| cascade | (verb) arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible | - |
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| (verb) rush down in big quantities, like a cascade | Synonyms: cascade down |
| cede | (verb) relinquish possession or control over | Synonyms: deliver, give up, surrender |
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| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: concede, grant, yield |
| chandelle | (verb) climb suddenly and steeply | - |
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| cheerlead | (verb) act as a cheerleader in a sports event | - |
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| chide | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
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| childproof | (verb) make safe against children | Synonyms: child-proof |
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| chondrify | (verb) turn into cartilage | - |
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| chord | (verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
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| (verb) play chords on (a stringed instrument) | - |
| clapboard | (verb) cover with clapboards | - |
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| cloud | (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: dapple, mottle |
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| (verb) make milky or dull | - |
| (verb) make less clear | - |
| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: corrupt, defile, sully, taint |
| (verb) make gloomy or depressed | - |
| (verb) billow up in the form of a cloud | - |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
| (verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: overcast |
| cod | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
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| (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: befool, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
| coddle | (verb) cook in nearly boiling water | - |
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| (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
| code | (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, cypher, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code |
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| (verb) attach a code to | - |
| codify | (verb) organize into a code or system, such as a body of law | - |
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| coeducate | (verb) educate persons of both sexes together | Synonyms: co-educate |
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| coincide | (verb) happen simultaneously | Synonyms: concur |
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| (verb) go with, fall together | Synonyms: co-occur, cooccur |
| (verb) be the same | - |
| coldcock | (verb) knock down with force | Synonyms: deck, dump, floor, knock down |
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| coldwork | (verb) shape (metal) without heat | Synonyms: cold work |
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| collide | (verb) crash together with violent impact | Synonyms: clash |
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| (verb) cause to collide | - |
| (verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict | Synonyms: clash, jar |
| collude | (verb) act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: conspire |
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| command | (verb) make someone do something | Synonyms: require |
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| (verb) be in command of | - |
| (verb) demand as one's due | - |
| (verb) exercise authoritative control or power over | Synonyms: control |
| (verb) look down on | Synonyms: dominate, overlook, overtop |
| commandeer | (verb) take arbitrarily or by force | Synonyms: highjack, hijack, pirate |
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| commend | (verb) express approbation of | - |
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| (verb) mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship | Synonyms: remember |
| (verb) express a good opinion of | Synonyms: recommend |
| (verb) give to in charge | - |
| (verb) present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence | - |
| compound | (verb) put or add together | Synonyms: combine |
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| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: deepen, heighten, intensify |
| (verb) combine so as to form a whole; mix | Synonyms: combine |
| (verb) create by mixing or combining | - |
| (verb) calculate principal and interest | - |
| comprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) to become aware of through the senses | Synonyms: perceive |
| (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: cover, embrace, encompass |
| concede | (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: confess, profess |
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| (verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: grant, yield |
| (verb) acknowledge defeat | - |
| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, grant, yield |
| conclude | (verb) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion | Synonyms: reason, reason out |
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| (verb) bring to a close | - |
| (verb) reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation | Synonyms: resolve |
| (verb) reach agreement on | - |
| (verb) come to a close | Synonyms: close |
| concord | (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: agree, concur, hold |
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| (verb) arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance | - |
| (verb) arrange by concord or agreement | - |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| condemn | (verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: decry, excoriate, objurgate, reprobate |
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| (verb) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law | Synonyms: doom, sentence |
| (verb) declare or judge unfit for use or habitation | - |
| (verb) demonstrate the guilt of (someone) | - |
| (verb) appropriate (property) for public use | - |
| (verb) compel or force into a particular state or activity | - |
| condense | (verb) make more concise | Synonyms: concentrate, digest |
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| (verb) undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops | Synonyms: distil, distill |
| (verb) cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid | - |
| (verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: concentrate, contract |
| (verb) remove water from | - |
| (verb) become more compact or concentrated | - |
| (verb) develop due to condensation | - |
| condescend | (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: patronise, patronize |
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| (verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: deign, descend |
| (verb) behave in a patronizing and condescending manner | - |
| (verb) debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way | Synonyms: lower oneself, stoop |
| condition | (verb) apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny | - |
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| (verb) put into a better state | - |
| (verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: qualify, specify, stipulate |
| (verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, discipline, train |
| (verb) establish a conditioned response | - |
| condole | (verb) express one's sympathetic grief, on the occasion of someone's death | - |
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| condone | (verb) excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with | Synonyms: excuse |
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| conduce | (verb) be conducive to | Synonyms: contribute, lead |
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| conduct | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, deport, do |
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| (verb) lead, as in the performance of a composition | Synonyms: direct, lead |
| (verb) lead musicians in the performance of | - |
| (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, channel, convey, impart, transmit |
| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: direct, guide, lead, take |
| (verb) direct the course of; manage or control | Synonyms: carry on, deal |
| confederate | (verb) form a group or unite | Synonyms: band together |
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| (verb) form a confederation with; of nations | - |
| confide | (verb) reveal in private; tell confidentially | - |
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| (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, entrust, intrust, trust |
| confound | (verb) mistake one thing for another | Synonyms: confuse |
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| (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
| consider | (verb) deem to be | Synonyms: reckon, regard, see, view |
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| (verb) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes | Synonyms: deal, look at, take |
| (verb) regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem | - |
| (verb) judge or regard; look upon; judge | Synonyms: believe, conceive, think |
| (verb) show consideration for; take into account | Synonyms: count, weigh |
| (verb) think about carefully; weigh | Synonyms: debate, deliberate, moot, turn over |
| (verb) give careful consideration to | Synonyms: study |
| (verb) look at attentively | Synonyms: regard |
| (verb) look at carefully; study mentally | Synonyms: look at, view |
| consolidate | (verb) unite into one | - |
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| (verb) bring together into a single whole or system | - |
| (verb) make firm or secure; strengthen | - |
| (verb) make or form into a solid or hardened mass | - |
| (verb) form into a solid mass or whole | - |
| contend | (verb) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | Synonyms: contest, repugn |
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| (verb) have an argument about something | Synonyms: argue, debate, fence |
| (verb) maintain or assert | Synonyms: postulate |
| (verb) compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | Synonyms: compete, vie |
| (verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | Synonyms: fight, struggle |
| (verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage |
| contradance | (verb) perform a contradance | Synonyms: contra danse, contredanse, country-dance |
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| contradict | (verb) prove negative; show to be false | Synonyms: negate |
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| (verb) deny the truth of | Synonyms: contravene, negate |
| (verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: controvert, oppose |
| (verb) be in contradiction with | Synonyms: belie, negate |
| contradistinguish | (verb) distinguish by contrasting qualities | - |
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| contraindicate | (verb) make a treatment inadvisable | - |
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| contredanse | (verb) perform a contradance | Synonyms: contra danse, contradance, country-dance |
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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 | - |
| 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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| 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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| corrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrade, abrase, rub down, rub off |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| countermand | (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, lift, overturn, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
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| cowhide | (verb) flog with a cowhide | - |
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| cradle | (verb) run with the stick | - |
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| (verb) hold gently and carefully | - |
| (verb) wash in a cradle | - |
| (verb) cut grain with a cradle scythe | - |
| (verb) hold or place in or as if in a cradle | - |
| (verb) bring up from infancy | - |
| credit | (verb) have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of | - |
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| (verb) give someone credit for something | - |
| (verb) ascribe an achievement to | Synonyms: accredit |
| (verb) enter as credit | - |
| crescendo | (verb) grow louder | - |
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| crossbreed | (verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | Synonyms: cross, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed |
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| crowd | (verb) to gather together in large numbers | Synonyms: crowd together |
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| (verb) cause to herd, drive, or crowd together | Synonyms: herd |
| (verb) approach a certain age or speed | Synonyms: push |
| (verb) fill or occupy to the point of overflowing | - |
| crusade | (verb) go on a crusade; fight a holy war | - |
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| (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: agitate, campaign, fight, press, push |
| cuckold | (verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | Synonyms: betray, cheat, cheat on, wander |
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| cuddle | (verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: draw close, nest, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle |
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| (verb) hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth | - |
| cudgel | (verb) strike with a cudgel | Synonyms: fustigate |
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| curdle | (verb) turn into curds | Synonyms: clabber, clot |
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| (verb) turn from a liquid to a solid mass | - |
| (verb) go bad or sour | - |
| dab | (verb) to smoke marijuana using butane hash oil | - |
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| (verb) hit lightly | Synonyms: pat |
| (verb) apply (usually a liquid) to a surface | Synonyms: swab, swob |
| (verb) to perform a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing | - |
| dabble | (verb) dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid | - |
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| (verb) bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water | - |
| (verb) play in or as if in water, as of small children | Synonyms: paddle, splash around |
| (verb) work with in an amateurish manner | Synonyms: play around, smatter |
| dado | (verb) cut a dado into or fit into a dado | - |
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| (verb) provide with a dado | - |
| dally | (verb) consider not very seriously | Synonyms: play, trifle |
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| (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
| (verb) waste time | Synonyms: dawdle |
| (verb) behave carelessly or indifferently | Synonyms: flirt, play, toy |
| dam | (verb) obstruct with, or as if with, a dam | Synonyms: dam up |
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| damage | (verb) inflict damage upon | - |
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| (verb) suffer or be susceptible to damage | - |
| damascene | (verb) inlay metal with gold and silver | - |
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| damn | (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, imprecate, maledict |
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| damp | (verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, dampen, soften, weaken |
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| (verb) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | Synonyms: dampen, deaden |
| (verb) restrain or discourage | - |
| (verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping | Synonyms: dampen, dull, muffle, mute, tone down |
| dampen | (verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, damp, soften, weaken |
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| (verb) make moist | Synonyms: moisten, wash |
| (verb) check; keep in check (a fire) | - |
| (verb) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | Synonyms: damp, deaden |
| (verb) reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) | - |
| (verb) suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity | Synonyms: stifle |
| (verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping | Synonyms: damp, dull, muffle, mute, tone down |
| dance | (verb) move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance | Synonyms: trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe |
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| (verb) move in a graceful and rhythmical way | - |
| (verb) skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways | - |
| dandify | (verb) dress like a dandy | - |
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| dandle | (verb) pet | - |
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| (verb) move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees | - |
| dangle | (verb) cause to dangle or hang freely | - |
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| (verb) hang loosely | Synonyms: drop, swing |
| dapple | (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: cloud, mottle |
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| dare | (verb) challenge | Synonyms: defy |
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| (verb) take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission | Synonyms: make bold, presume |
| (verb) to be courageous enough to try or do something | - |
| darken | (verb) become dark or darker | - |
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| (verb) make dark or darker | - |
| (verb) tarnish or stain | - |
| darn | (verb) repair by sewing | - |
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| dart | (verb) run or move very quickly or hastily | Synonyms: dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot |
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| (verb) move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart | Synonyms: fleet, flit, flutter |
| (verb) move with sudden speed | - |
| dash | (verb) break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over | Synonyms: smash |
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| (verb) add an enlivening or altering element to | - |
| (verb) hurl or thrust violently | Synonyms: crash |
| (verb) cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | Synonyms: daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off |
| (verb) run or move very quickly or hastily | Synonyms: dart, flash, scoot, scud, shoot |
| (verb) destroy or break | - |
| date | (verb) assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of | - |
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| (verb) provide with a dateline; mark with a date | - |
| (verb) stamp with a date | Synonyms: date stamp |
| (verb) go on a date with | - |
| (verb) date regularly; have a steady relationship with | Synonyms: go out, go steady, see |
| dateline | (verb) mark with a date and place | Synonyms: date-mark, datemark |
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| datemark | (verb) mark with a date and place | Synonyms: date-mark, dateline |
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| daub | (verb) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | Synonyms: smear |
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| (verb) coat with plaster | Synonyms: plaster |
| (verb) apply to a surface | - |
| daunt | (verb) cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | Synonyms: dash, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off |
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| dawdle | (verb) take one's time; proceed slowly | Synonyms: linger |
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| (verb) hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. | Synonyms: fall back, fall behind, lag |
| (verb) waste time | Synonyms: dally |
| dawn | (verb) become light | - |
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| (verb) become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions | Synonyms: click, come home, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in |
| (verb) appear or develop | - |
| daydream | (verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: dream, stargaze, woolgather |
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| (verb) have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake | Synonyms: moon |
| daze | (verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief | Synonyms: bedaze, stun |
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| (verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light | Synonyms: bedazzle, dazzle |
| dazzle | (verb) amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill | - |
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| (verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light | Synonyms: bedazzle, daze |
| deaccession | (verb) sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works | - |
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| deactivate | (verb) make inactive | Synonyms: inactivate |
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| (verb) remove from active military status or reassign | - |
| deaden | (verb) become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor | - |
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| (verb) make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation | Synonyms: blunt |
| (verb) lessen the momentum or velocity of | - |
| (verb) make vapid or deprive of spirit | - |
| (verb) convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil | - |
| (verb) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | Synonyms: damp, dampen |
| (verb) cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients | Synonyms: girdle |