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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | armament; protection system |
| Synonyms: | aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastille, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, deterrence, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, redoubt, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, weaponry, weapons |
| Antonyms: | desertion, flight, surrender |
| Main Entry: | dissemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise, pretend |
| Synonyms: | affect, camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, dissimulate, double-talk, doublespeak, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, four-flush, hide, let on, make like, mask, pass, play possum, pussyfoot, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, put up a smoke screen, sham*, shroud, shuck and jive, signify, simulate, stonewall, whitewash |
| Notes: | dissemble means to conceal, to give a false appearance; disassemble means to take apart |
| Antonyms: | admit, allow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel, visit |
| Synonyms: | cover, explore, journey, look at, pass through, stop in, tour, track, traverse |
| Main Entry: | drape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang over, adorn |
| Synonyms: | array, cloak, clothe, cover, dangle, display, don, dress, droop, drop, enclose, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, fold, hang, lean over, let fall, line, model, roll, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, suspend, swathe, wrap |
| Antonyms: | undrape |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing |
| Synonyms: | adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bundle up, change, clad, clothe, costume, cover, deck, decorate, don, drape, embellish, fit out, furbish, garb, ornament, outfit, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, slip into, slip on, spruce up, suit up, trim, turn out, wear |
| Antonyms: | bare, disrobe, lay bare, unclothe, undress |
| Main Entry: | dust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sprinkle tiny particles |
| Synonyms: | besprinkle, cover, dredge, powder, scatter, sift, spray, spread |
| Main Entry: | embrace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | include in one's beliefs; take into account |
| Synonyms: | accept, accommodate, admit, adopt, avail oneself of, comprehend, comprise, contain, cover, deal with*, embody, enclose, encompass, espouse, get into, go in for, grab, have, incorporate, involve, make use of, provide for, receive, seize, subsume, take advantage of, take in, take on, take up, welcome |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve, distrust, exclude, reject, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | encapsulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encase |
| Synonyms: | box, cover, enclose, envelop, sheathe, wrap |
| Main Entry: | encircle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circumscribe |
| Synonyms: | band, begird, cincture, circle, circuit, compass, cover, enclose, encompass, enfold, enring, envelop, environ, gird in, girdle, halo, hem in, inclose, invest, ring, surround, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | let go, unloose |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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