All inflect antonyms
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I i verb inflect
- straighten — make straight
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- concur — If one person concurs with another person, the two people agree. You can also say that two people concur.
- consent — If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.
- agree — If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
- conform — If something conforms to something such as a law or someone's wishes, it is of the required type or quality.
- join — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- retain — to keep possession of.
- arrive — When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey.
- come — When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
- listen — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- mumble — to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.