| burnish | (verb) polish and make shiny | Synonyms: buff, furbish |
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| burp | (verb) expel gas from the stomach | Synonyms: belch, bubble, eruct |
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| burr | (verb) remove the burrs from | Synonyms: bur |
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| burrow | (verb) move through by or as by digging | Synonyms: tunnel |
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| burst | (verb) come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure | Synonyms: break open, split |
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| (verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | Synonyms: bust |
| (verb) emerge suddenly | - |
| (verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: explode |
| (verb) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | Synonyms: break, erupt |
| (verb) move suddenly, energetically, or violently | - |
| (verb) cause to burst | Synonyms: collapse |
| (verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: abound, bristle |
| burthen | (verb) weight down with a load | Synonyms: burden, weight, weight down |
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| bury | (verb) dismiss from the mind; stop remembering | Synonyms: forget |
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| (verb) place in the earth and cover with soil | - |
| (verb) embed deeply | Synonyms: sink |
| (verb) enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing | Synonyms: eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up |
| (verb) cover from sight | - |
| (verb) place in a grave or tomb | Synonyms: entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest |
| bus | (verb) remove used dishes from the table in restaurants | - |
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| (verb) ride in a bus | - |
| (verb) send or move around by bus | - |
| bush | (verb) provide with a bushing | - |
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| bushel | (verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on |
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| bushwhack | (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
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| (verb) cut one's way through the woods or bush | - |
| (verb) live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla | - |
| busk | (verb) play music in a public place and solicit money for it | - |
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| buss | (verb) touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc. | Synonyms: kiss, osculate, snog |
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| bust | (verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | Synonyms: burst |
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| (verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, fall apart, wear, wear out |
| (verb) ruin completely | Synonyms: break |
| (verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: rupture, snap, tear |
| (verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on | Synonyms: raid |
| bustle | (verb) move or cause to move energetically or busily | Synonyms: bustle about, hustle |
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| busy | (verb) keep busy with | Synonyms: occupy |
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| butcher | (verb) kill (animals) usually for food consumption | Synonyms: slaughter |
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| butt | (verb) to strike, thrust or shove against | Synonyms: bunt |
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| (verb) place end to end without overlapping | - |
| (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt against, butt on, edge, march |
| butter | (verb) spread butter on | - |
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| butterfly | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
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| (verb) cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking | - |
| (verb) flutter like a butterfly | - |
| button | (verb) fasten with buttons | - |
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| (verb) provide with buttons | - |
| buttonhole | (verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors | Synonyms: lobby |
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| buttress | (verb) make stronger or defensible | - |
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| (verb) reinforce with a buttress | - |
| buttweld | (verb) join by a butt weld | Synonyms: butt-weld |
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| butylate | (verb) introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound | - |
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| buy | (verb) accept as true | - |
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| (verb) obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction | Synonyms: purchase |
| (verb) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence | Synonyms: bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms |
| (verb) acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange | - |
| (verb) be worth or be capable of buying | - |
| buzz | (verb) call with a buzzer | - |
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| (verb) fly low | - |
| (verb) make a buzzing sound | Synonyms: bombilate, bombinate |
| (verb) be noisy with activity | Synonyms: hum, seethe |
| calculate | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
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| (verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | Synonyms: aim, direct |
| (verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon |
| (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
| (verb) predict in advance | Synonyms: forecast |
| (verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: account |
| callous | (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: cauterise, cauterize |
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| callus | (verb) form a callus or calluses | - |
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| (verb) cause a callus to form on | - |
| calumniate | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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| camouflage | (verb) disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something | - |
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| cannulate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate |
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| cannulise | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulize, canulate, intubate |
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| cannulize | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulise, canulate, intubate |
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| canulate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, intubate |
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| capitulate | (verb) surrender under agreed conditions | - |
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| capsulate | (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, capsulize |
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| capsule | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsulise, capsulize |
| capsulise | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulize, encapsulate |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsule, capsulize |
| capsulize | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, encapsulate |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsule, capsulise |
| capture | (verb) capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping | Synonyms: catch |
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| (verb) succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase | Synonyms: catch, get |
| (verb) succeed in representing or expressing something intangible | - |
| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
| (verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, conquer, seize |
| (verb) bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit | - |
| carburet | (verb) combine with carbon | - |
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| carburise | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburize |
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| carburize | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburise |
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| caricature | (verb) represent in or produce a caricature of | Synonyms: ape |
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| carouse | (verb) engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: riot, roister |
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| catalogue | (verb) make an itemized list or catalog of; classify | Synonyms: catalog |
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| (verb) make a catalogue, compile a catalogue | Synonyms: catalog |
| catapult | (verb) shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult | - |
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| (verb) hurl as if with a sling | Synonyms: sling |
| catenulate | (verb) arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores | Synonyms: catenate |
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| caterwaul | (verb) utter shrieks, as of cats | Synonyms: yowl |
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| caucus | (verb) meet to select a candidate or promote a policy | - |
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| caulk | (verb) seal with caulking | Synonyms: calk |
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| cause | (verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | Synonyms: get, have, induce, make, stimulate |
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| (verb) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally | Synonyms: do, make |
| causeway | (verb) pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles | - |
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| (verb) provide with a causeway | - |
| cauterise | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterize |
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| (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterize |
| cauterize | (verb) burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent | Synonyms: burn, cauterise |
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| (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: callous, cauterise |
| caution | (verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: admonish, monish |
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| censure | (verb) rebuke formally | Synonyms: criminate, reprimand |
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| census | (verb) conduct a census | - |
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| centrifugate | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifuge |
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| centrifuge | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifugate |
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| chaturbate | (verb) to masturbate while chatting online | - |
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| chauffeur | (verb) drive someone in a vehicle | Synonyms: drive around |
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| cheque | (verb) withdraw money by writing a check | Synonyms: check out |
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| chequer | (verb) variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns | Synonyms: checker |
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| (verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on | Synonyms: check, checker |
| chirrup | (verb) make high-pitched sounds | Synonyms: cheep, chirp, peep |
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| chorus | (verb) utter in unison | - |
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| (verb) sing in a choir | Synonyms: choir |
| chouse | (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chicane, jockey, screw, shaft |
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| chuck | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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| (verb) throw carelessly | Synonyms: toss |
| (verb) pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin | Synonyms: pat |
| (verb) throw away | Synonyms: ditch |
| chuckle | (verb) laugh quietly or with restraint | Synonyms: chortle, laugh softly |
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| chuff | (verb) blow hard and loudly | Synonyms: huff, puff |
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| chug | (verb) make a dull, explosive sound | - |
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| chunk | (verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | Synonyms: collocate, lump |
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| (verb) put together indiscriminately | Synonyms: lump |
| church | (verb) perform a special church rite or service for | - |
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| churn | (verb) stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter | - |
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| (verb) be agitated | Synonyms: boil, moil, roil |
| churr | (verb) make a vibrant sound, as of some birds | Synonyms: whirr |
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| chute | (verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: jump, parachute |
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| circuit | (verb) make a circuit | - |
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| circularise | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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| (verb) distribute circulars to | Synonyms: circularize |
| (verb) canvass by distributing letters | Synonyms: circularize |
| circularize | (verb) make circular | - |
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| (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
| (verb) distribute circulars to | Synonyms: circularise |
| (verb) canvass by distributing letters | Synonyms: circularise |
| (verb) canvass by using a questionnaire | - |
| circulate | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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| (verb) become widely known and passed on | Synonyms: go around, spread |
| (verb) move around freely from person to person or from place to place | - |
| (verb) move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point | - |
| (verb) cause to be distributed | Synonyms: distribute, pass around, pass on |
| (verb) cause to move in a circuit or system | - |
| circumambulate | (verb) walk around something | Synonyms: walk around |
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| circumcise | (verb) cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys | - |
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| (verb) cut the skin over the clitoris | - |
| circumfuse | (verb) spread something around something | - |
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| circumnavigate | (verb) travel around, either by plane or ship | Synonyms: compass |
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| circumscribe | (verb) restrict or confine within limits | Synonyms: confine to, limit |
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| (verb) draw a line around | - |
| (verb) to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect | - |
| circumstantiate | (verb) give circumstantial evidence for | - |
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| circumvallate | (verb) surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification | - |
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| circumvent | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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| (verb) beat through cleverness and wit | Synonyms: beat, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach |
| (verb) surround so as to force to give up | Synonyms: beleaguer, besiege, hem in, surround |
| circumvolute | (verb) wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail | - |
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| circumvolve | (verb) cause to turn on an axis or center | Synonyms: rotate |
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| clamour | (verb) utter or proclaim insistently and noisily | Synonyms: clamor |
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| (verb) make loud demands | Synonyms: clamor |
| clangour | (verb) make a loud resonant noise | Synonyms: clangor |
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| closure | (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: cloture |
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| cloture | (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: closure |
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| cloud | (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: dapple, mottle |
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| (verb) make milky or dull | - |
| (verb) make less clear | - |
| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: corrupt, defile, sully, taint |
| (verb) make gloomy or depressed | - |
| (verb) billow up in the form of a cloud | - |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
| (verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: overcast |
| clout | (verb) strike hard, especially with the fist | - |
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| club | (verb) strike with a club or a bludgeon | Synonyms: bludgeon |
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| (verb) gather into a club-like mass | - |
| (verb) gather and spend time together | - |
| (verb) unite with a common purpose | - |
| cluck | (verb) make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens | Synonyms: clack, click |
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