| hear | (verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, learn, pick up, see |
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| (verb) perceive (sound) via the auditory sense | - |
| (verb) receive a communication from someone | - |
| (verb) listen and pay attention | Synonyms: listen, take heed |
| (verb) examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process | Synonyms: try |
| hearken | (verb) listen; used mostly in the imperative | Synonyms: hark, harken |
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| hearten | (verb) give encouragement to | Synonyms: cheer, embolden, recreate |
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| heat | (verb) gain heat or get hot | Synonyms: heat up, hot up |
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| (verb) make hot or hotter | Synonyms: heat up |
| (verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions | Synonyms: fire up, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake |
| (verb) provide with heat | - |
| heave | (verb) make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | Synonyms: gag, retch |
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| (verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: gasp, pant, puff |
| (verb) bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat | Synonyms: buckle, warp |
| (verb) utter a sound, as with obvious effort | - |
| (verb) lift or elevate | Synonyms: heave up, heft, heft up |
| (verb) throw with great effort | - |
| (verb) rise and move, as in waves or billows | Synonyms: billow, surge |
| (verb) move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position | - |
| heckle | (verb) challenge aggressively | - |
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| (verb) comb with a heckle | Synonyms: hackle, hatchel |
| hectograph | (verb) copy on a duplicator | - |
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| hector | (verb) be bossy towards | Synonyms: ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, push around, strong-arm |
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| hedge | (verb) minimize loss or risk | - |
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| (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
| (verb) enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges | Synonyms: hedge in |
| (verb) hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge | - |
| hedgehop | (verb) fly very close to the ground | Synonyms: flat-hat |
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| heed | (verb) pay close attention to; give heed to | Synonyms: listen, mind |
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| heel | (verb) put a new heel on | Synonyms: reheel |
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| (verb) strike with the heel of the club | - |
| (verb) perform with the heels | - |
| (verb) follow at the heels of a person | - |
| (verb) tilt to one side | Synonyms: list |
| heft | (verb) lift or elevate | Synonyms: heave, heave up, heft up |
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| (verb) test the weight of something by lifting it | - |
| heighten | (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: enhance, raise |
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| (verb) become more extreme | Synonyms: rise |
| (verb) make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity | - |
| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: compound, deepen, intensify |
| (verb) make (one's senses) more acute | Synonyms: sharpen |
| (verb) increase the height of | - |
| heist | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarise, burglarize, burgle |
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| heliograph | (verb) signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays | - |
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| helm | (verb) be at or take the helm of | - |
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| help | (verb) improve the condition of | Synonyms: aid |
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| (verb) improve; change for the better | - |
| (verb) help to some food; help with food or drink | Synonyms: serve |
| (verb) take or use | Synonyms: avail |
| (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: aid, assist |
| (verb) contribute to the furtherance of | - |
| (verb) be of use | Synonyms: facilitate |
| (verb) abstain from doing; always used with a negative | Synonyms: help oneself |
| hem | (verb) utter `hem' or `ahem' | - |
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| (verb) fold over and sew together to provide with a hem | - |
| hemagglutinate | (verb) cause the clumping together (of red blood cells) | Synonyms: haemagglutinate |
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| hemorrhage | (verb) lose blood from one's body | Synonyms: bleed, shed blood |
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| hemstitch | (verb) sew with hemstitches | - |
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| henna | (verb) apply henna to one's hair | - |
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| herald | (verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: announce, annunciate, foretell, harbinger |
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| (verb) praise vociferously | Synonyms: acclaim, hail |
| (verb) greet enthusiastically or joyfully | Synonyms: hail |
| herd | (verb) move together, like a herd | - |
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| (verb) cause to herd, drive, or crowd together | Synonyms: crowd |
| (verb) keep, move, or drive animals | - |
| hesitate | (verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | Synonyms: waffle, waver |
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| (verb) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | Synonyms: pause |
| heterodyne | (verb) combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two | - |
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| hew | (verb) strike with an axe; cut down, strike | - |
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| (verb) make or shape as with an axe | Synonyms: hew out |
| hex | (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, glamour, jinx, witch |
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| hyphen | (verb) divide or connect with a hyphen | Synonyms: hyphenate |
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| hyphenate | (verb) divide or connect with a hyphen | Synonyms: hyphen |
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| hypothecate | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| (verb) pledge without delivery or title of possession | - |
| hypothesise | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| hypothesize | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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| inhere | (verb) be inherent in something | - |
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| inherit | (verb) obtain from someone after their death | - |
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| (verb) receive by genetic transmission | - |
| (verb) receive from a predecessor | - |
| lather | (verb) rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning | Synonyms: soap |
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| (verb) exude sweat or lather | - |
| (verb) form a lather | - |
| (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip |
| leather | (verb) whip with a leather strap | - |
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| lengthen | (verb) become long or longer | - |
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| (verb) make longer | - |
| loathe | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abhor, abominate, execrate |
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| misapprehend | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| mother | (verb) make (offspring) by reproduction | Synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, sire |
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| (verb) care for like a mother | Synonyms: fuss, overprotect |
| orchestrate | (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, organise, organize |
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| (verb) write an orchestra score for | - |
| overclothe | (verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overdress |
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| overhear | (verb) hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | Synonyms: catch, take in |
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| overheat | (verb) get excessively and undesirably hot | - |
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| (verb) make excessively or undesirably hot | - |
| overwhelm | (verb) charge someone with too many tasks | Synonyms: deluge, flood out |
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| (verb) overcome by superior force | Synonyms: overmaster, overpower |
| (verb) cover completely or make imperceptible | Synonyms: drown, submerge |
| (verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overcome, overpower, overtake, sweep over, whelm |
| pother | (verb) make a fuss; be agitated | Synonyms: dither, flap |
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| (verb) make upset or troubled | - |
| preheat | (verb) heat beforehand | - |
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| prehend | (verb) take into your hands deliberately | Synonyms: clutch, seize, take hold, take hold of |
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| prophesy | (verb) predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration | Synonyms: vaticinate |
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| (verb) deliver a sermon | Synonyms: preach |
| ratchet | (verb) move by degrees in one direction only | Synonyms: rachet up, ratchet down |
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| refreshen | (verb) become or make oneself fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, freshen up, refresh |
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| (verb) make fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, refresh |
| rehear | (verb) hear or try a court case anew | Synonyms: retry |
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| rehearse | (verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practice, practise |
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| reheat | (verb) heat again | - |
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| reheel | (verb) put a new heel on | Synonyms: heel |
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| reprehend | (verb) to rebuke or reprimand | - |
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| reschedule | (verb) assign a new time and place for an event | - |
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| restrengthen | (verb) make strong again | - |
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| ricochet | (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, spring, take a hop |
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| roughen | (verb) make rough or rougher | - |
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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 | - |
| schematise | (verb) give conventional form to | Synonyms: schematize |
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| schematize | (verb) give conventional form to | Synonyms: schematise |
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| (verb) formulate in regular order; to reduce to a scheme or formula | - |
| scheme | (verb) form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner | Synonyms: connive, intrigue |
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| (verb) devise a system or form a scheme for | - |
| scythe | (verb) cut with a scythe | - |
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| seethe | (verb) boil vigorously | Synonyms: roll |
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| (verb) foam as if boiling | - |
| (verb) be in an agitated emotional state | Synonyms: boil |
| (verb) be noisy with activity | Synonyms: buzz, hum |
| shear | (verb) become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain | - |
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| (verb) cut with shears | - |
| (verb) cut or cut through with shears | - |
| (verb) shear the wool from | Synonyms: fleece |
| sheathe | (verb) enclose with a sheath | - |
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| (verb) cover with a protective sheathing | - |
| (verb) plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh | - |
| 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 |
| sheer | (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer |
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| (verb) cause to sheer | - |
| sheet | (verb) cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping | - |
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| (verb) come down as if in sheets | - |
| shell | (verb) remove from its shell or outer covering | - |
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| (verb) remove the husks from | Synonyms: husk |
| (verb) use explosives on | Synonyms: blast |
| (verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | Synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish |
| (verb) hit the pitches of hard and regularly | - |
| (verb) look for and collect shells by the seashore | - |
| (verb) fall out of the pod or husk | - |
| (verb) create by using explosives | Synonyms: blast |
| shellac | (verb) cover with shellac | Synonyms: shellack |
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| shellack | (verb) cover with shellac | Synonyms: shellac |
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| shelter | (verb) invest (money) so that it is not taxable | - |
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| (verb) provide shelter for | - |
| shelve | (verb) place on a shelf | - |
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| (verb) hold back to a later time | Synonyms: defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, table |
| shepherd | (verb) tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats | - |
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| (verb) watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils | - |
| shew | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: demonstrate, establish, prove, show |
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| slather | (verb) spread thickly | - |
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| slither | (verb) to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly | Synonyms: slide |
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| smoothen | (verb) become smooth | - |
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| (verb) make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing | Synonyms: smooth |
| (verb) make (a surface) shine | Synonyms: polish, shine, smooth |
| smother | (verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | Synonyms: asphyxiate, suffocate |
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| (verb) suppress in order to conceal or hide | Synonyms: muffle, repress, stifle, strangle |
| (verb) envelop completely | Synonyms: surround |
| (verb) deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion | Synonyms: put out |
| (verb) form an impenetrable cover over | - |
| soothe | (verb) cause to feel better | - |
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| (verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: comfort, console, solace |
| spearhead | (verb) be the leader of | - |
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| strengthen | (verb) give a healthy elasticity to | Synonyms: tone, tone up |
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| (verb) gain strength | - |
| (verb) make strong or stronger | Synonyms: beef up, fortify |
| sunbathe | (verb) expose one's body to the sun | Synonyms: sun |
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| swathe | (verb) wrap in swaddling clothes | Synonyms: swaddle |
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| synthesise | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesize |
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| synthesize | (verb) combine so as to form a more complex, product | Synonyms: synthesise |
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| (verb) combine and form a synthesis | - |
| teethe | (verb) grow teeth; cut the baby teeth | - |
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| tether | (verb) tie with a tether | - |
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| theme | (verb) provide with a particular theme or motive | - |
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| theologise | (verb) make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects | Synonyms: theologize |
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| (verb) treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character | Synonyms: theologize |
| theologize | (verb) make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects | Synonyms: theologise |
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| (verb) treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character | Synonyms: theologise |
| theorise | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorize |
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| theorize | (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise |
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| (verb) form or construct theories | - |
| (verb) construct a theory about | - |
| thermostat | (verb) control the temperature with a thermostat | - |
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| tithe | (verb) levy a tithe on (produce or a crop) | - |
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| (verb) exact a tithe from | - |
| (verb) pay a tenth of one's income; pay one tenth of, especially to the church | - |