PLIE Antonyms

• a support that steadies or strengthens something else

• two items of the same kind

• a set of two similar things considered as a unit

• either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material

• a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it

• elastic straps that hold trousers up

• an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

• a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring

• a structural member used to stiffen a framework

• prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult

• support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

• support by bracing

• cause to be alert and energetic

• extend in scope or range or area

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• span an interval of distance, space or time

• make available; provide

• thrust or extend out

• reach outward in space

• offer verbally

• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

• expand the influence of

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

• cause to move at full gallop

• open or straighten out; unbend

• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• prolong the time allowed for payment of

• continue or extend

• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

• a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

• a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

• a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

• height above ground

• indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid

• a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line

• an abstract place usually conceived as having depth

• a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

• not showing abrupt variations

• being on a precise horizontal plane

• oriented at right angles to the plumb

• of the score in a contest

• aim at

• tear down so as to make flat with the ground

• make level or straight

• direct into a position for use

• talk frankly with; lay it on the line

• become level or even

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• an ordinary man

• the dead body of a human being

• to a great degree

• in a stiff manner

• not moving or operating freely

• strong, vigorous

• rigidly formal

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• incapable of or resistant to bending

• very drunk

• become stiff or stiffer

• make stiff or stiffer

• severely restrict in scope or extent

• having no deviations

• (of hair) having no waves or curls

• characterized by honesty and fairness

• no longer coiled

• free from curves or angles

• a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

• a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

• a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

• without deviation

• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

• in a straight line; in a direct course

• successive (without a break)

• erect in posture

• in keeping with the facts

• neatly arranged; not disorderly

• not homosexual

• accurately fitted; level

• without evasion or compromise

• (of an alcoholic drink) without water

• following a correct or logical method

• rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

• straighten up or out; make straight

• make straight

• get up from a sitting or slouching position

• put (things or places) in order

• straighten by unrolling

• make straight or straighter

• in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

• pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

• taut or rigid; stretched tight

• a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

• become stretched or tense or taut

• increase the tension on

• become tense, nervous, or uneasy

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

• make tight or tighter

• become tight or tighter

• severely restrict in scope or extent

• narrow or limit

• straighten up or out; make straight

• unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay

• free from flexure

• make less taut

• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

• release from mental strain, tension, or formality