autoclave | (verb) subject to the action of an autoclave | - |
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avenge | (verb) take revenge for a perceived wrong | Synonyms: retaliate, revenge |
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aver | (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, avow, swan, swear, verify |
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(verb) report or maintain | Synonyms: allege, say |
average | (verb) compute the average of | Synonyms: average out |
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(verb) achieve or reach on average | - |
(verb) amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain | Synonyms: average out |
avert | (verb) turn away or aside | Synonyms: turn away |
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(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
beaver | (verb) work hard on something | Synonyms: beaver away |
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behave | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do |
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(verb) behave well or properly | Synonyms: comport |
bereave | (verb) deprive through death | - |
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brave | (verb) face and withstand with courage | Synonyms: brave out, endure, weather |
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cave | (verb) explore natural caves | Synonyms: spelunk |
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(verb) hollow out as if making a cave or opening | Synonyms: undermine |
cavern | (verb) hollow out as if making a cavern | Synonyms: cavern out |
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claver | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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cleave | (verb) separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument | Synonyms: rive, split |
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(verb) make by cutting into | - |
(verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: adhere, cling, cohere, stick |
contravene | (verb) deny the truth of | Synonyms: contradict, negate |
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(verb) go against, as of rules and laws | Synonyms: conflict, infringe, run afoul |
crave | (verb) plead or ask for earnestly | - |
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(verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: hunger, lust, starve, thirst |
deprave | (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
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eavesdrop | (verb) listen without the speaker's knowledge | Synonyms: listen in |
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engrave | (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: grave, inscribe, scratch |
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(verb) carve or cut a design or letters into | Synonyms: etch |
(verb) carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block | Synonyms: etch |
(verb) impress or affect deeply | - |
enslave | (verb) make a slave of; bring into servitude | - |
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grave | (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: engrave, inscribe, scratch |
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(verb) shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it | Synonyms: sculpt, sculpture |
gravel | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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(verb) cover with gravel | - |
(verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
have | (verb) cause to be born | Synonyms: bear, birth, deliver, give birth |
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(verb) suffer from; be ill with | - |
(verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: get, suffer, sustain |
(verb) cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition | Synonyms: get, let |
(verb) undergo | Synonyms: experience |
(verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | Synonyms: cause, get, induce, make, stimulate |
(verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, ingest, take, take in |
(verb) have sex with; archaic use | Synonyms: take |
(verb) organize or be responsible for | Synonyms: give, hold, make, throw |
(verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | Synonyms: experience, get, receive |
(verb) have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense | Synonyms: have got, hold |
(verb) achieve a point or goal | Synonyms: get, make |
(verb) get something; come into possession of | Synonyms: receive |
(verb) have ownership or possession of | Synonyms: own, possess |
(verb) receive willingly something given or offered | Synonyms: accept, take |
(verb) have a personal or business relationship with someone | - |
(verb) have as a feature | Synonyms: feature |
(verb) be confronted with | - |
heave | (verb) make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | Synonyms: gag, retch |
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(verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: gasp, pant, puff |
(verb) bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat | Synonyms: buckle, warp |
(verb) utter a sound, as with obvious effort | - |
(verb) lift or elevate | Synonyms: heave up, heft, heft up |
(verb) throw with great effort | - |
(verb) rise and move, as in waves or billows | Synonyms: billow, surge |
(verb) move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position | - |
interleave | (verb) intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations | - |
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(verb) intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data | - |
(verb) provide (books) with blank leaves | - |
interweave | (verb) interlace by or as if by weaving | Synonyms: weave |
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inweave | (verb) weave together into a fabric or design | - |
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lave | (verb) cleanse (one's body) with soap and water | Synonyms: wash |
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(verb) wash one's face and hands | Synonyms: wash up |
(verb) wash or flow against | Synonyms: lap, wash |
leave | (verb) leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking | Synonyms: leave alone, leave behind, let alone |
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(verb) be survived by after one's death | Synonyms: leave behind |
(verb) leave behind unintentionally | Synonyms: forget |
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness | - |
(verb) move out of or depart from | Synonyms: exit, get out, go out |
(verb) go away from a place | Synonyms: go away, go forth |
(verb) leave or give by will after one's death | Synonyms: bequeath, will |
(verb) transmit (knowledge or skills) | Synonyms: give, impart, pass on |
(verb) put into the care or protection of someone | Synonyms: entrust |
(verb) remove oneself from an association with or participation in | Synonyms: depart, pull up stakes |
(verb) produce as a result or residue | Synonyms: lead, result |
(verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain | Synonyms: allow, allow for, provide |
(verb) act or be so as to become in a specified state | - |
(verb) have left or have as a remainder | - |
leaven | (verb) cause to puff up with a leaven | Synonyms: prove, raise |
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microwave | (verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven | Synonyms: micro-cook, nuke, zap |
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misbehave | (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misconduct, misdemean |
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outbrave | (verb) be braver than | - |
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(verb) resist bravely | - |
palaver | (verb) have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds | - |
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(verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle |
(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
pave | (verb) cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic | - |
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quaver | (verb) sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below | Synonyms: trill, warble |
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(verb) give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency | Synonyms: waver |
rave | (verb) praise enthusiastically | Synonyms: gush |
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(verb) talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner | Synonyms: jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rant, spout |
(verb) participate in an all-night techno dance party | - |
ravel | (verb) tangle or complicate | Synonyms: knot, tangle |
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(verb) disentangle | Synonyms: ravel out, unravel |
raven | (verb) eat greedily | Synonyms: devour, guttle, pig |
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(verb) feed greedily | - |
(verb) prey on or hunt for | Synonyms: predate, prey |
(verb) obtain or seize by violence | - |
reave | (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rifle, strip |
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save | (verb) make unnecessary an expenditure or effort | Synonyms: make unnecessary |
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(verb) record data on a computer | Synonyms: write |
(verb) to keep up and reserve for personal or special use | Synonyms: preserve |
(verb) accumulate money for future use | Synonyms: lay aside, save up |
(verb) spend less; buy at a reduced price | - |
(verb) retain rights to | Synonyms: hold open, keep, keep open |
(verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economise, economize |
(verb) bring into safety | Synonyms: bring through, carry through, pull through |
(verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm | Synonyms: relieve, salvage, salve |
(verb) save from sins | Synonyms: deliver, redeem |
(verb) refrain from harming | Synonyms: spare |
scavenge | (verb) remove unwanted substances from | Synonyms: clean |
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(verb) feed on carrion or refuse | - |
(verb) clean refuse from | - |
(verb) collect discarded material | Synonyms: salvage |
shave | (verb) remove body hair with a razor | - |
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(verb) touch the surface of lightly | - |
(verb) cut closely | Synonyms: trim |
(verb) cut or remove with or as if with a plane | Synonyms: plane |
(verb) make shavings of or reduce to shavings | - |
(verb) cut the price of | Synonyms: knock off |
slave | (verb) work very hard, like a slave | Synonyms: break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down |
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slaver | (verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: dribble, drivel, drool, slabber, slobber |
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stave | (verb) burst or force (a hole) into something | Synonyms: stave in |
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(verb) furnish with staves | - |
travel | (verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically | Synonyms: go, locomote, move |
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(verb) make a trip for pleasure | Synonyms: jaunt, trip |
(verb) travel upon or across | Synonyms: journey |
(verb) undergo transportation as in a vehicle | - |
(verb) undertake a journey or trip | Synonyms: journey |
(verb) travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge | Synonyms: move around |
traverse | (verb) deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit | Synonyms: deny |
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(verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track |
(verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: cross, span, sweep |
travesty | (verb) make a travesty of | - |
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unravel | (verb) become undone | Synonyms: run |
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(verb) become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of | Synonyms: unknot, unpick, unscramble, untangle |
(verb) disentangle | Synonyms: ravel, ravel out |
unweave | (verb) undo strands that have been woven together | - |
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upheave | (verb) lift forcefully from beneath | - |
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wave | (verb) set waves in | - |
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(verb) signal with the hands or nod | Synonyms: beckon |
(verb) move or swing back and forth | Synonyms: brandish, flourish |
(verb) twist or roll into coils or ringlets | Synonyms: curl |
(verb) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | Synonyms: flap, roll, undulate |
waver | (verb) give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency | Synonyms: quaver |
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(verb) sway from side to side | Synonyms: weave |
(verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern | Synonyms: fluctuate, vacillate |
(verb) move back and forth very rapidly | Synonyms: flicker, flitter, flutter, quiver |
(verb) move hesitatingly, as if about to give way | Synonyms: falter |
(verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | Synonyms: hesitate, waffle |
(verb) be unsure or weak | Synonyms: falter |
weave | (verb) interlace by or as if by weaving | Synonyms: interweave |
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(verb) create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton | Synonyms: tissue |
(verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, wind |
(verb) sway from side to side | Synonyms: waver |