abridge | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
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(verb) lessen, diminish, or curtail | - |
aerify | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: gasify, vaporise, vaporize |
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affright | (verb) cause fear in | Synonyms: fright, frighten, scare |
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aggrieve | (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: grieve |
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(verb) infringe on the rights of | - |
allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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(verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
allegorize | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
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(verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorise |
aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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aphorize | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorise |
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apprise | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize |
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(verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, revalue |
(verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
(verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprize, instruct |
apprize | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise |
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(verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise, revalue |
(verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprise, instruct |
(verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprise, give notice, notify, send word |
appropriate | (verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: allow, earmark, reserve, set aside |
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(verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: capture, conquer, seize |
arborise | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborize |
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arborize | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborise |
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arise | (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: get up, rise, turn out, uprise |
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(verb) result or issue | Synonyms: come up |
(verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: get up, rise, stand up, uprise |
(verb) move upward | Synonyms: come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise |
(verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: rebel, rise, rise up |
(verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
(verb) originate or come into being | Synonyms: bob up, come up |
arrive | (verb) reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress | Synonyms: come, get |
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(verb) succeed in a big way; get to the top | Synonyms: get in, go far, make it |
arterialise | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialize |
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arterialize | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialise |
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ascribe | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: assign, attribute, impute |
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asterisk | (verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: star |
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astringe | (verb) become constricted or compressed | - |
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(verb) constrict or bind or draw together | - |
attribute | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, assign, impute |
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(verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: assign |
aurify | (verb) turn golden | - |
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(verb) transform into gold | - |
authorise | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorize, clear, pass |
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(verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorize, empower |
authorize | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorise, clear, pass |
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(verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorise, empower |
bacterise | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterize |
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bacterize | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterise |
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barbarise | (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech | Synonyms: barbarize |
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(verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language | Synonyms: barbarize |
barbarize | (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech | Synonyms: barbarise |
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(verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language | Synonyms: barbarise |
barricade | (verb) block off with barricades | Synonyms: barricado |
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(verb) prevent access to by barricading | - |
(verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
barricado | (verb) block off with barricades | Synonyms: barricade |
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befriend | (verb) become friends with | - |
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begrime | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil |
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besprinkle | (verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly | Synonyms: sparge, sprinkle |
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bestride | (verb) get up on the back of | Synonyms: climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up |
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blitzkrieg | (verb) fight a quick and surprising war | - |
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blueprint | (verb) make a blueprint of | Synonyms: draft, draught |
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bonderise | (verb) coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion | Synonyms: bonderize |
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bonderize | (verb) coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion | Synonyms: bonderise |
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bowdlerise | (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten |
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bowdlerize | (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, castrate, expurgate, shorten |
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bribe | (verb) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence | Synonyms: buy, corrupt, grease one's palms |
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brick | (verb) To stop working (of an electronic device) | - |
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bridge | (verb) make a bridge across | - |
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(verb) cross over on a bridge | - |
(verb) connect or reduce the distance between | Synonyms: bridge over |
bridle | (verb) respond to the reins, as of horses | - |
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(verb) put a bridle on | - |
(verb) anger or take offense | - |
brief | (verb) give essential information to someone | - |
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brigade | (verb) form or unite into a brigade | - |
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brighten | (verb) make more cheerful through the use of color | Synonyms: lighten, lighten up |
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(verb) become clear | Synonyms: clear, clear up, light up |
brim | (verb) fill as much as possible | - |
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(verb) be completely full | - |
brine | (verb) soak in brine | - |
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bring | (verb) bring into a different state | Synonyms: land |
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(verb) induce or persuade | - |
(verb) go or come after and bring or take back | Synonyms: convey, fetch, get |
(verb) be accompanied by | - |
(verb) cause to come into a particular state or condition | - |
(verb) cause to happen or to occur as a consequence | Synonyms: make for, play, work, wreak |
(verb) advance or set forth in court | Synonyms: institute |
(verb) attract the attention of | - |
(verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | Synonyms: convey, take |
(verb) be sold for a certain price | Synonyms: bring in, fetch |
(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, contribute, impart, lend |
brisk | (verb) become brisk | Synonyms: brisk up, brisken |
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brisken | (verb) become brisk | Synonyms: brisk, brisk up |
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bristle | (verb) react in an offended or angry manner | - |
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(verb) rise up as in fear | Synonyms: stand up, uprise |
(verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: abound, burst |
(verb) have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles | - |
burglarise | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarize, burgle, heist |
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burglarize | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarise, burgle, heist |
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caparison | (verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: bard, barde, dress up |
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capriole | (verb) perform a capriole, in ballet | - |
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(verb) perform a capriole, of horses in dressage | - |
carburise | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburize |
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carburize | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburise |
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caricature | (verb) represent in or produce a caricature of | Synonyms: ape |
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categorise | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorize |
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categorize | (verb) place into or assign to a category | Synonyms: categorise |
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catheterise | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterize |
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catheterize | (verb) insert a catheter into (a body part) | Synonyms: catheterise |
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cauterise | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterize |
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(verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterize |
cauterize | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterise |
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(verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterise |
centrifugate | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifuge |
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centrifuge | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifugate |
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chagrin | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, humble, humiliate, mortify |
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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 |
chariot | (verb) ride in a chariot | - |
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(verb) transport in a chariot | - |
cherish | (verb) be fond of; be attached to | Synonyms: care for, hold dear, treasure |
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chlorinate | (verb) disinfect with chlorine | - |
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(verb) treat or combine with chlorine | - |
chondrify | (verb) turn into cartilage | - |
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christen | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptise, baptize |
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cicatrise | (verb) form a scar, after an injury | Synonyms: cicatrize |
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cicatrize | (verb) form a scar, after an injury | Synonyms: cicatrise |
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circularise | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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(verb) distribute circulars to | Synonyms: circularize |
(verb) canvass by distributing letters | Synonyms: circularize |
circularize | (verb) make circular | - |
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(verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
(verb) distribute circulars to | Synonyms: circularise |
(verb) canvass by distributing letters | Synonyms: circularise |
(verb) canvass by using a questionnaire | - |
circumscribe | (verb) restrict or confine within limits | Synonyms: confine to, limit |
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(verb) draw a line around | - |
(verb) to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect | - |
clarify | (verb) make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating | - |
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(verb) make clear and (more) comprehensible | Synonyms: clear up, elucidate |
clarion | (verb) proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion | - |
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(verb) blow the clarion | - |
colorise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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colorize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize |
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colourise | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourize |
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colourize | (verb) add color to | Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise |
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comprise | (verb) include or contain; have as a component | Synonyms: contain, incorporate |
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(verb) be composed of | Synonyms: consist |
(verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, constitute, make up, represent |
computerise | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerize, cybernate |
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(verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerize |
(verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerize |
computerize | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerise, cybernate |
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(verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerise |
(verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerise |
conscript | (verb) enroll into service compulsorily | - |
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constrict | (verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constringe, narrow |
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(verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, contract, press, squeeze |
constringe | (verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constrict, narrow |
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containerise | (verb) package in a container | Synonyms: containerize |
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containerize | (verb) package in a container | Synonyms: containerise |
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contemporise | (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
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(verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporize, synchronise, synchronize |
contemporize | (verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporise, synchronise, synchronize |
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(verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporise, synchronise, synchronize |
contribute | (verb) contribute to some cause | Synonyms: chip in, give, kick in |
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(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, impart, lend |
(verb) provide | Synonyms: put up |
(verb) be conducive to | Synonyms: conduce, lead |
contrive | (verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | Synonyms: devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent |
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(verb) make or work out a plan for; devise | Synonyms: design, plan, project |
(verb) put or send forth | Synonyms: cast, project, throw |
copolymerise | (verb) polymerize together | Synonyms: copolymerize |
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