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  • 31stick up — Synonyms and related words: arise, boost, bristle, bristle up, buoy up, cast up, cock up, commit robbery, elevate, erect, escalate, extrude, get up, heave, heft, heighten, heist, hijack, hike, hoick, hoist, hold up, jerk up, jump up, jut out,… …

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  • 32bag — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. receptacle, case, container, pouch, sack. v. trap, capture, take, catch; sag, droop, hang; bulge, protrude, swell. See acquisition, pendency, convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A container] Syn. purse …

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  • 33belly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stomach, tummy; abdomen; paunch, potbelly; underside; breadbasket, pod, bay window, beer belly, pot, gut, swagbelly (all inf.), corporation (sl.). v. bulge, swell, billow. See convexity, receptacle,… …

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  • 34bulge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. swell, protrude, bag. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. swelling, lump, protrusion, protuberance, hump, bump, convexity, intumescence, bulb, bunching, outgrowth, superfluity, tumefaction, nodule …

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  • 35overhang — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. project over, jut; impend, threaten. See convexity, prediction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. protrusion, obtrusion, overlap, overlie, droop, suspension, imbrication, beetling, jutting, extension; see… …

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  • 36pouch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bag, sack; purse, reticule, wallet; pocket, sac; marsupium. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sack, receptacle, poke*; see bag , container . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. bag, sack, pocket,… …

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  • 37protrude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. jut, bulge, extend, project. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. come through, stick out, jut out, swell, point, obtrude, project, extrude, stick up, distend, pop out*. III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 38stand out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. be prominent, be conspicuous, emerge; see loom 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To curve outward past the normal or usual limit: bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bulge, jut, overhang, pouch, project, protrude,… …

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  • 39stick out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. jut, show, come through; see protrude . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To curve outward past the normal or usual limit: bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bulge, jut, overhang, pouch, project, protrude, protuberate, stand… …

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  • 40swell out — Bulge, protuberate …

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