| 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 |
| parent | (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, nurture, raise, rear |
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| parget | (verb) apply ornamental plaster to | - |
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| park | (verb) place temporarily | - |
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| (verb) maneuver a vehicle into a parking space | - |
| parlay | (verb) stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | Synonyms: double up |
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| parley | (verb) discuss, as between enemies | - |
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| parody | (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: burlesque, spoof |
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| (verb) make a spoof of or make fun of | - |
| parole | (verb) release a criminal from detention and place him on parole | - |
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| parrot | (verb) repeat mindlessly | - |
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| parry | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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| (verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | Synonyms: block, deflect |
| parse | (verb) analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) | - |
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| part | (verb) move or break apart | Synonyms: divide, separate |
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| (verb) force, take, or pull apart | Synonyms: disunite, divide, separate |
| (verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: depart, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off |
| (verb) go one's own way; move apart | Synonyms: separate, split |
| (verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways | Synonyms: break, break up, separate, split, split up |
| partake | (verb) consume | Synonyms: touch |
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| (verb) have, give, or receive a share of | Synonyms: partake in, share |
| (verb) have some of the qualities or attributes of something | - |
| participate | (verb) become a participant; be involved in | Synonyms: enter |
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| (verb) share in something | Synonyms: take part |
| particularise | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularize, specialise, specialize, specify |
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| particularize | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, specialise, specialize, specify |
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| partition | (verb) separate or apportion into sections | Synonyms: zone |
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| (verb) divide into parts, pieces, or sections | Synonyms: partition off |
| partner | (verb) provide with a partner | - |
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| (verb) act as a partner | - |
| party | (verb) have or participate in a party | - |
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| pass | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: egest, eliminate, excrete |
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| (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass off, take place |
| (verb) disappear gradually | Synonyms: blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass off |
| (verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
| (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorise, authorize, clear |
| (verb) transmit information | Synonyms: communicate, pass along, pass on, put across |
| (verb) pass over, across, or through | Synonyms: draw, guide, run |
| (verb) go across or through | - |
| (verb) travel past | Synonyms: overhaul, overtake |
| (verb) pass into a specified state or condition; sink into | Synonyms: lapse, sink |
| (verb) for time to move forward | Synonyms: elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, slide by, slip away, slip by |
| (verb) cause to pass | Synonyms: make pass |
| (verb) move past | Synonyms: go by, go past, pass by, surpass, travel by |
| (verb) place into the hands or custody of | Synonyms: give, hand, pass on, reach, turn over |
| (verb) throw (a ball) to another player | - |
| (verb) transfer to another; of rights or property | - |
| (verb) be inherited by | Synonyms: devolve, fall, return |
| (verb) make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation | Synonyms: legislate |
| (verb) go unchallenged; be approved | Synonyms: clear |
| (verb) accept or judge as acceptable | - |
| (verb) go successfully through a test or a selection process | Synonyms: make it |
| (verb) allow to go without comment or censure | - |
| (verb) use up a period of time in a specific way | Synonyms: spend |
| (verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, overstep, top, transcend |
| (verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | Synonyms: extend, go, lead, run |
| paste | (verb) hit with the fists | - |
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| (verb) join or attach with or as if with glue | Synonyms: glue |
| (verb) cover the surface of | - |
| pasteurise | (verb) heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms | Synonyms: pasteurize |
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| pasteurize | (verb) heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms | Synonyms: pasteurise |
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| pasture | (verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: browse, crop, graze, range |
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| (verb) let feed in a field or pasture or meadow | Synonyms: crop, graze |
| pat | (verb) hit lightly | Synonyms: dab |
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| (verb) pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin | Synonyms: chuck |
| patch | (verb) mend by putting a patch on | Synonyms: patch up |
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| (verb) repair by adding pieces | Synonyms: piece |
| (verb) to join or unite the pieces of | Synonyms: piece |
| (verb) provide with a patch; also used metaphorically | - |
| patent | (verb) make open to sight or notice | - |
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| (verb) obtain a patent for | - |
| (verb) grant rights to; grant a patent for | - |
| patinate | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinise, patinize |
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| patinise | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinate, patinize |
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| patinize | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinate, patinise |
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| patrol | (verb) maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol | Synonyms: police |
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| patronage | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronise, patronize, support |
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| (verb) support by being a patron of | - |
| patronise | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronize, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronize |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronize, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| patronize | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, support |
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| (verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronise |
| (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronise, sponsor |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, shop, shop at, sponsor |
| patter | (verb) make light, rapid and repeated sounds | Synonyms: pitter-patter |
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| (verb) rain gently | Synonyms: pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinkle |
| pattern | (verb) plan or create according to a model or models | Synonyms: model |
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| (verb) form a pattern | - |
| pauperise | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperize |
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| pauperize | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperise |
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| pause | (verb) cease an action temporarily | Synonyms: break, intermit |
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| (verb) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | Synonyms: hesitate |
| pave | (verb) cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic | - |
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| paw | (verb) touch clumsily | - |
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| (verb) scrape with the paws | - |
| pawn | (verb) leave as a guarantee in return for money | Synonyms: hock, soak |
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| pay | (verb) dedicate | Synonyms: devote, give |
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| (verb) bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action | - |
| (verb) convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) give money, usually in exchange for goods or services | - |
| (verb) bring in | Synonyms: bear, yield |
| (verb) do or give something to somebody in return | Synonyms: compensate, make up, pay off |
| (verb) cancel or discharge a debt | Synonyms: ante up, pay up |
| (verb) make a compensation for | - |
| (verb) discharge or settle | - |
| (verb) render | - |
| (verb) be worth it | - |
| pompadour | (verb) style women's hair in a pompadour | - |
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| prepare | (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, ready, set, set up |
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| (verb) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | Synonyms: train |
| (verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, educate, train |
| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize |
| (verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: cook, fix, make, ready |
| (verb) to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery | - |
| (verb) lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord | - |
| (verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: groom, train |
| prepay | (verb) pay for something before receiving it | - |
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| propagandise | (verb) spread by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandize |
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| (verb) subject to propaganda | Synonyms: propagandize |
| propagandize | (verb) spread by propaganda | Synonyms: propagandise |
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| (verb) subject to propaganda | Synonyms: propagandise |
| propagate | (verb) multiply sexually or asexually | - |
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| (verb) cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering | - |
| (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, spread |
| (verb) transmit | - |
| (verb) transmit or cause to broaden or spread | - |
| (verb) become distributed or widespread | Synonyms: spread |
| (verb) travel through the air | - |
| (verb) transmit from one generation to the next | - |
| pupate | (verb) develop into a pupa | - |
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| rampage | (verb) act violently, recklessly, or destructively | - |
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| repaint | (verb) to apply another layer of paint | - |
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| (verb) paint a particular subject again | - |
| repair | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, revive, revivify, vivify |
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| (verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, restore, touch on |
| (verb) set straight or right | Synonyms: amend, rectify, remediate, remedy |
| (verb) move, travel, or proceed toward some place | Synonyms: resort |
| (verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: compensate, indemnify, recompense |
| repatriate | (verb) admit back into the country | - |
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| (verb) send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees | - |
| repay | (verb) answer back | Synonyms: come back, rejoin, retort, return, riposte |
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| (verb) pay back | Synonyms: give back, refund, return |
| (verb) make repayment for or return something | Synonyms: requite |
| (verb) act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions | Synonyms: pay back, reward |
| sandpaper | (verb) rub with sandpaper | Synonyms: sand |
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| separate | (verb) become separated into pieces or fragments | Synonyms: break, come apart, fall apart, split up |
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| (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: branch, fork, furcate, ramify |
| (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: assort, class, classify, sort, sort out |
| (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
| (verb) move or break apart | Synonyms: divide, part |
| (verb) force, take, or pull apart | Synonyms: disunite, divide, part |
| (verb) divide into components or constituents | - |
| (verb) go one's own way; move apart | Synonyms: part, split |
| (verb) make a division or separation | Synonyms: divide |
| (verb) treat differently on the basis of sex or race | Synonyms: discriminate, single out |
| (verb) separate into parts or portions | Synonyms: carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up |
| (verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways | Synonyms: break, break up, part, split, split up |
| (verb) act as a barrier between; stand between | Synonyms: divide |
| space | (verb) place at intervals | - |
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| spacewalk | (verb) move in space outside a space craft | - |
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| spade | (verb) dig (up) with a spade | - |
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| spam | (verb) send unwanted or junk e-mail | - |
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| span | (verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: cross, sweep, traverse |
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| spang | (verb) leap, jerk, bang | Synonyms: bang |
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| spangle | (verb) decorate with spangles | Synonyms: bespangle |
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| (verb) glitter as if covered with spangles | - |
| spank | (verb) give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | Synonyms: larrup, paddle |
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| spar | (verb) fight verbally | - |
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| (verb) box lightly | - |
| (verb) fight with spurs | - |
| (verb) furnish with spars | - |
| spare | (verb) use frugally or carefully | - |
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| (verb) give up what is not strictly needed | Synonyms: dispense with, give up, part with |
| (verb) refrain from harming | Synonyms: save |
| (verb) save or relieve from an experience or action | - |
| sparge | (verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly | Synonyms: besprinkle, sprinkle |
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| (verb) agitate by introducing air or compressed gas | - |
| spark | (verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: activate, actuate, set off, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
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| (verb) emit or produce sparks | Synonyms: sparkle |
| sparkle | (verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth |
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| (verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity | Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate |
| (verb) reflect brightly | Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate |
| (verb) emit or produce sparks | Synonyms: spark |
| spat | (verb) clap one's hands together | Synonyms: clap |
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| (verb) spawn | - |
| (verb) engage in a brief and petty quarrel | - |
| (verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, clap |
| (verb) strike with a sound like that of falling rain | - |
| (verb) become permanently attached | - |
| (verb) come down like raindrops | - |
| spatchcock | (verb) interpolate or insert (words) into a sentence or story | - |
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| (verb) prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock | - |
| spatter | (verb) dash a liquid upon or against | Synonyms: plash, splash, splatter, splosh, swash |
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| (verb) spot, splash, or soil | Synonyms: bespatter |
| (verb) rain gently | Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spit, sprinkle |
| spawn | (verb) lay spawn | - |
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| (verb) call forth | Synonyms: breed, engender |
| spay | (verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: alter, castrate, neuter |
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| spaz | (verb) to act insanely | - |
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| surpass | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount |
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| (verb) move past | Synonyms: go by, go past, pass, pass by, travel by |
| (verb) distinguish oneself | Synonyms: excel, stand out |
| (verb) be greater in scope or size than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, transcend |
| sympathise | (verb) be understanding of | Synonyms: empathise, empathize, sympathize, understand |
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| (verb) to feel or express sympathy or compassion | Synonyms: commiserate, sympathize |
| (verb) share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of | Synonyms: sympathize |
| sympathize | (verb) be understanding of | Synonyms: empathise, empathize, sympathise, understand |
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| (verb) to feel or express sympathy or compassion | Synonyms: commiserate, sympathise |
| (verb) share the feelings of; understand the sentiments of | Synonyms: sympathise |
| syncopate | (verb) modify the rhythm by stressing or accenting a weak beat | - |
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| (verb) omit a sound or letter in a word | - |
| telepathise | (verb) communicate nonverbally by telepathy | Synonyms: telepathize |
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| telepathize | (verb) communicate nonverbally by telepathy | Synonyms: telepathise |
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| trepan | (verb) cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery | - |
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| trespass | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: overstep, transgress |
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| (verb) break the law | - |
| (verb) enter unlawfully on someone's property | Synonyms: intrude |
| (verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | Synonyms: sin, transgress |
| (verb) make excessive use of | Synonyms: take advantage |
| underpay | (verb) pay too little | - |
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| unpack | (verb) remove from its packing | Synonyms: take out |
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| wallpaper | (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: paper |
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