| Main Entry: | branch off/branch out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend beyond main part |
Synonyms: |
add to, develop, diverge, diversify, divide, enlarge, expand, extend, fork, grow, increase, multiply, part, proliferate, ramify, separate, spread out |
Antonyms: |
lessen, shrink |
| 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: | display |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show for public viewing, effect |
Synonyms: |
advertise, arrange, bare, betray, boast, brandish, bring to view, demonstrate, disclose, emblazon, evidence, evince, exhibit, expand, expose, extend, feature, flash, flaunt, flourish, glaze, grandstand, illustrate, impart, lay bare, lay out, make clear, make known, manifest, model, open, open out, parade, perform, present, promote, promulgate, publish, represent, reveal, set out, show off, showcase, sport, spread out, stretch out, trot out, uncover, unfold, unfurl, unmask, unroll, unveil, vamp |
Antonyms: |
conceal, cover, hide, secrete, 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: | extended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lengthened |
Synonyms: |
continued, drawn-out, elongate, elongated, enlarged, lengthy, long, prolonged, protracted, spread, spread out, stretched out, unfolded, unfurled, very long |
Antonyms: |
abbreviated, abridged, compressed, condensed, contracted, curtailed, cut, lessened, reduced, shortened |
| Main Entry: | flat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | level, smooth |
Synonyms: |
collapsed, complanate, decumbent, deflated, depressed, empty, even, extended, fallen, flush, horizontal, laid low, low, oblate, outstretched, pancake, planar, planate, plane, procumbent, prone, prostrate, punctured, reclining, recumbent, splay, spread out, supine, tabular, unbroken |
Antonyms: |
broken, elevated, raised, rough, rounded, rugged, uneven |
| Main Entry: | flatten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | level out |
Synonyms: |
abrade, beat down, compress, crush, debase, deflate, depress, even out, fell, floor, flush, grade, ground, iron out, knock down, lay, lay low, mow down, plane, plaster, prostrate, raze, roll, smash, smooth, spread out, squash, straighten, subdue, trample |
Antonyms: |
break, elevate, make uneven, raise, round |
| Main Entry: | lay out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | design, plan |
Synonyms: |
arrange, chart, diagram, display, exhibit, map, outline, set out, spread out |
Antonyms: |
neglect |
| Main Entry: | long |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extended in space or time |
Synonyms: |
continued, deep, distant, drawn out, elongate, elongated, enduring, enlarged, expanded, extensive, far-off, far-reaching, faraway, gangling, great, high, lanky, lasting, lengthened, lengthy, lingering, lofty, longish, outstretched, prolonged, protracted, rangy, remote, running, spread out, spun out, stretch, stretched, stretching, stringy, sustained, tall, towering |
Antonyms: |
abbreviated, abridged, short |