abort | (verb) terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion | - |
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(verb) cease development, die, and be aborted | - |
(verb) terminate before completion | - |
advert | (verb) make a more or less disguised reference to | Synonyms: allude, touch |
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(verb) make reference to | Synonyms: bring up, cite, mention, name, refer |
(verb) give heed (to) | Synonyms: attend, give ear, hang, pay heed |
advertise | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertize, promote, push |
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(verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertize, publicise, publicize |
advertize | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertise, promote, push |
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(verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, publicise, publicize |
airt | (verb) channel into a new direction | Synonyms: redirect |
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alert | (verb) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness | Synonyms: alarm |
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amortise | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortize |
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amortize | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortise |
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animadvert | (verb) express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation | Synonyms: opine, sound off, speak out, speak up |
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(verb) express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark | - |
appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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(verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
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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article | (verb) bind by a contract; especially for a training period | - |
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articulate | (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
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(verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: enunciate, vocalise, vocalize |
(verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: formulate, give voice, phrase, word |
(verb) provide with a joint | Synonyms: joint |
(verb) unite by forming a joint or joints | - |
ascertain | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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(verb) learn or discover with certainty | - |
(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
(verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: determine, find, find out |
assert | (verb) postulate positively and assertively | Synonyms: insist |
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(verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify |
(verb) state categorically | Synonyms: asseverate, maintain |
(verb) insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized | Synonyms: put forward |
assort | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: class, classify, separate, sort, sort out |
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(verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, associate, consort |
avert | (verb) turn away or aside | Synonyms: turn away |
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(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off | Synonyms: avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off |
barter | (verb) exchange goods without involving money | - |
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berth | (verb) secure in or as if in a berth or dock | Synonyms: moor, tie up |
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(verb) come into or dock at a wharf | Synonyms: moor, wharf |
(verb) provide with a berth | - |
birth | (verb) cause to be born | Synonyms: bear, deliver, give birth, have |
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blurt | (verb) utter impulsively | Synonyms: blunder, blunder out, blurt out, ejaculate |
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burthen | (verb) weight down with a load | Synonyms: burden, weight, weight down |
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cart | (verb) draw slowly or heavily | Synonyms: drag, hale, haul |
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(verb) transport something in a cart | - |
cartoon | (verb) draw cartoons of | - |
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cartwheel | (verb) do cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet | - |
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cavort | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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certificate | (verb) authorize by certificate | - |
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(verb) present someone with a certificate | - |
certify | (verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, demonstrate, evidence, manifest |
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(verb) declare legally insane | - |
(verb) guarantee payment on; of checks | - |
(verb) guarantee as meeting a certain standard | Synonyms: endorse, indorse |
(verb) authorize officially | Synonyms: licence, license |
chart | (verb) plan in detail | - |
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(verb) make a chart of | - |
(verb) represent by means of a graph | Synonyms: graph |
charter | (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: engage, hire, lease, rent, take |
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(verb) grant a charter to | - |
(verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services | Synonyms: hire, lease, rent |
chortle | (verb) laugh quietly or with restraint | Synonyms: chuckle, laugh softly |
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comfort | (verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: ease |
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(verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: console, solace, soothe |
compart | (verb) lay out in parts according to a plan | - |
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compartmentalise | (verb) separate into isolated compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalize, cut up |
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compartmentalize | (verb) separate into isolated compartments or categories | Synonyms: compartmentalise, cut up |
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comport | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, conduct, deport, do |
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(verb) behave well or properly | Synonyms: behave |
concert | (verb) settle by agreement | - |
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(verb) contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement | - |
concertina | (verb) collapse like a concertina | - |
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concertise | (verb) give concerts; perform in concerts | Synonyms: concertize |
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concertize | (verb) give concerts; perform in concerts | Synonyms: concertise |
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consort | (verb) keep company | Synonyms: run |
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(verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, associate, assort |
(verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
contort | (verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: deform, distort, wring |
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controvert | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: rebut, refute |
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(verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: contradict, oppose |
convert | (verb) change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy | Synonyms: change over |
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(verb) change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief | - |
(verb) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | Synonyms: change, commute, exchange |
(verb) change the nature, purpose, or function of something | - |
(verb) change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change | - |
(verb) cause to adopt a new or different faith | - |
(verb) exchange a penalty for a less severe one | Synonyms: commute, exchange |
(verb) make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something | Synonyms: convince, win over |
(verb) score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone | - |
court | (verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: romance, solicit, woo |
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(verb) seek someone's favor | Synonyms: woo |
(verb) engage in social activities leading to marriage | - |
curtail | (verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curb, cut back, restrict |
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(verb) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent | Synonyms: clip, cut short |
curtain | (verb) provide with drapery | - |
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curtsey | (verb) bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting | Synonyms: curtsy |
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curtsy | (verb) make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect | Synonyms: bob |
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(verb) bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting | Synonyms: curtsey |
dart | (verb) run or move very quickly or hastily | Synonyms: dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot |
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(verb) move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart | Synonyms: fleet, flit, flutter |
(verb) move with sudden speed | - |
decertify | (verb) cause to be no longer approved or accepted | Synonyms: derecognise, derecognize |
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decorticate | (verb) remove the cortex of (an organ) | - |
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(verb) remove the outer layer of | - |
depart | (verb) go away or leave | Synonyms: quit, take leave |
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(verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off |
(verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: digress, sidetrack, straggle |
(verb) move away from a place into another direction | Synonyms: go, go away |
(verb) remove oneself from an association with or participation in | Synonyms: leave, pull up stakes |
(verb) be at variance with; be out of line with | Synonyms: deviate, diverge, vary |
deport | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, do |
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(verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: exile, expatriate |
(verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, extradite |
desert | (verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | Synonyms: abandon, desolate, forsake |
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(verb) leave behind | - |
(verb) desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army | Synonyms: defect |
dirty | (verb) make soiled, filthy, or dirty | Synonyms: begrime, bemire, colly, grime, soil |
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disarticulate | (verb) separate at the joints | Synonyms: disjoint |
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disconcert | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, discompose, untune, upset |
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(verb) cause to feel embarrassment | Synonyms: confuse, flurry, put off |
dishearten | (verb) take away the enthusiasm of | Synonyms: put off |
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disport | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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(verb) occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion | Synonyms: amuse, divert |
dissertate | (verb) talk at length and formally about a topic | Synonyms: discourse, hold forth |
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distort | (verb) alter the shape of (something) by stress | Synonyms: deform, strain |
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(verb) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story | Synonyms: falsify, garble, warp |
(verb) affect as in thought or feeling | Synonyms: color, colour, tinge |
(verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: contort, deform, wring |
(verb) form into a spiral shape | Synonyms: twine, twist |
divert | (verb) turn aside; turn away from | Synonyms: deviate |
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(verb) send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one | - |
(verb) withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions | Synonyms: hive off |
(verb) occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion | Synonyms: amuse, disport |
earth | (verb) connect to the earth | - |
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(verb) hide in the earth like a hunted animal | - |
entertain | (verb) take into consideration, have in view | Synonyms: flirt with, think about, think of, toy with |
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(verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse |
(verb) provide entertainment for | - |
escort | (verb) accompany as an escort | - |
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(verb) conduct someone someplace | Synonyms: see |
evert | (verb) turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward | - |
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exert | (verb) put to use | Synonyms: exercise |
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(verb) have and exercise | Synonyms: maintain, wield |
(verb) make a great effort at a mental or physical task | - |
exhort | (verb) force or impel in an indicated direction | Synonyms: press, urge, urge on |
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(verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts | Synonyms: barrack, cheer, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on |
export | (verb) cause to spread in another part of the world | - |
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(verb) sell or transfer abroad | - |
(verb) transfer (electronic data) out of a database or document in a format that can be used by other programs | - |
exsert | (verb) thrust or extend out | Synonyms: extend, hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch out |
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extort | (verb) get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner | Synonyms: wring from |
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(verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation | Synonyms: gouge, rack, squeeze, wring |
(verb) obtain through intimidation | - |
fart | (verb) expel intestinal gases through the anus | Synonyms: break wind |
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fertilise | (verb) introduce semen into (a female) | Synonyms: fecundate, fertilize, inseminate |
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(verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | Synonyms: feed, fertilize |
(verb) make fertile or productive | Synonyms: fecundate, fertilize |
fertilize | (verb) introduce semen into (a female) | Synonyms: fecundate, fertilise, inseminate |
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(verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | Synonyms: feed, fertilise |
(verb) make fertile or productive | Synonyms: fecundate, fertilise |
flirt | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, mash, philander, romance |
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(verb) behave carelessly or indifferently | Synonyms: dally, play, toy |
foreshorten | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, reduce, shorten |
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(verb) shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth | - |
fort | (verb) station (troops) in a fort | - |
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(verb) enclose by or as if by a fortification | Synonyms: fortify |
(verb) gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense | Synonyms: fort up |
fortify | (verb) add alcohol to (beverages) | Synonyms: lace, spike |
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(verb) make strong or stronger | Synonyms: beef up, strengthen |
(verb) add nutrients to | - |
(verb) prepare oneself for a military confrontation | Synonyms: arm, build up, gird |
(verb) enclose by or as if by a fortification | Synonyms: fort |
further | (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, encourage, promote |
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(verb) promote the growth of | Synonyms: cultivate, foster |
garter | (verb) fasten with or as if with a garter | - |
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girth | (verb) tie a cinch around | Synonyms: cinch |
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headquarter | (verb) provide with headquarters | - |
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hearten | (verb) give encouragement to | Synonyms: cheer, embolden, recreate |
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hurt | (verb) give trouble or pain to | - |
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(verb) be in pain | Synonyms: suffer |
(verb) cause damage or affect negatively | Synonyms: injure |
(verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: bruise, injure, offend, spite, wound |
(verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: anguish, pain |
(verb) be the source of pain | Synonyms: ache, smart |
(verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: ache, suffer |
hurtle | (verb) throw forcefully | Synonyms: cast, hurl |
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(verb) make a thrusting forward movement | Synonyms: hurl, lunge, thrust |
(verb) move with or as if with a rushing sound | - |
hypertrophy | (verb) undergo hypertrophy | - |
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immortalise | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalize |
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(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize |
immortalize | (verb) make famous forever | Synonyms: eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise |
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(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event | Synonyms: commemorate, immortalise, memorialise, memorialize |
impart | (verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, channel, conduct, convey, transmit |
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(verb) transmit (knowledge or skills) | Synonyms: give, leave, pass on |
(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, contribute, lend |
import | (verb) indicate or signify | Synonyms: spell |
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(verb) bring in from abroad | - |
(verb) transfer (electronic data) into a database or document | - |
importune | (verb) beg persistently and urgently | Synonyms: insist |
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insert | (verb) place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing | Synonyms: enclose, inclose, introduce, put in, stick in |
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(verb) insert casually | Synonyms: slip in, sneak in, stick in |
(verb) put or introduce into something | Synonyms: enter, infix, introduce |
(verb) fit snugly into | Synonyms: tuck |
intertwine | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, entwine, interlace, lace, twine |
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(verb) make a loop in | Synonyms: loop |
(verb) make lacework by knotting or looping | Synonyms: tat |
introvert | (verb) turn inside | - |
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(verb) fold inwards | Synonyms: invaginate |
invert | (verb) turn inside out or upside down | Synonyms: reverse, turn back |
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(verb) make an inversion (in a musical composition) | - |
(verb) reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of | Synonyms: reverse |
jumpstart | (verb) start or re-start vigorously | Synonyms: jump-start |
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(verb) start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery | Synonyms: jump-start, jump |
martyr | (verb) torture and torment like a martyr | Synonyms: martyrise, martyrize |
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(verb) kill as a martyr | - |