access | (verb) reach or gain access to | Synonyms: get at |
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(verb) obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer | - |
accession | (verb) make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library | - |
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address | (verb) adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting | - |
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(verb) speak to | Synonyms: turn to |
(verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: accost, come up to |
(verb) give a speech to | Synonyms: speak |
(verb) put an address on (an envelope) | Synonyms: direct |
(verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: cover, deal, handle, plow, treat |
(verb) direct a question at someone | - |
(verb) address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question | - |
(verb) access or locate by address | - |
(verb) greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name | Synonyms: call |
aggress | (verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive | Synonyms: attack |
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amass | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: accumulate, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up |
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(verb) get or gather together | Synonyms: accumulate, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up |
assail | (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe |
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(verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assault, attack, set on |
(verb) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with | Synonyms: attack |
assassinate | (verb) destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation | - |
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(verb) murder; especially of socially prominent persons | - |
assault | (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assail, attack, lash out, round, snipe |
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(verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assail, attack, set on |
(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, ravish, violate |
assay | (verb) analyze (chemical substances) | - |
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(verb) make an effort or attempt | Synonyms: attempt, essay, seek, try |
assemble | (verb) create by putting components or members together | Synonyms: piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together |
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(verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: foregather, forgather, gather, meet |
(verb) get people together | Synonyms: gather, get together |
assent | (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: accede, acquiesce |
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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 |
assess | (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, evaluate, measure, valuate, value |
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(verb) estimate the value of (property) for taxation | - |
(verb) set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) | Synonyms: tax |
(verb) charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine | - |
asseverate | (verb) state categorically | Synonyms: assert, maintain |
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assibilate | (verb) change into a sibilant | - |
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(verb) insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) | - |
assign | (verb) select something or someone for a specific purpose | Synonyms: set apart, specify |
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(verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, attribute, impute |
(verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: attribute |
(verb) attribute or give | Synonyms: put |
(verb) transfer one's right to | - |
(verb) give out | Synonyms: allot, portion |
(verb) make undue claims to having | Synonyms: arrogate |
(verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: delegate, depute, designate |
assimilate | (verb) become similar to one's environment | - |
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(verb) make similar | - |
(verb) become similar in sound | - |
(verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: absorb, ingest, take in |
(verb) take (gas, light or heat) into a solution | Synonyms: imbibe |
assist | (verb) act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function | - |
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(verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: attend, attend to, serve, wait on |
(verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: aid, help |
associate | (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in |
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(verb) bring or come into association or action | Synonyms: consociate |
(verb) keep company with; hang out with | Synonyms: affiliate, assort, consort |
assoil | (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
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assonate | (verb) correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance | - |
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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 |
assuage | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, palliate, relieve |
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(verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: allay, quench, slake |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
assume | (verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: don, get into, put on, wear |
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(verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, adopt, take, take on |
(verb) take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof | Synonyms: presume, take for granted |
(verb) take up someone's soul into heaven | - |
(verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: feign, sham, simulate |
(verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: strike, take, take up |
(verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: arrogate, seize, take over, usurp |
(verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | Synonyms: accept, bear, take over |
(verb) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities | Synonyms: adopt, take on, take over |
assure | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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(verb) inform positively and with certainty and confidence | Synonyms: tell |
(verb) assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence | - |
(verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: promise |
(verb) make certain of | Synonyms: ensure, guarantee, insure, secure |
backcross | (verb) mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents | - |
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basset | (verb) appear at the surface | Synonyms: crop out |
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bioassay | (verb) subject to a bio-assay | - |
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bless | (verb) give a benediction to | - |
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(verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: consecrate, hallow, sanctify |
(verb) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate | Synonyms: sign |
(verb) confer prosperity or happiness on | - |
blossom | (verb) develop or come to a promising stage | Synonyms: blossom forth, blossom out, unfold |
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(verb) produce or yield flowers | Synonyms: bloom, flower |
boss | (verb) raise in a relief | Synonyms: emboss, stamp |
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buss | (verb) touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. | Synonyms: kiss, osculate, snog |
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buttress | (verb) make stronger or defensible | - |
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(verb) reinforce with a buttress | - |
bypass | (verb) avoid something unpleasant or laborious | Synonyms: get around, go around, short-circuit |
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canvass | (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, examine, study |
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(verb) solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign | - |
(verb) get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions | Synonyms: poll |
caress | (verb) touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner | Synonyms: fondle |
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chasse | (verb) perform a chasse step, in ballet | Synonyms: sashay |
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class | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: assort, classify, separate, sort, sort out |
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classicise | (verb) make classic or classical | Synonyms: classicize |
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classicize | (verb) make classic or classical | Synonyms: classicise |
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classify | (verb) arrange or order by classes or categories | Synonyms: assort, class, separate, sort, sort out |
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(verb) assign to a class or kind | Synonyms: relegate |
(verb) declare unavailable, as for security reasons | - |
commission | (verb) charge with a task | - |
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(verb) put into commission; equip for service; of ships | - |
(verb) place an order for | - |
compass | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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(verb) travel around, either by plane or ship | Synonyms: circumnavigate |
(verb) bring about; accomplish | - |
compassionate | (verb) share the suffering of | Synonyms: condole with, feel for, pity, sympathize with |
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compress | (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
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(verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing | Synonyms: compact, pack together |
concuss | (verb) injure the brain; sustain a concussion | - |
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(verb) shake violently | - |
confess | (verb) confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | Synonyms: fink, squeal |
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(verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: concede, profess |
(verb) confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith | - |
cosset | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
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crisscross | (verb) mark with a pattern of crossing lines | - |
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(verb) mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines | - |
(verb) cross in a pattern, often random | - |
cross | (verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | Synonyms: crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed |
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(verb) trace a line through or across | - |
(verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cover, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse |
(verb) meet and pass | - |
(verb) meet at a point | Synonyms: intersect |
(verb) fold so as to resemble a cross | - |
(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
(verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: span, sweep, traverse |
crossbreed | (verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | Synonyms: cross, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed |
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crosscut | (verb) cut using a diagonal line | Synonyms: cut across |
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crosshatch | (verb) shade with multiple crossing lines | - |
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crossruff | (verb) trump alternately in two hands | - |
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cuss | (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, imprecate, swear |
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deaccession | (verb) sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works | - |
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declassify | (verb) lift the restriction on and make available again | - |
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decommission | (verb) withdraw from active service | - |
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decompress | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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(verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: depressurise, depressurize |
(verb) restore to its uncompressed form | Synonyms: uncompress |
decussate | (verb) cross or intersect so as to form a cross | - |
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degauss | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: demagnetise, demagnetize |
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depress | (verb) lessen the activity or force of | - |
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(verb) press down | Synonyms: press down |
(verb) cause to drop or sink | Synonyms: lower |
(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, dismay, dispirit, get down |
(verb) lower (prices or markets) | - |
depressurise | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurize |
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depressurize | (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: decompress, depressurise |
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destress | (verb) reduce the emphasis | Synonyms: de-emphasise, de-emphasize |
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digress | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: divagate, stray, wander |
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(verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, sidetrack, straggle |
disassemble | (verb) take apart into its constituent pieces | Synonyms: break apart, break up, dismantle, take apart |
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disassociate | (verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce |
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discuss | (verb) speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion | Synonyms: hash out, talk over |
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(verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | Synonyms: discourse, talk about |
disembarrass | (verb) relieve from | Synonyms: free, rid |
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dismiss | (verb) declare void | Synonyms: dissolve |
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(verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, discount, disregard, ignore, push aside |
(verb) end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave | Synonyms: usher out |
(verb) cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration | Synonyms: throw out |
(verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate |
(verb) stop associating with | Synonyms: drop, send away, send packing |
dispossess | (verb) deprive of the possession of real estate | - |
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diss | (verb) treat, mention, or speak to rudely | Synonyms: affront, insult |
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dissatisfy | (verb) fail to satisfy | - |
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dissect | (verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyse, analyze, break down, take apart |
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(verb) cut open or cut apart | - |
dissemble | (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: affect, feign, pretend, sham |
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(verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly | Synonyms: act, pretend |
(verb) hide under a false appearance | Synonyms: cloak, mask |
disseminate | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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dissent | (verb) withhold assent | - |
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(verb) be of different opinions | Synonyms: differ, disagree, take issue |
(verb) express opposition through action or words | Synonyms: protest, resist |
dissertate | (verb) talk at length and formally about a topic | Synonyms: discourse, hold forth |
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dissever | (verb) separate into parts or portions | Synonyms: carve up, divide, separate, split, split up |
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dissimilate | (verb) become dissimilar or less similar | - |
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(verb) make dissimilar; cause to become less similar | - |
(verb) become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities | - |
dissimulate | (verb) hide (feelings) from other people | - |
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dissipate | (verb) spend frivolously and unwisely | Synonyms: fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shoot |
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(verb) move away from each other | Synonyms: disperse, scatter, spread out |
(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions | Synonyms: break up, dispel, disperse, scatter |
(verb) live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption | - |
dissociate | (verb) to undergo a reversible or temporary breakdown of a molecule into simpler molecules or atoms | - |
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(verb) regard as unconnected | Synonyms: decouple |
(verb) part; cease or break association with | Synonyms: disassociate, disjoint, disunite, divorce |
dissolve | (verb) pass into a solution | - |
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(verb) cause to go into a solution | Synonyms: break up, resolve |
(verb) come to an end | Synonyms: break up |
(verb) grow less and less substantial until it disappears | Synonyms: fade away, fade out |
(verb) become or cause to become soft or liquid | Synonyms: dethaw, melt, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw |
(verb) bring the association of to an end or cause to break up | Synonyms: break up |
(verb) declare void | Synonyms: dismiss |
(verb) cause to fade away | - |
(verb) lose control emotionally | - |
(verb) cause to lose control emotionally | - |
(verb) stop functioning or cohering as a unit | Synonyms: disband |
dissonate | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: disharmonize |
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(verb) be dissonant or harsh | - |
dissuade | (verb) turn away from by persuasion | Synonyms: deter |
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distress | (verb) cause mental pain to | - |
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(verb) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | Synonyms: straiten |
doss | (verb) sleep in a convenient place | Synonyms: crash, doss down |
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dress | (verb) put on clothes | Synonyms: get dressed |
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(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
(verb) apply a bandage or medication to | - |
(verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, set |
(verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: plume, preen, primp |
(verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: curry, groom |
(verb) dress in a certain manner | Synonyms: dress up |
(verb) kill and prepare for market or consumption | Synonyms: dress out |
(verb) convert into leather | - |
(verb) put a dressing on | - |
(verb) put a finish on | - |
(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, lop, prune, snip, trim |
(verb) provide with decoration | Synonyms: decorate |
(verb) cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width | - |
(verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods | Synonyms: garnish, trim |
(verb) arrange in ranks | Synonyms: line up |
egress | (verb) come out of | Synonyms: come forth, come out, emerge, go forth, issue |
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embarrass | (verb) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | Synonyms: abash |
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(verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, blockade, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
emboss | (verb) raise in a relief | Synonyms: boss, stamp |
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encompass | (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, cover, embrace |
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engross | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, occupy |
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(verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
essay | (verb) make an effort or attempt | Synonyms: assay, attempt, seek, try |
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(verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to | Synonyms: examine, prove, test, try, try out |
express | (verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise | Synonyms: give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize |
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(verb) give expression to | Synonyms: evince, show |
(verb) serve as a means for expressing something | Synonyms: carry, convey |
(verb) indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | Synonyms: state |
(verb) send by rapid transport or special messenger service | - |
(verb) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | Synonyms: extract, press out |
(verb) manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait) | - |
eyewitness | (verb) be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes | - |
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fissure | (verb) break into fissures or fine cracks | - |
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floss | (verb) use dental floss to clean | - |
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