| Main Entry: | span |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch over |
Synonyms: |
arch, bridge, connect, cover, cross, extend, ford, go across, link, pass over, range, reach, traverse, vault |
Antonyms: |
compress, concentrate, condense, shorten |
| Main Entry: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curve |
Synonyms: |
arc, bend, bow, bridge, camber, extend, form, hook, hump, hunch, round, shape, span, stretch |
| Main Entry: | bridge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, extend |
Synonyms: |
arch over, attach, bind, branch, couple, cross, cross over, go over, join, link, reach, span, subtend, traverse, unite |
Antonyms: |
detach, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, unlink |
| Main Entry: | comprise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up, consist of |
Synonyms: |
add up to, amount to, be composed of, be contained in, compass, compose, comprehend, constitute, contain, cover, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, engross, form, hold, include, incorporate, involve, span, subsume, sum up, take in |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' comprise means literally 'embrace': a zoo comprises mammals, reptiles, and birds (because it 'embraces' or includes them), but animals do not comprise ('embrace') a zoo, they constitute a zoo |
Antonyms: |
except, exclude, fail, fall short, lack, need, want |
| Main Entry: | connect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine, link |
Synonyms: |
affix, ally, associate, attach, bridge, cohere, come aboard, conjoin, consociate, correlate, couple, equate, fasten, get into, hitch on, hook on, hook up, interface, join, join up with, marry, meld with, network with, plug into, relate, slap on, span, tack on, tag, tag on, tie in, tie in with, unite, wed, yoke |
Antonyms: |
disconnect |
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | traverse an area |
Synonyms: |
bridge, cruise, cut across, extend over, ford, go across, meet, move across, navigate, overpass, pass over, ply, sail, span, transverse, voyage, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | join |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unite |
Synonyms: |
accompany, add, adhere, affix, agglutinate, annex, append, assemble, associate, attach, blend, bracket, cement, clamp, clasp, clip, coadunate, coalesce, combine, compound, concrete, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, couple, entwine, fasten, fuse, grapple, hitch on, incorporate, interlace, intermix, juxtapose, knit, leash, link, lock, lump together, marry, mate, melt, mix, pair, put together, slap on, span, splice, stick together, tack on, tag on, tie, tie up, touch, weave, wed, weld, yoke |
Antonyms: |
disjoin, divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | lead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guide physically |
Synonyms: |
accompany, attend, be responsible for, chaperone, coerce, compel, conduct, convey, convoy, direct, drive, escort, find a way, force, get, go along with, guard, impel, induce, manage, pass along, persuade, pilot, point out, point the way, precede, prevail, protect, quarterback, route, safeguard, see, shepherd, show, show around, show in, show the way, span, squire, steer, traverse, usher, watch over |
Antonyms: |
follow |
| Main Entry: | reach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch to; touch |
Synonyms: |
approach, attain, buck, carry to, come at, come up to, contact, continue to, encompass, end, equal, extend to, feel for, get a hold of, get hold of, get to, go, go as far as, go on, go to, grasp, hand, hold out, join, lead, lunge, make, make contact with, overtake, pass, pass along, put out, roll on, seize, shake hands, shoot, span, spread, stand, strain, strike |
| Main Entry: | stretch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, elongate |
Synonyms: |
amplify, branch out, bridge, burst forth, cover, crane, develop, distend, drag out, draw, draw out, expand, fill, go, grow, inflate, lengthen, lie out, magnify, make, make taut, make tense, open, overlap, pad, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, pull out, pyramid, rack, range, reach, recline, repose, run, shoot up, span, spin out, spread, spread out, spring up, strain, string out, swell, tauten, tighten, unfold, unroll, widen |
Antonyms: |
compress, concentrate |