| opalize | (verb) replace or convert into opal | Synonyms: opalise |
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| (verb) make opalescent | Synonyms: opalise |
| open | (verb) make available | Synonyms: open up |
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| (verb) become available | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) make the opening move | - |
| (verb) cause to open or to become open | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) become open | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) spread out or open from a closed or folded state | Synonyms: spread, spread out, unfold |
| (verb) display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer | - |
| (verb) afford access to | Synonyms: afford, give |
| (verb) start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc. | - |
| (verb) have an opening or passage or outlet | - |
| operate | (verb) perform surgery on | Synonyms: operate on |
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| (verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre |
| (verb) handle and cause to function | Synonyms: control |
| (verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: engage, lock, mesh |
| (verb) perform as expected when applied | Synonyms: function, go, run, work |
| (verb) direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. | Synonyms: run |
| opine | (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, imagine, reckon, suppose, think |
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| (verb) express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation | Synonyms: animadvert, sound off, speak out, speak up |
| oppose | (verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: contradict, controvert |
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| (verb) be against; express opposition to | - |
| (verb) set into opposition or rivalry | Synonyms: match, pit, play off |
| (verb) fight against or resist strongly | Synonyms: defend, fight, fight back, fight down |
| (verb) act against or in opposition to | Synonyms: react |
| (verb) contrast with equal weight or force | Synonyms: counterbalance |
| oppress | (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | Synonyms: crush, suppress |
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| (verb) cause to suffer | Synonyms: persecute |
| oppugn | (verb) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of | Synonyms: call into question, question |
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| opsonize | (verb) make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes | - |
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| opt | (verb) select as an alternative over another | Synonyms: choose, prefer |
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| optimise | (verb) act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world | Synonyms: optimize |
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| (verb) make optimal; get the most out of; use best | Synonyms: optimize |
| (verb) modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost | Synonyms: optimize |
| optimize | (verb) act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world | Synonyms: optimise |
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| (verb) make optimal; get the most out of; use best | Synonyms: optimise |
| (verb) modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost | Synonyms: optimise |
| orphan | (verb) deprive of parents | - |
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| outcrop | (verb) appear on the surface, come to the surface on the ground | - |
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| outpace | (verb) surpass in speed | - |
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| outperform | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outstrip, surmount, surpass |
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| outplay | (verb) excel or defeat in a game | - |
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| outpoint | (verb) score more points than one's opponents | Synonyms: outscore |
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| (verb) sail closer to the wind than | - |
| output | (verb) to create or manufacture a specific amount | - |
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| outspan | (verb) remove the yoke or harness from | - |
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| outstrip | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, surmount, surpass |
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| (verb) go far ahead of | Synonyms: distance, outdistance |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| overcrop | (verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation | Synonyms: overcultivate |
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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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| overexploit | (verb) exploit excessively | - |
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| overexpose | (verb) expose excessively | - |
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| (verb) expose to too much light | - |
| overlap | (verb) extend over and cover a part of | - |
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| (verb) coincide partially or wholly | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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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| 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 |
| oversupply | (verb) supply with an excess of | Synonyms: flood, glut |
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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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| pace | (verb) measure (distances) by pacing | Synonyms: step |
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| (verb) regulate or set the pace of | - |
| (verb) walk with slow or fast paces | - |
| (verb) go at a pace | - |
| pacify | (verb) fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location) | - |
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| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, placate |
| pack | (verb) treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood | - |
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| (verb) arrange in a container | - |
| (verb) load with a pack | Synonyms: load down |
| (verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: bundle, compact, wad |
| (verb) seal with packing | - |
| (verb) press down tightly | Synonyms: tamp, tamp down |
| (verb) carry, as on one's back | - |
| (verb) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily | Synonyms: compact |
| (verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, mob, pile, throng |
| (verb) hike with a backpack | Synonyms: backpack |
| (verb) fill to capacity | - |
| (verb) set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome | - |
| (verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: carry, take |
| package | (verb) put into a box | Synonyms: box |
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| pad | (verb) add padding to | Synonyms: bolster |
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| (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard |
| (verb) line or stuff with soft material | Synonyms: fill out |
| (verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | Synonyms: footslog, plod, slog, tramp, trudge |
| paddle | (verb) stir with a paddle | - |
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| (verb) give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | Synonyms: larrup, spank |
| (verb) propel with a paddle | - |
| (verb) swim like a dog in shallow water | - |
| (verb) walk unsteadily, with short steps | Synonyms: coggle, dodder, toddle, totter, waddle |
| (verb) play in or as if in water, as of small children | Synonyms: dabble, splash around |
| padlock | (verb) fasten with a padlock | - |
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| paganise | (verb) make pagan in character | Synonyms: paganize |
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| paganize | (verb) make pagan in character | Synonyms: paganise |
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| page | (verb) contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system | - |
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| (verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript | Synonyms: foliate, paginate |
| (verb) work as a page | - |
| paginate | (verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript | Synonyms: foliate, page |
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| pain | (verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | Synonyms: ail, trouble |
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| (verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: anguish, hurt |
| paint | (verb) apply paint to; coat with paint | - |
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| (verb) apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil | - |
| (verb) make a painting of | - |
| (verb) make a painting | - |
| pair | (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: copulate, couple, mate |
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| (verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, match, mate, twin |
| (verb) arrange in pairs | Synonyms: geminate |
| (verb) occur in pairs | Synonyms: geminate |
| (verb) form a pair or pairs | Synonyms: couple, pair off, partner off |
| pal | (verb) become friends; act friendly towards | Synonyms: chum up, pal up |
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| palatalise | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalize |
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| palatalize | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalise |
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| palaver | (verb) have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds | - |
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| (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle |
| (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
| pale | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blanch, blench |
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| palisade | (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence, fence in, surround, wall |
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| pall | (verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | Synonyms: fatigue, jade, tire, weary |
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| (verb) lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) | - |
| (verb) become less interesting or attractive | Synonyms: dull |
| (verb) lose sparkle or bouquet | Synonyms: become flat, die |
| (verb) cause to become flat | - |
| (verb) cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing | Synonyms: cloy |
| (verb) cover with a pall | - |
| (verb) cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | Synonyms: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare, scare away, scare off |
| palliate | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, assuage, relieve |
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| (verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of | Synonyms: extenuate, mitigate |
| palm | (verb) touch, lift, or hold with the hands | Synonyms: handle |
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| palpate | (verb) examine (a body part) by palpation | Synonyms: feel |
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| palpebrate | (verb) wink or blink, especially repeatedly | - |
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| palpitate | (verb) beat rapidly | Synonyms: flutter |
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| (verb) shake with fast, tremulous movements | Synonyms: quake, quiver |
| (verb) cause to throb or beat rapidly | - |
| palsy | (verb) affect with palsy | - |
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| palter | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, tergiversate |
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| pamper | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, spoil |
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| pan | (verb) express a totally negative opinion of | Synonyms: tear apart, trash |
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| (verb) wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals | Synonyms: pan off, pan out |
| (verb) make a sweeping movement | - |
| pander | (verb) arrange for sexual partners for others | Synonyms: pimp, procure |
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| (verb) yield (to); give satisfaction to | Synonyms: gratify, indulge |
| panel | (verb) select from a list | Synonyms: empanel, impanel |
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| (verb) decorate with panels | - |
| panhandle | (verb) beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money | - |
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| panic | (verb) be overcome by a sudden fear | - |
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| (verb) cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic | - |
| pant | (verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: gasp, heave, puff |
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| (verb) utter while panting, as if out of breath | - |
| pantomime | (verb) act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only | Synonyms: mime |
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| paper | (verb) cover with paper | - |
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| (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: wallpaper |
| par | (verb) make a score (on a hole) equal to par | - |
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| parachute | (verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: chute, jump |
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| parade | (verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: promenade, troop |
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| (verb) walk ostentatiously | Synonyms: exhibit, march |
| paragraph | (verb) write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher | - |
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| (verb) write about in a paragraph | - |
| (verb) divide into paragraphs, as of text | - |
| parallel | (verb) make or place parallel to something | Synonyms: collimate |
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| (verb) be parallel to | - |
| (verb) duplicate or match | Synonyms: duplicate, twin |
| parallelize | (verb) place parallel to one another | - |
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| paralyse | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyze |
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| (verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyze |
| paralyze | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyse |
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| (verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyse |
| paraphrase | (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: rephrase, reword |
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| parboil | (verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: blanch |
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| parcel | (verb) make into a wrapped container | - |
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| (verb) cover with strips of canvas | - |
| (verb) divide into parts | - |
| parch | (verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | Synonyms: sear |
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| pardon | (verb) grant a pardon to | - |
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| (verb) accept an excuse for | Synonyms: excuse |
| pare | (verb) decrease gradually or bit by bit | Synonyms: pare down |
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| (verb) remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size | Synonyms: trim |
| (verb) cut small bits or pare shavings from | Synonyms: whittle |
| (verb) remove the skin from | Synonyms: peel, skin |