EKES Synonyms

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

• South American tamarin with a tufted head

• (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm

• to keep up and reserve for personal or special use

• bring into safety

• spend less; buy at a reduced price

• accumulate money for future use

• make unnecessary an expenditure or effort

• save from sins

• refrain from harming

• spend sparingly, avoid the waste of

• retain rights to

• record data on a computer

• a harsh noise made by scraping

• an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

• a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)

• an indication of damage

• scratch repeatedly

• make by scraping

• cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

• bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

• gather (money or other resources) together over time

• bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of

• subsist on a meager allowance

• collect or look around for (food)

• obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling

• the act of gripping and pressing firmly

• a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high

• a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer

• (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend

• a twisting squeeze

• an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power

• a tight or amorous embrace

• the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through a restricted space

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• press firmly

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• obtain by coercion or intimidation

• press or force

• squeeze tightly between the fingers

• hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

• squeeze or press together

• textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

• a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)

• a supplementary component that improves capability

• add as a supplement to what seems insufficient

• serve as a supplement to

• add to the very end

• a twisting squeeze

• twist and press out of shape

• twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish

• obtain by coercion or intimidation

• twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid