All cinching synonyms
cinch
C c verb cinching
- conclude β If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- hug β to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace.
- rein in β control, restrain
- connect β If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together.
- fasten β to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- regulate β to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- protect β to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- provide β to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- assure β If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
- safeguard β something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- utilize β to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- tame β changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- curb β If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- tackle β equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
- mobilize β to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- underwrite β to write under or at the foot of, especially under other written matter.
- shield β a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- hedge β a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges.
- capture β If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- buy β If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- win β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- have β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- pay β to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
- negotiate β to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- decide β If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
- work out β exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- clear β Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- put an end to β the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.
- join β to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- link β a torch, especially of tow and pitch.
- knot β either of two large sandpipers, Calidris canutus or C. tenuirostris, that breed in the Arctic and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
- repeat β repeat loop
- confirm β If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
- ratify β to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- insist β to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
- assert β If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- profess β to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- declare β If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
- guarantee β a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- insure β to guarantee against loss or harm.
- secure β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- tie up β that with which anything is tied.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- unite β to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- strap β a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.