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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to put in and occupy the whole of |
| Synonyms: | block, blow up, brim over, bulge out, charge, choke, clog, close, congest, cram, crowd, distend, fulfill, furnish, glut, gorge, heap, impregnate, inflate, jam-pack, lade, load, meet, overflow, overspread, pack, pack like sardines, permeate, pervade, plug, puff up, pump up, ram, ram in, replenish, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, shoal, stock, stopper, store, stretch, stuff, supply, swell, take up, top, top off |
| Antonyms: | deplete, drain, empty, exhaust, spend, take, use, void |
| Main Entry: | go into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take an interest in; participate |
| Synonyms: | be absorbed in, begin, develop, engage in, enter, get involved with, take on*, take up*, take upon oneself, undertake |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hoist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift |
| Synonyms: | elevate, erect, heave, pick up, raise, rear, take up, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall, hold down, lower, push |
| Main Entry: | immerse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become deeply involved |
| Synonyms: | absorb, busy, engage, engross, interest, involve, occupy, soak, take up |
| Notes: | immerse means to thrust into or engross fully; submerge means sink below the surface or put under water |
| Antonyms: | disinvolve, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | initiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, introduce |
| Synonyms: | admit, begin, break the ice, come out with, come up with, commence, dream up, enter, get ball rolling, get feet wet, get under way, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, institute, intro, invest, kick off, launch, make up, open, originate, pioneer, set in motion, set up, take in, take up, trigger, usher in |
| Antonyms: | close, conclude, end, finish, terminate |
| Main Entry: | lift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move upwards; ascend |
| Synonyms: | arise, aspire, bear aloft, boost, bring up, build up, buoy up, climb, come up, disappear, disperse, dissipate, draw up, elevate, erect, goose, heft, hike, hike up, hoist, jack up, jump up, mount, move up, pick up, put up, raise, raise high, rear, rise, soar, take up, up, upheave, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear, vanish |
| Antonyms: | descend, drop, lower |
| Main Entry: | monopolize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dominate, control |
| Synonyms: | absorb, acquire, bogart, consume, copyright, corner, corner the market, devour, employ, engross, exclude, exercise control, have, hog, hold, keep to oneself, lock up, manage, own, own exclusively, patent, possess, restrain, sew up, sit on, syndicate, take over, take up, use, utilize |
| Antonyms: | distribute, scatter, share |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be busy with |
| Synonyms: | absorb, amuse, attend, be active with, be concerned with, busy, divert, employ, engage, engross, entertain, fill, hold attention, immerse, interest, involve, keep busy, monopolize, preoccupy, soak, take up, tie up, utilize |
| Antonyms: | be inactive, be lazy, idle |
| 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 |
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