Word

steady, v.
(steadied, steadies, steadying)
freq. cnt. 3

make steady
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becalm calm steady

sample sentences

"steady yourself"

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semantic pointers

hypernym

stabilize, stabilise

support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

brace stabilise stabilize steady

sample sentences

"brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

brace

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stabilization

semantic pointers

hypernym

strengthen, fortify, beef up

hyponym

ballast guy