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n. an upholstered seat for more than one person

n. a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait

v. sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa"

loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

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davenport

n. a large sofa usually convertible into a bed

chesterfield

n. an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests

lie

v. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

slump, slouch

v. assume a drooping posture or carriage

repose, lie when dead

v. lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"

respite

v. postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

repose

v. to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"

persist, remain, stay

v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

stay, stay on, continue, remain

v. continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

stay, remain, rest

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

tarry, linger

v. leave slowly and hesitantly

bide, abide, stay

v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back

v. to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

linger

v. remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

procrastinate

v. postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late"

temporize, temporise

v. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"

shelve

v. place on a shelf; "shelve books"

suspend

v. render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"

hesitate, pause

v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

sojourn

v. spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

dally, trifle, play

v. consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"

linger, dawdle

v. take one's time; proceed slowly

delay

v. act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"

last, endure

v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"

putter, potter, potter around, putter around

v. move around aimlessly

lie

v. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

falsify, distort, garble, warp

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

color, colour, distort

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

deform, distort, strain

v. alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"

relax, unbend

v. make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed

v. cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"

exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth

v. thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"

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