abhor | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abominate, execrate, loathe |
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anchor | (verb) secure a vessel with an anchor | Synonyms: cast anchor, drop anchor |
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(verb) fix firmly and stably | Synonyms: ground |
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 |
camphorate | (verb) treat with camphor | - |
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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 |
dehorn | (verb) take the horns off (an animal) | - |
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(verb) prevent the growth of horns of certain animals | - |
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 |
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 | - |
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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phosphoresce | (verb) to exhibit phosphorescence | - |
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semaphore | (verb) convey by semaphore, of information | - |
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(verb) send signals by or as if by semaphore | - |
shoehorn | (verb) fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited | - |
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shore | (verb) support by placing against something solid or rigid | Synonyms: prop, prop up, shore up |
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(verb) arrive on shore | Synonyms: land, set ashore |
(verb) serve as a shore to | - |
short | (verb) create a short circuit in | Synonyms: short-circuit |
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(verb) cheat someone by not returning him enough money | Synonyms: short-change |
shorten | (verb) become short or shorter | - |
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(verb) make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration | - |
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce |
(verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate |
(verb) make short or shorter | - |
shortlist | (verb) put someone or something on a short list | - |
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thoriate | (verb) impregnate with thorium oxide to increase thermionic emission | - |
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unhorse | (verb) alight from (a horse) | Synonyms: dismount, get down, get off, light |
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whore | (verb) compromise oneself for money or other gains | - |
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(verb) have unlawful sex with a whore | - |
(verb) work as a prostitute | - |