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| Main Entry: |
absorb
[ab-sawrb, -zawrb]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occupy complete attention |
| Synonyms: | captivate, concern, consume, employ, engage, engross, fascinate, fill, hold, immerse, involve, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, rivet |
| Antonyms: | distract |
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| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, fasten |
| Synonyms: | add, adhere, affix, annex, append, bind, connect, couple, fix, hitch on, hitch up, hook on, hook up, latch onto, link, make fast, prefix, rivet, secure, slap on, stick, tag on, tie, unite |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, disjoin, remove, separate, sever, unfasten |
| Main Entry: | bury |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | engross oneself |
| Synonyms: | absorb, concentrate, engage, immerse, interest, occupy, rivet, throw oneself into |
| Notes: | a berry is a small, juicy fruit; bury is to place in the ground |
| Main Entry: | clinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold securely; grab |
| Synonyms: | bolt, clamp, clasp, clench, clutch, cuddle, embrace, enfold, fasten, fix, grab hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, hug, lay hands on, make fast, nail, press, rivet, secure, seize, snatch, squeeze |
| Antonyms: | let go |
| Main Entry: | concentrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about closely |
| Synonyms: | apply, attend, be engrossed in, bring to bear, brood over, center, consider closely, contemplate, crack one's brains, direct attention, establish, examine, fix attention, fixate, focus, focus attention, get on the beam, give attention, hammer away at, hammer*, head trip, intensify, knuckle down, meditate, muse, need, occupy thoughts, peruse, ponder, pour it on, put, put mind to, rack one's brains, rivet, ruminate, scrutinize, set, settle, study, sweat, think hard, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enthrall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate |
| Synonyms: | absorb, beguile, bewitch, charm, enchant, engage, enrapture, enslave, entrance, fascinate, grab, grip, hold spellbound, hook, hypnotize, intrigue, mesmerize, preoccupy, rivet, spellbind, subdue, subject, subjugate |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull, tire, turn off, weary |
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set up, organize |
| Synonyms: | authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, domiciliate, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, lay foundation, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, ring in, rivet, root, secure, set down, settle, stabilize, start, start ball rolling, station, stick |
| Antonyms: | destroy, disestablish, invalidate, ruin, unsettle |
| Main Entry: | fascinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | captivate, hold spellbound |
| Synonyms: | absorb, allure, animate, arouse, attach, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, compel, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fire, gladden, hypnotize, infatuate, interest, intoxicate, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, rivet, seduce, spellbind, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, win |
| Antonyms: | bore, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest, repel, tire |
| Main Entry: | fasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make secure; join together |
| Synonyms: | adhere, affix, anchor, attach, band, bar, batten, belt, bind, bolt, bond, brace, button, catch, cement, chain, cleave, close, cohere, connect, couple, embed, establish, fix, freeze to, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hitch on, hold, hook, hook up, implant, infix, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, make firm, moor, mortise, nail, rivet, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stay put, stick, strengthen, string, tack on, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unchain, unfasten, unlink, unlock |
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