| govern | (verb) exercise authority over; as of nations | Synonyms: rule |
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| (verb) direct or strongly influence the behavior of | - |
| (verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: order, regularise, regularize, regulate |
| (verb) require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood | - |
| grave | (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: engrave, inscribe, scratch |
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| (verb) shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it | Synonyms: sculpt, sculpture |
| gravel | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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| (verb) cover with gravel | - |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
| grieve | (verb) feel grief | Synonyms: sorrow |
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| (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: aggrieve |
| groove | (verb) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove | Synonyms: furrow, rut |
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| (verb) make a groove in, or provide with a groove | - |
| grovel | (verb) show submission or fear | Synonyms: cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn |
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| halve | (verb) divide by two; divide into halves | - |
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| harvest | (verb) remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation | - |
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| (verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: glean, reap |
| have | (verb) cause to be born | Synonyms: bear, birth, deliver, give birth |
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| (verb) suffer from; be ill with | - |
| (verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: get, suffer, sustain |
| (verb) cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition | Synonyms: get, let |
| (verb) undergo | Synonyms: experience |
| (verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | Synonyms: cause, get, induce, make, stimulate |
| (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, ingest, take, take in |
| (verb) have sex with; archaic use | Synonyms: take |
| (verb) organize or be responsible for | Synonyms: give, hold, make, throw |
| (verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | Synonyms: experience, get, receive |
| (verb) have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense | Synonyms: have got, hold |
| (verb) achieve a point or goal | Synonyms: get, make |
| (verb) get something; come into possession of | Synonyms: receive |
| (verb) have ownership or possession of | Synonyms: own, possess |
| (verb) receive willingly something given or offered | Synonyms: accept, take |
| (verb) have a personal or business relationship with someone | - |
| (verb) have as a feature | Synonyms: feature |
| (verb) be confronted with | - |
| heave | (verb) make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | Synonyms: gag, retch |
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| (verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: gasp, pant, puff |
| (verb) bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat | Synonyms: buckle, warp |
| (verb) utter a sound, as with obvious effort | - |
| (verb) lift or elevate | Synonyms: heave up, heft, heft up |
| (verb) throw with great effort | - |
| (verb) rise and move, as in waves or billows | Synonyms: billow, surge |
| (verb) move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position | - |
| hive | (verb) gather into a hive | - |
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| (verb) move together in a hive or as if in a hive | - |
| (verb) store, like bees | - |
| hoover | (verb) clean with a vacuum cleaner | Synonyms: vacuum-clean, vacuum |
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| hover | (verb) hang in the air; fly or be suspended above | - |
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| (verb) be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity | Synonyms: levitate |
| (verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action | Synonyms: oscillate, vacillate, vibrate |
| (verb) to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time | Synonyms: linger |
| (verb) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing | Synonyms: brood, bulk large, loom |
| hyperventilate | (verb) breathe excessively hard and fast | - |
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| (verb) produce hyperventilation in | - |
| impoverish | (verb) take away | Synonyms: deprive |
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| (verb) make poor | - |
| improve | (verb) get better | Synonyms: ameliorate, better, meliorate |
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| (verb) to make better | Synonyms: ameliorate, amend, better, meliorate |
| inconvenience | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, put out, trouble |
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| interleave | (verb) intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations | - |
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| (verb) intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data | - |
| (verb) provide (books) with blank leaves | - |
| intervene | (verb) occur between other event or between certain points of time | - |
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| (verb) get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force | Synonyms: interfere, interpose, step in |
| (verb) be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events | - |
| interweave | (verb) interlace by or as if by weaving | Synonyms: weave |
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| introvert | (verb) turn inside | - |
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| (verb) fold inwards | Synonyms: invaginate |
| inveigh | (verb) complain bitterly | Synonyms: rail |
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| (verb) speak against in an impassioned manner | Synonyms: declaim |
| inveigle | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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| invent | (verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | Synonyms: contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, formulate |
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| (verb) concoct something artificial or untrue | Synonyms: cook up, fabricate, make up, manufacture |
| inventory | (verb) make or include in an itemized record or report | Synonyms: stock-take, take stock |
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| invert | (verb) turn inside out or upside down | Synonyms: reverse, turn back |
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| (verb) make an inversion (in a musical composition) | - |
| (verb) reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of | Synonyms: reverse |
| invest | (verb) make an investment | Synonyms: commit, place, put |
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| (verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: enthrone, vest |
| (verb) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position | Synonyms: induct, seat |
| (verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: adorn, clothe |
| (verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endow, endue, gift, indue |
| investigate | (verb) investigate scientifically | Synonyms: look into |
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| (verb) conduct an inquiry or investigation of | Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
| involve | (verb) make complex or intricate or complicated | - |
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| (verb) occupy or engage the interest of | - |
| (verb) have as a necessary feature | Synonyms: imply |
| (verb) connect closely and often incriminatingly | Synonyms: affect, regard |
| (verb) contain as a part | - |
| (verb) engage as a participant | - |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take |
| inweave | (verb) weave together into a fabric or design | - |
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| jive | (verb) dance to jive music; dance the jive | - |
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| kvetch | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kick, plain, quetch, sound off |
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| lave | (verb) cleanse (one's body) with soap and water | Synonyms: wash |
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| (verb) wash one's face and hands | Synonyms: wash up |
| (verb) wash or flow against | Synonyms: lap, wash |
| leave | (verb) leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking | Synonyms: leave alone, leave behind, let alone |
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| (verb) be survived by after one's death | Synonyms: leave behind |
| (verb) leave behind unintentionally | Synonyms: forget |
| (verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness | - |
| (verb) move out of or depart from | Synonyms: exit, get out, go out |
| (verb) go away from a place | Synonyms: go away, go forth |
| (verb) leave or give by will after one's death | Synonyms: bequeath, will |
| (verb) transmit (knowledge or skills) | Synonyms: give, impart, pass on |
| (verb) put into the care or protection of someone | Synonyms: entrust |
| (verb) remove oneself from an association with or participation in | Synonyms: depart, pull up stakes |
| (verb) produce as a result or residue | Synonyms: lead, result |
| (verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain | Synonyms: allow, allow for, provide |
| (verb) act or be so as to become in a specified state | - |
| (verb) have left or have as a remainder | - |
| leaven | (verb) cause to puff up with a leaven | Synonyms: prove, raise |
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| level | (verb) become level or even | Synonyms: level off |
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| (verb) talk frankly with; lay it on the line | - |
| (verb) direct into a position for use | Synonyms: charge, point |
| (verb) aim at | - |
| (verb) make level or straight | Synonyms: even, even out, flush |
| (verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground | Synonyms: dismantle, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down |
| lever | (verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open | Synonyms: jimmy, prise, prize, pry |
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| leverage | (verb) provide with leverage | - |
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| (verb) supplement with leverage | - |
| live | (verb) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations | Synonyms: experience, know |
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| (verb) have life, be alive | Synonyms: be |
| (verb) support oneself | Synonyms: exist, subsist, survive |
| (verb) continue to live and avoid dying | Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live on, survive |
| (verb) lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style | - |
| (verb) pursue a positive and satisfying existence | - |
| (verb) be an inhabitant of or reside in | Synonyms: dwell, inhabit, populate |
| liven | (verb) make lively | Synonyms: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven up |
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| love | (verb) have sexual intercourse with | Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with |
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| (verb) have a great affection or liking for | - |
| (verb) be enamored or in love with | - |
| (verb) get pleasure from | Synonyms: enjoy |
| malversate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, misappropriate, peculate |
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| maneuver | (verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense | Synonyms: manoeuver, manoeuvre, operate |
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| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| (verb) act in order to achieve a certain goal | Synonyms: manoeuver, manoeuvre |
| manoeuver | (verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre, operate |
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| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| (verb) act in order to achieve a certain goal | Synonyms: maneuver, manoeuvre |
| marvel | (verb) express astonishment or surprise about something | - |
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| (verb) be amazed at | Synonyms: wonder |
| microwave | (verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven | Synonyms: micro-cook, nuke, zap |
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| misbehave | (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misconduct, misdemean |
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| misbelieve | (verb) hold a false or unorthodox belief | - |
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| misconceive | (verb) interpret in the wrong way | Synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand |
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| misdeliver | (verb) deliver to the wrong address | - |
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| misgive | (verb) suggest fear or doubt | - |
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| misgovern | (verb) govern badly | - |
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| misperceive | (verb) perceive incorrectly | - |
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| move | (verb) be in a state of action | Synonyms: be active |
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| (verb) go or proceed from one point to another | - |
| (verb) progress by being changed | Synonyms: go, run |
| (verb) propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting | Synonyms: make a motion |
| (verb) have a turn; make one's move in a game | Synonyms: go |
| (verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: actuate, incite, motivate, prompt, propel |
| (verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: affect, impress, strike |
| (verb) arouse sympathy or compassion in | - |
| (verb) move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion | - |
| (verb) cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | Synonyms: displace |
| (verb) change residence, affiliation, or place of employment | - |
| (verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically | Synonyms: go, locomote, travel |
| (verb) dispose of by selling | - |
| (verb) perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) | Synonyms: act |
| (verb) follow a procedure or take a course | Synonyms: go, proceed |
| (verb) live one's life in a specified environment | - |
| negative | (verb) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | Synonyms: blackball, veto |
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| nerve | (verb) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | Synonyms: steel |
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| nosedive | (verb) plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft | - |
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| novelise | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, fictionalize, novelize |
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| novelize | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, fictionalize, novelise |
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| observe | (verb) stick to correctly or closely | Synonyms: keep, maintain |
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| (verb) make mention of | Synonyms: mention, note, remark |
| (verb) watch attentively | - |
| (verb) observe with care or pay close attention to | Synonyms: note, take note |
| (verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, discover, find, notice |
| (verb) follow with the eyes or the mind | Synonyms: follow, keep an eye on, watch, watch over |
| (verb) show respect towards | Synonyms: abide by, honor, honour, respect |
| (verb) behave as expected during of holidays or rites | Synonyms: celebrate, keep |
| (verb) conform one's action or practice to | Synonyms: keep |
| outbrave | (verb) be braver than | - |
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| (verb) resist bravely | - |
| outlive | (verb) live longer than | Synonyms: outlast, survive |
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| outmaneuver | (verb) defeat by more skillful maneuvering | Synonyms: outmanoeuvre, outsmart |
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| ovenbake | (verb) bake in an oven | - |
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| overachieve | (verb) perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected | - |
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| overact | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overplay |
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| overarch | (verb) form an arch over | Synonyms: arch over |
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| (verb) be central or dominant | - |
| overawe | (verb) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) | Synonyms: cow |
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| overbalance | (verb) cause to be off balance | - |
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| (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, preponderate |
| overbear | (verb) contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery | Synonyms: bear down |
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| (verb) bear too much | - |
| (verb) overcome | - |
| overbid | (verb) bid more than the object is worth | - |
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| (verb) to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win | - |
| overboil | (verb) overflow or cause to overflow while boiling | Synonyms: boil over |
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| (verb) boil excessively | - |
| overburden | (verb) burden with too much work or responsibility | - |
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| (verb) load with excessive weight | - |
| overcapitalise | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
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| (verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| (verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalize |
| overcapitalize | (verb) capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
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| (verb) overestimate the market value of | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
| (verb) estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level | Synonyms: overcapitalise |
| overcast | (verb) sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next | - |
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| (verb) sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches | - |
| (verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: cloud |
| overcharge | (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overload, surcharge |
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| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
| overclock | (verb) To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer. | - |
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| overclothe | (verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overdress |
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| overcloud | (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: bedim, obscure |
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| (verb) become covered with clouds | Synonyms: cloud over, cloud up |
| overcome | (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, master, subdue, surmount |
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| (verb) overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome | Synonyms: get the best, have the best |
| (verb) win a victory over | Synonyms: defeat, get the better of |
| (verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
| overcompensate | (verb) make excessive corrections for fear of making an error | Synonyms: over-correct |
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| (verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: compensate, cover |
| overcook | (verb) cook too long | - |
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| overcrop | (verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation | Synonyms: overcultivate |
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| overcrowd | (verb) crowd together too much | - |
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| (verb) cause to crowd together too much | - |
| overcultivate | (verb) to exhaust by excessive cultivation | Synonyms: overcrop |
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| overdo | (verb) do something to an excessive degree | Synonyms: exaggerate |
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| overdose | (verb) dose too heavily | Synonyms: o.d. |
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| overdramatise | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatize |
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| overdramatize | (verb) present in an overly dramatic manner | Synonyms: overdramatise |
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| overdraw | (verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overstate |
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| (verb) draw more money from than is available | - |
| overdress | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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| (verb) dress too warmly | Synonyms: overclothe |
| overdrive | (verb) make use of too often or too extensively | Synonyms: overuse |
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| (verb) drive or work too hard | - |
| overeat | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| overemphasise | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasize, overstress |
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| overemphasize | (verb) place special or excessive emphasis on | Synonyms: overemphasise, overstress |
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| overestimate | (verb) make too high an estimate of | Synonyms: overrate |
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| (verb) assign too high a value to | Synonyms: overvalue |
| overexert | (verb) exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength | - |
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| overexploit | (verb) exploit excessively | - |
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| overexpose | (verb) expose excessively | - |
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| (verb) expose to too much light | - |