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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect with cushioning |
| Synonyms: | cushion, fill, fill out, line, pack, protect, shape, stuff |
| Main Entry: | rescue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save from danger |
| Synonyms: | bail one out, conserve, deliver, disembarrass, disentangle, emancipate, extricate, free, get off the hook, get out, get out of hock, give a break, hold over, keep, liberate, manumit, preserve, protect, pull out of the fire, ransom, recapture, recover, redeem, regain, release, retain, retrieve, safeguard, salvage, save life of, set free, spring*, unleash, unloose |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, imperil, injure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shut out the light |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, be overcast, blacken, cast a shadow, cloud, cloud over, cloud up, conceal, cover, darken, deepen, dim, eclipse, gray, hide, inumbrate, mute, obscure, overshadow, protect, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shutter, tone down, umbrage, veil |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color hue is the quality of a color that makes it possible to call it bluish green, etc. (the color of a color); shade is a color variation having to do with the value of a hue (lightness or darkness), and tint is a pale variation of a color |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | shelter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provide safety, cover |
| Synonyms: | chamber, conceal, cover, cover up, defend, enclose, guard, harbor, haven, hide, house, lodge, preserve, protect, roof, safeguard, screen, secure, shield, surround, take care of, take in, ward, watch over |
| Antonyms: | turn away |
| Main Entry: | tend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, attend, baby-sit, cater to, cherish, control, corral, cultivate, defend, direct, do, do for, feed, foster, guard, handle, keep, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, maintain, manage, mind, minister to, nurse, nurture, oversee, perform, protect, ride herd on, safeguard, see after, see to, serve, shepherd, shield, sit, superintend, supervise, take care of, take under wing, wait on, watch, watch out for, watch over |
| Antonyms: | abandon, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place on or reach highest part |
| Synonyms: | ascend, cap, climb, cloak, clothe, cover, crest, crown, face, finish, garnish, piggyback, protect, reinforce, roof, scale, spread over, superimpose, surmount, tip |
| Antonyms: | descend, drop, fall, lower |
| Main Entry: | vaccinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a shot to treat or prevent disease |
| Synonyms: | immunize, inject, inoculate, mitigate, prevent, protect, treat, variolate |
| Main Entry: | vindicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prove one's innocence |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, advocate, argue, assert, bear out, claim, clear, confute, contend, corroborate, defend, disculpate, disprove, do justice to, establish, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, extenuate, free, free from blame, guard, justify, maintain, plead for, protect, prove, rationalize, refute, rehabilitate, second, shield, substantiate, support, uphold, warrant, whitewash |
| Antonyms: | accuse, blame, convict, punish, sentence |
| Main Entry: | umbrella |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protective gadget |
| Synonyms: | brolly, guard, parasol, protect, screen, shade, shelter, sunshade |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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