| advantage | (verb) give an advantage to | - |
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| age | (verb) grow old or older | Synonyms: get on, maturate, mature, senesce |
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| (verb) begin to seem older; get older | - |
| (verb) make older | - |
| agglomerate | (verb) form into one cluster | - |
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| agglutinate | (verb) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. | - |
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| (verb) string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) | - |
| aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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| aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggravate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate, worsen |
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| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate |
| aggregate | (verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: combine |
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| (verb) amount in the aggregate to | - |
| aggress | (verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive | Synonyms: attack |
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| aggrieve | (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: grieve |
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| (verb) infringe on the rights of | - |
| aggroup | (verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: group |
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| agitate | (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex |
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| (verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | Synonyms: charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on |
| (verb) move very slightly | Synonyms: budge, shift, stir |
| (verb) move or cause to move back and forth | Synonyms: shake |
| (verb) try to stir up public opinion | Synonyms: foment, stir up |
| (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: campaign, crusade, fight, press, push |
| agnise | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnize, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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| agnize | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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| agonise | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonize |
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| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonize |
| agonize | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonise |
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| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonise |
| agree | (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: concord, concur, hold |
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| (verb) consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something | - |
| (verb) achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose | - |
| (verb) be agreeable or suitable | - |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| (verb) show grammatical agreement | - |
| anagram | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagrammatise, anagrammatize |
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| anagrammatise | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatize |
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| anagrammatize | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatise |
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| antagonise | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonize |
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| (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonize, counteract |
| antagonize | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonise |
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| (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, counteract |
| arbitrage | (verb) practice arbitrage, as in the stock market | - |
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| assuage | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, palliate, relieve |
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| (verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: allay, quench, slake |
| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
| average | (verb) compute the average of | Synonyms: average out |
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| (verb) achieve or reach on average | - |
| (verb) amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain | Synonyms: average out |
| bag | (verb) put into a bag | - |
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| (verb) capture or kill, as in hunting | - |
| (verb) take unlawfully | Synonyms: pocket |
| (verb) bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge | Synonyms: bulge |
| (verb) hang loosely, like an empty bag | - |
| ballyrag | (verb) be bossy towards | Synonyms: boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm |
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| bandage | (verb) dress by covering or binding | - |
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| (verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose | Synonyms: bind |
| barrage | (verb) address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage | Synonyms: bombard |
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| bedraggle | (verb) make wet and dirty, as from rain | Synonyms: draggle |
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| beleaguer | (verb) surround so as to force to give up | Synonyms: besiege, circumvent, hem in, surround |
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| (verb) annoy persistently | Synonyms: badger, bug, pester, tease |
| brag | (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
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| bullyrag | (verb) be bossy towards | Synonyms: ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, hector, push around, strong-arm |
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| cabbage | (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
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| cage | (verb) confine in a cage | Synonyms: cage in |
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| camouflage | (verb) disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something | - |
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| chagrin | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, humble, humiliate, mortify |
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| coagulate | (verb) change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state | Synonyms: clot |
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| (verb) cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state | Synonyms: clot |
| conflagrate | (verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, combust, erupt, ignite, take fire |
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| (verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: enkindle, inflame, kindle |
| damage | (verb) inflict damage upon | - |
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| (verb) suffer or be susceptible to damage | - |
| deflagrate | (verb) burn with great heat and intense light | - |
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| (verb) cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity | - |
| demagnetise | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: degauss, demagnetize |
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| (verb) erase (a magnetic storage device) | Synonyms: demagnetize |
| demagnetize | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: degauss, demagnetise |
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| (verb) erase (a magnetic storage device) | Synonyms: demagnetise |
| diagnose | (verb) determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis | Synonyms: name |
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| (verb) subject to a medical analysis | - |
| diagonalise | (verb) transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix | Synonyms: diagonalize |
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| diagonalize | (verb) transform a matrix to a diagonal matrix | Synonyms: diagonalise |
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| diagram | (verb) make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed | Synonyms: plot |
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| disadvantage | (verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour |
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| disagree | (verb) be of different opinions | Synonyms: differ, dissent, take issue |
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| (verb) be different from one another | Synonyms: disaccord, discord |
| discourage | (verb) try to prevent; show opposition to | Synonyms: deter |
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| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, monish, warn |
| (verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | - |
| disengage | (verb) become free | - |
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| (verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | Synonyms: withdraw |
| (verb) free or remove obstruction from | Synonyms: free |
| disparage | (verb) express a negative opinion of | Synonyms: belittle, pick at |
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| divagate | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: digress, stray, wander |
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| drag | (verb) proceed for an extended period of time | Synonyms: drag on, drag out |
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| (verb) persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting | - |
| (verb) suck in or take (air) | Synonyms: draw, puff |
| (verb) pull, as against a resistance | - |
| (verb) draw slowly or heavily | Synonyms: cart, hale, haul |
| (verb) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost | Synonyms: dredge |
| (verb) to lag or linger behind | Synonyms: drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail |
| (verb) walk without lifting the feet | Synonyms: scuff |
| (verb) move slowly and as if with great effort | - |
| (verb) use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it | - |
| (verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle |
| draggle | (verb) make wet and dirty, as from rain | Synonyms: bedraggle |
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| dragoon | (verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | Synonyms: railroad, sandbag |
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| (verb) subjugate by imposing troops | - |
| eagle | (verb) shoot in two strokes under par | - |
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| (verb) shoot two strokes under par | Synonyms: double birdie |
| encourage | (verb) spur on | - |
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| (verb) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to | - |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, further, promote |
| engage | (verb) get caught | - |
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| (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engross, occupy |
| (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, betroth, plight |
| (verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: lock, mesh, operate |
| (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, hire, lease, rent, take |
| (verb) hire for work or assistance | Synonyms: enlist |
| (verb) ask to represent; of legal counsel | - |
| (verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: employ, hire |
| (verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: prosecute, pursue |
| (verb) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) | Synonyms: wage |
| enrage | (verb) put into a rage; make violently angry | - |
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| envisage | (verb) form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case | Synonyms: conceive of, ideate, imagine |
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| exaggerate | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
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| (verb) do something to an excessive degree | Synonyms: overdo |
| fag | (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
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| (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail |
| (verb) act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools | - |
| faggot | (verb) bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot | Synonyms: faggot up, fagot |
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| (verb) fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them | Synonyms: fagot |
| (verb) ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch | Synonyms: fagot |
| fagot | (verb) bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot | Synonyms: faggot, faggot up |
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| (verb) fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them | Synonyms: faggot |
| (verb) ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch | Synonyms: faggot |
| finagle | (verb) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods | Synonyms: manage, wangle |
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| flag | (verb) provide with a flag | - |
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| (verb) become less intense | Synonyms: ease off, ease up, slacken off |
| (verb) communicate or signal with a flag | - |
| (verb) decorate with flags | - |
| (verb) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness | Synonyms: droop, sag, swag |
| flagellate | (verb) whip | Synonyms: scourge |
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| forage | (verb) wander and feed | - |
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| (verb) collect or look around for (food) | Synonyms: scrounge |
| fragment | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragmentise, fragmentize |
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| fragmentise | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentize |
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| fragmentize | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentise |
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| gag | (verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | Synonyms: choke, strangle, suffocate |
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| (verb) make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | Synonyms: heave, retch |
| (verb) cause to retch or choke | Synonyms: choke |
| (verb) make jokes or quips | Synonyms: quip |
| (verb) be too tight; rub or press | Synonyms: choke, fret |
| (verb) tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them | Synonyms: muzzle |
| (verb) prevent from speaking out | Synonyms: muzzle |
| gage | (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, game, punt, stake |
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| gaggle | (verb) make a noise characteristic of a goose | Synonyms: cackle |
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| garage | (verb) keep or store in a garage | - |
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| haemagglutinate | (verb) cause the clumping together (of red blood cells) | Synonyms: hemagglutinate |
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| haggle | (verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) | Synonyms: chaffer, higgle, huckster |
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| hemagglutinate | (verb) cause the clumping together (of red blood cells) | Synonyms: haemagglutinate |
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| hemorrhage | (verb) lose blood from one's body | Synonyms: bleed, shed blood |
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| image | (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize |
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| (verb) render visible, as by means of MRI | - |
| imagine | (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, opine, reckon, suppose, think |
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| (verb) form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case | Synonyms: conceive of, envisage, ideate |
| invaginate | (verb) fold inwards | Synonyms: introvert |
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| (verb) sheathe | - |
| jag | (verb) cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge | - |
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| lag | (verb) throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins | - |
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| (verb) cover with lagging to prevent heat loss | - |
| (verb) hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. | Synonyms: dawdle, fall back, fall behind |
| (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, put away, put behind bars, remand |
| lallygag | (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
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| league | (verb) unite to form a league | - |
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| leverage | (verb) provide with leverage | - |
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| (verb) supplement with leverage | - |
| lollygag | (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
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| magnetise | (verb) make magnetic | Synonyms: magnetize |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind |
| magnetize | (verb) make magnetic | Synonyms: magnetise |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind |
| magnify | (verb) increase in size, volume or significance | Synonyms: amplify |
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| (verb) make large | Synonyms: blow up, enlarge |
| (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overdraw, overstate |
| manage | (verb) handle effectively | Synonyms: handle, wield |
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| (verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of | Synonyms: care, deal, handle |
| (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: oversee, superintend, supervise |
| (verb) carry on or function | Synonyms: do |
| (verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out |
| (verb) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods | Synonyms: finagle, wangle |
| (verb) be successful; achieve a goal | Synonyms: bring off, carry off, negociate, pull off |
| massage | (verb) give a massage to | - |
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| (verb) manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes | Synonyms: knead, rub down |
| message | (verb) send a message | - |
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| (verb) send as a message | - |
| (verb) send a message to | - |
| mismanage | (verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: misconduct, mishandle |
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| mortgage | (verb) put up as security or collateral | - |
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| nag | (verb) remind or urge constantly | - |
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| (verb) bother persistently with trivial complaints | Synonyms: hen-peck, peck |
| (verb) worry persistently | - |
| outrage | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, appall, offend, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
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| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, rape, ravish, violate |
| (verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: desecrate, profane, violate |