v01131473
| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 33 |
| def | hold back, as of a danger or an enemy |
| def | check the expansion or influence of |
| examples | Arrest the downward trend Check the growth of communism in South East Asia Contain the rebel movement Turn back the tide of communism |
| Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
| Frame - 9 | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Frame - 10 | Something ----s somebody |
| Frame - 11 | Something ----s something |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | defend |
| Derivationally related form | contain → containment; contain → containment |
| Derivationally related form | stop → stop |
| Hyponym | cut down, cut out |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | containment → contain; containment → contain |
| Derivationally related form | stop → stop |
| Hypernym | cut down, cut out |
| Hyponym | defend |
| Also see | hold → hold back |
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