overreach | (verb) beat through cleverness and wit | Synonyms: beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit |
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(verb) fail by aiming too high or trying too hard | - |
overreact | (verb) show an exaggerated response to something | - |
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overrefine | (verb) refine too much or with excess of subtlety | Synonyms: over-refine |
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override | (verb) rule against | Synonyms: overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverse |
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(verb) ride (a horse) too hard | - |
(verb) counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) | - |
(verb) prevail over | - |
overrule | (verb) rule against | Synonyms: override, overthrow, overturn, reverse |
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overrun | (verb) run beyond or past | - |
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(verb) seize the position of and defeat | - |
(verb) flow or run over (a limit or brim) | Synonyms: brim over, overflow, run over, well over |
(verb) invade in great numbers | Synonyms: infest |
(verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host | Synonyms: infest, invade |
oversee | (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, superintend, supervise |
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oversew | (verb) sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both | - |
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overshadow | (verb) cast a shadow upon | - |
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(verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: dominate, eclipse |
(verb) make appear small by comparison | Synonyms: dwarf, shadow |
overshoot | (verb) aim too high | - |
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(verb) shoot beyond or over (a target) | - |
oversimplify | (verb) simplify to an excessive degree | - |
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oversleep | (verb) sleep longer than intended | - |
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overspecialise | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialize |
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overspecialize | (verb) become overly specialized | Synonyms: overspecialise |
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overspend | (verb) spend at a high rate | - |
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(verb) spend more than available of (a budget) | - |
overspread | (verb) spread across or over | Synonyms: spread |
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overstate | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw |
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overstay | (verb) stay too long | Synonyms: outstay |
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overstep | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: transgress, trespass |
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(verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, pass, top, transcend |
overstock | (verb) stock excessively | - |
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overstrain | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overextend |
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overstress | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overemphasize |
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overstretch | (verb) strain abnormally | Synonyms: pull |
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overstuff | (verb) stuff too much | - |
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oversupply | (verb) supply with an excess of | Synonyms: flood, glut |
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overtake | (verb) catch up with and possibly overtake | Synonyms: catch, catch up with |
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(verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overcome, overpower, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
(verb) travel past | Synonyms: overhaul, pass |
overtax | (verb) tax excessively | - |
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overthink | (verb) to spend to much time considering something and thus reach the wrong conclusion | - |
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overthrow | (verb) rule against | Synonyms: override, overrule, overturn, reverse |
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(verb) cause the downfall of; of rulers | Synonyms: bring down, overturn, subvert |
overtire | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overfatigue, overweary |
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overtop | (verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, dominate, overlook |
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overtrump | (verb) play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick | - |
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overturn | (verb) change radically | Synonyms: revolutionise, revolutionize |
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(verb) rule against | Synonyms: override, overrule, overthrow, reverse |
(verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
(verb) turn from an upright or normal position | Synonyms: tip over, tump over, turn over |
(verb) cause to overturn from an upright or normal position | Synonyms: bowl over, knock over, tip over, tump over, turn over, upset |
(verb) cause the downfall of; of rulers | Synonyms: bring down, overthrow, subvert |
overuse | (verb) make use of too often or too extensively | Synonyms: overdrive |
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overvalue | (verb) assign too high a value to | Synonyms: overestimate |
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overweary | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overfatigue, overtire |
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overwhelm | (verb) charge someone with too many tasks | Synonyms: deluge, flood out |
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(verb) overcome by superior force | Synonyms: overmaster, overpower |
(verb) cover completely or make imperceptible | Synonyms: drown, submerge |
(verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overcome, overpower, overtake, sweep over, whelm |
overwinter | (verb) spend the winter | Synonyms: winter |
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overwork | (verb) use too much | - |
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(verb) work excessively hard | Synonyms: exploit |
overwrite | (verb) write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data | - |
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ovulate | (verb) produce and discharge eggs | - |
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prove | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: demonstrate, establish, shew, show |
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(verb) obtain probate of | - |
(verb) prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof | - |
(verb) provide evidence for | Synonyms: bear witness, evidence, show, testify |
(verb) take a trial impression of | - |
(verb) cause to puff up with a leaven | Synonyms: leaven, raise |
(verb) increase in volume | Synonyms: rise |
(verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to | Synonyms: essay, examine, test, try, try out |
(verb) be shown or be found to be | Synonyms: turn out, turn up |
provide | (verb) take measures in preparation for | - |
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(verb) determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation | - |
(verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | Synonyms: cater, ply, supply |
(verb) give something useful or necessary to | Synonyms: furnish, offer, render, supply |
(verb) supply means of subsistence; earn a living | Synonyms: bring home the bacon |
(verb) mount or put up | Synonyms: offer, put up |
(verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain | Synonyms: allow, allow for, leave |
provision | (verb) supply with provisions | Synonyms: purvey |
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provoke | (verb) provide the needed stimulus for | Synonyms: stimulate |
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(verb) evoke or provoke to appear or occur | Synonyms: call forth, evoke, kick up |
(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, raise |
(verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague |
recover | (verb) get over an illness or shock | Synonyms: convalesce, recuperate |
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(verb) regain a former condition after a financial loss | Synonyms: go back, recuperate |
(verb) get or find back; recover the use of | Synonyms: find, regain, retrieve |
(verb) regain or make up for | Synonyms: recoup, recuperate |
(verb) reuse (materials from waste products) | Synonyms: reclaim |
(verb) cover anew | - |
rediscover | (verb) discover again | - |
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remove | (verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | Synonyms: take, take away, withdraw |
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(verb) stay away or leave | Synonyms: absent |
(verb) get rid of something abstract | Synonyms: take away |
(verb) shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes | Synonyms: transfer |
(verb) dispose of | Synonyms: get rid of |
(verb) remove from a position or an office | - |
(verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation | Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, slay |
(verb) cause to leave | Synonyms: move out, take out |
renovate | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify |
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(verb) restore to a previous or better condition | Synonyms: restitute |
(verb) make brighter and prettier | Synonyms: freshen up, refurbish |
reprove | (verb) take to task | Synonyms: admonish, reproof |
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retrovert | (verb) go back to a previous state | Synonyms: regress, return, revert, turn back |
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rove | (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
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shove | (verb) push roughly | - |
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(verb) come into rough contact with while moving | Synonyms: jostle |
(verb) press or force | Synonyms: squeeze, stuff, thrust |
shovel | (verb) dig with or as if with a shovel | - |
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sovietise | (verb) model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | Synonyms: sovietize |
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(verb) bring under Soviet control, of a country | Synonyms: sovietize |
sovietize | (verb) model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | Synonyms: sovietise |
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(verb) bring under Soviet control, of a country | Synonyms: sovietise |
uncover | (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap |
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(verb) remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body | Synonyms: expose |
(verb) reveal to view as by removing a cover | Synonyms: disclose, expose |