accrue | (verb) grow by addition | - |
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(verb) come into the possession of | Synonyms: fall |
antique | (verb) give an antique appearance to | Synonyms: antiquate |
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(verb) shop for antiques | - |
applique | (verb) sew on as a decoration | - |
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argue | (verb) have an argument about something | Synonyms: contend, debate, fence |
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(verb) give evidence of | Synonyms: indicate |
(verb) present reasons and arguments | Synonyms: reason |
banquet | (verb) partake in a feast or banquet | Synonyms: feast, junket |
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(verb) provide a feast or banquet for | Synonyms: feast, junket |
barbecue | (verb) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill | Synonyms: barbeque, cook out |
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barbeque | (verb) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill | Synonyms: barbecue, cook out |
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beleaguer | (verb) surround so as to force to give up | Synonyms: besiege, circumvent, hem in, surround |
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(verb) annoy persistently | Synonyms: badger, bug, pester, tease |
bequeath | (verb) leave or give by will after one's death | Synonyms: leave, will |
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blue | (verb) turn blue | - |
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blueprint | (verb) make a blueprint of | Synonyms: draft, draught |
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burlesque | (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: parody, spoof |
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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 |
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 |
clue | (verb) roll into a ball | Synonyms: clew |
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collogue | (verb) confer secretly | - |
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conquer | (verb) bring under control by force or authority | Synonyms: stamp down, subdue, suppress |
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(verb) overcome by conquest | - |
(verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, capture, seize |
construe | (verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to | Synonyms: interpret, see |
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continue | (verb) exist over a prolonged period of time | - |
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(verb) continue talking | Synonyms: carry on, go on, proceed |
(verb) move ahead; travel onward in time or space | Synonyms: go forward, move ahead, proceed |
(verb) allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature | Synonyms: keep, keep on, retain |
(verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last | Synonyms: bear on, carry on, preserve, uphold |
(verb) continue a certain state, condition, or activity | Synonyms: go along, go on, keep, proceed |
(verb) span an interval of distance, space or time | Synonyms: cover, extend |
(verb) continue in a place, position, or situation | Synonyms: remain, stay, stay on |
(verb) continue after an interruption | - |
(verb) do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop | Synonyms: persist in |
coquet | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
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coquette | (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
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critique | (verb) appraise critically | Synonyms: review |
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croquet | (verb) play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops | - |
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(verb) drive away by hitting with one's ball | - |
cue | (verb) assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned | Synonyms: prompt, remind |
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deliquesce | (verb) melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | - |
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(verb) melt away in the process of decay | - |
devalue | (verb) lower the value or quality of | - |
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(verb) lose in value | Synonyms: depreciate, devaluate, undervalue |
(verb) remove the value from; deprive of its value | Synonyms: devaluate |
discontinue | (verb) prevent completion | Synonyms: break, break off, stop |
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(verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: cease, give up, lay off, quit, stop |
(verb) come to or be at an end | - |
duel | (verb) fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman | - |
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endue | (verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endow, gift, indue, invest |
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ensue | (verb) issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end | Synonyms: result |
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fatigue | (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
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(verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | Synonyms: jade, pall, tire, weary |
frequent | (verb) be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place | Synonyms: haunt |
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(verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
fuel | (verb) stimulate | - |
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(verb) provide with a combustible substance that provides energy | - |
(verb) provide with fuel | Synonyms: fire |
(verb) take in fuel, as of a ship | - |
glue | (verb) be fixed as if by glue | - |
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(verb) join or attach with or as if with glue | Synonyms: paste |
guess | (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think |
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(verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | Synonyms: approximate, estimate, gauge, judge |
(verb) guess correctly; solve by guessing | Synonyms: infer |
(verb) put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | Synonyms: hazard, pretend, venture |
guesstimate | (verb) estimate based on a calculation | - |
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harangue | (verb) deliver a harangue to; address forcefully | - |
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hue | (verb) suffuse with color | Synonyms: imbue |
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(verb) take on color or become colored | - |
imbrue | (verb) permeate or impregnate | Synonyms: drench |
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imbue | (verb) suffuse with color | Synonyms: hue |
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(verb) fill, soak, or imbue totally | Synonyms: soak |
(verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: diffuse, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
indue | (verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endow, endue, gift, invest |
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influence | (verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: determine, mold, mould, regulate, shape |
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(verb) induce into action by using one's charm | Synonyms: charm, tempt |
(verb) have and exert influence or effect | Synonyms: act upon, work |
intrigue | (verb) form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner | Synonyms: connive, scheme |
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(verb) cause to be interested or curious | Synonyms: fascinate |
issue | (verb) come out of | Synonyms: come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth |
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(verb) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | Synonyms: bring out, publish, put out, release |
(verb) bring out an official document (such as a warrant) | - |
(verb) make out and issue | Synonyms: cut, make out, write out |
(verb) circulate or distribute or equip with | Synonyms: supply |
lacquer | (verb) coat with lacquer | - |
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league | (verb) unite to form a league | - |
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liquefy | (verb) become liquid or fluid when heated | Synonyms: flux, liquify |
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(verb) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | Synonyms: liquidise, liquidize, liquify |
(verb) become liquid | - |
mapquest | (verb) search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program | - |
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masquerade | (verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not | - |
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(verb) take part in a masquerade | - |
misconstrue | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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outguess | (verb) attempt to anticipate or predict | Synonyms: second-guess |
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overfatigue | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overtire, overweary |
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overvalue | (verb) assign too high a value to | Synonyms: overestimate |
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pique | (verb) cause to feel resentment or indignation | Synonyms: offend |
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pirouette | (verb) do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance | - |
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plague | (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke |
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(verb) cause to suffer a blight | Synonyms: blight |
prorogue | (verb) adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body | - |
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(verb) hold back to a later time | Synonyms: defer, hold over, postpone, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table |
pursue | (verb) go in search of or hunt for | Synonyms: go after, quest after, quest for |
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(verb) follow in or as if in pursuit | Synonyms: follow |
(verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: engage, prosecute |
(verb) carry further or advance | Synonyms: act on, follow up on |
queen | (verb) become a queen | - |
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(verb) promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess | - |
queer | (verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | Synonyms: endanger, expose, peril, scupper |
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(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, scotch, spoil, thwart |
quell | (verb) suppress or crush completely | Synonyms: quench, squelch |
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(verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: appease, stay |
quench | (verb) suppress or crush completely | Synonyms: quell, squelch |
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(verb) cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid | - |
(verb) reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance | - |
(verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: allay, assuage, slake |
(verb) suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device | - |
(verb) put out, as of fires, flames, or lights | Synonyms: blow out, extinguish, snuff out |
query | (verb) pose a question | Synonyms: question |
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quest | (verb) seek alms, as for religious purposes | - |
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(verb) express the need or desire for | Synonyms: ask for, bespeak, call for, request |
(verb) bark with prolonged noises, of dogs | Synonyms: bay |
(verb) search the trail of (game) | - |
(verb) make a search (for) | - |
question | (verb) pose a question | Synonyms: query |
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(verb) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of | Synonyms: call into question, oppugn |
(verb) place in doubt or express doubtful speculation | Synonyms: wonder |
(verb) pose a series of questions to | Synonyms: interrogate |
(verb) conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting | Synonyms: interview |
quetch | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kick, kvetch, plain, sound off |
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queue | (verb) form a queue, form a line, stand in line | Synonyms: line up, queue up |
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reconquer | (verb) conquer anew | - |
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refuel | (verb) take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car | - |
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(verb) provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars | - |
reissue | (verb) print anew | Synonyms: reprint |
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(verb) issue (a new version of) | - |
request | (verb) express the need or desire for | Synonyms: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest |
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(verb) ask (a person) to do something | - |
(verb) inquire for (information) | - |
rescue | (verb) take forcibly from legal custody | - |
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(verb) free from harm or evil | Synonyms: deliver |
revalue | (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise, apprize |
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(verb) value anew | - |
rue | (verb) feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about | Synonyms: regret, repent |
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segue | (verb) proceed without interruption; in music or talk | - |
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sequence | (verb) arrange in a sequence | - |
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(verb) determine the order of constituents in | - |
sequester | (verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: seclude, sequestrate, withdraw |
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(verb) set apart from others | Synonyms: isolate, keep apart, sequestrate, set apart |
(verb) undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion | - |
(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, confiscate, impound, seize |
(verb) requisition forcibly, as of enemy property | - |
sequestrate | (verb) set apart from others | Synonyms: isolate, keep apart, sequester, set apart |
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(verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: seclude, sequester, withdraw |
silhouette | (verb) represent by a silhouette | - |
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(verb) project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette | - |
slue | (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slew, swerve, trend, veer |
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(verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: skid, slew, slide, slip |
spue | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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(verb) expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth | Synonyms: ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spit |
squeak | (verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise | Synonyms: creak, screak, screech, skreak, whine |
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squeal | (verb) confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure | Synonyms: confess, fink |
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(verb) utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs | Synonyms: oink |
squeegee | (verb) wipe with a squeegee | - |
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squeeze | (verb) press firmly | - |
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(verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, contract, press |
(verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers | Synonyms: nip, pinch, tweet, twinge, twitch |
(verb) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | Synonyms: force, wedge |
(verb) hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness | Synonyms: bosom, embrace, hug |
(verb) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | Synonyms: crush, mash, squash, squelch |
(verb) press or force | Synonyms: shove, stuff, thrust |
(verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation | Synonyms: extort, gouge, rack, wring |
(verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: coerce, force, hale, pressure |
squelch | (verb) suppress or crush completely | Synonyms: quell, quench |
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(verb) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | Synonyms: crush, mash, squash, squeeze |
(verb) walk through mud or mire | Synonyms: slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squish |
(verb) make a sucking sound | - |
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 |
sue | (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: action, litigate, process |
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tissue | (verb) create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton | Synonyms: weave |
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tongue | (verb) lick or explore with the tongue | - |
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(verb) articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments | - |
true | (verb) make level, square, balanced, or concentric | Synonyms: true up |
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undervalue | (verb) lose in value | Synonyms: depreciate, devaluate, devalue |
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(verb) assign too low a value to | Synonyms: underestimate |
(verb) esteem lightly | - |
value | (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate |
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(verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: esteem, prise, prize, respect |
(verb) estimate the value of | Synonyms: rate |
(verb) fix or determine the value of; assign a value to | - |
(verb) hold dear | Synonyms: appreciate, prize, treasure |