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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, hang over |
| Synonyms: | be imminent, be suspended, beetle, cast a shadow, command, dangle over, droop over, endanger, extend, flap over, impend, jut, loom, menace, overtop, poke, portend, pouch, project, protrude, rise above, stand out, stick out, swing over, threaten, tower above |
| Main Entry: | hang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend or be suspended |
| Synonyms: | adhere, attach, be fastened, be in mid-air, be loose, be pendent, be poised, beetle, bend, bow, cling, cover, dangle, deck, decorate, depend, drape, drift, droop, drop, fasten, fix, flap, float, flop, furnish, hold, hover, impend, incline, lean, loll, lop, lower, nail, overhang, pin, project, remain, rest, sag, stay up, stick, swing, tack, trail, wave |
| Main Entry: | jut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend |
| Synonyms: | beetle, bulge, elongate, impend, lengthen, overhang, poke, pop, pouch, project, protrude, protuberate, stand out, stick out |
| Antonyms: | indent, recede |
| Main Entry: | lean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, angle toward |
| Synonyms: | be off, be slanted, bear on, beetle, bow, cant, careen, cock, curve, decline, deflect, dip, divert, drift, droop, fasten on, hang on, heel, incline, jut, list, nod, overhang, pitch, place, prop, put weight on, recline, repose, rest, rest on, roll, sag, sheer, sink, slant, slope, tilt, tip, turn, twist, veer |
| Notes: | lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess, while a lien is the right to take or sell another's property if an obligation is not met |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | loom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appear, often imposingly |
| Synonyms: | approach, await, be at hand, be coming, be forthcoming, be imminent, be in the cards, be in the wind, be near, become visible, break through, brew, bulk, come forth, come into view, come on, come on the scene, dawn, dominate, emanate, emerge, figure, gather, hang over, hover, impend, impress, issue, lower, make up, menace, mount, near, overhang, overshadow, overtop, portend, rear, rise, seem huge, seem large, show, soar, stand out, take shape, threaten, top, tower |
| Main Entry: | menace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, frighten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, bad-eye, browbeat, bully, chill, compromise, endanger, hazard, impend, imperil, intimidate, jeopardize, lean on, loom, lower, overhang, peril, portend, push around, put heat on, risk, scare, scare hell out of, spook, terrorize, threaten, torment, whip around |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | overlap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie over something else |
| Synonyms: | extend along, flap, fold over, go beyond, imbricate, lap over, overhang, overlay, overlie, overrun, project, protrude, ride, run over, shingle |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | poke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push at; thrust |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bulge, butt*, crowd, dig, elbow, goose, hit, jab, jostle, jut, nudge*, overhang, prod, project, protrude, provoke, punch, ram, rouse, shoulder, shove, stab, stand out, stick, stick out, stimulate, stir |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | project |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, hang out |
| Synonyms: | be conspicuous, be prominent, beetle, extend, hang over, jut, lengthen, overhang, poke, pop out, pout, prolong, protrude, protuberate, push out, stand out, stick out, stretch out, thrust out |
| Antonyms: | cave in |
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