| antagonize | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonise |
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| (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, counteract |
| ante | (verb) place one's stake | - |
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| antecede | (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
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| antedate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: foredate, predate |
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| (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
| anthologise | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologize |
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| anthologize | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologise |
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| anthropomorphise | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphize |
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| anthropomorphize | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphise |
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| antic | (verb) act as or like a clown | Synonyms: clown, clown around |
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| anticipate | (verb) be a forerunner of or occur earlier than | - |
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| (verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: expect |
| (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: foreknow, foresee, previse |
| (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
| (verb) be excited or anxious about | Synonyms: look for, look to |
| (verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: counter, foresee, forestall |
| antiquate | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antique |
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| (verb) make obsolete or old-fashioned | - |
| antique | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antiquate |
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| (verb) shop for antiques | - |
| antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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| append | (verb) state or say further | Synonyms: add, supply |
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| (verb) fix to; attach | Synonyms: hang on, tack, tack on, tag on |
| (verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, affix, supplement |
| appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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| appoint | (verb) furnish | - |
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| (verb) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | Synonyms: charge |
| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: constitute, name, nominate |
| apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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| (verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
| apprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
| (verb) anticipate with dread or anxiety | Synonyms: quail at |
| apprentice | (verb) be or work as an apprentice | - |
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| aquaplane | (verb) ride on an aquaplane | - |
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| (verb) rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road | - |
| aquatint | (verb) etch in aquatint | - |
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| arraign | (verb) accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy | - |
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| (verb) call before a court to answer an indictment | - |
| arrange | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set |
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| (verb) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events | Synonyms: order, put, set up |
| (verb) make arrangements for | Synonyms: fix up |
| (verb) put into a proper or systematic order | Synonyms: set up |
| (verb) adapt for performance in a different way | Synonyms: set |
| (verb) set (printed matter) into a specific format | Synonyms: format |
| (verb) plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | Synonyms: stage |
| ascend | (verb) slope upwards | - |
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| (verb) travel up | Synonyms: go up |
| (verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: come up, rise, uprise |
| (verb) go along towards (a river's) source | - |
| (verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: move up, rise |
| (verb) appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils | Synonyms: climb up |
| (verb) become king or queen | - |
| (verb) go back in order of genealogical succession | - |
| ascertain | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) learn or discover with certainty | - |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
| (verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: determine, find, find out |
| assassinate | (verb) destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation | - |
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| (verb) murder; especially of socially prominent persons | - |
| assent | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, acquiesce |
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| assign | (verb) select something or someone for a specific purpose | Synonyms: set apart, specify |
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| (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, attribute, impute |
| (verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: attribute |
| (verb) attribute or give | Synonyms: put |
| (verb) transfer one's right to | - |
| (verb) give out | Synonyms: allot, portion |
| (verb) make undue claims to having | Synonyms: arrogate |
| (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: delegate, depute, designate |
| assonate | (verb) correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance | - |
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| astonish | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astound |
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| astound | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astonish |
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| astringe | (verb) become constricted or compressed | - |
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| (verb) constrict or bind or draw together | - |
| atone | (verb) turn away from sin or do penitence | Synonyms: repent |
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| (verb) make amends for | Synonyms: aby, abye, expiate |
| attain | (verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: hit, reach |
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| (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, gain, hit, make, reach |
| (verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
| (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, reach |
| attaint | (verb) condemn by attainder | - |
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| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
| attend | (verb) give heed (to) | Synonyms: advert, give ear, hang, pay heed |
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| (verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: assist, attend to, serve, wait on |
| (verb) take charge of or deal with | Synonyms: look, see, take care |
| (verb) be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc. | Synonyms: go to |
| (verb) to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result | - |
| attenuate | (verb) become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude | - |
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| (verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) | Synonyms: rarefy |
| attitudinise | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinize |
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| attitudinize | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinise |
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| attorn | (verb) acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord | - |
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| attune | (verb) adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with | - |
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| auction | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction off, auctioneer |
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| auctioneer | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction, auction off |
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| audition | (verb) perform in order to get a role | Synonyms: try out |
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| augment | (verb) grow or intensify | - |
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| (verb) enlarge or increase | - |
| authenticate | (verb) establish the authenticity of something | - |
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| avalanche | (verb) gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow | Synonyms: roll down |
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| avenge | (verb) take revenge for a perceived wrong | Synonyms: retaliate, revenge |
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| avianise | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianize |
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| avianize | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianise |
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| awaken | (verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: arouse, rouse, wake, wake up, waken |
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| (verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: arouse, awake, come alive, wake, wake up, waken |
| (verb) make aware | - |
| background | (verb) understate the importance or quality of | Synonyms: downplay, play down |
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| backhand | (verb) hit a tennis ball backhand | - |
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| balance | (verb) hold or carry in equilibrium | Synonyms: poise |
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| (verb) compute credits and debits of an account | - |
| (verb) bring into balance or equilibrium | Synonyms: equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize |
| (verb) be in equilibrium | - |
| balloon | (verb) become inflated | Synonyms: billow, inflate |
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| (verb) ride in a hot-air balloon | - |
| ban | (verb) prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure | - |
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| (verb) forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) | Synonyms: censor |
| (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
| (verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | Synonyms: banish |
| band | (verb) bind or tie together, as with a band | - |
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| (verb) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify | Synonyms: ring |
| bandage | (verb) dress by covering or binding | - |
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| (verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose | Synonyms: bind |
| bandy | (verb) discuss lightly | Synonyms: kick around |
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| (verb) exchange blows | - |
| (verb) toss or strike a ball back and forth | - |
| bang | (verb) strike violently | Synonyms: slam |
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| (verb) close violently | Synonyms: slam |
| (verb) leap, jerk, bang | Synonyms: spang |
| (verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
| (verb) move noisily | - |
| (verb) to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound | - |
| banish | (verb) drive away | - |
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| (verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: bar, relegate |
| (verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
| (verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | Synonyms: ban |
| bank | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
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| (verb) enclose with a bank | - |
| (verb) cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning | - |
| (verb) tip laterally | - |
| (verb) put into a bank account | Synonyms: deposit |
| (verb) be in the banking business | - |
| (verb) do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank | - |
| (verb) act as the banker in a game or in gambling | - |
| bankroll | (verb) provide with sufficient funds; finance | - |
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| bankrupt | (verb) reduce to bankruptcy | Synonyms: break, ruin, smash |
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| banquet | (verb) partake in a feast or banquet | Synonyms: feast, junket |
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| (verb) provide a feast or banquet for | Synonyms: feast, junket |
| banter | (verb) be silly or tease one another | Synonyms: chaff, jolly, josh, kid |
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| bargain | (verb) come to terms; arrive at an agreement | - |
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| (verb) negotiate the terms of an exchange | Synonyms: dicker |
| barnstorm | (verb) tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays | - |
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| (verb) appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper | - |
| baronetise | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetize |
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| baronetize | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetise |
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| bastinado | (verb) beat somebody on the soles of the feet | - |
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| batten | (verb) secure with battens | - |
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| (verb) furnish with battens | Synonyms: batten down, secure |
| bayonet | (verb) stab or kill someone with a bayonet | - |
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| beacon | (verb) guide with a beacon | - |
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| (verb) shine like a beacon | - |
| bean | (verb) hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball | - |
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| bechance | (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: befall, happen |
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| (verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: befall, betide |
| beckon | (verb) signal with the hands or nod | Synonyms: wave |
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| (verb) summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture | - |
| (verb) appear inviting | - |
| bedamn | (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
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| bedizen | (verb) dress up garishly and tastelessly | Synonyms: dizen |
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| (verb) decorate tastelessly | - |
| befriend | (verb) become friends with | - |
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| begin | (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out |
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| (verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: commence, lead off, start |
| (verb) begin to speak or say | - |
| (verb) begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language | - |
| (verb) achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative | - |
| (verb) begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | Synonyms: start |
| (verb) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | Synonyms: start |
| (verb) be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series | - |
| (verb) have a beginning characterized in some specified way | Synonyms: start |
| (verb) have a beginning, of a temporal event | - |
| belong | (verb) be owned by; be in the possession of | - |
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| (verb) be rightly classified in a class or category | - |
| (verb) be suitable or acceptable | - |
| (verb) be in the right place or situation | Synonyms: go |
| (verb) be a part or adjunct | Synonyms: belong to |
| (verb) be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place) | - |
| bemoan | (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bewail, deplore, lament |
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| bench | (verb) To lift a weight using a bench press | - |
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| (verb) To exercise using a bench press | - |
| (verb) exhibit on a bench | - |
| (verb) take out of a game; of players | - |
| bend | (verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: deform, flex, turn, twist |
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| (verb) bend a joint | Synonyms: flex |
| (verb) form a curve | Synonyms: flex |
| (verb) change direction | - |
| (verb) turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest | Synonyms: deflect, turn away |
| (verb) bend one's back forward from the waist on down | Synonyms: bow, crouch, stoop |
| benday | (verb) reproduce by the Benday process | - |
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| benefact | (verb) help as a benefactor | - |
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| benefice | (verb) endow with a benefice | - |
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| beneficiate | (verb) process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction | - |
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| benefit | (verb) derive a benefit from | Synonyms: gain, profit |
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| (verb) be beneficial for | Synonyms: do good |
| benficiate | (verb) subject to a reduction process | - |
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| benight | (verb) make darker and difficult to perceive by sight | Synonyms: bedim |
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| (verb) envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness | - |
| (verb) overtake with darkness or night | - |
| benumb | (verb) make numb or insensitive | Synonyms: blunt, dull, numb |
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| bespangle | (verb) dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects | - |
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| (verb) decorate with spangles | Synonyms: spangle |
| besprinkle | (verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly | Synonyms: sparge, sprinkle |
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| bethink | (verb) consider or ponder something carefully | - |
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| (verb) cause oneself to consider something | - |
| betoken | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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| (verb) be a signal for or a symptom of | Synonyms: bespeak, indicate, point, signal |
| bin | (verb) store in bins | - |
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| bind | (verb) cause to be constipated | Synonyms: constipate |
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| (verb) form a chemical bond with | - |
| (verb) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted | Synonyms: hold, obligate, oblige |
| (verb) make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope | - |
| (verb) fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord | Synonyms: tie |
| (verb) provide with a binding | - |
| (verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to |
| (verb) secure with or as if with ropes | Synonyms: tie down, tie up, truss |
| (verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose | Synonyms: bandage |
| (verb) create social or emotional ties | Synonyms: attach, bond, tie |
| binge | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| (verb) to watch a large amount of media in a single seating | - |