Verbocean I (abandon - devote)

Verb Ocean I

Andrew Ernest Ritz

Langtech

May 31, 2011

Andrew Ernest Ritz (Langtech) Verb Ocean I May 31, 2011 1 / 1

abandon

verb –1. (10) abandon – (forsake, leave behind; ”We abandoned theold car in the empty parking lot”)


abate

verb –1. slake, abate, slack – (make less active or intense)


abduct

verb –1. kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch – (take away to anundisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract aransom; ”The industrialist’s son was kidnapped”)


abhor

verb –. (1) abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate – (find repugnant; ”Iloathe that man”; ”She abhors cats”)


abide

verb –1. (2) bide, abide, stay – (dwell; ”You can stay with me whileyou are in town”; ”stay a bit longer–the day is still young”)


abolish

verb –. (9) abolish, get rid of – (do away with; ”Slavery wasabolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia”)


abort

verb –1. abort – (terminate before completion; ”abort the mission”;”abort the process running on my computer”)


abridge

verb –1. (1) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract,reduce – (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; ”Themanuscript must be shortened”)


abrogate

verb –. (1) abrogate – (revoke formally)


absent

verb –. (2) absent, remove – (go away or leave; ”He absentedhimself”)


absolve

verb –1. shrive, absolve – (grant remission of a sin to; ”The priestabsolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary’s”)


absorb

verb –1. (8) absorb – (become imbued; ”The liquids, light, and gasesabsorb”)


abstract

verb –1. (5) abstract – (consider a concept without thinking of aspecific example; consider abstractly or theoretically)


abuse

verb –1. (3) mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat – (treatbadly; ”This boss abuses his workers”; ”She is always stepping onothers to get ahead”)


abut

verb –. border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on– (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; ”Canada adjoins theU.S.”; ”England marches with Scotland”)


accelerate

verb –1. (11) accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken – (move faster;”The car accelerated”)


accentuate

verb –1. (2) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent,accentuate – (to stress, single out as important; ”Dr. Jonesemphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet”)


accept

verb –1. (34) accept – (consider or hold as true; ”I cannot accept thedogma of this church”; ”accept an argument”)


access

verb –1. access – (obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as ofinformation on a computer)


accession

verb –. accession – (make a record of additions to a collection, suchas a library)


accommodate

verb –1. (5) suit, accommodate, fit – (be agreeable or acceptable to;”This suits my needs”)


accompany

verb –1. (20) attach to, accompany, come with, go with – (bepresent or associated with an event or entity; ”French fries come withthe hamburger”; ”heart attacks are accompanied by distruction ofheart tissue”; ”fish usually goes with white wine”; ”this kind of veinaccompanies certain arteries”)


accomplish

verb –1. (29) carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action,fulfill, fulfil – (put in effect; ”carry out a task”; ”execute the decisionof the people”; ”He actioned the operation”)


accost

verb –1. (4) address, accost, come up to – (speak to someone)


accredit

verb –1. (2) accredit, recognize, recognise – (grant credentials to;”The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution”;”recognize an academic degree”)


accumulate

verb –1. (4) roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile,hoard – (get or gather together; ”I am accumulating evidence for theman’s unfaithfulness to his wife”; ”She is amassing a lot of data forher thesis”; ”She rolled up a small fortune”)


accuse

verb –1. (22) accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate – (bring anaccusation against; level a charge against; ”The neighbors accusedthe man of spousal abuse”)


ace

verb –1. breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through,sail through, nail – (succeed at easily; ”She sailed through herexams”; ”You will pass with flying colors”; ”She nailed herastrophysics course”)


achieve

verb –. (100) achieve, accomplish, attain, reach – (to gain witheffort; ”she achieved her goal despite setbacks”)


acknowledge

verb –1. (5) admit, acknowledge – (declare to be true or admit theexistence or reality or truth of; ”He admitted his errors”; ”Sheacknowledged that she might have forgotten”)


acquaint

verb –1. (1) introduce, present, acquaint – (cause to come to knowpersonally; ”permit me to acquaint you with my son”; ”introduce thenew neighbors to the community”)


acquire

verb –1. (34) get, acquire – (come into the possession of somethingconcrete or abstract; ”She got a lot of paintings from her uncle”;”They acquired a new pet”; ”Get your results the next day”; ”Getpermission to take a few days off from work”)


acquit

verb –1. (1) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate –(pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; ”The suspect was clearedof the murder charges”)


act

verb –1. (35) act, move – (perform an action, or work out or perform(an action); ”think before you act”; ”We must move quickly”; ”Thegovernor should act on the new energy bill”; ”The nanny actedquickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel”)


activate

verb –1. (3) trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark,trigger off, touch off – (put in motion or move to act; ”trigger areaction”; ”actuate the circuits”)


actualize

verb –1. realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate – (makereal or concrete; give reality or substance to; ”our ideas must besubstantiated into actions”)


ad-lib

verb –. improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise –(perform without preparation; ”he extemporized a speech at thewedding”)


adapt

verb –1. (7) adapt, accommodate – (make fit for, or change to suit anew purpose; ”Adapt our native cuisine to the available foodresources of the new country”)


add

verb –1. (116) add – (make an addition (to); join or combine orunite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; ”Weadded two students to that dorm room”; ”She added a personal noteto her letter”; ”Add insult to injury”; ”Add some extra plates to thedinner table”)


address

verb –1. (16) address, turn to – (speak to; ”He addressed the crowdoutside the window”)


adhere

verb –1. (5) adhere – (be compatible or in accordance with; ”Youmust adhere to the rules”)


adjoin

verb –1. (3) border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against,butt on – (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; ”Canadaadjoins the U.S.”; ”England marches with Scotland”)


adjourn

verb –1. (4) adjourn, recess, break up – (close at the end of asession; ”The court adjourned”)


adjudicate

verb –1. judge, adjudicate, try – (put on trial or hear a case and sit asthe judge at the trial of; ”The football star was tried for the murderof his wife”; ”The judge tried both father and son in separate trials”)


adjust

verb –1. (19) adjust, set, correct – (alter or regulate so as to achieveaccuracy or conform to a standard; ”Adjust the clock, please”;”correct the alignment of the front wheels”)


administer

verb –1. (9) administer, administrate – (work in an administrativecapacity; supervise or be in charge of; ”administer a program”; ”sheadministers the funds”)


administrate

verb –. administer, administrate – (work in an administrativecapacity; supervise or be in charge of; ”administer a program”; ”sheadministers the funds”)


admire

verb –1. (13) admire, look up to – (feel admiration for)


admit

verb –1. (64) admit, acknowledge – (declare to be true or admit theexistence or reality or truth of; ”He admitted his errors”; ”Sheacknowledged that she might have forgotten”)


admonish

verb –1. (1) warn, discourage, admonish, monish – (admonish orcounsel in terms of someone’s behavior; ”I warned him not to go toofar”; ”I warn you against false assumptions”; ”She warned him to bequiet”)


adopt

verb –1. (34) adopt, follow, espouse – (choose and follow; as oftheories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; ”She followed the feministmovement”; ”The candidate espouses Republican ideals”)


adore

verb –. (1) adore – (love intensely; ”he just adored his wife”)


adorn

verb –1. (3) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify –(make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; ”Decoratethe room for the party”; ”beautify yourself for the special day”)


advance

verb –1. (7) advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on –(move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; ”Time marches on”)


advertise

verb –1. (7) advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise – (call attentionto; ”Please don’t advertise the fact that he has AIDS”)


advertize

verb –1. advertise, advertize, promote, push – (make publicity for; tryto sell (a product); ”The salesman is aggressively pushing the newcomputer model”; ”The company is heavily advertizing their newlaptops”)


advise

verb –1. (11) rede, advise, counsel – (give advice to; ”The teachercounsels troubled students”; ”The lawyer counselled me when I wasaccused of tax fraud”)


advocate

verb –1. (9) recommend, urge, advocate – (push for something;”The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel onThanksgiving Day”)


affect

verb –1. (43) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch –(have an effect upon; ”Will the new rules affect me?”)


affirm

verb –1. (9) confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support,affirm – (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; ”hisstory confirmed my doubts”; ”The evidence supports the defendant”)


affix

verb –1. (7) affix, stick on – (attach to; ”affix the seal here”)


afflict

verb –1. afflict – (cause great unhappiness for; distress; ”she wasafflicted by the death of her parents”)


afford

verb –1. (24) afford – (be able to spare or give up; ”I can’t afford tospend two hours with this person”)


afforest

verb –. afforest, forest – (establish a forest on previously unforestedland; ”afforest the mountains”)


age

verb –1. (1) age – (begin to seem older; get older; ”The death of hiswife caused him to age fast”)


aggravate

verb –1. (3) worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate – (makeworse; ”This drug aggravates the pain”)


agonize

verb –1. agonize, agonise – (cause to agonize)


aid

verb –1. (36) help, assist, aid – (give help or assistance; be of service;”Everyone helped out during the earthquake”; ”Can you help mecarry this table?”; ”She never helps around the house”)


ail

verb –1. ail – (be ill or unwell)


aim

verb –1. (8) aim, take, train, take aim, direct – (point or cause to go(blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment)towards; ”Please don’t aim at your little brother!”; ”He trained hisgun on the burglar”; ”Don’t train your camera on the women”; ”Takea swipe at one’s opponent”)


air

verb –1. (1) air out, air, aerate – (expose to fresh air; ”aerate yourold sneakers”)


air-drop

verb –. air-drop – (drop (an object) from the air; unload from aplane or helicopter)


airlift

verb –. airlift, lift – (fly people or goods to or from places notaccessible by other means; ”Food is airlifted into Bosnia”)


alarm

verb –1. (2) dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify – (fill withapprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; ”I washorrified at the thought of being late for my interview”; ”The news ofthe executions horrified us”)


alert

verb –. (9) alarm, alert – (warn or arouse to a sense of danger or callto a state of preparedness; ”The empty house alarmed him”; ”Wealerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries”)


alienate

verb –1. (3) estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect – (arouse hostility orindifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, orfriendliness; ”She alienated her friends when she became fanaticallyreligious”)


align

verb –1. (2) align, aline, line up, adjust – (place in a line or arrangeso as to be parallel or straight; ”align the car with the curb”; ”alignthe sheets of paper on the table”)


allay

verb –1. still, allay, relieve, ease – (lessen the intensity of or calm;”The news eased my conscience”; ”still the fears”)


allege

verb –. (5) allege, aver, say – (report or maintain; ”He alleged thathe was the victim of a crime”; ”He said it was too late to intervene inthe war”; ”The registrar says that I owe the school money”)


alleviate

verb –1. (2) relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage – (provide physicalrelief, as from pain; ”This pill will relieve your headaches”)


allocate

verb –. (6) allocate, apportion – (distribute according to a plan or setapart for a special purpose; ”I am allocating a loaf of bread toeveryone on a daily basis”; ”I’m allocating the rations for the campingtrip”)


allot

verb –1. (6) assign, allot, portion – (give out; ”We were assignednew uniforms”)


allow

verb –1. (65) let, allow, permit – (make it possible through a specificaction or lack of action for something to happen; ”This permits thewater to rush in”; ”This sealed door won’t allow the water come intothe basement”; ”This will permit the rain to run off”)


alloy

verb –1. debase, alloy – (lower in value by increasing the base-metalcontent)


allure

verb –. tempt, allure – (dispose or incline or entice to; ”We weretempted by the delicious-looking food”)


ally

verb –. ally – (become an ally or associate, as by a treaty ormarriage; ”He allied himself with the Communists”)


alter

verb –1. (26) change, alter, modify – (cause to change; makedifferent; cause a transformation; ”The advent of the automobile mayhave altered the growth pattern of the city”; ”The discussion haschanged my thinking about the issue”)


amass

verb –1. (1) accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather,amass – (collect or gather; ”Journals are accumulating in my office”;”The work keeps piling up”)


amaze

verb –1. (4) amaze, astonish, astound – (affect with wonder; ”Yourability to speak six languages amazes me!”)


ambush

verb –1. (2) ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade,lie in wait – (wait in hiding to attack)


ameliorate

verb –1. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate – (to makebetter; ”The editor improved the manuscript with his changes”)


amend

verb –1. (9) amend – (make amendments to; ”amend thedocument”)


amplify

verb –1. (4) magnify, amplify – (increase in size, volume orsignificance; ”Her terror was magnified in her mind”)


amputate

verb –. (2) amputate, cut off – (remove surgically; ”amputate limbs”)


amuse

verb –1. (6) amuse, divert, disport – (occupy in an agreeable,entertaining or pleasant fashion; ”The play amused the ladies”)


analyse

verb –1. (2) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas –(consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discoveressential features or meaning; ”analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare”;”analyze the evidence in a criminal trial”; ”analyze your real motives”)


analyze

verb –1. (21) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas –(consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discoveressential features or meaning; ”analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare”;”analyze the evidence in a criminal trial”; ”analyze your real motives”)


anesthetize

verb –. anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, putunder, put out – (administer an anesthetic drug to; ”The patientmust be anesthetized before the operation”; ”anesthetize the gumbefore extracting the teeth”)


anger

verb –1. (1) anger – (make angry; ”The news angered him”)


anguish

verb –1. anguish – (suffer great pains or distress)


animate

verb –1. (1) inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt – (heighten orintensify; ”These paintings exalt the imagination”)


annex

verb –1. annex – (take (territory) as if by conquest; ”Hitler annexedLithuania”)


annihilate

verb –. (1) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out,decimate, carry off – (kill in large numbers; ”the plague wiped out anentire population”)


annotate

verb –1. annotate, footnote – (add explanatory notes to or supplywith critical comments; ”The scholar annotated the early edition of afamous novel”)


announce

verb –1. (74) announce, denote – (make known; make anannouncement; ”She denoted her feelings clearly”)


annoy

verb –. (5) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark,nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil – (cause annoyance in; disturb,especially by minor irritations; ”Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear reallybothers me”; ”It irritates me that she never closes the door after sheleaves”)


annul

verb –1. invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify – (declareinvalid; ”The contract was annulled”; ”void a plea”)


anoint

verb –1. anoint – (choose by or as if by divine intervention; ”She wasanointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group”)


answer

verb –1. (63) answer, reply, respond – (react verbally; ”She didn’twant to answer”; ”answer the question”; ”We answered that wewould accept the invitation”)


antagonize

verb –1. (2) antagonize, antagonise – (provoke the hostility of;”Don’t antagonize your boss”)


anticipate

verb –1. (8) expect, anticipate – (regard something as probable orlikely; ”The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow”)


apologize

verb –1. (3) apologize, apologise – (acknowledge faults orshortcomings or failing; ”I apologized for being late”; ”He apologizedfor the many typoes”)


appal

verb –1. shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage– (strike with disgust or revulsion; ”The scandalous behavior of thismarried woman shocked her friends”)


appall

verb –1. shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage– (strike with disgust or revulsion; ”The scandalous behavior of thismarried woman shocked her friends”)


appeal

verb –1. (4) appeal – (take a court case to a higher court for review;”He was found guilty but appealed immediately”)


appease

verb –1. (2) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify,placate, gentle, gruntle – (cause to be more favorably inclined; gainthe good will of; ”She managed to mollify the angry customer”)


append

verb –1. (1) append, add on, supplement, affix – (add to the veryend; ”He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an inventedlanguage”)


applaud

verb –1. (5) applaud, clap, spat, acclaim – (clap one’s hands or shoutafter performances to indicate approval)


apply

verb –1. (45) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ – (put into service;make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent ornatural purpose; ”use your head!”; ”we only use Spanish at home”; ”Ican’t use this tool”; ”Apply a magnetic field here”; ”This thinkingwas applied to many projects”; ”How do you utilize this tool?”; ”Iapply this rule to get good results”; ”use the plastic bags to store thefood”; ”He doesn’t know how to use a computer”)


appoint

verb –1. (13) appoint, name, nominate, constitute – (create andcharge with a task or function; ”nominate a committee”)


apportion

verb –1. (3) allocate, apportion – (distribute according to a plan orset apart for a special purpose; ”I am allocating a loaf of bread toeveryone on a daily basis”; ”I’m allocating the rations for the campingtrip”)


appraise

verb –1. (2) measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value –(evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, orsignificance of; ”I will have the family jewels appraised by aprofessional”; ”access all the factors when taking a risk”)


appreciate

verb –1. (12) appreciate – (recognize with gratitude; be grateful for)


apprehend

verb –1. (2) grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp,compass, apprehend – (get the meaning of something; ”Do youcomprehend the meaning of this letter?”)


apprentice

verb –. (1) apprentice – (be or work as an apprentice; ”Sheapprenticed with the great master”)


apprise

verb –1. advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize –(inform (somebody) of something; ”I advised him that the rent wasdue”)


approach

verb –1. (46) approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close,come near – (move towards; ”We were approaching our destination”;”They are drawing near”; ”The enemy army came nearer and nearer”)


appropriate

verb –1. (11) allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve – (giveor assign a resource to a particular person or cause; ”I will earmarkthis money for your research”; ”She sets aside time for meditationevery day”)


approve

verb –1. (27) approve, O.K., okay, sanction – (give sanction to; ”Iapprove of his educational policies”)


approximate

verb –1. (5) approximate, come close – (be close or similar; ”Herresults approximate my own”)


arbitrate

verb –. (1) intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate – (actbetween parties with a view to reconciling differences; ”He intercededin the family dispute”; ”He mediated a settlement”)


arc

verb –. arch, curve, arc – (form an arch or curve; ”her back arches”;”her hips curve nicely”)


arch

verb –. (3) arch, curve, arc – (form an arch or curve; ”her backarches”; ”her hips curve nicely”)


archive

verb –. archive, file away – (put into an archive)


argue

verb –1. (34) argue, reason – (present reasons and arguments)


arm

verb –1. (4) arm, build up, fortify, gird – (prepare oneself for amilitary confrontation; ”The U.S. is girding for a conflict in theMiddle East”; ”troops are building up on the Iraqi border”)


arouse

verb –1. (14) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise,provoke – (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); ”arousepity”; ”raise a smile”; ”evoke sympathy”)


arraign

verb –1. (1) arraign – (call before a court to answer an indictment)


arrange

verb –1. (13) arrange, set up – (put into a proper or systematicorder; ”arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order”)


arrest

verb –1. (20) collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop – (takeinto custody; ”the police nabbed the suspected criminals”)


articulate

verb –1. (1) joint, articulate – (provide with a joint; ”the carpenterjointed two pieces of wood”)


ascertain

verb –1. (4) determine, find, find out, ascertain – (establish after acalculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; ”find theproduct of two numbers”; ”The physicist who found the elusiveparticle won the Nobel Prize”)


ascribe

verb –. (3) impute, ascribe, assign, attribute – (attribute or credit to;”We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”; ”People impute greatcleverness to cats”)


ask

verb –1. (244) ask, inquire, enquire – (inquire about; ”I asked abouttheir special today”; ”He had to ask directions several times”)


aspire

verb –. (2) draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for – (have anambitious plan or a lofty goal)


assail

verb –1. (6) assail, assault, set on, attack – (attack someonephysically or emotionally; ”The mugger assaulted the woman”;”Nightmares assailed him regularly”)


assassinate

verb –1. assassinate – (murder; especially of socially prominentpersons; ”Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did notlike his peace politics with Israel”)


assault

verb –1. (7) assail, assault, set on, attack – (attack someonephysically or emotionally; ”The mugger assaulted the woman”;”Nightmares assailed him regularly”)


assemble

verb –1. (15) assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tacktogether – (create by putting components or members together; ”Shepieced a quilt”; ”He tacked together some verses”; ”They set up acommittee”)


assert

verb –1. (22) assert, asseverate, maintain – (state categorically)


assess

verb –1. (14) measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value –(evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, orsignificance of; ”I will have the family jewels appraised by aprofessional”; ”access all the factors when taking a risk”)


assign

verb –1. (15) delegate, designate, depute, assign – (give anassignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))


assimilate

verb –1. (2) absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in – (take up mentally;”he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe”)


assist

verb –1. (21) help, assist, aid – (give help or assistance; be of service;”Everyone helped out during the earthquake”; ”Can you help mecarry this table?”; ”She never helps around the house”)


associate

verb –1. (25) associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect– (make a logical or causal connection; ”I cannot connect these twopieces of evidence in my mind”; ”colligate these facts”; ”I cannotrelate these events at all”)


assort

verb –1. consort, associate, affiliate, assort – (keep company with;hang out with; ”He associates with strange people”; ”She affiliateswith her colleagues”)


assuage

verb –1. pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate,gentle, gruntle – (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the goodwill of; ”She managed to mollify the angry customer”)


assume

verb –1. (68) assume, presume, take for granted – (take to be thecase or to be true; accept without verification or proof; ”I assume histrain was late”)


assure

verb –1. (20) guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure – (makecertain of; ”This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us”;”Preparation will guarantee success!”)


astonish

verb –. (1) amaze, astonish, astound – (affect with wonder; ”Yourability to speak six languages amazes me!”)


astound

verb –. (3) amaze, astonish, astound – (affect with wonder; ”Yourability to speak six languages amazes me!”)


attach

verb –1. (22) attach – (cause to be attached)


attack

verb –1. (22) attack, assail – (launch an attack or assault on; beginhostilities or start warfare with; ”Hitler attacked Poland on September1, 1939 and started World War II”; ”Serbian forces assailed Bosniantowns all week”)


attain

verb –1. (16) achieve, accomplish, attain, reach – (to gain witheffort; ”she achieved her goal despite setbacks”)


attempt

verb –1. (50) try, seek, attempt, essay, assay – (make an effort orattempt; ”He tried to shake off his fears”; ”The infant had essayed afew wobbly steps”; ”The police attempted to stop the thief”; ”Hesought to improve himself”; ”She always seeks to do good in theworld”)


attend

verb –1. (84) attend, go to – (be present at (meetings, churchservices, university), etc.; ”She attends class regularly”; ”I rarelyattend services at my church”; ”did you go to the meeting?”)


attract

verb –1. (23) attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in – (direct towarditself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physicalattributes; ”Her good looks attract the stares of many men”; ”The adpulled in many potential customers”; ”This pianist pulls hugecrowds”; ”The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many newcustomers”)


attribute

verb –1. (16) impute, ascribe, assign, attribute – (attribute or creditto; ”We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”; ”People imputegreat cleverness to cats”)


attune

verb –. (1) attune – (adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with)


auction

verb –. auction, auction off, auctioneer – (sell at an auction)


audit

verb –1. (1) audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect – (examine carefullyfor accuracy with the intent of verification; ”audit accounts and taxreturns”)


augment

verb –1. (8) augment – (enlarge or increase; ”The recent speech ofthe president augmented tensions in the Near East”)


augur

verb –1. (1) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict –(indicate by signs; ”These signs bode bad news”)


authenticate

verb –. (1) authenticate – (establish the authenticity of something)


author

verb –. author – (be the author of; ”She authored this play”)


authorise

verb –1. empower, authorise, authorize – (give or delegate power orauthority to; ”She authorized her assistant to sign the papers”)


authorize

verb –1. (32) authorize, authorise, pass, clear – (grant authorizationor clearance for; ”Clear the manuscript for publication”; ”The rockstar never authorized this slanderous biography”)


automate

verb –. (1) automatize, automatise, automate – (make automatic orcontrol or operate automatically; ”automatize the production”;”automate the movement of the robot”)


avail

verb –1. (3) avail – (use to one’s advantage; ”He availed himself ofthe available resources”)


avenge

verb –. (1) revenge, avenge, retaliate – (take revenge for a perceivedwrong; ”He wants to avenge the murder of his brother”)


average

verb –1. (15) average, average out – (amount to or come to anaverage, without loss or gain; ”The number of hours I work per workaverages out to 40”)


avert

verb –1. (5) debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off,stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off – (prevent the occurrence of;prevent from happening; ”Let’s avoid a confrontation”; ”head off aconfrontation”; ”avert a strike”)


avoid

verb –1. (24) avoid – (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out ofthe way of someone or something; ”Her former friends now avoidher”)


await

verb –. (25) expect, look, await, wait – (look forward to the probableoccurrence of; ”We were expecting a visit from our relatives”; ”She islooking to a promotion”; ”he is waiting to be drafted”)


awaken

verb –1. (8) awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse – (causeto become awake or conscious; ”He was roused by the drunken menin the street”; ”Please wake me at 6 AM.”)


award

verb –1. (6) award, present – (give, especially as an honor or reward;”bestow honors and prizes at graduation”)


axe

verb –1. axe, ax – (chop or split with an ax; ”axe wood”)


baby-sit

verb –1. baby-sit – (take watchful responsibility for; ”I baby-sit theneighbor’s plants when she is out of town”)


back

verb –1. (7) back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support –(be behind; approve of; ”He plumped for the Labor Party”; ”I backedKennedy in 1960”)


backhand

verb –. backhand – (hit a tennis ball backhand)


badge

verb –. badge – (put a badge on; ”The workers here must bebadged”)


badger

verb –1. (2) tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer – (annoypersistently; ”The children teased the boy because of his stammer”)


badmouth

verb –. badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud – (speakunfavorably about; ”She badmouths her husband everywhere”)


baffle

verb –1. (1) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat,pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound– (be a mystery or bewildering to; ”This beats me!”; ”Got me–I don’tknow the answer!”; ”a vexing problem”; ”This question really stuckme”)


bag

verb –1. (1) bag – (capture or kill, as in hunting; ”bag a fewpheasants”)


bail

verb –1. bail – (release after a security has been paid)


bait

verb –1. (1) tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt,twit, rally, ride – (harass with persistent criticism or carping; ”Thechildren teased the new teacher”; ”Don’t ride me so hard over myfailure”; ”His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket andtie”)


bake

verb –1. (6) bake – (cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven;”bake the potatoes”)


balance

verb –1. (6) balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise – (bring intobalance or equilibrium; ”She has to balance work and her domesticduties”; ”balance the two weights”)


ban

verb –1. (2) ban, censor – (forbid the public distribution of ( a movieor a newspaper))


bandage

verb –1. bind, bandage – (wrap around with something so as to coveror enclose)


bang

verb –1. (3) slam, bang – (strike violently; ”slam the ball”)


banish

verb –1. (3) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out,blackball – (expel from a community or group)


bank

verb –1. (2) bank – (tip laterally; ”the pilot had to bank theaircraft”)


bankroll

verb –. bankroll – (provide with sufficient funds; finance; ”Who willbankroll the restoration of the former East German economy?”)


bankrupt

verb –. (1) bankrupt, ruin, break, smash – (reduce to bankruptcy;”My daughter’s fancy wedding is going to break me!”; ”The slump inthe financial markets smashed him”)


baptize

verb –. (8) baptize, baptise, christen – (administer baptism to; ”Theparents had the child baptized”)


bar

verb –1. (9) bar, debar, exclude – (prevent from entering; keep out;”He was barred from membership in the club”)


barbecue

verb –. (2) barbeque, barbecue, cook out – (cook outdoors on abarbecue grill; ”let’s barbecue that meat”; ”We cooked out in theforest”)


barge

verb –1. (2) barge, thrust ahead, push forward – (push one’s way;”she barged into the meeting room”)


bark

verb –1. (1) bark – (speak in an unfriendly tone; ”She barked intothe dictaphone”)


barrage

verb –. bombard, barrage – (address with continuously orpersistently, as if with a barrage; ”The speaker was barraged by anangry audience”; ”The governor was bombarded with requests togrant a pardon to the convicted killer”)


barrel

verb –. barrel – (put in barrels)


barricade

verb –1. (1) barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar– (render unsuitable for passage; ”block the way”; ”barricade thestreets”; ”stop the busy road”)


base

verb –1. (75) establish, base, ground, found – (use as a basis for;found on; ”base a claim on some observation”)


bash

verb –. sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash – (hit hard)


bat

verb –1. (11) bat – (strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; ”bat theball”)


bath

verb –. bathe, bath – (clean one’s body by immersion into water;”The child should bathe every day”)


bathe

verb –1. (5) bathe – (cleanse the entire body; ”bathe daily”)


batter

verb –1. (3) buffet, knock about, batter – (strike against forcefully;”Winds buffeted the tent”)


bawl

verb –1. (8) bawl, bellow – (shout loudly and without restraint)


bead

verb –1. bead – (form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example)


beam

verb –1. (5) beam – (smile radiantly; express joy through one’s facialexpression)


bear

verb –1. (23) bear – (have; ”bear a resemblance”; ”bear asignature”)


beat

verb –1. (18) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish – (comeout better in a competition, race, or conflict; ”Agassi beat Becker inthe tennis championship”; ”We beat the competition”; ”Harvarddefeated Yale in the last football game”)


beatify

verb –1. exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify – (fillwith sublime emotion; ”The children were thrilled at the prospect ofgoing to the movies”; ”He was inebriated by his phenomenal success”)


beautify

verb –1. (1) fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify – (make morebeautiful)


become

verb –1. (327) become, go, get – (enter or assume a certain state orcondition; ”He became annoyed when he heard the bad news”; ”Itmust be getting more serious”; ”her face went red with anger”; ”Shewent into ecstasy”; ”Get going!”)


bedevil

verb –1. torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate – (treat cruelly;”The children tormented the stuttering teacher”)


beep

verb –1. honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot – (make a loud noise; ”Thehorns of the taxis blared”)


befit

verb –. (2) befit, suit, beseem – (accord or comport with; ”This kindof behavior does not suit a young woman!”)


befriend

verb –. (1) befriend – (become friends with; ”John and Eric soonbecame friends”; ”Have you made friends yet in your newenvironment?”)


befuddle

verb –1. (1) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound,discombobulate – (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unableto think clearly; ”These questions confuse even the experts”; ”Thisquestion completely threw me”; ”This question befuddled even theteacher”)


beg

verb –1. (11) beg, implore, pray – (call upon in supplication; entreat;”I beg you to stop!”)


begin

verb –1. (375) get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, setout, commence – (take the first step or steps in carrying out anaction; ”We began working at dawn”; ”Who will start?”; ”Getworking as soon as the sun rises!”; ”The first tourists began to arrivein Cambodia”; ”He began early in the day”; ”Let’s get down to worknow”)


begrudge

verb –1. envy, begrudge – (be envious of; set one’s heart on)


behave

verb –1. (18) act, behave, do – (behave in a certain manner; show acertain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; ”You should act like anadult”; ”Don’t behave like a fool”; ”What makes her do this way?”;”The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people”)


behead

verb –. (1) decapitate, behead, decollate – (cut the head of; ”theFrench King was beheaded during the Revolution”)


beleaguer

verb –1. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer – (annoy persistently;”The children teased the boy because of his stammer”)


belie

verb –1. (3) contradict, belie, negate – (be in contradiction with)


believe

verb –1. (118) believe – (accept as true; take to be true; ”I believedhis report”; ”We didn’t believe his stories from the War”; ”Shebelieves in spirits”)


belittle

verb –1. minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate – (cause to seem lessserious; play down; ”Don’t belittle his influence”)


bellow

verb –1. (10) bawl, bellow – (shout loudly and without restraint)


belt

verb –1. (1) belt out, belt – (sing loudly and forcefully)


bemoan

verb –. (2) deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan – (regret strongly; ”Ideplore this hostile action”; ”we lamented the loss of benefits”)


bench

verb –1. (3) bench – (take out of a game; of players)


bend

verb –1. (23) bend, flex – (form a curve; ”The stick does not bend”)


benefit

verb –1. (15) profit, gain, benefit – (derive a benefit from; ”Sheprofited from his vast experience”)


bequeath

verb –. bequeath, will, leave – (leave or give by will after one’s death;”My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry”; ”My grandfather left mehis entire estate”)


berate

verb –. (2) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce,reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide,berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words,lambaste, lambast – (censure severely or angrily; ”The motherscolded the child for entering a stranger’s car”; ”The deputy raggedthe Prime Minister”; ”The customer dressed down the waiter forbringing cold soup”)


berth

verb –1. berth – (provide with a berth)


beseech

verb –. (2) bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure – (ask for orrequest earnestly; ”The prophet bid all people to become goodpersons”)


beset

verb –1. (5) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset,plague, molest, provoke – (annoy continually or chronically; ”He isknown to harry his staff when he is overworked”; ”This man harasseshis female co-workers”)


besiege

verb –1. (2) besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent –(surround so as to force to give up; ”The Turks besieged Vienna”)


besmirch

verb –1. (2) defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate,smear, sully, besmirch – (charge falsely or with malicious intent;attack the good name and reputation of someone; ”The journalistshave defamed me!” ”The article in the paper sullied my reputation”)


bespeak

verb –1. (1) bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal – (be a signalfor or a symptom of; ”These symptoms indicate a serious illness”;”Her behavior points to a severe neurosis”; ”The economic indicatorssignal that the euro is undervalued”)


best

verb –. (1) outdo, outflank, trump, best, scoop – (get the better of;”the goal was to best the competition”)


bestow

verb –1. (4) confer, bestow – (present; ”The university conferred adegree on its most famous former student, who never graduated”;”bestow an honor on someone”)


bet

verb –1. (19) bet, wager – (maintain with or as if with a bet; ”I betshe will be there!”)


betray

verb –1. (8) betray, bewray – (reveal unintentionally; ”Her smilebetrayed her true feelings”)


better

verb –1. (1) better, break – (surpass in excellence; ”She bettered herown record”; ”break a record”)


bewilder

verb –1. (2) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat,pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound– (be a mystery or bewildering to; ”This beats me!”; ”Got me–I don’tknow the answer!”; ”a vexing problem”; ”This question really stuckme”)


bewitch

verb –1. (1) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor,captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant –(attract; cause to be enamored; ”She captured all the men’s hearts”)


bid

verb –1. (6) offer, bid, tender – (propose a payment; ”The Swissdealer offered 2 million for the painting”)


bilk

verb –1. (1) bilk – (cheat somebody out of what is due, especiallymoney)


bill

verb –1. (2) charge, bill – (demand payment; ”Will I get charged forthis service?”; ”We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although westayed only 3 nights”)


bind

verb –1. (8) adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to – (stick tofirmly; ”Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?”)


bisect

verb –. bisect – (cut in half or cut in two; ”bisect a line”)


bite

verb –1. (12) bite, seize with teeth – (to grip, cut off, or tear with oras if with the teeth or jaws; ”Gunny invariably tried to bite her”)


black

verb –. blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black – (make or becomeblack; ”The smoke blackened the ceiling”; ”The ceiling blackened”)


blacken

verb –1. (2) blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black – (make orbecome black; ”The smoke blackened the ceiling”; ”The ceilingblackened”)


blackmail

verb –1. blackmail, blackjack, pressure – (exert pressure on someonethrough threats)


blame

verb –1. (12) blame, fault – (put or pin the blame on)


blanch

verb –1. (1) pale, blanch, blench – (turn pale, as if in fear)


blank

verb –. blank – (keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning)


blanket

verb –1. (1) blanket – (cover as if with a blanket; ”snow blanketedthe fields”)


blare

verb –1. (1) blast, blare – (make a strident sound; ”She tended toblast when speaking into a microphone”)


blast

verb –1. (3) blast, blare – (make a strident sound; ”She tended toblast when speaking into a microphone”)


bleach

verb –1. (1) bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize,decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise,discolorise – (remove color from; ”The sun bleached the red shirt”)


bleed

verb –1. (10) shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage – (lose blood from one’sbody)


blend

verb –1. (7) blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle – (combine intoone; ”blend the nuts and raisins together”; ”he blends in with thecrowd”; ”We don’t intermingle much”)


bless

verb –1. (4) bless – (give a benediction to; ”The dying man blessedhis son”)


blight

verb –. (1) blight, plague – (cause to suffer a blight; ”Too much rainmay blight the garden with mold”)


blind

verb –1. (2) blind – (render unable to see)


blindfold

verb –. blindfold – (cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him fromseeing; ”the hostage was blindfolded and driven away”)


blink

verb –1. (11) blink, wink, nictitate, nictate – (briefly shut the eyes;”The TV announcer never seems to blink”)


blister

verb –1. (2) blister, vesicate – (get blistered; ”Her feet blisteredduring the long hike”)


blitz

verb –. blitz – (attack suddenly and without warning; ”Hitler blitzedPoland”)


bloat

verb –1. (1) bloat – (become bloated or swollen or puff up; ”Thedead man’s stomach was bloated”)


block

verb –1. (7) barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar– (render unsuitable for passage; ”block the way”; ”barricade thestreets”; ”stop the busy road”)


blockade

verb –1. obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass– (hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; ”His brotherblocked him at every turn”)


blot

verb –1. blot – (dry (ink) with blotting paper)


blow

verb –1. (6) blow – (exhale hard; ”blow on the soup to cool it down”)


bludgeon

verb –1. bludgeon – (overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club;”The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the mathformulas”)


blue

verb –. blue – (turn blue)


bluff

verb –1. bluff, bluff out – (deceive an opponent by a bold bet on aninferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winninghand)


blunt

verb –1. (1) blunt – (make less intense; ”blunted emotions”)


blur

verb –1. (2) film over, glaze over, blur – (become glassy; lose clearvision; ”Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep”)


blurt

verb –. (1) blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate – (utterimpulsively; ”He blurted out the secret”; ”He blundered his stupidideas”)


board

verb –1. (5) board, get on – (get on board of (trains, buses, ships,aircraft, etc.))


boast

verb –1. (7) boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster,vaunt, gasconade – (show off)


bob

verb –1. (6) bob – (move up and down repeatedly; ”her rucksackbobbed gently on her back”)


bobble

verb –. botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up,bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,fuck up – (make a mess of, destroy or ruin; ”I botched the dinner andwe had to eat out”; ”the pianist screwed up the difficult passage inthe second movement”)


bode

verb –. (1) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict –(indicate by signs; ”These signs bode bad news”)


boil

verb –1. (4) boil – (come to the boiling point and change from aliquid to vapor; ”Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius”)


bolster

verb –1. (3) bolster, bolster up – (support and strengthen; ”bolstermorale”)


bolt

verb –1. (2) bolt – (move or jump suddenly; ”She bolted from herseat”)


bomb

verb –1. (3) bombard, bomb – (throw bombs at or attack withbombs; ”The Americans bombed Dresden”)


bombard

verb –1. pelt, bombard – (cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with somemissile; ”They pelted each other with snowballs”)


bond

verb –1. (1) adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to – (stick tofirmly; ”Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?”)


bone

verb –1. cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up,swot up, bone – (study intensively, as before an exam; ”I had to boneup on my Latin verbs before the final exam”)


boo

verb –. (1) boo, hiss – (show displeasure, as after a performance orspeech)


book

verb –1. (3) book – (engage for a performance; ”Her agent hadbooked her for several concerts in Tokyo”)


boom

verb –1. (5) boom, din – (make a resonant sound, like artillery; ”Hisdeep voice boomed through the hall”)


boost

verb –1. (3) hike, hike up, boost – (increase; ”The landlord hiked upthe rents”)


boot

verb –1. boot – (kick; give a boot to)


border

verb –1. (3) surround, environ, ring, skirt, border – (extend on allsides of simultaneously; encircle; ”The forest surrounds my property”)


bore

verb –1. (7) bore, tire – (cause to be bored)


borrow

verb –1. (16) borrow – (get temporarily; ”May I borrow your lawnmower?”)


botch

verb –. botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up,bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,fuck up – (make a mess of, destroy or ruin; ”I botched the dinner andwe had to eat out”; ”the pianist screwed up the difficult passage inthe second movement”)


bother

verb –1. (18) trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself –(take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; ”He did nottrouble to call his mother on her birthday”; ”Don’t bother, please”)


bottle

verb –1. bottle – (store (liquids or gases) in bottles)


bottom

verb –1. bottom – (provide with a bottom or a seat; ”bottom thechairs”)


bounce

verb –1. (13) bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound,recoil, reverberate, ricochet – (spring back; spring away from animpact; ”The rubber ball bounced”; ”These particles do not resile butthey unite after they collide”)


bound

verb –1. (4) jump, leap, bound, spring – (move forward by leaps andbounds; ”The horse bounded across the meadow”; ”The child leaptacross the puddle”; ”Can you jump over the fence?”)


bow

verb –1. (11) bow, bow down – (bend one’s knee or body, or lowerone’s head; ”He bowed before the King”; ”She bowed her head inshame”)


box

verb –1. (1) box, package – (put into a box; ”box the gift, please”)


boycott

verb –. (2) boycott – (refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with)


brace

verb –1. (2) brace, poise – (prepare (oneself) for somethingunpleasant or difficult)


braid

verb –1. (1) braid, lace, plait – (make by braiding or interlacing;”lace a tablecloth”)


brainwash

verb –1. brainwash – (persuade completely, often through coercion;”The propaganda brainwashed many people”)


braise

verb –. braise – (cook in liquid; ”braise beef”)


brake

verb –1. brake – (stop travelling by applying a brake; ”We had tobrake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road”)


brand

verb –1. (1) brand – (burn with a branding iron to indicateownership; of animals)


brandish

verb –1. (2) brandish, flourish, wave – (move or swing back andforth; ”She waved her gun”)


brave

verb –. (1) weather, endure, brave, brave out – (face and withstandwith courage; ”She braved the elements”)


breach

verb –1. (1) transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach,break – (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;”offend all laws of humanity”; ”violate the basic laws or humancivilization”; ”break a law”; ”break a promise”)


bread

verb –. bread – (cover with bread crumbs; ”bread the pork chopsbefore frying them”)


break

verb –1. (15) interrupt, break – (terminate; ”She interrupted herpregnancy”; ”break a lucky streak”; ”break the cycle of poverty”)


breastfeed

verb –. breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck –(give suck to; ”The wetnurse suckled the infant”; ”You cannot nurseyour baby in public in some places”)


breathe

verb –1. (22) breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire – (draw air into,and expel out of, the lungs; ”I can breathe better when the air isclean”; ”The patient is respiring”)


breed

verb –1. (1) engender, breed, spawn – (call forth)


brew

verb –1. brew – (prepare by brewing; ”people have been brewing beerfor thousands of years”)


bribe

verb –. (1) bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one’s palms – (make illegalpayments to in exchange for favors or influence; ”This judge can bebought”)


bridge

verb –1. (3) bridge, bridge over – (connect or reduce the distancebetween)


brief

verb –. (1) brief – (give essential information to someone; ”Thereporters were briefed about the President’s plan to invade”)


brighten

verb –1. (1) brighten, lighten up, lighten – (make lighter or brighter;”The paint will brighten the room”)


brim

verb –1. brim – (be completely full; ”His eyes brimmed with tears”)


brine

verb –. brine – (soak in brine)


bring

verb –1. (122) bring, convey, take – (take something or somebodywith oneself somewhere; ”Bring me the box from the other room”;”Take these letters to the boss”; ”This brings me to the main point”)


broach

verb –. broach, initiate – (bring up a topic for discussion)


broadcast

verb –1. (2) air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit – (broadcast overthe airwaves, as in radio or television; ”We cannot air this X-ratedsong”)


broaden

verb –1. (9) broaden – (make broader; ”broaden the road”)


broil

verb –1. (2) broil, oven broil – (cook under a broiler; ”broil fish”)


broker

verb –. broker – (act as a broker)


bronze

verb –1. bronze – (give the color and appearance of bronze tosomething; ”bronze baby shoes”)


browbeat

verb –1. (1) strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, bossaround, hector, push around – (be bossy towards; ”Her big brotheralways bullied her when she was young”)


brown

verb –1. (1) brown – (fry in a pan until it changes color; ”brown themeat in the pan”)


browse

verb –1. shop, browse – (shop around; not necessarily buying; ”Idon’t need help, I’m just browsing”)


bruise

verb –1. (2) bruise, contuse – (injure the underlying soft tissue orbone of; ”I bruised my knee”)


brush

verb –1. (11) brush – (rub with a brush, or as if with a brush;”Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket”)


brutalize

verb –1. brutalize, brutalise – (treat brutally)


buck

verb –1. (2) buck – (to strive with determination; ”John is buckingfor a promotion”)


buckle

verb –1. (1) buckle, clasp – (fasten with a buckle or buckles)


buffer

verb –1. (5) buffer – (add a buffer (a solution); ”buffered salinesolution for the eyes”)


buffet

verb –1. (3) buffet, knock about, batter – (strike against forcefully;”Winds buffeted the tent”)


bug

verb –1. (1) tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer – (annoypersistently; ”The children teased the boy because of his stammer”)


build

verb –1. (123) construct, build, make – (make by combiningmaterials and parts; ”this little pig made his house out of straw”;”Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer”)


bulge

verb –1. (3) bulge, pouch, protrude – (swell or protrude outwards;”His stomach bulged after the huge meal”)


bull

verb –1. (1) bull, bull through – (push or force; ”He bulled throughhis demands”)


bulldog

verb –1. bulldog – (attack viciously and ferociously)


bulldoze

verb –. bulldoze – (flatten with or as if with a bulldozer)


bully

verb –1. strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around,hector, push around – (be bossy towards; ”Her big brother alwaysbullied her when she was young”)


bum

verb –1. (1) mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge – (ask for and getfree; be a parasite)


bump

verb –1. (2) bump, knock – (knock against with force or violence;”My car bumped into the tree”)


bundle

verb –1. (2) bundle, bundle up, roll up – (make into a bundle; ”hebundled up his few possessions”)


bungle

verb –1. botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up,bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,fuck up – (make a mess of, destroy or ruin; ”I botched the dinner andwe had to eat out”; ”the pianist screwed up the difficult passage inthe second movement”)


bunt

verb –1. bunt, drag a bunt – (hit a ball in such a way so as to makeit go a short distance)


buoy

verb –1. buoy – (float on the surface of water)


burden

verb –1. burden, burthen, weight, weight down – (weight down witha load)


burglarize

verb –. burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist – (commit a burglary;enter and rob a dwelling)


burn

verb –1. (11) burn, fire, burn down – (destroy by fire; ”They burnedthe house and his diaries”)


burnish

verb –. buff, burnish, furbish – (polish and make shiny; ”buff thewooden floors”; ”buff my shoes”)


burst

verb –1. (11) burst, split, break open – (come open suddenly andviolently, as if from internal pressure; ”The bubble burst”)


bury

verb –1. (7) bury – (cover from sight; ”Afghani women buried undertheir burkas”)


bus

verb –1. bus – (send or move around by bus; ”The children werebussed to school”)


bust

verb –1. (1) break, bust – (ruin completely; ”He busted my radio!”)


busy

verb –. (1) busy, occupy – (keep busy with; ”She busies herself withher butterfly collection”)


butcher

verb –. (1) butcher, slaughter – (kill (animals) usually for foodconsumption; ”They slaughtered their only goat to survive thewinter”)


butt

verb –1. (3) border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against,butt on – (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; ”Canadaadjoins the U.S.”; ”England marches with Scotland”)


butter

verb –. butter – (spread butter on; ”butter bread”)


buttonhole

verb –. lobby, buttonhole – (detain in conversation by or as if byholding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economicfavors)


buttress

verb –1. buttress – (reinforce with a buttress; ”Buttress the church”)


buy

verb –1. (102) buy, purchase – (obtain by purchase; acquire bymeans of a financial transaction; ”The family purchased a new car”;”The conglomerate acquired a new company”; ”She buys for the bigdepartment store”)


buzz

verb –1. (4) buzz, bombinate, bombilate – (make a buzzing sound;”bees were buzzing around the hive”)


bypass

verb –. (4) bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around – (avoidsomething unpleasant or laborious; ”You cannot bypass these rules!”)


cable

verb –1. (1) cable, telegraph, wire – (send cables, wires, or telegrams)


cage

verb –. cage, cage in – (confine in a cage; ”The animal was caged”)


cajole

verb –. wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle –(influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; ”Hepalavered her into going along”)


cake

verb –. coat, cake – (form a coat over; ”Dirt had coated her face”)


calculate

verb –1. (21) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon,figure – (make a mathematical calculation or computation)


calibrate

verb –1. (4) calibrate, graduate, fine-tune – (make fine adjustmentsor divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; ”calibrate aninstrument”; ”graduate a cylinder”)


call

verb –1. (91) name, call – (assign a specified (usually proper) propername to; ”They named their son David”; ”The new school wasnamed after the famous Civil Rights leader”)


calm

verb –1. (5) calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize,tranquillise, quieten, lull, still – (make calm or still; ”quiet thedragons of worry and fear”)


camouflage

verb –. (1) camouflage – (disguise by camouflaging; exploit thenatural surroundings to disguise something; ”The troops camouflagedthemselves before they went into enemy territory”)


can

verb –1. (2) can, tin, put up – (preserve in a can or tin; ”tinnedfoods are not very tasty”)


cancel

verb –1. (9) cancel, call off, scratch, scrub – (postpone indefinitely orannul something that was scheduled; ”Call off the engagement”;”cancel the dinner party”; ”we had to scrub our vacation plans”;”scratch that meeting–the chair is ill”)


cannibalize

verb –1. cannibalize, cannibalise – (eat human flesh)


canonize

verb –1. (1) canonize, canonise, saint – (declare (a dead person) tobe a saint; ”After he was shown to have performed a miracle, thepriest was canonized”)


canvass

verb –1. (2) poll, canvass, canvas – (get the opinions (of people) byasking specific questions)


cap

verb –1. (3) cap, crest – (lie at the top of; ”Snow capped themountains”)


capitalize

verb –1. (3) capitalize, capitalise, take advantage – (draw advantagesfrom; ”he is capitalizing on her mistake”; ”she took advantage of hisabsence to meet her lover”)


caption

verb –. caption – (provide with a caption, as of a photograph or adrawing)


captivate

verb –. (2) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor,captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant –(attract; cause to be enamored; ”She captured all the men’s hearts”)


capture

verb –1. (5) capture – (succeed in representing or expressingsomething intangible; ”capture the essence of Spring”; ”capture anidea”)


caramelize

verb –1. caramelize, caramelise – (be converted into caramel; ”Thesugar caramelized”)


caress

verb –. (5) caress, fondle – (touch or stroke lightly in a loving orendearing manner; ”He caressed her face”; ”They fondled in the backseat of the taxi”)


carjack

verb –. carjack – (take someone’s car from him by force, usually withthe intention of stealing it; ”My car was carjacked last night!”)


carpet

verb –1. carpet – (form a carpet-like cover (over))


carry

verb –1. (72) transport, carry – (move while supporting, either in avehicle or in one’s hands or on one’s body; ”You must carry yourcamping gear”; ”carry the suitcases to the car”; ”This train is carryingnuclear waste”; ”These pipes carry waste water into the river”)


cart

verb –1. (1) haul, hale, cart, drag – (draw slowly or heavily; ”haulstones”; ”haul nets”)


cash

verb –. (2) cash, cash in – (exchange for cash; ”I cashed the check assoon as it arrived in the mail”)


cast

verb –1. (15) project, cast, contrive, throw – (put or send forth; ”Shethrew the flashlight beam into the corner”; ”The setting sun threwlong shadows”; ”cast a spell”; ”cast a warm light”)


castigate

verb –1. (1) chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct –(censure severely; ”She chastised him for his insensitive remarks”)


castrate

verb –1. emasculate, castrate – (deprive of strength or vigor; ”TheSenate emasculated the law”)


catalog

verb –1. catalogue, catalog – (make a catalogue, compile acatalogue; ”She spends her weekends cataloguing”)


catalogue

verb –1. (2) catalogue, catalog – (make an itemized list or catalogof; classify; ”He is cataloguing his photographic negatives”)


catalyze

verb –. catalyze, catalyse – (change by catalysis or cause to catalyze)


catapult

verb –1. (2) catapult – (shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult;”the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort”)


catch

verb –1. (19) catch – (discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly,or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certainstate; ”She caught her son eating candy”; ”She was caughtshoplifting”)


categorize

verb –. (1) categorize, categorise – (place into or assign to acategory; ”Children learn early on to categorize”)


cater

verb –1. (4) provide, supply, ply, cater – (give what is desired orneeded, especially support, food or sustenance; ”The hostess providedlunch for all the guests”)


caulk

verb –. caulk, calk – (seal with caulking; ”caulk the window”)


cause

verb –1. (110) cause, do, make – (give rise to; cause to happen oroccur, not always intentionally; ”cause a commotion”; ”make a stir”;”cause an accident”)


caution

verb –. (6) caution, admonish, monish – (warn strongly; put onguard)


cease

verb –1. (25) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off – (put anend to a state or an activity; ”Quit teasing your little brother”)


cede

verb –1. concede, yield, cede, grant – (give over; surrender orrelinquish to the physical control of another)


celebrate

verb –1. (11) observe, celebrate, keep – (behave as expected duringof holidays or rites; ”Keep the commandments”; ”celebrateChristmas”; ”Observe Yom Kippur”)


cement

verb –1. (2) cement – (make fast as if with cement; ”We cementedour friendship”)


censor

verb –1. ban, censor – (forbid the public distribution of ( a movie ora newspaper))


censure

verb –. reprimand, censure, criminate – (rebuke formally)


center

verb –1. (11) focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about,concentrate on, center – (center upon; ”Her entire attention centeredon her children”; ”Our day revolved around our work”)


centralize

verb –. (2) centralize, centralise, concentrate – (make central; ”TheRussian government centralized the distribution of food”)


certify

verb –1. (4) attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence –(provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one’s behavior,attitude, or external attributes; ”His high fever attested to hisillness”; ”The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architecturalsophistication”; ”This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness”)


chafe

verb –1. (2) chafe, gall, fret – (become or make sore by or as if byrubbing)


chain

verb –1. chain – (connect or arrange into a chain by linking)


chair

verb –1. chair, chairman – (act or preside as chair, as of an academicdepartment in a university; ”She chaired the department for manyyears”)


chalk

verb –. chalk – (write, draw, or trace with chalk)


challenge

verb –1. (12) challenge, dispute, gainsay – (take exception to; ”Shechallenged his claims”)


champ

verb –1. champ – (chafe at the bit, like horses)


champion

verb –. (1) champion, defend – (protect or fight for as a champion)


chance

verb –1. (2) chance – (be the case by chance; ”I chanced to meet myold friend in the street”)


change

verb –1. (57) change, alter, modify – (cause to change; makedifferent; cause a transformation; ”The advent of the automobile mayhave altered the growth pattern of the city”; ”The discussion haschanged my thinking about the issue”)


channel

verb –1. (1) impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel –(transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; ”Sound carrieswell over water”; ”The airwaves carry the sound”; ”Many metalsconduct heat”)


chant

verb –1. (6) chant, intone, intonate, cantillate – (recite with musicalintonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; ”The rabbi chanted aprayer”)


chaperone

verb –. chaperone, chaperon – (accompany as a chaperone)


char

verb –1. char, coal – (burn to charcoal; ”Without a drenching rain,the forest fire will char everything”)


characterize

verb –1. (9) qualify, characterize, characterise – (describe or portraythe character or the qualities or peculiarities of; ”You can characterizehis behavior as that of an egotist”; ”This poem can be characterizedas a lament for a dead lover”)


charge

verb –1. (16) charge, bear down – (to make a rush at or suddenattack upon, as in battle; ”he saw Jess charging at him with apitchfork”)


charm

verb –1. (2) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor,captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant –(attract; cause to be enamored; ”She captured all the men’s hearts”)


chart

verb –1. (5) chart – (make a chart of; ”chart the territory”)


charter

verb –1. (1) rent, hire, charter, lease – (hold under a lease or rentalagreement; of goods and services)


chase

verb –1. (10) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, goafter, track – (go after with the intent to catch; ”The policemanchased the mugger down the alley”; ”the dog chased the rabbit”)


chastise

verb –. chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct – (censureseverely; ”She chastised him for his insensitive remarks”)


chatter

verb –1. (1) chatter, click – (click repeatedly or uncontrollably;”Chattering teeth”)


chauffeur

verb –. drive around, chauffeur – (drive someone in a vehicle)


cheapen

verb –. degrade, cheapen – (lower the grade of something; reduce itsworth)


cheat

verb –1. (2) cheat, rip off, chisel – (deprive somebody of somethingby deceit; ”The con-man beat me out of 50”; ”This salesman rippedus off!”; ”we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme”; ”Theychiseled me out of my money”)


check

verb –1. (27) check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out,check over, go over, check into – (examine so as to determineaccuracy, quality, or condition; ”check the brakes”; ”Check out theengine”)


cheer

verb –1. (1) cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden – (giveencouragement to)


cheese

verb –1. cheese – (used in the imperative (get away, or stop it);”Cheese it!”)


cherish

verb –. (13) care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure – (be fond of; beattached to)


chew

verb –. (10) chew, masticate, manducate, jaw – (chew (food); to biteand grind with the teeth; ”He jawed his bubble gum”; ”Chew yourfood and don’t swallow it!”; ”The cows were masticating the grass”)


chide

verb –. (3) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce,reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide,berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words,lambaste, lambast – (censure severely or angrily; ”The motherscolded the child for entering a stranger’s car”; ”The deputy raggedthe Prime Minister”; ”The customer dressed down the waiter forbringing cold soup”)


chill

verb –1. (2) chill – (depress or discourage; ”The news of the city’ssurrender chilled the soldiers”)


chip

verb –1. (1) chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off – (breakoff (a piece from a whole); ”Her tooth chipped”)


choke

verb –1. (8) choke – (breathe with great difficulty, as whenexperiencing a strong emotion; ”She choked with emotion when shespoke about her deceased husband”)


chomp

verb –. chomp, champ – (chew noisily; ”The boy chomped hissandwich”)


choose

verb –1. (80) choose, take, select, pick out – (pick out, select, orchoose from a number of alternatives; ”Take any one of these cards”;”Choose a good husband for your daughter”; ”She selected a pair ofshoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her”)


chop

verb –1. (2) chop, chop up – (cut into pieces; ”Chop wood”; ”chopmeat”)


choreograph

verb –1. (5) choreograph – (compose a sequence of dance steps,often to music; ”Balanchine choreographed many pieces toStravinsky’s music”)


chronicle

verb –. (1) chronicle – (record in chronological order; make ahistorical record)


chunk

verb –1. lump, chunk – (put together indiscriminately; ”lumptogether all the applicants”)


churn

verb –1. (1) churn – (stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter)


circle

verb –1. (6) circle – (travel around something; ”circle the globe”)


circulate

verb –1. (2) go around, spread, circulate – (become widely knownand passed on; ”the rumor spread”; ”the story went around in theoffice”)


circumnavigate

verb –. circumnavigate, compass – (travel around, either by plane orship; ”We compassed the earth”)


circumscribe

verb –1. (1) circumscribe – (draw a line around; ”He drew a circlearound the points”)


circumvent

verb –1. besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent –(surround so as to force to give up; ”The Turks besieged Vienna”)


cite

verb –1. (13) mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer – (makereference to; ”His name was mentioned in connection with theinvention”)


civilize

verb –1. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise – (teach orrefine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; ”Cultivate yourmusical taste”; ”Train your tastebuds”; ”She is well schooled inpoetry”)


claim

verb –1. (34) claim – (assert or affirm strongly; state to be true orexisting; ”He claimed that he killed the burglar”)


clamp

verb –1. (7) clamp – (fasten or fix with a clamp; ”clamp the chairtogether until the glue has hardened”)


clang

verb –. (3) clang, clangor – (make a loud noise; ”clanging metal”)


clank

verb –. (1) clank – (make a clank; ”the train clanked through thevillage”)


clap

verb –1. (2) clap – (put quickly or forcibly; ”The judge clapped himin jail”)


clarify

verb –1. (3) clarify, clear up, elucidate – (make clear and (more)comprehensible; ”clarify the mystery surrounding her death”)


clasp

verb –1. (4) clasp – (hold firmly and tightly)


classify

verb –1. (14) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate – (arrangeor order by classes or categories; ”How would you classify thesepottery shards–are they prehistoric?”)


clean

verb –1. (16) clean, make clean – (make clean by removing dirt, filth,or unwanted substances from; ”Clean the stove!”; ”The dentistcleaned my teeth”)


cleanse

verb –1. (1) cleanse, clean – (clean one’s body or parts thereof, as bywashing; ”clean up before you see your grandparents”; ”clean yourfingernails before dinner”)


clear

verb –1. (16) unclutter, clear – (rid of obstructions; ”Clear yourdesk”)


clench

verb –1. (1) clench, clinch – (hold in a tight grasp; ”clench a steeringwheel”)


click

verb –1. (5) snap, click – (move or strike with a noise; ”he clicked onthe light”; ”his arm was snapped forward”)


climb

verb –1. (36) climb, climb up, mount, go up – (go upward withgradual or continuous progress; ”Did you ever climb up the hill behindyour house?”)


clinch

verb –1. (3) clinch – (secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nailsor bolts; ”The girder was clinched into the wall”)


clink

verb –1. (1) clink – (make a high sound typical of glass; ”champagneglasses clinked to make a toast”)


clip

verb –1. (2) nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off – (sever or remove bypinching or snipping; ”nip off the flowers”)


clobber

verb –1. (2) clobber, baste, batter – (strike violently and repeatedly;”She clobbered the man who tried to attack her”)


clock

verb –. (1) clock, time – (measure the time or duration of an eventor action or the person who performs an action in a certain period oftime; ”he clocked the runners”)


clog

verb –1. (4) clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul –(become or cause to become obstructed; ”The leaves clog our drainsin the Fall”; ”The water pipe is backed up”)


clone

verb –. clone – (make multiple identical copies of; ”people can clonea sheep nowadays”)


close

verb –1. (32) close, shut – (move so that an opening or passage isobstructed; make shut; ”Close the door”; ”shut the window”)


closet

verb –. closet – (confine to a small space, as for intensive work)


clot

verb –1. (1) clot, coagulate – (change from a liquid to a thickened orsolid state; ”coagulated blood”)


clothe

verb –1. (4) dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment,habilitate, fit out, apparel – (provide with clothes or put clothes on;”Parents must feed and dress their child”)


cloud

verb –1. (1) overcast, cloud – (make overcast or cloudy; ”Fallweather often overcasts our beaches”)


clout

verb –. clout – (strike hard, especially with the fist; ”He clouted hisattacker”)


club

verb –1. club – (unite with a common purpose; ”The two menclubbed together”)


clue

verb –. clue, clew – (roll into a ball)


cluster

verb –1. (4) cluster, constellate, flock, clump – (come together as ina cluster or flock; ”The poets constellate in this town every summer”)


clutch

verb –1. (16) seize, prehend, clutch – (take hold of; grab; ”The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter”; ”She clutched herpurse”; ”The mother seized her child by the arm”; ”Birds of preyoften seize small mammals”)


clutter

verb –. clutter, clutter up – (fill a space in a disorderly way)


co-opt

verb –1. (1) co-opt – (choose or elect as a fellow member orcolleague; ”The church members co-opted individuals from similarbackgrounds to replenish the congregation”)


co-ordinate

verb –1. (9) organize, organise, coordinate – (bring order andorganization to; ”Can you help me organize my files?”)


co-sponsor

verb –. (2) cosponsor – (sponsor together with another sponsor)


co-star

verb –1. co-star – (feature as the co-star in a performance)


coach

verb –1. (2) coach, train – (teach and supervise (someone); act as atrainer or coach (to), as in sports; ”He is training our Olympic team”;”She is coaching the crew”)


coat

verb –1. (3) coat, surface – (put a coat on; cover the surface of;furnish with a surface; ”coat the cake with chocolate”)


coax

verb –. (5) wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk,inveigle – (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering;”He palavered her into going along”)


cobble

verb –1. cobble, cobblestone – (pave with cobblestones)


cock

verb –1. (2) cock – (tilt or slant to one side; ”cock one’s head”)


cod

verb –1. gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put oneover, put one across – (fool or hoax; ”The immigrant was dupedbecause he trusted everyone”; ”You can’t fool me!”)


coddle

verb –1. (2) pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle,mollycoddle, spoil, indulge – (treat with excessive indulgence;”grandparents often pamper the children”; ”Let’s not mollycoddle ourstudents!”)


code

verb –1. (1) code – (attach a code to; ”Code the pieces withnumbers so that you can identify them later”)


codify

verb –. (1) codify – (organize into a code or system, such as a bodyof law; ”Hammurabi codified the laws”)


coerce

verb –. (2) coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force – (to cause to dothrough pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means:”She forced him to take a job in the city”; ”He squeezed her forinformation”)


collapse

verb –1. (8) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder –(break down, literally or metaphorically; ”The wall collapsed”; ”Thebusiness collapsed”; ”The dam broke”; ”The roof collapsed”; ”Thewall gave in”; ”The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice”)


collect



collide

verb –1. clash, jar, collide – (be incompatible; be or come intoconflict; ”These colors clash”)


colonize

verb –1. (1) colonize, colonise – (settle as a colony; of countries inthe developing world; ”Europeans colonized Africa in the 17thcentury”)


color

verb –1. (7) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, colorin, colour in – (add color to; ”The child colored the drawings”; ”Fallcolored the trees”; ”colorize black and white film”)


comb

verb –1. (1) comb – (straighten with a comb; ”comb your hair”)


combat

verb –. (7) battle, combat – (battle or contend against in or as if in abattle; ”The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq”; ”Wemust combat the prejudices against other races”; ”they battled overthe budget”)


combine

verb –1. (14) unite, combine – (have or possess in combination; ”sheunites charm with a good business sense”)


comfort

verb –1. (4) comfort, soothe, console, solace – (give moral oremotional strength to)


command

verb –1. (10) command – (be in command of; ”The generalcommanded a huge army”)


commandeer

verb –. (1) commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate – (take arbitrarily orby force; ”The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it toMiami”)


commemorate

verb –1. (3) commemorate, mark – (mark by some ceremony orobservation; ”The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution witha march and a parade”)


commence

verb –1. (8) get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out,commence – (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;”We began working at dawn”; ”Who will start?”; ”Get working assoon as the sun rises!”; ”The first tourists began to arrive inCambodia”; ”He began early in the day”; ”Let’s get down to worknow”)


commend

verb –1. (10) commend – (express approval of)


comment

verb –1. (23) comment, notice, remark, point out – (make or write acomment on; ”he commented the paper of his colleague”)


commercialize

verb –1. commercialize – (exploit for maximal profit, usually bysacrificing quality; ”The hotel owners are commercializing thebeaches”)


commit

verb –1. (12) perpetrate, commit, pull – (perform an act, usually witha negative connotation; ”perpetrate a crime”; ”pull a bank robbery”)


communicate

verb –1. (9) communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across –(transmit information ; ”Please communicate this message to allemployees”; ”pass along the good news”)


commute

verb –1. (12) commute, transpose – (exchange positions without achange in value; ”These operators commute with each other”)


compare

verb –1. (57) compare – (examine and note the similarities ordifferences of; ”John compared his haircut to his friend’s”; ”Wecompared notes after we had both seen the movie”)


compartmentalize

verb –. compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up – (separate intoisolated compartments or categories; ”You cannot compartmentalizeyour life like this!”)


compassionate

verb –. feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with –(share the suffering of)


compensate

verb –1. (5) compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, evenout, even off, even up – (adjust for; ”engineers will work to correctthe effects or air resistance”)


compile



complement

verb –. (3) complement – (make complete or perfect; supply what iswanting or form the complement to; ”I need some pepper tocomplement the sweet touch in the soup”)


complete

verb –1. (52) complete, finish – (come or bring to a finish or an end;”He finished the dishes”; ”She completed the requirements for herMaster’s Degree”; ”The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2hours; others finished in over 4 hours”)


complicate

verb –1. (5) complicate, perplex – (make more complicated; ”Therewas a new development that complicated the matter”)


compliment

verb –1. (2) compliment, congratulate – (say something to someonethat expresses praise; ”He complimented her on her last physicspaper”)


comport

verb –1. behave, comport – (behave well or properly; ”The childrenmust learn to behave”)


compose

verb –1. (14) compose – (form the substance of; ”Greed andambition composed his personality”)


compost

verb –. compost – (convert to compost; ”compost organic debris”)


compound

verb –1. (6) intensify, compound, heighten, deepen – (make moreintense, stronger, or more marked; ”The efforts were intensified”,”Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her”; ”Pot smokers claim itheightens their awareness”; ”This event only deepened myconvictions”)


comprehend

verb –1. (11) grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp,compass, apprehend – (get the meaning of something; ”Do youcomprehend the meaning of this letter?”)


compress

verb –1. (6) compress, compact, pack together – (make morecompact by or as if by pressing; ”compress the data”)


comprise

verb –1. (8) consist, comprise – (be composed of; ”The land heconquered comprised several provinces”; ”What does this dish consistof?”)


compromise

verb –1. (3) compromise – (make a compromise; arrive at acompromise; ”nobody will get everything he wants; we all mustcompromise”)


compute

verb –. (35) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon,figure – (make a mathematical calculation or computation)


computerize

verb –1. computerize, computerise – (provide with computers; ”Ouroffice is fully computerized now”)


conceal

verb –1. (8) hide, conceal – (prevent from being seen or discovered;”Muslim women hide their faces”; ”hide the money”)


concede

verb –1. (10) concede, profess, confess – (admit (to a wrongdoing);”She confessed that she had taken the money”)


conceive

verb –1. (21) gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise – (havethe idea for; ”He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzedpatients”; ”This library was well conceived”)


concentrate

verb –1. (8) concentrate – (make denser, stronger, or purer;”concentrate juice”)


concern

verb –1. (56) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch,touch on, have-to doe with – (be relevant to; ”There were lots ofquestions referring to her talk”; ”My remark pertained to your earliercomments”)


conclude

verb –1. (33) reason, reason out, conclude – (decide by reasoning;draw or come to a conclusion; ”We reasoned that it was cheaper torent than to buy a house”)


concoct

verb –1. (1) concoct – (make a concoction (of) by mixing)


condemn

verb –1. (18) condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate –(express strong disapproval of; ”We condemn the racism in SouthAfrica”; ”These ideas were reprobated”)


condense

verb –1. (2) condense, distill, distil – (undergo condensation; changefrom a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; ”water condenses”;”The acid distills at a specific temperature”)


condition

verb –1. (2) condition – (establish a conditioned response)


condone

verb –. (1) excuse, condone – (excuse, overlook, or make allowancesfor; be lenient with; ”excuse someone’s behavior”; ”She condoned herhusband’s occasional infidelities”)


conduct

verb –1. (44) conduct, carry on, deal – (direct the course of; manageor control; ”You cannot conduct business like this”)


confer

verb –1. (1) confer, confabulate, confab, consult – (have aconference in order to talk something over; ”We conferred about aplan of action”)


confess

verb –1. (10) confess, squeal, fink – (confess to a punishable orreprehensible deed, usually under pressure)


confide

verb –1. (6) confide – (reveal in private; tell confidentially)


configure

verb –. configure – (set up for a particular purpose; ”configure mynew computer”; ”configure a plane for a combat mission”)


confine

verb –1. (5) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle– (place limits on (extent or access); ”restrict the use of this parkinglot”; ”limit the time you can spend with your friends”)


confirm



confiscate

verb –. (2) impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize – (taketemporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; ”The FBIseized the drugs”; ”The customs agents impounded the illegalshipment”; ”The police confiscated the stolen artwork”)


confound

verb –1. (2) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound,discombobulate – (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unableto think clearly; ”These questions confuse even the experts”; ”Thisquestion completely threw me”; ”This question befuddled even theteacher”)


confront

verb –1. (24) confront, face – (oppose, as in hostility or acompetition; ”You must confront your opponent”; ”Jackson facedSmith in the boxing ring”; ”The two enemies finally confronted eachother”)


confuse

verb –1. (10) confuse, confound – (mistake one thing for another;”you are confusing me with the other candidate”; ”I mistook her forthe secretary”)


congratulate

verb –1. (5) compliment, congratulate – (say something to someonethat expresses praise; ”He complimented her on her last physicspaper”)


conjure

verb –1. raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down,arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth – (summon into action orbring into existence, often as if by magic; ”raise the specter ofunemployment”; ”he conjured wild birds in the air”; ”call down thespirits from the mountain”)


connect

verb –1. (8) connect, link, tie, link up – (connect, fasten, or puttogether two or more pieces; ”Can you connect the twoloudspeakers?”; ”Tie the ropes together”; ”Link arms”)


conquer

verb –1. (5) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb –(to put down by force or authority; ”suppress a nascent uprising”;”stamp down on littering”; ”conquer one’s desires”)


conscript

verb –. (1) conscript – (enroll into service compulsorily; ”The menwere conscripted”)


consecrate

verb –1. ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order – (appoint to a clericalposts; ”he was ordained in the Church”)


conserve

verb –1. conserve – (keep constant through physical or chemicalreactions or evolutionary change; ”Energy is conserved in thisprocess”)


consider

verb –1. (107) see, consider, reckon, view, regard – (deem to be;”She views this quite differently from me”; ”I consider her to beshallow”; ”I don’t see the situation quite as negatively as you do”)


consign

verb –1. (3) consign – (commit forever; commit irrevocably)


console

verb –. (1) comfort, soothe, console, solace – (give moral oremotional strength to)


consolidate

verb –1. (3) consolidate – (unite into one; ”The companiesconsolidated”)


constitute

verb –1. (31) constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be – (form orcompose; ”This money is my only income”; ”The stone wall was thebackdrop for the performance”; ”These constitute my entirebelonging”; ”The children made up the chorus”; ”This sum representsmy entire income for a year”; ”These few men comprise his entirearmy”)


constrain

verb –1. restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain – (hold back)


constrict

verb –1. (1) compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press –(squeeze or press together; ”she compressed her lips”; ”the spasmcontracted the muscle”)


construct

verb –1. (28) construct, build, make – (make by combining materialsand parts; ”this little pig made his house out of straw”; ”Someeccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer”)


construe

verb –. (5) interpret, construe, see – (make sense of; assign ameaning to; ”What message do you see in this letter?”; ”How do youinterpret his behavior?”)


consult

verb –1. (15) consult, confer with – (get or ask advice from;”Consult your local broker”; ”They had to consult before arriving at adecision”)


consume

verb –1. (3) devour, down, consume, go through – (eatimmoderately; ”Some people can down a pound of meat in the courseof one meal”)


consummate

verb –1. (2) consummate – (fulfill sexually; ”consummate amarriage”)


contact

verb –1. (10) reach, get through, get hold of, contact – (be in orestablish communication with; ”Our advertisements reach millions”;”He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia”)


contain

verb –1. (111) incorporate, contain, comprise – (include or contain;have as a component; ”A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”;”The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”)


contaminate

verb –1. (4) pollute, foul, contaminate – (make impure; ”Theindustrial wastes polluted the lake”)


contemplate

verb –1. (8) contemplate – (look at thoughtfully; observe deep inthought; ”contemplate one’s navel”)


contend

verb –1. (10) contend, postulate – (maintain or assert; ”Hecontended that Communism had no future”)


content

verb –1. (3) content – (satisfy in a limited way; ”He contentedhimself with one glass of beer per day”)


contest

verb –. (3) contest, contend, repugn – (to make the subject ofdispute, contention, or litigation; ”They contested the outcome of therace”)


continue

verb –1. (146) continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep – (continuea certain state, condition, or activity; ”Keep on working!”; ”Wecontinued to work into the night”; ”Keep smiling”; ”We went onworking until well past midnight”)


contort

verb –. contort, deform, distort, wring – (twist and press out ofshape)


contract

verb –1. (8) contract, undertake – (enter into a contractualarrangement)


contradict

verb –1. (5) contradict, belie, negate – (be in contradiction with)


contrast

verb –1. (7) contrast – (put in opposition to show or emphasizedifferences; ”The middle school teacher contrasted her best student’swork with that of her weakest student”)


contravene

verb –1. conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene – (go against, as ofrules and laws; ”He ran afoul of the law”; ”This behavior conflictswith our rules”)


contribute

verb –1. (31) lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring – (bestowa quality on; ”Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company”;”The music added a lot to the play”; ”She brings a specialatmosphere to our meetings”; ”This adds a light note to theprogram”)


contrive

verb –1. (1) plan, project, contrive, design – (make or work out aplan for; devise; ”They contrived to murder their boss”; ”design anew sales strategy”; ”plan an attack”)


control

verb –1. (28) control, command – (exercise authoritative control orpower over; ”control the budget”; ”Command the military forces”)


convene

verb –1. (2) convene – (meet formally; ”The council convened lastweek”)


convert

verb –1. (13) convert, change over – (change from one system toanother or to a new plan or policy; ”We converted from 220 to 110Volt”)


convey

verb –1. (9) convey – (make known; pass on, of information; ”Sheconveyed the message to me”)


convict

verb –. (11) convict – (find or declare guilty; ”The man wasconvicted of fraud and sentenced”)


convince

verb –. (15) convert, win over, convince – (make (someone) agree,understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; ”He hadfinally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product”)


convolute

verb –1. convolve, convolute – (curl, wind, or twist together)


cook

verb –1. (9) cook – (prepare a hot meal; ”My husband doesn’tcook”)


cool

verb –1. (15) cool, chill, cool down – (make cool or cooler; ”Chill thefood”)


coordinate

verb –1. (9) organize, organise, coordinate – (bring order andorganization to; ”Can you help me organize my files?”)


copy

verb –1. (3) copy – (copy down as is; ”The students were made tocopy the alphabet over and over”)


copyright

verb –. copyright – (secure a copyright on a written work; ”did youcopyright your manuscript?”)


corner

verb –1. (1) corner – (gain control over; ”corner the gold market”)


correct

verb –1. (13) correct, rectify, right – (make right or correct; ”Correctthe mistakes”; ”rectify the calculation”)


correlate

verb –1. (4) correlate – (to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation; ”Dothese facts correlate?”)


corroborate



corrode

verb –1. (1) corrode, eat, rust – (cause to deteriorate due to theaction of water, air, or an acid; ”The acid corroded the metal”; ”Thesteady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink”)


corrupt

verb –1. (1) corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise,debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect – (corruptmorally or by intemperance or sensuality; ”debauch the young peoplewith wine and women”; ”Socrates was accused of corrupting youngmen”; ”Do school counselors subvert young children?”; ”corrupt themorals”)


cosponsor

verb –. (2) cosponsor – (sponsor together with another sponsor)


cost

verb –1. (35) cost, be – (be priced at; ”These shoes cost 100”)


couch

verb –. (1) frame, redact, cast, put, couch – (formulate in aparticular style or language; ”I wouldn’t put it that way”; ”She casther request in very polite language”)


cough

verb –. (6) cough – (exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold orcongestion; ”The smoker coughs all day”)


counsel

verb –. (3) rede, advise, counsel – (give advice to; ”The teachercounsels troubled students”; ”The lawyer counselled me when I wasaccused of tax fraud”)


count

verb –1. (23) count, number, enumerate, numerate – (determine thenumber or amount of; ”Can you count the books on your shelf?”;”Count your change”)


countenance

verb –. permit, allow, let, countenance – (consent to, givepermission; ”She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband”;”I won’t let the police search her basement”; ”I cannot allow you tosee your exam”)


counter

verb –1. (2) counter – (speak in response; ”He countered with somevery persuasive arguments”)


counteract

verb –1. (2) antagonize, antagonise, counteract – (act in oppositionto)


counterbalance

verb –1. (1) compensate, counterbalance, correct, make up, evenout, even off, even up – (adjust for; ”engineers will work to correctthe effects or air resistance”)


counterfeit

verb –. forge, fake, counterfeit – (make a copy of with the intent todeceive; ”he faked the signature”; ”they counterfeited dollar bills”;”She forged a Green Card”)


court

verb –1. (5) woo, court, romance, solicit – (make amorous advancestowards; ”John is courting Mary”)


cover

verb –1. (35) cover – (provide with a covering or cause to becovered; ”cover her face with a handkerchief”; ”cover the child with ablanket”; ”cover the grave with flowers”)


covet

verb –. (1) covet – (wish, long, or crave for (something, especiallythe property of another person); ”She covets her sister’s house”)


cow

verb –. overawe, cow – (subdue, restrain, or overcome by affectingwith a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats))


crack

verb –1. (6) crack, check, break – (become fractured; break or crackon the surface only; ”The glass cracked when it was heated”)


cradle

verb –1. (3) cradle – (hold gently and carefully; ”He cradles the childin his arms”)


craft

verb –. craft – (make by hand and with much skill; ”The artisancrafted a complicated tool”)


cram

verb –1. (1) jam, jampack, ram, chock up, cram, wad – (crowd orpack to capacity; ”the theater was jampacked”)


cramp

verb –1. cramp – (secure with a cramp; ”cramp the wood”)


crank

verb –1. zigzag, crank – (travel along a zigzag path; ”The riverzigzags through the countryside”)


crash

verb –1. (9) crash – (fall or come down violently; ”The branchcrashed down on my car”; ”The plane crashed in the sea”)


crave

verb –1. (5) crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust – (have a craving,appetite, or great desire for)


cream

verb –1. cream – (make creamy by beating; ”Cream the butter”)


crease

verb –1. (1) wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up,crisp – (make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make apressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ”The dress got wrinkled”; ”creasethe paper like this to make a crane”)


create

verb –1. (94) make, create – (make or cause to be or to become;”make a mess in one’s office”; ”create a furor”)


credit

verb –1. (4) credit – (give someone credit for something; ”Wecredited her for saving our jobs”)


cremate

verb –. (1) cremate – (reduce to ashes; ”Cremate a corpse”)


crest

verb –1. cap, crest – (lie at the top of; ”Snow capped themountains”)


criminalize

verb –1. criminalize – (treat as a criminal)


crimp

verb –1. crimp, pinch – (make ridges into by pinching together)


cripple

verb –1. (2) cripple, stultify – (deprive of strength or efficiency; makeuseless or worthless; ”This measure crippled our efforts”; ”Theirbehavior stultified the boss’s hard work”)


crisp

verb –1. wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp –(make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed,folded or wrinkled line in; ”The dress got wrinkled”; ”crease the paperlike this to make a crane”)


criss-cross

verb –1. (1) crisscross – (cross in a pattern, often random)


crisscross

verb –1. (1) crisscross – (cross in a pattern, often random)


criticise

verb –1. (2) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart – (find fault with;express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; ”The papercriticized the new movie”; ”Don’t knock the food–it’s free”)


criticize

verb –1. (13) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart – (find fault with;express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; ”The papercriticized the new movie”; ”Don’t knock the food–it’s free”)


critique

verb –. review, critique – (appraise critically; ”She reviews books forthe New York Times”; ”Please critique this performance”)


crochet

verb –1. (1) crochet – (create by looping or crocheting; ”crochet abedspread”)


croon

verb –. (4) croon – (sing softly)


crop

verb –1. (1) crop – (cut short; ”She wanted her hair cropped short”)


cross

verb –1. (47) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, getacross, cut through, cut across – (travel across or pass over; ”Thecaravan covered almost 100 miles each day”)


cross-check

verb –. cross-check – (check out conflicting sources; crosscheck facts,for example)


crowd

verb –1. (6) herd, crowd – (cause to herd, drive, or crowd together;”We herded the children into a spare classroom”)


crown

verb –1. (2) crown, coronate – (invest with regal power; enthrone;”The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey”)


crucify

verb –1. (2) crucify – (kill by nailing onto a cross; ”Jesus Christ wascrucified”)


cruise

verb –1. (3) cruise – (drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously andat leisure; ”She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible”)


crush

verb –1. (4) oppress, suppress, crush – (come down on or keep downby unjust use of one’s authority; ”The government oppresses politicalactivists”)


cry

verb –1. (17) shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo,squall – (utter a sudden loud cry; ”she cried with pain when thedoctor inserted the needle”; ”I yelled to her from the window but shecouldn’t hear me”)


crystallize

verb –1. (2) crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize – (cause totake on a definite and clear shape; ”He tried to crystallize histhoughts”)


cube

verb –1. (1) cube – (raise to the third power)


cuff

verb –1. cuff, whomp – (hit with the hand)


cull

verb –1. cull – (remove something that has been rejected; ”cull thesick members of the herd”)


culminate

verb –1. (8) culminate, climax – (end, especially to reach a final orclimactic stage; ”The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace”)


cultivate

verb –1. (3) cultivate – (foster the growth of)


cup

verb –1. (2) cup – (form into the shape of a cup; ”She cupped herhands”)


curb

verb –1. (2) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate –(lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep withinlimits; ”moderate your alcohol intake”; ”hold your tongue”; ”holdyour temper”; ”control your anger”)


cure

verb –1. (12) bring around, cure, heal – (provide a cure for, makehealthy again; ”The treatment cured the boy’s acne”; ”The quackpretended to heal patients but never managed to”)


curl

verb –1. (3) curl, curve, kink – (form a curl, curve, or kink; ”thecigar smoke curled up at the ceiling”)


curse

verb –1. (17) curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate – (utterobscenities or profanities; ”The drunken men were cursing loudly inthe street”)


curtail

verb –1. (5) restrict, curtail, curb, cut back – (place restrictions on;”curtail drinking in school”)


cushion

verb –. (2) cushion, buffer, soften – (protect from impact; ”cushionthe blow”)


customize

verb –1. custom-make, customize, customise, tailor-make – (make tospecifications; ”I had this desk custom-made for me”)


cut

verb –1. (58) cut – (separate with or as if with an instrument; ”Cutthe rope”)


cycle

verb –1. (1) cycle – (cause to go through a recurring sequence;”cycle the laundry in this washing program”)


dab

verb –1. (2) dab, swab, swob – (apply (usually a liquid) to a surface;”dab the wall with paint”)


dam

verb –. (1) dam, dam up – (obstruct with, or as if with, a dam;”dam the gorges of the Yangtse River”)


damage

verb –1. (12) damage – (inflict damage upon; ”The snow damagedthe roof”; ”She damaged the car when she hit the tree”)


damn

verb –. (7) curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise,imprecate, maledict – (wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; ”The badwitch cursed the child”)


damp

verb –1. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down – (deaden (asound or noise), especially by wrapping)


dampen

verb –1. (3) stifle, dampen – (smother or suppress; ”Stifle yourcuriosity”)


dance

verb –1. (17) dance – (move in a graceful and rhythmical way; ”Theyoung girl danced into the room”)


dangle

verb –1. (3) dangle, swing, drop – (hang freely; ”the ornamentsdangled from the tree”; ”The light dropped from the ceiling”)


dare

verb –1. (11) make bold, dare, presume – (take upon oneself; actpresumptuously, without permission; ”How dare you call my lawyer?”)


darken

verb –1. (4) darken – (become dark or darker; ”The sky darkened”)


darn

verb –. (1) darn – (repair by sewing; ”darn socks”)


date

verb –1. (1) date – (go on a date with; ”Tonight she is dating aformer high school sweetheart”)


daub

verb –1. plaster, daub – (coat with plaster; ”daub the wall”)


daunt

verb –. (1) daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away,frighten away, scare – (cause to lose courage; ”dashed by the refusal”)


daze

verb –1. dazzle, bedazzle, daze – (to cause someone to lose clearvision, especially from intense light; ”She was dazzled by the brightheadlights”)


de-escalate

verb –1. de-escalate – (diminish in size, scope, or intensity; ”The warof words between them de-escalated with time”)


deactivate

verb –1. deactivate – (remove from active military status or reassign;”The men were deactivated after five years of service”)


deaden

verb –1. (1) dampen, deaden, damp – (make vague or obscure ormake (an image) less visible; ”muffle the message”)


deal

verb –1. (34) cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address – (act onverbally or in some form of artistic expression; ”This book deals withincest”; ”The course covered all of Western Civilization”; ”The newbook treats the history of China”)


debase

verb –1. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch,debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect – (corrupt morally or byintemperance or sensuality; ”debauch the young people with wine andwomen”; ”Socrates was accused of corrupting young men”; ”Doschool counselors subvert young children?”; ”corrupt the morals”)


debate

verb –1. (2) debate – (argue with one another; ”We debated thequestion of abortion”; ”John debated Mary”)


debilitate

verb –. (1) enfeeble, debilitate, drain – (make weak; ”Life in thecamp drained him”)


debrief

verb –. debrief – (put someone through a debriefing and make himreport; ”The released hostages were debriefed”)


debug

verb –. debug – (locate and correct errors in a computer programcode; ”debug this program”)


debunk

verb –. debunk, expose – (expose while ridiculing; especially ofpretentious or false claims and ideas; ”The physicist debunked thepsychic’s claims”)


debut

verb –1. (2) debut – (present for the first time to the public; ”Theband debuts a new song or two each month”)


decapitate

verb –. decapitate, behead, decollate – (cut the head of; ”the FrenchKing was beheaded during the Revolution”)


deceive

verb –1. (5) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen – (be false to; bedishonest with)


decelerate

verb –1. (1) decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard – (losevelocity; move more slowly; ”The car decelerated”)


decentralize

verb –. (1) decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise – (make lesscentral; ”After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized”)


decertify

verb –. (1) decertify, derecognize, derecognise – (cause to be nolonger approved or accepted; ”Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979after the U.S. recognized the People’s Republic of China”)


decide

verb –1. (123) decide, make up one’s mind, determine – (reach,make, or come to a decision about something; ”We finally decidedafter lengthy deliberations”)


decimate

verb –1. decimate – (kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Romanarmies)


decipher

verb –1. decode, decrypt, decipher – (convert code into ordinarylanguage)


deck

verb –1. deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify – (bebeautiful to look at; ”Flowers adorned the tables everywhere”)


declaim

verb –1. (2) declaim, recite – (recite in elocution)


declare

verb –1. (33) declare – (state emphatically and authoritatively; ”Hedeclared that he needed more money to carry out the task he wascharged with”)


declassify

verb –. declassify – (lift the restriction on and make available again;”reclassify the documents”)


decline

verb –1. (5) worsen, decline – (grow worse; ”Conditions in the slumworsened”)


decode

verb –. decode, decrypt, decipher – (convert code into ordinarylanguage)


decompose

verb –1. (3) decompose, break up, break down – (separate(substances) into constituent elements or parts)


decontaminate

verb –. decontaminate – (rid of contamination; ”The soil around thehousing development had to be decontaminated by the city”)


decorate

verb –1. (6) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify –(make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; ”Decoratethe room for the party”; ”beautify yourself for the special day”)


decrease

verb –1. (13) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall – (decrease in size,extent, or range; ”The amount of homework decreased towards theend of the semester”; ”The cabin pressure fell dramatically”; ”herweight fell to under a hundred pounds”; ”his voice fell to a whisper”)


decree

verb –1. (2) decree – (issue a decree; ”The King only can decree”)


decriminalize

verb –. legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize,legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise – (make legal;”Marijuana should be legalized”)


decry

verb –. (4) condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate –(express strong disapproval of; ”We condemn the racism in SouthAfrica”; ”These ideas were reprobated”)


dedicate

verb –1. (4) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote – (giveentirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; ”She committedherself to the work of God”; ”give one’s talents to a good cause”;”consecrate your life to the church”)


deduce

verb –1. (7) deduce, infer, deduct, derive – (reason by deduction;establish by deduction)


deduct

verb –1. (13) subtract, deduct, take off – (make a subtraction;”subtract this amount from my paycheck”)


deem

verb –. (13) deem, hold, view as, take for – (keep in mind or conveyas a conviction or view; ”take for granted”; ”view as important”;”hold these truths to be self-evident”; ”I hold him personallyresponsible”)


deep-fry

verb –. french-fry, deep-fry – (cook by immersing in fat; ”french-frythe potatoes”)


deepen

verb –1. (1) intensify, compound, heighten, deepen – (make moreintense, stronger, or more marked; ”The efforts were intensified”,”Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her”; ”Pot smokers claim itheightens their awareness”; ”This event only deepened myconvictions”)


deface

verb –. deface, disfigure, blemish – (mar or spoil the appearance of;”scars defaced her cheeks”; ”The vandals disfigured the statue”)


defame

verb –. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate,smear, sully, besmirch – (charge falsely or with malicious intent;attack the good name and reputation of someone; ”The journalistshave defamed me!” ”The article in the paper sullied my reputation”)


defeat

verb –1. (14) get the better of, overcome, defeat – (win a victoryover; ”You must overcome all difficulties”; ”defeat your enemies”;”He overcame his shyness”; ”He overcame his infirmity”; ”Her angergot the better of her and she blew up”)


defend

verb –1. (19) defend, support, fend for – (argue or speak in defenseof; ”She supported the motion to strike”)


defer

verb –1. (2) postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve,set back, defer, remit, put off – (hold back to a later time; ”let’spostpone the exam”)


defile

verb –1. defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud – (place under suspicion orcast doubt upon; ”sully someone’s reputation”)


define

verb –1. (20) specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate –(determine the essential quality of)


deflect

verb –1. debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off,stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off – (prevent the occurrence of;prevent from happening; ”Let’s avoid a confrontation”; ”head off aconfrontation”; ”avert a strike”)


defraud

verb –. (2) victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco,defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con –(deprive of by deceit; ”He swindled me out of my inheritance”; ”Shedefrauded the customers who trusted her”; ”the cashier gypped mewhen he gave me too little change”)


defray

verb –. (2) defray – (bear the expenses of)


defrost

verb –. (1) defrost, deice, de-ice – (make or become free of frost orice; ”Defrost the car window”)


defuse

verb –. defuse – (remove the triggering device from)


defy

verb –1. (9) defy, withstand, hold, hold up – (resist or confront withresistance; ”The politician defied public opinion”; ”The new materialwithstands even the greatest wear and tear”; ”The bridge held”)


degrade

verb –1. (1) degrade – (reduce the level of land, as by erosion)


dehumanize

verb –1. dehumanize, dehumanise – (deprive of human qualities;”Life in poverty has dehumanized them”)


deice

verb –. defrost, deice, de-ice – (make or become free of frost or ice;”Defrost the car window”)


deify

verb –1. deify – (consider as a god or godlike; ”These young mendeify financial success”)


delay

verb –1. (8) delay, detain, hold up – (cause to be slowed down ordelayed; ”Traffic was delayed by the bad weather”; ”she delayed thework that she didn’t want to perform”)


delegate

verb –1. (5) delegate, depute – (transfer power to someone)


delete

verb –1. delete, cancel – (remove or make invisible; ”Please deletemy name from your list”)


deliberate

verb –1. consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate – (think aboutcarefully; weigh; ”They considered the possibility of a strike”; ”Turnthe proposal over in your mind”)


delimit

verb –1. (1) specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate –(determine the essential quality of)


delineate

verb –1. define, delineate – (show the form or outline of; ”The treewas clearly defined by the light”; ”The camera could define thesmallest object”)


deliver

verb –1. (21) deliver, present – (deliver (a speech, oration, or idea);”The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech thatimpressed the students”)


delude

verb –. (1) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen – (be false to; bedishonest with)


deluge

verb –1. deluge, flood, inundate, swamp – (fill quickly beyondcapacity; as with a liquid; ”the basement was inundated after thestorm”; ”The images flooded his mind”)


demand

verb –1. (47) demand – (request urgently and forcefully; ”Thevictim’s family is demanding compensation”; ”The boss demandedthat he be fired immediately”; ”She demanded to see the manager”)


demarcate

verb –1. (1) demarcate – (separate clearly, as if by boundaries)


demean

verb –. (1) take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down –(reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; ”She tends to putdown younger women colleagues”; ”His critics took him down afterthe lecture”)


demilitarize

verb –1. demilitarize, demilitarise – (do away with the militaryorganization and potential of)


demobilize

verb –1. demobilize, inactivate, demobilise – (release from militaryservice or remove from the active list of military service)


democratize

verb –1. (1) democratize, democratise – (become (more) democratic;of nations)


demolish

verb –1. (2) demolish, pulverize, pulverise – (destroy completely;”the wrecking ball demolished the building”; ”demolish yourenemies”; ”pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand”)


demonize

verb –. demonize, demonise – (make into a demon; ”Power haddemonized him”)


demonstrate

verb –1. (24) show, demo, exhibit, present, demonstrate – (give anexhibition of to an interested audience; ”She shows her dogsfrequently”; ”We will demo the new software in Washington”)


demoralize

verb –1. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch,debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect – (corrupt morally or byintemperance or sensuality; ”debauch the young people with wine andwomen”; ”Socrates was accused of corrupting young men”; ”Doschool counselors subvert young children?”; ”corrupt the morals”)


demote

verb –. (1) demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs – (assignto a lower position; reduce in rank; ”She was demoted because shealways speaks up”; ”He was broken down to Sergeant”)


demystify

verb –. demystify – (make less mysterious or remove the mysteryfrom; ”let’s demystify the event by explaining what it is all about”)


denigrate

verb –1. minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate – (cause to seem lessserious; play down; ”Don’t belittle his influence”)


denominate

verb –. designate, denominate – (assign a name or title to)


denote

verb –1. (11) denote – (be a sign or indication of; ”Her smiledenoted that she agreed”)


denounce

verb –1. (10) denounce – (speak out against; ”He denounced theNazis”)


dent

verb –. (3) indent, dent – (make a depression into; ”The bicycledented my car”)


denude

verb –. denude, bare, denudate, strip – (lay bare; ”denude a forest”)


deny

verb –1. (24) deny – (declare untrue; contradict; ”He denied theallegations”; ”She denied that she had taken money”)


depart

verb –1. (11) go, go away, depart – (move away from a place intoanother direction; ”Go away before I start to cry”; ”The train departsat noon”)


depict

verb –1. (6) picture, depict, render, show – (show in, or as in, apicture; ”This scene depicts country life”; ”the face of the child isrendered with much tenderness in this painting”)


deplete

verb –. consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through,wipe out – (use up (resources or materials); ”this car consumes a lotof gas”; ”We exhausted our savings”; ”They run through 20 bottlesof wine a week”)


deplore

verb –1. (2) deplore – (express strong disapproval of; ”We deplorethe government’s treatment of political prisoners”)


deploy

verb –1. (2) deploy – (place troops or weapons in battle formation)


deport

verb –1. behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry –(behave in a certain manner; ”She carried herself well”; ”he borehimself with dignity”; ”They conducted themselves well during thesedifficult times”)


depose

verb –1. (2) depose, force out – (force to leave (an office))


deposit

verb –1. (3) lodge, wedge, stick, deposit – (put, fix, force, or implant;”lodge a bullet in the table”; ”stick your thumb in the crack”)


depreciate

verb –1. deprecate, depreciate, vilipend – (belittle; ”The teachershould not deprecate his student’s efforts”)


depress

verb –1. (3) depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit,demoralize, demoralise – (lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted;”These news depressed her”; ”The bad state of her child’s healthdemoralizes her”)


deprive

verb –1. (3) deprive, strip, divest – (take away possessions fromsomeone; ”The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”)


deputize

verb –1. substitute, deputize, deputise, step in – (act as a substitute;”She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold”)


derail

verb –1. derail – (cause to run off the tracks; ”they had planned toderail the trains that carried atomic waste”)


deregulate

verb –. deregulate – (lift the regulations on)


deride

verb –. (2) deride – (treat or speak of with contempt; ”He deridedhis student’s attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics”)


derive

verb –1. (25) deduce, infer, deduct, derive – (reason by deduction;establish by deduction)


describe

verb –1. (77) describe, depict, draw – (give a description of; ”Hedrew an elaborate plan of attack”)


desecrate

verb –1. (1) desecrate, profane, outrage, violate – (violate the sacredcharacter of a place or language; ”desecrate a cemetery”; ”violate thesanctity of the church”; ”profane the name of God”)


desegregate

verb –. desegregate, integrate, mix – (open (a place) to members ofall races and ethnic groups; ”This school is completely desegregated”)


desensitize

verb –1. desensitize, desensitise – (cause not to be sensitive; ”Thewar desensitized many soldiers”; ”The photographic plate wasdesensitized”)


desert

verb –1. (7) abandon, forsake, desolate, desert – (leave someone whoneeds or counts on you; leave in the lurch; ”The mother deserted herchildren”)


deserve

verb –. (29) deserve, merit – (be worthy or deserving; ”You deserve apromotion after all the hard work you have done”)


design

verb –1. (31) plan, project, contrive, design – (make or work out aplan for; devise; ”They contrived to murder their boss”; ”design anew sales strategy”; ”plan an attack”)


designate

verb –1. (12) designate, denominate – (assign a name or title to)


desire

verb –1. (25) desire, want – (feel or have a desire for; want strongly;”I want to go home now”; ”I want my own room”)


despatch

verb –. (2) dispatch, despatch, send off – (send away towards adesignated goal)


despise

verb –. (8) contemn, despise, scorn, disdain – (look down on withdisdain; ”He despises the people he has to work for”; ”The professorscorns the students who don’t catch on immediately”)


destabilize

verb –1. destabilize, destabilise – (become unstable; ”The economydestabilized rapidly”)


destroy

verb –1. (42) destroy, destruct – (do away with, cause thedestruction or undoing of; ”The fire destroyed the house”)


detach

verb –1. (3) detach – (cause to become detached or separated; takeoff; ”detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it”)


detail

verb –1. (1) detail – (provide details for)


detain

verb –1. (1) confine, detain – (deprive of freedom; take intoconfinement)


detect

verb –. (21) detect, observe, find, discover, notice – (discover ordetermine the existence, presence, or fact of; ”She detected high levelsof lead in her drinking water”; ”We found traces of lead in the paint”)


deter

verb –1. (1) deter, discourage – (try to prevent; show opposition to;”We should discourage this practice among our youth”)


determine

verb –1. (107) determine, find, find out, ascertain – (establish after acalculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; ”find theproduct of two numbers”; ”The physicist who found the elusiveparticle won the Nobel Prize”)


detest

verb –. (2) hate, detest – (dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversiontowards; ”I hate Mexican food”; ”She detests politicians”)


dethrone

verb –. dethrone – (remove a monarch from the throne; ”If the Kingdoes not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned”)


detonate

verb –1. (3) explode, detonate, blow up, set off – (cause to burstwith a violent release of energy; ”We exploded the nuclear bomb”)


detract

verb –. (1) take away, detract – (take away a part from; diminish;”His bad manners detract from his good character”)


devaluate

verb –1. devalue, devaluate – (remove the value from; deprive of itsvalue)


devalue

verb –1. devalue, devaluate – (remove the value from; deprive of itsvalue)


devastate

verb –1. (3) lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge– (cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; ”The enemy lay wasteto the countryside after the invasion”)


develop

verb –1. (44) develop – (make something new, such as a product ora mental or artistic creation; ”Her company developed a new kind ofbuilding material that withstands all kinds of weather”; ”Theydeveloped a new technique”)


deviate

verb –1. (2) deviate, divert – (turn aside; turn away from)


devil

verb –1. annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle,gravel, vex, chafe, devil – (cause annoyance in; disturb, especially byminor irritations; ”Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me”;”It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves”)


devise

verb –1. (14) invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge –(come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after amental effort; ”excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”)


devote

verb –1. (30) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote – (giveentirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; ”She committedherself to the work of God”; ”give one’s talents to a good cause”;”consecrate your life to the church”)


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