biodegrade | (verb) break down naturally through the action of biological agents | - |
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bode | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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code | (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, cypher, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code |
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(verb) attach a code to | - |
corrode | (verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | Synonyms: rust |
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(verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | Synonyms: eat, rust |
decode | (verb) convert code into ordinary language | Synonyms: decipher, decrypt |
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discommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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encode | (verb) convert information into code | - |
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erode | (verb) remove soil or rock | Synonyms: eat away, fret |
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(verb) become ground down or deteriorate | Synonyms: eat at, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away |
explode | (verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: burst |
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(verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy | Synonyms: blow up, detonate, set off |
(verb) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: irrupt |
(verb) be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise | Synonyms: break loose, burst forth |
(verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction | Synonyms: blow up, detonate |
(verb) show a violent emotional reaction | - |
(verb) show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete | - |
(verb) drive from the stage by noisy disapproval | - |
(verb) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ | - |
(verb) destroy by exploding | - |
forebode | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
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implode | (verb) burst inward | Synonyms: go off |
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incommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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model | (verb) form in clay, wax, etc | Synonyms: mold, mould |
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(verb) construct a model in the likeness of | Synonyms: mock up |
(verb) plan or create according to a model or models | Synonyms: pattern |
(verb) create a representation or simulation of | Synonyms: simulate |
(verb) display (clothes) as a mannequin | - |
(verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: pose, posture, sit |
moderate | (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: mollify, season, temper |
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(verb) make less fast or intense | - |
(verb) preside over | Synonyms: chair, lead |
(verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: tame, tone down |
(verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: mince, soften |
(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in |
modernise | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernize, overhaul |
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(verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernize |
modernize | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernise, overhaul |
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(verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernise |
outmode | (verb) make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete | - |
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recode | (verb) put into a different code; rearrange mentally | - |
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remodel | (verb) do over, as of (part of) a house | Synonyms: reconstruct, redo |
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(verb) cast or model anew | Synonyms: recast, reforge |
yodel | (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: descant, warble |
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