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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show for public viewing, effect |
| Synonyms: | advertise, arrange, bare, betray, boast, brandish, bring to view, demonstrate, disclose, emblazon, evidence, evince, exhibit, expand, expose, extend, feature, flash, flaunt, flourish, glaze, grandstand, illustrate, impart, lay bare, lay out, make clear, make known, manifest, model, open, open out, parade, perform, present, promote, promulgate, publish, represent, reveal, set out, show off, showcase, sport, spread out, stretch out, trot out, uncover, unfold, unfurl, unmask, unroll, unveil, vamp |
| Antonyms: | conceal, cover, hide, secrete, withhold |
| Main Entry: | eke out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make something last |
| Synonyms: | barely exist, be economical with, be frugal with, be sparing with, economize on, get by, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | use up, waste |
| Main Entry: | expand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, augment |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, amplify, beef up, bloat, blow up, bolster, broaden, bulk up, burgeon, detail, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, explicate, fan out, fatten, fill out, grow, heighten, hike, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, mushroom, open, open out, outspread, pad, piggyback, prolong, protract, puff up, pyramid, slap on, soup up, spread, spread out, stretch, stretch out, swell, tack on, thicken, unfold, unfurl, unravel, unroll, upsurge, wax, widen |
| Antonyms: | abbreviate, contract, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink |
| Main Entry: | extend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offer |
| Synonyms: | accord, advance, allocate, allot, award, bestow, bring forward, confer, donate, give, grant, hold out, impart, place at disposal, pose, present, proffer, put forth, put forward, reach out, stretch out, submit, tender, yield |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain, take back |
| Main Entry: | knock off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, blow away, bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do away with, do in, do in, dust, dust*, eliminate, execute, finish, grease, hit, ice, kill, liquidate, murder, off, rub out, rub out, shoot, slay, snuff out, stab, stretch out, waste, wax, whack, zap |
| Antonyms: | bear, create |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | project |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, hang out |
| Synonyms: | be conspicuous, be prominent, beetle, extend, hang over, jut, lengthen, overhang, poke, pop out, pout, prolong, protrude, protuberate, push out, stand out, stick out, stretch out, thrust out |
| Antonyms: | cave in |
| Main Entry: | prolong |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, draw out |
| Synonyms: | carry on, continue, delay, drag one's feet, drag out, hold, hold up, increase, lengthen, let it ride, make longer, pad, perpetuate, protract, spin out, stall, stretch, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | abbreviate, shorten |
| Main Entry: | protract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, draw out |
| Synonyms: | continue, cool*, defer, delay, drag on, drag out, draw, elongate, hold off, hold up, keep going, lengthen, pad, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, prolongate, put off, put on hold, spin out, stall, stretch, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | abbreviate, curtail, shorten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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