overstress | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overemphasize |
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overstretch | (verb) strain abnormally | Synonyms: pull |
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overtire | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overfatigue, overweary |
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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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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 |
pedicure | (verb) care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. | - |
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peregrinate | (verb) travel around, through, or over, especially on foot | - |
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perennate | (verb) survive from season to season, of plants | - |
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perjure | (verb) knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury | - |
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persevere | (verb) be persistent, refuse to stop | Synonyms: hang in, hang on, hold on, persist |
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perspire | (verb) excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | Synonyms: sudate, sweat |
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phosphoresce | (verb) to exhibit phosphorescence | - |
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picture | (verb) show in, or as in, a picture | Synonyms: depict, render, show |
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(verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, project, see, visualise, visualize |
pore | (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, concentrate, focus, rivet |
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posture | (verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: model, pose, sit |
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(verb) behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others | Synonyms: pose |
preach | (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: advocate |
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(verb) deliver a sermon | Synonyms: prophesy |
preachify | (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, moralize, sermonise, sermonize |
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preamble | (verb) make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document | - |
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prearrange | (verb) arrange beforehand | - |
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preassemble | (verb) to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings | Synonyms: prefabricate |
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precede | (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, preface, premise |
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(verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space | Synonyms: lead |
(verb) be the predecessor of | Synonyms: come before |
(verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, predate |
(verb) come before | Synonyms: predate |
precess | (verb) move in a gyrating fashion | - |
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precipitate | (verb) separate as a fine suspension of solid particles | - |
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(verb) hurl or throw violently | - |
(verb) bring about abruptly | - |
(verb) fall vertically, sharply, or headlong | - |
(verb) fall from clouds | Synonyms: come down, fall |
precis | (verb) make a summary (of) | - |
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preclude | (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, prevent |
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(verb) make impossible, especially beforehand | Synonyms: close out, rule out |
preconceive | (verb) conceive beforehand | - |
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precondition | (verb) put into the required condition beforehand | - |
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precook | (verb) cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long | - |
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predate | (verb) establish something as being earlier relative to something else | Synonyms: antedate, foredate |
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(verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, precede |
(verb) come before | Synonyms: precede |
(verb) prey on or hunt for | Synonyms: prey, raven |
predecease | (verb) die before; die earlier than | - |
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predestinate | (verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: foreordain, predestine |
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predestine | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: foreordain, preordain |
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(verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: foreordain, predestinate |
(verb) decree or determine beforehand | - |
predetermine | (verb) determine beforehand | - |
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(verb) cause to be biased | Synonyms: bias |
predicate | (verb) affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of | Synonyms: proclaim |
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(verb) involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic | Synonyms: connote |
(verb) make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition | - |
predict | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, prognosticate, promise |
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(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
predigest | (verb) digest (food) beforehand | - |
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predispose | (verb) make susceptible | - |
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predominate | (verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, prevail, reign, rule |
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(verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position | Synonyms: hulk, loom, tower |
preempt | (verb) acquire for oneself before others can do so | - |
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(verb) make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge | - |
(verb) gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land) | - |
(verb) take the place of or have precedence over | Synonyms: displace |
preen | (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: dress, plume, primp |
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(verb) pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement | Synonyms: congratulate |
(verb) clean with one's bill | Synonyms: plume |
preexist | (verb) exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time | - |
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prefabricate | (verb) to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings | Synonyms: preassemble |
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(verb) produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally | - |
preface | (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, precede, premise |
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prefer | (verb) select as an alternative over another | Synonyms: choose, opt |
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(verb) like better; value more highly | - |
(verb) promote over another | Synonyms: favor, favour |
(verb) give preference to one creditor over another | - |
prefigure | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate |
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(verb) imagine or consider beforehand | - |
prefix | (verb) attach a prefix to | - |
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preform | (verb) form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand | - |
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(verb) form into a shape resembling the final, desired one | - |
preheat | (verb) heat beforehand | - |
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prehend | (verb) take into your hands deliberately | Synonyms: clutch, seize, take hold, take hold of |
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preisolate | (verb) isolate beforehand | - |
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prejudge | (verb) judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence | - |
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prejudice | (verb) influence (somebody's) opinion in advance | Synonyms: prepossess |
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(verb) disadvantage by prejudice | - |
prelude | (verb) play as a prelude | - |
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(verb) serve as a prelude or opening to | - |
premeditate | (verb) consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand | - |
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(verb) think or reflect beforehand or in advance | - |
premier | (verb) perform a work for the first time | Synonyms: premiere |
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(verb) be performed for the first time | Synonyms: premiere |
premiere | (verb) perform a work for the first time | Synonyms: premier |
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(verb) be performed for the first time | Synonyms: premier |
premise | (verb) take something as preexisting and given | Synonyms: premiss |
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(verb) set forth beforehand, often as an explanation | - |
(verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, precede, preface |
premiss | (verb) take something as preexisting and given | Synonyms: premise |
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preoccupy | (verb) engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively | - |
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(verb) occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance | - |
preordain | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: foreordain, predestine |
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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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preponderate | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, overbalance |
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prepose | (verb) place before another constituent in the sentence | - |
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prepossess | (verb) influence (somebody's) opinion in advance | Synonyms: prejudice |
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(verb) cause to be preoccupied | - |
(verb) make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand | - |
(verb) possess beforehand | - |
prerecord | (verb) record before presentation, as of a broadcast | - |
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presage | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, prognosticate |
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prescribe | (verb) issue commands or orders for | Synonyms: dictate, order |
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(verb) (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription | - |
(verb) recommend as beneficial | - |
present | (verb) bring forward and present to the mind | Synonyms: lay out, represent |
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(verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: acquaint, introduce |
(verb) deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) | Synonyms: deliver |
(verb) recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position | Synonyms: salute |
(verb) formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. | - |
(verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize | Synonyms: confront, face |
(verb) perform (a play), especially on a stage | Synonyms: represent, stage |
(verb) represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture | Synonyms: portray |
(verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demo, demonstrate, exhibit, show |
(verb) give as a present; make a gift of | Synonyms: gift, give |
(verb) hand over formally | Synonyms: submit |
(verb) give, especially as an honor or reward | Synonyms: award |
(verb) offer for others to consider | Synonyms: pose |
preserve | (verb) prevent (food) from rotting | Synonyms: keep |
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(verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: conserve, keep up, maintain |
(verb) to keep up and reserve for personal or special use | Synonyms: save |
(verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last | Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue, uphold |
(verb) maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | Synonyms: keep |
(verb) keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing | - |
preside | (verb) act as president | - |
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press | (verb) force or impel in an indicated direction | Synonyms: exhort, urge, urge on |
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(verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat |
(verb) lift weights | Synonyms: weight-lift, weightlift |
(verb) exert pressure or force to or upon | - |
(verb) place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure | - |
(verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, contract, squeeze |
(verb) press and smooth with a heated iron | Synonyms: iron, iron out |
(verb) make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby | Synonyms: push |
(verb) press from a plastic | Synonyms: press out |
(verb) create by pressing | - |
(verb) crowd closely | - |
(verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, push |
(verb) be urgent | - |
(verb) to be oppressive or burdensome | Synonyms: weigh |
pressure | (verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: coerce, force, hale, squeeze |
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(verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackjack, blackmail |
pressurise | (verb) increase the pressure in or of | Synonyms: pressurize |
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(verb) maintain a certain pressure | Synonyms: pressurize |
(verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurize, supercharge |
pressurize | (verb) increase the pressure in or of | Synonyms: pressurise |
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(verb) maintain a certain pressure | Synonyms: pressurise |
(verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, supercharge |
presume | (verb) take liberties or act with too much confidence | - |
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(verb) take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof | Synonyms: assume, take for granted |
(verb) constitute reasonable evidence for | - |
(verb) take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission | Synonyms: dare, make bold |
presuppose | (verb) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition | Synonyms: suppose |
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(verb) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | Synonyms: suppose |
pretend | (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: affect, dissemble, feign, sham |
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(verb) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like | Synonyms: make, make believe |
(verb) put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | Synonyms: guess, hazard, venture |
(verb) state insincerely | Synonyms: profess |
(verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly | Synonyms: act, dissemble |
(verb) put forward a claim and assert right or possession of | - |
pretermit | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook |
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(verb) disregard intentionally or let pass | - |
prettify | (verb) make more beautiful | Synonyms: beautify, embellish, fancify |
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prevail | (verb) use persuasion successfully | - |
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(verb) prove superior | Synonyms: triumph |
(verb) continue to exist | Synonyms: die hard, endure, persist, run |
(verb) be valid, applicable, or true | Synonyms: hold, obtain |
(verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, predominate, reign, rule |
prevaricate | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, tergiversate |
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prevent | (verb) stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state | Synonyms: keep |
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(verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude |
preview | (verb) watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public | - |
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previse | (verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: anticipate, foreknow, foresee |
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(verb) warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning | Synonyms: forewarn |
prey | (verb) profit from in an exploitatory manner | Synonyms: feed |
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(verb) prey on or hunt for | Synonyms: predate, raven |
procreate | (verb) have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant | Synonyms: multiply, reproduce |
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procure | (verb) arrange for sexual partners for others | Synonyms: pander, pimp |
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(verb) get by special effort | Synonyms: secure |
progress | (verb) develop in a positive way | Synonyms: advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, shape up |
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(verb) form or accumulate steadily | Synonyms: build, build up, work up |
(verb) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense | Synonyms: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on |
proofread | (verb) read for errors | Synonyms: proof |
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puncture | (verb) cause to lose air pressure or collapse by piercing | - |
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(verb) be pierced or punctured | - |
(verb) reduce or lessen the size or importance of | Synonyms: deflate |
(verb) pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into | - |
(verb) make by piercing | - |
puree | (verb) rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender | Synonyms: strain |
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putrefy | (verb) become putrid; decay with an offensive smell | - |
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quarrel | (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: altercate, argufy, dispute, scrap |
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rarefy | (verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) | Synonyms: attenuate |
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(verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: sublimate, subtilize |
(verb) lessen the density or solidity of | - |
reabsorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: resorb |
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reach | (verb) be in or establish communication with | Synonyms: contact, get hold of, get through |
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(verb) to exert much effort or energy | Synonyms: strain, strive |
(verb) move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense | Synonyms: reach out |
(verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: attain, hit |
(verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make |
(verb) reach a goal | Synonyms: get to, make, progress to |
(verb) place into the hands or custody of | Synonyms: give, hand, pass, pass on, turn over |
(verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, attain |
(verb) to extend as far as | Synonyms: extend to, touch |
react | (verb) undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions | - |
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(verb) show a response or a reaction to something | Synonyms: respond |
(verb) act against or in opposition to | Synonyms: oppose |
reactivate | (verb) activate (an old file) anew | - |
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