| shake | (verb) move with or as if with a tremor | Synonyms: didder |
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| (verb) undermine or cause to waver | - |
| (verb) bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking | - |
| (verb) shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state | - |
| (verb) stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of | Synonyms: excite, shake up, stimulate, stir |
| (verb) move or cause to move back and forth | Synonyms: agitate |
| (verb) shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively | Synonyms: judder |
| (verb) move back and forth or sideways | Synonyms: rock, sway |
| (verb) get rid of | Synonyms: escape from, shake off, throw off |
| sicken | (verb) get sick | Synonyms: come down |
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| (verb) make sick or ill | - |
| (verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | Synonyms: churn up, disgust, nauseate, revolt |
| (verb) upset and make nauseated | Synonyms: nauseate, turn one's stomach |
| skedaddle | (verb) run away, as if in a panic | - |
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| sketch | (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: adumbrate, outline |
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| (verb) make a sketch of | Synonyms: chalk out |
| skew | (verb) turn or place at an angle | - |
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| skewer | (verb) drive a skewer through | Synonyms: spit |
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| skyrocket | (verb) shoot up abruptly, like a rocket | Synonyms: rocket |
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| slacken | (verb) become looser or slack | - |
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| (verb) make slack as by lessening tension or firmness | Synonyms: remit |
| (verb) become slow or slower | Synonyms: slack, slow, slow down, slow up |
| (verb) make less active or fast | Synonyms: relax, slack, slack up |
| slake | (verb) make less active or intense | Synonyms: abate, slack |
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| (verb) cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water | Synonyms: slack |
| (verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: allay, assuage, quench |
| smoke | (verb) inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes | - |
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| (verb) emit a cloud of fine particles | Synonyms: fume |
| snake | (verb) move along a winding path | - |
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| (verb) move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake | - |
| (verb) form a snake-like pattern | - |
| snicker | (verb) laugh quietly | Synonyms: snigger |
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| snooker | (verb) leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot | - |
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| (verb) fool or dupe | - |
| snorkel | (verb) dive with a snorkel | - |
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| spike | (verb) add alcohol to (beverages) | Synonyms: fortify, lace |
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| (verb) bring forth a spike or spikes | Synonyms: spike out |
| (verb) manifest a sharp increase | - |
| (verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point | Synonyms: empale, impale, transfix |
| (verb) secure with spikes | - |
| (verb) stand in the way of | - |
| stake | (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, game, punt |
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| (verb) mark with a stake | Synonyms: post |
| (verb) tie or fasten to a stake | - |
| (verb) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole | Synonyms: impale |
| (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, venture |
| stoke | (verb) stir up or tend; of a fire | - |
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| strike | (verb) cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp | - |
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| (verb) arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing | - |
| (verb) indicate (a certain time) by striking | - |
| (verb) make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target | Synonyms: hit |
| (verb) deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon | - |
| (verb) hit against; come into sudden contact with | Synonyms: collide with, hit, impinge on, run into |
| (verb) affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely | Synonyms: hit |
| (verb) produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments | Synonyms: hit |
| (verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | Synonyms: excise, expunge, scratch |
| (verb) pierce with force | - |
| (verb) smooth with a strickle | Synonyms: strickle |
| (verb) hook by a pull on the line | Synonyms: seize |
| (verb) produce by ignition or a blow | - |
| (verb) form by stamping, punching, or printing | Synonyms: coin, mint |
| (verb) disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set | - |
| (verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: affect, impress, move |
| (verb) drive something violently into a location | Synonyms: hit |
| (verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: assume, take, take up |
| (verb) cause to experience suddenly | Synonyms: come to, hit |
| (verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon |
| (verb) stop work in order to press demands | Synonyms: walk out |
| (verb) attain | Synonyms: come to |
| (verb) touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly | Synonyms: fall, shine |
| stroke | (verb) treat gingerly or carefully | - |
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| (verb) strike a ball with a smooth blow | - |
| (verb) row at a particular rate | - |
| (verb) touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions | - |
| take | (verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | Synonyms: contract, get |
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| (verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | Synonyms: remove, take away, withdraw |
| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, adopt, assume, take on |
| (verb) ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial | - |
| (verb) be seized or affected in a specified way | - |
| (verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | Synonyms: choose, pick out, select |
| (verb) be a student of a certain subject | Synonyms: learn, read, study |
| (verb) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes | Synonyms: consider, deal, look at |
| (verb) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression | Synonyms: read |
| (verb) accept or undergo, often unwillingly | Synonyms: submit |
| (verb) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | Synonyms: claim, exact |
| (verb) make a film or photograph of something | Synonyms: film, shoot |
| (verb) lay claim to; as of an idea | Synonyms: claim |
| (verb) obtain by winning | - |
| (verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | Synonyms: aim, direct, take aim, train |
| (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, have, ingest, take in |
| (verb) get into one's hands, take physically | Synonyms: get hold of |
| (verb) have sex with; archaic use | Synonyms: have |
| (verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: assume, strike, take up |
| (verb) travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route | - |
| (verb) head into a specified direction | Synonyms: make |
| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: conduct, direct, guide, lead |
| (verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | Synonyms: bring, convey |
| (verb) proceed along in a vehicle | Synonyms: drive |
| (verb) experience or feel or submit to | - |
| (verb) take into one's possession | - |
| (verb) conquer by force | - |
| (verb) buy, select | - |
| (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, engage, hire, lease, rent |
| (verb) receive or obtain regularly | Synonyms: subscribe, subscribe to |
| (verb) receive willingly something given or offered | Synonyms: accept, have |
| (verb) require (time or space) | Synonyms: occupy, use up |
| (verb) admit into a group or community | Synonyms: accept, admit, take on |
| (verb) to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort | - |
| (verb) make use of or accept for some purpose | Synonyms: accept |
| (verb) assume, as of positions or roles | Synonyms: fill, occupy |
| (verb) carry out | - |
| (verb) develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation | Synonyms: take to |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require |
| (verb) be designed to hold or take | Synonyms: accept |
| (verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: carry, pack |
| (verb) be capable of holding or containing | Synonyms: contain, hold |
| thicken | (verb) become thick or thicker | Synonyms: inspissate |
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| (verb) make thick or thicker | Synonyms: inspissate |
| (verb) make viscous or dense | Synonyms: inspissate |
| ticket | (verb) provide with a ticket for passage or admission | - |
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| (verb) record a fine as a penalty in a police record | Synonyms: fine |
| tinker | (verb) try to fix or mend | Synonyms: fiddle |
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| (verb) do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly | Synonyms: mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter |
| (verb) work as a tinker or tinkerer | - |
| tucker | (verb) wear out completely | Synonyms: beat, exhaust, tucker out, wash up |
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| undertake | (verb) promise to do or accomplish | Synonyms: guarantee |
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| (verb) enter into a contractual arrangement | Synonyms: contract |
| (verb) enter upon an activity or enterprise | Synonyms: attempt, set about |
| (verb) accept as a charge | Synonyms: take in charge |
| (verb) accept as a challenge | Synonyms: tackle, take on |
| unmake | (verb) deprive of certain characteristics | Synonyms: undo |
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| unyoke | (verb) remove the yoke from | - |
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| wake | (verb) be awake, be alert, be there | - |
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| (verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake up, waken |
| (verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: arouse, awaken, rouse, wake up, waken |
| (verb) to alert someone to something | - |
| (verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions | Synonyms: fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up |
| waken | (verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up |
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| (verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up |
| weaken | (verb) become weaker | - |
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| (verb) lessen the strength of | - |
| (verb) reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of | Synonyms: de-escalate, step down |
| (verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, damp, dampen, soften |
| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine |
| weekend | (verb) spend the weekend | - |
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| whicker | (verb) make a characteristic sound, of a horse | Synonyms: neigh, nicker, whinny |
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| whisker | (verb) furnish with whiskers | Synonyms: bewhisker |
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| yoke | (verb) put a yoke on or join with a yoke | - |
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| (verb) link with or as with a yoke | Synonyms: link |
| (verb) become joined or linked together | - |