| buttress | (verb) make stronger or defensible | - |
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| (verb) reinforce with a buttress | - |
| destress | (verb) reduce the emphasis | Synonyms: de-emphasise, de-emphasize |
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| distress | (verb) cause mental pain to | - |
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| (verb) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | Synonyms: straiten |
| overstress | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overemphasize |
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| 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 |
| trespass | (verb) pass beyond (limits or boundaries) | Synonyms: overstep, transgress |
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| (verb) break the law | - |
| (verb) enter unlawfully on someone's property | Synonyms: intrude |
| (verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | Synonyms: sin, transgress |
| (verb) make excessive use of | Synonyms: take advantage |
| waitress | (verb) serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant | Synonyms: wait |
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