| button | (verb) fasten with buttons | - |
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| (verb) provide with buttons | - |
| buttonhole | (verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors | Synonyms: lobby |
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| cajole | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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| callous | (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: cauterise, cauterize |
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| camouflage | (verb) disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something | - |
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| camphorate | (verb) treat with camphor | - |
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| cannon | (verb) fire a cannon | - |
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| (verb) make a cannon | - |
| cannonade | (verb) attack with cannons or artillery | - |
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| canoe | (verb) travel by canoe | - |
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| canonise | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonize, saint |
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| (verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonize |
| canonize | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonise, saint |
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| (verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonise |
| canoodle | (verb) fondle or pet affectionately | - |
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| canopy | (verb) cover with a canopy | - |
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| canton | (verb) divide into cantons, of a country | - |
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| (verb) provide housing for (military personnel) | Synonyms: billet, quarter |
| caparison | (verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: bard, barde, dress up |
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| caponise | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponize |
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| caponize | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponise |
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| capriole | (verb) perform a capriole, in ballet | - |
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| (verb) perform a capriole, of horses in dressage | - |
| caption | (verb) provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing | - |
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| caracole | (verb) make a half turn on a horse, in dressage | - |
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| carbonate | (verb) treat with carbon dioxide | - |
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| (verb) turn into a carbonate | - |
| carbonise | (verb) turn into carbon, as by burning | Synonyms: carbonize |
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| (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonize, carburise, carburize |
| carbonize | (verb) turn into carbon, as by burning | Synonyms: carbonise |
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| (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carburise, carburize |
| carboxylate | (verb) treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid | - |
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| carol | (verb) sing carols | - |
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| carom | (verb) make a carom | - |
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| (verb) rebound after hitting | - |
| carouse | (verb) engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: riot, roister |
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| cartoon | (verb) draw cartoons of | - |
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| catabolise | (verb) subject to catabolism | Synonyms: catabolize |
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| catabolize | (verb) subject to catabolism | Synonyms: catabolise |
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| catalog | (verb) make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | Synonyms: catalogue |
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| (verb) make a catalogue, compile a catalogue | Synonyms: catalogue |
| catalogue | (verb) make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | Synonyms: catalog |
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| (verb) make a catalogue, compile a catalogue | Synonyms: catalog |
| categorise | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorize |
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| categorize | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorise |
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| catholicise | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicize, latinise, latinize |
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| catholicize | (verb) cause to adopt Catholicism | Synonyms: catholicise, latinise, latinize |
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| caution | (verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: admonish, monish |
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| cavort | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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| censor | (verb) subject to political, religious, or moral censorship | - |
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| (verb) forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) | Synonyms: ban |
| champion | (verb) protect or fight for as a champion | Synonyms: defend |
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| chaperon | (verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperone |
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| chaperone | (verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperon |
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| charcoal | (verb) draw, trace, or represent with charcoal | - |
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| chariot | (verb) ride in a chariot | - |
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| (verb) transport in a chariot | - |
| checkrow | (verb) plant in checkrows | - |
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| chemisorb | (verb) take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
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| childproof | (verb) make safe against children | Synonyms: child-proof |
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| chiromance | (verb) divine by reading someone's palms | - |
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| chlorinate | (verb) disinfect with chlorine | - |
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| (verb) treat or combine with chlorine | - |
| chloroform | (verb) anesthetize with chloroform | - |
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| chock | (verb) support on chocks | - |
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| (verb) secure with chocks | - |
| choir | (verb) sing in a choir | Synonyms: chorus |
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| choke | (verb) breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion | - |
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| (verb) cause to retch or choke | Synonyms: gag |
| (verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | Synonyms: gag, strangle, suffocate |
| (verb) constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | Synonyms: strangle |
| (verb) reduce the air supply | Synonyms: throttle |
| (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
| (verb) suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | Synonyms: suffocate |
| (verb) become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | Synonyms: suffocate |
| (verb) be too tight; rub or press | Synonyms: fret, gag |
| (verb) become or cause to become obstructed | Synonyms: back up, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, crap up, foul |
| (verb) wring the neck of | Synonyms: scrag |
| (verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | Synonyms: asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate |
| (verb) check or slow down the action or effect of | - |
| (verb) fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation | - |
| chomp | (verb) chew noisily or vigorously | Synonyms: champ |
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| chondrify | (verb) turn into cartilage | - |
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| choose | (verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | Synonyms: pick out, select, take |
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| (verb) see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way | - |
| (verb) select as an alternative over another | Synonyms: opt, prefer |
| chop | (verb) hit sharply | - |
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| (verb) cut with a hacking tool | Synonyms: hack |
| (verb) cut into pieces with repeated blows | Synonyms: chop up |
| (verb) strike sharply, as in some sports | - |
| (verb) form or shape by chopping | - |
| (verb) move suddenly | - |
| chord | (verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
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| (verb) play chords on (a stringed instrument) | - |
| choreograph | (verb) plan and oversee the development and details of | - |
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| (verb) compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music | - |
| chortle | (verb) laugh quietly or with restraint | Synonyms: chuckle, laugh softly |
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| chorus | (verb) utter in unison | - |
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| (verb) sing in a choir | Synonyms: choir |
| chouse | (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chicane, jockey, screw, shaft |
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| chrome | (verb) treat with a chromium compound | - |
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| (verb) plate with chromium | Synonyms: chromium-plate |
| chronicle | (verb) record in chronological order; make a historical record | - |
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| chronologise | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologize |
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| chronologize | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologise |
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| circumvolute | (verb) wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail | - |
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| circumvolve | (verb) cause to turn on an axis or center | Synonyms: rotate |
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| clamor | (verb) utter or proclaim insistently and noisily | Synonyms: clamour |
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| (verb) make loud demands | Synonyms: clamour |
| (verb) compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring | - |
| clamour | (verb) utter or proclaim insistently and noisily | Synonyms: clamor |
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| (verb) make loud demands | Synonyms: clamor |
| clangor | (verb) make a loud resonant noise | Synonyms: clangour |
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| (verb) make a loud noise | Synonyms: clang |
| clangour | (verb) make a loud resonant noise | Synonyms: clangor |
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| clapboard | (verb) cover with clapboards | - |
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| clarion | (verb) proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion | - |
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| (verb) blow the clarion | - |
| claxon | (verb) use the horn of a car | Synonyms: honk |
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| (verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: beep, blare, honk, toot |
| cloak | (verb) cover with or as if with a cloak | - |
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| (verb) cover as if with clothing | Synonyms: clothe, drape, robe |
| (verb) hide under a false appearance | Synonyms: dissemble, mask |
| clobber | (verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight | Synonyms: bat, cream, drub, lick, thrash |
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| (verb) strike violently and repeatedly | Synonyms: baste, batter |
| clock | (verb) measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time | Synonyms: time |
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| clog | (verb) impede with a clog or as if with a clog | Synonyms: constipate |
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| (verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired | Synonyms: overload |
| (verb) coalesce or unite in a mass | Synonyms: clot |
| (verb) become or cause to become obstructed | Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog up, congest, crap up, foul |
| (verb) impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden | - |
| (verb) dance a clog dance | - |
| cloister | (verb) seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister | - |
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| (verb) surround with a cloister | - |
| (verb) surround with a cloister, as of a garden | - |
| clomp | (verb) walk clumsily | Synonyms: clump |
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| clone | (verb) make multiple identical copies of | - |
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| clop | (verb) make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | Synonyms: clump, clunk, plunk |
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| close | (verb) finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead | - |
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| (verb) complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement | - |
| (verb) move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut | Synonyms: shut |
| (verb) become closed | Synonyms: shut |
| (verb) bar access to | - |
| (verb) fill or stop up | Synonyms: fill up |
| (verb) bring together all the elements or parts of | - |
| (verb) unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of | Synonyms: close up |
| (verb) change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact | - |
| (verb) come together, as if in an embrace | Synonyms: come together |
| (verb) draw near | - |
| (verb) cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop | - |
| (verb) cease to operate or cause to cease operating | Synonyms: close down, close up, fold, shut down |
| (verb) finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.) | - |
| (verb) engage at close quarters | - |
| (verb) come to a close | Synonyms: conclude |
| (verb) be priced or listed when trading stops | - |
| closet | (verb) confine to a small space, as for intensive work | - |
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| closure | (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: cloture |
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| clot | (verb) turn into curds | Synonyms: clabber, curdle |
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| (verb) change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state | Synonyms: coagulate |
| (verb) cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state | Synonyms: coagulate |
| (verb) coalesce or unite in a mass | Synonyms: clog |
| clothe | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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| (verb) cover as if with clothing | Synonyms: cloak, drape, robe |
| (verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: adorn, invest |
| cloture | (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: closure |
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| cloud | (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: dapple, mottle |
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| (verb) make milky or dull | - |
| (verb) make less clear | - |
| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: corrupt, defile, sully, taint |
| (verb) make gloomy or depressed | - |
| (verb) billow up in the form of a cloud | - |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
| (verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: overcast |
| clout | (verb) strike hard, especially with the fist | - |
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| clown | (verb) act as or like a clown | Synonyms: antic, clown around |
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| cloy | (verb) cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing | Synonyms: pall |
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| (verb) supply or feed to surfeit | Synonyms: surfeit |
| coach | (verb) teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | Synonyms: train |
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| (verb) drive or operate a coach or carriage | - |
| coact | (verb) act together, as of organisms | - |
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| coagulate | (verb) change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state | Synonyms: clot |
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| (verb) cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state | Synonyms: clot |
| coal | (verb) take in coal | - |
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| (verb) supply with coal | - |
| (verb) burn to charcoal | Synonyms: char |
| coalesce | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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| (verb) fuse or cause to grow together | - |
| coapt | (verb) fit tightly and fasten | - |
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| (verb) cause to adhere | Synonyms: conglutinate |
| coarsen | (verb) make less subtle or refined | - |
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| (verb) make or become coarse or coarser | - |