abstract | (verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically | - |
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(verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance | - |
(verb) give an abstract (of) | - |
(verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
attract | (verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: draw, draw in, pull, pull in |
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(verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away | - |
(verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: appeal |
backtrack | (verb) retrace one's course | Synonyms: double back, turn back |
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barrack | (verb) laugh at with contempt and derision | Synonyms: flout, gibe, jeer, scoff |
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(verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
(verb) lodge in barracks | - |
brace | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: arouse, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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(verb) support by bracing | - |
(verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: stabilise, stabilize, steady |
(verb) prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult | Synonyms: poise |
brachiate | (verb) swing from one hold to the next | - |
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bracket | (verb) classify or group | - |
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(verb) place into brackets | Synonyms: bracket out |
(verb) support with brackets | - |
caracole | (verb) make a half turn on a horse, in dressage | - |
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character | (verb) engrave or inscribe characters on | - |
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characterise | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterize, qualify |
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(verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterize |
characterize | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterise, qualify |
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(verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterise |
contract | (verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | Synonyms: get, take |
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(verb) make or become more narrow or restricted | Synonyms: narrow |
(verb) become smaller or draw together | Synonyms: shrink |
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
(verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: concentrate, condense |
(verb) enter into a contractual arrangement | Synonyms: undertake |
(verb) make smaller | - |
(verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, press, squeeze |
(verb) engage by written agreement | Synonyms: sign, sign on, sign up |
counteract | (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonise, antagonize |
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(verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken |
(verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: countercheck |
(verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counterbalance, countervail, neutralize |
crack | (verb) break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension | Synonyms: snap |
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(verb) become fractured; break or crack on the surface only | Synonyms: break, check |
(verb) break partially but keep its integrity | - |
(verb) cause to become cracked | - |
(verb) reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking | - |
(verb) break into simpler molecules by means of heat | - |
(verb) pass through (a barrier) | Synonyms: break through |
(verb) tell spontaneously | - |
(verb) hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise | - |
(verb) suffer a nervous breakdown | Synonyms: break up, collapse, crack up, crock up |
(verb) make a sharp sound | Synonyms: snap |
(verb) make a very sharp explosive sound | - |
(verb) gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions | - |
crackle | (verb) to become, or to cause to become, covered with a network of small cracks | - |
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(verb) make a crushing noise | Synonyms: crunch, scranch, scraunch |
(verb) make a crackling sound | Synonyms: crepitate |
deracinate | (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: extirpate, root out, uproot |
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(verb) move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment | Synonyms: uproot |
detract | (verb) take away a part from; diminish | Synonyms: take away |
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diffract | (verb) undergo diffraction | - |
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disgrace | (verb) damage the reputation of | Synonyms: discredit |
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(verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: degrade, demean, put down, take down |
(verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
distract | (verb) draw someone's attention away from something | Synonyms: deflect |
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(verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, trouble, unhinge |
embrace | (verb) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | Synonyms: adopt, espouse, sweep up |
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(verb) hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness | Synonyms: bosom, hug, squeeze |
(verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, cover, encompass |
extract | (verb) extract by the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, distill |
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(verb) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy | Synonyms: excerpt, take out |
(verb) calculate the root of a number | - |
(verb) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | Synonyms: draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out |
(verb) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | Synonyms: express, press out |
(verb) separate (a metal) from an ore | - |
(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, educe, elicit, evoke |
(verb) get despite difficulties or obstacles | - |
fraction | (verb) perform a division | Synonyms: divide |
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fractionate | (verb) obtain by a fractional process | - |
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(verb) separate into constituents or fractions containing concentrated constituents | - |
fracture | (verb) fracture a bone of | Synonyms: break |
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(verb) become fractured | - |
(verb) violate or abuse | - |
(verb) break into pieces | - |
(verb) interrupt, break, or destroy | - |
grace | (verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
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(verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish |
infract | (verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: breach, break, go against, offend, transgress, violate |
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interact | (verb) act together or towards others or with others | - |
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ostracise | (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with | Synonyms: ostracize |
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(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracize, shun |
ostracize | (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with | Synonyms: ostracise |
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(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, shun |
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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parachute | (verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: chute, jump |
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practice | (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practise |
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(verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practise, rehearse |
(verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, exercise, practise |
(verb) avail oneself to | Synonyms: apply, use |
(verb) engage in or perform | Synonyms: commit |
practise | (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practice |
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(verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practice, rehearse |
(verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, exercise, practice |
protract | (verb) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer | Synonyms: draw out, extend, prolong |
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race | (verb) compete in a race | Synonyms: run |
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(verb) move hurridly | Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, rush, rush along, speed, step on it |
(verb) cause to move fast or to rush or race | Synonyms: rush |
(verb) to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others | - |
rack | (verb) torture on the rack | - |
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(verb) seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block | - |
(verb) place in a rack | Synonyms: rack up |
(verb) work on a rack | - |
(verb) stretch to the limits | - |
(verb) torment emotionally or mentally | Synonyms: excruciate, torment, torture |
(verb) go at a rack | Synonyms: single-foot |
(verb) draw off from the lees | - |
(verb) run before a gale | Synonyms: scud |
(verb) fly in high wind | - |
(verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation | Synonyms: extort, gouge, squeeze, wring |
(verb) put on a rack and pinion | - |
racket | (verb) hit (a ball) with a racket | - |
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(verb) make loud and annoying noises | - |
(verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, revel, wassail, whoop it up |
racketeer | (verb) carry on illegal business activities involving crime | - |
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refract | (verb) determine the refracting power of (a lens) | - |
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(verb) subject to refraction | - |
refracture | (verb) break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way | - |
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retrace | (verb) reassemble mentally | Synonyms: construct, reconstruct |
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(verb) to go back over again | Synonyms: trace |
retract | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, resile |
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(verb) pull inward or towards a center | Synonyms: draw in |
(verb) use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) | Synonyms: draw back, pull back |
(verb) pull away from a source of disgust or fear | Synonyms: shrink back |
sidetrack | (verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, digress, straggle |
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subcontract | (verb) work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract | - |
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(verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | Synonyms: farm out, job |
subtract | (verb) take off or away | - |
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(verb) make a subtraction | Synonyms: deduct, take off |
terrace | (verb) make into terraces as for cultivation | - |
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(verb) provide (a house) with a terrace | Synonyms: terrasse |
trace | (verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something | Synonyms: follow |
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(verb) read with difficulty | Synonyms: decipher |
(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: delineate, describe, draw, line |
(verb) copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of | - |
(verb) pursue or chase relentlessly | Synonyms: hound, hunt |
(verb) to go back over again | Synonyms: retrace |
(verb) make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along | - |
(verb) discover traces of | - |
track | (verb) make tracks upon | - |
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(verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, trail |
(verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, traverse |
(verb) carry on the feet and deposit | - |
(verb) observe or plot the moving path of something | - |
ultracentrifuge | (verb) subject to the action of an ultracentrifuge | - |
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unbrace | (verb) remove a brace or braces from | - |
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(verb) remove from tension | - |
(verb) undo the ties of | Synonyms: unlace, untie |
underachieve | (verb) perform less well or with less success than expected | Synonyms: underperform |
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underact | (verb) act (a role) with great restraint | Synonyms: underplay |
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wisecrack | (verb) make a comment, usually ironic | - |
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wrack | (verb) smash or break forcefully | Synonyms: bust up, wreck |
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