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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | drape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang over, adorn |
| Synonyms: | array, cloak, clothe, cover, dangle, display, don, dress, droop, drop, enclose, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, fold, hang, lean over, let fall, line, model, roll, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, suspend, swathe, wrap |
| Antonyms: | undrape |
| Main Entry: | founder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go under, fail |
| Synonyms: | abort, be lost, break down, collapse, come to nothing, fall, fall through, go down, go lame, go to bottom, lurch, miscarry, misfire, sink, sprawl, stagger, stumble, submerge, submerse, trip |
| Notes: | founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be prostrate, flat |
| Synonyms: | be prone, be recumbent, be supine, couch, go to bed, laze, lie down, loll, lounge, nap, recline, repose, rest, retire, siesta, sleep, sprawl, stretch out, turn in |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | be upright, stand, straighten |
| Main Entry: | loll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay sprawled |
| Synonyms: | bum, dangle, dawdle, droop, drop, flap, flop, goof off, hang, hang loose, idle, laze, lean, loaf, loiter, lounge, recline, relax, rest, sag, slouch, slump, sprawl |
| Antonyms: | sit up straight |
| Main Entry: | lounge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie about, waste time |
| Synonyms: | bum*, dawdle, fritter away, goldbrick, goof off, idle, kill time, laze, loaf, loiter, loll, pass time, recline, relax, repose, saunter, sprawl, take it easy |
| Antonyms: | do, hustle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ramble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander about; travel aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | amble, bat around, be all over the map, branch off, clamber, climb, cruise, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, excurse, extend, fork, gad, gallivant, get sidetracked, knock about, knock around, meander, perambulate, percolate, peregrinate, promenade, range, roam, rove, saunter, scramble, snake, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, straddle, straggle, stray, stroll, trail, traipse, turn, twist, walk, wind, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | be direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | recline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie down |
| Synonyms: | be recumbent, cant, heel, lay down, lean, lie, list, loll, lounge, repose, rest, slant, slope, sprawl, stretch, stretch out, tilt, tip |
| Antonyms: | sit up, straighten |
| Main Entry: | spread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | open or fan out |
| Synonyms: | arrange, array, be displayed, be distributed, bloat, branch off, broaden, cast, circulate, coat, cover, daub, develop, diffuse, dilate, disperse, diverge, enlarge, escalate, even out, expand, extend, flatten, flow, gloss, increase, lay, lengthen, level, lie, multiply, mushroom, open, outstretch, overlay, paint, pervade, prepare, proliferate, radiate, reach, roll out, set, settle, smear, sprawl, spray, stretch, strew, suffuse, swell, uncoil, unfold, unfurl, unroll, untwist, unwind, widen |
| Antonyms: | close, collect, compress, gather |
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