| proceed | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. carry on, continue, go on, proceed | continue talking.; "I know it's hard,"; "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room" |
| ~ segue | proceed without interruption; in music or talk.; "He segued into another discourse" |
| ~ talk, speak | exchange thoughts; talk with.; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" |
| ~ jog, ramble, ramble on | continue talking or writing in a desultory manner.; "This novel rambles on and jogs" |
| v. (motion) | 2. continue, go forward, proceed | 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" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ head | to go or travel towards.; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" |
| ~ trace | make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along.; "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture" |
| ~ roar | act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way.; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town" |
| ~ limp | proceed slowly or with difficulty.; "the boat limped into the harbor" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| ~ preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on | 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" |
| v. (social) | 3. go, move, proceed | follow a procedure or take a course.; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ work | proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity.; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" |
| ~ venture, embark | proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers.; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer" |
| ~ steamroll, steamroller | proceed with great force.; "The new teacher tends to steamroller" |
| v. (change) | 4. go, proceed | follow a certain course.; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ drag on, drag out, drag | proceed for an extended period of time.; "The speech dragged on for two hours" |
| ~ fare, get along, do, make out, come | proceed or get along.; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" |
| v. (stative) | 5. continue, go along, go on, keep, proceed | 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" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on | 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" |
| ~ hold | remain in a certain state, position, or condition.; "The weather held"; "They held on the road and kept marching" |
| ~ keep going, run on | continue uninterrupted.; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M." |
| ~ ride | continue undisturbed and without interference.; "Let it ride" |
| ~ continue | continue after an interruption.; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch" |
| poky | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence). |
| ~ bastille | a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner). |
| ~ correctional institution | a penal institution maintained by the government. |
| ~ holding cell | a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial. |
| ~ hoosegow, hoosgow | slang for a jail. |
| ~ house of correction | (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences. |
| ~ lockup | jail in a local police station. |
| ~ workhouse | a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months. |
| adj. | 2. dilatory, laggard, pokey, poky | wasting time. |
| ~ slow | not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" |
| adj. | 3. jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky | small and remote and insignificant.; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" |
| ~ provincial | characteristic of the provinces or their people.; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes" |
| sluggish | | |
| adj. | 1. sluggish, sulky | moving slowly.; "a sluggish stream" |
| ~ slow | not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time.; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" |
| adj. | 2. dull, slow, sluggish | (of business) not active or brisk.; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ inactive | lacking activity; lying idle or unused.; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery" |
| adj. | 3. inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid | slow and apathetic.; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" |
| ~ inactive | not active physically or mentally.; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" |
| instantly | | |
| adv. | 1. at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway | without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening.; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" |
| adv. | 2. in a flash, instantaneously, instantly, outright | without any delay.; "he was killed outright" |
| onward | | |
| adv. | 1. forth, forward, onward | forward in time or order or degree.; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" |
| adv. | 2. ahead, forrader, forward, forwards, onward, onwards | in a forward direction.; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" |
| soon | | |
| adv. | 1. before long, presently, shortly, soon | in the near future.; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should have news before long" |
| come | | |
| n. (body) | 1. come, cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract. |
| ~ milt | seminal fluid produced by male fish. |
| ~ bodily fluid, body fluid, liquid body substance, humour, humor | the liquid parts of the body. |
| ~ sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon | the male reproductive cell; the male gamete.; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material" |
| v. (motion) | 2. come, come up | move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" |
| ~ emanate | proceed or issue forth, as from a source.; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground" |
| ~ accost, come up to, address | speak to someone. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ come near, approach | come near in time.; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age" |
| ~ approach, draw near, near, come near, come on, draw close, go up | move towards.; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" |
| v. (motion) | 3. arrive, come, get | reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" |
| ~ land, set down | reach or come to rest.; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" |
| ~ drive in | arrive by motorcar.; "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country" |
| ~ land, put down, bring down | cause to come to the ground.; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" |
| ~ set ashore, shore, land | arrive on shore.; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" |
| ~ roll up | arrive in a vehicle:.; "He rolled up in a black Mercedes" |
| ~ get | reach and board.; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" |
| ~ come in, come | be received.; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" |
| ~ attain, reach, hit | reach a point in time, or a certain state or level.; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" |
| ~ flood in | arrive in great numbers. |
| ~ move in, pull in, get in, draw in | of trains; move into (a station).; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station" |
| ~ plump in | arrive suddenly and unannounced.; "He plumped in on a Sunday morning" |
| v. (change) | 4. come | come to pass; arrive, as in due course.; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ descend, settle, fall | come as if by falling.; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" |
| ~ come | reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position.; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true" |
| v. (change) | 5. come | reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position.; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ come | come to pass; arrive, as in due course.; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" |
| v. (stative) | 6. come, follow | to be the product or result.; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" |
| ~ arise, originate, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise | come into existence; take on form or shape.; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" |
| ~ come | exist or occur in a certain point in a series.; "Next came the student from France" |
| v. (change) | 7. come | be found or available.; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| v. (stative) | 8. come, issue forth | come forth.; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard" |
| v. (stative) | 9. come, hail | be a native of.; "She hails from Kalamazoo" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ descend, derive, come | come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" |
| v. (stative) | 10. come | extend or reach.; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" |
| ~ extend, run, lead, pass, go | 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" |
| v. (stative) | 11. come | exist or occur in a certain point in a series.; "Next came the student from France" |
| ~ come, follow | to be the product or result.; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (motion) | 12. come | cover a certain distance.; "She came a long way" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (stative) | 13. come, fall | come under, be classified or included.; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (change) | 14. come | happen as a result.; "Nothing good will come of this" |
| ~ ensue, result | issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end.; "result in tragedy" |
| v. (stative) | 15. add up, amount, come, number, total | add up in number or quantity.; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" |
| ~ work out | be calculated.; "The fees work out to less than $1,000" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ outnumber | be larger in number. |
| ~ average, average out | amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain.; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" |
| ~ make | add up to.; "four and four make eight" |
| v. (stative) | 16. add up, amount, come | develop into.; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" |
| ~ become, turn | undergo a change or development.; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" |
| ~ aggregate | amount in the aggregate to. |
| v. (motion) | 17. come, come in | be received.; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" |
| ~ arrive, come, get | reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" |
| v. (cognition) | 18. come, occur | come to one's mind; suggest itself.; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" |
| ~ become | come into existence.; "What becomes has duration" |
| v. (stative) | 19. come, derive, descend | come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" |
| ~ derive | come from.; "The present name derives from an older form" |
| ~ hail, come | be a native of.; "She hails from Kalamazoo" |
| v. (stative) | 20. come, do, fare, get along, make out | proceed or get along.; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" |
| ~ proceed, go | follow a certain course.; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" |
| v. (perception) | 21. come | experience orgasm.; "she could not come because she was too upset" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| v. (cognition) | 22. come | have a certain priority.; "My family comes first" |
| ~ rank | take or have a position relative to others.; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" |
| enter | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into | to come or go into.; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" |
| ~ take the field | go on the playing field, of a football team. |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ re-enter | enter again.; "You cannot re-enter the country with this visa" |
| ~ file in | enter by marching in a file. |
| ~ pop in | enter briefly.; "He popped in for two minutes" |
| ~ walk in | enter by walking.; "She walks in at all hours, as if she lived here" |
| ~ call at, out in | enter a harbor.; "the ship called in Athens" |
| ~ take water | enter the water.; "the wild ducks took water" |
| ~ turn in | make an entrance by turning from a road.; "Turn in after you see the gate" |
| ~ board, get on | get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.). |
| ~ intrude, irrupt | enter uninvited.; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" |
| ~ encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade | to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate.; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" |
| ~ dock | come into dock.; "the ship docked" |
| v. (competition) | 2. enter, participate | become a participant; be involved in.; "enter a race"; "enter an agreement"; "enter a drug treatment program"; "enter negotiations" |
| ~ jump | enter eagerly into.; "He jumped into the game" |
| v. (social) | 3. enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit | register formally as a participant or member.; "The party recruited many new members" |
| ~ muster in, draft, enlist | engage somebody to enter the army. |
| ~ unionise, unionize | recruit for a union or organize into a union.; "We don't allow people to come into our plant and try to unionize the workers" |
| ~ register | enroll to vote.; "register for an election" |
| ~ matriculate | enroll as a student. |
| ~ register | record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions. |
| v. (stative) | 4. enter, figure | 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?" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (communication) | 5. enter, put down, record | make a record of; set down in permanent form. |
| ~ recording, transcription | the act of making a record (especially an audio record).; "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" |
| ~ chalk up, tally | keep score, as in games. |
| ~ clock in, clock on, punch in | register one's arrival at work. |
| ~ record, tape | register electronically.; "They recorded her singing" |
| ~ accession | make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library. |
| ~ post | display, as of records in sports games. |
| ~ ring up | to perform and record a sale on a cash register.; "Sally rang up Eve's purchase of tomatoes" |
| ~ manifest | record in a ship's manifest.; "each passenger must be manifested" |
| ~ inscribe | write, engrave, or print as a lasting record. |
| ~ chronicle | record in chronological order; make a historical record. |
| ~ file away, file | place in a container for keeping records.; "File these bills, please" |
| ~ document | record in detail.; "The parents documented every step of their child's development" |
| ~ log | enter into a log, as on ships and planes. |
| ~ clock up, log up | record a distance travelled; on planes and cars. |
| ~ film, shoot, take | make a film or photograph of something.; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" |
| ~ videotape, tape | record on videotape. |
| ~ photograph, shoot, snap | record on photographic film.; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" |
| ~ score, mark | make underscoring marks. |
| ~ notch | notch a surface to record something. |
| ~ maintain, keep | maintain by writing regular records.; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" |
| ~ film | record in film.; "The coronation was filmed" |
| ~ save, preserve | to keep up and reserve for personal or special use.; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" |
| ~ register | record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions. |
| ~ book | record a charge in a police register.; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" |
| v. (creation) | 6. enter | come on stage. |
| ~ dramatic art, dramaturgy, dramatics, theater, theatre | the art of writing and producing plays. |
| ~ act, play, represent | play a role or part.; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" |
| v. (social) | 7. accede, enter | take on duties or office.; "accede to the throne" |
| ~ ascend | become king or queen.; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death" |
| ~ take office | assume an office, duty, or title.; "When will the new President take office?" |
| ~ come after, succeed, follow | be the successor (of).; "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" |
| v. (contact) | 8. enter, infix, insert, introduce | put or introduce into something.; "insert a picture into the text" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| ~ plug in, plug into, connect | plug into an outlet.; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" |
| ~ penetrate | insert the penis into the vagina or anus of.; "Did the molester penetrate the child?" |
| ~ cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate | introduce a cannula or tube into.; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck" |
| ~ input | enter (data or a program) into a computer. |
| ~ instil, instill | enter drop by drop.; "instill medication into my eye" |
| ~ embed, imbed, implant, engraft, plant | fix or set securely or deeply.; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" |
| ~ sandwich | insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects.; "She was sandwiched in her airplane seat between two fat men" |
| ~ graft, transplant | place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient. |
| v. (change) | 9. embark, enter | set out on (an enterprise or subject of study).; "she embarked upon a new career" |
| ~ begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" |
| ~ take up | pursue or resume.; "take up a matter for consideration" |
| get in | | |
| v. (social) | 1. arrive, get in, go far, make it | succeed in a big way; get to the top.; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!" |
| ~ bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, come through, win | attain success or reach a desired goal.; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" |
| v. (possession) | 2. get in, get into | secure a place in a college, university, etc.. |
| ~ obtain | come into possession of.; "How did you obtain the visa?" |
| v. (motion) | 3. draw in, get in, move in, pull in | of trains; move into (a station).; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station" |
| ~ arrive, come, get | reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" |
| ~ close in, draw in | advance or converge on.; "The police were closing in on him" |
| push on | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. plough on, press on, push on | continue moving forward. |
| ~ advance, march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on | move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.; "Time marches on" |
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