Monday, July 12, 2010

Thesaurus entries:
Main Entry: escape
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: break away from
Synonyms: abscond, avoid, bail out, bolt, burst out, circumvent, cut and run, cut loose, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, dodge, double, duck, duck out, elope, elude, emerge, evade, flee, fly, fly the coop, get away with, get off, go scot-free, leave, make getaway, make off, make oneself scarce, pass, play hooky, run, run away, run off, run out on, shun, skip, slip, slip away, steal away, take a powder, take flight, take on the lam, vanish, work out of, wriggle out
Antonyms: capture, remain, stay


Main Entry: escape
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: breaking away; getaway
Synonyms: AWOL, abdication, avoidance, beat, bolt, break, breakout, bypassing, circumvention, decampment, deliverance, departure, desertion, disappearance, dodging, ducking, elopement, elusion, elusiveness, eschewal, evasion, evasiveness, extrication, fadeout, flight, freedom, hegira, lam, leave, liberation, out, outbreak, powder, release, rescue, retreat, runaround, shunning, sidestepping, slip, spring, withdrawal

Antonyms: capture, maintenance, stay


Main Entry: carry
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: transport physical object
Synonyms: backpack, bear, bring, cart, channel, conduct, convey, convoy, displace, ferry, fetch, freight, funnel, give, haul, heft, hoist, import, lift, lug, move, pack, pipe, portage, relay, relocate, remove, schlepp, shift, shoulder, sustain, take, tote, traject, transfer, transmit, transplant, truck, waft



Main Entry: carry
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: win; accomplish
Synonyms: affect, be victorious, capture, drive, effect, gain, get, impel, impress, influence, inspire, move, prevail, secure, spur, strike, sway, touch, urge

Antonyms: fail, lose


Main Entry: climb
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: crawl, move up
Synonyms: ape up, ascend, clamber, escalade, escalate, go up, mount, rise, scale, soar, top

Antonyms: descend, dismount, go down, retreat


Main Entry: trap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch, snare; trick
Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, beguile, box in, circumvent, collar, corner*, corral*, deceive, decoy, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, fool, grab, hook, inveigle, land*, mousetrap, nab, nail, net, overtake, rope in, seduce, snag, suck in, surprise, take, tangle, trammel, trip up

Antonyms: let go, release

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry: bag
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch
Synonyms: acquire, apprehend, capture, collar, gain, get, hook, kill, land, nab, nail, net, seize, shoot, take, trap

Antonyms: lose


Main Entry: push
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: incite, urge
Synonyms: bear down, browbeat, bulldoze, coerce, constrain, dragoon, egg on, encourage, exert influence, expedite, fire up, go to town on, goad, goose, hurry, impel, influence, inspire, jolly, key up, kid, lean on, motivate, oblige, overpress, persuade, pour it on, press, pressure, prod, push around, put the screws to, put up to, railroad, sell on, speed, speed up, spur, squeeze, steamroll, strong-arm, turn on
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, repress, suppress


Main Entry: release
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: delivery; dispensation
Synonyms: absolution, acquittal, acquittance, charge, clemency, commute, deliverance, discharge, emancipation, exemption, exoneration, floater, freedom, freeing, let-off, liberation, liberty, lifeboat, lifesaver, manumission, relief, spring, turnout, walkout
Antonyms: check, collection, gathering, hold


Main Entry: flash
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: instant, split second
Synonyms: breathing, burst, jiffy, minute, moment, outburst, shake, show, trice, twinkling


Main Entry: flash
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shimmer, flicker
Synonyms: beam, bedazzle, blaze, blink, coruscate, dazzle, flame, flare, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, incandesce, light, phosphoresce, radiate, reflect, scintillate, shine, shoot out, spangle, spark, sparkle, twinkle

Main Entry: push
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: physical force
Synonyms: advance, assault, attack, bearing, blow, butt, charge, drive, driving, effort, energy, exerting, exertion, forcing, impact, jolt, lean, mass, nudge, offensive, onset, poke, prod, propulsion, shove, shoving, straining, thrust, thrusting, weight

Antonyms: pull


Main Entry: push
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: mental determination
Synonyms: ambition, drive, dynamism, energy, enterprise, get-up-and-go, go*, gumption*, guts*, initiative, pep, punch, snap, spunk, starch, vigor, vitality

Antonyms: discouragement, disinterest
* = informal/non-formal usage

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