| redecorate | (verb) redo the decoration of an apartment or house | - |
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| rededicate | (verb) dedicate anew | - |
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| redeem | (verb) convert into cash; of commercial papers | - |
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| (verb) pay off (loans or promissory notes) | Synonyms: pay off |
| (verb) exchange or buy back for money; under threat | Synonyms: ransom |
| (verb) to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange | - |
| (verb) restore the honor or worth of | - |
| (verb) save from sins | Synonyms: deliver, save |
| redefine | (verb) give a new or different definition of (a word) | - |
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| (verb) give a new or different definition to | - |
| redeploy | (verb) deploy anew | - |
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| redeposit | (verb) deposit anew | - |
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| (verb) deposit once again | - |
| redesign | (verb) design anew, make a new design for | - |
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| redetermine | (verb) fix, find, or establish again | - |
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| redevelop | (verb) change the plans for the use of (land) | - |
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| (verb) formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis | Synonyms: reformulate |
| (verb) develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print | - |
| redirect | (verb) channel into a new direction | Synonyms: airt |
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| rediscover | (verb) discover again | - |
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| redispose | (verb) dispose anew | - |
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| redistribute | (verb) distribute anew | - |
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| redline | (verb) discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood | - |
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| redo | (verb) do over, as of (part of) a house | Synonyms: reconstruct, remodel |
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| (verb) make new | Synonyms: make over, refashion, remake |
| redouble | (verb) double in magnitude, extent, or intensity | - |
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| (verb) make twice as great or intense | - |
| (verb) double again | - |
| redound | (verb) contribute | - |
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| (verb) have an effect for good or ill | - |
| (verb) return or recoil | - |
| redress | (verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, right |
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| reduce | (verb) take off weight | Synonyms: melt off, slenderize, slim, slim down, thin |
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| (verb) cut down on; make a reduction in | Synonyms: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, trim, trim back, trim down |
| (verb) narrow or limit | Synonyms: tighten |
| (verb) cook until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, concentrate |
| (verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons | Synonyms: deoxidise, deoxidize |
| (verb) make smaller | Synonyms: scale down |
| (verb) reduce in size; reduce physically | Synonyms: shrink |
| (verb) make less complex | - |
| (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, shorten |
| (verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture | Synonyms: cut, dilute, thin, thin out |
| (verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, concentrate, decoct |
| (verb) be the essential element | Synonyms: boil down, come down |
| (verb) destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it | - |
| (verb) undergo meiosis | - |
| (verb) reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site | - |
| (verb) lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation | - |
| (verb) lessen and make more modest | - |
| (verb) simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another | - |
| (verb) bring to humbler or weaker state or condition | - |
| (verb) put down by force or intimidation | Synonyms: keep down, quash, repress, subdue, subjugate |
| reduplicate | (verb) make or do or perform again | Synonyms: double, duplicate, repeat, replicate |
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| (verb) form by reduplication | Synonyms: geminate |
| remediate | (verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: amend, rectify, remedy, repair |
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| remedy | (verb) provide relief for | Synonyms: relieve |
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| (verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: amend, rectify, remediate, repair |
| reschedule | (verb) assign a new time and place for an event | - |
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| reseed | (verb) maintain by seeding without human intervention | - |
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| (verb) seed again or anew | - |
| ruggedise | (verb) produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage | Synonyms: ruggedize |
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| ruggedize | (verb) produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage | Synonyms: ruggedise |
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| schedule | (verb) plan for an activity or event | - |
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| (verb) make a schedule; plan the time and place for events | - |
| secede | (verb) withdraw from an organization or communion | Synonyms: break away, splinter |
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| sedate | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
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| sediment | (verb) settle as sediment | - |
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| (verb) deposit as a sediment | - |
| seduce | (verb) lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct | - |
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| (verb) induce to have sex | Synonyms: make, score |
| seed | (verb) inoculate with microorganisms | - |
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| (verb) remove the seeds from | - |
| (verb) sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain | - |
| (verb) distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds | - |
| (verb) go to seed; shed seeds | - |
| (verb) place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth | Synonyms: sow |
| (verb) bear seeds | - |
| (verb) help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money | - |
| shed | (verb) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers | Synonyms: exuviate, molt, moult, slough |
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| (verb) cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over | Synonyms: disgorge, spill |
| (verb) to remove | Synonyms: cast, cast off, drop, shake off, throw, throw away, throw off |
| (verb) pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities | Synonyms: pour forth, spill |
| shred | (verb) tear into shreds | Synonyms: rip up, tear up |
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| skedaddle | (verb) run away, as if in a panic | - |
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| sled | (verb) ride (on) a sled | Synonyms: sleigh |
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| sledge | (verb) beat with a sledgehammer | Synonyms: sledgehammer |
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| (verb) transport in a sleigh | - |
| (verb) ride in or travel with a sledge | - |
| sledgehammer | (verb) beat with a sledgehammer | Synonyms: sledge |
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| speed | (verb) move faster | Synonyms: accelerate, quicken, speed up |
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| (verb) cause to move faster | Synonyms: accelerate, speed up |
| (verb) move very fast | Synonyms: hurry, travel rapidly, zip |
| (verb) travel at an excessive or illegal velocity | - |
| (verb) move hurridly | Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, step on it |
| spoonfeed | (verb) teach without challenging the students | - |
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| (verb) feed with a spoon | - |
| stampede | (verb) run away in a stampede | - |
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| (verb) cause to run in panic | - |
| (verb) act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse | - |
| (verb) cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively | - |
| subedit | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyedit, copyread |
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| succeed | (verb) attain success or reach a desired goal | Synonyms: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, win |
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| (verb) be the successor (of) | Synonyms: come after, follow |
| supersede | (verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: replace, supervene upon, supplant |
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| torpedo | (verb) attack or hit with torpedoes | - |
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| tweedle | (verb) entice through the use of music | - |
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| (verb) play negligently on a musical instrument | - |
| (verb) sing in modulation | Synonyms: chirp |
| wed | (verb) take in marriage; married | Synonyms: conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry |
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| (verb) perform a marriage ceremony | Synonyms: marry, splice, tie |
| wedel | (verb) ski, alternating directions | - |
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| wedge | (verb) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | Synonyms: force, squeeze |
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| (verb) put, fix, force, or implant | Synonyms: deposit, lodge, stick |
| weed | (verb) clear of weeds | - |
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| wheedle | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk |
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