| ameliorate | (verb) get better | Synonyms: better, improve, meliorate |
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| (verb) to make better | Synonyms: amend, better, improve, meliorate |
| amend | (verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate |
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| (verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: rectify, remediate, remedy, repair |
| (verb) make amendments to | - |
| amerce | (verb) punish with an arbitrary penalty | - |
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| (verb) punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court | - |
| blame | (verb) attribute responsibility to | Synonyms: charge |
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| (verb) put or pin the blame on | Synonyms: fault |
| (verb) harass with constant criticism | Synonyms: find fault, pick |
| caramelise | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
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| (verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
| caramelize | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
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| (verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
| defame | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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| enamel | (verb) coat, inlay, or surface with enamel | - |
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| flame | (verb) criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium | - |
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| (verb) be in flames or aflame | - |
| (verb) shine with a sudden light | Synonyms: flare |
| frame | (verb) make up plans or basic details for | Synonyms: compose, draw up |
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| (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, couch, put, redact |
| (verb) enclose in or as if in a frame | Synonyms: border, frame in |
| (verb) construct by fitting or uniting parts together | Synonyms: frame up |
| (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, set up |
| (verb) enclose in a frame, as of a picture | - |
| game | (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, punt, stake |
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| inflame | (verb) become inflamed; get sore | - |
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| (verb) cause inflammation in | - |
| (verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions | Synonyms: fire up, heat, ignite, stir up, wake |
| (verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: conflagrate, enkindle, kindle |
| (verb) catch fire | Synonyms: kindle |
| lame | (verb) deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg | Synonyms: cripple |
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| lament | (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, deplore |
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| (verb) express grief verbally | Synonyms: keen |
| macrame | (verb) make knotted patterns | - |
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| misname | (verb) assign in incorrect name to | Synonyms: miscall |
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| name | (verb) determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis | Synonyms: diagnose |
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| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out |
| (verb) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property | Synonyms: identify |
| (verb) assign a specified (usually proper) name to | Synonyms: be known as, call, know as |
| (verb) make reference to | Synonyms: advert, bring up, cite, mention, refer |
| (verb) mention and identify by name | - |
| (verb) give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of | Synonyms: list |
| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, constitute, nominate |
| (verb) charge with a function; charge to be | Synonyms: make, nominate |
| namedrop | (verb) refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them | - |
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| nickname | (verb) give a nickname to | Synonyms: dub |
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| ornament | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace |
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| (verb) be an ornament to | - |
| rename | (verb) assign a new name to | - |
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| (verb) name again or anew | - |
| shame | (verb) surpass or beat by a wide margin | - |
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| (verb) cause to be ashamed | - |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour |
| (verb) compel through a sense of shame | - |
| steamer | (verb) travel by means of steam power | Synonyms: steam |
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| tame | (verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: chasten, subdue |
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| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize |
| (verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: domesticate |
| (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim |
| (verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: moderate, tone down |