S: (n) elasticity, snap (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed) "the waistband had lost its snap"
S: (n) resilience, resiliency (the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit)
S: (n) elasticity, snap (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed) "the waistband had lost its snap"
S: (n) physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
S: (n) property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class) "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"
S: (n) attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
S: (v) yield, give, afford (be the cause or source of) "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
S: (v) give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody) "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
S: (v) give (convey or reveal information) "Give one's name"
S: (v) give, pay (convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow) "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention"
S: (v) hold, throw, have, make, give (organize or be responsible for) "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
S: (v) give, throw (convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture) "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look"
S: (v) give, gift, present (give as a present; make a gift of) "What will you give her for her birthday?"
S: (v) give, yield (cause to happen or be responsible for) "His two singles gave the team the victory"
S: (v) render, yield, return, give, generate (give or supply) "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
S: (v) impart, leave, give, pass on (transmit (knowledge or skills)) "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"
S: (v) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give (place into the hands or custody of) "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
S: (v) give (leave with; give temporarily) "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?"
S: (v) slip, sneak (pass on stealthily) "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
S: (v) deal (give (a specific card) to a player) "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"
S: (v) hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, deliver, render (to surrender someone or something to another) "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"
S: (v) release, relinquish, resign, free, give up (part with a possession or right) "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
S: (v) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give (place into the hands or custody of) "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
S: (v) give (leave with; give temporarily) "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?"
S: (v) slip, sneak (pass on stealthily) "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
S: (v) deal (give (a specific card) to a player) "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"
S: (v) hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, deliver, render (to surrender someone or something to another) "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"
S: (v) release, relinquish, resign, free, give up (part with a possession or right) "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
S: (v) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give (place into the hands or custody of) "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
S: (v) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause) "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
S: (v) give (give (as medicine)) "I gave him the drug"
S: (v) give, apply (give or convey physically) "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"
S: (v) grant, give (bestow, especially officially) "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
S: (v) move over, give way, give, ease up, yield (move in order to make room for someone for something) "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
S: (v) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder (break down, literally or metaphorically) "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
S: (v) compel, oblige, obligate (force somebody to do something) "We compel all students to fill out this form"
S: (v) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
S: (v) decide (cause to decide) "This new development finally decided me!"
S: (v) persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm) "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"
S: (v) hustle (pressure or urge someone into an action)
S: (v) bring round, bring around (cause to adopt an opinion or course of action) "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school"
S: (v) convert, win over, convince (make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something) "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"
S: (v) disarm (make less hostile; win over) "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely"
S: (v) brainwash (persuade completely, often through coercion) "The propaganda brainwashed many people"
S: (v) assure (assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence) "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"
S: (v) reassure (give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain) "I reassured him that we were safe"
S: (v) charm, influence, tempt (induce into action by using one's charm) "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
S: (v) prevail (use persuasion successfully) "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents"
S: (v) drag (persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting) "He dragged me away from the television set"
S: (v) tempt (try presumptuously) "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
S: (v) seduce, score, make (induce to have sex) "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally"
S: (v) bring (induce or persuade) "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well"
S: (v) solicit (incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination) "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"
S: (v) encourage (spur on) "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
S: (v) let (actively cause something to happen) "I let it be known that I was not interested"
S: (v) lead (cause to undertake a certain action) "Her greed led her to forge the checks"
S: (v) give (guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion) "You gave me to think that you agreed with me"
S: (v) march (cause to march or go at a marching pace) "They marched the mules into the desert"
S: (v) coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means) "She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
S: (v) run, execute (carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine) "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
S: (v) step (cause (a computer) to execute a single command)
S: (v) execute (carry out the legalities of) "execute a will or a deed"
S: (v) enforce, impose, constrain (compel to behave in a certain way) "Social relations impose courtesy"; "duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations"