All embog synonyms

verb embog

• rein in — control, restrain
• retardate — someone who is retarded in some way, as educationally or mentally; retardee.
• set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
• wind down — the act of winding.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• bog down — If a plan or process bogs down or if something bogs it down, it is delayed and no progress is made.
• decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
• hang up — the way in which a thing hangs.
• hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• mire — a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• slow down — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• slow up — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• lag — netlag
• lessen — to become less.
• moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• relax — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
• slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
• stall — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
• temper — a particular state of mind or feelings.
• brake — Brakes are devices in a vehicle that make it go slower or stop.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
• choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
• handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
• loiter — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
• postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
• procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
• qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
• quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
• reef — a part of a sail that is rolled and tied down to reduce the area exposed to the wind.
• regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
• stunt — to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
• cut back — If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.
• cut down — If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.
• ease off — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• ease up — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.