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 |
demilitarise | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarize |
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(verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarize, disarm |
demilitarize | (verb) do away with the military organization and potential of | Synonyms: demilitarise |
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(verb) remove offensive capability from | Synonyms: demilitarise, disarm |
jumpstart | (verb) start or re-start vigorously | Synonyms: jump-start |
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(verb) start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery | Synonyms: jump-start, jump |
militarise | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarize |
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(verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarize |
militarize | (verb) adopt for military use | Synonyms: militarise |
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(verb) lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force | Synonyms: militarise |
mortar | (verb) plaster with mortar | - |
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notarise | (verb) authenticate as a notary | Synonyms: notarize |
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notarize | (verb) authenticate as a notary | Synonyms: notarise |
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outstare | (verb) overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring | Synonyms: outface, stare down |
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remilitarise | (verb) militarize anew | Synonyms: remilitarize |
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remilitarize | (verb) militarize anew | Synonyms: remilitarise |
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restart | (verb) take up or begin anew | Synonyms: re-start, resume |
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(verb) start an engine again, for example | Synonyms: re-start |
retard | (verb) lose velocity; move more slowly | Synonyms: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up |
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(verb) cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate | - |
(verb) slow the growth or development of | Synonyms: check, delay |
(verb) be delayed | - |
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 | - |
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 |