| Main Entry: | inch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one-twelfth of a foot/2.54 centimeters measured |
Synonyms: |
fingerbreadth, one thirty-sixth of a yard, square |
| Main Entry: | budge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dislodge from staid position |
Synonyms: |
bend, change, change position, convince, give way, inch, influence, locomote, move, persuade, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir, sway, yield |
| Main Entry: | crawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
Synonyms: |
clamber, creep, drag, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, grovel, hang back, inch, lag, loiter along, lollygag, move at snail's pace, move on hands and knees, plod, poke, pull oneself along, scrabble, slide, slither, squirm, worm, wriggle, writhe |
| Main Entry: | creep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crawl along, usually on ground |
Synonyms: |
approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours, edge, glide, grovel, gumshoe, inch, insinuate, lurk, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, skulk, slink, slither, snake*, sneak, squirm, steal, tiptoe, worm, wriggle, writhe |
| Main Entry: | drag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
Synonyms: |
be delayed, be quiescent, crawl, creep, dally, dawdle*, delay, encounter difficulty, hang*, inch, lag, lag behind, limp along, linger, loiter, mark time, poke*, procrastinate, put off*, sag, shamble, shuffle, slow down, stagnate, straggle, tarry, trail behind, traipse |
Antonyms: |
rush |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guide, move carefully |
Synonyms: |
disentangle, edge, extricate, facilitate, handle, inch, induce, insert, join, loose, loosen, maneuver, relax, remove, right, set right, slack, slacken, slide, slip, squeeze, steer, untighten |
Antonyms: |
make difficult, vex |
| Main Entry: | edge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat narrowly |
Synonyms: |
creep, ease, inch, infiltrate, nose out, sidle, slip by, slip past, squeeze by, squeeze past, steal, worm |
Antonyms: |
lose, wallop |
| Main Entry: | lag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move slowly; delay |
Synonyms: |
be behind, dally, dawdle, decrease, dillydally, diminish, drag, drag one's feet, ebb, fail, fall off, falter, flag, get no place fast, hang back, hobble, idle, inch, inch along, jelly, limp, linger, loiter, lose strength, lounge, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, retard, saunter, shuffle, slacken, slouch, slow, slow up, stagger, stay, straggle, tail, tarry, tool, trail, trudge, wane |
Antonyms: |
run, rush |
| Main Entry: | modicum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bit, small amount |
Synonyms: |
atom, crumb, dash, drop, fraction, fragment, grain, inch, iota, jot, little, minim, mite, molecule, ounce, particle, pinch, scrap, shred, smidge, speck, tinge, touch, trifle, whit |
Antonyms: |
lot |
| Main Entry: | sidle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk |
Synonyms: |
ease, edge, inch, saunter, tilt, veer |