| affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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| affright | (verb) cause fear in | Synonyms: fright, frighten, scare |
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| affront | (verb) treat, mention, or speak to rudely | Synonyms: diss, insult |
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| airfreight | (verb) transport (cargo) by air | Synonyms: air-freight, air-ship |
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| befriend | (verb) become friends with | - |
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| confront | (verb) deal with (something unpleasant) head on | Synonyms: face, face up |
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| (verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize | Synonyms: face, present |
| (verb) oppose, as in hostility or a competition | Synonyms: face |
| (verb) be face to face with | - |
| defraud | (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
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| defray | (verb) bear the expenses of | - |
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| defrock | (verb) divest of the frock; of church officials | Synonyms: unfrock |
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| defrost | (verb) make or become free of frost or ice | Synonyms: de-ice, deice |
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| diffract | (verb) undergo diffraction | - |
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| disenfranchise | (verb) deprive of voting rights | Synonyms: disfranchise |
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| disfranchise | (verb) deprive of voting rights | Synonyms: disenfranchise |
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| enfranchise | (verb) grant voting rights | - |
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| (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: affranchise |
| fraction | (verb) perform a division | Synonyms: divide |
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| fractionate | (verb) obtain by a fractional process | - |
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| (verb) separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents | - |
| fracture | (verb) fracture a bone of | Synonyms: break |
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| (verb) become fractured | - |
| (verb) violate or abuse | - |
| (verb) break into pieces | - |
| (verb) interrupt, break, or destroy | - |
| fragment | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragmentise, fragmentize |
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| fragmentise | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentize |
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| fragmentize | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentise |
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| frame | (verb) make up plans or basic details for | Synonyms: compose, draw up |
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| (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, couch, put, redact |
| (verb) enclose in or as if in a frame | Synonyms: border, frame in |
| (verb) construct by fitting or uniting parts together | Synonyms: frame up |
| (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, set up |
| (verb) enclose in a frame, as of a picture | - |
| franchise | (verb) grant a franchise to | - |
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| frank | (verb) exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks | - |
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| (verb) stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing | Synonyms: postmark |
| frap | (verb) take up the slack of | - |
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| (verb) make secure by lashing | - |
| fraternise | (verb) be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternize |
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| fraternize | (verb) be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternise |
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| fray | (verb) wear away by rubbing | Synonyms: frazzle |
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| (verb) cause friction | Synonyms: chafe, fret, rub, scratch |
| frazzle | (verb) exhaust physically or emotionally | - |
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| (verb) wear away by rubbing | Synonyms: fray |
| freak | (verb) lose one's nerve | Synonyms: freak out, gross out |
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| freckle | (verb) mark with freckles | - |
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| (verb) become freckled | - |
| free | (verb) make (assets) available | Synonyms: release, unblock, unfreeze |
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| (verb) let off the hook | Synonyms: absolve |
| (verb) free or remove obstruction from | Synonyms: disengage |
| (verb) remove or force out from a position | Synonyms: dislodge |
| (verb) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition | Synonyms: liberate, release |
| (verb) part with a possession or right | Synonyms: give up, release, relinquish, resign |
| (verb) relieve from | Synonyms: disembarrass, rid |
| (verb) grant freedom to; free from confinement | Synonyms: liberate, loose, release, unloose, unloosen |
| (verb) make (information) available for publication | Synonyms: release |
| (verb) free from obligations or duties | Synonyms: discharge |
| (verb) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to | Synonyms: exempt, relieve |
| freelance | (verb) work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer | - |
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| freeload | (verb) live off somebody's generosity | - |
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| freewheel | (verb) coast in a vehicle using the freewheel | - |
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| (verb) live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely | Synonyms: drift |
| freeze | (verb) be cold | - |
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| (verb) anesthetize by cold | - |
| (verb) suddenly behave coldly and formally | - |
| (verb) change to ice | - |
| (verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it | Synonyms: suspend |
| (verb) cause to freeze | - |
| (verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: block, immobilise, immobilize |
| (verb) change from a liquid to a solid when cold | Synonyms: freeze down, freeze out |
| (verb) stop moving or become immobilized | Synonyms: stop dead |
| (verb) be very cold, below the freezing point | - |
| freight | (verb) load with goods for transportation | - |
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| (verb) transport commercially as cargo | - |
| frequent | (verb) be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place | Synonyms: haunt |
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| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| fresco | (verb) paint onto wet plaster on a wall | - |
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| freshen | (verb) make fresh again | Synonyms: refresh, refreshen |
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| (verb) become or make oneself fresh again | Synonyms: freshen up, refresh, refreshen |
| (verb) make (to feel) fresh | Synonyms: refresh |
| fress | (verb) eat a lot and without restraint | Synonyms: gluttonise, gluttonize |
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| fret | (verb) wear away or erode | Synonyms: eat away |
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| (verb) remove soil or rock | Synonyms: eat away, erode |
| (verb) cause friction | Synonyms: chafe, fray, rub, scratch |
| (verb) be too tight; rub or press | Synonyms: choke, gag |
| (verb) decorate with an interlaced design | - |
| (verb) carve a pattern into | - |
| (verb) be agitated or irritated | - |
| (verb) cause annoyance in | - |
| (verb) gnaw into; make resentful or angry | Synonyms: eat into, grate, rankle |
| (verb) worry unnecessarily or excessively | Synonyms: fuss, niggle |
| (verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | Synonyms: chafe, gall |
| (verb) provide (a musical instrument) with frets | - |
| fricassee | (verb) make a fricassee of by cooking | - |
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| friendzone | (verb) To treat as a friend although the other party has romantic feelings | - |
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| fright | (verb) cause fear in | Synonyms: affright, frighten, scare |
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| frighten | (verb) cause fear in | Synonyms: affright, fright, scare |
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| fringe | (verb) decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe | - |
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| (verb) adorn with a fringe | - |
| frisk | (verb) search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets | - |
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| (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
| fritter | (verb) spend frivolously and unwisely | Synonyms: dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter away, frivol away, shoot |
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| frivol | (verb) act frivolously | Synonyms: trifle |
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| frizz | (verb) curl tightly | Synonyms: crape, crimp, frizzle, kink, kink up |
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| frizzle | (verb) fry something until it curls and becomes crisp | - |
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| (verb) curl tightly | Synonyms: crape, crimp, frizz, kink, kink up |
| frock | (verb) put a frock on | - |
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| frog | (verb) hunt frogs for food | - |
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| frogmarch | (verb) carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person | - |
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| (verb) march a person against his will by any method | - |
| frolic | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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| front | (verb) confront bodily | Synonyms: breast |
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| (verb) be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to | Synonyms: face, look |
| frost | (verb) damage by frost | - |
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| (verb) decorate with frosting | Synonyms: ice |
| (verb) provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance | - |
| (verb) cover with frost | - |
| froth | (verb) exude or expel foam | - |
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| (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, sparkle |
| (verb) make froth or foam and become bubbly | Synonyms: spume, suds |
| frown | (verb) look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval | Synonyms: glower, lour, lower |
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| fructify | (verb) produce fruit | Synonyms: set |
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| (verb) become productive or fruitful | - |
| (verb) make productive or fruitful | - |
| fruit | (verb) bear fruit | - |
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| (verb) cause to bear fruit | - |
| frustrate | (verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, rag, torment |
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| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
| fry | (verb) cook in hot fat or oil | - |
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| (verb) kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair | Synonyms: electrocute |
| (verb) be excessively hot | - |
| infract | (verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: breach, break, go against, offend, transgress, violate |
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| infringe | (verb) advance beyond the usual limit | Synonyms: encroach, impinge |
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| (verb) go against, as of rules and laws | Synonyms: conflict, contravene, run afoul |
| leapfrog | (verb) progress by large jumps instead of small increments | - |
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| (verb) to vault | - |
| proofread | (verb) read for errors | Synonyms: proof |
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| refract | (verb) determine the refracting power of (a lens) | - |
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| (verb) subject to refraction | - |
| refracture | (verb) break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way | - |
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| refrain | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: abstain, desist |
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| (verb) resist doing something | Synonyms: forbear |
| refresh | (verb) make fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, refreshen |
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| (verb) become or make oneself fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, freshen up, refreshen |
| (verb) make (to feel) fresh | Synonyms: freshen |
| (verb) refresh one's memory | Synonyms: brush up, review |
| refreshen | (verb) become or make oneself fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, freshen up, refresh |
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| (verb) make fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, refresh |
| refrigerate | (verb) cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator | - |
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| (verb) preserve by chilling | - |
| 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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