Buckle: alternatives and connections

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

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The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

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To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

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One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.

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of Fasten

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Fixed; solidified.

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of Fix

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One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.

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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

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To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

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To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

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To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

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A sharp-pointed instrument.

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To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

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To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.

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To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

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To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

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To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe.

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To loose the buckles of; to unfasten; as, to unbuckle a shoe.

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