copolymerize | (verb) polymerize together | Synonyms: copolymerise |
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copper | (verb) coat with a layer of copper | - |
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copulate | (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: couple, mate, pair |
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copy | (verb) reproduce someone's behavior or looks | Synonyms: imitate, simulate |
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(verb) make a replica of | Synonyms: re-create, recreate |
(verb) reproduce or make an exact copy of | Synonyms: replicate |
(verb) copy down as is | - |
copyedit | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyread, subedit |
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copyread | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyedit, subedit |
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copyright | (verb) secure a copyright on a written work | - |
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correspond | (verb) exchange messages | - |
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(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
(verb) take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to | Synonyms: represent, stand for |
(verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | Synonyms: equate |
corrupt | (verb) alter from the original | Synonyms: spoil |
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(verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: cloud, defile, sully, taint |
(verb) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence | Synonyms: bribe, buy, grease one's palms |
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
cosplay | (verb) wear a costume to resemble a character from some media especially anime | - |
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cosponsor | (verb) sponsor together with another sponsor | - |
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counterplot | (verb) make a plot in response to another plot | - |
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counterpoint | (verb) write in counterpoint | - |
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(verb) to show differences when compared; be different | Synonyms: contrast |
counterpoise | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpose, counterweight |
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counterpose | (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpoise, counterweight |
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couple | (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: copulate, mate, pair |
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(verb) link together | Synonyms: couple on, couple up |
(verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: match, mate, pair, twin |
(verb) form a pair or pairs | Synonyms: pair, pair off, partner off |
cramp | (verb) suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle | - |
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(verb) affect with or as if with a cramp | - |
(verb) prevent the progress or free movement of | Synonyms: halter, hamper, strangle |
(verb) secure with a cramp | - |
crap | (verb) have a bowel movement | Synonyms: ca-ca, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit |
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crape | (verb) curl tightly | Synonyms: crimp, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up |
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(verb) cover or drape with crape | Synonyms: crepe |
creampie | (verb) The act of ejaculating inside another person | - |
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creep | (verb) move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground | Synonyms: crawl |
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(verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: mouse, pussyfoot, sneak |
(verb) grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) | - |
(verb) show submission or fear | Synonyms: cower, crawl, cringe, fawn, grovel |
crepe | (verb) cover or drape with crape | Synonyms: crape |
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crepitate | (verb) make a crackling sound | Synonyms: crackle |
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crimp | (verb) curl tightly | Synonyms: crape, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up |
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(verb) make ridges into by pinching together | Synonyms: pinch |
cripple | (verb) deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg | Synonyms: lame |
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(verb) deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless | Synonyms: stultify |
crisp | (verb) make brown and crisp by heating | Synonyms: crispen, toast |
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(verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle |
crispen | (verb) make brown and crisp by heating | Synonyms: crisp, toast |
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crop | (verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim |
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(verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: browse, graze, pasture, range |
(verb) cut short | - |
(verb) let feed in a field or pasture or meadow | Synonyms: graze, pasture |
(verb) yield crops | - |
(verb) prepare for crops | Synonyms: cultivate, work |
crump | (verb) explode heavily or with a loud dull noise | - |
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(verb) bombard with heavy shells | - |
(verb) make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants | Synonyms: scrunch, thud |
crumple | (verb) become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, rumple, wrinkle |
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(verb) to gather something into small wrinkles or folds | Synonyms: cockle, knit, pucker, rumple |
(verb) fold or collapse | Synonyms: buckle |
(verb) fall apart | Synonyms: break down, collapse, crumble, tumble |
cup | (verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin | Synonyms: transfuse |
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(verb) form into the shape of a cup | - |
(verb) put into a cup | - |
cypher | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute, figure, reckon, work out |
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(verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, code, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code |
damp | (verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, dampen, soften, weaken |
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(verb) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | Synonyms: dampen, deaden |
(verb) restrain or discourage | - |
(verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping | Synonyms: dampen, dull, muffle, mute, tone down |
dampen | (verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, damp, soften, weaken |
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(verb) make moist | Synonyms: moisten, wash |
(verb) check; keep in check (a fire) | - |
(verb) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | Synonyms: damp, deaden |
(verb) reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) | - |
(verb) suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity | Synonyms: stifle |
(verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping | Synonyms: damp, dull, muffle, mute, tone down |
dapple | (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: cloud, mottle |
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decamp | (verb) leave suddenly | Synonyms: skip, vamoose |
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(verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | Synonyms: abscond, absquatulate, bolt, go off, make off, run off |
(verb) leave a camp | Synonyms: break camp |
decapitate | (verb) cut the head of | Synonyms: behead, decollate |
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decipher | (verb) read with difficulty | Synonyms: trace |
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(verb) convert code into ordinary language | Synonyms: decode, decrypt |
decompose | (verb) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | Synonyms: break down, break up |
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(verb) break down | Synonyms: molder, moulder, rot |
(verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decay, disintegrate |
decompress | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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(verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: depressurise, depressurize |
(verb) restore to its uncompressed form | Synonyms: uncompress |
decouple | (verb) reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) | - |
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(verb) eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) | - |
(verb) regard as unconnected | Synonyms: dissociate |
(verb) disconnect or separate | Synonyms: uncouple |
decrepitate | (verb) to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops | - |
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(verb) undergo decrepitation and crackle | - |
decrypt | (verb) convert code into ordinary language | Synonyms: decipher, decode |
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deepen | (verb) become more intense | Synonyms: intensify |
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(verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: compound, heighten, intensify |
(verb) become deeper in tone | Synonyms: change |
(verb) make deeper | - |
depart | (verb) go away or leave | Synonyms: quit, take leave |
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(verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off |
(verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: digress, sidetrack, straggle |
(verb) move away from a place into another direction | Synonyms: go, go away |
(verb) remove oneself from an association with or participation in | Synonyms: leave, pull up stakes |
(verb) be at variance with; be out of line with | Synonyms: deviate, diverge, vary |
depend | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, look, reckon, rely, swear |
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(verb) be contingent upon (something that is elided) | - |
depersonalise | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalize, objectify |
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depersonalize | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalise, objectify |
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depict | (verb) give a description of | Synonyms: describe, draw |
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(verb) show in, or as in, a picture | Synonyms: picture, render, show |
(verb) make a portrait of | Synonyms: limn, portray |
depilate | (verb) remove body hair | Synonyms: epilate |
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deplane | (verb) get off an airplane | - |
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deplete | (verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
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deplore | (verb) express strong condemnation of | - |
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(verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, bewail, lament |
deploy | (verb) to distribute systematically or strategically | Synonyms: roll out |
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deplumate | (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear |
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deplume | (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, displume, pluck, pull, tear |
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(verb) strip of honors, possessions, or attributes | Synonyms: displume |
depolarise | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarize |
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depolarize | (verb) eliminate the polarization of | Synonyms: depolarise |
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depone | (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depose, swear |
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depopulate | (verb) reduce in population | Synonyms: desolate |
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deport | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, do |
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(verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: exile, expatriate |
(verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, extradite |
depose | (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depone, swear |
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(verb) force to leave (an office) | Synonyms: force out |
deposit | (verb) put, fix, force, or implant | Synonyms: lodge, stick, wedge |
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(verb) put (something somewhere) firmly | Synonyms: fix, posit, situate |
(verb) put into a bank account | Synonyms: bank |
deprave | (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
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deprecate | (verb) belittle | Synonyms: depreciate, vilipend |
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(verb) express strong disapproval of; deplore | - |
depreciate | (verb) lose in value | Synonyms: devaluate, devalue, undervalue |
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(verb) lower the value of something | - |
(verb) belittle | Synonyms: deprecate, vilipend |
depress | (verb) lessen the activity or force of | - |
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(verb) press down | Synonyms: press down |
(verb) cause to drop or sink | Synonyms: lower |
(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, dispirit, get down |
(verb) lower (prices or markets) | - |
depressurise | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurize |
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depressurize | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurise |
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deprive | (verb) take away | Synonyms: impoverish |
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(verb) keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | - |
(verb) take away possessions from someone | Synonyms: divest, strip |
depute | (verb) transfer power to someone | Synonyms: delegate |
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(verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, deputize |
(verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, delegate, designate |
deputise | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputize |
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(verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputize, step in, substitute |
deputize | (verb) appoint as a substitute | Synonyms: depute, deputise |
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(verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, step in, substitute |
despair | (verb) abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart | - |
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despatch | (verb) send away towards a designated goal | Synonyms: dispatch, send off |
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despise | (verb) look down on with disdain | Synonyms: contemn, disdain, scorn |
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despoil | (verb) destroy and strip of its possession | Synonyms: plunder, rape, spoil, violate |
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(verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip |
despond | (verb) lose confidence or hope; become dejected | - |
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desulphurize | (verb) remove sulfur from | Synonyms: desulfurize |
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develop | (verb) come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) | Synonyms: acquire, get, grow, produce |
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(verb) grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment | - |
(verb) cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development | Synonyms: make grow |
(verb) happen | Synonyms: break, recrudesce |
(verb) change the use of and make available or usable | Synonyms: build up |
(verb) be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest | - |
(verb) gain through experience | Synonyms: acquire, evolve |
(verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: modernise, modernize |
(verb) grow emotionally or mature | Synonyms: grow |
(verb) expand in the form of a series | - |
(verb) elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme | - |
(verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: educate, prepare, train |
(verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses | Synonyms: explicate, formulate |
(verb) move into a strategically more advantageous position | - |
(verb) move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions | - |
(verb) superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry | - |
(verb) work out | Synonyms: evolve, germinate |
(verb) make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation | - |
(verb) generate gradually | - |
(verb) make visible by means of chemical solutions | - |
(verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
dilapidate | (verb) fall into decay or ruin | Synonyms: crumble, decay |
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(verb) bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse | - |
dimple | (verb) produce dimples while smiling | - |
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(verb) mark with, or as if with, dimples | - |
dip | (verb) stain an object by immersing it in a liquid | - |
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(verb) go down momentarily | - |
(verb) dip into a liquid while eating | Synonyms: dunk |
(verb) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate | Synonyms: douse, dunk, plunge, souse |
(verb) plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container | - |
(verb) immerse in a disinfectant solution | - |
(verb) scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface | - |
(verb) place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax | - |
(verb) dip into a liquid | Synonyms: douse, duck |
(verb) appear to move downward | Synonyms: sink |
(verb) slope downwards | - |
(verb) lower briefly | - |
(verb) switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam | Synonyms: dim |
(verb) take a small amount from | - |
diphthongise | (verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | Synonyms: diphthongize |
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diphthongize | (verb) change from a simple vowel to a diphthong | Synonyms: diphthongise |
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disappear | (verb) get lost, as without warning or explanation | Synonyms: go away, vanish |
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(verb) cease to exist | Synonyms: vanish |
(verb) become less intense and fade away gradually | Synonyms: evaporate, melt |
(verb) become invisible or unnoticeable | Synonyms: go away, vanish |
disappoint | (verb) fail to meet the hopes or expectations of | Synonyms: let down |
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disapprove | (verb) consider bad or wrong | - |
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(verb) deem wrong or inappropriate | Synonyms: reject |
discerp | (verb) divide into pieces | Synonyms: dismember, take apart |
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(verb) cut off from a whole | Synonyms: lop, sever |
discipline | (verb) punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience | Synonyms: correct, sort out |
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(verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, condition, train |
discompose | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, disconcert, untune, upset |
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disparage | (verb) express a negative opinion of | Synonyms: belittle, pick at |
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dispatch | (verb) kill without delay | - |
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(verb) send away towards a designated goal | Synonyms: despatch, send off |
(verb) complete or carry out | Synonyms: complete, discharge |
(verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation | Synonyms: bump off, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay |
(verb) dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently | - |
dispel | (verb) force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings | Synonyms: chase away, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back |
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(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions | Synonyms: break up, disperse, dissipate, scatter |
dispense | (verb) give or apply (medications) | Synonyms: administer |
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(verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
(verb) grant a dispensation; grant an exemption | - |
disperse | (verb) cause to separate | Synonyms: break up, scatter |
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(verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
(verb) distribute loosely | Synonyms: dot, dust, scatter, sprinkle |
(verb) separate (light) into spectral rays | - |
(verb) move away from each other | Synonyms: dissipate, scatter, spread out |
(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions | Synonyms: break up, dispel, dissipate, scatter |
dispirit | (verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, get down |
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displace | (verb) cause to move, usually with force or pressure | - |
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(verb) cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | Synonyms: move |
(verb) take the place of or have precedence over | Synonyms: preempt |
(verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, dismiss, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate |
display | (verb) to show, make visible or apparent | Synonyms: exhibit, expose |
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(verb) attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals | - |
displease | (verb) give displeasure to | - |
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