controvert | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: rebut, refute |
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(verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: contradict, oppose |
cover | (verb) sit on (eggs) | Synonyms: brood, hatch, incubate |
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(verb) clothe, as if for protection from the elements | Synonyms: wrap up |
(verb) protect by insurance | Synonyms: insure, underwrite |
(verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: address, deal, handle, plow, treat |
(verb) be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism | Synonyms: report |
(verb) maintain a check on; especially by patrolling | - |
(verb) protect or defend (a position in a game) | - |
(verb) hold within range of an aimed firearm | - |
(verb) play a higher card than the one previously played | - |
(verb) be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game | - |
(verb) provide with a covering or cause to be covered | - |
(verb) form a cover over | Synonyms: spread over |
(verb) copulate with a female, used especially of horses | Synonyms: breed |
(verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: enshroud, hide, shroud |
(verb) put something on top of something else | Synonyms: overlay |
(verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse |
(verb) hide from view or knowledge | Synonyms: cover up |
(verb) spread over a surface to conceal or protect | - |
(verb) be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of | - |
(verb) to take an action to protect against future problems | - |
(verb) invest with a large or excessive amount of something | - |
(verb) help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities | - |
(verb) provide for | - |
(verb) span an interval of distance, space or time | Synonyms: continue, extend |
(verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, embrace, encompass |
(verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: compensate, overcompensate |
discover | (verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see |
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(verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name |
(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, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap |
(verb) make a discovery, make a new finding | Synonyms: find |
(verb) see for the first time; make a discovery | - |
(verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, find, notice, observe |
(verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
govern | (verb) exercise authority over; as of nations | Synonyms: rule |
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(verb) direct or strongly influence the behavior of | - |
(verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: order, regularise, regularize, regulate |
(verb) require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood | - |
hoover | (verb) clean with a vacuum cleaner | Synonyms: vacuum-clean, vacuum |
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hover | (verb) hang in the air; fly or be suspended above | - |
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(verb) be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity | Synonyms: levitate |
(verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | Synonyms: oscillate, vacillate, vibrate |
(verb) to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time | Synonyms: linger |
(verb) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing | Synonyms: brood, bulk large, loom |
impoverish | (verb) take away | Synonyms: deprive |
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(verb) make poor | - |
introvert | (verb) turn inside | - |
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(verb) fold inwards | Synonyms: invaginate |
misgovern | (verb) govern badly | - |
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overachieve | (verb) perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected | - |
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overact | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overplay |
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overarch | (verb) form an arch over | Synonyms: arch over |
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(verb) be central or dominant | - |
overawe | (verb) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) | Synonyms: cow |
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overbalance | (verb) cause to be off balance | - |
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(verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, preponderate |
overbear | (verb) contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery | Synonyms: bear down |
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(verb) bear too much | - |
(verb) overcome | - |
overbid | (verb) bid more than the object is worth | - |
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(verb) to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win | - |
overboil | (verb) overflow or cause to overflow while boiling | Synonyms: boil over |
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(verb) boil excessively | - |
overburden | (verb) burden with too much work or responsibility | - |
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(verb) load with excessive weight | - |
overcapitalise | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
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(verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
(verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
overcapitalize | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
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(verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
(verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
overcast | (verb) sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next | - |
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(verb) sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches | - |
(verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: cloud |
overcharge | (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overload, surcharge |
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(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
overclock | (verb) To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer. | - |
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overclothe | (verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overdress |
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overcloud | (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: bedim, obscure |
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(verb) become covered with clouds | Synonyms: cloud over, cloud up |
overcome | (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, master, subdue, surmount |
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(verb) overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome | Synonyms: get the best, have the best |
(verb) win a victory over | Synonyms: defeat, get the better of |
(verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
overcompensate | (verb) make excessive corrections for fear of making an error | Synonyms: over-correct |
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(verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: compensate, cover |
overcook | (verb) cook too long | - |
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overcrop | (verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation | Synonyms: overcultivate |
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overcrowd | (verb) crowd together too much | - |
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(verb) cause to crowd together too much | - |
overcultivate | (verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation | Synonyms: overcrop |
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overdo | (verb) do something to an excessive degree | Synonyms: exaggerate |
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overdose | (verb) dose too heavily | Synonyms: o.d. |
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overdramatise | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatize |
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overdramatize | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatise |
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overdraw | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overstate |
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(verb) draw more money from than is available | - |
overdress | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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(verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overclothe |
overdrive | (verb) make use of too often or too extensively | Synonyms: overuse |
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(verb) drive or work too hard | - |
overeat | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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overemphasise | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasize, overstress |
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overemphasize | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overstress |
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overestimate | (verb) make too high an estimate of | Synonyms: overrate |
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(verb) assign too high a value to | Synonyms: overvalue |
overexert | (verb) exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength | - |
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overexploit | (verb) exploit excessively | - |
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overexpose | (verb) expose excessively | - |
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(verb) expose to too much light | - |
overextend | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overstrain |
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overfatigue | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overtire, overweary |
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overfeed | (verb) feed excessively | - |
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overfill | (verb) fill beyond capacity | - |
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overflow | (verb) overflow with a certain feeling | Synonyms: bubble over, spill over |
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(verb) flow or run over (a limit or brim) | Synonyms: brim over, overrun, run over, well over |
overfly | (verb) fly over | Synonyms: pass over |
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overgeneralise | (verb) draw too general a conclusion | Synonyms: overgeneralize |
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overgeneralize | (verb) draw too general a conclusion | Synonyms: overgeneralise |
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overgorge | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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overgrow | (verb) grow beyond or across | Synonyms: grow over |
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(verb) become overgrown | - |
(verb) grow too large | - |
overhang | (verb) be suspended over or hang over | Synonyms: beetle |
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(verb) project over | - |
overhaul | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernise, modernize |
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(verb) travel past | Synonyms: overtake, pass |
overhear | (verb) hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | Synonyms: catch, take in |
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overheat | (verb) get excessively and undesirably hot | - |
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(verb) make excessively or undesirably hot | - |
overindulge | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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overjoy | (verb) cause to feel extremely joyful or happy | - |
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overlap | (verb) extend over and cover a part of | - |
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(verb) coincide partially or wholly | - |
overlay | (verb) put something on top of something else | Synonyms: cover |
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(verb) kill by lying on | Synonyms: overlie |
overleap | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, pretermit |
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(verb) jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | Synonyms: vault |
(verb) defeat (oneself) by going too far | - |
overlie | (verb) kill by lying on | Synonyms: overlay |
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(verb) lie upon; lie on top of | - |
overload | (verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired | Synonyms: clog |
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(verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overcharge, surcharge |
(verb) become overloaded | - |
overlook | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, pretermit |
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(verb) watch over | - |
(verb) look past, fail to notice | - |
(verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, dominate, overtop |
(verb) be oriented in a certain direction | Synonyms: look across, look out on, look out over |
overmaster | (verb) overcome by superior force | Synonyms: overpower, overwhelm |
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overpay | (verb) pay too much | - |
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overplay | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overact |
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overpopulate | (verb) cause to have too great a population | - |
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overpower | (verb) overcome by superior force | Synonyms: overmaster, overwhelm |
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(verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overcome, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
overpraise | (verb) praise excessively | - |
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overprice | (verb) price excessively high | - |
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overprint | (verb) print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper | Synonyms: print over |
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overproduce | (verb) produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted | - |
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(verb) produce in excess | - |
overprotect | (verb) protect excessively | - |
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(verb) care for like a mother | Synonyms: fuss, mother |
overrate | (verb) make too high an estimate of | Synonyms: overestimate |
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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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