| shear | (verb) become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain | - |
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| (verb) cut with shears | - |
| (verb) cut or cut through with shears | - |
| (verb) shear the wool from | Synonyms: fleece |
| singularise | (verb) distinguish as singular | Synonyms: singularize |
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| singularize | (verb) distinguish as singular | Synonyms: singularise |
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| skateboard | (verb) ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom | - |
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| skylark | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, sport |
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| smart | (verb) be the source of pain | Synonyms: ache, hurt |
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| smear | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smirch, sully |
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| (verb) make a smudge on; soil by smudging | Synonyms: blur, smudge, smutch |
| (verb) stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance | - |
| (verb) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | Synonyms: daub |
| snare | (verb) entice and trap | Synonyms: hook |
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| (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, trammel, trap |
| snarf | (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, sneak, swipe |
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| snarl | (verb) make more complicated or confused through entanglements | Synonyms: embrangle, snarl up |
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| (verb) utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone | Synonyms: snap |
| (verb) make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise | - |
| (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: entangle, mat, tangle |
| snowboard | (verb) glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board | - |
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| soar | (verb) go or move upward | - |
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| (verb) fly upwards or high in the sky | - |
| (verb) rise rapidly | Synonyms: soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom |
| (verb) fly a plane without an engine | Synonyms: sailplane |
| (verb) fly by means of a hang glider | Synonyms: hang glide |
| solarise | (verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | Synonyms: insolate, solarize, sun |
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| (verb) overexpose to sunlight | Synonyms: solarize |
| (verb) become overexposed | Synonyms: solarize |
| (verb) reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it | Synonyms: solarize |
| solarize | (verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | Synonyms: insolate, solarise, sun |
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| (verb) overexpose to sunlight | Synonyms: solarise |
| (verb) become overexposed | Synonyms: solarise |
| (verb) reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it | Synonyms: solarise |
| spar | (verb) fight verbally | - |
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| (verb) box lightly | - |
| (verb) fight with spurs | - |
| (verb) furnish with spars | - |
| spare | (verb) use frugally or carefully | - |
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| (verb) give up what is not strictly needed | Synonyms: dispense with, give up, part with |
| (verb) refrain from harming | Synonyms: save |
| (verb) save or relieve from an experience or action | - |
| sparge | (verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly | Synonyms: besprinkle, sprinkle |
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| (verb) agitate by introducing air or compressed gas | - |
| spark | (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: activate, actuate, set off, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
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| (verb) emit or produce sparks | Synonyms: sparkle |
| sparkle | (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth |
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| (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate |
| (verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate |
| (verb) emit or produce sparks | Synonyms: spark |
| spear | (verb) pierce with a spear | - |
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| (verb) thrust up like a spear | Synonyms: spear up |
| spearhead | (verb) be the leader of | - |
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| square | (verb) make square | Synonyms: square up |
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| (verb) raise to the second power | - |
| (verb) turn the oar, while rowing | Synonyms: feather |
| (verb) turn the paddle; in canoeing | Synonyms: feather |
| (verb) position so as to be square | - |
| (verb) pay someone and settle a debt | - |
| (verb) be compatible with | - |
| (verb) cause to match, as of ideas or acts | - |
| standardise | (verb) cause to conform to standard or norm | Synonyms: standardize |
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| (verb) evaluate by comparing with a standard | Synonyms: standardize |
| standardize | (verb) cause to conform to standard or norm | Synonyms: standardise |
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| (verb) evaluate by comparing with a standard | Synonyms: standardise |
| star | (verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: asterisk |
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| (verb) be the star in a performance | - |
| (verb) feature as the star | - |
| starboard | (verb) turn to the right, of helms or rudders | - |
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| starch | (verb) stiffen with starch | - |
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| stare | (verb) fixate one's eyes | - |
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| (verb) look at with fixed eyes | Synonyms: gaze |
| stargaze | (verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: daydream, dream, woolgather |
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| (verb) observe the stars | - |
| start | (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start out |
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| (verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: begin, commence, lead off |
| (verb) play in the starting lineup | - |
| (verb) bring into being | Synonyms: initiate, originate |
| (verb) get off the ground | Synonyms: commence, embark on, start up |
| (verb) begin or set in motion | Synonyms: get going, go |
| (verb) get going or set in motion | Synonyms: start up |
| (verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start out, take off |
| (verb) bulge outward | Synonyms: bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude |
| (verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: jump, startle |
| (verb) begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job | Synonyms: take up |
| (verb) begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | Synonyms: begin |
| (verb) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | Synonyms: begin |
| (verb) have a beginning characterized in some specified way | Synonyms: begin |
| startle | (verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanise, galvanize |
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| (verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: jump, start |
| starve | (verb) be hungry; go without food | Synonyms: famish, hunger |
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| (verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: crave, hunger, lust, thirst |
| (verb) die of food deprivation | Synonyms: famish |
| (verb) deprive of food | Synonyms: famish |
| (verb) deprive of a necessity and cause suffering | - |
| submarine | (verb) attack by submarine | - |
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| (verb) bring down with a blow to the legs | - |
| (verb) throw with an underhand motion | - |
| (verb) control a submarine | - |
| (verb) move forward or under in a sliding motion | - |
| sugar | (verb) sweeten with sugar | Synonyms: saccharify |
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| sugarcoat | (verb) cause to appear more pleasant or appealing | - |
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| (verb) coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze | Synonyms: candy, glaze |
| summarise | (verb) give a summary (of) | Synonyms: resume, sum up, summarize |
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| (verb) be a summary of | Synonyms: sum, sum up, summarize |
| summarize | (verb) give a summary (of) | Synonyms: resume, sum up, summarise |
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| (verb) be a summary of | Synonyms: sum, sum up, summarise |
| supercharge | (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, pressurize |
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| (verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: advance, boost |
| surcharge | (verb) show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given | - |
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| (verb) fill to an excessive degree | - |
| (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overcharge, overload |
| (verb) print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote | - |
| (verb) fill to capacity with people | - |
| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak |
| (verb) charge an extra fee, as for a special service | - |
| surfboard | (verb) ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard | Synonyms: surf |
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| swarm | (verb) move in large numbers | Synonyms: pour, pullulate, stream, teem |
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| (verb) be teeming, be abuzz | Synonyms: pullulate, teem |
| swear | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely |
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| (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depone, depose |
| (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss, imprecate |
| (verb) promise solemnly; take an oath | - |
| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, verify |
| tabularise | (verb) arrange or enter in tabular form | Synonyms: table, tabularize, tabulate |
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| tabularize | (verb) arrange or enter in tabular form | Synonyms: table, tabularise, tabulate |
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| tar | (verb) coat with tar | - |
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| target | (verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | Synonyms: aim, direct, place, point |
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| tariff | (verb) charge a tariff | - |
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| tarmac | (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadam, macadamise, macadamize |
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| tarnish | (verb) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | Synonyms: defile, maculate, stain, sully |
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| tarry | (verb) leave slowly and hesitantly | Synonyms: linger |
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| (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around |
| tear | (verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: bust, rupture, snap |
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| (verb) to separate or be separated by force | - |
| (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull |
| (verb) move quickly and violently | Synonyms: buck, charge, shoot, shoot down |
| (verb) fill with tears or shed tears | - |
| teargas | (verb) attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes | - |
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| thwart | (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil |
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| trademark | (verb) register the trademark of | - |
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| (verb) mark with a brand or trademark | Synonyms: brand, brandmark |
| unarm | (verb) take away the weapons from; render harmless | Synonyms: disarm |
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| unbar | (verb) remove a bar from (a door) | - |
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| undercharge | (verb) charge (someone) too little money | - |
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| unearth | (verb) recover through digging | Synonyms: excavate |
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| (verb) discover by investigation | - |
| unharness | (verb) remove the harness from | - |
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| unlearn | (verb) discard something previously learnt, like an old habit | - |
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| (verb) try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge | - |
| unsnarl | (verb) extricate from entanglement | Synonyms: disentangle, straighten out |
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| variegate | (verb) make something more diverse and varied | Synonyms: motley, vary |
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| (verb) change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors | - |
| varnish | (verb) cover with varnish | Synonyms: seal |
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| vary | (verb) become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence | Synonyms: alter, change |
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| (verb) make something more diverse and varied | Synonyms: motley, variegate |
| (verb) be at variance with; be out of line with | Synonyms: depart, deviate, diverge |
| (verb) be subject to change in accordance with a variable | - |
| vascularise | (verb) make vascular | Synonyms: vascularize |
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| (verb) become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids | Synonyms: vascularize |
| vascularize | (verb) make vascular | Synonyms: vascularise |
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| (verb) become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids | Synonyms: vascularise |
| vulgarise | (verb) act in a vulgar manner | Synonyms: vulgarize |
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| (verb) debase and make vulgar | Synonyms: vulgarize |
| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarize |
| vulgarize | (verb) act in a vulgar manner | Synonyms: vulgarise |
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| (verb) debase and make vulgar | Synonyms: vulgarise |
| (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise |
| war | (verb) make or wage war | - |
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| warble | (verb) sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below | Synonyms: quaver, trill |
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| (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: descant, yodel |
| ward | (verb) watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect | Synonyms: guard |
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| ware | (verb) spend extravagantly | Synonyms: consume, squander, waste |
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| warehouse | (verb) store in a warehouse | - |
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| warm | (verb) get warm or warmer | Synonyms: warm up |
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| (verb) make warm or warmer | - |
| warn | (verb) notify of danger, potential harm, or risk | - |
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| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, discourage, monish |
| (verb) notify, usually in advance | - |
| (verb) ask to go away | - |
| warp | (verb) bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat | Synonyms: buckle, heave |
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| (verb) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story | Synonyms: distort, falsify, garble |
| warrant | (verb) provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action) | - |
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| (verb) stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of | Synonyms: guarantee |
| wear | (verb) be dressed in | Synonyms: have on |
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| (verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: assume, don, get into, put on |
| (verb) have or show an appearance of | - |
| (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
| (verb) have on one's person | Synonyms: bear |
| (verb) deteriorate through use or stress | Synonyms: wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin |
| (verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, bust, fall apart, wear out |
| (verb) last and be usable | Synonyms: endure, hold out |
| (verb) have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality | - |
| weary | (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon |
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| (verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | Synonyms: fatigue, jade, pall, tire |
| wharf | (verb) moor at a wharf | - |
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| (verb) discharge at a wharf | - |
| (verb) come into or dock at a wharf | Synonyms: berth, moor |
| (verb) store on a wharf | - |
| (verb) provide with a wharf | - |
| wheelbarrow | (verb) transport in a wheelbarrow | - |
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| yarn | (verb) tell or spin a yarn | - |
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| yearn | (verb) desire strongly or persistently | Synonyms: hanker, long |
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| (verb) have a desire for something or someone who is not present | Synonyms: ache, languish, pine, yen |
| (verb) have affection for; feel tenderness for | - |