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Main Entry: sprawl
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: sit or lie spread out

Synonyms:

drape, extend, flop, lie, lie spread-eagle, loll, lounge, ramble, recline, sit, slouch, slump, spread, straddle, straggle, stretch, trail

Antonyms:

straighten
Main Entry: crash
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fall

Synonyms:

bite the dust, bump, collapse, collide, crash-land, ditch, dive, drive into, drop, fall flat, fall headlong, fall prostrate, give way, go in, hurtle, lurch, meet, overbalance, overturn, pancake, pitch, plough into, plunge, prang, slip, smash, splash down, sprawl, topple, tumble, upset, washout
Main Entry: drape
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hang over, adorn

Synonyms:

array, cloak, clothe, cover, dangle, display, don, dress, droop, drop, enclose, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, fold, hang, lean over, let fall, line, model, roll, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, suspend, swathe, wrap

Antonyms:

undrape
Main Entry: founder
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go under, fail

Synonyms:

abort, be lost, break down, collapse, come to nothing, fall, fall through, go down, go lame, go to bottom, lurch, miscarry, misfire, sink, sprawl, stagger, stumble, submerge, submerse, trip
Notes: founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly

Antonyms:

accomplish, achieve, succeed
Main Entry: lie
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be prostrate, flat

Synonyms:

be prone, be recumbent, be supine, couch, go to bed, laze, lie down, loll, lounge, nap, recline, repose, rest, retire, siesta, sleep, sprawl, stretch out, turn in

Antonyms:

be upright, stand, straighten
Main Entry: loll
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lay sprawled

Synonyms:

bum, dangle, dawdle, droop, drop, flap, flop, goof off, hang, hang loose, idle, laze, lean, loaf, loiter, lounge, recline, relax, rest, sag, slouch, slump, sprawl

Antonyms:

sit up straight
Main Entry: lounge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lie about, waste time

Synonyms:

bum*, dawdle, fritter away, goldbrick, goof off, idle, kill time, laze, loaf, loiter, loll, pass time, recline, relax, repose, saunter, sprawl, take it easy

Antonyms:

do, hustle
Main Entry: ramble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wander about; travel aimlessly

Synonyms:

amble, bat around, be all over the map, branch off, clamber, climb, cruise, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, excurse, extend, fork, gad, gallivant, get sidetracked, knock about, knock around, meander, perambulate, percolate, peregrinate, promenade, range, roam, rove, saunter, scramble, snake, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, straddle, straggle, stray, stroll, trail, traipse, turn, twist, walk, wind, zigzag

Antonyms:

be direct, stay
Main Entry: recline
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lie down

Synonyms:

be recumbent, cant, heel, lay down, lean, lie, list, loll, lounge, repose, rest, slant, slope, sprawl, stretch, stretch out, tilt, tip

Antonyms:

sit up, straighten
Main Entry: spread
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: open or fan out

Synonyms:

arrange, array, be displayed, be distributed, bloat, branch off, broaden, cast, circulate, coat, cover, daub, develop, diffuse, dilate, disperse, diverge, enlarge, escalate, even out, expand, extend, flatten, flow, gloss, increase, lay, lengthen, level, lie, multiply, mushroom, open, outstretch, overlay, paint, pervade, prepare, proliferate, radiate, reach, roll out, set, settle, smear, sprawl, spray, stretch, strew, suffuse, swell, uncoil, unfold, unfurl, unroll, untwist, unwind, widen

Antonyms:

close, collect, compress, gather
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