25 inches or 5…
• v. (transitive) To fix (an object) to another object using a nail.
• v. (intransitive) To drive a nail.
• v. (transitive) To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails.
• v. (slang) To catch.
• v. (transitive, slang) To expose as a sham.
• v. (transitive, slang) To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully.
• v. (transitive, slang) To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon.
• v. (transitive, slang) Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with.
• v. To spike, as a cannon.

neckband

• n. A band worn around the neck.
• v. To attach a band around the neck (especially of wild animals).

necklace

• n. An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls,…
• n. (figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
• n. (South Africa) A method of informal execution in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around…
• v. (South Africa) To informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put…

outfit

• n. A set of clothing (with accessories).
• n. Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
• n. Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
• n. (informal) A business or firm.
• n. (sports) A sports team.
• n. (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
• v. (transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.

pinch

• v. To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• v. To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
• v. To squeeze between two objects.
• v. To steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential.
• v. (slang) To arrest or capture.
• v. (horticulture) To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
• v. (nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
• v. (hunting) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
• v. (obsolete) To be niggardly or covetous.
• v. To seize; to grip; to bite; said of animals.
• v. (figuratively) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
• v. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
• v. (obsolete) To complain or find fault.
• n. The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• n. A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
• n. An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
• n. An organic herbal smoke additive.

prehend

• v. (obsolete) To lay hold of; to seize.

restraint

• n. (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.
• n. (uncountable) control or caution; reserve.

rim

• n. An edge around something, especially when circular.
• n. (automotive, cycling) wheelrim.
• v. To form a rim on.
• v. (transitive) To follow the contours, possibly creating a circuit.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, of a ball) To roll around a rim.
• n. (Britain dialectal) A membrane.
• n. (Britain dialectal or obsolete) The membrane enclosing the intestines; the peritoneum, hence loosely,…
• v. (slang) To lick the anus of a partner as part of the sexual act.

seize

• v. (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• v. (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
• v. (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
• v. (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
• v. (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
• v. (intransitive) To have a seizure.
• v. (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
• v. (Britain, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.

seizure

• n. The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law.
• n. A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
• n. A sudden onset of pain or emotion.
• n. (obsolete) retention within one's grasp or power; possession; ownership.
• n. That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.