| ape | (verb) represent in or produce a caricature of | Synonyms: caricature |
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| (verb) imitate uncritically and in every aspect | - |
| appeal | (verb) request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection | Synonyms: invoke |
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| (verb) cite as an authority; resort to | Synonyms: invoke |
| (verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: attract |
| (verb) take a court case to a higher court for review | - |
| (verb) challenge (a decision) | - |
| appear | (verb) come into sight or view | - |
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| (verb) be issued or published | Synonyms: come out |
| (verb) come into being or existence, or appear on the scene | Synonyms: come along |
| (verb) appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. | - |
| (verb) give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect | Synonyms: look, seem |
| (verb) (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent | Synonyms: seem |
| (verb) present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority | - |
| appease | (verb) make peace with | Synonyms: propitiate |
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| (verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: quell, stay |
| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
| append | (verb) state or say further | Synonyms: add, supply |
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| (verb) fix to; attach | Synonyms: hang on, tack, tack on, tag on |
| (verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, affix, supplement |
| apperceive | (verb) perceive in terms of a past experience | - |
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| appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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| asperse | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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| attemper | (verb) modify the temperature of | - |
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| backpedal | (verb) modify one's opinion, make it less strong | - |
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| (verb) pedal backwards on a bicycle | - |
| (verb) step backwards, in boxing | - |
| bespeak | (verb) express the need or desire for | Synonyms: ask for, call for, quest, request |
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| (verb) be a signal for or a symptom of | Synonyms: betoken, indicate, point, signal |
| bespeckle | (verb) mark with small spots | Synonyms: speckle |
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| caliper | (verb) measure the diameter of something with calipers | Synonyms: calliper |
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| calliper | (verb) measure the diameter of something with calipers | Synonyms: caliper |
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| caper | (verb) jump about playfully | - |
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| carpenter | (verb) work as a carpenter | - |
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| carpet | (verb) cover with a carpet | - |
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| (verb) cover completely, as if with a carpet | - |
| (verb) form a carpet-like cover (over) | - |
| chaperon | (verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperone |
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| chaperone | (verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperon |
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| cheapen | (verb) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | Synonyms: degrade |
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| clapperclaw | (verb) use foul or abusive language towards | Synonyms: abuse, blackguard, shout |
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| (verb) claw with the nails | - |
| compel | (verb) force somebody to do something | Synonyms: obligate, oblige |
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| (verb) necessitate or exact | - |
| compensate | (verb) make payment to; compensate | Synonyms: recompense, remunerate |
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| (verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: indemnify, recompense, repair |
| (verb) do or give something to somebody in return | Synonyms: make up, pay, pay off |
| (verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: correct, redress, right |
| (verb) adjust for | Synonyms: correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up |
| (verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: cover, overcompensate |
| compere | (verb) act as a master of ceremonies | Synonyms: emcee |
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| compete | (verb) compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | Synonyms: contend, vie |
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| cooper | (verb) make barrels and casks | - |
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| cooperate | (verb) work together on a common enterprise or project | Synonyms: collaborate, join forces |
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| cope | (verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage |
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| copper | (verb) coat with a layer of copper | - |
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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 |
| crepe | (verb) cover or drape with crape | Synonyms: crape |
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| crispen | (verb) make brown and crisp by heating | Synonyms: crisp, toast |
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| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| disrespect | (verb) have little or no respect for; hold in contempt | Synonyms: disesteem |
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| (verb) show a lack of respect for | - |
| distemper | (verb) paint with distemper | - |
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| dope | (verb) give a narcotic to | Synonyms: dope up |
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| (verb) add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties | - |
| (verb) take drugs to improve one's athletic performance | - |
| drape | (verb) arrange in a particular way | - |
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| (verb) place casually | - |
| (verb) cover as if with clothing | Synonyms: cloak, clothe, robe |
| (verb) cover or dress loosely with cloth | - |
| dupe | (verb) fool or hoax | Synonyms: befool, cod, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in |
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| elope | (verb) run away secretly with one's beloved | Synonyms: run off |
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| escape | (verb) issue or leak, as from a small opening | - |
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| (verb) fail to experience | Synonyms: miss |
| (verb) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action | Synonyms: get away, get by, get off, get out |
| (verb) run away from confinement | Synonyms: break loose, get away |
| (verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
| (verb) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | Synonyms: get away |
| (verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by | Synonyms: elude |
| exasperate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate, worsen |
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| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate |
| (verb) make furious | Synonyms: incense, infuriate |
| expect | (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: bear, carry, gestate, have a bun in the oven |
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| (verb) look forward to the birth of a child | - |
| (verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: anticipate |
| (verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of | Synonyms: await, look, wait |
| (verb) consider reasonable or due | - |
| (verb) consider obligatory; request and expect | Synonyms: ask, require |
| expectorate | (verb) discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth | Synonyms: cough out, cough up, spit out, spit up |
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| (verb) clear out the chest and lungs | Synonyms: clear out, drive out |
| expedite | (verb) speed up the progress of; facilitate | Synonyms: hasten |
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| (verb) process fast and efficiently | - |
| expel | (verb) eliminate (a substance) | Synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, release |
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| (verb) cause to flee | Synonyms: rout, rout out |
| (verb) force to leave or move out | Synonyms: kick out, throw out |
| (verb) remove from a position or office | Synonyms: boot out, drum out, kick out, oust, throw out |
| expend | (verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
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| (verb) pay out | Synonyms: drop, spend |
| expense | (verb) reduce the estimated value of something | Synonyms: write down, write off |
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| experience | (verb) undergo | Synonyms: have |
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| (verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | Synonyms: know, live |
| (verb) undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind | Synonyms: feel |
| (verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | Synonyms: get, have, receive |
| (verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience | Synonyms: go through, see |
| experiment | (verb) to conduct a test or investigation | - |
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| (verb) try something new, as in order to gain experience | Synonyms: try out |
| fingerspell | (verb) communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language | Synonyms: finger-spell |
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| gape | (verb) look with amazement; look stupidly | Synonyms: gawk, gawp, goggle |
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| (verb) be wide open | Synonyms: yaw, yawn |
| gripe | (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, grouse, holler, squawk |
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| grope | (verb) feel about uncertainly or blindly | Synonyms: fumble |
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| (verb) fondle for sexual pleasure | - |
| (verb) search blindly or uncertainly | - |
| hamper | (verb) prevent the progress or free movement of | Synonyms: cramp, halter, strangle |
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| (verb) put at a disadvantage | Synonyms: handicap, hinder |
| happen | (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, occur, pass, pass off, take place |
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| (verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: materialise, materialize |
| (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: bechance, befall |
| (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, chance, encounter, find |
| (verb) chance to be or do something, without intention or causation | - |
| hope | (verb) intend with some possibility of fulfilment | Synonyms: go for |
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| (verb) be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes | - |
| (verb) expect and wish | Synonyms: desire, trust |
| hype | (verb) publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner | - |
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| hyperbolise | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
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| hyperbolize | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
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| hyperextend | (verb) extend a joint beyond its normal range | - |
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| hypertrophy | (verb) undergo hypertrophy | - |
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| hyperventilate | (verb) breathe excessively hard and fast | - |
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| (verb) produce hyperventilation in | - |
| impeach | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: accuse, criminate, incriminate |
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| (verb) charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office | - |
| (verb) challenge the honesty or veracity of | - |
| impede | (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: block, close up, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
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| (verb) be a hindrance or obstacle to | Synonyms: hinder |
| impel | (verb) cause to move forward with force | Synonyms: propel |
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| (verb) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | Synonyms: force |
| impend | (verb) be imminent or about to happen | - |
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| imperil | (verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril, threaten |
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| impersonate | (verb) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions | Synonyms: personate, pose |
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| (verb) represent another person with comic intentions | - |
| (verb) assume or act the character of | Synonyms: portray |
| inspect | (verb) examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification | Synonyms: audit, scrutinise, scrutinize |
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| (verb) come to see in an official or professional capacity | Synonyms: visit |
| (verb) look over carefully | - |
| interdepend | (verb) be connected | Synonyms: hang together |
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| interlope | (verb) encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license | - |
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| interpellate | (verb) question formally about policy or government business | - |
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| interpenetrate | (verb) penetrate mutually or be interlocked | Synonyms: permeate |
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| (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: diffuse, imbue, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
| intersperse | (verb) introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions | Synonyms: interlard |
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| (verb) place at intervals in or among | - |
| introspect | (verb) reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings | - |
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| landscape | (verb) do landscape gardening | - |
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| (verb) embellish with plants | - |
| lope | (verb) run easily | - |
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| misperceive | (verb) perceive incorrectly | - |
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| misspeak | (verb) pronounce a word incorrectly | Synonyms: mispronounce |
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| misspell | (verb) spell incorrectly | - |
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| misspend | (verb) spend (money or other resources) unwisely | - |
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| (verb) spend time badly or unwisely | - |
| mope | (verb) be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed | Synonyms: moon about, moon around |
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| (verb) move around slowly and aimlessly | Synonyms: mope around |
| 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 |
| outperform | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outstrip, surmount, surpass |
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| 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 |
| 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) | - |
| palpebrate | (verb) wink or blink, especially repeatedly | - |
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| pamper | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, spoil |
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| paper | (verb) cover with paper | - |
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| (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: wallpaper |