handicap | (verb) injure permanently | Synonyms: disable, incapacitate, invalid |
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(verb) put at a disadvantage | Synonyms: hamper, hinder |
(verb) attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant | - |
hap | (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place |
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happen | (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, occur, pass, pass off, take place |
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(verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: materialise, materialize |
(verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: bechance, befall |
(verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, chance, encounter, find |
(verb) chance to be or do something, without intention or causation | - |
heap | (verb) fill to overflow | - |
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(verb) arrange in stacks | Synonyms: pile, stack |
(verb) bestow in large quantities | - |
hectograph | (verb) copy on a duplicator | - |
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heliograph | (verb) signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays | - |
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incapacitate | (verb) injure permanently | Synonyms: disable, handicap, invalid |
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(verb) make unable to perform a certain action | Synonyms: disable, disenable |
japan | (verb) coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan | - |
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juxtapose | (verb) place side by side | - |
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kidnap | (verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | Synonyms: abduct, nobble, snatch |
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knap | (verb) strike sharply | Synonyms: rap |
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(verb) break a small piece off from | Synonyms: break off, chip, cut off |
kneecap | (verb) shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning | - |
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landscape | (verb) do landscape gardening | - |
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(verb) embellish with plants | - |
lap | (verb) wash or flow against | Synonyms: lave, wash |
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(verb) take up with the tongue | Synonyms: lap up, lick |
(verb) pass the tongue over | Synonyms: lick |
(verb) move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound | Synonyms: swish, swoosh, swosh |
(verb) lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another | - |
lapidate | (verb) kill by throwing stones at | Synonyms: stone |
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(verb) throw stones at | - |
lapidify | (verb) change into stone | Synonyms: petrify |
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lapse | (verb) go back to bad behavior | Synonyms: fall back, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress |
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(verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | Synonyms: backslide |
(verb) end, at least for a long time | - |
(verb) for time to move forward | Synonyms: elapse, glide by, go along, go by, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by |
(verb) pass into a specified state or condition; sink into | Synonyms: pass, sink |
(verb) let slip | - |
leap | (verb) pass abruptly from one state or topic to another | Synonyms: jump |
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(verb) move forward by leaps and bounds | Synonyms: bound, jump, spring |
(verb) cause to jump or leap | Synonyms: jump |
(verb) jump down from an elevated point | Synonyms: jump, jump off |
leapfrog | (verb) progress by large jumps instead of small increments | - |
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(verb) to vault | - |
lithograph | (verb) make by lithography | - |
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map | (verb) to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) | Synonyms: represent |
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(verb) explore or survey for the purpose of making a map | - |
(verb) make a map of; show or establish the features of details of | - |
(verb) depict as if on a map | - |
(verb) plan, delineate, or arrange in detail | Synonyms: map out |
(verb) locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences | - |
mapquest | (verb) search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program | - |
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mimeograph | (verb) print copies from (a prepared stencil) using a mimeograph | Synonyms: mimeo |
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misapply | (verb) apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly | Synonyms: misuse |
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misapprehend | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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misappropriate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, malversate, peculate |
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nap | (verb) take a siesta | Synonyms: catch a wink, catnap |
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overcapitalise | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
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(verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
(verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
overcapitalize | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
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(verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
(verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
overlap | (verb) extend over and cover a part of | - |
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(verb) coincide partially or wholly | - |
overleap | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, pretermit |
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(verb) jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | Synonyms: vault |
(verb) defeat (oneself) by going too far | - |
paper | (verb) cover with paper | - |
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(verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: wallpaper |
paragraph | (verb) write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher | - |
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(verb) write about in a paragraph | - |
(verb) divide into paragraphs, as of text | - |
paraphrase | (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: rephrase, reword |
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pervaporate | (verb) cause (a liquid) to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane | - |
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(verb) evaporate through a semipermeable membrane | - |
photograph | (verb) record on photographic film | Synonyms: shoot, snap |
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(verb) undergo being photographed in a certain way | - |
prolapse | (verb) slip or fall out of place, as of body parts | - |
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rap | (verb) talk volubly | - |
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(verb) strike sharply | Synonyms: knap |
(verb) perform rap music | - |
(verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface | Synonyms: knock, pink, tap |
rape | (verb) destroy and strip of its possession | Synonyms: despoil, plunder, spoil, violate |
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(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, ravish, violate |
rappel | (verb) descend by means of a rappel | Synonyms: abseil, rope down |
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readapt | (verb) adapt anew | - |
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(verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readjust |
reap | (verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: glean, harvest |
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(verb) get or derive | Synonyms: draw |
reappear | (verb) appear again | Synonyms: re-emerge |
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reapportion | (verb) allocate, distribute, or apportion anew | Synonyms: reallocate |
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reappraise | (verb) appraise anew | - |
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recap | (verb) summarize briefly | Synonyms: recapitulate |
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recapitulate | (verb) summarize briefly | Synonyms: recap |
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(verb) repeat an earlier theme of a composition | Synonyms: repeat, reprise, reprize |
(verb) repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life | - |
recapture | (verb) capture again | Synonyms: retake |
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(verb) take up anew | - |
(verb) experience anew | - |
(verb) take back by force, as after a battle | Synonyms: retake |
relapse | (verb) go back to bad behavior | Synonyms: fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress |
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(verb) deteriorate in health | Synonyms: get worse |
reshape | (verb) shape anew or differently | - |
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(verb) shape again or shape differently | Synonyms: remold |
rhapsodise | (verb) say (something) with great enthusiasm | Synonyms: rhapsodize |
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(verb) recite a rhapsody | Synonyms: rhapsodize |
rhapsodize | (verb) say (something) with great enthusiasm | Synonyms: rhapsodise |
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(verb) recite a rhapsody | Synonyms: rhapsodise |
sandpaper | (verb) rub with sandpaper | Synonyms: sand |
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sap | (verb) excavate the earth beneath | - |
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(verb) deplete | Synonyms: exhaust, play out, run down, tire |
saponify | (verb) convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali | - |
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(verb) become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali | - |
scrap | (verb) make into scrap or refuse | - |
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(verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel |
(verb) dispose of (something useless or old) | Synonyms: junk, trash |
scrape | (verb) scratch repeatedly | Synonyms: grate |
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(verb) bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of | Synonyms: skin |
(verb) cut the surface of; wear away the surface of | Synonyms: scratch, scratch up |
(verb) gather (money or other resources) together over time | Synonyms: come up, scrape up, scratch |
(verb) make by scraping | - |
(verb) bend the knees and bow in a servile manner | Synonyms: genuflect, kowtow |
seaplane | (verb) glide on the water in a hydroplane | Synonyms: hydroplane |
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sellotape | (verb) fasten or attach with sellotape | Synonyms: scotch tape |
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semaphore | (verb) convey by semaphore, of information | - |
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(verb) send signals by or as if by semaphore | - |
shape | (verb) give shape or form to | Synonyms: form |
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(verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: determine, influence, mold, mould, regulate |
(verb) make something, usually for a specific function | Synonyms: forge, form, mold, mould, work |
shrinkwrap | (verb) wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling | - |
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slap | (verb) hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand | - |
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(verb) to play music at loud volume | Synonyms: bump |
snap | (verb) break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension | Synonyms: crack |
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(verb) close with a snapping motion | - |
(verb) utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone | Synonyms: snarl |
(verb) record on photographic film | Synonyms: photograph, shoot |
(verb) to grasp hastily or eagerly | Synonyms: snatch, snatch up |
(verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: bust, rupture, tear |
(verb) cause to make a snapping sound | Synonyms: click, flick |
(verb) put in play with a snap | - |
(verb) bring the jaws together | - |
(verb) lose control of one's emotions | Synonyms: break down, lose it |
(verb) move or strike with a noise | Synonyms: click |
(verb) move with a snapping sound | - |
(verb) make a sharp sound | Synonyms: crack |
snapchat | (verb) To have a conversation on Snapchat | - |
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soap | (verb) rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning | Synonyms: lather |
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staple | (verb) secure or fasten with a staple or staples | - |
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stenograph | (verb) write in shorthand | - |
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strap | (verb) secure (a sprained joint) with a strap | - |
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(verb) sharpen with a strap | - |
(verb) tie with a strap | - |
(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, trounce, welt, whip |
swap | (verb) move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science | - |
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(verb) exchange or give (something) in exchange for | Synonyms: switch, swop, trade |
tap | (verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently | Synonyms: beg, solicit |
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(verb) draw from; make good use of | Synonyms: exploit |
(verb) strike lightly | Synonyms: tip |
(verb) cut a female screw thread with a tap | - |
(verb) pierce in order to draw a liquid from | - |
(verb) walk with a tapping sound | - |
(verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes | Synonyms: tapdance |
(verb) draw (liquor) from a tap | - |
(verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: bug, intercept, wiretap |
(verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface | Synonyms: knock, pink, rap |
(verb) draw from or dip into to get something | - |
(verb) furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it | - |
tapdance | (verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes | Synonyms: tap |
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tape | (verb) register electronically | Synonyms: record |
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(verb) record on videotape | Synonyms: videotape |
(verb) fasten or attach with tape | - |
taper | (verb) give a point to | Synonyms: point, sharpen |
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(verb) diminish gradually | - |
telegraph | (verb) send cables, wires, or telegrams | Synonyms: cable, wire |
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trap | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel |
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(verb) hold or catch as if in a trap | - |
(verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilise, immobilize, pin |
(verb) to sell marijuana on a street corner | - |
(verb) place in a confining or embarrassing position | Synonyms: pin down |
undrape | (verb) strip something of drapery | - |
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unstaple | (verb) take the staples off | - |
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unstrap | (verb) remove the strap or straps from | - |
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unwrap | (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover |
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(verb) remove the outer cover or wrapping of | Synonyms: undo |
vape | (verb) to use an electronic cigarette | - |
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vaporise | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: aerify, gasify, vaporize |
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(verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | Synonyms: evaporate, vaporize |
(verb) change into a vapor | Synonyms: evaporate |
(verb) cause to change into a vapor | Synonyms: evaporate |
vaporize | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: aerify, gasify, vaporise |
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(verb) lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue | Synonyms: evaporate, vaporise |
(verb) decrease rapidly and disappear | Synonyms: fly, vanish |
(verb) kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting | Synonyms: zap |
videotape | (verb) record on videotape | Synonyms: tape |
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wallpaper | (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: paper |
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weaponize | (verb) make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon | - |
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whap | (verb) hit hard | Synonyms: bash, bonk, bop, sock, whop |
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wiretap | (verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: bug, intercept, tap |
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wrap | (verb) arrange or fold as a cover or protection | Synonyms: wrap up |
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(verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap |
(verb) arrange or coil around | Synonyms: roll, twine, wind |
(verb) crash into so as to coil around | - |
yap | (verb) bark in a high-pitched tone | Synonyms: yelp, yip |
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zap | (verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven | Synonyms: micro-cook, microwave, nuke |
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(verb) strike at with firepower or bombs | Synonyms: atomise, atomize, nuke |
(verb) kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting | Synonyms: vaporize |
(verb) strike suddenly and with force | - |