antic | (verb) act as or like a clown | Synonyms: clown, clown around |
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anticipate | (verb) be a forerunner of or occur earlier than | - |
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(verb) regard something as probable or likely | Synonyms: expect |
(verb) realize beforehand | Synonyms: foreknow, foresee, previse |
(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
(verb) be excited or anxious about | Synonyms: look for, look to |
(verb) act in advance of; deal with ahead of time | Synonyms: counter, foresee, forestall |
antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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apprentice | (verb) be or work as an apprentice | - |
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article | (verb) bind by a contract; especially for a training period | - |
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articulate | (verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out |
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(verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: enunciate, vocalise, vocalize |
(verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: formulate, give voice, phrase, word |
(verb) provide with a joint | Synonyms: joint |
(verb) unite by forming a joint or joints | - |
authenticate | (verb) establish the authenticity of something | - |
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brattice | (verb) supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines | - |
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criticise | (verb) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | Synonyms: criticize, knock, pick apart |
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(verb) act as a critic | Synonyms: criticize |
criticize | (verb) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | Synonyms: criticise, knock, pick apart |
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(verb) act as a critic | Synonyms: criticise |
decorticate | (verb) remove the cortex of (an organ) | - |
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(verb) remove the outer layer of | - |
detick | (verb) free (a pet) of ticks | - |
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disarticulate | (verb) separate at the joints | Synonyms: disjoint |
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domesticate | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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(verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame |
(verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: tame |
domesticise | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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domesticize | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, reclaim, tame |
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entice | (verb) provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | Synonyms: lure, tempt |
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eroticize | (verb) give erotic character to or make more interesting | Synonyms: sex up |
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gesticulate | (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesture, motion |
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lipstick | (verb) apply lipstick to | - |
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(verb) form by tracing with lipstick | - |
masticate | (verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth | Synonyms: chew, jaw, manducate |
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(verb) grind and knead | - |
mortice | (verb) join by a tenon and mortise | Synonyms: mortise |
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(verb) cut a hole for a tenon in | Synonyms: mortise |
notice | (verb) make or write a comment on | Synonyms: comment, point out, remark |
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(verb) express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with | Synonyms: acknowledge |
(verb) notice or perceive | Synonyms: mark, note |
(verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, discover, find, observe |
participate | (verb) become a participant; be involved in | Synonyms: enter |
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(verb) share in something | Synonyms: take part |
particularise | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularize, specialise, specialize, specify |
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particularize | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, specialise, specialize, specify |
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plasticise | (verb) make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer | Synonyms: plasticize |
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(verb) become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added | Synonyms: plasticize |
plasticize | (verb) make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer | Synonyms: plasticise |
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(verb) become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added | Synonyms: plasticise |
politicise | (verb) give a political character to | Synonyms: politicize |
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politicize | (verb) give a political character to | Synonyms: politicise |
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politick | (verb) engage in political activities | - |
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poultice | (verb) dress by covering with a therapeutic substance | Synonyms: plaster |
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practice | (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practise |
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(verb) engage in a rehearsal (of) | Synonyms: practise, rehearse |
(verb) carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions | Synonyms: do, exercise, practise |
(verb) avail oneself to | Synonyms: apply, use |
(verb) engage in or perform | Synonyms: commit |
prognosticate | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, promise |
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(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage |
retick | (verb) sew | Synonyms: tick |
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reticulate | (verb) divide so as to form a network | - |
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(verb) distribute by a network, as of water or electricity | - |
(verb) form a net or a network | - |
romanticise | (verb) make romantic in style | Synonyms: romanticize |
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(verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamorize, glamourise, romanticize |
romanticize | (verb) act in a romantic way | - |
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(verb) make romantic in style | Synonyms: romanticise |
(verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamorize, glamourise, romanticise |
rusticate | (verb) lend a rustic character to | - |
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(verb) give (stone) a rustic look | - |
(verb) send to the country | - |
(verb) suspend temporarily from college or university, in England | Synonyms: send down |
(verb) live in the country and lead a rustic life | - |
sophisticate | (verb) make more complex or refined | - |
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(verb) alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive | Synonyms: doctor, doctor up |
(verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive | Synonyms: convolute, pervert, twist, twist around |
(verb) make less natural or innocent | - |
stick | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stupefy, vex |
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(verb) saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous | Synonyms: sting |
(verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: adhere, bind, bond, hold fast, stick to |
(verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: adhere, cleave, cling, cohere |
(verb) put, fix, force, or implant | Synonyms: deposit, lodge, wedge |
(verb) pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed | - |
(verb) pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument | - |
(verb) fasten with an adhesive material like glue | - |
(verb) fasten with or as with pins or nails | - |
(verb) fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something | - |
(verb) cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface | - |
(verb) be in a certain place and not leave | Synonyms: persist, remain, stay, stay put, stick around |
(verb) be loyal to | Synonyms: adhere, stand by, stick by |
(verb) endure | - |
(verb) be a devoted follower or supporter | Synonyms: adhere |
(verb) be or become fixed | - |
stickle | (verb) dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points) | - |
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tick | (verb) put a check mark on or near or next to | Synonyms: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off |
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(verb) sew | Synonyms: retick |
(verb) make a clicking or ticking sound | Synonyms: click |
(verb) make a sound like a clock or a timer | Synonyms: beat, ticktack, ticktock |
ticket | (verb) provide with a ticket for passage or admission | - |
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(verb) record a fine as a penalty in a police record | Synonyms: fine |
tickle | (verb) touch or stroke lightly | - |
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(verb) feel sudden intense sensation or emotion | Synonyms: thrill, vibrate |
(verb) touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements | Synonyms: titillate, vellicate |
ticktack | (verb) make a sound like a clock or a timer | Synonyms: beat, tick, ticktock |
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ticktock | (verb) make a sound like a clock or a timer | Synonyms: beat, tick, ticktack |
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urticate | (verb) sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation | Synonyms: nettle |
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(verb) whip with or as with nettles | - |
vaticinate | (verb) predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration | Synonyms: prophesy |
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(verb) foretell through or as if through the power of prophecy | - |