| article | (verb) bind by a contract; especially for a training period | - |
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| articulate | (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
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| (verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: enunciate, vocalise, vocalize |
| (verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: formulate, give voice, phrase, word |
| (verb) provide with a joint | Synonyms: joint |
| (verb) unite by forming a joint or joints | - |
| ascend | (verb) slope upwards | - |
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| (verb) travel up | Synonyms: go up |
| (verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: come up, rise, uprise |
| (verb) go along towards (a river's) source | - |
| (verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: move up, rise |
| (verb) appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils | Synonyms: climb up |
| (verb) become king or queen | - |
| (verb) go back in order of genealogical succession | - |
| ascertain | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) learn or discover with certainty | - |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
| (verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: determine, find, find out |
| ascribe | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: assign, attribute, impute |
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| associate | (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in |
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| (verb) bring or come into association or action | Synonyms: consociate |
| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, assort, consort |
| attach | (verb) become attached | - |
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| (verb) cause to be attached | - |
| (verb) be attached; be in contact with | - |
| (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: confiscate, impound, seize, sequester |
| (verb) create social or emotional ties | Synonyms: bind, bond, tie |
| attack | (verb) begin to injure | - |
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| (verb) set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task | - |
| (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, assault, lash out, round, snipe |
| (verb) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with | Synonyms: assail |
| (verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive | Synonyms: aggress |
| (verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assail, assault, set on |
| attract | (verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: draw, draw in, pull, pull in |
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| (verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away | - |
| (verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: appeal |
| auction | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction off, auctioneer |
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| auctioneer | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction, auction off |
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| auscultate | (verb) examine by auscultation | - |
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| auspicate | (verb) commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck | - |
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| (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
| authenticate | (verb) establish the authenticity of something | - |
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| autoclave | (verb) subject to the action of an autoclave | - |
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| avalanche | (verb) gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow | Synonyms: roll down |
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| avouch | (verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avow |
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| bach | (verb) lead a bachelor's existence | Synonyms: bachelor |
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| bachelor | (verb) lead a bachelor's existence | Synonyms: bach |
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| back | (verb) establish as valid or genuine | Synonyms: back up |
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| (verb) strengthen by providing with a back or backing | - |
| (verb) shift to a counterclockwise direction | - |
| (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: bet on, gage, game, punt, stake |
| (verb) travel backward | - |
| (verb) cause to travel backward | - |
| (verb) support financial backing for | - |
| (verb) be behind; approve of | Synonyms: endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
| (verb) give support or one's approval to | Synonyms: endorse, indorse, second |
| (verb) be in back of | - |
| backbite | (verb) say mean things | Synonyms: bitch |
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| backcross | (verb) mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents | - |
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| backdate | (verb) make effective from an earlier date | - |
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| backfire | (verb) set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire | - |
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| (verb) emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire | - |
| (verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backlash, recoil |
| background | (verb) understate the importance or quality of | Synonyms: downplay, play down |
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| backhand | (verb) hit a tennis ball backhand | - |
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| backlash | (verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backfire, recoil |
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| backlog | (verb) accumulate and create a backlog | - |
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| backpack | (verb) hike with a backpack | Synonyms: pack |
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| backpedal | (verb) modify one's opinion, make it less strong | - |
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| (verb) pedal backwards on a bicycle | - |
| (verb) step backwards, in boxing | - |
| backscatter | (verb) scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes | - |
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| backslap | (verb) display excessive cordiality (towards) | - |
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| backslide | (verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | Synonyms: lapse |
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| backspace | (verb) hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard | - |
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| backstitch | (verb) do backstitches | - |
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| backstop | (verb) act as a backstop | - |
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| backstroke | (verb) swim on one's back | - |
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| backtrack | (verb) retrace one's course | Synonyms: double back, turn back |
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| bacterise | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterize |
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| bacterize | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterise |
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| balance | (verb) hold or carry in equilibrium | Synonyms: poise |
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| (verb) compute credits and debits of an account | - |
| (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize |
| (verb) be in equilibrium | - |
| barbecue | (verb) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill | Synonyms: barbeque, cook out |
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| barrack | (verb) laugh at with contempt and derision | Synonyms: flout, gibe, jeer, scoff |
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| (verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
| (verb) lodge in barracks | - |
| barricade | (verb) block off with barricades | Synonyms: barricado |
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| (verb) prevent access to by barricading | - |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
| barricado | (verb) block off with barricades | Synonyms: barricade |
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| batch | (verb) batch together; assemble or process as a batch | - |
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| beach | (verb) land on a beach | - |
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| beacon | (verb) guide with a beacon | - |
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| (verb) shine like a beacon | - |
| becalm | (verb) make steady | Synonyms: calm, steady |
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| bechance | (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: befall, happen |
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| (verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: befall, betide |
| becharm | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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| (verb) control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft | Synonyms: charm |
| beckon | (verb) signal with the hands or nod | Synonyms: wave |
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| (verb) summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture | - |
| (verb) appear inviting | - |
| becloud | (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
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| become | (verb) enter or assume a certain state or condition | Synonyms: get, go |
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| (verb) come into existence | - |
| (verb) undergo a change or development | Synonyms: turn |
| (verb) enhance the appearance of | Synonyms: suit |
| bedeck | (verb) decorate | Synonyms: bedight, deck |
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| belch | (verb) expel gas from the stomach | Synonyms: bubble, burp, eruct |
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| (verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks | Synonyms: erupt, extravasate |
| bellyache | (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
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| bemock | (verb) treat with contempt | Synonyms: mock |
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| bench | (verb) To lift a weight using a bench press | - |
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| (verb) To exercise using a bench press | - |
| (verb) exhibit on a bench | - |
| (verb) take out of a game; of players | - |
| benefact | (verb) help as a benefactor | - |
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| benefice | (verb) endow with a benefice | - |
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| beneficiate | (verb) process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction | - |
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| benficiate | (verb) subject to a reduction process | - |
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| beseech | (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, bid, conjure, entreat, press |
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| besmirch | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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| (verb) smear so as to make dirty or stained | Synonyms: smirch |
| bespeckle | (verb) mark with small spots | Synonyms: speckle |
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| bewitch | (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind |
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| (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: enchant, glamour, hex, jinx, witch |
| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
| bicker | (verb) argue over petty things | Synonyms: brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabble |
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| bicycle | (verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: bike, cycle, pedal, wheel |
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| bifurcate | (verb) divide into two branches | - |
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| (verb) split or divide into two | - |
| birch | (verb) whip with a birch twig | - |
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| birdwatch | (verb) watch and study birds in their natural habitat | Synonyms: bird |
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| bisect | (verb) cut in half or cut in two | - |
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| bitch | (verb) say mean things | Synonyms: backbite |
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| (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
| bivouac | (verb) live in or as if in a tent | Synonyms: camp, camp out, encamp, tent |
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| black | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: blacken, melanise, melanize |
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| 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 |
| blackberry | (verb) pick or gather blackberries | - |
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| blacken | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, melanise, melanize |
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| (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: char, scorch, sear |
| blackguard | (verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: abuse, clapperclaw, shout |
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| (verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast |
| blackjack | (verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackmail, pressure |
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| blacklead | (verb) cover with graphite | - |
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| blackleg | (verb) take the place of work of someone on strike | Synonyms: fink, rat, scab |
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| blacklist | (verb) put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted | - |
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| blackmail | (verb) obtain through threats | - |
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| (verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackjack, pressure |
| blacktop | (verb) coat with blacktop | - |
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| blackwash | (verb) color with blackwash | - |
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| (verb) bring (information) out of concealment | - |
| blanch | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blench, pale |
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| (verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: parboil |
| bleach | (verb) make whiter or lighter | - |
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| (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
| blench | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blanch, pale |
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| block | (verb) shape into a block or blocks | - |
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| (verb) shape by using a block | - |
| (verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: freeze, immobilise, immobilize |
| (verb) be unable to remember | Synonyms: blank out, draw a blank, forget |
| (verb) interfere with or prevent the reception of signals | Synonyms: jam |
| (verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | Synonyms: deflect, parry |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
| (verb) obstruct | Synonyms: choke up, lug, stuff |
| (verb) stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block | - |
| (verb) support, secure, or raise with a block | - |
| (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
| (verb) shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight | Synonyms: obstruct |
| (verb) interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia | - |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| (verb) stop from happening or developing | Synonyms: halt, kibosh, stop |
| (verb) run on a block system | - |
| blockade | (verb) impose a blockade on | Synonyms: seal off |
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| (verb) obstruct access to | Synonyms: block off |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, stop |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| blotch | (verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | Synonyms: mottle, streak |
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| boldface | (verb) print in boldface | - |
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| bollocks | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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| bootlick | (verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering | Synonyms: fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle |
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| botch | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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| bottleneck | (verb) become narrow, like a bottleneck | - |
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| (verb) slow down or impede by creating an obstruction | - |
| bounce | (verb) eject from the premises | - |
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| (verb) hit something so that it bounces | - |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) leap suddenly | - |
| (verb) move up and down repeatedly | Synonyms: jounce |
| (verb) come back after being refused | - |
| (verb) refuse to accept and send back | - |
| boycott | (verb) refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with | - |
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