| filter | (verb) remove by passing through a filter | Synonyms: filter out, filtrate, separate out, strain |
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| (verb) pass through | Synonyms: percolate, permeate, sink in |
| (verb) run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream | Synonyms: dribble, trickle |
| filtrate | (verb) remove by passing through a filter | Synonyms: filter, filter out, separate out, strain |
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| fishtail | (verb) slow down by moving the tail sideways | - |
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| flail | (verb) give a thrashing to; beat hard | Synonyms: lam, thrash, thresh |
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| (verb) move like a flail; thresh about | Synonyms: thresh |
| foil | (verb) cover or back with foil | - |
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| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
| (verb) enhance by contrast | - |
| fossilise | (verb) convert to a fossil | Synonyms: fossilize |
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| (verb) become mentally inflexible | Synonyms: fossilize |
| fossilize | (verb) convert to a fossil | Synonyms: fossilise |
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| (verb) become mentally inflexible | Synonyms: fossilise |
| fulfil | (verb) fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction | Synonyms: conform to, fill, fit, fulfill, meet, satisfy |
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| (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfill |
| (verb) meet the requirements or expectations of | Synonyms: fulfill, live up to, satisfy |
| fulfill | (verb) fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction | Synonyms: conform to, fill, fit, fulfil, meet, satisfy |
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| (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil |
| (verb) meet the requirements or expectations of | Synonyms: fulfil, live up to, satisfy |
| fusillade | (verb) attack with fusillade | - |
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| gild | (verb) decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold | Synonyms: begild, engild |
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| grill | (verb) cook over or under a grill | - |
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| (verb) examine thoroughly | - |
| guillotine | (verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine | - |
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| habilitate | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, raiment, tog |
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| (verb) qualify for teaching at a university in Europe | - |
| hail | (verb) greet enthusiastically or joyfully | Synonyms: herald |
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| (verb) call for | - |
| (verb) praise vociferously | Synonyms: acclaim, herald |
| (verb) be a native of | Synonyms: come |
| (verb) precipitate as small ice particles | - |
| handbuild | (verb) make without a potter's wheel | Synonyms: coil, hand-build |
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| hightail | (verb) retreat at full speed | Synonyms: high-tail |
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| hill | (verb) form into a hill | - |
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| hobnail | (verb) supply with hobnails | - |
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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 | - |
| humiliate | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humble, mortify |
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| hyperventilate | (verb) breathe excessively hard and fast | - |
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| (verb) produce hyperventilation in | - |
| illegalise | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalize, outlaw |
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| illegalize | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, outlaw |
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| illume | (verb) introduce light into | Synonyms: illuminate, illumine, light, light up |
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| illuminate | (verb) introduce light into | Synonyms: illume, illumine, light, light up |
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| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| (verb) add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) | - |
| illumine | (verb) introduce light into | Synonyms: illume, illuminate, light, light up |
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| illustrate | (verb) clarify by giving an example of | Synonyms: exemplify, instance |
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| (verb) depict with an illustration | - |
| (verb) supply with illustrations | - |
| immobilise | (verb) cause to be unable to move | Synonyms: immobilize |
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| (verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: block, freeze, immobilize |
| (verb) convert (assets) into fixed capital | Synonyms: immobilize |
| (verb) make defenseless | Synonyms: immobilize |
| (verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilize, pin, trap |
| (verb) hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital | Synonyms: immobilize |
| immobilize | (verb) cause to be unable to move | Synonyms: immobilise |
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| (verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: block, freeze, immobilise |
| (verb) convert (assets) into fixed capital | Synonyms: immobilise |
| (verb) make defenseless | Synonyms: immobilise |
| (verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilise, pin, trap |
| (verb) hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital | Synonyms: immobilise |
| imperil | (verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten |
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| infiltrate | (verb) pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict | Synonyms: pass through |
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| (verb) cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices | - |
| (verb) pass into or through by filtering or permeating | - |
| (verb) enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members | Synonyms: penetrate |
| instil | (verb) enter drop by drop | Synonyms: instill |
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| instill | (verb) fill, as with a certain quality | Synonyms: impregnate, infuse, tincture |
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| (verb) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of | Synonyms: impress, ingrain |
| (verb) teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions | Synonyms: inculcate, infuse |
| (verb) enter drop by drop | Synonyms: instil |
| (verb) impart gradually | Synonyms: transfuse |
| invigilate | (verb) watch over (students taking an exam, to prevent cheating) | Synonyms: proctor |
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| jail | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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| jilt | (verb) cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly | - |
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| jubilate | (verb) to express great joy | Synonyms: exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph |
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| (verb) celebrate a jubilee | - |
| kill | (verb) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase | Synonyms: obliterate, wipe out |
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| (verb) destroy a vitally essential quality of or in | - |
| (verb) cause to cease operating | - |
| (verb) tire out completely | - |
| (verb) end or extinguish by forceful means | Synonyms: stamp out |
| (verb) drink down entirely | Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, pop, pour down, toss off |
| (verb) cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly | - |
| (verb) cause the death of, without intention | - |
| (verb) deprive of life | - |
| (verb) hit with great force | - |
| (verb) hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games | - |
| (verb) overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration | - |
| (verb) be the source of great pain for | - |
| (verb) thwart the passage of | Synonyms: defeat, shoot down, vote down, vote out |
| (verb) be fatal | - |
| lilt | (verb) articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way | - |
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| lyophilise | (verb) to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum | Synonyms: lyophilize |
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| lyophilize | (verb) to dry (blood, serum, or tissue) by freezing in a high vacuum | Synonyms: lyophilise |
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| mail | (verb) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place | Synonyms: post, send |
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| (verb) send via the postal service | Synonyms: get off |
| microfilm | (verb) record on microfilm | - |
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| mildew | (verb) become moldy; spoil due to humidity | Synonyms: mold, mould |
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| militarise | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarize |
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| (verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarize |
| militarize | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarise |
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| (verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarise |
| militate | (verb) have force or influence; bring about an effect or change | - |
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| milk | (verb) take milk from female mammals | - |
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| (verb) add milk to | - |
| (verb) exploit as much as possible | - |
| mill | (verb) grind with a mill | - |
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| (verb) produce a ridge around the edge of | - |
| (verb) roll out (metal) with a rolling machine | - |
| (verb) move about in a confused manner | Synonyms: mill about, mill around |
| mobilise | (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilize |
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| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilize, summon |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilize |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilize, rally |
| mobilize | (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilise |
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| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilise, summon |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilise |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilise, rally |
| moil | (verb) moisten or soil | - |
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| (verb) be agitated | Synonyms: boil, churn, roil |
| (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, toil, travail |
| mutilate | (verb) destroy or injure severely | Synonyms: mar |
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| (verb) damage or injure severely | Synonyms: cut up, mangle |
| (verb) alter so as to make unrecognizable | Synonyms: mangle, murder |
| nail | (verb) complete a pass | Synonyms: complete |
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| (verb) attach something somewhere by means of nails | - |
| (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up |
| (verb) hit with great force | Synonyms: blast, boom, smash |
| (verb) locate exactly | Synonyms: pinpoint |
| (verb) succeed at easily | Synonyms: ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through |
| (verb) succeed in obtaining a position | Synonyms: nail down, peg |
| netmail | (verb) communicate electronically on the computer | Synonyms: e-mail, email |
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| obnubilate | (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, confuse, obscure |
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| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obscure |
| oil | (verb) administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing | Synonyms: anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct |
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| (verb) cover with oil, as if by rubbing | - |
| oscillate | (verb) move or swing from side to side regularly | Synonyms: vibrate |
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| (verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | Synonyms: hover, vacillate, vibrate |
| outsail | (verb) sail faster or better than | - |
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| overboil | (verb) overflow or cause to overflow while boiling | Synonyms: boil over |
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| (verb) boil excessively | - |
| overfill | (verb) fill beyond capacity | - |
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| parboil | (verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: blanch |
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| pencil | (verb) write, draw, or trace with a pencil | - |
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| peril | (verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | Synonyms: endanger, expose, queer, scupper |
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| (verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, threaten |
| philander | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, romance |
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| (verb) have amorous affairs; of men | Synonyms: womanise, womanize |
| philosophise | (verb) reason philosophically | Synonyms: philosophize |
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| philosophize | (verb) reason philosophically | Synonyms: philosophise |
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| pile | (verb) arrange in stacks | Synonyms: heap, stack |
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| (verb) place or lay as if in a pile | - |
| (verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, mob, pack, throng |
| pilfer | (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
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| pillage | (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip |
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| pillory | (verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: blast, crucify, savage |
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| (verb) punish by putting in a pillory | - |
| (verb) expose to ridicule or public scorn | Synonyms: gibbet |
| pillow | (verb) rest on or as if on a pillow | Synonyms: rest |
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| pilot | (verb) operate an airplane | Synonyms: aviate, fly |
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| (verb) act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance | Synonyms: navigate |
| prevail | (verb) use persuasion successfully | - |
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| (verb) prove superior | Synonyms: triumph |
| (verb) continue to exist | Synonyms: die hard, endure, persist, run |
| (verb) be valid, applicable, or true | Synonyms: hold, obtain |
| (verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, predominate, reign, rule |
| privilege | (verb) bestow a privilege upon | Synonyms: favor, favour |
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| profile | (verb) represent in profile, by drawing or painting | - |
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| (verb) write about | - |
| quail | (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince |
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| quilt | (verb) create by stitching together | - |
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| (verb) stitch or sew together | - |
| rail | (verb) complain bitterly | Synonyms: inveigh |
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| (verb) spread negative information about | Synonyms: revile, vilify, vituperate |
| (verb) criticize severely | Synonyms: fulminate |
| (verb) fish with a handline over the rails of a boat | - |
| (verb) lay with rails | - |
| (verb) travel by rail or train | Synonyms: train |
| (verb) separate with a railing | Synonyms: rail off |
| (verb) convey (goods etc.) by rails | - |
| (verb) provide with rails | - |
| (verb) enclose with rails | Synonyms: rail in |
| railroad | (verb) transport by railroad | - |
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| (verb) supply with railroad lines | - |
| (verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | Synonyms: dragoon, sandbag |
| reassail | (verb) assail again | - |
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| rebuild | (verb) build again | Synonyms: reconstruct |
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| recoil | (verb) spring back, as from a forceful thrust | Synonyms: kick, kick back |
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| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, shrink, squinch, wince |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backfire, backlash |
| reconcile | (verb) bring into consonance or accord | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
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| (verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another) | Synonyms: accommodate, conciliate |
| (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: resign, submit |
| (verb) come to terms | Synonyms: conciliate, make up, patch up, settle |
| refill | (verb) fill something that had previously been emptied | Synonyms: fill again, replenish |
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| rehabilitate | (verb) help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute | - |
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| (verb) reinstall politically | - |
| (verb) restore to a state of good condition or operation | - |
| remilitarise | (verb) militarize anew | Synonyms: remilitarize |
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| remilitarize | (verb) militarize anew | Synonyms: remilitarise |
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| resile | (verb) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed | - |
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| (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, retract |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop |
| (verb) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. | - |
| retail | (verb) sell on the retail market | - |
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| (verb) be sold at the retail level | - |
| revile | (verb) spread negative information about | Synonyms: rail, vilify, vituperate |
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| rile | (verb) make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | Synonyms: roil |
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| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, vex |
| roil | (verb) make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | Synonyms: rile |
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| (verb) be agitated | Synonyms: boil, churn, moil |
| sail | (verb) travel on water propelled by wind | - |
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| (verb) move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions | Synonyms: sweep |
| (verb) travel on water propelled by wind or by other means | Synonyms: navigate, voyage |
| (verb) traverse or travel on (a body of water) | - |
| sailplane | (verb) fly a plane without an engine | Synonyms: soar |
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| scintillate | (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: coruscate, sparkle |
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| (verb) fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon | - |
| (verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | Synonyms: twinkle, winkle |
| (verb) give off | - |
| (verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: coruscate, sparkle |
| sensibilise | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize |
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| sensibilize | (verb) make sensitive or aware | Synonyms: sensibilise, sensify, sensitise, sensitize |
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| shill | (verb) act as a shill | - |
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