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 |
administrate | (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administer |
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bootstrap | (verb) help oneself, often through improvised means | - |
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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 |
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 |
defenestrate | (verb) throw through or out of the window | - |
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demonstrate | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: establish, prove, shew, show |
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(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, evidence, manifest |
(verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demo, exhibit, present, show |
(verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration | Synonyms: march |
distract | (verb) draw someone's attention away from something | Synonyms: deflect |
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(verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, trouble, unhinge |
distrain | (verb) confiscate by distress | - |
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(verb) levy a distress on | - |
(verb) legally take something in place of a debt payment | - |
estrange | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: alienate, disaffect |
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(verb) remove from customary environment or associations | - |
frustrate | (verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, rag, torment |
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(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
illustrate | (verb) clarify by giving an example of | Synonyms: exemplify, instance |
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(verb) depict with an illustration | - |
(verb) supply with illustrations | - |
interstratify | (verb) arrange rocks in alternating strata | - |
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lustrate | (verb) purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials | - |
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mistranslate | (verb) translate incorrectly | - |
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orchestrate | (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, engineer, mastermind, organise, organize |
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(verb) write an orchestra score for | - |
ostracise | (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with | Synonyms: ostracize |
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(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracize, shun |
ostracize | (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with | Synonyms: ostracise |
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(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, shun |
overstrain | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overextend |
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prostrate | (verb) render helpless or defenseless | - |
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(verb) throw down flat, as on the ground | - |
(verb) get into a prostrate position, as in submission | Synonyms: bow down |
remonstrate | (verb) argue in protest or opposition | - |
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(verb) present and urge reasons in opposition | Synonyms: point out |
(verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
restrain | (verb) prevent the action or expression of | Synonyms: hold back, keep, keep back |
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(verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, constrain, hold |
(verb) restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult | Synonyms: cumber, encumber |
(verb) prevent (someone or something) from doing something | - |
sequestrate | (verb) set apart from others | Synonyms: isolate, keep apart, sequester, set apart |
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(verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: seclude, sequester, withdraw |
straddle | (verb) be noncommittal | - |
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(verb) sit or stand astride of | - |
(verb) range or extend over; occupy a certain area | Synonyms: range |
strafe | (verb) attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane | - |
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straggle | (verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, digress, sidetrack |
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(verb) go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way | Synonyms: sprawl |
straighten | (verb) put (things or places) in order | Synonyms: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
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(verb) make straight or straighter | - |
(verb) make straight | Synonyms: straighten out |
(verb) straighten by unrolling | Synonyms: roll out |
(verb) straighten up or out; make straight | Synonyms: unbend |
(verb) get up from a sitting or slouching position | - |
strain | (verb) cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | Synonyms: tense, tense up |
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(verb) alter the shape of (something) by stress | Synonyms: deform, distort |
(verb) to exert much effort or energy | Synonyms: reach, strive |
(verb) use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity | Synonyms: extend |
(verb) remove by passing through a filter | Synonyms: filter, filter out, filtrate, separate out |
(verb) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | Synonyms: sieve, sift |
(verb) become stretched or tense or taut | Synonyms: tense |
(verb) rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender | Synonyms: puree |
(verb) test the limits of | Synonyms: stress, try |
straiten | (verb) squeeze together | - |
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(verb) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | Synonyms: distress |
strand | (verb) bring to the ground | Synonyms: ground, run aground |
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(verb) drive (a vessel) ashore | - |
(verb) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue | Synonyms: maroon |
strangle | (verb) constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | Synonyms: choke |
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(verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | Synonyms: choke, gag, suffocate |
(verb) prevent the progress or free movement of | Synonyms: cramp, halter, hamper |
(verb) die from strangulation | - |
(verb) kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air | Synonyms: strangulate, throttle |
(verb) suppress in order to conceal or hide | Synonyms: muffle, repress, smother, stifle |
strangulate | (verb) become constricted | - |
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(verb) kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air | Synonyms: strangle, throttle |
(verb) constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air | - |
strap | (verb) secure (a sprained joint) with a strap | - |
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(verb) sharpen with a strap | - |
(verb) tie with a strap | - |
(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, trounce, welt, whip |
stratify | (verb) render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand | - |
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(verb) form layers or strata | - |
(verb) form, arrange, or deposit in layers | - |
(verb) divide society into social classes or castes | - |
(verb) develop different social levels, classes, or castes | - |
straw | (verb) spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic) | Synonyms: strew |
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(verb) cover or provide with or as if with straw | - |
stray | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: digress, divagate, wander |
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(verb) wander from a direct course or at random | Synonyms: drift, err |
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
unstrain | (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unwind |
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unstrap | (verb) remove the strap or straps from | - |
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