abstain | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: desist, refrain |
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(verb) refrain from voting | - |
abstract | (verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically | - |
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(verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance | - |
(verb) give an abstract (of) | - |
(verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
accost | (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: hook, solicit |
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(verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: address, come up to |
accustom | (verb) make psychologically or physically used (to something) | Synonyms: habituate |
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adjust | (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: correct, set |
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(verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, conform |
(verb) make correspondent or conformable | - |
(verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: align, aline, line up |
(verb) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim | - |
administer | (verb) give or apply (medications) | Synonyms: dispense |
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(verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
(verb) perform (a church sacrament) ritually | - |
(verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administrate |
(verb) direct the taking of | - |
administrate | (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administer |
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aestivate | (verb) sleep during summer | Synonyms: estivate |
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afforest | (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: forest |
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amnesty | (verb) grant a pardon to (a group of people) | - |
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anaesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anaesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anastomose | (verb) cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis | Synonyms: inosculate |
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(verb) come together or open into each other | Synonyms: inosculate |
anesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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anesthetize | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, put out, put under |
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apostatise | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatize, tergiversate |
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apostatize | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatise, tergiversate |
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apostrophise | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophize |
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apostrophize | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophise |
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arrest | (verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back |
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(verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
(verb) attract and fix | Synonyms: catch, get |
(verb) cause to come to an abrupt stop | Synonyms: halt, hold |
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 |
asterisk | (verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: star |
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astonish | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astound |
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astound | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astonish |
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astringe | (verb) become constricted or compressed | - |
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(verb) constrict or bind or draw together | - |
astrogate | (verb) navigate in space | - |
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(verb) guide in interplanetary travel | - |
attest | (verb) authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity | - |
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(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: certify, demonstrate, evidence, manifest |
(verb) give testimony in a court of law | Synonyms: bear witness, take the stand, testify |
(verb) establish or verify the usage of | - |
backstitch | (verb) do backstitches | - |
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backstop | (verb) act as a backstop | - |
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backstroke | (verb) swim on one's back | - |
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ballast | (verb) make steady with a ballast | - |
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barnstorm | (verb) tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays | - |
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(verb) appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper | - |
bastardise | (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardize |
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(verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardize |
bastardize | (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardise |
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(verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardise |
baste | (verb) cover with liquid before cooking | - |
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(verb) sew together loosely, with large stitches | Synonyms: tack |
(verb) strike violently and repeatedly | Synonyms: batter, clobber |
bastinado | (verb) beat somebody on the soles of the feet | - |
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beplaster | (verb) cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on | Synonyms: plaster |
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best | (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: outdo, outflank, scoop, trump |
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bestialise | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialize |
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bestialize | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialise |
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bestir | (verb) become active | Synonyms: rouse |
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bestow | (verb) present | Synonyms: confer |
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(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bring, contribute, impart, lend |
(verb) give as a gift | - |
bestrew | (verb) cover by strewing | - |
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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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birdnest | (verb) gather birdnests | Synonyms: bird-nest |
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blacklist | (verb) put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted | - |
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blast | (verb) shatter as if by explosion | Synonyms: knock down |
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(verb) shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly | - |
(verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: crucify, pillory, savage |
(verb) use explosives on | Synonyms: shell |
(verb) fire a shot; release | Synonyms: shoot |
(verb) hit with great force | Synonyms: boom, nail, smash |
(verb) create by using explosives | Synonyms: shell |
(verb) make with or as if with an explosion | - |
(verb) apply a draft or strong wind to to | - |
(verb) make a strident sound | Synonyms: blare |
blister | (verb) get blistered | Synonyms: vesicate |
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(verb) cause blisters to form on | - |
(verb) subject to harsh criticism | Synonyms: scald, scorch, whip |
bluster | (verb) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner | Synonyms: swagger, swash |
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(verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
(verb) blow hard; be gusty, as of wind | - |
boast | (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
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(verb) wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner | Synonyms: feature, sport |
bolster | (verb) add padding to | Synonyms: pad |
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(verb) support and strengthen | Synonyms: bolster up |
(verb) prop up with a pillow or bolster | - |
boost | (verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: advance, supercharge |
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(verb) give a boost to; be beneficial to | - |
(verb) push or shove upward, as if from below or behind | - |
(verb) increase | Synonyms: hike, hike up |
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, encourage, further, promote |
bootstrap | (verb) help oneself, often through improvised means | - |
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brainstorm | (verb) try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it | - |
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breakfast | (verb) eat an early morning meal | - |
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(verb) provide breakfast for | - |
breast | (verb) confront bodily | Synonyms: front |
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(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain) | Synonyms: summit |
(verb) meet at breast level | - |
breastfeed | (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
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breaststroke | (verb) swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg | - |
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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 | - |
broadcast | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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(verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: air, beam, send, transmit |
(verb) sow over a wide area, especially by hand | - |
burst | (verb) come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure | Synonyms: break open, split |
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(verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | Synonyms: bust |
(verb) emerge suddenly | - |
(verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: explode |
(verb) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | Synonyms: break, erupt |
(verb) move suddenly, energetically, or violently | - |
(verb) cause to burst | Synonyms: collapse |
(verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: abound, bristle |
bust | (verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | Synonyms: burst |
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(verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, fall apart, wear, wear out |
(verb) ruin completely | Synonyms: break |
(verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: rupture, snap, tear |
(verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on | Synonyms: raid |
bustle | (verb) move or cause to move energetically or busily | Synonyms: bustle about, hustle |
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cast | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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(verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: couch, frame, put, redact |
(verb) choose at random | Synonyms: draw |
(verb) throw forcefully | Synonyms: hurl, hurtle |
(verb) to remove | Synonyms: cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off |
(verb) form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold | Synonyms: mold, mould |
(verb) select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet | - |
(verb) put or send forth | Synonyms: contrive, project, throw |
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
(verb) deposit | - |
(verb) assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors | - |
castigate | (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate |
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(verb) inflict severe punishment on | - |
castle | (verb) move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king | - |
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castrate | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate |
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(verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: alter, neuter, spay |
(verb) deprive of strength or vigor | Synonyms: emasculate |
(verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten |
chasten | (verb) change by restraining or moderating | Synonyms: temper |
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(verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: subdue, tame |
(verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chastise, correct, objurgate |
chastise | (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chasten, correct, objurgate |
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christen | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptise, baptize |
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circumstantiate | (verb) give circumstantial evidence for | - |
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cloister | (verb) seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister | - |
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(verb) surround with a cloister | - |
(verb) surround with a cloister, as of a garden | - |
cluster | (verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster | Synonyms: bunch, bundle, clump |
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(verb) come together as in a cluster or flock | Synonyms: clump, constellate, flock |
coast | (verb) move effortlessly; by force of gravity | - |
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cobblestone | (verb) pave with cobblestones | Synonyms: cobble |
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coexist | (verb) exist together | Synonyms: cohabit |
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(verb) coexist peacefully, as of nations | - |
colorcast | (verb) broadcast in color | - |
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combust | (verb) undergo combustion | Synonyms: burn |
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(verb) get very angry and fly into a rage | Synonyms: blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit |
(verb) cause to become violent or angry | - |
(verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire |
(verb) cause to burn or combust | Synonyms: burn |
compost | (verb) convert to compost | - |
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congest | (verb) become or cause to become obstructed | Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, crap up, foul |
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consist | (verb) originate (in) | Synonyms: dwell, lie, lie in |
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(verb) be composed of | Synonyms: comprise |
(verb) be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous | - |
(verb) have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in | - |
constellate | (verb) form a constellation or cluster | - |
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(verb) come together as in a cluster or flock | Synonyms: clump, cluster, flock |
(verb) scatter or intersperse like dots or studs | Synonyms: dot, stud |
consternate | (verb) fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion | - |
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constipate | (verb) cause to be constipated | Synonyms: bind |
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(verb) impede with a clog or as if with a clog | Synonyms: clog |
constitute | (verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: establish, found, institute, plant |
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(verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, name, nominate |
(verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, comprise, make up, represent |
(verb) to compose or represent | Synonyms: form, make |
constitutionalise | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalize |
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constitutionalize | (verb) incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional | Synonyms: constitutionalise |
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(verb) take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal | - |
(verb) provide with a constitution, as of a country | - |
constrain | (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: stiffen, tighten, tighten up |
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(verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, hold, restrain |
(verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: enforce, impose |
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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construct | (verb) reassemble mentally | Synonyms: reconstruct, retrace |
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(verb) draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions | - |
(verb) make by combining materials and parts | Synonyms: build, make |
(verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | Synonyms: fabricate, manufacture |
(verb) create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts | - |
(verb) create by linking linguistic units | - |
construe | (verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to | Synonyms: interpret, see |
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consubstantiate | (verb) become united in substance | - |
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(verb) unite in one common substance | - |
contest | (verb) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | Synonyms: contend, repugn |
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contradistinguish | (verb) distinguish by contrasting qualities | - |
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contrast | (verb) put in opposition to show or emphasize differences | - |
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(verb) to show differences when compared; be different | Synonyms: counterpoint |
cost | (verb) be priced at | Synonyms: be |
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(verb) require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice | - |
costume | (verb) dress in a costume | Synonyms: dress up |
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(verb) furnish with costumes; as for a film or play | - |
counterstrike | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterattack |
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crest | (verb) reach a high point | - |
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(verb) lie at the top of | Synonyms: cap |