Regrade: alternatives and connections

To empty.

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or co…

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady…

(linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.; "In practice, unround…

The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- insti…

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to pl…

Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova…

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit.

An island; -- often used in the names of small islands off the coast of Scotland, as in Inchcolm, Inchkeith, etc.

To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid.

A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.

- (/). A combining form meaning posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at…

A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out…

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

To drive or beat back; to repulse.