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Synonyms for restrain
The synonym for restrain recorded in this bank is keep, in the sense "prevent the action or expression of". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for restrain
- keepverb, in the sense "prevent the action or expression of"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and restrain carries one sense so far.
prevent the action or expression of
A low fence will restrain the crowd from rushing forward.
The true synonym
keep
Same sentence, swapped: A low fence will keep the crowd from rushing forward.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where restrain stands in the sentence above.
- stoop
- interact
- reduce
Where restrain turns up in the game
restrain is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where restrain is the trap
- indulgeverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is spoil, in the sense "to allow oneself a pleasure, especially food or drink", and restrain is on the board beside it.
- reduceverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is tighten, in the sense "narrow or limit", and restrain is one of the three tiles that lose.
- meddleverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is tamper, in the sense "intrude in other people's affairs or business", with restrain sitting one tile away.
- stoopverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is condescend, in the sense "debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way", so restrain is there to be ruled out.
Play restrain
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so restrain reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because change is the company restrain keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
restrain is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.