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| Main Entry: | embed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sink, implant |
| Synonyms: | bury, deposit, dig in, enclose, fasten, fix, impact, ingrain, inlay, insert, install, lodge, pierce, plant, plunge, press, root, set, drive in, hammer in, infix, put into, ram in, stick in, stuff in, thrust in, tuck in |
| Antonyms: | dig up |
| Main Entry: | bed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plant |
| Synonyms: | base, embed, establish, fix, found, implant, insert, set up, settle |
| Main Entry: | engrave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carve letters or designs into |
| Synonyms: | bite, burn, chase, chisel, cut, embed, etch, fix, grave, hatch, impress, imprint, ingrain, initial, inscribe, instill, lodge, ornament, print, scratch, stipple, crosshatch, diaper, enchase, infix, intaglio, lithograph, mezzotint |
| 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, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hold, hook, implant, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, moor, nail, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stick, strengthen, string, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld, freeze to, hitch on, hook up, infix, make firm, mortise, rivet, stay put, tack on |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unfasten, unlock, unchain, unlink |
| Main Entry: | insert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put, tuck in |
| Synonyms: | admit, embed, enter, fill in, implant, include, infuse, inject, inlay, insinuate, instill, interject, interpolate, interpose, introduce, intrude, obtrude, place, root, set, stick, drag in, imbed, infix, intercalate, interlope, lug in, pop in*, shoehorn, shove in, squeeze in, work in |
| Antonyms: | remove, withdraw, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | root |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig and search |
| Synonyms: | burrow, delve, embed, forage, grub, hunt, ingrain, lodge, nose, place, poke, pry, rummage, ferret, grub up |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | thrust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push hard |
| Synonyms: | advance, assail, assault, attack, bear down, boost, buck, butt, chuck, chunk, clip, clout, crowd, cut, dig, drive, elbow*, embed, fire, force, heave, hump, impale, impel, interject, jab, jam, jostle, lob, lunge, nick, nudge, peg, pierce, pitch, plunge, poke, press, prod, propel, punch, put, railroad*, ram, run, shove, sink, sling, smack, stab*, stick, toss, transfix, urge, wham*, pour it on, push forward |
| Antonyms: | pull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | implant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insert |
| Synonyms: | embed, fix, inculcate, instill, root |
| Main Entry: | entrench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, make inroads |
| Synonyms: | anchor, confirm, define, dig in, embed, ensconce, fence, fix, fortify, found, ground, hole up, implant, ingrain, install, lodge, plant, protect, root, seat, set, settle, strengthen, infix |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, make firm |
| Synonyms: | affix, anchor, attach, bind, catch, cement, congeal, connect, consolidate, couple, embed, entrench, fasten, glue, graft, harden, implant, inculcate, ingrain, install, instill, link, locate, lodge, moor, nail down*, pin, place, plant, position, root, secure, set, settle, solidify, stabilize, steady, stick, stiffen, thicken, tie, freeze to, infix, rigidify, rivet, stay put |
| Antonyms: | change, destroy, disarrange, disorganize, unsettle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lodge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become fixed or wedged |
| Synonyms: | abide, catch, embed, entrench, fix, implant, ingrain, install, plant, remain, root, stay, stick, come to rest, imbed, infix |
| Antonyms: | dislodge, get out |
| Main Entry: | put |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | position |
| Synonyms: | bring, concentrate, deposit, embed, establish, fasten, fix, fixate, focus, insert, install, invest, lay, nail, park, peg, place, plank, plant, plunk, quarter, repose, rest, seat, set, settle, situate, stick, concenter, plank down, plop, plunk down, rivet |
| Antonyms: | remove, take |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | position, place |
| Synonyms: | affix, aim, anchor, apply, arrange, bestow, cast, deposit, direct, embed, ensconce, establish, fasten, fix, head, insert, install, introduce, lay, level, locate, lock, lodge, mount, park, plank, plant, plunk, point, post, prepare, put, rest, seat, settle, situate, spread, station, stick, train, turn, wedge, make fast, make ready, plop, zero in* |
| Antonyms: | displace, remove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold up |
| Synonyms: | base, bear, bed, bolster, bottom, brace, buttress, carry, cradle, embed, found, ground, hold, keep up, mainstay, poise, prop, reinforce, shore, shoulder, stand, stay, strut, sustain, uphold, be a foundation for, crutch, keep from falling, shore up, undergird, upbear |
| Antonyms: | let down, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | bury |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plant in ground |
| Synonyms: | embed, engulf, implant, sink, submerge, drive in |
| Antonyms: | dig out |
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