| allay | (verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: assuage, quench, slake |
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| (verb) lessen the intensity of or calm | Synonyms: ease, relieve, still |
| allege | (verb) report or maintain | Synonyms: aver, say |
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| allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
| allegorize | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
| alleviate | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: assuage, palliate, relieve |
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| (verb) make easier | Synonyms: ease, facilitate |
| alligator | (verb) crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes | - |
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| alliterate | (verb) use alliteration as a form of poetry | - |
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| allocate | (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: apportion |
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| allot | (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: accord, grant |
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| (verb) give out | Synonyms: assign, portion |
| (verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: administer, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
| allow | (verb) allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: take into account |
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| (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: appropriate, earmark, reserve, set aside |
| (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: countenance, let, permit |
| (verb) allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting | Synonyms: permit, tolerate |
| (verb) let have | Synonyms: grant |
| (verb) grant as a discount or in exchange | - |
| (verb) make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen | Synonyms: let, permit |
| (verb) allow the other (baseball) team to score | Synonyms: give up |
| (verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain | Synonyms: allow for, leave, provide |
| (verb) afford possibility | Synonyms: admit |
| allowance | (verb) put on a fixed allowance, as of food | - |
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| alloy | (verb) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content | Synonyms: debase |
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| (verb) make an alloy of | - |
| allude | (verb) make a more or less disguised reference to | Synonyms: advert, touch |
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| allure | (verb) dispose or incline or entice to | Synonyms: tempt |
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| ally | (verb) become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage | - |
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| appall | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
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| (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appal, dismay, horrify |
| ball | (verb) form into a ball by winding or rolling | - |
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| (verb) to live very well | - |
| ballast | (verb) make steady with a ballast | - |
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| balloon | (verb) become inflated | Synonyms: billow, inflate |
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| (verb) ride in a hot-air balloon | - |
| ballot | (verb) vote by ballot | - |
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| ballyhoo | (verb) advertize noisily or blatantly | - |
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| ballyrag | (verb) be bossy towards | Synonyms: boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm |
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| befall | (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: bechance, happen |
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| (verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: bechance, betide |
| 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 |
| call | (verb) rouse somebody from sleep with a call | - |
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| (verb) challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of | - |
| (verb) consider or regard as being | - |
| (verb) utter in a loud voice or announce | - |
| (verb) ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality | - |
| (verb) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone | Synonyms: call up, phone, ring, telephone |
| (verb) assign a specified (usually proper) name to | Synonyms: be known as, know as, name |
| (verb) utter a characteristic note or cry | - |
| (verb) send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message | - |
| (verb) order, request, or command to come | Synonyms: send for |
| (verb) indicate a decision in regard to | - |
| (verb) challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense | - |
| (verb) declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee | - |
| (verb) utter a sudden loud cry | Synonyms: cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell |
| (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
| (verb) lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal | - |
| (verb) present for redemption before maturation | - |
| (verb) read aloud to check for omissions or absentees | - |
| (verb) order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role | - |
| (verb) order or request or give a command for | - |
| (verb) give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance | Synonyms: call off |
| (verb) make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands | Synonyms: bid |
| (verb) demand payment of (a loan) | Synonyms: call in |
| (verb) pay a brief visit | Synonyms: call in, visit |
| (verb) call a meeting; invite or command to meet | - |
| (verb) make a stop in a harbour | - |
| (verb) greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name | Synonyms: address |
| (verb) stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather | - |
| calligraph | (verb) write beautifully and ornamentally | - |
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| calliper | (verb) measure the diameter of something with calipers | Synonyms: caliper |
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| callous | (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: cauterise, cauterize |
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| callus | (verb) form a callus or calluses | - |
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| (verb) cause a callus to form on | - |
| catcall | (verb) utter catcalls at | - |
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| challenge | (verb) issue a challenge to | - |
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| (verb) take exception to | Synonyms: dispute, gainsay |
| (verb) raise a formal objection in a court of law | Synonyms: take exception |
| (verb) ask for identification | - |
| circumvallate | (verb) surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification | - |
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| counterchallenge | (verb) challenge in turn | - |
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| crystallise | (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
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| (verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallize |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| crystallize | (verb) assume crystalline form; become crystallized | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, effloresce |
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| (verb) cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallise |
| (verb) cause to take on a definite and clear shape | Synonyms: crystalise, crystalize, crystallise |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| cumswallow | (verb) to swallow ejaculate | - |
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| dally | (verb) consider not very seriously | Synonyms: play, trifle |
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| (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
| (verb) waste time | Synonyms: dawdle |
| (verb) behave carelessly or indifferently | Synonyms: flirt, play, toy |
| dillydally | (verb) postpone doing what one should be doing | Synonyms: dilly-dally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall |
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| disallow | (verb) command against | Synonyms: forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto |
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| enthrall | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, ravish, transport |
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| escallop | (verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | Synonyms: scallop |
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| eyeball | (verb) look at | Synonyms: eye |
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| fall | (verb) occur at a specified time or place | - |
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| (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen |
| (verb) pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind | - |
| (verb) be born, used chiefly of lambs | - |
| (verb) come out; issue | - |
| (verb) assume a disappointed or sad expression | - |
| (verb) begin vigorously | - |
| (verb) come as if by falling | Synonyms: descend, settle |
| (verb) be cast down | - |
| (verb) go as if by falling | - |
| (verb) fall or flow in a certain way | Synonyms: flow, hang |
| (verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | Synonyms: come down, descend, go down |
| (verb) move in a specified direction | - |
| (verb) descend in free fall under the influence of gravity | - |
| (verb) slope downward | - |
| (verb) drop oneself to a lower or less erect position | - |
| (verb) lose an upright position suddenly | Synonyms: fall down |
| (verb) to be given by assignment or distribution | - |
| (verb) be captured | - |
| (verb) fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed | Synonyms: light |
| (verb) come into the possession of | Synonyms: accrue |
| (verb) to be given by right or inheritance | - |
| (verb) be inherited by | Synonyms: devolve, pass, return |
| (verb) lose office or power | - |
| (verb) yield to temptation or sin | - |
| (verb) suffer defeat, failure, or ruin | - |
| (verb) lose one's chastity | - |
| (verb) die, as in battle or in a hunt | - |
| (verb) be due | - |
| (verb) come under, be classified or included | Synonyms: come |
| (verb) touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly | Synonyms: shine, strike |
| (verb) fall from clouds | Synonyms: come down, precipitate |
| forestall | (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, counter, foresee |
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| (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent |
| gall | (verb) irritate or vex | Synonyms: irk |
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| (verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | Synonyms: chafe, fret |
| gallivant | (verb) wander aimlessly in search of pleasure | Synonyms: gad, jazz around |
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| gallop | (verb) ride at a galloping pace | - |
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| (verb) go at galloping speed | - |
| (verb) cause to move at full gallop | Synonyms: extend |
| halloo | (verb) shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention | - |
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| (verb) urge on with shouts | - |
| hallow | (verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: bless, consecrate, sanctify |
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| hallucinate | (verb) perceive what is not there; have illusions | - |
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| install | (verb) set up for use | Synonyms: instal, put in, set up |
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| (verb) place | Synonyms: establish, instal, set up |
| (verb) put into an office or a position | Synonyms: instal |
| 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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| lowball | (verb) make a deliberately low estimate | Synonyms: underestimate |
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| metallize | (verb) coat with metal | Synonyms: metalize |
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| misally | (verb) make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately | - |
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| miscall | (verb) assign in incorrect name to | Synonyms: misname |
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| mothball | (verb) put into long-term storage | - |
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| outcall | (verb) make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card game | - |
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| pall | (verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | Synonyms: fatigue, jade, tire, weary |
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| (verb) lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) | - |
| (verb) become less interesting or attractive | Synonyms: dull |
| (verb) lose sparkle or bouquet | Synonyms: become flat, die |
| (verb) cause to become flat | - |
| (verb) cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing | Synonyms: cloy |
| (verb) cover with a pall | - |
| (verb) cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | Synonyms: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare, scare away, scare off |
| palliate | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, assuage, relieve |
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| (verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of | Synonyms: extenuate, mitigate |
| parallel | (verb) make or place parallel to something | Synonyms: collimate |
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| (verb) be parallel to | - |
| (verb) duplicate or match | Synonyms: duplicate, twin |
| parallelize | (verb) place parallel to one another | - |
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| rally | (verb) return to a former condition | Synonyms: rebound |
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| (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilise, mobilize |
| (verb) gather | Synonyms: beat up, drum up |
| (verb) gather or bring together | Synonyms: come up, muster, muster up, summon |
| reallocate | (verb) allocate, distribute, or apportion anew | Synonyms: reapportion |
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| reallot | (verb) allot again | - |
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| recall | (verb) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | Synonyms: call back, call up, recollect, remember, retrieve, think |
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| (verb) cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression | - |
| (verb) go back to something earlier | Synonyms: come back, hark back, return |
| (verb) summon to return | Synonyms: call back |
| (verb) cause to be returned | Synonyms: call back, call in, withdraw |
| (verb) make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution | - |
| (verb) bring to mind | Synonyms: echo |
| reinstall | (verb) install again | - |
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| sallow | (verb) cause to become sallow | - |
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| scallop | (verb) shape or cut in scallops | Synonyms: scollop |
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| (verb) fish for scallops | Synonyms: scollop |
| (verb) form scallops in | Synonyms: scollop |
| (verb) decorate an edge with scallops | - |
| (verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | Synonyms: escallop |
| shallow | (verb) become shallow | Synonyms: shoal |
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| (verb) make shallow | Synonyms: shoal |
| shillyshally | (verb) be uncertain and vague | - |
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| (verb) postpone doing what one should be doing | Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, stall |
| snowball | (verb) increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate | - |
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| (verb) throw snowballs at | - |
| squall | (verb) utter a sudden loud cry | Synonyms: call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, yell |
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| (verb) make high-pitched, whiney noises | Synonyms: waul, wawl |
| (verb) blow in a squall | - |
| stall | (verb) deliberately delay an event or action | - |
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| (verb) come to a stop | Synonyms: conk |
| (verb) cause an engine to stop | - |
| (verb) cause an airplane to go into a stall | - |
| (verb) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes | - |
| (verb) put into, or keep in, a stall | - |
| (verb) postpone doing what one should be doing | Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally |
| stonewall | (verb) engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate | - |
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| (verb) obstruct or hinder any discussion | - |
| swallow | (verb) believe or accept without questioning or challenge | - |
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| (verb) keep from expressing | - |
| (verb) tolerate or accommodate oneself to | Synonyms: accept, live with |
| (verb) take back what one has said | Synonyms: take back, unsay, withdraw |
| (verb) utter unclearly | - |
| (verb) engulf and destroy | - |
| (verb) pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking | Synonyms: get down |
| (verb) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | Synonyms: bury, eat up, immerse, swallow up |
| tally | (verb) determine the sum of | Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tot, tot up, total, tote up |
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| (verb) keep score, as in games | Synonyms: chalk up |
| (verb) gain points in a game | Synonyms: rack up, score |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match |
| unhallow | (verb) remove the consecration from a person or an object | Synonyms: deconsecrate, desecrate |
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| wall | (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence, fence in, palisade, surround |
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| wallop | (verb) defeat soundly and utterly | - |
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| (verb) strike hard | Synonyms: whack, wham, whop |
| wallow | (verb) delight greatly in | - |
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| (verb) devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure | - |
| (verb) be ecstatic with joy | Synonyms: rejoice, triumph |
| (verb) roll around | Synonyms: welter |
| (verb) rise up as if in waves | Synonyms: billow |
| wallpaper | (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: paper |
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