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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach, hold in place |
| Synonyms: | affix, bind, clasp, close, fasten, fix, hold down, hold fast, immobilize, join, pinion, press, restrain, secure |
| Antonyms: | detach, unfasten, unlatch, unpin |
| Main Entry: | clasp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab tightly |
| Synonyms: | attack, bear hug, buckle, clamp, clinch, clip, clutch, coll, concatenate, connect, embrace, enfold, fasten, glom onto, grapple, grasp, grip, hold, hug, pin, press, seize, snatch, squeeze, take |
| Antonyms: | let go, loose |
| Main Entry: | engaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promised to be married |
| Synonyms: | affianced, asked for, betrothed, bound, committed, contracted, future, given one's word, going steady, hooked, intended, matched, pinned, pledged, plighted, ringed, spoken for, steady |
| Antonyms: | available, uninvolved |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, make firm |
| Synonyms: | affix, anchor, attach, bind, catch, cement, congeal, connect, consolidate, couple, embed, entrench, fasten, freeze to, glue, graft, harden, implant, inculcate, infix, ingrain, install, instill, link, locate, lodge, moor, nail down, pin, place, plant, position, rigidify, rivet, root, secure, set, settle, solidify, stabilize, stay put, steady, stick, stiffen, thicken, tie |
| Antonyms: | change, destroy, disarrange, disorganize, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | gaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stare at |
| Synonyms: | admire, beam*, bore*, contemplate, eye, eyeball, gape, gawk, get a load of, get an eyeful, glare, gloat, inspect, lamp, look, look fixedly, moon*, observe, ogle, peek, peep, peer, pin, pipe, regard, rubber, rubberneck, scrutinize, see, size up, survey, take in*, view, watch, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | helpless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incapable, incompetent; vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, basket-case, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, destitute, disabled, exposed, feeble, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, handcuffed, impotent, inefficient, inexpert, infirm, invalid, over a barrel, paralyzed, pinned, powerless, prostrate, shiftless, tapped, tapped out, unable, unfit, unprotected, up creek without paddle, weak, with hands tied |
| Antonyms: | able, capable, competent, enterprising, independent, resourceful, skilled, strong |
| Main Entry: | hook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab, catch |
| Synonyms: | angle, bag, clasp, crook, curve, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fasten, fix, hasp, lasso, net, pin, secure, snare, trap |
| Antonyms: | let go, release, unhook, unlatch, unlock |
| Main Entry: | intended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | engaged; destined |
| Synonyms: | accidentally on purpose, advised, affianced, aforethought, asked for, betrothed, calculated, contemplated, contracted, designed, expected, future, intentional, meant, pinned, planned, plighted, prearranged, predestined, predetermined, promised, proposed, set, steady |
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