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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provide food and sleeping quarters |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, bed, canton, care for, feed, harbor, house, let crash, lodge, put up, quarter, room |
| Notes: | a board is a committee having supervisory powers, a plank, or food served to lodgers - while bored is tired of the world a plank is thicker than a board |
| Antonyms: | turn out |
| Main Entry: | clutch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab, snatch |
| Synonyms: | catch, cherish, clasp, clench, clinch, cling to, collar, embrace, fasten, glom, grapple, grasp, grip, harbor, hold, hook, keep, nab, nail, put the snare on, seize, snag, snatch, take |
| Antonyms: | let go, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | conceal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, disguise |
| Synonyms: | beard, burrow, bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, couch, cover, cover up, dissemble, ditch, duck, ensconce, enshroud, harbor, hole up, keep dark, keep secret, lie low, lurk, mask, masquerade, obscure, plant*, put in a hole, screen, secrete, shelter, skulk, slink, sneak, stash, stay out of sight, stow, tuck away, veil, wrap |
| Antonyms: | disclose, divulge, expose, lay bare, let out, open, reveal, show, tell, uncover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inlet, small niche |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, bay, bayou, bight, cave, cavern, creek, estuary, firth, frith, gulf, harbor, hole, lagoon, nook, retreat, slough, sound, wash |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hiding place |
| Synonyms: | asylum, camouflage, concealment, covert, defense, drop, front, guard, harbor, harborage, haven, port, protection, refuge, retreat, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shelter |
| Main Entry: | destination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal; place one wants to go |
| Synonyms: | aim, ambition, design, end, harbor, haven, intention, journey's end, landing-place, object, objective, purpose, resting-place, station, stop, target, terminal, terminus |
| Antonyms: | beginning, source, start |
| Main Entry: | dock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterfront |
| Synonyms: | berth, embarkment, harbor, jetty, landing, landing pier, levee, lock, marina, pier, quay, slip, wharf |
| Notes: | a dock is the water next to a wharf or pier and it is not a solid thing, a wharf is built along and parallel to the shore, while a pier runs out and away from or at a right angle to the shore; dock was first a 'natural hollow or creek where a ship could stay at low water' |
| Main Entry: | entertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accommodate visitors |
| Synonyms: | admit, be host, board, chaperone, dine, do the honors, feed, foster, give a party, harbor, have a do, have a get-together, have company, have guests, have visitors, house, invite, lodge, nourish, pick up the check, pop for, put up, quarter, receive, recreate, regale, room, show hospitality, spring for, throw a party, treat, welcome, wine and dine |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject, turn away |
| Main Entry: | entertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about seriously |
| Synonyms: | cherish, cogitate on, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, foster, harbor, heed, hold, imagine, keep in mind, maintain, muse over, ponder, recognize, support, think over |
| Antonyms: | disregard, forget, reject |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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