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| Main Entry: | display |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show for public viewing, effect |
| Synonyms: | advertise, arrange, bare, betray, boast, brandish, demonstrate, disclose, emblazon, evidence, evince, exhibit, expand, expose, extend, feature, flash, flaunt, flourish, glaze, grandstand*, illustrate, impart, lay out, manifest, model, open, parade, perform, present, promote, promulgate, publish, represent, reveal, show off, sport, trot out*, uncover, unfold, unfurl, unmask, unroll, unveil, vamp, bring to view, lay bare, make clear, make known, open out, set out, showcase, spread out, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide, secrete, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drag on/drag out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend time of action |
| Synonyms: | continue, draw out, endure, extend, lengthen, persist, prolong, protract, go on slowly, keep going, spin out, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | complete |
| Main Entry: | eke out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make something last |
| Synonyms: | get by*, barely exist, be economical with, be frugal with, be sparing with, economize on, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | waste, use up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prolong |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, draw out |
| Synonyms: | carry on, continue, delay, drag one's feet, drag out*, hold, hold up, increase, lengthen, let it ride, make longer, pad*, perpetuate, protract, spin out*, stall, stretch, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | abbreviate, shorten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | protract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, draw out |
| Synonyms: | continue, cool*, defer, delay, drag out*, draw, elongate, hold up, lengthen, pad*, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, put off, stall, stretch, drag on, hold off, keep going, prolongate, put on hold, spin out*, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | abbreviate, curtail, shorten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie down |
| Synonyms: | cant, heel, lean, lie, list, loll, lounge, repose, rest, slant, slope, sprawl, stretch, tilt, tip, be recumbent, lay down, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | straighten, sit up |
| Main Entry: | repose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relax; recline |
| Synonyms: | deposit, lie, loaf, loll, lounge, place, rest, settle, slant, sleep, slumber, stretch, tilt, lay down, lie down, settle down, stretch out, take it easy |
| Antonyms: | energize, be active, be busy |
| Main Entry: | bump off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intentionally murder someone |
| Synonyms: | chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do in, dust, grease, hit, ice, kill, knock off, murder, off, polish off, rub out, snuff, snuff out, waste, wax, whack, wipe out, zap, blot out, blow away, deep-six, stretch out |
| Main Entry: | drag out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend |
| Synonyms: | continue, draw out, endure, extend, lengthen, persist, prolong, protract, drag on, keep going, spin out, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | accelerate, expedite, quicken, speed up |
| Main Entry: | rub out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispose of |
| Synonyms: | bump off, chill, dispatch, do away with, do in, dust, erase, grease, hit, ice, kill, knock off, murder, nuke, off, snuff, snuff out, waste, wax, whack, zap, blow away, deep-six, stretch out, take care of |
| Main Entry: | snuff out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do in, dust, grease, hit, ice, knock off, murder, off, rub out, waste, wax, whack, zap, blow away, stretch out |
| Main Entry: | expand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, augment |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, amplify, beef up*, bloat, blow up*, bolster, broaden, burgeon, detail, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, explicate, fatten, fill out, grow, heighten, hike, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, mushroom, open, pad, prolong, protract, pyramid*, spread, stretch, swell, thicken, unfold, unfurl, unravel, unroll, upsurge, wax*, widen, bulk up, fan out*, open out, outspread, piggyback, puff up, slap on, soup up, spread out, stretch out, tack on |
| Antonyms: | abbreviate, contract, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knock off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with*, do away with, do in*, do in, dust*, dust, eliminate, execute, finish, grease, hit, ice, kill, liquidate, murder, off, rub out*, rub out, shoot, slay, snuff out, stab, waste, wax, whack, zap, blow away, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | bear, create |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be calm; sleep |
| Synonyms: | breathe, doze, dream, idle, lean, let down, let up, loaf, loll, lounge, nap, nod, recline, relax, repose, slack, slacken, slumber, snooze, spell, unwind, be at ease, be comfortable, compose oneself, drowse, ease off, ease up, laze, lie by, lie down, lie still, put feet up, refresh oneself, sit down, slack off, stretch out, take a break, take a nap, take five, take it easy, take life easy, take ten, take time out, unbend, unlax, wind down |
| Antonyms: | activate, carry out, do, energize, be active |
| Main Entry: | unfold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spread out |
| Synonyms: | disentangle, display, expand, extend, fan, flatten, loosen, open, release, spread, straighten, undo, unfurl, unravel, unroll, unwind, unwrap, fan out, outspread, outstretch, reel out, shake out, stretch out, unbend, uncoil, uncrease, uncurl, untwist |
| Antonyms: | fold, wrap |
| Main Entry: | extend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offer |
| Synonyms: | accord, advance, allocate, allot, award, bestow, confer, donate, give, grant, hold out, impart, pose, present, proffer, submit, tender, yield, bring forward, place at disposal, put forth, put forward, reach out, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain, take back |
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be prostrate, flat |
| Synonyms: | couch, loll, lounge, nap, recline, repose, rest, retire, sleep, sprawl, turn in, be prone, be recumbent, be supine, go to bed, laze, lie down, siesta, stretch out |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | stand, straighten, be upright |
| Main Entry: | project |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, hang out |
| Synonyms: | extend, jut, lengthen, overhang, poke, pout, prolong, protrude, stand out, stick out, be conspicuous, be prominent, beetle, hang over, pop out, protuberate, push out, stretch out, thrust out |
| Antonyms: | cave in |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie, recline |
| Synonyms: | lay, lean, loll, lounge, pause, prop, repose, roost, settle, sit, stand, be quiet, be supported, lie still, stand still, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | move, stand, walk |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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