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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; put into operation |
| Synonyms: | appoint, bow, break in, bring into being, come out with, come up with, commence, constitute, create, enact, establish, fix, found, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, introduce, invest, launch, make up, open, open up, ordain, organize, originate, pioneer, rev, set in motion, set up, settle, start, usher in |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, appoint |
| Synonyms: | advance, assign, constitute, create, delegate, elect, finger, install, invest, name, nominate, ordain, proffer, select, tap, tender |
| Antonyms: | demote, renounce |
| Main Entry: | ordain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, install |
| Synonyms: | anoint, appoint, bless, call, commission, consecrate, constitute, deal, deal with, decree, delegate, destine, dictate, elect, enact, enjoin, fix, frock, impose, institute, invest, lay down the law, legislate, nominate, order, prescribe, pronounce, put foot down, rule, set, walk heavy, will |
| Antonyms: | cancel, disallow, retract, void |
| Main Entry: | purchase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buy, obtain |
| Synonyms: | achieve, acquire, attain, come by, cop, deal in, earn, gain, get hold of, go shopping, invest, make a buy, make a purchase, market, patronize, pay for, pick up, procure, realize, redeem, secure, shop, shop for, take, take up, truck, win |
| Antonyms: | sell |
| Main Entry: | put |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | position |
| Synonyms: | bring, concenter, concentrate, deposit, embed, establish, fasten, fix, fixate, focus, insert, install, invest, lay, nail, park, peg, place, plank, plank down, plant, plop, plunk, plunk down, quarter, repose, rest, rivet, seat, set, settle, situate, stick |
| Antonyms: | remove, take |
| Main Entry: | salt away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save, store up |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, cache, hide, hoard, invest, lay aside, lay away, put away, put by, put in the bank, save for rainy day, set aside, spare, stash, stockpile |
| Antonyms: | spend, throw away, waste |
| Main Entry: | spend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, pay out |
| Synonyms: | absorb, allocate, ante up, apply, bestow, blow*, cast away, come across, come through, concentrate, confer, consume, contribute, cough up, defray, deplete, disburse, dispense, dissipate, donate, drain, drop, employ, empty, evote, exhaust, expend, foot the bill, fritter, give, hand out, invest, lavish, lay out, liquidate, misspend, outlay, pay down, pay up, put in, run through, settle, shell out, spring for, squander, throw away, use, use up, waste |
| Antonyms: | earn, get, receive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | steep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let soak |
| Synonyms: | bathe, damp, drench, fill, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, ingrain, invest, macerate, marinate, moisten, permeate, pervade, saturate, soak, sodden, sop, souse, submerge, suffuse, waterlog |
| Notes: | a gentle slope is a glacis; a precipitous slope is a steep |
| Antonyms: | dehydrate, dry |
| Main Entry: | surround |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, encircle something |
| Synonyms: | beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, box in, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close around, close in, close in on, compass, confine, edge, enclave, encompass, envelop, environ, fence in, fringe, gird, girdle, go around, hem in, inundate, invest, lay siege to, limit, loop, margin, outline, rim, ring, round, shut in, skirt, verge |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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