| armor | (verb) equip with armor | Synonyms: armour |
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| armour | (verb) equip with armor | Synonyms: armor |
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| aromatise | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatize, perfume |
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| aromatize | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatise, perfume |
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| arouse | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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| (verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken |
| (verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken |
| (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir |
| (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
| (verb) to evoke sexual feelings | Synonyms: excite, sex, turn on, wind up |
| (verb) to begin moving | Synonyms: stir |
| arrogate | (verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: assume, seize, take over, usurp |
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| (verb) make undue claims to having | Synonyms: assign |
| (verb) demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to | Synonyms: claim, lay claim |
| associate | (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in |
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| (verb) bring or come into association or action | Synonyms: consociate |
| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, assort, consort |
| assoil | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
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| assonate | (verb) correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance | - |
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| assort | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: class, classify, separate, sort, sort out |
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| (verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, associate, consort |
| astonish | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astound |
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| astound | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astonish |
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| astrogate | (verb) navigate in space | - |
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| (verb) guide in interplanetary travel | - |
| atomise | (verb) break up into small particles | Synonyms: atomize |
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| (verb) strike at with firepower or bombs | Synonyms: atomize, nuke, zap |
| (verb) spray very finely | Synonyms: atomize |
| atomize | (verb) break up into small particles | Synonyms: atomise |
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| (verb) strike at with firepower or bombs | Synonyms: atomise, nuke, zap |
| (verb) spray very finely | Synonyms: atomise |
| atone | (verb) turn away from sin or do penitence | Synonyms: repent |
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| (verb) make amends for | Synonyms: aby, abye, expiate |
| atrophy | (verb) undergo atrophy | - |
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| attorn | (verb) acknowledge a new land owner as one's landlord | - |
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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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| 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 |
| autoclave | (verb) subject to the action of an autoclave | - |
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| autograph | (verb) mark with one's signature | Synonyms: inscribe |
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| automate | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automatise, automatize |
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| automatise | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatize |
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| (verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatize |
| automatize | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatise |
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| (verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatise |
| automobile | (verb) travel in an automobile | - |
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| autopsy | (verb) perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem | - |
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| autotomise | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomize |
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| autotomize | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomise |
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| avoid | (verb) stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something | - |
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| (verb) refrain from certain foods or beverages | Synonyms: keep off |
| (verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: annul, invalidate, nullify, quash, void |
| (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
| (verb) refrain from doing something | - |
| avouch | (verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avow |
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| avow | (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, swan, swear, verify |
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| (verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avouch |
| bachelor | (verb) lead a bachelor's existence | Synonyms: bach |
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| backcross | (verb) mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents | - |
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| background | (verb) understate the importance or quality of | Synonyms: downplay, play down |
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| backlog | (verb) accumulate and create a backlog | - |
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| backstop | (verb) act as a backstop | - |
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| backstroke | (verb) swim on one's back | - |
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| badmouth | (verb) speak unfavorably about | Synonyms: drag through the mud, malign, traduce |
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| balloon | (verb) become inflated | Synonyms: billow, inflate |
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| (verb) ride in a hot-air balloon | - |
| ballot | (verb) vote by ballot | - |
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| ballyhoo | (verb) advertize noisily or blatantly | - |
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| bamboozle | (verb) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | Synonyms: hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow |
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| bankroll | (verb) provide with sufficient funds; finance | - |
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| 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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| barricado | (verb) block off with barricades | Synonyms: barricade |
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| bastinado | (verb) beat somebody on the soles of the feet | - |
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| batfowl | (verb) catch birds by temporarily blinding them | - |
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| 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 | - |
| bebop | (verb) dance the bebop | Synonyms: bop |
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| 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 | - |
| becloud | (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
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| become | (verb) enter or assume a certain state or condition | Synonyms: get, go |
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| (verb) come into existence | - |
| (verb) undergo a change or development | Synonyms: turn |
| (verb) enhance the appearance of | Synonyms: suit |
| bedhop | (verb) be sexually active with more than one partner | Synonyms: bed-hop, sleep around |
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| befog | (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
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| befool | (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
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| (verb) make a fool or dupe of | Synonyms: fool, gull |
| befoul | (verb) spot, stain, or pollute | Synonyms: defile, foul, maculate |
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| behold | (verb) see with attention | Synonyms: lay eyes on |
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| behoove | (verb) be appropriate or necessary | Synonyms: behove |
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| behove | (verb) be appropriate or necessary | Synonyms: behoove |
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| belabor | (verb) attack verbally with harsh criticism | Synonyms: belabour |
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| (verb) beat soundly | Synonyms: belabour |
| (verb) to work at or to absurd length | Synonyms: belabour |
| belabour | (verb) attack verbally with harsh criticism | Synonyms: belabor |
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| (verb) beat soundly | Synonyms: belabor |
| (verb) to work at or to absurd length | Synonyms: belabor |
| bellow | (verb) shout loudly and without restraint | Synonyms: bawl |
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| (verb) make a loud noise, as of animal | Synonyms: roar |
| 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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| bemock | (verb) treat with contempt | Synonyms: mock |
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| besot | (verb) make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation | Synonyms: stupefy |
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| bespot | (verb) mark with, or as if with, spots | - |
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| bestow | (verb) present | Synonyms: confer |
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| (verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bring, contribute, impart, lend |
| (verb) give as a gift | - |
| 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 |
| betroth | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, engage, plight |
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| billow | (verb) become inflated | Synonyms: balloon, inflate |
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| (verb) rise and move, as in waves or billows | Synonyms: heave, surge |
| (verb) rise up as if in waves | Synonyms: wallow |
| (verb) move with great difficulty | - |
| bioassay | (verb) subject to a bio-assay | - |
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| biodegrade | (verb) break down naturally through the action of biological agents | - |
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| bivouac | (verb) live in or as if in a tent | Synonyms: camp, camp out, encamp, tent |
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| blacktop | (verb) coat with blacktop | - |
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| blazon | (verb) decorate with heraldic arms | Synonyms: emblazon |
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| blindfold | (verb) cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing | - |
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| bloat | (verb) become bloated or swollen or puff up | - |
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| (verb) make bloated or swollen | - |
| blob | (verb) make a spot or mark onto | Synonyms: blot, fleck, spot |
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| block | (verb) shape into a block or blocks | - |
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| (verb) shape by using a block | - |
| (verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: freeze, immobilise, immobilize |
| (verb) be unable to remember | Synonyms: blank out, draw a blank, forget |
| (verb) interfere with or prevent the reception of signals | Synonyms: jam |
| (verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | Synonyms: deflect, parry |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
| (verb) obstruct | Synonyms: choke up, lug, stuff |
| (verb) stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block | - |
| (verb) support, secure, or raise with a block | - |
| (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
| (verb) shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight | Synonyms: obstruct |
| (verb) interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia | - |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| (verb) stop from happening or developing | Synonyms: halt, kibosh, stop |
| (verb) run on a block system | - |
| blockade | (verb) impose a blockade on | Synonyms: seal off |
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| (verb) obstruct access to | Synonyms: block off |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, stop |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| blog | (verb) read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal | - |
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| blood | (verb) smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill | - |
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| bloody | (verb) cover with blood | - |
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| bloom | (verb) produce or yield flowers | Synonyms: blossom, flower |
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| blossom | (verb) develop or come to a promising stage | Synonyms: blossom forth, blossom out, unfold |
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| (verb) produce or yield flowers | Synonyms: bloom, flower |
| blot | (verb) dry (ink) with blotting paper | - |
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| (verb) make a spot or mark onto | Synonyms: blob, fleck, spot |
| blotch | (verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | Synonyms: mottle, streak |
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| bloviate | (verb) orate verbosely and windily | - |
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| blow | (verb) exhale hard | - |
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| (verb) free of obstruction by blowing air through | - |
| (verb) melt, break, or become otherwise unusable | Synonyms: blow out, burn out |
| (verb) burst suddenly | - |
| (verb) shape by blowing | - |
| (verb) show off | Synonyms: bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
| (verb) cause to be revealed and jeopardized | - |
| (verb) allow to regain its breath | - |
| (verb) deposit eggs (of insects) | - |
| (verb) be in motion due to some air or water current | Synonyms: be adrift, drift, float |
| (verb) cause to move by means of an air current | - |
| (verb) leave; informal or rude | Synonyms: shove along, shove off |
| (verb) cause air to go in, on, or through | - |
| (verb) spout moist air from the blowhole | - |
| (verb) play or sound a wind instrument | - |
| (verb) make a sound as if blown | - |
| (verb) sound by having air expelled through a tube | - |
| (verb) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation | Synonyms: fellate, go down on, suck |
| (verb) spend lavishly or wastefully on | - |
| (verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away | Synonyms: squander, waste |
| (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
| (verb) be inadequate or objectionable | Synonyms: suck |
| (verb) be blowing or storming | - |
| bludgeon | (verb) strike with a club or a bludgeon | Synonyms: club |
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| (verb) overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club | - |
| board | (verb) provide food and lodging (for) | - |
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| (verb) lodge and take meals (at) | - |
| (verb) get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) | Synonyms: get on |
| (verb) live and take one's meals at or in | Synonyms: room |