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| Main Entry: |
dwell on/dwell upon
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | linger over; be engrossed in |
| Synonyms: | consider, continue, elaborate, emphasize, expatiate, harp on, involve oneself, tarry over |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, miss, pass |
| 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: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oppose action, belief |
| Synonyms: | argue, bicker, buck*, buckle down, carry on, combat, conduct, contest, continue, defy, dispute, effect, endure, engage in, exert oneself, fall out, force, further, hammer away, hassle, lay into, light into, maintain, make a stand against, oppose, persevere, persist, prosecute, push forward, put up an argument, repel, resist, row, spare no effort, squabble, stand up to, strive, struggle, support, take on, take pains, tangle with, toil on, travail, traverse, uphold, wage, withstand, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, believe, support, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | issue, surge, run out |
| Synonyms: | abound, arise, brim, cascade, circulate, continue, course, deluge, discharge, disembogue, dribble, ebb, emanate, emerge, emit, exudate, exude, flood, glide, gurgle, gush, inundate, jet, leak, move, ooze, overflow, pass, percolate, pour, proceed, progress, pullulate, regurgitate, result, ripple, roll, rush, slide, sluice, smooth along, spew, spill, splash, spring, spurt, sputter, squirt, stream, sweep, swell, swirl, teem, trickle, tumble, void, well forth |
| Antonyms: | trickle |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | operate, function |
| Synonyms: | act, carry on, click*, continue, flourish, maintain, make out, move, pan out, perform, persist, prosper, run, score, succeed, thrive, work |
| Antonyms: | break |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go ahead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | proceed |
| Synonyms: | advance, begin, continue, dash ahead, edge forward, go forward, go on, move on, progress, shoot ahead |
| Antonyms: | cease, discontinue, finish, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | hammer away/hammer into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work hard at |
| Synonyms: | continue, drive home, drub into, drudge, drum into, endeavor, grind into, grind*, impress upon, instruct, keep on, peg away, persevere, persist, plug away, pound away, repeat, stick to, try hard, try repeatedly, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend; provide for |
| Synonyms: | administer, attend, board, care for, carry on, command, conduct, continue, defend, direct, endure, feed, foster, guard, look after, maintain, manage, mind, minister to, nourish, nurture, operate, ordain, protect, provision, run, safeguard, shelter, shield, subsidize, support, sustain, victual, watch over |
| Antonyms: | abandon, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | keep up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maintain, sustain |
| Synonyms: | balance, compete, contend, continue, emulate, go on, hold on, keep pace, keep step, match, pace, persevere, preserve, rival, run with, vie |
| Antonyms: | let go, neglect |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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