diminishes the weight Synonym

gathers, assembles, accumulates, amasses, compiles, hoards, garners, acquires, retrieves, harvests, aggregates, congregates, rounds up, brings together, pools, musters, rallies, clusters, corals, groups, unites, centralizes, concentrates, stores, caches, saves, stockpiles, gathers up, picks up, scoops up, takes in, draws together, pulls together, brings in, fetches, reaps, gleans, culls, gathers together, collects together, accumulates together, amasses together, compiles together, hoards together, garners together, acquires together, retrieves together, harvests together, aggregates together, congregates together [x]

toughen, solidify, strengthen, fortify, stiffen, reinforce, indurate, temper, set, congeal, petrify, calcify, freeze, firm, consolidate, anneal, bake, cure, dry, encrust, gel, harden up, ossify, vitrify, case-harden, inure, acclimate, acclimatize, habituate, season, toughen up, weather, brace, steel, embolden, galvanize, harden off [x]

cause, lead to, result in, bring about, produce, generate, create, provoke, trigger, instigate, initiate, set off, spark, induce, prompt, engender, occasion, beget, breed, foment, precipitate, arouse, stir up, kindle, incite, stimulate, activate, catalyze, effectuate, elicit, evoke, unleash, set in motion, start, commence, launch, inaugurate, kick off, begin, originate, birth, spawn, usher in, set the stage for, pave the way for, make happen, bring to pass, give rise to [x]

reenter, re-enter, return, rejoin, reengage, reappear [x]

mischief, fun, liveliness, lightheartedness, merriment, cheerfulness, frolicsomeness, gaiety, jocularity, sportiveness, jollity, exuberance, friskiness, buoyancy, vivacity, perkiness, sprightliness, jocundity, mirth, zest, zestfulness, high spirits, good humor, waggish, clownishness, roguishness, impishness, prankishness, whimsy, whim, capriciousness, drollery, facetiousness, jocosity, jocoseness, jocosery, jocosities [x]

establish, settle, embed, implant, fix, anchor, entrench, lodge, ingrain [x]

unite, connect, link, combine, merge, associate, affiliate, attach, ally, bond, couple, fuse, integrate, coalesce, amalgamate, blend, conjoin, incorporate, team up, partner, band together, come together, get together, hook up tie, yoke, fasten, secure, adhere, stick, affix, append, annex, add, enroll, enlist, sign up, register, subscribe, engage, participate, enter, involve, partake, accompany, attend, converge, meet, assemble [x]

Lists, enumerates, details, specifies, catalogs, outlines, recites, names, mentions, counts, inventories, tabulates, records, registers, notes, chronicles, documents, indexes, logs, reports [x]

devour, consume, gobble, munch, eat, ingest, swallow, wolf down, scarf down, demolish, polish off, finish off, gulp down, chow down, feast on, gorge on, tuck into, bolt down, put away, pack away, snack on, nibble on, bite into, gnaw on, masticate [x]

gulp, ingest, consume, devour, down, imbibe, absorb, take in, drink, quaff, sip, sup, guzzle, slurp, bolt, wolf down, gobble, eat, partake, swallow up, engulf [x]

devour, consume, gulp, wolf, scarf, bolt, gorge, inhale, stuff, cram, chomp, munch, chew, swallow [x]

affirms, declares, asserts, professes, acknowledges, confesses, admits proclaims, swears, testifies, maintains, states, announces, vows, pledges, certifies, attests, avers, guarantees, warrants, endorses, supports, upholds, champions, backs, advocates, confirms, ratifies, sanctions, approves, accepts, recognizes, concedes, owns, grants, allows, consents, agrees, subscribes, corroborates, verifies, authenticates, substantiates, evidences, witnesses, bears witness, testifies to, attests to [x]

cut, trim, clip, snip, shave, crop, prune, slice pare, cleave, divide, sever, lop, dissect, carve, hack, slash, split, rend, hew, chop, bisect, section, segment, detach, excise, amputate, truncate, abrade, whittle, incise, notch, nick, gash, slit, score, scissor, shear [x]

pursues, tracks, shadows, tails, accompanies, adheres, obeys, heeds, attends, chases, trails, stalks, traces, monitors, observes, watches, surveils, dogs, hounds, tags, keeps up with, comes after, goes after, succeeds, imitates, copies, emulates, mirrors, apes, parrots, echoes, replicates, duplicates, mimics [x]

compress, press, crush, pinch, constrict, wring, squash, compact, cram, stuff, jam, pack, crowd, force, push, shove, nudge, elbow, jostle, hustle, wedge, fit, insert, tuck, thrust, ram, drive, impel, propel, squeeze in, squeeze out, squeeze through, squeeze past, squeeze up, squeeze down, squeeze tight, squeeze hard, squeeze gently, squeeze firmly, squeeze softly, squeeze lightly, squeeze together, squeeze apart, squeeze into, squeeze onto, squeeze against, squeeze between, squeeze around, squeeze along [x]