airlift | (verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means | Synonyms: lift |
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birl | (verb) cause to spin | Synonyms: spin, twirl, whirl |
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(verb) cause a floating log to rotate by treading | Synonyms: birle |
birle | (verb) cause a floating log to rotate by treading | Synonyms: birl |
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burl | (verb) remove the burls from cloth | - |
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burlesque | (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: parody, spoof |
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cheerlead | (verb) act as a cheerleader in a sports event | - |
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curl | (verb) form a curl, curve, or kink | Synonyms: curve, kink |
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(verb) play the Scottish game of curling | - |
(verb) twist or roll into coils or ringlets | Synonyms: wave |
(verb) wind around something in coils or loops | Synonyms: coil, loop |
(verb) shape one's body into a curl | Synonyms: curl up, draw in |
ensnarl | (verb) entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh | Synonyms: enmesh, mesh |
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fangirl | (verb) to be a extreme female fan of something | - |
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furl | (verb) form into a cylinder by rolling | Synonyms: roll up |
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furlough | (verb) grant a leave to | - |
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(verb) dismiss, usually for economic reasons | Synonyms: lay off |
garland | (verb) adorn with bands of flowers or leaves | - |
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gnarl | (verb) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath | Synonyms: croak, grumble, murmur, mutter |
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(verb) twist into a state of deformity | - |
harlequin | (verb) variegate with spots or marks | - |
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hurl | (verb) utter with force; utter vehemently | Synonyms: throw |
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(verb) throw forcefully | Synonyms: cast, hurtle |
(verb) make a thrusting forward movement | Synonyms: hurtle, lunge, thrust |
interlace | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, entwine, intertwine, lace, twine |
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(verb) hold in a locking position | Synonyms: interlock, lock |
interlard | (verb) introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions | Synonyms: intersperse |
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interleave | (verb) intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations | - |
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(verb) intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data | - |
(verb) provide (books) with blank leaves | - |
interlink | (verb) cause to be interconnected or interwoven | Synonyms: interconnect |
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(verb) be interwoven or interconnected | Synonyms: complect, interconnect |
interlock | (verb) coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively | Synonyms: mesh |
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(verb) become engaged or intermeshed with one another | Synonyms: lock |
(verb) hold in a locking position | Synonyms: interlace, lock |
interlope | (verb) encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license | - |
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interlude | (verb) perform an interlude | - |
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overlap | (verb) extend over and cover a part of | - |
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(verb) coincide partially or wholly | - |
overlay | (verb) put something on top of something else | Synonyms: cover |
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(verb) kill by lying on | Synonyms: overlie |
overleap | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, pretermit |
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(verb) jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | Synonyms: vault |
(verb) defeat (oneself) by going too far | - |
overlie | (verb) kill by lying on | Synonyms: overlay |
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(verb) lie upon; lie on top of | - |
overload | (verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired | Synonyms: clog |
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(verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overcharge, surcharge |
(verb) become overloaded | - |
overlook | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, pretermit |
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(verb) watch over | - |
(verb) look past, fail to notice | - |
(verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, dominate, overtop |
(verb) be oriented in a certain direction | Synonyms: look across, look out on, look out over |
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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pearl | (verb) gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean | - |
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purl | (verb) make a murmuring sound | Synonyms: sough |
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(verb) embroider with gold or silver thread | - |
(verb) edge or border with gold or silver embroidery | - |
(verb) knit with a purl stitch | - |
(verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, swirl, whirl, whirlpool |
purloin | (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, snarf, sneak, swipe |
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skirl | (verb) play the bagpipes | - |
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(verb) make a shrill, wailing sound | - |
snarl | (verb) make more complicated or confused through entanglements | Synonyms: embrangle, snarl up |
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(verb) utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone | Synonyms: snap |
(verb) make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise | - |
(verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: entangle, mat, tangle |
swirl | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, purl, whirl, whirlpool |
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(verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion | Synonyms: twiddle, twirl, whirl |
twirl | (verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion | Synonyms: swirl, twiddle, whirl |
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(verb) cause to spin | Synonyms: birl, spin, whirl |
uncurl | (verb) move out of a curled position | - |
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underlay | (verb) provide with a base, support, lining, or backing | - |
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(verb) put (something) under or beneath | - |
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type | - |
underlie | (verb) be or form the base for | - |
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(verb) lie underneath | - |
underline | (verb) give extra weight to (a communication) | Synonyms: emphasise, emphasize, underscore |
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(verb) draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to | Synonyms: underscore |
unfurl | (verb) unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state | Synonyms: unroll |
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unsnarl | (verb) extricate from entanglement | Synonyms: disentangle, straighten out |
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whirl | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, purl, swirl, whirlpool |
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(verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion | Synonyms: swirl, twiddle, twirl |
(verb) cause to spin | Synonyms: birl, spin, twirl |
(verb) fly around | Synonyms: tumble, whirl around |
(verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | Synonyms: gyrate, reel, spin, spin around |
whirligig | (verb) whirl or spin like a whirligig | - |
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whirlpool | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, purl, swirl, whirl |
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