| accustom | (verb) make psychologically or physically used (to something) | Synonyms: habituate |
|---|
| adjust | (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: correct, set |
|---|
| (verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, conform |
| (verb) make correspondent or conformable | - |
| (verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: align, aline, line up |
| (verb) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim | - |
| bluster | (verb) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner | Synonyms: swagger, swash |
|---|
| (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
| (verb) blow hard; be gusty, as of wind | - |
| bust | (verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | Synonyms: burst |
|---|
| (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 |
|---|
| cluster | (verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster | Synonyms: bunch, bundle, clump |
|---|
| (verb) come together as in a cluster or flock | Synonyms: clump, constellate, flock |
| combust | (verb) undergo combustion | Synonyms: burn |
|---|
| (verb) get very angry and fly into a rage | Synonyms: blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit |
| (verb) cause to become violent or angry | - |
| (verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire |
| (verb) cause to burn or combust | Synonyms: burn |
| crust | (verb) form a crust or form into a crust | - |
|---|
| customise | (verb) make according to requirements | Synonyms: customize |
|---|
| (verb) make to specifications | Synonyms: custom-make, customize, tailor-make |
| customize | (verb) make according to requirements | Synonyms: customise |
|---|
| (verb) make to specifications | Synonyms: custom-make, customise, tailor-make |
| degust | (verb) taste with relish | - |
|---|
| disgust | (verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | Synonyms: churn up, nauseate, revolt, sicken |
|---|
| (verb) fill with distaste | Synonyms: gross out, repel, revolt |
| distrust | (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: mistrust, suspect |
|---|
| dust | (verb) remove the dust from | - |
|---|
| (verb) distribute loosely | Synonyms: disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle |
| (verb) rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape | - |
| (verb) cover with a light dusting of a substance | - |
| encrust | (verb) form a crust or a hard layer | Synonyms: incrust |
|---|
| (verb) cover or coat with a crust | Synonyms: incrust |
| (verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: beset, incrust |
| entrust | (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, intrust, trust |
|---|
| (verb) put into the care or protection of someone | Synonyms: leave |
| exhaust | (verb) wear out completely | Synonyms: beat, tucker, tucker out, wash up |
|---|
| (verb) eliminate (a substance) | Synonyms: discharge, eject, expel, release |
| (verb) use up the whole supply of | - |
| (verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
| (verb) deplete | Synonyms: play out, run down, sap, tire |
| filibuster | (verb) obstruct deliberately by delaying | - |
|---|
| fluster | (verb) cause to be nervous or upset | - |
|---|
| (verb) be flustered; behave in a confused manner | - |
| frustrate | (verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, rag, torment |
|---|
| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
| fustigate | (verb) strike with a cudgel | Synonyms: cudgel |
|---|
| hustle | (verb) pressure or urge someone into an action | - |
|---|
| (verb) move or cause to move energetically or busily | Synonyms: bustle, bustle about |
| (verb) cause to move furtively and hurriedly | - |
| (verb) sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity | Synonyms: pluck, roll |
| (verb) get by trying hard | - |
| illustrate | (verb) clarify by giving an example of | Synonyms: exemplify, instance |
|---|
| (verb) depict with an illustration | - |
| (verb) supply with illustrations | - |
| incrust | (verb) form a crust or a hard layer | Synonyms: encrust |
|---|
| (verb) cover or coat with a crust | Synonyms: encrust |
| (verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: beset, encrust |
| industrialise | (verb) develop industry; become industrial | Synonyms: industrialize |
|---|
| (verb) organize (the production of something) into an industry | Synonyms: industrialize |
| industrialize | (verb) develop industry; become industrial | Synonyms: industrialise |
|---|
| (verb) organize (the production of something) into an industry | Synonyms: industrialise |
| intrust | (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, entrust, trust |
|---|
| joust | (verb) joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback | - |
|---|
| justify | (verb) adjust the spaces between words | - |
|---|
| (verb) show to be right by providing justification or proof | Synonyms: vindicate |
| (verb) (used of God) declare innocent; absolve from the penalty of sin | - |
| lust | (verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: crave, hunger, starve, thirst |
|---|
| lustrate | (verb) purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials | - |
|---|
| mistrust | (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: distrust, suspect |
|---|
| muster | (verb) call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc. | - |
|---|
| (verb) gather or bring together | Synonyms: come up, muster up, rally, summon |
| oust | (verb) remove from a position or office | Synonyms: boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, throw out |
|---|
| (verb) remove and replace | - |
| readjust | (verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readapt |
|---|
| (verb) adjust again after an initial failure | Synonyms: reset |
| rust | (verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | Synonyms: corrode |
|---|
| (verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | Synonyms: corrode, eat |
| (verb) become coated with oxide | - |
| rusticate | (verb) lend a rustic character to | - |
|---|
| (verb) give (stone) a rustic look | - |
| (verb) send to the country | - |
| (verb) suspend temporarily from college or university, in England | Synonyms: send down |
| (verb) live in the country and lead a rustic life | - |
| rustle | (verb) make a dry crackling sound | - |
|---|
| (verb) take illegally | Synonyms: lift |
| (verb) forage food | - |
| sustain | (verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: get, have, suffer |
|---|
| (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support |
| (verb) admit as valid | - |
| (verb) supply with necessities and support | Synonyms: keep, maintain |
| (verb) provide with nourishment | Synonyms: nourish, nurture |
| (verb) be the physical support of; carry the weight of | Synonyms: hold, hold up, support |
| (verb) lengthen or extend in duration or space | Synonyms: keep up, prolong |
| thrust | (verb) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | Synonyms: force |
|---|
| (verb) penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument | Synonyms: pierce |
| (verb) place or put with great energy | Synonyms: throw |
| (verb) push forcefully | - |
| (verb) make a thrusting forward movement | Synonyms: hurl, hurtle, lunge |
| (verb) press or force | Synonyms: shove, squeeze, stuff |
| (verb) push violently in a specified direction | Synonyms: push up |
| (verb) force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock | - |
| trust | (verb) have confidence or faith in | - |
|---|
| (verb) be confident about something | Synonyms: believe |
| (verb) expect and wish | Synonyms: desire, hope |
| (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, entrust, intrust |
| (verb) (chiefly archaic) extend credit to | - |
| (verb) allow without fear | - |