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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make social acquaintance; support |
| Synonyms: | advise, aid, assist, back, benefit, buddy up, case out, come on to, cotton to, encourage, favor, get chummy with, get in with, help, hit it off, patronize, side with, stand by, sustain, take under one's wing, take up with, uphold, welcome |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | protect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take care of; guard from harm |
| Synonyms: | assure, bulwark, care for, champion, chaperon, conserve, cover, cover all bases, cover up, cushion, defend, fend, foster, give refuge, give sanctuary, go to bat for, harbor, hedge, insulate, keep, keep safe, look after, preserve, ride shotgun for, safeguard, save, screen, secure, sentinel, shade, shelter, shield, shotgun, stand guard, stonewall, support, take under wing, watch, watch over |
| Antonyms: | attack, harm, hurt, injure |
| Main Entry: | shield |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect |
| Synonyms: | bulwark, chamber, conceal, cover, cover all bases, cover up, defend, fend, give cover, give shelter, go to bat for, guard, harbor, haven, house, ride shotgun, roof, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, shotgun, stonewall, take under one's wing, ward off |
| Antonyms: | endanger, lay bare, open, uncover |
| Main Entry: | tend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | care for |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, attend, baby-sit, cater to, cherish, control, corral, cultivate, defend, direct, do, do for, feed, foster, guard, handle, keep, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, look after, maintain, manage, mind, minister to, nurse, nurture, oversee, perform, protect, ride herd on, safeguard, see after, see to, serve, shepherd, shield, sit, superintend, supervise, take care of, take under wing, wait on, watch, watch out for, watch over |
| Antonyms: | abandon, ignore, neglect |
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| Main Entry: | help |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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adjutorious, adjuvant, ancillary, at one's beck, auxiliary, cataskeuastic, coadjuvant, favorable, friendly, helpful, ministrant, neighborly, obliging, propitious, subservient, subsidiary, succursal, well
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