All corked synonyms

verb corked

• silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
• stop up — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• forbid — to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
• necessitate — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
• constrict — If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower.
• stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• collect — If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
• cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
• muzzle — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
• constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
• lessen — to become less.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• specify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
• define — to describe the nature, properties, or essential qualities of
• censor — If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
• clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
• pack — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
• seal — a member of the U.S. Navy’s special operations forces.
• prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
• rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• forbid — to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• forestall — to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• avert — If you avert something unpleasant, you prevent it from happening.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
• counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
• limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
• ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
• put an end to — 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.
• proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
• outlaw — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
• freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• crush — To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
• quell — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
• quash — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
• subjugate — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
• detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
• deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
• govern — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.