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quail
What does quail mean?
quail (verb): draw back, as with fear or pain.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce quail?
/kweɪl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does quail come from?
From Middle English quaylen, from Middle Dutch queilen, quēlen.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of quail?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “quail”?
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What does “quail” mean?
give to a charity or good cause
Not quite: that's what donate means.
draw back, as with fear or pain
Right! That's what “quail” means.
to justify; to give grounds for
Not quite: that's what warrant means.
to break from internal pressure
Not quite: that's what burst means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “quail”?
depend
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export
Not quite: export means something else.
cruise
Not quite: cruise means something else.
cringe
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