- Keep back; withhold - Patiently abstain - Refrain (from) - Refrain in aid of grizzly - An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. - To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. - To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
- Fail to disclose - Keep back by means of wrestling move - Keep secret - Refrain from giving - Refuse to give or grant - Suppress or restrain - To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
- Check - Check new trainers - Hold back - Keep back - Keep in check - Put under arrest - To draw back again; to hold back from acting,
proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any
interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.
- Delay or hold back progress - Hold back - Impede - Inhibit - Keep - Keep back or hinder - To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from
progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to
retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed
to accelerate.
- Rearward - Alt. of Backwards - Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances. - Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. - Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension;
dull; inapt; as, a backward child. - Late or behindhand; as, a backward season. - Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the
country or region is in a backward state.