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Synonymous Phrases
played ducks and drakes with (or made ​ducks ​and ​drakes ​of)
Near Antonyms
economized scrimped skimped
preserved protected saved
hoarded laid up
Antonyms
conserved
  • to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole //the fog should dissipate once the sun comes out in full force
    Synonyms
    disassembled dispersed dissolved scattered
    Related Words
    branched (out) broke up disbanded diverged divided forked separated spilled (also spilt)
    cleared disappeared evanesced evaporated faded fled melted went (away)
    Near Antonyms
    congregated gathered met
    • ac​couche​ment
    noun
    ac·​couche·​ment
    ˌa-ˌküsh-ˈmäⁿ ə-ˈküsh-ˌmäⁿ

    Definition

    • the time or act of giving birth
    Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    childbearing childbirth delivery labor parturition travail
    Examples
    • //for her second accouchement, she was attended by a more sympathetic doctor
    First Known Use
    1730, in the meaning defined above
    History and Etymology
    borrowed from French, going back to Old French acochement, from acocher, acouchier "to go to bed, take to bed in order to give birth, give birth" (from a-, prefix forming transitive verbs—going back to Latin ad- ad-— + culcer, couchier "to lay out, put to bed") + -ment -ment — more at couch entry 1
    accouchement
    noun

    Synonyms

    dis​tend
    verb
    dis·​tend
    di-ˈstend
    dis​tend​ed; dis​tend​ing; dis​tends

    Definition

    • transitive ​verb
    • to enlarge, expand, or stretch out (as from internal pressure) swell //a distended abdomen
    • extend //… the main outlines of the land yet lay clearly distended before them. — Norman Douglas
    • intransitive ​verb
    • to become enlarged, expanded, or stretched out //causing the stomach to distend
    Examples
    • //an abdomen distended by disease
    First Known Use
    15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2
    History and Etymology
    Middle English, from Latin distendere, from dis- + tendere to stretch — more at thin
    distend
    verb

    Synonyms & Antonyms

    ac​couche​ment
    noun
    ac·​couche·​ment
    ˌa-ˌküsh-ˈmäⁿ ə-ˈküsh-ˌmäⁿ

    Definition

    • the time or act of giving birth
    Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    childbearing childbirth delivery labor parturition travail
    Examples
    • //for her second accouchement, she was attended by a more sympathetic doctor
    First Known Use
    1730, in the meaning defined above
    History and Etymology
    borrowed from French, going back to Old French acochement, from acocher, acouchier "to go to bed, take to bed in order to give birth, give birth" (from a-, prefix forming transitive verbs—going back to Latin ad- ad-— + culcer, couchier "to lay out, put to bed") + -ment -ment — more at couch entry 1
    accouchement
    noun

    Synonyms

    dis​tend
    verb
    dis·​tend
    di-ˈstend
    dis​tend​ed; dis​tend​ing; dis​tends

    Definition

    • transitive ​verb
    • to enlarge, expand, or stretch out (as from internal pressure) swell //a distended abdomen
    • extend //… the main outlines of the land yet lay clearly distended before them. — Norman Douglas
    • intransitive ​verb
    • to become enlarged, expanded, or stretched out //causing the stomach to distend
    Examples
    • //an abdomen distended by disease
    First Known Use
    15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2
    History and Etymology
    Middle English, from Latin distendere, from dis- + tendere to stretch — more at thin
    distend
    verb

    Synonyms & Antonyms

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