sidetrack | (verb) wander from a direct or straight course | Synonyms: depart, digress, straggle |
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sightread | (verb) perform music from a score without having seen the score before | Synonyms: sight-read |
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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 |
streak | (verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | Synonyms: blotch, mottle |
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(verb) move quickly in a straight line | - |
(verb) run naked in a public place | - |
stream | (verb) exude profusely | - |
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(verb) flow freely and abundantly | Synonyms: well out |
(verb) to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind | - |
(verb) move in large numbers | Synonyms: pour, pullulate, swarm, teem |
(verb) rain heavily | Synonyms: pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs |
streamline | (verb) contour economically or efficiently | - |
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streetwalk | (verb) walk the streets in search of customers | Synonyms: street-walk |
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strengthen | (verb) give a healthy elasticity to | Synonyms: tone, tone up |
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(verb) gain strength | - |
(verb) make strong or stronger | Synonyms: beef up, fortify |
stress | (verb) to suffer from stress | - |
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(verb) to stress, single out as important | Synonyms: accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate |
(verb) put stress on; utter with an accent | Synonyms: accent, accentuate |
(verb) test the limits of | Synonyms: strain, try |
stretch | (verb) extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body | Synonyms: extend |
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(verb) extend one's body or limbs | Synonyms: stretch out |
(verb) become longer by being stretched and pulled | - |
(verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching | Synonyms: elongate |
(verb) extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly | - |
(verb) increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance | Synonyms: extend |
(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: adulterate, debase, dilute, load |
(verb) pull in opposite directions | - |
(verb) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length | Synonyms: extend, stretch out, unfold |
(verb) lie down comfortably | Synonyms: stretch out |
(verb) occupy a large, elongated area | Synonyms: stretch along |
strew | (verb) spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic) | Synonyms: straw |
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(verb) cover; be dispersed over | - |
striate | (verb) mark with striae or striations | - |
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strickle | (verb) smooth with a strickle | Synonyms: strike |
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(verb) level off with a strickle in a measuring container | - |
stride | (verb) walk with long steps | - |
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stridulate | (verb) make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures | Synonyms: clitter |
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strike | (verb) cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp | - |
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(verb) arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing | - |
(verb) indicate (a certain time) by striking | - |
(verb) make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target | Synonyms: hit |
(verb) deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon | - |
(verb) hit against; come into sudden contact with | Synonyms: collide with, hit, impinge on, run into |
(verb) affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely | Synonyms: hit |
(verb) produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments | Synonyms: hit |
(verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | Synonyms: excise, expunge, scratch |
(verb) pierce with force | - |
(verb) smooth with a strickle | Synonyms: strickle |
(verb) hook by a pull on the line | Synonyms: seize |
(verb) produce by ignition or a blow | - |
(verb) form by stamping, punching, or printing | Synonyms: coin, mint |
(verb) disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set | - |
(verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: affect, impress, move |
(verb) drive something violently into a location | Synonyms: hit |
(verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: assume, take, take up |
(verb) cause to experience suddenly | Synonyms: come to, hit |
(verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon |
(verb) stop work in order to press demands | Synonyms: walk out |
(verb) attain | Synonyms: come to |
(verb) touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly | Synonyms: fall, shine |
string | (verb) add as if on a string | Synonyms: string up |
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(verb) provide with strings | - |
(verb) thread on or as if on a string | Synonyms: draw, thread |
(verb) remove the stringy parts of | - |
(verb) string together; tie or fasten with a string | - |
(verb) stretch out or arrange like a string | - |
(verb) move or come along | Synonyms: string along |
strip | (verb) get undressed | Synonyms: discase, disrobe, peel, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress |
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(verb) draw the last milk (of cows) | - |
(verb) take off or remove | Synonyms: dismantle |
(verb) remove a constituent from a liquid | - |
(verb) remove the thread (of screws) | - |
(verb) lay bare | Synonyms: bare, denudate, denude |
(verb) remove substances from by a percolating liquid | Synonyms: leach |
(verb) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes | Synonyms: disinvest, divest, undress |
(verb) remove the surface from | - |
(verb) strip the cured leaves from | - |
(verb) remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely | Synonyms: clean |
(verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle |
(verb) take away possessions from someone | Synonyms: deprive, divest |
stripe | (verb) mark with stripes | - |
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strive | (verb) to exert much effort or energy | Synonyms: reach, strain |
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(verb) attempt by employing effort | Synonyms: endeavor, endeavour |
stroke | (verb) treat gingerly or carefully | - |
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(verb) strike a ball with a smooth blow | - |
(verb) row at a particular rate | - |
(verb) touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions | - |
stroll | (verb) walk leisurely and with no apparent aim | Synonyms: saunter |
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strop | (verb) sharpen on a strop | - |
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structure | (verb) give a structure to | - |
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struggle | (verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | Synonyms: contend, fight |
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(verb) to exert strenuous effort against opposition | - |
(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter |
(verb) make a strenuous or labored effort | Synonyms: fight |
strum | (verb) sound the strings of (a stringed instrument) | Synonyms: thrum |
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strut | (verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: cock, prance, ruffle, sashay, swagger, tittup |
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subcontract | (verb) work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract | - |
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(verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | Synonyms: farm out, job |
subtract | (verb) take off or away | - |
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(verb) make a subtraction | Synonyms: deduct, take off |
symmetrise | (verb) make symmetric | Synonyms: symmetrize |
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symmetrize | (verb) make symmetric | Synonyms: symmetrise |
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titrate | (verb) measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration | - |
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trace | (verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something | Synonyms: follow |
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(verb) read with difficulty | Synonyms: decipher |
(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: delineate, describe, draw, line |
(verb) copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of | - |
(verb) pursue or chase relentlessly | Synonyms: hound, hunt |
(verb) to go back over again | Synonyms: retrace |
(verb) make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along | - |
(verb) discover traces of | - |
track | (verb) make tracks upon | - |
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(verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, trail |
(verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, traverse |
(verb) carry on the feet and deposit | - |
(verb) observe or plot the moving path of something | - |
trade | (verb) turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase | Synonyms: trade in |
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(verb) engage in the trade of | Synonyms: merchandise |
(verb) exchange or give (something) in exchange for | Synonyms: swap, switch, swop |
(verb) do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood | Synonyms: deal, sell |
(verb) be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions | - |
trademark | (verb) register the trademark of | - |
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(verb) mark with a brand or trademark | Synonyms: brand, brandmark |
traduce | (verb) speak unfavorably about | Synonyms: badmouth, drag through the mud, malign |
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traffic | (verb) deal illegally | - |
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(verb) trade or deal a commodity | - |
trail | (verb) drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground | Synonyms: train |
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(verb) hang down so as to drag along the ground | - |
(verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track |
(verb) move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly | Synonyms: shack |
(verb) to lag or linger behind | Synonyms: drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back |
train | (verb) exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition | - |
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(verb) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | Synonyms: prepare |
(verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, educate, prepare |
(verb) teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | Synonyms: coach |
(verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | Synonyms: aim, direct, take, take aim |
(verb) drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground | Synonyms: trail |
(verb) travel by rail or train | Synonyms: rail |
(verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: groom, prepare |
(verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school |
(verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, condition, discipline |
(verb) cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it | - |
traipse | (verb) walk or tramp about | Synonyms: shlep |
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tram | (verb) travel by tram | - |
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trammel | (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, confine, limit, restrict, throttle |
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(verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trap |
tramp | (verb) travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition | - |
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(verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | Synonyms: footslog, pad, plod, slog, trudge |
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, vagabond, wander |
(verb) cross on foot | - |
trample | (verb) injure by trampling or as if by trampling | - |
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(verb) tread or stomp heavily or roughly | Synonyms: tread |
(verb) walk on and flatten | Synonyms: tramp down, tread down |
trance | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate |
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tranquilize | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, sedate, tranquillise, tranquillize |
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(verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquillise, tranquillize |
tranquillise | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillize |
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(verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillize |
tranquillize | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise |
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(verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise |
transact | (verb) conduct business | - |
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transaminate | (verb) undergo transfer from one compound to another | - |
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(verb) change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another | - |
transcend | (verb) be greater in scope or size than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, surpass |
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(verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, overstep, pass, top |
transcribe | (verb) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA | - |
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(verb) rewrite in a different script | Synonyms: transliterate |
(verb) write out from speech, notes, etc. | - |
(verb) make a phonetic transcription of | - |
(verb) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended | - |
transduce | (verb) cause transduction (of energy forms) | - |
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transect | (verb) cut across or divide transversely | - |
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transfer | (verb) transfer from one place or period to another | Synonyms: transplant, transpose |
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(verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport |
(verb) move around | Synonyms: shift |
(verb) shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes | Synonyms: remove |
(verb) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another | Synonyms: change |
(verb) lift and reset in another soil or situation | Synonyms: transplant |
(verb) cause to change ownership | - |
(verb) move from one place to another | - |
(verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | Synonyms: reassign |
transfigure | (verb) change completely the nature or appearance of | Synonyms: metamorphose, transmogrify |
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(verb) elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration | Synonyms: glorify, spiritualize |
transfix | (verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point | Synonyms: empale, impale, spike |
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(verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, grip, spellbind |
transform | (verb) change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | Synonyms: transmute, transubstantiate |
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(verb) change from one form or medium into another | Synonyms: translate |
(verb) subject to a mathematical transformation | - |
(verb) change in outward structure or looks | Synonyms: metamorphose, transmute |
(verb) increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage) | - |
(verb) change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species | - |
(verb) convert (one form of energy) to another | - |
transfuse | (verb) treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin | Synonyms: cup |
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(verb) give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to | - |
(verb) pour out of one vessel into another | - |
(verb) impart gradually | Synonyms: instill |
transgress | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: overstep, trespass |
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(verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, violate |
(verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | Synonyms: sin, trespass |
(verb) spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline | - |
transistorise | (verb) equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors | Synonyms: transistorize |
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transistorize | (verb) equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors | Synonyms: transistorise |
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transit | (verb) make a passage or journey from one place to another | Synonyms: move through, pass across, pass over, pass through |
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(verb) cause or enable to pass through | - |
(verb) revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction | - |
(verb) pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place) | - |
transition | (verb) make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another) | - |
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(verb) cause to convert or undergo a transition | - |
transitivise | (verb) make transitive | Synonyms: transitivize |
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transitivize | (verb) make transitive | Synonyms: transitivise |
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translate | (verb) change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation | - |
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(verb) change from one form or medium into another | Synonyms: transform |
(verb) make sense of a language | Synonyms: interpret, read, understand |
(verb) restate (words) from one language into another language | Synonyms: interpret, render |
(verb) determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA | - |
(verb) express, as in simple and less technical language | - |
(verb) bring to a certain spiritual state | - |
(verb) subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body | - |
(verb) be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way | - |
(verb) be equivalent in effect | - |
transliterate | (verb) rewrite in a different script | Synonyms: transcribe |
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translocate | (verb) move from one place to another, especially of wild animals | - |
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(verb) transfer (a chromosomal segment) to a new position | - |
transmigrate | (verb) move from one country or region to another and settle there | Synonyms: migrate |
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(verb) be born anew in another body after death | Synonyms: reincarnate |
transmit | (verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: air, beam, broadcast, send |
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(verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transport |
(verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, channel, conduct, convey, impart |
(verb) transfer to another | Synonyms: communicate, convey |
transmogrify | (verb) change completely the nature or appearance of | Synonyms: metamorphose, transfigure |
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transmute | (verb) change in outward structure or looks | Synonyms: metamorphose, transform |
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(verb) alter the nature of (elements) | - |
(verb) change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | Synonyms: transform, transubstantiate |
transpirate | (verb) pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas | Synonyms: transpire |
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transpire | (verb) give off (water) through the skin | - |
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(verb) come to light; become known | - |
(verb) exude water vapor | - |
(verb) come about, happen, or occur | - |
(verb) pass through the tissue or substance or its pores or interstices, as of gas | Synonyms: transpirate |
transplant | (verb) transfer from one place or period to another | Synonyms: transfer, transpose |
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(verb) place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient | Synonyms: graft |
(verb) lift and reset in another soil or situation | Synonyms: transfer |
(verb) be transplantable | - |
transport | (verb) move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body | Synonyms: carry |
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(verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit |
(verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish |
(verb) move something or somebody around; usually over long distances | - |
(verb) transport commercially | Synonyms: send, ship |
transpose | (verb) change the order or arrangement of | Synonyms: commute, permute |
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(verb) change key | - |
(verb) cause to change places | Synonyms: counterchange, interchange |
(verb) exchange positions without a change in value | Synonyms: commute |
(verb) transfer from one place or period to another | Synonyms: transfer, transplant |
(verb) put (a piece of music) into another key | - |
(verb) transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality | - |
transship | (verb) transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another | - |
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transubstantiate | (verb) change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | Synonyms: transform, transmute |
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(verb) change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ | - |
transude | (verb) release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities | Synonyms: exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out |
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trap | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel |
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(verb) hold or catch as if in a trap | - |
(verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilise, immobilize, pin |
(verb) to sell marijuana on a street corner | - |
(verb) place in a confining or embarrassing position | Synonyms: pin down |
trash | (verb) express a totally negative opinion of | Synonyms: pan, tear apart |
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(verb) dispose of (something useless or old) | Synonyms: junk, scrap |
traumatise | (verb) inflict a trauma upon | Synonyms: shock, traumatize |
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traumatize | (verb) inflict a trauma upon | Synonyms: shock, traumatise |
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travail | (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil |
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travel | (verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically | Synonyms: go, locomote, move |
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(verb) make a trip for pleasure | Synonyms: jaunt, trip |
(verb) travel upon or across | Synonyms: journey |
(verb) undergo transportation as in a vehicle | - |
(verb) undertake a journey or trip | Synonyms: journey |
(verb) travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge | Synonyms: move around |