| Main Entry: | deploy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | redistribute, station troops or weapons |
Synonyms: |
arrange, display, dispose, expand, extend, fan out, form front, open, position, put out patrol, set out, set up, spread out, take battle stations, unfold, use, utilize |
Antonyms: |
not use, withhold |
| Main Entry: | expand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, augment |
Synonyms: |
aggrandize, amplify, beef up, bloat, blow up, bolster, broaden, bulk up, burgeon, detail, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, explicate, fan out, fatten, fill out, grow, heighten, hike, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, mushroom, open, open out, outspread, pad, piggyback, prolong, protract, puff up, pyramid, slap on, soup up, spread, spread out, stretch, stretch out, swell, tack on, thicken, unfold, unfurl, unravel, unroll, upsurge, wax, widen |
Antonyms: |
abbreviate, contract, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink |
| Main Entry: | extend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make larger, longer |
Synonyms: |
add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up, boost, broaden, carry on, continue, crane, develop, dilate, drag one's feet, drag out, draw, draw out, elongate, enhance, enlarge, expand, fan out, go on, heighten, increase, last, lengthen, let out, magnify, mantle, multiply, open, pad, prolong, prolongate, protract, run on, spin out, spread, spread out, stall, stretch, string out, supplement, take, unfold, unfurl, unroll, widen |
Antonyms: |
abridge, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink |
| Main Entry: | unfold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spread out |
Synonyms: |
disentangle, display, expand, extend, fan, fan out, flatten, loosen, open, outspread, outstretch, reel out, release, shake out, spread, straighten, stretch out, unbend, uncoil, uncrease, uncurl, undo, unfurl, unravel, unroll, untwist, unwind, unwrap |
Antonyms: |
fold, wrap |