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Verb
S: (v) continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep (continue a certain state, condition, or activity) "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
S: (v) continue, go on, carry on, proceed (continue talking) "`I know it's hard', he continued, `but there is no choice'"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
S: (v) continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve (keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last) "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
S: (v) proceed, go forward, continue (move ahead; travel onward in time or space) "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
S: (v) retain, continue, keep, keep on (allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature) "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
S: (v) continue, persist in (do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop) "We continued our research into the cause of the illness"; "The landlord persists in asking us to move"
S: (v) stay, stay on, continue, remain (continue in a place, position, or situation) "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
S: (v) cover, continue, extend (span an interval of distance, space or time) "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
S: (v) cross, traverse, span, sweep (to cover or extend over an area or time period) "Rivers traverse the valley floor"; "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
S: (v) attend, go to (be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.) "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?"
S: (v) occupy, fill (occupy the whole of) "The liquid fills the container"
S: (v) populate, dwell, live, inhabit (be an inhabitant of or reside in) "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
S: (v) reach, extend to, touch (to extend as far as) "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?"; "The chair must not touch the wall"
S: (v) run, go, pass, lead, extend (stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point) "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
S: (v) go, lead (lead, extend, or afford access) "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South"
S: (v) cover, continue, extend (span an interval of distance, space or time) "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
S: (v) center on (have as a center) "The region centers on Charleston"
S: (v) lie, rest (have a place in relation to something else) "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"
S: (v) belong, go (be in the right place or situation) "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?"
S: (v) come (exist or occur in a certain point in a series) "Next came the student from France"
S: (v) carry, extend (continue or extend) "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
S: (v) be well (be healthy; feel good) "She has not been well lately"
S: (v) suffer (feel unwell or uncomfortable) "She is suffering from the hot weather"
S: (v) feel (be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state) "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss"
S: (v) stay, remain, rest (stay the same; remain in a certain state) "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
S: (v) continue (exist over a prolonged period of time) "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
S: (v) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate (be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity) "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
S: (v) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly) "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
S: (v) rank (take or have a position relative to others) "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
S: (v) point (be positionable in a specified manner) "The gun points with ease"
S: (v) want, need, require (have need of) "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
S: (v) compact, pack (have the property of being packable or of compacting easily) "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
S: (v) look, appear, seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect) "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
S: (v) appear, seem (seem to be true, probable, or apparent) "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
S: (v) owe (be in debt) "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"
S: (v) belong (be owned by; be in the possession of) "This book belongs to me"
S: (v) cover (be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of) "Is this enough to cover the check?"
S: (v) represent (be representative or typical for) "This period is represented by Beethoven"
S: (v) account (be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something) "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam"
S: (v) cut across (be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations) "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
S: (v) begin, start (have a beginning characterized in some specified way) "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"
S: (v) begin (have a beginning, of a temporal event) "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month"
S: (v) stand (be in some specified state or condition) "I stand corrected"
S: (v) consist, comprise (be composed of) "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?"
S: (v) prove, turn out, turn up (be shown or be found to be) "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
S: (v) account for (be the reason or explanation for) "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"
S: (v) remain (be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.) "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
S: (v) stand by, stick by, stick, adhere (be loyal to) "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
S: (v) incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate (represent in bodily form) "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
S: (v) contain, take, hold (be capable of holding or containing) "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
S: (v) tend, be given, lean, incline, run (have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined) "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
S: (v) run, go (have a particular form) "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."
S: (v) figure, enter (be or play a part of or in) "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"
S: (v) press (be urgent) "This is a pressing problem"
S: (v) squat (be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide) "The building squatted low"
S: (v) hoodoo (bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune)
S: (v) impend (be imminent or about to happen) "Changes are impending"
S: (v) range, run (change or be different within limits) "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull"
S: (v) stay, stay on, continue, remain (continue in a place, position, or situation) "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
S: (v) sell (be sold at a certain price or in a certain way) "These books sell like hot cakes"
S: (v) translate (be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way) "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
S: (v) head, head up (be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel) "This student heads the class"
S: (v) come in for (be subject to or the object of) "The governor came in for a lot of criticism"
S: (v) compare (be comparable) "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"
S: (v) fall, come (come under, be classified or included) "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
S: (v) diverge (have no limits as a mathematical series)
S: (v) shine (be distinguished or eminent) "His talent shines"
S: (v) iridesce (be iridescent) "The corals iridesced under the surface of the clear water"
S: (v) lie (be and remain in a particular state or condition) "lie dormant"
S: (v) stand (occupy a place or location, also metaphorically) "We stand on common ground"
S: (v) hang (be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive) "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
S: (v) litter (strew) "Cigar butts littered the ground"
S: (v) suit (be agreeable or acceptable) "This time suits me"
S: (v) end, terminate (be the end of; be the last or concluding part of) "This sad scene ended the movie"
S: (v) fit (conform to some shape or size) "How does this shirt fit?"
S: (v) lend (have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to) "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse"
S: (v) let go (be relaxed) "Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!"
S: (v) connect (be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation) "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours"
S: (v) sell (be responsible for the sale of) "All her publicity sold the products"
S: (v) sell (be approved of or gain acceptance) "The new idea sold well in certain circles"
S: (v) consist (have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in) "The payment consists in food"; "What does love consist in?"