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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put together |
| Synonyms: | assemble, combine, compose, create, fix, join, make, mend, patch, repair, restore, unite |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | sew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare fabric for clothing, covering |
| Synonyms: | baste, bind, embroider, fasten, piece, seam, stitch, tack, tailor, work |
| Antonyms: | rip, tear |
| Concept: | [Vicarious authority.] Commission. |
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commission, delegate, depute; consign, assign; charge; intrust, entrust; commit, commit to the hands of; authorize (permit)., put in commission, accredit, engage, hire, bespeak, appoint, name, nominate, return, ordain; install, induct, inaugurate, invest, crown; enroll, enlist; give power of attorney to., employ, empower; set over, place over; send out., be commissioned, be accredited; represent, stand for; stand in the stead of, stand in the place of, stand in the shoes of.
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| Concept: | Component. |
| Category: | 4. CONCRETE QUANTITY |
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enter into, enter into the composition of; be a component; be part of, form part of [more]; merge in, be merged in; be implicated in; share in (participate); belong to, appertain to; combine, inhere in, unite., form, make, constitute, compose.
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| Concept: | Composition. |
| Category: | 4. CONCRETE QUANTITY |
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be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of; consist of, be resolved into., include (in a class); contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody; involve, implicate; drag into., compose, constitute, form, make; make up, fill up, build up; enter into the composition of (be a component).
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| Concept: | End. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
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end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over; expire; die; come to a close, draw to a close; have run its course; run out, pass away., bring to an end; put an end to, make an end of; determine; get through; achieve (complete); stop (make to cease); shut up shop; hang up one's fiddle.
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| Antonyms: | beginning |
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| Concept: | Essay. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; precursory measures |
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try, essay; experiment; endeavor, strive; tempt, attempt, make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance, tempt fortune; try one's fortune, try one's luck, try one's hand; use one's endeavor; feel one's way, grope one's way, pick one's way., try hard, push, make a bold push, use one's best endeavor; do one's best (exertion) [more].
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| Concept: | [Covering, clothing] Investment. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; general |
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invest; cover; envelope, lap, involve; inwrap, enwrap; wrap; fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up; overlap; sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumbest., vest, clothe, array, dress, dight, drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel, accounter, rig, fit out; deck (ornament); perk, equip, harness, caparison., wear; don; put on, huddle on, slip on; mantle.
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| Antonyms: | divestment (taking off) |
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| Concept: | Length. |
| Category: | 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS |
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be long; stretch out, sprawl; extend to, reach to, stretch to; make a long arm, "drag its slow length along.", render long; lengthen, extend, elongate; stretch; prolong, produce, protract; let out, draw out, spinout; drawl., enfilade, look along, view in perspective.
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