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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get down on one's knees |
| Synonyms: | bow, bow down, curtsey, do obeisance, genuflect, kowtow, prostrate oneself, stoop |
| Main Entry: | launch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin, initiate |
| Synonyms: | bow, break the ice, break the seal, commence, embark upon, get show on road, inaugurate, instigate, institute, introduce, jump, kick off, open, originate, set going, start, start ball rolling, usher in |
| Antonyms: | cease, end, finish, stop |
| Main Entry: | lean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, angle toward |
| Synonyms: | be off, be slanted, bear on, beetle, bow, cant, careen, cock, curve, decline, deflect, dip, divert, drift, droop, fasten on, hang on, heel, incline, jut, list, nod, overhang, pitch, place, prop, put weight on, recline, repose, rest, rest on, roll, sag, sheer, sink, slant, slope, tilt, tip, turn, twist, veer |
| Notes: | lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess, while a lien is the right to take or sell another's property if an obligation is not met |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | loop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circle, spiral |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, begird, bend, bow, braid, coil, compass, connect, crook, curl, curve, curve around, encircle, encompass, fold, gird, girdle, join, knot, ring, roll, surround, tie together, turn, twist, wind around |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | nod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gesture with head |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, beckon, bend, bow, concur, consent, curtsy, dip, duck, greet, indicate, recognize, respond, salute, say yes, sign, signal |
| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin |
| Synonyms: | begin business, bow, commence, convene, embark, get things rolling, inaugurate, initiate, jump, kick off, launch, meet, raise the curtain, ring in, set in motion, set up shop, sit, start, start the ball rolling |
| Antonyms: | close, conclude, end, finish, shut |
| Main Entry: | play |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce music |
| Synonyms: | blow, bow, drum, execute, fiddle, fidget, finger, operate, pedal, perform, render, tickle, work |
| Antonyms: | listen |
| Main Entry: | prostrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall on knees; submit |
| Synonyms: | abase, bow, bow down, cast before, cringe, fall at feet, give in, grovel, kneel, kowtow, obey, surrender |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back prostate is the gland; prostrate means 'lying face down' supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Antonyms: | erect, stand, straighten |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make curved; remove angles |
| Synonyms: | arch, bend, bow, coil, convolute, crook, curl, curve, form, loop, mold, perfect, polish, recurve, refine, shape, sleek, slick, smooth, whorl |
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