| cook | (verb) transform and make suitable for consumption by heating | - |
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| (verb) transform by heating | - |
| (verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: fix, make, prepare, ready |
| (verb) prepare a hot meal | - |
| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle |
| cool | (verb) loose heat | Synonyms: chill, cool down |
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| (verb) make cool or cooler | Synonyms: chill, cool down |
| (verb) lose intensity | Synonyms: cool down, cool off |
| cooper | (verb) make barrels and casks | - |
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| cooperate | (verb) work together on a common enterprise or project | Synonyms: collaborate, join forces |
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| coordinate | (verb) bring order and organization to | Synonyms: organise, organize |
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| (verb) bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation | Synonyms: align, ordinate |
| (verb) bring into common action, movement, or condition | - |
| (verb) be co-ordinated | - |
| cop | (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, nab, nail, pick up |
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| (verb) take by theft | Synonyms: glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve |
| cope | (verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage |
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| copolymerise | (verb) polymerize together | Synonyms: copolymerize |
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| copolymerize | (verb) polymerize together | Synonyms: copolymerise |
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| copper | (verb) coat with a layer of copper | - |
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| copulate | (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: couple, mate, pair |
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| copy | (verb) reproduce someone's behavior or looks | Synonyms: imitate, simulate |
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| (verb) make a replica of | Synonyms: re-create, recreate |
| (verb) reproduce or make an exact copy of | Synonyms: replicate |
| (verb) copy down as is | - |
| copyedit | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyread, subedit |
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| copyread | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyedit, subedit |
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| copyright | (verb) secure a copyright on a written work | - |
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| coquet | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
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| coquette | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
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| corbel | (verb) furnish with a corbel | - |
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| cord | (verb) stack in cords | - |
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| (verb) bind or tie with a cord | - |
| corduroy | (verb) build (a road) from logs laid side by side | - |
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| core | (verb) remove the core or center from | - |
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| cork | (verb) stuff with cork | - |
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| (verb) close a bottle with a cork | Synonyms: cork up |
| corkscrew | (verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course | Synonyms: spiral |
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| corn | (verb) preserve with large-grained rock salt | - |
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| (verb) feed (cattle) with corn | - |
| corner | (verb) turn a corner | - |
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| (verb) force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | Synonyms: tree |
| (verb) gain control over | - |
| cornice | (verb) furnish with a cornice | - |
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| coronate | (verb) invest with regal power; enthrone | Synonyms: crown |
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| corrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrade, abrase, rub down, rub off |
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| corral | (verb) enclose in a corral | - |
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| (verb) arrange wagons so that they form a corral | - |
| (verb) gather and secure | - |
| correct | (verb) treat a defect | - |
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| (verb) make right or correct | Synonyms: rectify, right |
| (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: adjust, set |
| (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate |
| (verb) fall in value | Synonyms: decline, slump |
| (verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | Synonyms: discipline, sort out |
| (verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: compensate, redress, right |
| (verb) adjust for | Synonyms: compensate, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up |
| correlate | (verb) bring into a mutual, complementary, or reciprocal relation | - |
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| (verb) to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation | - |
| correspond | (verb) exchange messages | - |
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| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
| (verb) take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to | Synonyms: represent, stand for |
| (verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | Synonyms: equate |
| corroborate | (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, substantiate, support, sustain |
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| (verb) give evidence for | Synonyms: validate |
| (verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm | Synonyms: bear out, support, underpin |
| corrode | (verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | Synonyms: rust |
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| (verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | Synonyms: eat, rust |
| corrugate | (verb) fold into ridges | - |
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| corrupt | (verb) alter from the original | Synonyms: spoil |
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| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: cloud, defile, sully, taint |
| (verb) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence | Synonyms: bribe, buy, grease one's palms |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
| corset | (verb) dress with a corset | - |
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| coruscate | (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
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| (verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: scintillate, sparkle |
| cosh | (verb) hit with a cosh, usually on the head | - |
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| cosign | (verb) sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan | Synonyms: co-sign |
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| (verb) sign jointly | Synonyms: co-sign |
| cosplay | (verb) wear a costume to resemble a character from some media especially anime | - |
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| cosponsor | (verb) sponsor together with another sponsor | - |
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| cosset | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
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| cost | (verb) be priced at | Synonyms: be |
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| (verb) require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice | - |
| costume | (verb) dress in a costume | Synonyms: dress up |
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| (verb) furnish with costumes; as for a film or play | - |
| cotton | (verb) take a liking to | - |
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| couch | (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, frame, put, redact |
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| cough | (verb) exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion | - |
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| counsel | (verb) give advice to | Synonyms: advise, rede |
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| count | (verb) include as if by counting | - |
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| (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
| (verb) take account of | Synonyms: reckon |
| (verb) determine the number or amount of | Synonyms: enumerate, number, numerate |
| (verb) name or recite the numbers in ascending order | - |
| (verb) show consideration for; take into account | Synonyms: consider, weigh |
| (verb) have weight; have import, carry weight | Synonyms: matter, weigh |
| (verb) put into a group | Synonyms: number |
| (verb) have a certain value or carry a certain weight | - |
| countenance | (verb) consent to, give permission; permit | Synonyms: allow, let, permit |
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| counter | (verb) speak in response | - |
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| (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: anticipate, foresee, forestall |
| counteract | (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, antagonize |
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| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
| (verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: countercheck |
| (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counterbalance, countervail, neutralize |
| counterattack | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterstrike |
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| counterbalance | (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, countervail, neutralize |
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| (verb) contrast with equal weight or force | Synonyms: oppose |
| (verb) adjust for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, even off, even out, even up, make up |
| counterchallenge | (verb) challenge in turn | - |
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| counterchange | (verb) cause to change places | Synonyms: interchange, transpose |
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| countercheck | (verb) check a second time | - |
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| (verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: counteract |
| counterclaim | (verb) set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim | - |
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| counterfeit | (verb) make a copy of with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: fake, forge |
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| countermand | (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
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| countermarch | (verb) change the order of soldiers during a march | - |
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| (verb) march back along the same way | - |
| countermine | (verb) destroy enemy mines with one's own mines | - |
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| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
| counterplot | (verb) make a plot in response to another plot | - |
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| counterpoint | (verb) write in counterpoint | - |
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| (verb) to show differences when compared; be different | Synonyms: contrast |
| counterpoise | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpose, counterweight |
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| counterpose | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpoise, counterweight |
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| countersign | (verb) add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity | - |
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| countersink | (verb) insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) | Synonyms: set |
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| counterstrike | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterattack |
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| countervail | (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, neutralize |
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| (verb) compensate for or counterbalance | Synonyms: offset |
| counterweight | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpoise, counterpose |
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| couple | (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: copulate, mate, pair |
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| (verb) link together | Synonyms: couple on, couple up |
| (verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: match, mate, pair, twin |
| (verb) form a pair or pairs | Synonyms: pair, pair off, partner off |
| course | (verb) hunt with hounds | - |
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| (verb) move along, of liquids | Synonyms: feed, flow, run |
| (verb) move swiftly through or over | - |
| court | (verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: romance, solicit, woo |
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| (verb) seek someone's favor | Synonyms: woo |
| (verb) engage in social activities leading to marriage | - |
| covenant | (verb) enter into a covenant or formal agreement | - |
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| (verb) enter into a covenant | - |
| cover | (verb) sit on (eggs) | Synonyms: brood, hatch, incubate |
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| (verb) clothe, as if for protection from the elements | Synonyms: wrap up |
| (verb) protect by insurance | Synonyms: insure, underwrite |
| (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: address, deal, handle, plow, treat |
| (verb) be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism | Synonyms: report |
| (verb) maintain a check on; especially by patrolling | - |
| (verb) protect or defend (a position in a game) | - |
| (verb) hold within range of an aimed firearm | - |
| (verb) play a higher card than the one previously played | - |
| (verb) be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game | - |
| (verb) provide with a covering or cause to be covered | - |
| (verb) form a cover over | Synonyms: spread over |
| (verb) copulate with a female, used especially of horses | Synonyms: breed |
| (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: enshroud, hide, shroud |
| (verb) put something on top of something else | Synonyms: overlay |
| (verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse |
| (verb) hide from view or knowledge | Synonyms: cover up |
| (verb) spread over a surface to conceal or protect | - |
| (verb) be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of | - |
| (verb) to take an action to protect against future problems | - |
| (verb) invest with a large or excessive amount of something | - |
| (verb) help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities | - |
| (verb) provide for | - |
| (verb) span an interval of distance, space or time | Synonyms: continue, extend |
| (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, embrace, encompass |
| (verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: compensate, overcompensate |
| covet | (verb) wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person) | - |
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| cow | (verb) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) | Synonyms: overawe |
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| cower | (verb) show submission or fear | Synonyms: crawl, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel |
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| (verb) crouch or curl up | Synonyms: huddle |
| cowhide | (verb) flog with a cowhide | - |
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| cowl | (verb) cover with or as with a cowl | - |
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| cox | (verb) act as the coxswain, in a boat race | - |
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| cozen | (verb) cheat or trick | - |
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| (verb) act with artful deceit | - |
| (verb) be false to; be dishonest with | Synonyms: deceive, delude, lead on |
| currycomb | (verb) clean (a horse) with a currycomb | - |
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| decoct | (verb) extract the essence of something by boiling it | - |
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| (verb) steep in hot water | - |
| (verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, concentrate, reduce |
| decode | (verb) convert code into ordinary language | Synonyms: decipher, decrypt |
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| decoke | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize |
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| decollate | (verb) cut the head of | Synonyms: behead, decapitate |
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| decolonise | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonize |
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| decolonize | (verb) grant independence to (a former colony) | Synonyms: decolonise |
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| decolor | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolorise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolorize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolour | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourise | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decolourize | (verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
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| decommission | (verb) withdraw from active service | - |
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| decompose | (verb) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | Synonyms: break down, break up |
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| (verb) break down | Synonyms: molder, moulder, rot |
| (verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decay, disintegrate |
| decompress | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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| (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: depressurise, depressurize |
| (verb) restore to its uncompressed form | Synonyms: uncompress |