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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display, pose |
| Synonyms: | parade, represent, set example, show off, sit, sport, wear |
| Antonyms: | photograph |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reside; use |
| Synonyms: | be established, be in command, be in residence, cover, dwell, ensconce, establish, fill, hold, inhabit, involve, keep, live in, maintain, own, people, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, remain, sit, stay, take up, tenant, utilize |
| Antonyms: | not use |
| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin |
| Synonyms: | begin business, bow, commence, convene, embark, get things rolling, inaugurate, initiate, jump, kick off, launch, meet, raise the curtain, ring in, set in motion, set up shop, sit, start, start the ball rolling |
| Antonyms: | close, conclude, end, finish, shut |
| Main Entry: | reign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have power over; prevail |
| Synonyms: | administer, be in power, be in the driver's seat, be supreme, boss, command, dominate, domineer, govern, head up, helm, hold power, hold sway, influence, manage, obtain, occupy, overrule, predominate, preponderate, rule, rule the roost, run the show, run things, sit, superabound, wear the crown |
| Notes: | rain is drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds; reign is a period during which somebody is dominant or powerful; rein is one of a pair of long leather straps connected to the bit or bridle and used to control a horse or other animal |
| Antonyms: | serve, submit |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie, recline |
| Synonyms: | be quiet, be supported, lay, lean, lie still, loll, lounge, pause, prop, repose, roost, settle, sit, stand, stand still, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | move, stand, walk |
| Main Entry: | ride |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry or be carried |
| Synonyms: | be supported, control, cruise, curb, direct, drift, drive, float, go, go with, guide, handle, hitch a ride, hitchhike, journey, manage, motor, move, post, progress, restrain, roll, sit, sit on, thumb a ride, tool around, tour, travel |
| Main Entry: | seat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | place in furniture, position |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, deposit, establish, fix, hold, install, locate, lounge, nestle, perch, plant, put, roost, set, settle, sit, squat, take |
| Antonyms: | displace, move, remove |
| Main Entry: | settle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to rest; fall |
| Synonyms: | alight, bed down, decline, descend, flop, immerse, land, lay, light, lodge, perch, place, plop, plunge, put, repose, roost, seat, set down, settle down, sink, sit, submerge, submerse, subside, touch down |
| Antonyms: | move |
| Main Entry: | sprawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sit or lie spread out |
| Synonyms: | drape, extend, flop, lie, lie spread-eagle, loll, lounge, ramble, recline, sit, slouch, slump, spread, straddle, straggle, stretch, trail |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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