| retire | (verb) prepare for sleep | Synonyms: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in |
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| (verb) cause to get out | Synonyms: strike out |
| (verb) cause to be out on a fielding play | Synonyms: put out |
| (verb) lose interest | Synonyms: withdraw |
| (verb) pull back or move away or backward | Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw |
| (verb) dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) | - |
| (verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: adjourn, withdraw |
| (verb) go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position | - |
| (verb) withdraw from active participation | Synonyms: withdraw |
| (verb) make (someone) retire | - |
| (verb) withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds | - |
| rewire | (verb) provide with new wiring | - |
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| satirise | (verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: lampoon, satirize |
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| satirize | (verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: lampoon, satirise |
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| shirk | (verb) avoid dealing with | - |
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| (verb) avoid (one's assigned duties) | Synonyms: fiddle, goldbrick, shrink from |
| shirr | (verb) bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set | - |
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| shirt | (verb) put a shirt on | - |
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| sire | (verb) make (offspring) by reproduction | Synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother |
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| skirl | (verb) play the bagpipes | - |
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| (verb) make a shrill, wailing sound | - |
| skirmish | (verb) engage in a skirmish | - |
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| skirt | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep |
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| (verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: border, environ, ring, surround |
| (verb) pass around or about; move along the border | - |
| (verb) form the edge of | - |
| smirch | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, sully |
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| (verb) smear so as to make dirty or stained | Synonyms: besmirch |
| smirk | (verb) smile affectedly or derisively | Synonyms: simper |
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| spiral | (verb) to wind or move in a spiral course | Synonyms: coil, gyrate |
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| (verb) move in a spiral or zigzag course | Synonyms: corkscrew |
| (verb) form a spiral | - |
| spirit | (verb) infuse with spirit | Synonyms: inspirit, spirit up |
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| spiritise | (verb) imbue with a spirit | Synonyms: spiritize |
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| spiritize | (verb) imbue with a spirit | Synonyms: spiritise |
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| spiritualise | (verb) purify from the corrupting influences of the world | Synonyms: spiritualize |
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| (verb) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense | Synonyms: spiritualize |
| spiritualize | (verb) purify from the corrupting influences of the world | Synonyms: spiritualise |
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| (verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration | Synonyms: glorify, transfigure |
| (verb) give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense | Synonyms: spiritualise |
| spirt | (verb) move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy | Synonyms: forge, spurt |
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| (verb) gush forth in a sudden stream or jet | Synonyms: gush, spout, spurt |
| squire | (verb) attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire | - |
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| squirm | (verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | Synonyms: twist, worm, wrestle, wriggle, writhe |
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| squirt | (verb) cause to come out in a squirt | Synonyms: eject, force out, squeeze out |
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| (verb) wet with a spurt of liquid | Synonyms: spurt |
| stir | (verb) mix or add by stirring | - |
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| (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise |
| (verb) affect emotionally | Synonyms: touch |
| (verb) stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of | Synonyms: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate |
| (verb) move very slightly | Synonyms: agitate, budge, shift |
| (verb) move an implement through | - |
| (verb) to begin moving | Synonyms: arouse |
| (verb) stir feelings in | Synonyms: excite, stimulate |
| suspire | (verb) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs | Synonyms: breathe, respire, take a breath |
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| (verb) heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily | Synonyms: sigh |
| swirl | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, purl, whirl, whirlpool |
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| (verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion | Synonyms: twiddle, twirl, whirl |
| thirst | (verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: crave, hunger, lust, starve |
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| (verb) feel the need to drink | - |
| tire | (verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | Synonyms: fatigue, jade, pall, weary |
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| (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
| (verb) cause to be bored | Synonyms: bore |
| (verb) deplete | Synonyms: exhaust, play out, run down, sap |
| transpirate | (verb) pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas | Synonyms: transpire |
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| transpire | (verb) give off (water) through the skin | - |
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| (verb) come to light; become known | - |
| (verb) exude water vapor | - |
| (verb) come about, happen, or occur | - |
| (verb) pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas | Synonyms: transpirate |
| twirl | (verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion | Synonyms: swirl, twiddle, whirl |
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| (verb) cause to spin | Synonyms: birl, spin, whirl |
| twirp | (verb) make a weak, chirping sound | Synonyms: tweet |
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| umpire | (verb) be a referee or umpire in a sports competition | Synonyms: referee |
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| undergird | (verb) make secure underneath | Synonyms: brace up |
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| (verb) lend moral support to | - |
| unwire | (verb) undo the wiring of | - |
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| virilise | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinise, masculinize, virilize |
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| virilize | (verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy | Synonyms: masculinise, masculinize, virilise |
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| whir | (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whirr, whiz, whizz |
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| whirl | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, purl, swirl, whirlpool |
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| (verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion | Synonyms: swirl, twiddle, twirl |
| (verb) cause to spin | Synonyms: birl, spin, twirl |
| (verb) fly around | Synonyms: tumble, whirl around |
| (verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | Synonyms: gyrate, reel, spin, spin around |
| whirligig | (verb) whirl or spin like a whirligig | - |
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| whirlpool | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, purl, swirl, whirl |
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| whirr | (verb) make a vibrant sound, as of some birds | Synonyms: churr |
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| (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whir, whiz, whizz |
| wire | (verb) equip for use with electricity | Synonyms: electrify |
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| (verb) send cables, wires, or telegrams | Synonyms: cable, telegraph |
| (verb) fasten with wire | - |
| (verb) string on a wire | - |
| (verb) provide with electrical circuits | - |
| wiretap | (verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: bug, intercept, tap |
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