| abstain | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: desist, refrain |
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| (verb) refrain from voting | - |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| aid | (verb) improve the condition of | Synonyms: help |
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| (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: assist, help |
| ail | (verb) be ill or unwell | - |
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| (verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | Synonyms: pain, trouble |
| aim | (verb) have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | Synonyms: aspire, draw a bead on, shoot for |
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| (verb) propose or intend | Synonyms: propose, purport, purpose |
| (verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | Synonyms: calculate, direct |
| (verb) direct (a remark) toward an intended goal | - |
| (verb) move into a desired direction of discourse | Synonyms: drive, get |
| (verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | Synonyms: direct, take, take aim, train |
| (verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | Synonyms: direct, place, point, target |
| air | (verb) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen | Synonyms: air out, vent, ventilate |
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| (verb) expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry | - |
| (verb) make public | Synonyms: bare, publicise, publicize |
| (verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: beam, broadcast, send, transmit |
| (verb) be broadcast | - |
| (verb) expose to fresh air | Synonyms: aerate, air out |
| airbrush | (verb) paint with an airbrush | - |
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| airfreight | (verb) transport (cargo) by air | Synonyms: air-freight, air-ship |
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| airlift | (verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means | Synonyms: lift |
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| airmail | (verb) send or transport by airmail | - |
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| airt | (verb) channel into a new direction | Synonyms: redirect |
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| appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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| appraise | (verb) consider in a comprehensive way | Synonyms: survey |
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| (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value |
| archaise | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaize |
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| archaize | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaise |
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| arraign | (verb) accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy | - |
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| (verb) call before a court to answer an indictment | - |
| ascertain | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) learn or discover with certainty | - |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
| (verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: determine, find, find out |
| assail | (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe |
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| (verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assault, attack, set on |
| (verb) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with | Synonyms: attack |
| attain | (verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: hit, reach |
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| (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, gain, hit, make, reach |
| (verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
| (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, reach |
| attaint | (verb) condemn by attainder | - |
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| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
| avail | (verb) take advantage of | - |
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| (verb) take or use | Synonyms: help |
| (verb) be of use to, be useful to | - |
| await | (verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of | Synonyms: expect, look, wait |
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| bail | (verb) remove (water) from a vessel with a container | - |
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| (verb) empty (a vessel) by bailing | - |
| (verb) secure the release of (someone) by providing security | - |
| (verb) deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period | - |
| (verb) release after a security has been paid | - |
| bait | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
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| (verb) attack with dogs or set dogs upon | - |
| (verb) lure, entice, or entrap with bait | - |
| bargain | (verb) come to terms; arrive at an agreement | - |
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| (verb) negotiate the terms of an exchange | Synonyms: dicker |
| bewail | (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, deplore, lament |
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| blackmail | (verb) obtain through threats | - |
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| (verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackjack, pressure |
| bodypaint | (verb) apply paint to a body | - |
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| braid | (verb) form or weave into a braid or braids | Synonyms: pleach |
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| (verb) decorate with braids or ribbons | - |
| (verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: lace, plait |
| brail | (verb) haul fish aboard with brails | - |
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| (verb) take in a sail with a brail | - |
| braille | (verb) transcribe in braille | - |
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| brain | (verb) hit on the head | - |
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| (verb) kill by smashing someone's skull | - |
| brainstorm | (verb) try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it | - |
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| brainwash | (verb) submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly | - |
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| (verb) persuade completely, often through coercion | - |
| braise | (verb) cook in liquid | - |
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| campaign | (verb) go on a campaign; go off to war | Synonyms: take the field |
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| (verb) run, stand, or compete for an office or a position | Synonyms: run |
| (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: agitate, crusade, fight, press, push |
| captain | (verb) be the captain of a sports team | - |
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| chain | (verb) fasten or secure with chains | - |
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| (verb) connect or arrange into a chain by linking | - |
| chair | (verb) preside over | Synonyms: lead, moderate |
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| (verb) act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | Synonyms: chairman |
| chairman | (verb) act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | Synonyms: chair |
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| claim | (verb) assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing | - |
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| (verb) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | Synonyms: exact, take |
| (verb) ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example | - |
| (verb) lay claim to; as of an idea | Synonyms: take |
| (verb) demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to | Synonyms: arrogate, lay claim |
| cocainise | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainize |
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| cocainize | (verb) anesthetize with cocaine | Synonyms: cocainise |
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| complain | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off |
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| (verb) make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge | - |
| constrain | (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: stiffen, tighten, tighten up |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, hold, restrain |
| (verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: enforce, impose |
| contain | (verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: arrest, check, hold back, stop, turn back |
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| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
| (verb) include or contain; have as a component | Synonyms: comprise, incorporate |
| (verb) be divisible by | - |
| (verb) contain or hold; have within | Synonyms: bear, carry, hold |
| (verb) be capable of holding or containing | Synonyms: hold, take |
| containerise | (verb) package in a container | Synonyms: containerize |
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| containerize | (verb) package in a container | Synonyms: containerise |
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| contraindicate | (verb) make a treatment inadvisable | - |
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| counterclaim | (verb) set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim | - |
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| countervail | (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, neutralize |
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| (verb) compensate for or counterbalance | Synonyms: offset |
| curtail | (verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curb, cut back, restrict |
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| (verb) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent | Synonyms: clip, cut short |
| curtain | (verb) provide with drapery | - |
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| declaim | (verb) recite in elocution | Synonyms: recite |
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| (verb) speak against in an impassioned manner | Synonyms: inveigh |
| derail | (verb) run off or leave the rails | Synonyms: jump |
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| (verb) cause to run off the tracks | - |
| despair | (verb) abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart | - |
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| destain | (verb) remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast | - |
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| detail | (verb) assign to a specific task | - |
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| (verb) provide details for | - |
| detain | (verb) cause to be slowed down or delayed | Synonyms: delay, hold up |
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| (verb) stop or halt | Synonyms: delay, stay |
| (verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement | Synonyms: confine |
| detrain | (verb) leave a train | - |
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| disclaim | (verb) make a disclaimer about | - |
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| (verb) renounce a legal claim or title to | - |
| disdain | (verb) reject with contempt | Synonyms: freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down |
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| (verb) look down on with disdain | Synonyms: contemn, despise, scorn |
| distrain | (verb) confiscate by distress | - |
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| (verb) levy a distress on | - |
| (verb) legally take something in place of a debt payment | - |
| dovetail | (verb) fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail | - |
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| drain | (verb) empty of liquid; drain the liquid from | - |
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| (verb) make weak | Synonyms: debilitate, enfeeble |
| (verb) deplete of resources | - |
| (verb) flow off gradually | Synonyms: run out |
| email | (verb) communicate electronically on the computer | Synonyms: e-mail, netmail |
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| enchain | (verb) restrain or bind with chains | - |
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| entail | (verb) limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs | Synonyms: fee-tail |
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| (verb) impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result | Synonyms: implicate |
| (verb) have as a logical consequence | Synonyms: imply, mean |
| entertain | (verb) take into consideration, have in view | Synonyms: flirt with, think about, think of, toy with |
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| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse |
| (verb) provide entertainment for | - |
| entrain | (verb) board a train | - |
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| exclaim | (verb) utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy | Synonyms: call out, cry, cry out, outcry, shout |
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| (verb) state or announce | Synonyms: proclaim, promulgate |
| explain | (verb) make plain and comprehensible | Synonyms: explicate |
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| (verb) define | - |
| (verb) serve as a reason or cause or justification of | Synonyms: excuse |
| fail | (verb) stop operating or functioning | Synonyms: break, break down, conk out, die, give out, give way, go, go bad |
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| (verb) deteriorate | - |
| (verb) prove insufficient | Synonyms: give out, run out |
| (verb) disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake | Synonyms: betray |
| (verb) become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close | - |
| (verb) be unsuccessful | Synonyms: go wrong, miscarry |
| (verb) fail to get a passing grade | Synonyms: bomb, flunk, flush it |
| (verb) fail to do something; leave something undone | Synonyms: neglect |
| (verb) judge unacceptable | - |
| (verb) be unable | - |
| (verb) fall short in what is expected | - |
| faint | (verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | Synonyms: conk, pass out, swoon |
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| fair | (verb) join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly | - |
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| fishtail | (verb) slow down by moving the tail sideways | - |
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| flail | (verb) give a thrashing to; beat hard | Synonyms: lam, thrash, thresh |
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| (verb) move like a flail; thresh about | Synonyms: thresh |
| foreordain | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: predestine, preordain |
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| (verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: predestinate, predestine |
| fundraise | (verb) raise money for a cause or project | Synonyms: fund-raise, fund raise |
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| gain | (verb) increase (one's body weight) | Synonyms: put on |
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| (verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: advance |
| (verb) increase or develop | Synonyms: gather |
| (verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: advance, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win |
| (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, attain, hit, make, reach |
| (verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: acquire, win |
| (verb) derive a benefit from | Synonyms: benefit, profit |
| (verb) obtain | Synonyms: derive |
| gainsay | (verb) take exception to | Synonyms: challenge, dispute |
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| grain | (verb) form into grains | Synonyms: granulate |
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| (verb) become granular | Synonyms: granulate |
| (verb) thoroughly work in | Synonyms: ingrain |
| (verb) paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | - |
| hail | (verb) greet enthusiastically or joyfully | Synonyms: herald |
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| (verb) call for | - |
| (verb) praise vociferously | Synonyms: acclaim, herald |
| (verb) be a native of | Synonyms: come |
| (verb) precipitate as small ice particles | - |
| hightail | (verb) retreat at full speed | Synonyms: high-tail |
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| hobnail | (verb) supply with hobnails | - |
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| impair | (verb) make worse or less effective | - |
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| (verb) make imperfect | Synonyms: deflower, mar, spoil, vitiate |
| ingrain | (verb) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of | Synonyms: impress, instill |
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| (verb) thoroughly work in | Synonyms: grain |
| jail | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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| laicise | (verb) reduce to lay status | Synonyms: laicize |
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| laicize | (verb) reduce to lay status | Synonyms: laicise |
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| liaise | (verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | Synonyms: arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, mediate |
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| mail | (verb) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place | Synonyms: post, send |
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| (verb) send via the postal service | Synonyms: get off |
| maim | (verb) injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation | - |
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| mainline | (verb) inject into the vein | - |
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| maintain | (verb) stick to correctly or closely | Synonyms: keep, observe |
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| (verb) state categorically | Synonyms: assert, asseverate |
| (verb) state or assert | Synonyms: defend |
| (verb) support against an opponent | Synonyms: uphold |
| (verb) maintain by writing regular records | Synonyms: keep |
| (verb) supply with necessities and support | Synonyms: keep, sustain |
| (verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: conserve, keep up, preserve |
| (verb) have and exercise | Synonyms: exert, wield |
| (verb) maintain for use and service | Synonyms: keep |
| (verb) cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity | Synonyms: hold, keep |
| mountaineer | (verb) climb mountains for pleasure as a sport | - |
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| nail | (verb) complete a pass | Synonyms: complete |
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| (verb) attach something somewhere by means of nails | - |
| (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up |
| (verb) hit with great force | Synonyms: blast, boom, smash |
| (verb) locate exactly | Synonyms: pinpoint |
| (verb) succeed at easily | Synonyms: ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through |
| (verb) succeed in obtaining a position | Synonyms: nail down, peg |
| netmail | (verb) communicate electronically on the computer | Synonyms: e-mail, email |
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| obtain | (verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract) | Synonyms: find, get, incur, receive |
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| (verb) come into possession of | - |
| (verb) be valid, applicable, or true | Synonyms: hold, prevail |