| aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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| aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggravate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate, worsen |
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| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate |
| aggregate | (verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: combine |
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| (verb) amount in the aggregate to | - |
| aggress | (verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive | Synonyms: attack |
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| aggrieve | (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: grieve |
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| (verb) infringe on the rights of | - |
| aggroup | (verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: group |
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| agree | (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: concord, concur, hold |
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| (verb) consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something | - |
| (verb) achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose | - |
| (verb) be agreeable or suitable | - |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
| (verb) show grammatical agreement | - |
| anagram | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagrammatise, anagrammatize |
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| anagrammatise | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatize |
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| anagrammatize | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatise |
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| autograph | (verb) mark with one's signature | Synonyms: inscribe |
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| background | (verb) understate the importance or quality of | Synonyms: downplay, play down |
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| begrime | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil |
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| begrudge | (verb) wish ill or allow unwillingly | Synonyms: resent |
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| (verb) be envious of; set one's heart on | Synonyms: envy |
| biodegrade | (verb) break down naturally through the action of biological agents | - |
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| calligraph | (verb) write beautifully and ornamentally | - |
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| chagrin | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, humble, humiliate, mortify |
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| choreograph | (verb) plan and oversee the development and details of | - |
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| (verb) compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music | - |
| conflagrate | (verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, combust, erupt, ignite, take fire |
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| (verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: enkindle, inflame, kindle |
| congratulate | (verb) say something to someone that expresses praise | Synonyms: compliment |
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| (verb) express congratulations | Synonyms: felicitate |
| (verb) pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement | Synonyms: preen |
| (verb) be proud of | Synonyms: plume, pride |
| congregate | (verb) come together, usually for a purpose | - |
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| deflagrate | (verb) burn with great heat and intense light | - |
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| (verb) cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity | - |
| degrade | (verb) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | Synonyms: cheapen |
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| (verb) reduce the level of land, as by erosion | - |
| (verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: demean, disgrace, put down, take down |
| degrease | (verb) remove grease or oil from (a pan) | - |
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| denigrate | (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down | Synonyms: belittle, derogate, minimize |
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| (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
| desegregate | (verb) open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups | Synonyms: integrate, mix |
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| diagram | (verb) make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed | Synonyms: plot |
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| digress | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: divagate, stray, wander |
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| (verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, sidetrack, straggle |
| disagree | (verb) be of different opinions | Synonyms: differ, dissent, take issue |
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| (verb) be different from one another | Synonyms: disaccord, discord |
| disgrace | (verb) damage the reputation of | Synonyms: discredit |
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| (verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: degrade, demean, put down, take down |
| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
| disgruntle | (verb) put into a bad mood or into bad humour | - |
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| disintegrate | (verb) break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity | - |
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| (verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decay, decompose |
| (verb) cause to undergo fission or lose particles | - |
| downgrade | (verb) rate lower; lower in value or esteem | - |
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| egress | (verb) come out of | Synonyms: come forth, come out, emerge, go forth, issue |
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| emigrate | (verb) leave one's country of residence for a new one | - |
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| engraft | (verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, imbed, implant, plant |
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| (verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants | Synonyms: graft, ingraft |
| engrave | (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: grave, inscribe, scratch |
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| (verb) carve or cut a design or letters into | Synonyms: etch |
| (verb) carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block | Synonyms: etch |
| (verb) impress or affect deeply | - |
| engross | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, occupy |
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| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
| filigree | (verb) make filigree, as with a precious metal | - |
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| foreground | (verb) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent | Synonyms: highlight, play up, spotlight |
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| gangrene | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: mortify, necrose, sphacelate |
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| grab | (verb) capture the attention or imagination of | Synonyms: seize |
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| (verb) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) take or grasp suddenly | - |
| (verb) make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand | - |
| (verb) get hold of or seize quickly and easily | Synonyms: snaffle, snap up |
| (verb) obtain illegally or unscrupulously | - |
| grace | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
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| (verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish |
| gradate | (verb) pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another | - |
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| (verb) arrange according to grades | - |
| grade | (verb) determine the grade of or assign a grade to | - |
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| (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: order, place, range, rank, rate |
| (verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation | Synonyms: mark, score |
| (verb) level to the right gradient | - |
| graduate | (verb) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | Synonyms: calibrate, fine-tune |
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| (verb) receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; completion of a course or training | - |
| (verb) confer an academic degree upon | - |
| graft | (verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants | Synonyms: engraft, ingraft |
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| (verb) place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | Synonyms: transplant |
| grain | (verb) form into grains | Synonyms: granulate |
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| (verb) become granular | Synonyms: granulate |
| (verb) thoroughly work in | Synonyms: ingrain |
| (verb) paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | - |
| grandstand | (verb) perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause | - |
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| grant | (verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: concede, yield |
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| (verb) allow to have | Synonyms: accord, allot |
| (verb) let have | Synonyms: allow |
| (verb) transfer by deed | Synonyms: deed over |
| (verb) give as judged due or on the basis of merit | Synonyms: award |
| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, concede, yield |
| (verb) bestow, especially officially | Synonyms: give |
| granulate | (verb) form granulating tissue | - |
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| (verb) form into grains | Synonyms: grain |
| (verb) become granular | Synonyms: grain |
| graph | (verb) represent by means of a graph | Synonyms: chart |
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| (verb) plot upon a graph | - |
| grapple | (verb) to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match | Synonyms: grip |
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| (verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, make do, make out, manage |
| grasp | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) hold firmly | Synonyms: hold on |
| grass | (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
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| (verb) shoot down, of birds | - |
| (verb) feed with grass | - |
| (verb) cover with grass | Synonyms: grass over |
| (verb) spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach | - |
| grate | (verb) make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together | Synonyms: grind |
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| (verb) scratch repeatedly | Synonyms: scrape |
| (verb) reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface | - |
| (verb) gnaw into; make resentful or angry | Synonyms: eat into, fret, rankle |
| (verb) furnish with a grate | - |
| gratify | (verb) yield (to); give satisfaction to | Synonyms: indulge, pander |
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| (verb) make happy or satisfied | Synonyms: satisfy |
| grave | (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: engrave, inscribe, scratch |
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| (verb) shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it | Synonyms: sculpt, sculpture |
| gravel | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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| (verb) cover with gravel | - |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
| gravitate | (verb) move due to the pull of gravitation | - |
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| (verb) be attracted to | - |
| (verb) move toward | - |
| gray | (verb) turn grey | Synonyms: grey |
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| (verb) make grey | Synonyms: grey |
| graze | (verb) eat lightly, try different dishes | Synonyms: browse |
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| (verb) scrape gently | Synonyms: crease, rake |
| (verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: browse, crop, pasture, range |
| (verb) break the skin (of a body part) by scraping | - |
| (verb) let feed in a field or pasture or meadow | Synonyms: crop, pasture |
| grease | (verb) lubricate with grease | - |
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| green | (verb) turn or become green | - |
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| greenlight | (verb) to allow a project (especially a TV show) to go ahead | - |
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| greet | (verb) react to in a certain way | - |
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| (verb) express greetings upon meeting someone | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
| (verb) send greetings to | - |
| (verb) be perceived by | - |
| grey | (verb) turn grey | Synonyms: gray |
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| (verb) make grey | Synonyms: gray |
| griddle | (verb) cook on a griddle | - |
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| grieve | (verb) feel grief | Synonyms: sorrow |
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| (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: aggrieve |
| grill | (verb) cook over or under a grill | - |
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| (verb) examine thoroughly | - |
| grimace | (verb) contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state | Synonyms: make a face, pull a face |
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| grime | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, soil |
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| grin | (verb) to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl | - |
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| grind | (verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | Synonyms: bray, comminute, crunch, mash |
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| (verb) make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together | Synonyms: grate |
| (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: cranch, craunch, crunch |
| (verb) shape or form by grinding | - |
| (verb) created by grinding | - |
| (verb) dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced | - |
| (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail |
| grip | (verb) hold fast or firmly | - |
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| (verb) to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match | Synonyms: grapple |
| (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, spellbind, transfix |
| gripe | (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, grouse, holler, squawk |
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| grit | (verb) clench together | - |
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| (verb) cover with a grit | - |
| grizzle | (verb) complain whiningly | Synonyms: whine, yammer, yawp |
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| (verb) be in a huff; be silent or sullen | Synonyms: brood, stew |
| groak | (verb) look or stare at longingly | - |
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| groan | (verb) indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure | Synonyms: moan |
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| groin | (verb) build with groins | - |
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| grok | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, savvy |
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| groom | (verb) care for one's external appearance | Synonyms: neaten |
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| (verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: curry, dress |
| (verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: prepare, train |
| groove | (verb) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove | Synonyms: furrow, rut |
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| (verb) make a groove in, or provide with a groove | - |
| grope | (verb) feel about uncertainly or blindly | Synonyms: fumble |
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| (verb) fondle for sexual pleasure | - |
| (verb) search blindly or uncertainly | - |
| gross | (verb) earn before taxes, expenses, etc. | - |
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| grouch | (verb) show one's unhappiness or critical attitude | Synonyms: grumble, scold |
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| ground | (verb) use as a basis for; found on | Synonyms: base, establish, found |
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| (verb) instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject | - |
| (verb) place or put on the ground | - |
| (verb) confine or restrict to the ground | - |
| (verb) connect to a ground | - |
| (verb) cover with a primer; apply a primer to | Synonyms: prime, undercoat |
| (verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: anchor |
| (verb) (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field. | - |
| (verb) throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage | - |
| (verb) hit or reach the ground | Synonyms: run aground |
| (verb) bring to the ground | Synonyms: run aground, strand |
| group | (verb) arrange into a group or groups | - |
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| (verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: aggroup |
| grouse | (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, holler, squawk |
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| (verb) hunt grouse | - |
| grout | (verb) bind with grout | - |
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| grovel | (verb) show submission or fear | Synonyms: cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn |
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| grow | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: acquire, develop, get, produce |
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| (verb) become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain | - |
| (verb) cause to grow or develop | - |
| (verb) increase in size by natural process | - |
| (verb) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become | Synonyms: turn |
| (verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation | Synonyms: maturate, mature |
| (verb) grow emotionally or mature | Synonyms: develop |
| (verb) become attached by or as if by the process of growth | - |
| (verb) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques | Synonyms: farm, produce, raise |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, develop, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
| growl | (verb) to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds | Synonyms: grumble, rumble |
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| grub | (verb) search about busily | - |
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| (verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: bum, cadge, mooch, sponge |
| grubstake | (verb) supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits | - |
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| grudge | (verb) accept or admit unwillingly | - |
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| (verb) bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings | Synonyms: stew |
| grumble | (verb) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath | Synonyms: croak, gnarl, murmur, mutter |
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| (verb) show one's unhappiness or critical attitude | Synonyms: grouch, scold |
| (verb) to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds | Synonyms: growl, rumble |
| (verb) make a low noise | Synonyms: rumble |