| Main Entry: | elapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go by; slip away |
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expire, flow, glide by, lapse, pass, pass away, pass by, roll by, roll on, run out, transpire, vanish |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | length of action |
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duration, elapsing, lapse, passage, passing, progress, sweep, term, time |
| Main Entry: | expiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finish, demise |
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cessation, close, closing, conclusion, death, decease, departure, dying, elapsing, end, expiry, going, passing, termination, terminus |
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beginning, birth, commencement, inception, start |
| Main Entry: | expire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to an end |
Synonyms: |
bite the dust, buy it, cash in chips, cease, close, conclude, croak, decease, depart, die, elapse, end, finish, go, kick the bucket, lapse, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, quit, run out, stop, strike out, terminate, up and die |
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bear, begin, commence, start |
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run or pass swiftly |
Synonyms: |
barrel, bolt, breeze, career, dart, dash, elapse, flee, flit, glide, go like the wind, hasten, hurry, hustle, make off, pass, race, roll, run its course, rush, scamper, scoot, shoot, slip away, speed, sprint, tear, whiz*, zoom* |
| Main Entry: | lapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become void; fall back into previous pattern |
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apostatize, backslide, become obsolete, cease, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, die, elapse, end, expire, go by, pass, recede, recidivate, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, run out, slide, slip, subside, terminate, weaken |
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continue, go on, restart |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve, turn; proceed smoothly |
Synonyms: |
alternate, be in sequence, bowl, circle, circumduct, coil, curve, drape, drive, eddy, elapse, enfold, entwine, envelop, flow, fold, follow, furl, go around, go past, gyrate, gyre, impel, pass, pirouette, pivot, propel, reel, rock, rotate, run, spin, spiral, succeed, swaddle, swathe, swing around, swirl, swivel, trundle, twirl, twist, undulate, wheel, whirl, wind, wrap |
| Concept: | [Indefinite duration] Course. |
| Category: | 1. ABSOLUTE TIME |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
corridors of time, sweep of time, vesta of time, course of time, progress of time, process of time, succession of time, lapse of time, flow of time, flux of time, stream of time, tract of time, current of time, tide of time, march of time, step of time, flight of time; duration., [Indefinite time] aorist.
-verbs
elapse, lapse, flow, run, proceed, advance, pass; roll on, wear on, press on; flit, fly, slip, slide, glide; run its course., expire; go by, pass by; be past.
-adjectives
elapsing; aoristic; progressive.
-adverbs
in due time, in due season; in in due course, in due process, in the fullness of time; in time.
-phrases
labitur et labetur [Horace]; truditur dies die [Horace]; fugaces labuntur anni [Horace]; "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day"
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| Concept: | [Repeated and protracted sounds] Roll. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; specific sounds |
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-nouns
roll; drumming; berloque, bombination, rumbling; tattoo; dingdong; tantara; rataplan; whirr; ratatat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari, racket; cuckoo; repetition; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation.
-verbs
roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate., hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; tick, beat., drum in the ear, din in the ear.
-adjectives
rolling; monotonous (repeated); like a bee in a bottle.
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