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 |
backspace | (verb) hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard | - |
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boldface | (verb) print in boldface | - |
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brace | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: arouse, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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(verb) support by bracing | - |
(verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: stabilise, stabilize, steady |
(verb) prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult | Synonyms: poise |
deface | (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: blemish, disfigure |
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disgrace | (verb) damage the reputation of | Synonyms: discredit |
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(verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: degrade, demean, put down, take down |
(verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
displace | (verb) cause to move, usually with force or pressure | - |
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(verb) cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | Synonyms: move |
(verb) take the place of or have precedence over | Synonyms: preempt |
(verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, dismiss, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate |
efface | (verb) remove completely from recognition or memory | Synonyms: obliterate |
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(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | Synonyms: erase, rub out, score out, wipe off |
(verb) make inconspicuous | - |
embrace | (verb) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | Synonyms: adopt, espouse, sweep up |
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(verb) hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness | Synonyms: bosom, hug, squeeze |
(verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, cover, encompass |
emplace | (verb) put into place or position | - |
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(verb) provide a new emplacement for guns | - |
enlace | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine |
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exacerbate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate, worsen |
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(verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: aggravate, exasperate |
face | (verb) deal with (something unpleasant) head on | Synonyms: confront, face up |
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(verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize | Synonyms: confront, present |
(verb) oppose, as in hostility or a competition | Synonyms: confront |
(verb) line the edge (of a garment) with a different material | - |
(verb) cover the front or surface of | - |
(verb) turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction | - |
(verb) turn so as to expose the face | - |
(verb) be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to | Synonyms: front, look |
(verb) be opposite | - |
grace | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
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(verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish |
grimace | (verb) contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state | Synonyms: make a face, pull a face |
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interlace | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, entwine, intertwine, lace, twine |
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(verb) hold in a locking position | Synonyms: interlock, lock |
lace | (verb) add alcohol to (beverages) | Synonyms: fortify, spike |
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(verb) draw through eyes or holes | Synonyms: lace up |
(verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, twine |
(verb) do lacework | - |
(verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: braid, plait |
lacerate | (verb) cut or tear irregularly | - |
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(verb) deeply hurt the feelings of; distress | - |
macerate | (verb) soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result | - |
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(verb) become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking | - |
(verb) cause to grow thin or weak | Synonyms: emaciate, waste |
(verb) separate into constituents by soaking | - |
menace | (verb) act in a threatening manner | - |
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(verb) express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture | - |
(verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, peril, threaten |
misplace | (verb) place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position | - |
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(verb) place (something) where one cannot find it again | Synonyms: mislay |
outface | (verb) overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring | Synonyms: outstare, stare down |
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outpace | (verb) surpass in speed | - |
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pace | (verb) measure (distances) by pacing | Synonyms: step |
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(verb) regulate or set the pace of | - |
(verb) walk with slow or fast paces | - |
(verb) go at a pace | - |
place | (verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something | Synonyms: identify |
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(verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: grade, order, range, rank, rate |
(verb) take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal | Synonyms: come in, come out |
(verb) estimate | Synonyms: put, set |
(verb) sing a note with the correct pitch | - |
(verb) to arrange for | - |
(verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: post, send, station |
(verb) finish second or better in a horse or dog race | - |
(verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | Synonyms: aim, direct, point, target |
(verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: lay, pose, position, put, set |
(verb) locate | Synonyms: localise, localize, set |
(verb) assign a location to | Synonyms: locate, site |
(verb) make an investment | Synonyms: commit, invest, put |
(verb) assign to (a job or a home) | - |
(verb) place somebody in a particular situation or location | - |
(verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localise, localize |
preface | (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, precede, premise |
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race | (verb) compete in a race | Synonyms: run |
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(verb) move hurridly | Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, rush, rush along, speed, step on it |
(verb) cause to move fast or to rush or race | Synonyms: rush |
(verb) to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others | - |
reface | (verb) put a new facing on (a garment) | - |
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(verb) provide with a new facing | - |
relace | (verb) lace again | - |
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replace | (verb) substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) | - |
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(verb) put something back where it belongs | Synonyms: put back |
(verb) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | Synonyms: exchange, interchange, substitute |
(verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: supersede, supervene upon, supplant |
resurface | (verb) to come out of obscurity or hiding | - |
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(verb) cover with a new surface | - |
(verb) reappear on the surface | - |
retrace | (verb) reassemble mentally | Synonyms: construct, reconstruct |
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(verb) to go back over again | Synonyms: trace |
solace | (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: comfort, console, soothe |
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space | (verb) place at intervals | - |
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spacewalk | (verb) move in space outside a space craft | - |
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sphacelate | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: gangrene, mortify, necrose |
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surface | (verb) appear or become visible; make a showing | Synonyms: come on, come out, show up, turn up |
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(verb) put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface | Synonyms: coat |
(verb) come to the surface | Synonyms: come up, rise, rise up |
terrace | (verb) make into terraces as for cultivation | - |
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(verb) provide (a house) with a terrace | Synonyms: terrasse |
trace | (verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something | Synonyms: follow |
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(verb) read with difficulty | Synonyms: decipher |
(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: delineate, describe, draw, line |
(verb) copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of | - |
(verb) pursue or chase relentlessly | Synonyms: hound, hunt |
(verb) to go back over again | Synonyms: retrace |
(verb) make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along | - |
(verb) discover traces of | - |
ultracentrifuge | (verb) subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge | - |
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unbrace | (verb) remove a brace or braces from | - |
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(verb) remove from tension | - |
(verb) undo the ties of | Synonyms: unlace, untie |
unlace | (verb) undo the ties of | Synonyms: unbrace, untie |
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