All pin down synonyms
pin down
P p verb pin down
- deputed β to appoint as one's substitute, representative, or agent.
- hang up β the way in which a thing hangs.
- hook up β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- button down β (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- cinching β a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- designate β When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job.
- inventory β a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- corner β A corner is a point or an area where two or more edges, sides, or surfaces of something join.
- conscripted β enrolled for compulsory service, esp military service
- gluing β a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- mass β the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
- massed β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- carded β a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver.
- hold down β 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.
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- indicate β to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
- cool down β If someone cools down or if you cool them down, they become less angry than they were.
- demark β to remove all trace of (a person or thing)
- draw a picture β represent sth visually
- optate β (obsolete) To choose; to wish for; to desire.
- get down to brass tacks β discuss essentials
- meet with β to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter: I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.
- inclose β enclose.
- get to the point β (Idiomatic) To state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way.
- demarked β demarcate.
- locate β to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
- bind β If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- concuss β to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
- lay hands on β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- demarking β demarcate.
- blueprinting β a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- inclosed β enclose.
- hit upon β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- card β A card is a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard on which something is written or printed.
- glued β Simple past tense and past participle of glue.
- encase β Enclose or cover in a case or close-fitting surround.
- delimitate β delimit.
- ironing β Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20Β°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- finger β any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- massing β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- enfetter β Restrain (someone) with shackles.
- lay one's hands on β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- dragoons β Plural form of dragoon.
- manacling β Present participle of manacle.
- concussed β If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
noun pin down
- nail down β a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- nail-down β a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- lock in β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.