| Main Entry: | batten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten securely |
Synonyms: |
board up, clamp down, cover up, fix, nail down, secure, tie, tighten |
Antonyms: |
loosen, unfasten, unfix |
| Main Entry: | batten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow fat |
Synonyms: |
burgeon, feed on, grow, prosper, thrive, wax |
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rod; straight length of material |
Synonyms: |
batten, billet, boom, crossbar, crosspiece, ingot, lever, paling, pig, pole, rail, rib, rule, shaft, slab, spar, spoke, stake, stick, streak, strip, stripe, stroke |
| Main Entry: | black out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose consciousness |
Synonyms: |
batten, conceal, cover up, cross out, cut off, darken, delete; cover, eclipse, eradicate, erase, extinguish, faint, go out like a light, hold back, keel over, make dark, obfuscate, pass out, quash, rub out, shade, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, suppress, swoon, zonk out |
Antonyms: |
add, pencil in, uncover |
| Main Entry: | blossom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flourish |
Synonyms: |
batten, bloom, develop, grow, mature, progress, prosper, succeed, thrive |
Antonyms: |
deteriorate, die, fade, shrink |
| Main Entry: | fasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make secure; join together |
Synonyms: |
adhere, affix, anchor, attach, band, bar, batten, belt, bind, bolt, bond, brace, button, catch, cement, chain, cleave, close, cohere, connect, couple, embed, establish, fix, freeze to, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hitch on, hold, hook, hook up, implant, infix, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, make firm, moor, mortise, nail, rivet, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stay put, stick, strengthen, string, tack on, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld |
Antonyms: |
detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unchain, unfasten, unlink, unlock |
| Main Entry: | flourish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow, prosper |
Synonyms: |
amplify, arrive, augment, batten, be on top of heap, bear fruit, bloom, blossom, boom, burgeon, come along, develop, do well, expand, flower, get ahead, get on, go, go great guns, hit it big, increase, live high on hog, make out, multiply, score, succeed, thrive, wax |
Antonyms: |
cease, fail, hinder, languish, stunt |
| Main Entry: | flower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bloom, flourish |
Synonyms: |
batten, blossom, blow, burgeon, effloresce, mature, open, outbloom, prosper, thrive, unfold |
Antonyms: |
close, die, droop, fade, sag, shrink, shrivel |
| Main Entry: | prosper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be fortunate; succeed |
Synonyms: |
advance, arrive, augment, batten, be enriched, bear, bear fruit, become rich, become wealthy, benefit, bloom, blossom, catch on, do well, do wonders, fare well, fatten, feather nest, flourish, flower, gain, get on, get there, go places, go to town, grow rich, hit it big, hit the jackpot, increase, make a killing, make good, make it, make mark, make money, make out, multiply, produce, progress, rise, score*, strike it rich, thrive, turn out well, yield |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | tether |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten |
Synonyms: |
batten, bind, chain, fetter, leash, manacle, moor, picket, restrain, rope, secure, shackle, tie |
Antonyms: |
unchain, unfasten, unshackle |