| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | The lowest or supporting part or structure: base1, basis, bottom, foot, footing, foundation, fundament, ground, groundwork, seat, substratum, underpinning (often used in plural). See OVER. | | VERB: | 1. To provide with often temporary lodging. Also used with down: accommodate, berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk1, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter, room. See PROTECTION. 2. To go to bed. Also used with down: retire. Informal : turn in. Slang : crash, flop. Idioms: call it a night, hit the hay (or sack) . See AWARENESS. 3. To engage in sexual relations with: copulate, couple, have, mate, sleep with, take. Idioms: go to bed with, make love, make whoopee, roll in the hay. See SEX.
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