| Main Entry: | draw out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prolong |
Synonyms: |
attract, continue, drag, drag out, elongate, extend, lead on, lengthen, make longer, prolongate, protract, pull, spin, spin out, stretch, string out, tug |
Antonyms: |
clip, shorten |
| 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: | lengthen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend |
Synonyms: |
amplify, augment, continue, dilate, distend, drag out, draw, draw out, elongate, expand, increase, let out, make longer, pad, proceed, prolong, prolongate, protract, reach, spin out, stretch, string out |
Antonyms: |
abbreviate, cut, shorten |
| Main Entry: | straggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander, stray |
Synonyms: |
be late, dawdle, drift, lag, loiter, maunder, meander, poke, poke around, ramble, range, roam, rove, scramble, spread, straddle, string out, tail, trail |
Antonyms: |
hurry, run, rush |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | prolongate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lengthen |
Synonyms: |
amplify, augment, continue, dilate, distend, drag out, draw, draw out, elongate, expand, extend, increase, let out, make longer, pad, proceed, prolong, protract, reach, spin, spin out, stretch, string out |