| lie awake | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. lie awake | lie without sleeping.; "She was so worried, she lay awake all night long" |
| ~ lie | be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" |
| vege out | | |
| v. (body) | 1. vege out, vegetate | engage in passive relaxation.; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television" |
| ~ relax, decompress, unwind, loosen up, slow down, unbend | become less tense, rest, or take one's ease.; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" |
| vegetate | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. vegetate | lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind. |
| ~ live | lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style.; "we had to live frugally after the war" |
| v. (change) | 2. vegetate | establish vegetation on.; "They vegetated the hills behind their house" |
| ~ grow | cause to grow or develop.; "He grows vegetables in his backyard" |
| v. (change) | 3. vegetate | produce vegetation.; "The fields vegetate vigorously" |
| ~ grow | increase in size by natural process.; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" |
| v. (change) | 4. vegetate | grow like a plant.; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously" |
| ~ grow | increase in size by natural process.; "Corn doesn't grow here"; "In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"; "her hair doesn't grow much anymore" |
| v. (change) | 5. vegetate | grow or spread abnormally.; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed" |
| ~ grow | become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain.; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" |
| v. (body) | 6. vegetate | propagate asexually.; "The bacterial growth vegetated along" |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ propagate | multiply sexually or asexually. |
| lie down | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. lie, lie down | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| ~ lie | be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ stretch out, stretch | lie down comfortably.; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass" |
| ~ charge | lie down on command, of hunting dogs. |
| ~ bow down, prostrate | get into a prostrate position, as in submission. |
| pass by | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by | move past.; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ skirt | pass around or about; move along the border.; "The boat skirted the coast" |
| ~ run by | pass by while running.; "We watched children were running by" |
| ~ fly by | pass by while flying.; "An enemy plane flew by" |
| ~ whisk by, zip by, fly by | move by very quickly. |
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