| bedaub | (verb) spread or daub (a surface) | Synonyms: besmear |
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| blub | (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blubber, sniffle, snivel, snuffle |
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| blubber | (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blub, sniffle, snivel, snuffle |
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| (verb) utter while crying | Synonyms: blubber out |
| bubble | (verb) expel gas from the stomach | Synonyms: belch, burp, eruct |
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| (verb) form, produce, or emit bubbles | - |
| (verb) cause to form bubbles | - |
| (verb) rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles | - |
| (verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | Synonyms: babble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple |
| 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 | - |
| consubstantiate | (verb) become united in substance | - |
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| (verb) unite in one common substance | - |
| cub | (verb) give birth to cubs | - |
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| cube | (verb) raise to the third power | - |
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| (verb) cut into cubes | Synonyms: dice |
| daub | (verb) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | Synonyms: smear |
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| (verb) coat with plaster | Synonyms: plaster |
| (verb) apply to a surface | - |
| double | (verb) increase twofold | Synonyms: duplicate |
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| (verb) hit a two-base hit | - |
| (verb) do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions | - |
| (verb) make or do or perform again | Synonyms: duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate |
| (verb) bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain | Synonyms: double over, double up |
| (verb) make a demand for (a card or suit) | - |
| doubt | (verb) consider unlikely | - |
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| (verb) lack confidence in | - |
| drub | (verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight | Synonyms: bat, clobber, cream, lick, thrash |
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| dub | (verb) give a nickname to | Synonyms: nickname |
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| (verb) provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language | - |
| (verb) raise (someone) to knighthood | Synonyms: knight |
| exuberate | (verb) to express great joy | Synonyms: exult, jubilate, rejoice, triumph |
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| flub | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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| grub | (verb) search about busily | - |
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| (verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: bum, cadge, mooch, sponge |
| grubstake | (verb) supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits | - |
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| incubate | (verb) sit on (eggs) | Synonyms: brood, cover, hatch |
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| (verb) grow under conditions that promote development | - |
| intubate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate |
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| jubilate | (verb) to express great joy | Synonyms: exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph |
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| (verb) celebrate a jubilee | - |
| lube | (verb) apply a lubricant to | Synonyms: lubricate |
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| lubricate | (verb) make slippery or smooth through the application of a lubricant | - |
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| (verb) apply a lubricant to | Synonyms: lube |
| (verb) have lubricating properties | - |
| lucubrate | (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | Synonyms: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out |
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| obnubilate | (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, confuse, obscure |
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| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obscure |
| protuberate | (verb) form a rounded prominence | - |
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| (verb) cause to bulge out or project | - |
| publicise | (verb) make public | Synonyms: air, bare, publicize |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, advertize, publicize |
| publicize | (verb) make public | Synonyms: air, bare, publicise |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertise, advertize, publicise |
| publish | (verb) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | Synonyms: bring out, issue, put out, release |
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| (verb) have (one's work) issued for publication | - |
| (verb) put into print | Synonyms: print |
| redouble | (verb) double in magnitude, extent, or intensity | - |
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| (verb) make twice as great or intense | - |
| (verb) double again | - |
| republish | (verb) revive (a cancelled will or a libel) | - |
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| (verb) publish again | - |
| resublime | (verb) sublime (a compound) once again | - |
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| resubmit | (verb) submit (information) again to a program or automatic system | Synonyms: feed back |
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| rub | (verb) move over something with pressure | - |
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| (verb) cause friction | Synonyms: chafe, fray, fret, scratch |
| (verb) scrape or rub as if to relieve itching | Synonyms: itch, scratch |
| rubber | (verb) coat or impregnate with rubber | Synonyms: rubberise, rubberize |
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| rubberise | (verb) coat or impregnate with rubber | Synonyms: rubber, rubberize |
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| rubberize | (verb) coat or impregnate with rubber | Synonyms: rubber, rubberise |
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| rubberneck | (verb) strain to watch; stare curiously | - |
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| rubberstamp | (verb) approve automatically | - |
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| (verb) stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document | Synonyms: handstamp |
| rubbish | (verb) attack strongly | - |
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| rubify | (verb) make ruby red | - |
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| rubric | (verb) adorn with ruby red color | - |
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| rubricate | (verb) sign with a mark instead of a name | - |
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| (verb) decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red | Synonyms: miniate |
| (verb) furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics | - |
| (verb) place in the church calendar as a red-letter day honoring a saint | - |
| scrub | (verb) wash thoroughly | Synonyms: scrub up |
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| (verb) clean with hard rubbing | Synonyms: scour |
| (verb) postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled | Synonyms: call off, cancel, scratch |
| snub | (verb) reject outright and bluntly | Synonyms: rebuff, repel |
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| (verb) refuse to acknowledge | Synonyms: cut, disregard, ignore |
| stub | (verb) strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object | - |
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| (verb) clear of weeds by uprooting them | - |
| (verb) extinguish by crushing | Synonyms: crush out, extinguish, press out, stub out |
| (verb) pull up (weeds) by their roots | - |
| sub | (verb) be a substitute | Synonyms: fill in, stand in, substitute |
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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 |
| subdivide | (verb) divide into smaller and smaller pieces | - |
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| (verb) form into subdivisions | - |
| subdue | (verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: chasten, tame |
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| (verb) bring under control by force or authority | Synonyms: conquer, stamp down, suppress |
| (verb) make subordinate, dependent, or subservient | Synonyms: subordinate |
| (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, master, overcome, surmount |
| (verb) hold within limits and control | Synonyms: crucify, mortify |
| (verb) put down by force or intimidation | Synonyms: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subjugate |
| subedit | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyedit, copyread |
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| subject | (verb) make accountable for | - |
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| (verb) cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to | - |
| (verb) make subservient; force to submit or subdue | Synonyms: subjugate |
| subjoin | (verb) add to the end | - |
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| subjugate | (verb) make subservient; force to submit or subdue | Synonyms: subject |
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| (verb) put down by force or intimidation | Synonyms: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue |
| sublease | (verb) lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person | Synonyms: sublet |
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| sublet | (verb) lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person | Synonyms: sublease |
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| sublimate | (verb) vaporize and then condense right back again | Synonyms: sublime |
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| (verb) remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, distill, make pure, purify |
| (verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: rarefy, subtilize |
| (verb) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting | Synonyms: sublime |
| (verb) direct energy or urges into useful activities | - |
| sublime | (verb) vaporize and then condense right back again | Synonyms: sublimate |
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| (verb) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting | Synonyms: sublimate |
| subluxate | (verb) sprain or dislocate slightly | - |
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| submarine | (verb) attack by submarine | - |
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| (verb) bring down with a blow to the legs | - |
| (verb) throw with an underhand motion | - |
| (verb) control a submarine | - |
| (verb) move forward or under in a sliding motion | - |
| submerge | (verb) fill or cover completely, usually with water | Synonyms: deluge, inundate |
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| (verb) cover completely or make imperceptible | Synonyms: drown, overwhelm |
| (verb) put under water | Synonyms: submerse |
| (verb) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water | Synonyms: submerse |
| submerse | (verb) put under water | Synonyms: submerge |
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| (verb) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water | Synonyms: submerge |
| submit | (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: reconcile, resign |
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| (verb) accept or undergo, often unwillingly | Synonyms: take |
| (verb) put before | Synonyms: posit, put forward, state |
| (verb) refer for judgment or consideration | - |
| (verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | Synonyms: accede, bow, defer, give in |
| (verb) yield to the control of another | - |
| (verb) make an application as for a job or funding | Synonyms: put in |
| (verb) hand over formally | Synonyms: present |
| (verb) make over as a return | Synonyms: render |
| (verb) refer to another person for decision or judgment | Synonyms: pass on, relegate |
| subordinate | (verb) make subordinate, dependent, or subservient | Synonyms: subdue |
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| (verb) rank or order as less important or consider of less value | - |
| suborn | (verb) induce to commit perjury or give false testimony | - |
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| (verb) procure (false testimony or perjury) | - |
| (verb) incite to commit a crime or an evil deed | - |
| subpoena | (verb) serve or summon with a subpoena | - |
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| subrogate | (verb) substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured | - |
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| subscribe | (verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) | Synonyms: sign |
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| (verb) adopt as a belief | Synonyms: support |
| (verb) receive or obtain regularly | Synonyms: subscribe to, take |
| (verb) offer to buy, as of stocks and shares | - |
| (verb) pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals | Synonyms: pledge |
| subserve | (verb) be helpful or useful | - |
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| subside | (verb) wear off or die down | Synonyms: lessen |
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| (verb) sink down or precipitate | Synonyms: settle |
| (verb) sink to a lower level or form a depression | - |
| (verb) descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | Synonyms: sink |
| subsidise | (verb) support through subsidies | Synonyms: subsidize |
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| (verb) secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | Synonyms: subsidize |
| subsidize | (verb) support through subsidies | Synonyms: subsidise |
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| (verb) secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | Synonyms: subsidise |
| subsist | (verb) support oneself | Synonyms: exist, live, survive |
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| substantiate | (verb) solidify, firm, or strengthen | - |
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| (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, support, sustain |
| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realise, realize |
| (verb) represent in bodily form | Synonyms: body forth, embody, incarnate |
| substitute | (verb) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | Synonyms: exchange, interchange, replace |
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| (verb) be a substitute | Synonyms: fill in, stand in, sub |
| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, deputize, step in |
| subsume | (verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle | Synonyms: colligate |
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| (verb) contain or include | - |
| subtend | (verb) be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry | Synonyms: delimit |
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| subtilise | (verb) make (senses) more keen | Synonyms: subtilize |
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| subtilize | (verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: rarefy, sublimate |
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| (verb) make (senses) more keen | Synonyms: subtilise |
| (verb) mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words | - |
| subtitle | (verb) supply (a movie) with subtitles | - |
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| subtract | (verb) take off or away | - |
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| (verb) make a subtraction | Synonyms: deduct, take off |
| suburbanise | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
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| (verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
| suburbanize | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
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| (verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
| subvent | (verb) guarantee financial support of | Synonyms: subvention, underwrite |
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| subvention | (verb) guarantee financial support of | Synonyms: subvent, underwrite |
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| subvert | (verb) to raze to the ground, also figuratively | - |
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| (verb) cause the downfall of; of rulers | Synonyms: bring down, overthrow, overturn |
| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, countermine, sabotage, undermine, weaken |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate |
| subvocalise | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalize |
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| subvocalize | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalise |
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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 | - |
| trouble | (verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | Synonyms: ail, pain |
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| (verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, unhinge |
| (verb) move deeply | Synonyms: disturb, upset |
| (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out |
| (verb) take the trouble to do something; concern oneself | Synonyms: bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble oneself |
| troubleshoot | (verb) solve problems | Synonyms: trouble-shoot |
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| tube | (verb) place or enclose in a tube | - |
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| (verb) convey in a tube | - |
| (verb) ride or float on an inflated tube | - |
| (verb) provide with a tube or insert a tube into | - |
| unsubstantialise | (verb) render immaterial or incorporeal | Synonyms: immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialize |
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| unsubstantialize | (verb) render immaterial or incorporeal | Synonyms: immaterialise, immaterialize, unsubstantialise |
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