| rifle | (verb) go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way | Synonyms: go |
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| (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, strip |
| rigidify | (verb) become rigid | - |
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| (verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern | Synonyms: ossify, petrify |
| roof | (verb) provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof | - |
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| rubify | (verb) make ruby red | - |
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| ruff | (verb) play a trump | Synonyms: trump |
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| ruffle | (verb) pleat or gather into a ruffle | Synonyms: pleat |
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| (verb) erect or fluff up | Synonyms: fluff |
| (verb) disturb the smoothness of | Synonyms: mess up, ruffle up, rumple |
| (verb) twitch or flutter | Synonyms: flick, riffle |
| (verb) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | Synonyms: mix, shuffle |
| (verb) trouble or vex | - |
| (verb) discompose | - |
| (verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | Synonyms: cockle, riffle, ripple, undulate |
| (verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: cock, prance, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup |
| saccharify | (verb) convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate | - |
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| (verb) sweeten with sugar | Synonyms: sugar |
| sacrifice | (verb) kill or destroy | - |
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| (verb) endure the loss of | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals | - |
| (verb) sell at a loss | - |
| safeguard | (verb) make safe | - |
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| (verb) escort safely | - |
| sanctify | (verb) make pure or free from sin or guilt | Synonyms: purge, purify |
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| (verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: bless, consecrate, hallow |
| (verb) give religious sanction to, such as through an oath | Synonyms: sanction |
| saponify | (verb) convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali | - |
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| (verb) become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali | - |
| satisfice | (verb) decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal | Synonyms: satisfise |
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| satisfise | (verb) decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal | Synonyms: satisfice |
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| satisfy | (verb) fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction | Synonyms: conform to, fill, fit, fulfil, fulfill, meet |
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| (verb) make happy or satisfied | Synonyms: gratify |
| (verb) meet the requirements or expectations of | Synonyms: fulfil, fulfill, live up to |
| scaffold | (verb) provide with a scaffold for support | - |
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| scarf | (verb) wrap in or adorn with a scarf | - |
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| (verb) masturbate while strangling oneself | - |
| (verb) unite by a scarf joint | - |
| scarify | (verb) puncture and scar (the skin), as for purposes or tribal identification or rituals | - |
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| (verb) break up | - |
| (verb) scratch the surface of | - |
| sclaff | (verb) strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first | - |
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| (verb) strike (the ground) in making a sclaff | - |
| scoff | (verb) laugh at with contempt and derision | Synonyms: barrack, flout, gibe, jeer |
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| (verb) treat with contemptuous disregard | Synonyms: flout |
| scuff | (verb) poke at with the foot or toe | - |
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| (verb) mar by scuffing | - |
| (verb) get or become scuffed | - |
| (verb) walk without lifting the feet | Synonyms: drag |
| scuffle | (verb) fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters | Synonyms: tussle |
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| (verb) walk by dragging one's feet | Synonyms: shamble, shuffle |
| sensify | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensitise, sensitize |
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| shaft | (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw |
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| (verb) equip with a shaft | - |
| shift | (verb) make a shift in or exchange of | Synonyms: change over, switch |
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| (verb) move and exchange for another | - |
| (verb) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | Synonyms: change, switch |
| (verb) move from one setting or context to another | - |
| (verb) change in quality | - |
| (verb) change gears | - |
| (verb) change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change | - |
| (verb) use a shift key on a keyboard | - |
| (verb) change place or direction | Synonyms: dislodge, reposition |
| (verb) move very slightly | Synonyms: agitate, budge, stir |
| (verb) move around | Synonyms: transfer |
| (verb) move abruptly | Synonyms: lurch, pitch |
| (verb) move sideways or in an unsteady way | Synonyms: careen, tilt, wobble |
| shoplift | (verb) steal in a store | - |
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| shuffle | (verb) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | Synonyms: mix, ruffle |
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| (verb) walk by dragging one's feet | Synonyms: scuffle, shamble |
| (verb) move about, move back and forth | - |
| sift | (verb) distinguish and separate out | Synonyms: sieve |
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| (verb) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | Synonyms: sieve, strain |
| (verb) check and sort carefully | Synonyms: sieve |
| (verb) move as if through a sieve | - |
| signify | (verb) convey or express a meaning | - |
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| (verb) make known with a word or signal | - |
| (verb) denote or connote | Synonyms: intend, mean, stand for |
| simplify | (verb) make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent | - |
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| snaffle | (verb) fit or restrain with a snaffle | - |
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| (verb) get hold of or seize quickly and easily | Synonyms: grab, snap up |
| snafu | (verb) cause to be in a state of complete confusion | - |
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| snarf | (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, sneak, swipe |
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| sniff | (verb) inhale audibly through the nose | Synonyms: sniffle |
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| (verb) perceive by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: whiff |
| sniffle | (verb) inhale audibly through the nose | Synonyms: sniff |
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| (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blub, blubber, snivel, snuffle |
| snuff | (verb) inhale (something) through the nose | - |
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| (verb) sniff or smell inquiringly | Synonyms: snuffle |
| snuffle | (verb) snuff up mucus through the nose | Synonyms: snivel |
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| (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blub, blubber, sniffle, snivel |
| (verb) sniff or smell inquiringly | Synonyms: snuff |
| soften | (verb) become soft or softer | - |
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| (verb) make soft or softer | - |
| (verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, damp, dampen, weaken |
| (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: mince, moderate |
| (verb) protect from impact | Synonyms: buffer, cushion |
| (verb) make (images or sounds) soft or softer | - |
| (verb) give in, as to influence or pressure | Synonyms: relent, yield |
| solidify | (verb) become solid | - |
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| (verb) make solid or more solid; cause to solidify | - |
| soundproof | (verb) insulate against noise | - |
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| specify | (verb) design or destine | Synonyms: designate, destine, intend |
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| (verb) define clearly | Synonyms: nail down, narrow, narrow down, peg down, pin down |
| (verb) select something or someone for a specific purpose | Synonyms: assign, set apart |
| (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize |
| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: define, determine, fix, limit, set |
| (verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: condition, qualify, stipulate |
| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimit, delimitate, delineate |
| speechify | (verb) make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality | - |
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| spoof | (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: burlesque, parody |
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| spoonfeed | (verb) teach without challenging the students | - |
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| (verb) feed with a spoon | - |
| staff | (verb) provide with staff | - |
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| (verb) serve on the staff of | - |
| stiffen | (verb) become stiff or stiffer | - |
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| (verb) make stiff or stiffer | - |
| (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: constrain, tighten, tighten up |
| stifle | (verb) suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity | Synonyms: dampen |
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| (verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | Synonyms: asphyxiate, suffocate |
| (verb) suppress in order to conceal or hide | Synonyms: muffle, repress, smother, strangle |
| (verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | Synonyms: asphyxiate, choke, suffocate |
| strafe | (verb) attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane | - |
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| stratify | (verb) render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand | - |
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| (verb) form layers or strata | - |
| (verb) form, arrange, or deposit in layers | - |
| (verb) divide society into social classes or castes | - |
| (verb) develop different social levels, classes, or castes | - |
| stuff | (verb) fill with a stuffing while cooking | Synonyms: farce |
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| (verb) fill tightly with a material | - |
| (verb) treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting | - |
| (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out |
| (verb) cram into a cavity | - |
| (verb) obstruct | Synonyms: block, choke up, lug |
| (verb) press or force | Synonyms: shove, squeeze, thrust |
| stultify | (verb) deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless | Synonyms: cripple |
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| (verb) cause to appear foolish | - |
| (verb) prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence | - |
| stupefy | (verb) make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow | Synonyms: stun |
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| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, vex |
| (verb) make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation | Synonyms: besot |
| suffer | (verb) be in pain | Synonyms: hurt |
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| (verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: get, have, sustain |
| (verb) feel unwell or uncomfortable | - |
| (verb) get worse in quality | - |
| (verb) be set at a disadvantage | Synonyms: lose |
| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, support, tolerate |
| (verb) experience (emotional) pain | - |
| (verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: ache, hurt |
| (verb) undergo or be subjected to | Synonyms: endure |
| (verb) undergo or suffer | Synonyms: meet |
| (verb) be given to | - |
| suffice | (verb) be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity | Synonyms: answer, do, serve |
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| suffix | (verb) attach a suffix to | - |
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| suffocate | (verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | Synonyms: choke, gag, strangle |
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| (verb) feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air | - |
| (verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen | Synonyms: asphyxiate, stifle |
| (verb) suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | Synonyms: choke |
| (verb) become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | Synonyms: choke |
| (verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | Synonyms: asphyxiate, smother |
| (verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | Synonyms: asphyxiate, choke, stifle |
| suffuse | (verb) to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light | - |
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| (verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across | Synonyms: perfuse |
| sulfate | (verb) convert into a sulfate | - |
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| sulfur | (verb) treat with sulphur in order to preserve | Synonyms: sulphur |
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| sulfurette | (verb) combine with sulfur | Synonyms: sulphurette |
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| superfetate | (verb) conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus | - |
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| superinfect | (verb) infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms | - |
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| surf | (verb) switch channels, on television | Synonyms: channel-surf |
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| (verb) look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular | Synonyms: browse |
| (verb) ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard | Synonyms: surfboard |
| surface | (verb) appear or become visible; make a showing | Synonyms: come on, come out, show up, turn up |
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| (verb) put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface | Synonyms: coat |
| (verb) come to the surface | Synonyms: come up, rise, rise up |
| surfboard | (verb) ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard | Synonyms: surf |
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| surfeit | (verb) indulge (one's appetite) to satiety | - |
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| (verb) supply or feed to surfeit | Synonyms: cloy |
| syllabify | (verb) divide into syllables | Synonyms: syllabicate, syllabise, syllabize |
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| tariff | (verb) charge a tariff | - |
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| telefax | (verb) send something via a facsimile machine | Synonyms: facsimile, fax |
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| terrify | (verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly | Synonyms: terrorise, terrorize |
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| testify | (verb) give testimony in a court of law | Synonyms: attest, bear witness, take the stand |
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| (verb) provide evidence for | Synonyms: bear witness, evidence, prove, show |
| thurify | (verb) perfume especially with a censer | Synonyms: cense, incense |
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| traffic | (verb) deal illegally | - |
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| (verb) trade or deal a commodity | - |
| transfer | (verb) transfer from one place or period to another | Synonyms: transplant, transpose |
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| (verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport |
| (verb) move around | Synonyms: shift |
| (verb) shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes | Synonyms: remove |
| (verb) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another | Synonyms: change |
| (verb) lift and reset in another soil or situation | Synonyms: transplant |
| (verb) cause to change ownership | - |
| (verb) move from one place to another | - |
| (verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | Synonyms: reassign |
| transfigure | (verb) change completely the nature or appearance of | Synonyms: metamorphose, transmogrify |
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| (verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration | Synonyms: glorify, spiritualize |
| transfix | (verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point | Synonyms: empale, impale, spike |
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| (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, grip, spellbind |
| transform | (verb) change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | Synonyms: transmute, transubstantiate |
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| (verb) change from one form or medium into another | Synonyms: translate |
| (verb) subject to a mathematical transformation | - |
| (verb) change in outward structure or looks | Synonyms: metamorphose, transmute |
| (verb) increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage) | - |
| (verb) change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species | - |
| (verb) convert (one form of energy) to another | - |
| transfuse | (verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin | Synonyms: cup |
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| (verb) give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to | - |
| (verb) pour out of one vessel into another | - |
| (verb) impart gradually | Synonyms: instill |
| transmogrify | (verb) change completely the nature or appearance of | Synonyms: metamorphose, transfigure |
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| trifle | (verb) consider not very seriously | Synonyms: dally, play |
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| (verb) act frivolously | Synonyms: frivol |
| (verb) waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently | Synonyms: piddle, piddle away, wanton, wanton away |
| trifurcate | (verb) divide into three | - |
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| tumefy | (verb) expand abnormally | Synonyms: intumesce, swell, swell up, tumesce |
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| (verb) cause to become very swollen | - |
| turf | (verb) cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots | - |
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| typify | (verb) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol | Synonyms: represent, stand for, symbolise, symbolize |
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| (verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of | Synonyms: epitomise, epitomize |
| uglify | (verb) make ugly | - |
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| ultracentrifuge | (verb) subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge | - |
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| underperform | (verb) perform too rarely | - |
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| (verb) perform less well or with less success than expected | Synonyms: underachieve |
| unfasten | (verb) become undone or untied | - |
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| (verb) cause to become undone | - |
| unfit | (verb) make unfit or unsuitable | Synonyms: disqualify, indispose |
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| unfold | (verb) develop or come to a promising stage | Synonyms: blossom, blossom forth, blossom out |
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| (verb) spread out or open from a closed or folded state | Synonyms: open, spread, spread out |
| (verb) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length | Synonyms: extend, stretch, stretch out |
| (verb) open to the view | - |
| unfollow | (verb) to stop following a user on social media | - |
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| unfreeze | (verb) become or cause to become soft or liquid | Synonyms: dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unthaw |
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| (verb) make (assets) available | Synonyms: free, release, unblock |
| unfriend | (verb) To remove someone from your list of friends on a social network | - |
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| unfrock | (verb) divest of the frock; of church officials | Synonyms: defrock |
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| unfurl | (verb) unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state | Synonyms: unroll |
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| uniform | (verb) provide with uniforms | - |
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| uniformise | (verb) make uniform | Synonyms: uniformize |
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| uniformize | (verb) make uniform | Synonyms: uniformise |
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| unify | (verb) become one | Synonyms: merge, unite |
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| (verb) join or combine | Synonyms: merge, unite |
| (verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix |
| (verb) act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief | Synonyms: unite |
| (verb) bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation | Synonyms: unite |
| unsanctify | (verb) remove the sanctification from or make unsanctified | - |
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| unstuff | (verb) cause to become unblocked | Synonyms: loosen up |
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