wizen
adjective
1 wizen
noun
Roget 260:
hole,
foramen;
puncture,
perforation;
fontanel†;
transforation†;
pinhole,
keyhole,
loophole,
porthole,
peephole,
mousehole,
pigeonhole;
eye of a needle;
eyelet;
slot.
opening;
aperture,
apertness†;
hiation†,
yawning,
oscitancy†,
dehiscence,
patefaction†,
pandiculation†;
chasm
etc.
(interval)
198.
embrasure,
window,
casement;
abatjour†;
light;
sky light,
fan light;
lattice;
bay window,
bow window;
oriel [Arch.];
dormer,
lantern.
outlet,
inlet;
vent,
vomitory;
embouchure;
orifice,
mouth,
sucker,
muzzle,
throat,
gullet,
weasand†,
wizen,
nozzle;
placket.
portal,
porch,
gate,
ostiary†,
postern,
wicket,
trapdoor,
hatch,
door;
arcade;
cellarway†,
driveway,
gateway,
doorway,
hatchway,
gangway;
lich gate†.
way,
path
etc.
627;
thoroughfare;
channel;
passage,
passageway;
tube,
pipe;
water pipe
etc.
350;
air pipe
etc.
351;
vessel,
tubule,
canal,
gut,
fistula;
adjutage†,
ajutage†;
ostium†;
smokestack;
chimney,
flue,
tap,
funnel,
gully,
tunnel,
main;
mine,
pit,
adit†,
shaft;
gallery.
alley,
aisle,
glade,
vista.
bore,
caliber;
pore;
blind orifice;
fulgurite†,
thundertube†.
porousness,
porosity.
sieve,
cullender†,
colander;
cribble†,
riddle,
screen;
honeycomb.
apertion†,
perforation;
piercing
etc.
v.;
terebration†,
empalement†,
pertusion†,
puncture,
acupuncture,
penetration.
key
etc.
631,
opener,
master key,
password,
combination,
passe-partout.
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verb
Roget 195:
become small,
become smaller;
lessen,
decrease
etc.
36;
grow less,
dwindle,
shrink,
contract,
narrow,
shrivel,
collapse,
wither,
lose flesh,
wizen,
fall away,
waste,
wane,
ebb;
decay
etc.
(deteriorate)
659.
be smaller than,
fall short of;
not come up to
etc.
(be inferior)
34.
render smaller,
lessen,
diminish,
contract,
draw in,
narrow,
coarctate†;
boil down;
constrict,
constringe†;
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush,
crumple up,
warp,
purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow;
pinch,
tighten,
strangle;
cramp;
dwarf,
bedwarf†;
shorten
etc.
201;
circumscribe
etc.
229;
restrain
etc.
751.
[reduce in size by abrasion or paring. ]
(subtraction)
38
abrade,
pare,
reduce,
attenuate,
rub down,
scrape,
file,
file down,
grind,
grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear,
wear down.
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Moby thesaurus: Sanforize, age, air-dry, anhydrate, attenuate, bake, blot, brush, burn, cheat the undertaker, consume, cure, decline, decrease, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, diminish, dodder, drain, droop, dry, dry up, dwindle, emacerate, emaciate, evaporate, exsiccate, fade, fade away, fail, fire, flag, get along, get on, grow old, insolate, kiln, languish, macerate, mummify, mummy, parch, pine, preshrink, reduce, rub, scorch, sear, shake, shrink, shrivel, sink, smoke, soak up, sponge, sun, sun-dry, swab, thin, torrefy, totter, towel, turn gray, turn white, wane, waste, waste away, weazen, welter, wilt, wipe, wither, wrinkle ... show more.
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