| ask | (verb) make a request or demand for something to somebody | - |
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| (verb) direct or put; seek an answer to | - |
| (verb) address a question to and expect an answer from | Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
| (verb) consider obligatory; request and expect | Synonyms: expect, require |
| (verb) require or ask for as a price or condition | - |
| (verb) make a date | Synonyms: ask out, invite out, take out |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take |
| asterisk | (verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: star |
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| bask | (verb) be exposed | - |
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| (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | Synonyms: enjoy, relish, savor, savour |
| bewhisker | (verb) furnish with whiskers | Synonyms: whisker |
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| brisk | (verb) become brisk | Synonyms: brisk up, brisken |
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| brisken | (verb) become brisk | Synonyms: brisk, brisk up |
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| busk | (verb) play music in a public place and solicit money for it | - |
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| casket | (verb) enclose in a casket | - |
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| detusk | (verb) remove the tusks of animals | Synonyms: tusk |
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| disk | (verb) draw a harrow over (land) | Synonyms: harrow |
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| dusk | (verb) become dusk | - |
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| ensky | (verb) exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise | - |
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| frisk | (verb) search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets | - |
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| (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
| husk | (verb) remove the husks from | Synonyms: shell |
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| mask | (verb) put a mask on or cover with a mask | - |
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| (verb) shield from light | Synonyms: block out |
| (verb) cover with a sauce | - |
| (verb) hide under a false appearance | Synonyms: cloak, dissemble |
| (verb) make unrecognizable | Synonyms: disguise |
| risk | (verb) expose to a chance of loss or damage | Synonyms: lay on the line, put on the line |
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| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
| skank | (verb) dance the skank | - |
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| skate | (verb) move along on skates | - |
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| skateboard | (verb) ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom | - |
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| skedaddle | (verb) run away, as if in a panic | - |
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| sketch | (verb) describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of | Synonyms: adumbrate, outline |
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| (verb) make a sketch of | Synonyms: chalk out |
| skew | (verb) turn or place at an angle | - |
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| skewer | (verb) drive a skewer through | Synonyms: spit |
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| ski | (verb) move along on skis | - |
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| skid | (verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: slew, slide, slip, slue |
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| (verb) apply a brake or skid to | - |
| (verb) elevate onto skids | - |
| (verb) slide without control | - |
| skim | (verb) read superficially | Synonyms: skim over |
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| (verb) move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of | Synonyms: skim over |
| (verb) remove from the surface | Synonyms: cream, cream off, skim off |
| (verb) cause to skip over a surface | Synonyms: skip, skitter |
| (verb) coat (a liquid) with a layer | - |
| (verb) travel on the surface of water | Synonyms: plane |
| (verb) examine hastily | Synonyms: glance over, rake, run down, scan |
| skimcoat | (verb) coat with a mixture of gypsum and spackle | - |
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| skimp | (verb) subsist on a meager allowance | Synonyms: scrimp, stint |
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| (verb) supply sparingly and with restricted quantities | Synonyms: scant, stint |
| (verb) work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially | Synonyms: scant |
| (verb) limit in quality or quantity | Synonyms: scant |
| skin | (verb) remove the skin from | Synonyms: pare, peel |
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| (verb) remove the bark of a tree | Synonyms: bark |
| (verb) bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of | Synonyms: scrape |
| (verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle |
| skip | (verb) bypass | Synonyms: jump, pass over, skip over |
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| (verb) cause to skip over a surface | Synonyms: skim, skitter |
| (verb) jump lightly | Synonyms: hop-skip, hop |
| (verb) leave suddenly | Synonyms: decamp, vamoose |
| (verb) bound off one point after another | Synonyms: bound off |
| (verb) intentionally fail to attend | Synonyms: cut |
| skipper | (verb) work as the skipper on a vessel | - |
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| skirl | (verb) play the bagpipes | - |
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| (verb) make a shrill, wailing sound | - |
| skirmish | (verb) engage in a skirmish | - |
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| skirt | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep |
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| (verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: border, environ, ring, surround |
| (verb) pass around or about; move along the border | - |
| (verb) form the edge of | - |
| skitter | (verb) twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water | - |
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| (verb) cause to skip over a surface | Synonyms: skim, skip |
| (verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly | Synonyms: scamper, scurry, scuttle |
| (verb) glide easily along a surface | - |
| skittle | (verb) play skittles | - |
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| skive | (verb) remove the surface of | - |
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| skreak | (verb) utter a harsh abrupt scream | Synonyms: screak, screech, skreigh, squawk |
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| (verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise | Synonyms: creak, screak, screech, squeak, whine |
| skreigh | (verb) utter a harsh abrupt scream | Synonyms: screak, screech, skreak, squawk |
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| skulk | (verb) move furtively | - |
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| (verb) avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill | Synonyms: malinger |
| (verb) lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner | Synonyms: lurk |
| skunk | (verb) defeat by a lurch | Synonyms: lurch |
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| sky | (verb) throw or toss with a light motion | Synonyms: flip, pitch, toss |
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| skydive | (verb) jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute | Synonyms: sky dive |
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| skyjack | (verb) subject an aircraft to air piracy | - |
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| skylark | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, sport |
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| skype | (verb) to communicate using Skype or similar web conference software | - |
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| skyrocket | (verb) shoot up abruptly, like a rocket | Synonyms: rocket |
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| task | (verb) use to the limit | Synonyms: tax |
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| (verb) assign a task to | - |
| tsk | (verb) utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval | Synonyms: tut-tut, tut |
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| tusk | (verb) remove the tusks of animals | Synonyms: detusk |
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| (verb) stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | Synonyms: horn |
| unmask | (verb) reveal the true nature of | Synonyms: uncloak |
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| (verb) take the mask off | - |
| whisk | (verb) whip with or as if with a wire whisk | Synonyms: whip |
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| (verb) brush or wipe off lightly | Synonyms: whisk off |
| (verb) move somewhere quickly | - |
| (verb) move quickly and nimbly | - |
| whisker | (verb) furnish with whiskers | Synonyms: bewhisker |
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