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elongate collapse: having notably more length than width; being long and slender; "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame"; make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"

string out collapse: set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series; "the houses were strung out in a long row"

tauten collapse: make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope"; become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened"

temporize collapse: draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"

prolong collapse: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"; lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"

procrastinate collapse: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"; postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

tighten collapse: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened"; make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire"

draw out collapse: cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"; make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"

maximize collapse: make as big or large as possible; "Maximize your profits!"; make the most of; "He maximized his role"

continue collapse: exist over a prolonged period of time; "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"; continue talking; "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"; 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"; 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"; continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"; 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"

distend collapse: swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"; cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body"

parlay collapse: a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers; stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

thicken collapse: become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"; make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the tar so that it becomes pitch"; make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"

inflate collapse: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"; exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"; increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"; cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy"

augment collapse: enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"; grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"

broaden collapse: become broader; "The road broadened"; make broader; "broaden the road"

retain collapse: keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information"; secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"; allow to remain in a place or position; "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"; hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"

let out collapse: make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"

enlarge collapse: make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds"; become larger or bigger

fatten collapse: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"

keep up collapse: prevent from going to bed at night; "The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night"; "I kept myself up all night studying for the exam"; keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies"; maintain a required pace or level; "He could not keep up and dropped out of the race"

expand collapse: become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"; make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"; extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"

tense collapse: a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time; taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings"; pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat'); in or of a state of physical or nervous tension; cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"; become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"; increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"

extend collapse: increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"; prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan"; expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"; open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"; make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"; reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"

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