| abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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| ablactate | (verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | Synonyms: wean |
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| abreact | (verb) discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization | - |
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| abstract | (verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically | - |
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| (verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance | - |
| (verb) give an abstract (of) | - |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| accede | (verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | Synonyms: bow, defer, give in, submit |
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| (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: acquiesce, assent |
| (verb) take on duties or office | Synonyms: enter |
| accelerate | (verb) move faster | Synonyms: quicken, speed, speed up |
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| (verb) cause to move faster | Synonyms: speed, speed up |
| accent | (verb) put stress on; utter with an accent | Synonyms: accentuate, stress |
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| (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
| accentuate | (verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress |
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| (verb) put stress on; utter with an accent | Synonyms: accent, stress |
| accept | (verb) consider or hold as true | - |
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| (verb) react favorably to; consider right and proper | - |
| (verb) tolerate or accommodate oneself to | Synonyms: live with, swallow |
| (verb) be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal | - |
| (verb) give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to | Synonyms: consent, go for |
| (verb) receive willingly something given or offered | Synonyms: have, take |
| (verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | Synonyms: assume, bear, take over |
| (verb) admit into a group or community | Synonyms: admit, take, take on |
| (verb) receive (a report) officially, as from a committee | - |
| (verb) make use of or accept for some purpose | Synonyms: take |
| (verb) be designed to hold or take | Synonyms: take |
| access | (verb) reach or gain access to | Synonyms: get at |
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| (verb) obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer | - |
| accession | (verb) make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library | - |
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| acclaim | (verb) praise vociferously | Synonyms: hail, herald |
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| (verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: applaud, clap, spat |
| acclimate | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimatise, acclimatize |
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| acclimatise | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatize |
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| acclimatize | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatise |
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| accommodate | (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose | Synonyms: adapt |
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| (verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: conciliate, reconcile |
| (verb) provide a service or favor for someone | Synonyms: oblige |
| (verb) provide with something desired or needed | - |
| (verb) be agreeable or acceptable to | Synonyms: fit, suit |
| (verb) provide housing for | Synonyms: lodge |
| (verb) have room for; hold without crowding | Synonyms: admit, hold |
| accompany | (verb) perform an accompaniment to | Synonyms: follow, play along |
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| (verb) go or travel along with | - |
| (verb) be present or associated with an event or entity | Synonyms: attach to, come with, go with |
| (verb) be a companion to somebody | Synonyms: companion, company, keep company |
| accomplish | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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| (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: achieve, attain, reach |
| accord | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: allot, grant |
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| (verb) go together | Synonyms: agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| accost | (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: hook, solicit |
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| (verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: address, come up to |
| account | (verb) furnish a justifying analysis or explanation | Synonyms: answer for |
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| (verb) to give an account or representation of in words | Synonyms: describe, report |
| (verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: calculate |
| (verb) be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something | - |
| accouter | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accoutre |
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| accoutre | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accouter |
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| accredit | (verb) ascribe an achievement to | Synonyms: credit |
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| (verb) grant credentials to | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
| (verb) provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials | - |
| accrete | (verb) grow together (of plants and organs) | Synonyms: grow together |
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| (verb) grow or become attached by accretion | - |
| accrue | (verb) grow by addition | - |
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| (verb) come into the possession of | Synonyms: fall |
| acculturate | (verb) assimilate culturally | - |
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| accumulate | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up |
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| (verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up |
| accurse | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| accuse | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: criminate, impeach, incriminate |
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| (verb) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against | Synonyms: charge |
| accustom | (verb) make psychologically or physically used (to something) | Synonyms: habituate |
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| ace | (verb) score an ace against | - |
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| (verb) serve an ace against (someone) | - |
| (verb) play (a hole) in one stroke | - |
| (verb) succeed at easily | Synonyms: breeze through, nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through |
| acerbate | (verb) make sour or bitter | - |
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| (verb) cause to be bitter or resentful | Synonyms: embitter, envenom |
| acetify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acidify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acidify, acidulate, sour |
| acetylate | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylise, acetylize |
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| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylise, acetylize |
| acetylise | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
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| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
| acetylize | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
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| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylise |
| ache | (verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present | Synonyms: languish, pine, yearn, yen |
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| (verb) be the source of pain | Synonyms: hurt, smart |
| (verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: hurt, suffer |
| achieve | (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, attain, reach |
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| achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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| achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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| acidify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acetify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidulate, sour |
| acidulate | (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, sour |
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| acknowledge | (verb) accept as legally binding and valid | - |
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| (verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: know, recognise, recognize |
| (verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of | Synonyms: admit |
| (verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
| (verb) report the receipt of | Synonyms: receipt |
| (verb) express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with | Synonyms: notice |
| acquaint | (verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: introduce, present |
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| (verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: familiarise, familiarize |
| (verb) inform | - |
| acquiesce | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, assent |
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| acquire | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: develop, get, grow, produce |
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| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: adopt, assume, take, take on |
| (verb) gain through experience | Synonyms: develop, evolve |
| (verb) gain knowledge or skills | Synonyms: larn, learn |
| (verb) come into the possession of something concrete or abstract | Synonyms: get |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: gain, win |
| (verb) locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar | - |
| acquit | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do |
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| (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
| act | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do |
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| (verb) pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind | Synonyms: act as, play |
| (verb) discharge one's duties | - |
| (verb) play a role or part | Synonyms: play, represent |
| (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: play, playact, roleplay |
| (verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly | Synonyms: dissemble, pretend |
| (verb) perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) | Synonyms: move |
| (verb) have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected | Synonyms: work |
| (verb) be suitable for theatrical performance | - |
| action | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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| (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: litigate, process, sue |
| activate | (verb) make active or more active | - |
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| (verb) make (substances) radioactive | - |
| (verb) aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter | Synonyms: aerate |
| (verb) make more adsorptive | - |
| (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
| actualise | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualize |
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| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualize, realise, realize, substantiate |
| actualize | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualise |
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| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, realise, realize, substantiate |
| actuate | (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: activate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
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| (verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel |
| acuminate | (verb) make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point | - |
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| approach | (verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | - |
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| (verb) move towards | Synonyms: come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near |
| (verb) come near in time | Synonyms: come near |
| (verb) begin to deal with | Synonyms: go about, set about |
| (verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | Synonyms: border on |
| attach | (verb) become attached | - |
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| (verb) cause to be attached | - |
| (verb) be attached; be in contact with | - |
| (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: confiscate, impound, seize, sequester |
| (verb) create social or emotional ties | Synonyms: bind, bond, tie |
| attack | (verb) begin to injure | - |
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| (verb) set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task | - |
| (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, assault, lash out, round, snipe |
| (verb) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with | Synonyms: assail |
| (verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive | Synonyms: aggress |
| (verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assail, assault, set on |
| attract | (verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: draw, draw in, pull, pull in |
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| (verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away | - |
| (verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: appeal |
| bach | (verb) lead a bachelor's existence | Synonyms: bachelor |
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| bachelor | (verb) lead a bachelor's existence | Synonyms: bach |
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| back | (verb) establish as valid or genuine | Synonyms: back up |
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| (verb) strengthen by providing with a back or backing | - |
| (verb) shift to a counterclockwise direction | - |
| (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: bet on, gage, game, punt, stake |
| (verb) travel backward | - |
| (verb) cause to travel backward | - |
| (verb) support financial backing for | - |
| (verb) be behind; approve of | Synonyms: endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
| (verb) give support or one's approval to | Synonyms: endorse, indorse, second |
| (verb) be in back of | - |
| backbite | (verb) say mean things | Synonyms: bitch |
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| backcross | (verb) mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents | - |
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| backdate | (verb) make effective from an earlier date | - |
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| backfire | (verb) set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire | - |
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| (verb) emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire | - |
| (verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backlash, recoil |
| background | (verb) understate the importance or quality of | Synonyms: downplay, play down |
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| backhand | (verb) hit a tennis ball backhand | - |
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| backlash | (verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backfire, recoil |
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| backlog | (verb) accumulate and create a backlog | - |
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| backpack | (verb) hike with a backpack | Synonyms: pack |
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| backpedal | (verb) modify one's opinion, make it less strong | - |
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| (verb) pedal backwards on a bicycle | - |
| (verb) step backwards, in boxing | - |
| backscatter | (verb) scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes | - |
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| backslap | (verb) display excessive cordiality (towards) | - |
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| backslide | (verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | Synonyms: lapse |
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| backspace | (verb) hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard | - |
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| backstitch | (verb) do backstitches | - |
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| backstop | (verb) act as a backstop | - |
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| backstroke | (verb) swim on one's back | - |
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| backtrack | (verb) retrace one's course | Synonyms: double back, turn back |
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| bacterise | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterize |
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| bacterize | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterise |
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| barrack | (verb) laugh at with contempt and derision | Synonyms: flout, gibe, jeer, scoff |
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| (verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
| (verb) lodge in barracks | - |
| beach | (verb) land on a beach | - |
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| beacon | (verb) guide with a beacon | - |
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| (verb) shine like a beacon | - |
| bellyache | (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
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| benefact | (verb) help as a benefactor | - |
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| bivouac | (verb) live in or as if in a tent | Synonyms: camp, camp out, encamp, tent |
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| black | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: blacken, melanise, melanize |
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| blackball | (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
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| (verb) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | Synonyms: negative, veto |
| blackberry | (verb) pick or gather blackberries | - |
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| blacken | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, melanise, melanize |
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| (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: char, scorch, sear |
| blackguard | (verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: abuse, clapperclaw, shout |
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| (verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast |
| blackjack | (verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackmail, pressure |
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| blacklead | (verb) cover with graphite | - |
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| blackleg | (verb) take the place of work of someone on strike | Synonyms: fink, rat, scab |
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| blacklist | (verb) put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted | - |
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| blackmail | (verb) obtain through threats | - |
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| (verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackjack, pressure |
| blacktop | (verb) coat with blacktop | - |
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| blackwash | (verb) color with blackwash | - |
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| (verb) bring (information) out of concealment | - |