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lie-abed
a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour
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Related Words:
hibernate
collapse
sleep during winter; "Bears must eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves"
be in an inactive or dormant state
related words >
aestivate
,
be a sideliner
,
be latent
,
be still
,
coast
,
delay
,
do nothing
,
drift
,
escape notice
,
hang fire
,
have nothing on
,
idle
,
lay by
,
lay off
,
lay to
,
lie beneath
,
lie by
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
lie hid
,
lie idle
,
lie low
,
lie off
,
lie to
,
lie up
,
lurk
,
make no sign
,
not budge
,
not stir
,
rest
,
ride at anchor
,
sit back
,
sit it out
,
smolder
,
stagnate
,
underlie
,
vegetate
,
wait and see
,
watch and wait
slowpoke
collapse
related words >
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
drone
,
foot-dragger
,
goldbrick
,
goof-off
,
laggard
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
loiterer
,
plodder
,
procrastinator
,
sleepyhead
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
straggler
,
tortoise
lie low
collapse
to try to avoid detection especially by police; "After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while"
keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous
related words >
be incognito
,
be latent
,
beware
,
burrow
,
couch
,
crawl
,
crouch
,
disappear
,
drop from sight
,
escape notice
,
go into hiding
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
grovel
,
have a care
,
hibernate
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
hole up
,
hug the earth
,
lie
,
lie beneath
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie dormant
,
lie hid
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
lie snug
,
lie under
,
look about one
,
look out
,
look sharp
,
lurk
,
make no sign
,
masquerade
,
mind
,
play peekaboo
,
qui vive
,
remain anonymous
,
retire from sight
,
sit tight
,
smolder
,
squat
,
stay in hiding
,
take care
,
take cover
,
take heed
,
underlie
,
watch out
,
wear a mask
sleepyhead
collapse
a sleepy person
related words >
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
drone
,
foot-dragger
,
goldbrick
,
goof-off
,
laggard
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
loiterer
,
plodder
,
procrastinator
,
sleeper
,
sleeping beauty
,
sleepwalker
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
slugabed
,
sluggard
,
snail
,
somnambulist
,
somniloquist
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
tortoise
hole up
collapse
score a hole in one
remain secluded or in hiding; "He is writing his book and is holing up in his study"
related words >
be incognito
,
burrow
,
disappear
,
drop from sight
,
go into hiding
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
lie
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie snug
,
masquerade
,
play peekaboo
,
remain anonymous
,
retire from sight
,
sit tight
,
stay in hiding
,
take cover
,
wear a mask
tortoise
collapse
usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
related words >
alligator
,
crocodile
,
crocodilian
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
dinosaur
,
drone
,
foot-dragger
,
gator
,
goldbrick
,
goof-off
,
laggard
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
lizard
,
loiterer
,
plodder
,
procrastinator
,
reptile
,
reptilian
,
saurian
,
sleepyhead
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
terrapin
,
turtle
lurk
collapse
lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
related words >
be latent
,
couch
,
creep
,
escape notice
,
gumshoe
,
hibernate
,
hide
,
lay wait
,
lie beneath
,
lie dormant
,
lie hid
,
lie in wait
,
lie low
,
make no sign
,
nightwalk
,
prowl
,
pussyfoot
,
shadow
,
skulk
,
slide
,
slink
,
slip
,
smolder
,
snake
,
sneak
,
stalk
,
steal
,
tiptoe
,
underlie
lie down
collapse
assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"
related words >
bed
,
bed down
,
couch
,
crawl
,
curl up
,
go to bed
,
go to rest
,
grovel
,
lay
,
lie
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
loll
,
lounge
,
prone
,
prostrate
,
recline
,
repose
,
rest
,
settle to rest
,
snug down
,
sprawl
,
stretch out
,
supinate
,
take it easy
,
take life easy
procrastinator
collapse
someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)
related words >
bungler
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
disregarder
,
dodger
,
drone
,
foot-dragger
,
goldbrick
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
ignorer
,
laggard
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
loiterer
,
malingerer
,
neglecter
,
negligent
,
plodder
,
shirker
,
slacker
,
sleepyhead
,
sloven
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
slut
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
tortoise
,
trifler
,
waiter on Providence
lay to
collapse
related words >
account for
,
accredit with
,
accrete to
,
acknowledge
,
aestivate
,
apply to
,
ascribe to
,
assign to
,
attach to
,
attribute to
,
blame
,
blame for
,
blame on
,
bring home to
,
buckle down
,
charge on
,
charge to
,
confess
,
connect with
,
credit with
,
endeavor
,
fasten upon
,
father upon
,
fix on
,
fix upon
,
go all out
,
hang on
,
have nothing on
,
head to wind
,
hibernate
,
hump
,
hump it
,
impute to
,
knuckle down
,
lay by
,
lay off
,
lay up
,
lie ahull
,
lie by
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
lie idle
,
lie off
,
lie to
,
lie up
,
pin on
,
pinpoint
,
place upon
,
ply the oar
,
point to
,
refer to
,
ride at anchor
,
saddle on
,
saddle with
,
set down to
,
settle upon
,
spare no effort
plodder
collapse
someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"
someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours
related words >
beast of burden
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
drone
,
drudge
,
fag
,
foot-dragger
,
galley slave
,
goldbrick
,
goof-off
,
greasy grind
,
grind
,
grub
,
hack
,
laggard
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
loiterer
,
procrastinator
,
slave
,
sleepyhead
,
slogger
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
swot
,
tortoise
,
workhorse
take cover
collapse
related words >
bar the gate
,
be incognito
,
bolt the door
,
burrow
,
claim sanctuary
,
disappear
,
drop from sight
,
fly to
,
go into hiding
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
hole up
,
lie
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie snug
,
masquerade
,
play peekaboo
,
raise the drawbridge
,
remain anonymous
,
retire from sight
,
run into port
,
seek refuge
,
sit tight
,
stay in hiding
,
take refuge
,
take shelter
,
wear a mask
escape notice
collapse
related words >
be latent
,
be missed
,
be unseen
,
blush unseen
,
disappear
,
escape attention
,
escape one
,
get by
,
hibernate
,
lie beneath
,
lie dormant
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lurk
,
make no sign
,
not register
,
smolder
,
underlie
recline
collapse
cause to recline; "She reclined her head on the pillow"
related words >
abut on
,
be based on
,
bear on
,
bed
,
bed down
,
bestraddle
,
bestride
,
cant
,
couch
,
crawl
,
curl up
,
go to bed
,
go to rest
,
grovel
,
heel
,
incline
,
lay
,
lean
,
lean on
,
lie
,
lie down
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie on
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
list
,
loll
,
lounge
,
perch
,
prone
,
prostrate
,
rely on
,
repose
,
repose on
,
rest
,
rest on
,
ride
,
settle to rest
,
sit on
,
slope
,
snug down
,
sprawl
,
stand on
,
straddle
,
stretch out
,
stride
,
supinate
,
take it easy
,
take life easy
,
tilt
,
tip
loll
collapse
related words >
bed
,
bed down
,
bum
,
bum around
,
couch
,
crawl
,
curl up
,
diddle
,
do nothing
,
droop
,
go to bed
,
go to rest
,
goof off
,
grovel
,
hang around
,
idle
,
lay
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie
,
lie around
,
lie down
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
loaf
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loll around
,
lollop
,
lollop around
,
lop
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
recline
,
repose
,
rest
,
settle to rest
,
sit around
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
slump
,
snug down
,
sprawl
,
stand around
,
take it easy
,
take life easy
,
trollop
dawdler
collapse
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
related words >
clock watcher
,
dallier
,
dawdle
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
do-nothing
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
drone
,
faineant
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
laggard
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
loafer
,
loiterer
,
loller
,
lotus-eater
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
mope
,
moper
,
plodder
,
potterer
,
procrastinator
,
putterer
,
sleepyhead
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trifler
,
waiter on Providence
loiterer
collapse
someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
related words >
clock watcher
,
dallier
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
do-nothing
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
drone
,
faineant
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
laggard
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
loafer
,
loller
,
lotus-eater
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
mope
,
moper
,
plodder
,
potterer
,
procrastinator
,
putterer
,
sleepyhead
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
straggler
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trifler
,
waiter on Providence
lingerer
collapse
related words >
clock watcher
,
dallier
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
do-nothing
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
drone
,
faineant
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
laggard
,
lie-abed
,
loafer
,
loiterer
,
loller
,
lotus-eater
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
mope
,
moper
,
plodder
,
potterer
,
procrastinator
,
putterer
,
sleepyhead
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
straggler
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trifler
,
waiter on Providence
underlie
collapse
be or form the base for
lie underneath
related words >
afford support
,
back
,
back up
,
be latent
,
bear
,
bear up
,
bed on
,
bolster
,
bolster up
,
bottom on
,
brace
,
build on
,
buoy up
,
buttress
,
carry
,
couch
,
cradle
,
crawl
,
crouch
,
crutch
,
cushion
,
escape notice
,
found on
,
give support
,
ground on
,
grovel
,
hibernate
,
hold
,
hold up
,
hug the earth
,
keep afloat
,
keep up
,
lend support
,
lie beneath
,
lie dormant
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
lie under
,
lurk
,
mainstay
,
maintain
,
make no sign
,
pillow
,
prop
,
reinforce
,
set on
,
shore
,
shore up
,
shoulder
,
smolder
,
squat
,
stay
,
subsidize
,
subvention
,
support
,
sustain
,
underbrace
,
undergird
,
underpin
,
underset
,
upbear
,
uphold
,
upkeep
sluggard
collapse
an idle slothful person
related words >
bum
,
clock watcher
,
dallier
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
do-nothing
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
drone
,
faineant
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof-off
,
idler
,
laggard
,
lazybones
,
lie-abed
,
lingerer
,
loafer
,
loiterer
,
loller
,
lotus-eater
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
mope
,
moper
,
plodder
,
potterer
,
procrastinator
,
putterer
,
shirker
,
sleepyhead
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
slugabed
,
snail
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trifler
,
waiter on Providence
sit tight
collapse
maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"
related words >
abide
,
await
,
be incognito
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
burrow
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
delay
,
dillydally
,
disappear
,
drop from sight
,
go into hiding
,
go to ground
,
go underground
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hide
,
hide away
,
hide out
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
hole up
,
lie
,
lie close
,
lie doggo
,
lie hid
,
lie low
,
lie snug
,
linger
,
loiter
,
mark time
,
masquerade
,
play peekaboo
,
remain anonymous
,
retire from sight
,
sit up
,
stay
,
stay in hiding
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
take cover
,
take time
,
tarry
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
wear a mask
snail
collapse
freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer"
related words >
Chilopoda
,
Chordata
,
Dungeness crab
,
Echiuroidea
,
Ectoprocta
,
Entoprocta
,
Japanese crab
,
Monoplacophora
,
Nemertinea
,
Phoronidea
,
blue point
,
clam
,
coquillage
,
crab
,
crawdad
,
crawfish
,
crayfish
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
drone
,
foot-dragger
,
goldbrick
,
goof-off
,
laggard
,
langouste
,
lie-abed
,
limpet
,
lingerer
,
littleneck clam
,
lobster
,
loiterer
,
mussel
,
oyster
,
periwinkle
,
plodder
,
prawn
,
procrastinator
,
quahog
,
scallop
,
shellfish
,
shrimp
,
sleepyhead
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
soft-shell crab
,
steamer
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
tortoise
,
whelk
slander
collapse
words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
related words >
asperse
,
assail
,
attack
,
backbite
,
backbiting
,
backstabbing
,
barefaced lie
,
belie
,
belittlement
,
bitchiness
,
blackwash
,
calumniate
,
calumniation
,
calumny
,
cattiness
,
character assassination
,
consummate lie
,
damage
,
decry
,
defamation
,
defamation of character
,
defame
,
denigrate
,
depreciation
,
dirt
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
gossip column
,
hurt
,
injure
,
juicy morsel
,
libel
,
malicious gossip
,
malign
,
misrepresentation
,
monstrous lie
,
muckrake
,
muckraking
,
obloquy
,
out-and-out lie
,
roorback
,
scandal
,
scandalmongering
,
slur
,
smear
,
strumpet
,
tale
,
tear down
,
the big lie
,
tidbit
,
traduce
,
traducement
,
vilification
,
vilify
,
whispering campaign
,
whopper
fib
collapse
a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"
related words >
be untruthful
,
blague
,
bouncer
,
canard
,
cock-and-bull story
,
concoct
,
deceive
,
draw the longbow
,
equivocate
,
equivocation
,
evasiveness
,
exaggerate
,
exaggeration
,
fabricate
,
fairy tale
,
falsehood
,
falsify
,
falsity
,
farfetched story
,
farrago
,
fiction
,
fish story
,
flam
,
flimflam
,
ghost story
,
half-truth
,
legal fiction
,
lie
,
lie flatly
,
little white lie
,
make up
,
mendacity
,
mislead
,
palter
,
pious fiction
,
prevaricate
,
prevarication
,
slight stretching
,
speak falsely
,
story
,
stretch the truth
,
tale
,
tall story
,
tall tale
,
taradiddle
,
tell a lie
,
trump up
,
trumped-up story
,
untruth
,
untruthfulness
,
white lie
,
yarn
grovel
collapse
related words >
apple-polish
,
be promiscuous
,
bend
,
bend the knee
,
bend the neck
,
bend to
,
bootlick
,
bow
,
bow and scrape
,
bow down
,
bow to
,
chase women
,
commit adultery
,
couch
,
cower
,
crawl
,
creep
,
cringe
,
cringe to
,
crouch
,
crouch before
,
curtsy
,
debauch
,
dissipate
,
do homage
,
do obeisance
,
fawn
,
flatter
,
flounder
,
fornicate
,
genuflect
,
get down
,
go on tiptoe
,
gumshoe
,
hug the earth
,
hunch
,
hunch down
,
inch
,
inch along
,
kneel
,
kneel to
,
knuckle to
,
kowtow
,
lay
,
lick the dust
,
lickspittle
,
lie
,
lie down
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie low
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
lie under
,
loll
,
lounge
,
nightwalk
,
pad
,
philander
,
prowl
,
pussyfoot
,
rake
,
recline
,
repose
,
roll
,
scrabble
,
scramble
,
scrouch down
,
sidle
,
sleep around
,
slink
,
snake
,
sneak
,
sprawl
,
squat
,
steal
,
steal along
,
stoop
,
swing
,
tippytoe
,
tiptoe
,
toadeat
,
toady
,
truckle
,
truckle to
,
tumble
,
underlie
,
wallow
,
wanton
,
welter
,
whore
,
womanize
,
worm
,
worm along
lay by
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
adjourn
,
aestivate
,
arrange for
,
assign
,
cede
,
conserve
,
continue
,
decree
,
defer
,
define
,
delay
,
drag out
,
extend
,
forearm
,
give up
,
hand over
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
have nothing on
,
head to wind
,
hibernate
,
hold back
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
husband
,
impose
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep by one
,
keep in reserve
,
keep in store
,
keep on hand
,
lay aside
,
lay away
,
lay in
,
lay off
,
lay over
,
lay to
,
lay up
,
leave
,
lie ahull
,
lie by
,
lie dormant
,
lie fallow
,
lie idle
,
lie off
,
lie to
,
lie up
,
look out for
,
make provision for
,
make sure against
,
ordain
,
pigeonhole
,
postpone
,
prepare for
,
prescribe
,
preserve
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
provide against
,
provide for
,
push aside
,
put apart
,
put aside
,
put away
,
put by
,
put in mothballs
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
reserve
,
resign
,
retain
,
ride at anchor
,
salt away
,
save
,
save up
,
set
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
sideline
,
sleep on
,
spare
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
store
,
stow
,
stretch out
,
surrender
,
suspend
,
table
,
table the motion
,
take a recess
,
waive
,
withhold
,
yield
libel
collapse
the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks
a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him"
related words >
affidavit
,
allegation
,
asperse
,
aspersion
,
backbite
,
backbiting
,
bad-mouth
,
barefaced lie
,
belittle
,
belittlement
,
besmirch
,
bill
,
bill of complaint
,
bitchiness
,
blacken
,
blot
,
burlesque
,
calumniate
,
calumniation
,
calumny
,
caricature
,
cattiness
,
claim
,
complaint
,
consummate lie
,
declaration
,
defamation
,
defame
,
denigrate
,
denigration
,
denounce
,
denunciation
,
deposition
,
deprecate
,
deprecation
,
depreciate
,
depreciation
,
derogate
,
derogation
,
discredit
,
disgrace
,
dishonor
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
falsehood
,
humiliate
,
humiliation
,
ill repute
,
innuendo
,
insinuate
,
insinuation
,
lie
,
malign
,
misrepresent
,
misrepresentation
,
monstrous lie
,
mortification
,
mortify
,
narratio
,
nolle prosequi
,
nonsuit
,
obloquy
,
out-and-out lie
,
prevarication
,
scandal
,
scandalize
,
shame
,
slander
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
stain
,
statement
,
statement of facts
,
stigma
,
stigmatize
,
tear down
,
the big lie
,
traduce
,
traducement
,
travesty
,
untruth
,
vilification
,
vilify
,
whopper
lounge
collapse
a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa"
related words >
antechamber
,
anteroom
,
audience chamber
,
bar
,
barroom
,
bed
,
bed down
,
bum
,
bum around
,
cocktail lounge
,
couch
,
crawl
,
curl up
,
dally
,
divan
,
do nothing
,
drift
,
drinkery
,
foyer
,
front room
,
go to bed
,
go to rest
,
goldbrick
,
goof off
,
greenroom
,
grovel
,
hang around
,
idle
,
languish
,
lay
,
laze
,
lazy
,
lie
,
lie around
,
lie down
,
lie flat
,
lie limply
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
loaf
,
lobby
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loll
,
loll around
,
lollop around
,
lounge around
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
parlor
,
pothouse
,
presence chamber
,
pub
,
reception room
,
recline
,
repose
,
rest
,
salon
,
saloon
,
saloon bar
,
settee
,
settle
,
settle to rest
,
side room
,
sit around
,
slack
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
snug down
,
sofa
,
sprawl
,
stand around
,
studio couch
,
take it easy
,
take life easy
,
tap
,
taproom
,
tete-a-tete
,
throne room
,
vegetate
,
vestibule
,
waiting room
,
wardroom
laid up
collapse
related words >
accumulated
,
amassed
,
backlogged
,
bedfast
,
bedridden
,
collected
,
confined
,
down
,
garnered
,
gathered
,
hoarded
,
hospitalized
,
in childbed
,
in hospital
,
invalided
,
prostrate
,
sick abed
,
stockpiled
,
stored
,
treasured
stretch the truth
collapse
related words >
aggrandize
,
amplify
,
ballyhoo
,
be untruthful
,
build up
,
burlesque
,
caricature
,
carry too far
,
deceive
,
draw the longbow
,
equivocate
,
exaggerate
,
falsify
,
fib
,
go to extremes
,
hyperbolize
,
lay it on
,
lie
,
lie flatly
,
magnify
,
make much of
,
mislead
,
overcharge
,
overdo
,
overdraw
,
overestimate
,
overpraise
,
overreach
,
overreact
,
oversell
,
overspeak
,
overstate
,
overstress
,
pile it on
,
prevaricate
,
puff
,
speak falsely
,
story
,
stretch
,
talk big
,
talk in superlatives
,
tell a lie
,
tout
,
travesty
half truth
collapse
related words >
blague
,
cock-and-bull story
,
exaggeration
,
fairy tale
,
falsehood
,
falsity
,
farfetched story
,
farrago
,
fib
,
fiction
,
fish story
,
flam
,
flimflam
,
ghost story
,
legal fiction
,
lie
,
little white lie
,
mendacity
,
pious fiction
,
prevarication
,
slight stretching
,
story
,
tale
,
tall story
,
tall tale
,
taradiddle
,
trumped-up story
,
untruth
,
white lie
,
yarn
white lie
collapse
an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)
related words >
blague
,
cock-and-bull story
,
exaggeration
,
fairy tale
,
falsehood
,
falsity
,
farfetched story
,
farrago
,
fib
,
fiction
,
fish story
,
flam
,
flimflam
,
ghost story
,
half-truth
,
legal fiction
,
lie
,
little white lie
,
mendacity
,
pious fiction
,
prevarication
,
slight stretching
,
story
,
tale
,
tall story
,
tall tale
,
taradiddle
,
trumped-up story
,
untruth
,
yarn
goof off
collapse
related words >
abandon
,
bum
,
bum around
,
bungler
,
clock watcher
,
cut
,
dallier
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
dawdler
,
delay
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
dillydally
,
disregarder
,
do nothing
,
do-nothing
,
dodge
,
dodger
,
dog it
,
dolittle
,
doodler
,
drag
,
drone
,
duck
,
duck duty
,
faineant
,
falter
,
flag
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
get out of
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
halt
,
hang around
,
idle
,
idler
,
ignorer
,
jump
,
lag
,
laggard
,
laze
,
lazy
,
leave
,
leave loose ends
,
leave undone
,
let alone
,
let be
,
let dangle
,
let go
,
lie around
,
lie-abed
,
linger
,
lingerer
,
loaf
,
loafer
,
loiter
,
loiter about
,
loiterer
,
loll
,
loll around
,
loller
,
lollop around
,
lollygag
,
lotus-eater
,
lounge
,
lounge around
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
malinger
,
malingerer
,
miss
,
mooch around
,
moon
,
moon around
,
mope
,
moper
,
neglecter
,
negligent
,
not pull fair
,
omit
,
pass over
,
pass up
,
plodder
,
potterer
,
pretermit
,
procrastinate
,
procrastinator
,
putterer
,
shilly-shally
,
shirk
,
shirker
,
sit around
,
skip
,
skulk
,
slack
,
slacker
,
sleepyhead
,
slide out of
,
slip out of
,
slouch
,
slouch around
,
sloucher
,
sloven
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
slut
,
snail
,
sneak out of
,
soldier
,
stand around
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
tarry
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trail
,
trifle
,
trifler
,
waiter on Providence
,
waste time
,
welsh
at ease
collapse
related words >
abed
,
accepting
,
at home
,
at rest
,
comfortable
,
composed
,
content
,
contented
,
easy
,
easygoing
,
eupeptic
,
euphoric
,
happy
,
in bed
,
of good comfort
,
pleased
,
reconciled
,
relaxed
,
resigned
,
sans souci
,
satisfied
,
uncomplaining
,
unrepining
,
without care
crouch
collapse
the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body
bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
related words >
bend
,
bend the knee
,
bend the neck
,
bend to
,
bob
,
bootlick
,
bow
,
bow and scrape
,
bow down
,
bow to
,
couch
,
cower
,
crawl
,
creep
,
cringe
,
cringe to
,
crouch before
,
curtsy
,
dip
,
do homage
,
do obeisance
,
duck
,
fawn
,
flatter
,
flinch
,
genuflect
,
genuflection
,
get down
,
grovel
,
huddle
,
hug the earth
,
hunch
,
hunch down
,
hunker down
,
kneel
,
kneel to
,
kneeling
,
knuckle to
,
kowtow
,
lick the dust
,
lickspittle
,
lie low
,
lie prone
,
lie prostrate
,
lie under
,
nod
,
obeisance
,
prostration
,
quail
,
reverence
,
salaam
,
scrouch down
,
skulk
,
slink
,
sneak
,
squat
,
stoop
,
supination
,
swat
,
toadeat
,
toady
,
truckle
,
truckle to
,
underlie
,
wallow
,
welter
,
wince
diseased
collapse
caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"
related words >
abed
,
abnormal
,
afflicted
,
ailing
,
bad
,
cankered
,
contaminated
,
gangrened
,
gangrenous
,
ill
,
infected
,
infirm
,
morbid
,
mortified
,
out of sorts
,
pathological
,
peccant
,
poisoned
,
septic
,
sick
,
sphacelated
,
tainted
,
ulcerated
,
ulcerous
,
unhealthy
,
unsound
,
unwell
,
unwholesome
indolent
collapse
(of tumors e.g) slow to heal or develop and usually painless; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"
related words >
ambling
,
bone-lazy
,
cadging
,
cautious
,
circumspect
,
claudicant
,
crawling
,
creeping
,
creeping like snail
,
deliberate
,
dilatory
,
do-nothing
,
doless
,
dronish
,
drony
,
easy
,
easygoing
,
ergophobic
,
faineant
,
faltering
,
flagging
,
foot-dragging
,
gentle
,
good-for-nothing
,
gradual
,
halting
,
hobbled
,
hobbling
,
idle
,
inactive
,
inert
,
laggard
,
languid
,
languorous
,
lax
,
lazy
,
lazybones
,
lazyboots
,
lazylegs
,
leisurely
,
lethargic
,
lie-abed
,
limping
,
listless
,
lumbering
,
moderate
,
nonaggressive
,
parasitic
,
poking
,
poky
,
procrastinative
,
relaxed
,
reluctant
,
remiss
,
sauntering
,
scrounging
,
shiftless
,
shuffling
,
slack
,
slothful
,
slow
,
slow as death
,
slow as molasses
,
slow as slow
,
slow-crawling
,
slow-foot
,
slow-going
,
slow-legged
,
slow-moving
,
slow-paced
,
slow-poky
,
slow-running
,
slow-sailing
,
slow-stepped
,
slugabed
,
sluggish
,
snail-paced
,
snaillike
,
sponging
,
staggering
,
stagnant
,
strolling
,
tentative
,
toddling
,
torpid
,
tortoiselike
,
tottering
,
trudging
,
turtlelike
,
unenterprising
,
unhurried
,
waddling
,
work-shy
dwell in
collapse
related words >
abide in
,
be coextensive with
,
be comprised in
,
be constituted by
,
be contained in
,
be found
,
be located
,
be met with
,
be present
,
be present in
,
be situated
,
be there
,
consist in
,
exist
,
exist in
,
indwell
,
inhabit
,
inhere
,
inhere in
,
lie
,
lie in
,
occur
,
remain
,
repose in
,
reside in
,
rest in
,
stand
,
subsist in
prevaricate
collapse
related words >
around the bush
,
back and fill
,
be untruthful
,
beat about
,
beg the question
,
belie
,
bicker
,
boggle
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
deceive
,
dodge
,
draw the longbow
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
exaggerate
,
falsify
,
fence
,
fib
,
garble
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
lie
,
lie flatly
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
mislead
,
misrepresent
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
pussyfoot
,
quibble
,
shift
,
shuffle
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
speak falsely
,
split hairs
,
story
,
stretch the truth
,
tell a lie
,
tergiversate
,
waffle
,
weasel
fish story
collapse
related words >
big talk
,
blague
,
bullshit
,
bunk
,
bunkum
,
cock-and-bull story
,
exaggeration
,
fairy tale
,
falsehood
,
falsity
,
fancy talk
,
farfetched story
,
farrago
,
fib
,
fiction
,
fine talk
,
flam
,
flimflam
,
gas
,
ghost story
,
half-truth
,
highfalutin
,
highfaluting
,
hot air
,
legal fiction
,
lie
,
little white lie
,
mendacity
,
pious fiction
,
prevarication
,
slight stretching
,
story
,
tale
,
tall story
,
tall tale
,
tall talk
,
taradiddle
,
trumped-up story
,
untruth
,
white lie
,
yarn
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