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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eternal |
| Synonyms: | abiding, ageless, always, amaranthine, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continued, continuous, dateless, deathless, enduring, everlasting, forever, illimitable, immemorial, immortal, immutable, imperishable, incessant, indefinite, indestructible, infinite, interminable, lasting, never-ending, perdurable, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, relentless, termless, timeless, unbroken, unceasing, undying, unending, unfading, uninterrupted, unremitting, without end |
| Main Entry: | add |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjoin, increase; make further comment |
| Synonyms: | affix, annex, ante, append, augment, beef up, boost, build up, charge up, continue, cue in, figure in, flesh out, heat up, hike, hike up, hitch on, hook on, hook up with, include, jack up, jazz up, join together, pad, parlay, piggyback, plug into, pour it on, reply, run up, say further, slap on, snowball, soup up, speed up, spike, step up, supplement, sweeten, tack on, tag |
| Notes: | ad is short for advertisement while add means 'to join or unite' so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deduct, diminish, lessen, reduce, remove, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, act, be alive, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, have being, have place, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive |
| Main Entry: | bide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, attend, await, continue, dwell, hang around, hang in, hang out*, hold the phone, lie in wait, linger, live, remain, reside, sit tight, stay, stick around, sweat it, tarry, watch for |
| Antonyms: | go, hurry, move |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cling |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach to |
| Synonyms: | adhere, be true to, cherish, clasp, cleave to, clutch, cohere, continue, embrace, endure, fasten, freeze to, grasp, grip, hang in, hang onto, hold fast, hug, last, linger, squeeze, stay put, stick, stick like glue |
| Antonyms: | detach, let go, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | drag on/drag out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend time of action |
| Synonyms: | continue, draw out, endure, extend, go on slowly, keep going, lengthen, persist, prolong, protract, spin out, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | complete |
| 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: | dwell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live in |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk, continue, crash*, establish oneself, exist, flop, hang one's hat, hang out*, hole up, inhabit, keep house, locate, lodge, make one's home, nest, occupy, park*, perch*, pitch tent, quarter, remain, rent, reside, rest, room, roost, settle, sojourn, squat, stay, stop, tarry, tenant, tent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dwell on/dwell upon |
| 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 |
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