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springs up
| Main Entry: |
break out
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen, emerge |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, begin, burst forth, commence, erupt, explode, occur, set in, spring up, start |
| Main Entry: | emerge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come out, arise |
| Synonyms: | appear, arrive, become apparent, become known, become visible, come forth, come into view, come on the scene, come to light, come up, crop up, dawn, derive, develop, egress, emanate, flow, gush, issue, loom, make appearance, materialize, originate, proceed, rise, show, spring, spring up, spurt, steam, stem, surface, transpire, turn up |
| Antonyms: | disappear, fade, go away, leave |
| Main Entry: | grow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become larger, evolve |
| Synonyms: | abound, advance, age, amplify, arise, augment, become, branch out, breed, build, burgeon, burst forth, come, come to be, cultivate, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, flourish, gain, germinate, get bigger, get taller, heighten, increase, issue, luxuriate, maturate, mature, mount, multiply, originate, pop up, produce, propagate, pullulate, raise, ripen, rise, shoot*, spread, spring up, sprout, stem, stretch, swell, thicken, thrive, turn, vegetate, wax, widen |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, reduce, stop, stunt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mushroom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sprout; grow quickly |
| Synonyms: | augment, blow up, boom, burgeon, burst, detonate, expand, explode, flourish, go off, grow, grow rapidly, increase, luxuriate, proliferate, shoot up, spread, spring up |
| Notes: | neither mushroom (possibly from 'moss'?) nor toadstool (a fanciful name) is a scientific designation |
| Antonyms: | shrink, shrivel |
| Main Entry: | rear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift, rise |
| Synonyms: | bring up, elevate, hoist, hold up, jump, leap, loom, pick up, raise, set upright, soar, spring up, support, take up, tower, turn up, uphold, uplift, upraise |
| Notes: | one rears children and raises crops |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | revive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start again; bring back to life |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, awaken, bounce back, breathe new life into, brighten, bring around, bring to, cheer, come around, come to life, comfort, console, encourage, energize, enkindle, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, inspirit, invigorate, make whole, overcome, please, quicken, rally, reanimate, recondition, recover, refresh, rejuvenate, rekindle, relieve, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, rouse, snap out of it, solace, spring up, strengthen, touch up, wake up |
| Antonyms: | destroy, kill, suppress |
| Main Entry: | stretch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, elongate |
| Synonyms: | amplify, branch out, bridge, burst forth, cover, crane, develop, distend, drag out, draw, draw out, expand, fill, go, grow, inflate, lengthen, lie out, magnify, make, make taut, make tense, open, overlap, pad, prolong, prolongate, protract, pull, pull out, pyramid, rack, range, reach, recline, repose, run, shoot up, span, spin out, spread, spread out, spring up, strain, string out, swell, tauten, tighten, unfold, unroll, widen |
| Antonyms: | compress, concentrate |
| Main Entry: | reanimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revive |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, awaken, bounce back, breathe new life into, brighten, bring around, bring to, cheer, come around, come to life, comfort, console, encourage, energize, enkindle, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, inspirit, invigorate, make whole, overcome, please, quicken, rally, reactivate, reawaken, recondition, recover, refresh, rejuvenate, rekindle, relieve, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revivify, rouse, snap out of it, solace, spring up, strengthen, touch up, wake up |
| Main Entry: | reawaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revive |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, awaken, bounce back, breathe new life into, brighten, bring around, bring to, cheer, come around, come to life, comfort, console, encourage, energize, enkindle, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, inspirit, invigorate, make whole, overcome, please, quicken, rally, reactivate, reanimate, recondition, recover, refresh, rejuvenate, rekindle, relieve, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revivify, rouse, snap out of it, solace, spring up, strengthen, touch up, wake up |
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