| sanitate | (verb) provide with sanitary facilities or appliances | - |
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| sellotape | (verb) fasten or attach with sellotape | Synonyms: scotch tape |
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| sentimentalise | (verb) act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression | Synonyms: sentimentalize, sentimentise, sentimentize |
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| (verb) look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment | Synonyms: sentimentalize |
| (verb) make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities | Synonyms: sentimentalize |
| sentimentalize | (verb) act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression | Synonyms: sentimentalise, sentimentise, sentimentize |
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| (verb) look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment | Synonyms: sentimentalise |
| (verb) make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities | Synonyms: sentimentalise |
| spectate | (verb) be a spectator in a sports event | - |
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| stab | (verb) stab or pierce | Synonyms: jab |
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| (verb) poke or thrust abruptly | Synonyms: dig, jab, poke, prod |
| (verb) use a knife on | Synonyms: knife |
| stabilise | (verb) become stable or more stable | Synonyms: stabilize |
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| (verb) make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium | Synonyms: stabilize |
| (verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: brace, stabilize, steady |
| stabilize | (verb) become stable or more stable | Synonyms: stabilise |
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| (verb) make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium | Synonyms: stabilise |
| (verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: brace, stabilise, steady |
| stable | (verb) shelter in a stable | - |
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| stack | (verb) arrange in stacks | Synonyms: heap, pile |
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| (verb) load or cover with stacks | - |
| (verb) arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances | - |
| staff | (verb) provide with staff | - |
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| (verb) serve on the staff of | - |
| stag | (verb) watch, observe, or inquire secretly | Synonyms: sleuth, snoop, spy |
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| (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, tell on |
| (verb) attend a dance or a party without a female companion | - |
| stage | (verb) perform (a play), especially on a stage | Synonyms: present, represent |
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| (verb) plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | Synonyms: arrange |
| stagger | (verb) to arrange in a systematic order | Synonyms: distribute |
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| (verb) astound or overwhelm, as with shock | - |
| (verb) walk as if unable to control one's movements | Synonyms: careen, keel, lurch, reel, swag |
| (verb) walk with great difficulty | Synonyms: flounder |
| stagnate | (verb) be idle; exist in a changeless situation | Synonyms: idle, laze, slug |
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| (verb) cease to flow; stand without moving | - |
| (verb) stand still | - |
| (verb) cause to stagnate | - |
| stain | (verb) produce or leave stains | - |
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| (verb) color with a liquid dye or tint | - |
| (verb) color for microscopic study | Synonyms: dye |
| (verb) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | Synonyms: defile, maculate, sully, tarnish |
| stake | (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, game, punt |
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| (verb) mark with a stake | Synonyms: post |
| (verb) tie or fasten to a stake | - |
| (verb) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole | Synonyms: impale |
| (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, venture |
| stale | (verb) urinate, of cattle and horses | - |
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| stalemate | (verb) subject to a stalemate | - |
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| stalinise | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinize |
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| stalinize | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinise |
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| stalk | (verb) walk stiffly | - |
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| (verb) follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to | Synonyms: haunt |
| (verb) go through (an area) in search of prey | - |
| stall | (verb) deliberately delay an event or action | - |
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| (verb) come to a stop | Synonyms: conk |
| (verb) cause an engine to stop | - |
| (verb) cause an airplane to go into a stall | - |
| (verb) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes | - |
| (verb) put into, or keep in, a stall | - |
| (verb) postpone doing what one should be doing | Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally |
| stammer | (verb) speak haltingly | Synonyms: bumble, falter, stutter |
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| stamp | (verb) destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot | - |
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| (verb) treat or classify according to a mental stereotype | Synonyms: pigeonhole, stereotype |
| (verb) to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something | - |
| (verb) affix a stamp to | - |
| (verb) raise in a relief | Synonyms: boss, emboss |
| (verb) crush or grind with a heavy instrument | - |
| (verb) form or cut out with a mold, form, or die | - |
| (verb) walk heavily | Synonyms: stomp, stump |
| (verb) reveal clearly as having a certain character | - |
| stampede | (verb) run away in a stampede | - |
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| (verb) cause to run in panic | - |
| (verb) act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse | - |
| (verb) cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively | - |
| stanch | (verb) stop the flow of a liquid | Synonyms: halt, staunch, stem |
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| stand | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
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| (verb) have or maintain a position or stand on an issue | - |
| (verb) withstand the force of something | Synonyms: fend, resist |
| (verb) be standing; be upright | Synonyms: stand up |
| (verb) put into an upright position | Synonyms: place upright, stand up |
| (verb) be available for stud services | - |
| (verb) hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright | Synonyms: remain firm |
| (verb) be tall; have a height of; copula | - |
| (verb) be in effect; be or remain in force | - |
| (verb) occupy a place or location, also metaphorically | - |
| (verb) be in some specified state or condition | - |
| (verb) remain inactive or immobile | - |
| standardise | (verb) cause to conform to standard or norm | Synonyms: standardize |
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| (verb) evaluate by comparing with a standard | Synonyms: standardize |
| standardize | (verb) cause to conform to standard or norm | Synonyms: standardise |
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| (verb) evaluate by comparing with a standard | Synonyms: standardise |
| staple | (verb) secure or fasten with a staple or staples | - |
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| star | (verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: asterisk |
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| (verb) be the star in a performance | - |
| (verb) feature as the star | - |
| starboard | (verb) turn to the right, of helms or rudders | - |
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| starch | (verb) stiffen with starch | - |
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| stare | (verb) fixate one's eyes | - |
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| (verb) look at with fixed eyes | Synonyms: gaze |
| stargaze | (verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: daydream, dream, woolgather |
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| (verb) observe the stars | - |
| start | (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start out |
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| (verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: begin, commence, lead off |
| (verb) play in the starting lineup | - |
| (verb) bring into being | Synonyms: initiate, originate |
| (verb) get off the ground | Synonyms: commence, embark on, start up |
| (verb) begin or set in motion | Synonyms: get going, go |
| (verb) get going or set in motion | Synonyms: start up |
| (verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start out, take off |
| (verb) bulge outward | Synonyms: bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude |
| (verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: jump, startle |
| (verb) begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job | Synonyms: take up |
| (verb) begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | Synonyms: begin |
| (verb) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | Synonyms: begin |
| (verb) have a beginning characterized in some specified way | Synonyms: begin |
| startle | (verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanise, galvanize |
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| (verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: jump, start |
| starve | (verb) be hungry; go without food | Synonyms: famish, hunger |
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| (verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: crave, hunger, lust, thirst |
| (verb) die of food deprivation | Synonyms: famish |
| (verb) deprive of food | Synonyms: famish |
| (verb) deprive of a necessity and cause suffering | - |
| stash | (verb) save up as for future use | Synonyms: cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away |
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| state | (verb) express in words | Synonyms: say, tell |
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| (verb) put before | Synonyms: posit, put forward, submit |
| (verb) indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | Synonyms: express |
| station | (verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: place, post, send |
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| staunch | (verb) stop the flow of a liquid | Synonyms: halt, stanch, stem |
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| stave | (verb) burst or force (a hole) into something | Synonyms: stave in |
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| (verb) furnish with staves | - |
| stay | (verb) stay the same; remain in a certain state | Synonyms: remain, rest |
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| (verb) stop or halt | Synonyms: delay, detain |
| (verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: appease, quell |
| (verb) fasten with stays | - |
| (verb) be in a certain place and not leave | Synonyms: persist, remain, stay put, stick, stick around |
| (verb) stop a judicial process | - |
| (verb) dwell | Synonyms: abide, bide |
| (verb) continue in a place, position, or situation | Synonyms: continue, remain, stay on |
| (verb) hang on during a trial of endurance | Synonyms: last out, outride, ride out |
| substantiate | (verb) solidify, firm, or strengthen | - |
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| (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, support, sustain |
| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realise, realize |
| (verb) represent in bodily form | Synonyms: body forth, embody, incarnate |
| suntan | (verb) get a tan from being exposed to the sun | - |
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| superfetate | (verb) conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus | - |
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| surtax | (verb) levy an extra tax on | - |
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| sustain | (verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: get, have, suffer |
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| (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support |
| (verb) admit as valid | - |
| (verb) supply with necessities and support | Synonyms: keep, maintain |
| (verb) provide with nourishment | Synonyms: nourish, nurture |
| (verb) be the physical support of; carry the weight of | Synonyms: hold, hold up, support |
| (verb) lengthen or extend in duration or space | Synonyms: keep up, prolong |
| table | (verb) arrange or enter in tabular form | Synonyms: tabularise, tabularize, tabulate |
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| (verb) hold back to a later time | Synonyms: defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve |
| taboo | (verb) declare as sacred and forbidden | - |
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| tabularise | (verb) arrange or enter in tabular form | Synonyms: table, tabularize, tabulate |
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| tabularize | (verb) arrange or enter in tabular form | Synonyms: table, tabularise, tabulate |
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| tabulate | (verb) shape or cut with a flat surface | - |
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| (verb) arrange or enter in tabular form | Synonyms: table, tabularise, tabularize |
| tack | (verb) reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | Synonyms: alternate, flip-flop, flip, interchange, switch |
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| (verb) fasten with tacks | - |
| (verb) sew together loosely, with large stitches | Synonyms: baste |
| (verb) fix to; attach | Synonyms: append, hang on, tack on, tag on |
| (verb) create by putting components or members together | Synonyms: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack together |
| (verb) turn into the wind | Synonyms: wear round |
| tackle | (verb) seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball | - |
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| (verb) put a harness | Synonyms: harness |
| (verb) accept as a challenge | Synonyms: take on, undertake |
| tag | (verb) provide with a name or nickname | - |
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| (verb) attach a tag or label to | Synonyms: label, mark |
| (verb) touch a player while he is holding the ball | - |
| (verb) supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes | - |
| (verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tail, track, trail |
| tail | (verb) remove or shorten the tail of an animal | Synonyms: bob, dock |
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| (verb) remove the stalk of fruits or berries | - |
| (verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, track, trail |
| tailgate | (verb) follow at a dangerously close distance | - |
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| tailor | (verb) adjust to a specific need or market | Synonyms: orient |
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| (verb) create (clothes) with cloth | Synonyms: sew, tailor-make |
| (verb) style and tailor in a certain fashion | Synonyms: cut |
| taint | (verb) contaminate with a disease or microorganism | Synonyms: infect |
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| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: cloud, corrupt, defile, sully |
| take | (verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | Synonyms: contract, get |
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| (verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | Synonyms: remove, take away, withdraw |
| (verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, adopt, assume, take on |
| (verb) ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial | - |
| (verb) be seized or affected in a specified way | - |
| (verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | Synonyms: choose, pick out, select |
| (verb) be a student of a certain subject | Synonyms: learn, read, study |
| (verb) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes | Synonyms: consider, deal, look at |
| (verb) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression | Synonyms: read |
| (verb) accept or undergo, often unwillingly | Synonyms: submit |
| (verb) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | Synonyms: claim, exact |
| (verb) make a film or photograph of something | Synonyms: film, shoot |
| (verb) lay claim to; as of an idea | Synonyms: claim |
| (verb) obtain by winning | - |
| (verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | Synonyms: aim, direct, take aim, train |
| (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, have, ingest, take in |
| (verb) get into one's hands, take physically | Synonyms: get hold of |
| (verb) have sex with; archaic use | Synonyms: have |
| (verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: assume, strike, take up |
| (verb) travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route | - |
| (verb) head into a specified direction | Synonyms: make |
| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: conduct, direct, guide, lead |
| (verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | Synonyms: bring, convey |
| (verb) proceed along in a vehicle | Synonyms: drive |
| (verb) experience or feel or submit to | - |
| (verb) take into one's possession | - |
| (verb) conquer by force | - |
| (verb) buy, select | - |
| (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, engage, hire, lease, rent |
| (verb) receive or obtain regularly | Synonyms: subscribe, subscribe to |
| (verb) receive willingly something given or offered | Synonyms: accept, have |
| (verb) require (time or space) | Synonyms: occupy, use up |
| (verb) admit into a group or community | Synonyms: accept, admit, take on |
| (verb) to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort | - |
| (verb) make use of or accept for some purpose | Synonyms: accept |
| (verb) assume, as of positions or roles | Synonyms: fill, occupy |
| (verb) carry out | - |
| (verb) develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation | Synonyms: take to |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require |
| (verb) be designed to hold or take | Synonyms: accept |
| (verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: carry, pack |
| (verb) be capable of holding or containing | Synonyms: contain, hold |
| talc | (verb) apply talcum powder to (one's body) | - |
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| talk | (verb) express in speech | Synonyms: mouth, speak, utter, verbalise, verbalize |
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| (verb) exchange thoughts; talk with | Synonyms: speak |
| (verb) reveal information | Synonyms: spill |
| (verb) use language | Synonyms: speak |
| (verb) deliver a lecture or talk | Synonyms: lecture |
| (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets | Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, tattle |
| tally | (verb) determine the sum of | Synonyms: add, add together, add up, sum, sum up, summate, tot, tot up, total, tote up |
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| (verb) keep score, as in games | Synonyms: chalk up |
| (verb) gain points in a game | Synonyms: rack up, score |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match |
| talmbout | (verb) to talk about | - |
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| tame | (verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: chasten, subdue |
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| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize |
| (verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: domesticate |
| (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim |
| (verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: moderate, tone down |
| tamp | (verb) press down tightly | Synonyms: pack, tamp down |
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| tamper | (verb) play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly | Synonyms: fiddle, monkey |
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| (verb) intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly | Synonyms: meddle |
| tampon | (verb) plug with a tampon | - |
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| tan | (verb) get a tan, from wind or sun | Synonyms: bronze |
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| (verb) treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather | - |
| tangle | (verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass | Synonyms: entangle, mat, snarl |
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| (verb) disarrange or rumple; dishevel | Synonyms: dishevel, tousle |
| (verb) tangle or complicate | Synonyms: knot, ravel |
| (verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up |
| tango | (verb) dance a tango | - |
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| tank | (verb) treat in a tank | - |
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| (verb) consume excessive amounts of alcohol | - |
| (verb) store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it | - |
| tantalise | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
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| tantalize | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, taunt, tease, twit |
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| tap | (verb) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently | Synonyms: beg, solicit |
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| (verb) draw from; make good use of | Synonyms: exploit |
| (verb) strike lightly | Synonyms: tip |
| (verb) cut a female screw thread with a tap | - |
| (verb) pierce in order to draw a liquid from | - |
| (verb) walk with a tapping sound | - |
| (verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes | Synonyms: tapdance |
| (verb) draw (liquor) from a tap | - |
| (verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: bug, intercept, wiretap |
| (verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface | Synonyms: knock, pink, rap |
| (verb) draw from or dip into to get something | - |
| (verb) furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it | - |
| tapdance | (verb) dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes | Synonyms: tap |
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| tape | (verb) register electronically | Synonyms: record |
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| (verb) record on videotape | Synonyms: videotape |
| (verb) fasten or attach with tape | - |
| taper | (verb) give a point to | Synonyms: point, sharpen |
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| (verb) diminish gradually | - |
| tar | (verb) coat with tar | - |
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| target | (verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | Synonyms: aim, direct, place, point |
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| tariff | (verb) charge a tariff | - |
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| tarmac | (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadam, macadamise, macadamize |
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| tarnish | (verb) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | Synonyms: defile, maculate, stain, sully |
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| tarry | (verb) leave slowly and hesitantly | Synonyms: linger |
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| (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around |
| task | (verb) use to the limit | Synonyms: tax |
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| (verb) assign a task to | - |
| taste | (verb) experience briefly | - |
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| (verb) take a sample of | Synonyms: sample, try, try out |
| (verb) perceive by the sense of taste | - |
| (verb) distinguish flavors | - |
| (verb) have flavor; taste of something | Synonyms: savor, savour |
| (verb) have a distinctive or characteristic taste | Synonyms: smack |
| tat | (verb) make lacework by knotting or looping | Synonyms: intertwine |
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| tattle | (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
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| (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets | Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk |
| tattoo | (verb) stain (skin) with indelible color | - |
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| taunt | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, tease, twit |
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| tauten | (verb) become taut or tauter | Synonyms: firm |
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| (verb) make taut or tauter | Synonyms: firm |
| tax | (verb) make a charge against or accuse | - |
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| (verb) use to the limit | Synonyms: task |
| (verb) levy a tax on | - |
| (verb) set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) | Synonyms: assess |
| taxi | (verb) ride in a taxicab | Synonyms: cab |
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| (verb) travel slowly | - |
| teetotal | (verb) practice teetotalism and abstain from the consumption of alcoholic beverages | - |
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| thermostat | (verb) control the temperature with a thermostat | - |
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| thumbtack | (verb) fasten with thumbtacks | - |
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| ticktack | (verb) make a sound like a clock or a timer | Synonyms: beat, tick, ticktock |
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