| approbate | (verb) accept (documents) as valid | - |
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| (verb) approve or sanction officially | - |
| automobile | (verb) travel in an automobile | - |
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| blob | (verb) make a spot or mark onto | Synonyms: blot, fleck, spot |
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| bob | (verb) cut hair in the style of a bob | - |
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| (verb) make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect | Synonyms: curtsy |
| (verb) remove or shorten the tail of an animal | Synonyms: dock, tail |
| (verb) move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement | - |
| (verb) ride a bobsled | Synonyms: bobsled |
| bobble | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, 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 |
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| bobsled | (verb) ride a bobsled | Synonyms: bob |
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| boob | (verb) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | Synonyms: blunder, drop the ball, goof, sin |
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| 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 |
| cobble | (verb) repair or mend | - |
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| (verb) pave with cobblestones | Synonyms: cobblestone |
| cobblestone | (verb) pave with cobblestones | Synonyms: cobble |
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| conglobate | (verb) assume a globular shape | Synonyms: conglobe |
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| conglobe | (verb) assume a globular shape | Synonyms: conglobate |
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| corroborate | (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, substantiate, support, sustain |
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| (verb) give evidence for | Synonyms: validate |
| (verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm | Synonyms: bear out, support, underpin |
| demob | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demobilise, demobilize |
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| demobilise | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demob, demobilize |
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| (verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilize, inactivate |
| demobilize | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demob, demobilise |
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| (verb) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | Synonyms: demobilise, inactivate |
| discombobulate | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle, throw |
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| (verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bemuse, bewilder, throw |
| disobey | (verb) refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient | - |
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| disoblige | (verb) ignore someone's wishes | - |
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| (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
| disrobe | (verb) get undressed | Synonyms: discase, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress |
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| ennoble | (verb) give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility | Synonyms: entitle, gentle |
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| (verb) confer dignity or honor upon | Synonyms: dignify |
| enrobe | (verb) adorn with a robe | - |
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| (verb) provide with a coating | - |
| fob | (verb) deceive somebody | Synonyms: flim-flam, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick |
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| globalise | (verb) make world-wide in scope or application | Synonyms: globalize |
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| globalize | (verb) make world-wide in scope or application | Synonyms: globalise |
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| gobble | (verb) make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys | - |
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| (verb) eat hastily without proper chewing | Synonyms: bolt |
| hob | (verb) cut with a hob | - |
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| hobble | (verb) strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison | Synonyms: hopple |
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| (verb) walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury | Synonyms: gimp, hitch, limp |
| (verb) hamper the action or progress of | - |
| hobnail | (verb) supply with hobnails | - |
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| hobnob | (verb) rub elbows with | - |
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| immobilise | (verb) cause to be unable to move | Synonyms: immobilize |
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| (verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: block, freeze, immobilize |
| (verb) convert (assets) into fixed capital | Synonyms: immobilize |
| (verb) make defenseless | Synonyms: immobilize |
| (verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilize, pin, trap |
| (verb) hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital | Synonyms: immobilize |
| immobilize | (verb) cause to be unable to move | Synonyms: immobilise |
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| (verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: block, freeze, immobilise |
| (verb) convert (assets) into fixed capital | Synonyms: immobilise |
| (verb) make defenseless | Synonyms: immobilise |
| (verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilise, pin, trap |
| (verb) hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital | Synonyms: immobilise |
| job | (verb) invest at a risk | Synonyms: speculate |
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| (verb) work occasionally | - |
| (verb) profit privately from public office and official business | - |
| (verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | Synonyms: farm out, subcontract |
| lob | (verb) propel in a high arc | - |
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| lobby | (verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors | Synonyms: buttonhole |
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| mob | (verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, pack, pile, throng |
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| mobilise | (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilize |
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| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilize, summon |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilize |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilize, rally |
| mobilize | (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilise |
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| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilise, summon |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilise |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilise, rally |
| nobble | (verb) disable by drugging | - |
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| (verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | Synonyms: abduct, kidnap, snatch |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
| obey | (verb) be obedient to | - |
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| obfuscate | (verb) make obscure or unclear | - |
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| object | (verb) express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent | - |
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| (verb) be averse to or express disapproval of | - |
| objectify | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalise, depersonalize |
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| (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize |
| objurgate | (verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: condemn, decry, excoriate, reprobate |
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| (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chasten, chastise, correct |
| obligate | (verb) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted | Synonyms: bind, hold, oblige |
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| (verb) commit in order to fulfill an obligation | - |
| (verb) force somebody to do something | Synonyms: compel, oblige |
| oblige | (verb) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted | Synonyms: bind, hold, obligate |
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| (verb) provide a service or favor for someone | Synonyms: accommodate |
| (verb) force somebody to do something | Synonyms: compel, obligate |
| obliterate | (verb) remove completely from recognition or memory | Synonyms: efface |
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| (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, hide, obscure, veil |
| (verb) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase | Synonyms: kill, wipe out |
| (verb) do away with completely, without leaving a trace | - |
| obnubilate | (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, confuse, obscure |
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| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obscure |
| obscure | (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: bedim, overcloud |
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| (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, hide, obliterate, veil |
| (verb) reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa | - |
| (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, confuse, obnubilate |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate |
| observe | (verb) stick to correctly or closely | Synonyms: keep, maintain |
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| (verb) make mention of | Synonyms: mention, note, remark |
| (verb) watch attentively | - |
| (verb) observe with care or pay close attention to | Synonyms: note, take note |
| (verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, discover, find, notice |
| (verb) follow with the eyes or the mind | Synonyms: follow, keep an eye on, watch, watch over |
| (verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honor, honour, respect |
| (verb) behave as expected during of holidays or rites | Synonyms: celebrate, keep |
| (verb) conform one's action or practice to | Synonyms: keep |
| obsess | (verb) haunt like a ghost; pursue | Synonyms: ghost, haunt |
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| (verb) be preoccupied with something | - |
| obsolesce | (verb) become obsolete, fall into disuse | - |
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| obstinate | (verb) persist stubbornly | - |
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| obstipate | (verb) constipate severely | - |
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| obstruct | (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: block, close up, impede, jam, obturate, occlude |
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| (verb) shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight | Synonyms: block |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, stymie, stymy |
| obtain | (verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract) | Synonyms: find, get, incur, receive |
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| (verb) come into possession of | - |
| (verb) be valid, applicable, or true | Synonyms: hold, prevail |
| obtrude | (verb) thrust oneself in as if by force | Synonyms: intrude |
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| (verb) push to thrust outward | Synonyms: push out, thrust out |
| obtund | (verb) reduce the edge or violence of | - |
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| obturate | (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, occlude |
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| obviate | (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, stave off, ward off |
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| (verb) get rid of something | Synonyms: eliminate, rid of |
| photobomb | (verb) to jump into someone's photo | - |
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| probate | (verb) establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents) | - |
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| (verb) put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence | - |
| probe | (verb) question or examine thoroughly and closely | Synonyms: examine |
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| (verb) examine physically with or as if with a probe | Synonyms: dig into, poke into |
| reprobate | (verb) reject (documents) as invalid | - |
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| (verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: condemn, decry, excoriate, objurgate |
| (verb) abandon to eternal damnation | - |
| rob | (verb) take something away by force or without the consent of the owner | - |
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| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, soak, surcharge |
| robe | (verb) clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes | Synonyms: vest |
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| (verb) cover as if with clothing | Synonyms: cloak, clothe, drape |
| slobber | (verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: dribble, drivel, drool, slabber, slaver |
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| snowmobile | (verb) ride a snowmobile | - |
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| sob | (verb) weep convulsively | - |
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| sober | (verb) become sober after excessive alcohol consumption | Synonyms: sober up |
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| (verb) become more realistic | Synonyms: sober up |
| (verb) cause to become sober | - |
| swob | (verb) wash with a swab or a mop | Synonyms: swab |
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| (verb) apply (usually a liquid) to a surface | Synonyms: dab, swab |
| throb | (verb) tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement | Synonyms: shiver, shudder, thrill |
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| (verb) expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically | Synonyms: pulsate, pulse |
| (verb) pulsate or pound with abnormal force | - |
| toboggan | (verb) move along on a luge or toboggan | Synonyms: luge |
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| wobble | (verb) move unsteadily | Synonyms: coggle |
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| (verb) tremble or shake | Synonyms: shimmy |
| (verb) move sideways or in an unsteady way | Synonyms: careen, shift, tilt |