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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry a tune with one's voice |
| Synonyms: | belt out, burst into song, buzz*, canary, cantillate, carol, chant, chirp, choir, croon, descant, duet, groan*, harmonize, hum, hymn, intone, lift up a voice, line out, lullaby, make melody, mouth, pipe, purr, resound, roar, serenade, shout, singsong, solo, trill, troll, tune, vocalize, wait, warble, whine, whistle, yodel |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tarry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dawdle, delay |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, dally, drag, drag one's feet, dwell, filibuster, get no place fast, goof around, hang around, hold the phone, lag, linger, lodge, loiter, lose time, pause, poke, procrastinate, put off, remain, rest, sojourn, stall, stay, stick around, stop, stop over, tail, take one's time, temporize, tool*, trail, visit, wait, warm a chair |
| Antonyms: | carry on, complete, finish, go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | watch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look at |
| Synonyms: | attend, case, check out, concentrate, contemplate, eagle-eye, examine, eye*, eyeball, focus, follow, gaze, get a load of, give the once over, have a look-see, inspect, keep an eye on, keep tabs on, listen, look, mark, mind, note, observe, pay attention, peer, pipe, regard, rubberneck, scan, scope, scrutinize, see, spy, stare, take in, take notice, view, wait |
| Antonyms: | ignore, overlook, pass by |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | watch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guard, protect |
| Synonyms: | attend, be on alert, be on the lookout, be vigilant, be wary, be watchful, care for, keep, keep eyes open, keep eyes peeled, keep watch over, look after, look out, mind, oversee, patrol, pick up on, police, ride shotgun for, superintend, take care of, take heed, tend, wait |
| Antonyms: | harm, hurt, neglect |
| Main Entry: | mark time |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait around |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bide one's time, cool one's heels, pass time, queue up, tread water, wait |
| Main Entry: | stopping |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | staying |
| Synonyms: | block, ceasing, check, closing, delay, desisting, deterring, discontinuance, end, ending, finish, halt, halting, hesitation, holding, pause, remaining, suspension, terminating, wait |
| Main Entry: | retardation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delay |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, bind*, check, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, detainment, detention, discontinuation, downtime, filibuster, hangup, hindrance, hold-up, holding, holding pattern, holdup, impediment, interval, jam*, lag, lingering, logjam, loitering, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, remission, reprieve, retardment, setback, showstopper, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, tarrying, tie-up, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Ambush. [Means of concealment]. |
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-nouns
hiding place; secret place, secret drawer; recess, hold, holes and corners; closet, crypt, adytum, abditory, oubliette., ambush, ambuscade; stalking horse; lurking hole, lurking place; secret path, back stairs; retreat (refuge)., screen, cover, shade, blinker; veil, curtain, blind, cloak, cloud., mask, visor, vizor, disguise, masquerade dress, domino., pitfall (source of danger); trap (snare).
-verbs
lie in ambush (hide oneself); lie in wait for; set a trap for (deceive); ambuscade, ambush.
-adverbs
aux aguets.
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| Concept: | Interval. |
| Category: | 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
interval, interspace; separation; break, gap, opening; hole; chasm, hiatus, caesura; interruption, interregnum; interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha., gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm; gulf; inlet, frith, strait, gully; pass; furrow; abra; barranca, barranco; clove [U.S.], gulch [U.S.], notch [U.S.]; yawning gulf; hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus; parenthesis (interjacence); void. (absence) [more]; incompleteness.
-verbs
-adjectives
with an interval, far between; breachy, rimose, rimulose.
-adverbs
at intervals (discontinuously); longo intervallo.
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