| abhor | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abominate, execrate, loathe |
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| alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
| alcoholize | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholise |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholise |
| (verb) subject to the influence of alcohol | - |
| anchor | (verb) secure a vessel with an anchor | Synonyms: cast anchor, drop anchor |
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| (verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: ground |
| anthologise | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologize |
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| anthologize | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologise |
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| aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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| aphorize | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorise |
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| author | (verb) be the author of | - |
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| authorise | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorize, clear, pass |
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| (verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorize, empower |
| authorize | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorise, clear, pass |
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| (verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorise, empower |
| ballyhoo | (verb) advertize noisily or blatantly | - |
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| bedhop | (verb) be sexually active with more than one partner | Synonyms: bed-hop, sleep around |
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| behold | (verb) see with attention | Synonyms: lay eyes on |
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| behoove | (verb) be appropriate or necessary | Synonyms: behove |
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| behove | (verb) be appropriate or necessary | Synonyms: behoove |
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| buttonhole | (verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors | Synonyms: lobby |
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| camphorate | (verb) treat with camphor | - |
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| catholicise | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicize, latinise, latinize |
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| catholicize | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, latinise, latinize |
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| chock | (verb) support on chocks | - |
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| (verb) secure with chocks | - |
| choir | (verb) sing in a choir | Synonyms: chorus |
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| choke | (verb) breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion | - |
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| (verb) cause to retch or choke | Synonyms: gag |
| (verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | Synonyms: gag, strangle, suffocate |
| (verb) constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | Synonyms: strangle |
| (verb) reduce the air supply | Synonyms: throttle |
| (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
| (verb) suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | Synonyms: suffocate |
| (verb) become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | Synonyms: suffocate |
| (verb) be too tight; rub or press | Synonyms: fret, gag |
| (verb) become or cause to become obstructed | Synonyms: back up, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, crap up, foul |
| (verb) wring the neck of | Synonyms: scrag |
| (verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | Synonyms: asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate |
| (verb) check or slow down the action or effect of | - |
| (verb) fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation | - |
| chomp | (verb) chew noisily or vigorously | Synonyms: champ |
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| chondrify | (verb) turn into cartilage | - |
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| choose | (verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | Synonyms: pick out, select, take |
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| (verb) see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way | - |
| (verb) select as an alternative over another | Synonyms: opt, prefer |
| chop | (verb) hit sharply | - |
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| (verb) cut with a hacking tool | Synonyms: hack |
| (verb) cut into pieces with repeated blows | Synonyms: chop up |
| (verb) strike sharply, as in some sports | - |
| (verb) form or shape by chopping | - |
| (verb) move suddenly | - |
| chord | (verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
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| (verb) play chords on (a stringed instrument) | - |
| choreograph | (verb) plan and oversee the development and details of | - |
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| (verb) compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music | - |
| chortle | (verb) laugh quietly or with restraint | Synonyms: chuckle, laugh softly |
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| chorus | (verb) utter in unison | - |
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| (verb) sing in a choir | Synonyms: choir |
| chouse | (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chicane, jockey, screw, shaft |
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| dehorn | (verb) take the horns off (an animal) | - |
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| (verb) prevent the growth of horns of certain animals | - |
| demythologise | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologize |
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| demythologize | (verb) remove the mythical element from (writings) | Synonyms: demythologise |
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| dichotomise | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomize |
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| dichotomize | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomise |
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| diphthongise | (verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | Synonyms: diphthongize |
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| diphthongize | (verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | Synonyms: diphthongise |
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| dishonor | (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonour |
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| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonour, shame |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| dishonour | (verb) refuse to accept | Synonyms: dishonor |
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| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, shame |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
| echo | (verb) to say again or imitate | Synonyms: repeat |
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| (verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: resound, reverberate, ring |
| (verb) bring to mind | Synonyms: recall |
| exhort | (verb) force or impel in an indicated direction | Synonyms: press, urge, urge on |
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| (verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: barrack, cheer, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
| fathom | (verb) measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line | Synonyms: sound |
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| (verb) come to understand | Synonyms: bottom, penetrate |
| foreshorten | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten |
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| (verb) shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth | - |
| foreshow | (verb) foretell by divine inspiration | - |
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| ghost | (verb) write for someone else | Synonyms: ghostwrite |
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| (verb) haunt like a ghost; pursue | Synonyms: haunt, obsess |
| (verb) move like a ghost | - |
| ghostwrite | (verb) write for someone else | Synonyms: ghost |
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| hedgehop | (verb) fly very close to the ground | Synonyms: flat-hat |
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| hoard | (verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, collect, compile, pile up, roll up |
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| (verb) save up as for future use | Synonyms: cache, hive up, lay away, squirrel away, stash |
| hoax | (verb) subject to a playful hoax or joke | Synonyms: play a joke on, pull someone's leg |
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| hob | (verb) cut with a hob | - |
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| hobble | (verb) strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison | Synonyms: hopple |
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| (verb) walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury | Synonyms: gimp, hitch, limp |
| (verb) hamper the action or progress of | - |
| hobnail | (verb) supply with hobnails | - |
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| hobnob | (verb) rub elbows with | - |
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| hock | (verb) disable by cutting the hock | - |
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| (verb) leave as a guarantee in return for money | Synonyms: pawn, soak |
| hoe | (verb) dig with a hoe | - |
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| hog | (verb) take greedily; take more than one's share | - |
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| hoist | (verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | Synonyms: lift, wind |
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| (verb) raise by using ropes and pulleys | Synonyms: run up |
| (verb) move from one place to another by lifting | - |
| hold | (verb) keep from exhaling or expelling | - |
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| (verb) keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view | Synonyms: deem, take for, view as |
| (verb) hold the attention of | - |
| (verb) assert or affirm | - |
| (verb) remain committed to | - |
| (verb) declare to be | Synonyms: adjudge, declare |
| (verb) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted | Synonyms: bind, obligate, oblige |
| (verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: agree, concord, concur |
| (verb) aim, point, or direct | - |
| (verb) protect against a challenge or attack | Synonyms: defend, guard |
| (verb) drink alcohol without showing ill effects | Synonyms: carry |
| (verb) have or hold in one's hands or grip | - |
| (verb) be the physical support of; carry the weight of | Synonyms: hold up, support, sustain |
| (verb) support or hold in a certain manner | Synonyms: bear, carry |
| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, constrain, restrain |
| (verb) cover as for protection against noise or smell | - |
| (verb) organize or be responsible for | Synonyms: give, have, make, throw |
| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, entertain, harbor, harbour, nurse |
| (verb) cause to come to an abrupt stop | Synonyms: arrest, halt |
| (verb) have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense | Synonyms: have, have got |
| (verb) secure and keep for possible future use or application | Synonyms: hold back, keep back, retain |
| (verb) have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices | Synonyms: bear |
| (verb) arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance | Synonyms: book, reserve |
| (verb) keep from departing | - |
| (verb) take and maintain control over, often by violent means | - |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, curb, hold in, moderate |
| (verb) cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity | Synonyms: keep, maintain |
| (verb) remain in a certain state, position, or condition | - |
| (verb) be valid, applicable, or true | Synonyms: obtain, prevail |
| (verb) be pertinent or relevant or applicable | Synonyms: apply, go for |
| (verb) have room for; hold without crowding | Synonyms: accommodate, admit |
| (verb) have as a major characteristic | - |
| (verb) resist or confront with resistance | Synonyms: defy, hold up, withstand |
| (verb) stop dealing with | - |
| (verb) contain or hold; have within | Synonyms: bear, carry, contain |
| (verb) be capable of holding or containing | Synonyms: contain, take |
| hole | (verb) make holes in | - |
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| (verb) hit the ball into the hole | Synonyms: hole out |
| holiday | (verb) spend or take a vacation | Synonyms: vacation |
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| holler | (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, squawk |
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| (verb) utter a sudden loud cry | Synonyms: call, cry, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell |
| (verb) shout out | Synonyms: holler out |
| hollo | (verb) utter a sudden loud cry | Synonyms: call, cry, holler, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell |
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| (verb) cry hollo | - |
| (verb) encourage somebody by crying hollo | - |
| hollow | (verb) remove the interior of | Synonyms: core out, hollow out |
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| (verb) remove the inner part or the core of | Synonyms: dig, excavate |
| holystone | (verb) scrub with a holystone | - |
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| home | (verb) return home accurately from a long distance | - |
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| (verb) provide with, or send to, a home | - |
| homer | (verb) hit a home run | - |
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| homestead | (verb) settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead | - |
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| homogenise | (verb) become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenize |
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| (verb) cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenize |
| (verb) break up the fat globules of | Synonyms: homogenize |
| homogenize | (verb) become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenise |
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| (verb) cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenise |
| (verb) break up the fat globules of | Synonyms: homogenise |
| homologise | (verb) make homologous | Synonyms: homologize |
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| homologize | (verb) make homologous | Synonyms: homologise |
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| (verb) be homologous | - |
| hone | (verb) make perfect or complete | Synonyms: perfect |
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| (verb) sharpen with a hone | - |
| honey | (verb) sweeten with honey | - |
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| honeycomb | (verb) make full of cavities, like a honeycomb | - |
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| (verb) penetrate thoroughly and into every part | - |
| (verb) carve a honeycomb pattern into | - |
| honeymoon | (verb) spend a holiday after one's marriage | - |
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| honk | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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| (verb) cry like a goose | Synonyms: cronk |
| (verb) use the horn of a car | Synonyms: claxon |
| (verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: beep, blare, claxon, toot |
| honor | (verb) accept as pay | Synonyms: honour |
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| (verb) bestow honor or rewards upon | Synonyms: honour, reward |
| (verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honour, observe, respect |
| honour | (verb) accept as pay | Synonyms: honor |
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| (verb) bestow honor or rewards upon | Synonyms: honor, reward |
| (verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honor, observe, respect |
| hood | (verb) cover with a hood | - |
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| hoodoo | (verb) bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune | - |
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| hoodwink | (verb) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | Synonyms: bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow |
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| (verb) influence by slyness | Synonyms: beguile, juggle |
| hoof | (verb) dance in a professional capacity | - |
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| (verb) walk | Synonyms: foot, hoof it, leg it |
| hook | (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: accost, solicit |
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| (verb) entice and trap | Synonyms: snare |
| (verb) secure with the foot | - |
| (verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) | Synonyms: addict |
| (verb) fasten with a hook | - |
| (verb) catch with a hook | - |
| (verb) hit with a hook | - |
| (verb) hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left | - |
| (verb) make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crochet |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| (verb) take by theft | Synonyms: cop, glom, knock off, snitch, thieve |
| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
| hoop | (verb) bind or fasten with a hoop | - |
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| hoot | (verb) to utter a loud clamorous shout | - |
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| (verb) utter the characteristic sound of owls | - |
| hoover | (verb) clean with a vacuum cleaner | Synonyms: vacuum-clean, vacuum |
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| hop | (verb) jump lightly | Synonyms: hop-skip, skip |
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| (verb) make a jump forward or upward | - |
| (verb) jump across | - |
| (verb) traverse as if by a short airplane trip | - |
| (verb) move quickly from one place to another | - |
| (verb) travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc. | - |
| hope | (verb) intend with some possibility of fulfilment | Synonyms: go for |
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| (verb) be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes | - |
| (verb) expect and wish | Synonyms: desire, trust |
| hopple | (verb) strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison | Synonyms: hobble |
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| horn | (verb) stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | Synonyms: tusk |
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| hornswoggle | (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
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| horrify | (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appal, appall, dismay |
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| horripilate | (verb) cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps | - |
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| (verb) have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps | - |
| horse | (verb) provide with a horse or horses | - |
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| horseshoe | (verb) equip (a horse) with a horseshoe or horseshoes | - |
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| horsewhip | (verb) whip with a whip intended for horses | - |
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| hose | (verb) water with a hose | Synonyms: hose down |
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| hospitalise | (verb) admit into a hospital | Synonyms: hospitalize |
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