| swot | (verb) study intensively, as before an exam | Synonyms: bone, bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot up |
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| thaw | (verb) become or cause to become soft or liquid | Synonyms: dethaw, dissolve, melt, unfreeze, unthaw |
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| throw | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle |
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| (verb) convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) utter with force; utter vehemently | Synonyms: hurl |
| (verb) propel through the air | - |
| (verb) cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation | Synonyms: flip, switch |
| (verb) place or put with great energy | Synonyms: thrust |
| (verb) cause to fall off | - |
| (verb) to remove | Synonyms: cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw away, throw off |
| (verb) throw (a die) out onto a flat surface | - |
| (verb) make on a potter's wheel | - |
| (verb) put or send forth | Synonyms: cast, contrive, project |
| (verb) organize or be responsible for | Synonyms: give, have, hold, make |
| (verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bemuse, bewilder, discombobulate |
| (verb) move violently, energetically, or carelessly | - |
| (verb) to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly | - |
| thwack | (verb) deliver a hard blow to | Synonyms: smack |
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| thwart | (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil |
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| tomahawk | (verb) cut with a tomahawk | - |
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| (verb) kill with a tomahawk | - |
| tow | (verb) drag behind | - |
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| towel | (verb) wipe with a towel | - |
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| tower | (verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position | Synonyms: hulk, loom, predominate |
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| trawl | (verb) fish with trawlers | - |
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| trowel | (verb) use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work | - |
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| twaddle | (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle |
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| twang | (verb) pronounce with a nasal twang | - |
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| (verb) pluck (strings of an instrument) | - |
| (verb) sound with a twang | - |
| (verb) cause to sound with a twang | - |
| (verb) twitch or throb with pain | - |
| tweak | (verb) adjust finely | Synonyms: fine-tune |
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| (verb) to be under the influence of methamphetamine | - |
| (verb) pull or pull out sharply | Synonyms: pick off, pluck, pull off |
| (verb) pinch or squeeze sharply | - |
| tweedle | (verb) entice through the use of music | - |
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| (verb) play negligently on a musical instrument | - |
| (verb) sing in modulation | Synonyms: chirp |
| tweet | (verb) To post a message on Twitter; post tweets, i.e. short text messages on the popular social media website Twitter | - |
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| (verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers | Synonyms: nip, pinch, squeeze, twinge, twitch |
| (verb) make a weak, chirping sound | Synonyms: twirp |
| tweeze | (verb) pluck with tweezers | - |
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| twerk | (verb) to dance with thrusting hip movements and a low squatting stance | - |
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| twiddle | (verb) manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner | Synonyms: fiddle with |
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| (verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion | Synonyms: swirl, twirl, whirl |
| twig | (verb) branch out in a twiglike manner | - |
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| (verb) understand, usually after some initial difficulty | Synonyms: catch on, cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble |
| twill | (verb) weave diagonal lines into (textiles) | - |
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| twin | (verb) give birth to twins | - |
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| (verb) grow as twins | - |
| (verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, match, mate, pair |
| (verb) duplicate or match | Synonyms: duplicate, parallel |
| twine | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace |
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| (verb) make by twisting together or intertwining | - |
| (verb) arrange or coil around | Synonyms: roll, wind, wrap |
| (verb) form into a spiral shape | Synonyms: distort, twist |
| twinge | (verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers | Synonyms: nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twitch |
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| (verb) cause a stinging pain | Synonyms: prick, sting |
| (verb) feel a sudden sharp, local pain | - |
| twinkle | (verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, wink, winkle |
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| (verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | Synonyms: scintillate, winkle |
| twirl | (verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion | Synonyms: swirl, twiddle, whirl |
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| (verb) cause to spin | Synonyms: birl, spin, whirl |
| twirp | (verb) make a weak, chirping sound | Synonyms: tweet |
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| twist | (verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: rick, sprain, turn, wrench, wrick |
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| (verb) form into twists | - |
| (verb) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive | Synonyms: convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist around |
| (verb) turn in the opposite direction | - |
| (verb) form into a spiral shape | Synonyms: distort, twine |
| (verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: bend, deform, flex, turn |
| (verb) twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates | Synonyms: wrench |
| (verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | Synonyms: squirm, worm, wrestle, wriggle, writhe |
| (verb) do the twist | - |
| (verb) extend in curves and turns | Synonyms: curve, wind |
| twit | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease |
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| twitch | (verb) make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion | Synonyms: jerk |
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| (verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers | Synonyms: nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge |
| (verb) move or pull with a sudden motion | - |
| (verb) toss with a sharp movement so as to cause to turn over in the air | Synonyms: flip |
| (verb) move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions | Synonyms: jerk |
| twitter | (verb) make high-pitched sounds, as of birds | Synonyms: chitter |
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| typewrite | (verb) write by means of a keyboard with types | Synonyms: type |
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| undergrow | (verb) grow below something | - |
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| underwrite | (verb) protect by insurance | Synonyms: cover, insure |
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| (verb) guarantee financial support of | Synonyms: subvent, subvention |
| unfollow | (verb) to stop following a user on social media | - |
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| unhallow | (verb) remove the consecration from a person or an object | Synonyms: deconsecrate, desecrate |
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| unscrew | (verb) loosen something by unscrewing it | - |
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| (verb) loosen by turning | - |
| unthaw | (verb) become or cause to become soft or liquid | Synonyms: dethaw, dissolve, melt, thaw, unfreeze |
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| untwine | (verb) undo what has been twined together | - |
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| untwist | (verb) cause to become untwisted | - |
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| unweave | (verb) undo strands that have been woven together | - |
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| unwind | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend |
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| (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unstrain |
| (verb) separate the tangles of | Synonyms: disentangle |
| (verb) reverse the winding or twisting of | Synonyms: unroll, wind off |
| unwire | (verb) undo the wiring of | - |
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| unwrap | (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover |
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| (verb) remove the outer cover or wrapping of | Synonyms: undo |
| view | (verb) deem to be | Synonyms: consider, reckon, regard, see |
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| (verb) look at carefully; study mentally | Synonyms: consider, look at |
| (verb) see or watch | Synonyms: catch, see, take in, watch |
| vow | (verb) make a vow; promise | - |
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| (verb) dedicate to a deity by a vow | Synonyms: consecrate |
| vowelise | (verb) pronounce as a vowel | Synonyms: vocalise, vocalize, vowelize |
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| vowelize | (verb) pronounce as a vowel | Synonyms: vocalise, vocalize, vowelise |
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| wad | (verb) crowd or pack to capacity | Synonyms: chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram |
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| (verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: bundle, compact, pack |
| waddle | (verb) walk unsteadily, with short steps | Synonyms: coggle, dodder, paddle, toddle, totter |
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| wade | (verb) walk (through relatively shallow water) | - |
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| waffle | (verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | Synonyms: hesitate, waver |
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| waft | (verb) be driven or carried along, as by the air | - |
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| (verb) blow gently | - |
| wag | (verb) move from side to side | Synonyms: waggle |
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| wage | (verb) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) | Synonyms: engage |
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| wager | (verb) maintain with or as if with a bet | Synonyms: bet |
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| (verb) stake on the outcome of an issue | Synonyms: bet, play |
| waggle | (verb) move from side to side | Synonyms: wag |
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| (verb) move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion | Synonyms: wamble |
| wail | (verb) cry weakly or softly | Synonyms: mewl, pule, whimper |
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| (verb) emit long loud cries | Synonyms: howl, roar, ululate, yaup, yawl |
| wait | (verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of | Synonyms: await, expect, look |
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| (verb) serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant | Synonyms: waitress |
| (verb) stay in one place and anticipate or expect something | - |
| (verb) wait before acting | Synonyms: hold back, hold off |
| waitress | (verb) serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant | Synonyms: wait |
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| waive | (verb) lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime | Synonyms: forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard |
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| (verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to | Synonyms: dispense with, forego, foreswear, forgo, relinquish |
| wake | (verb) be awake, be alert, be there | - |
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| (verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake up, waken |
| (verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: arouse, awaken, rouse, wake up, waken |
| (verb) to alert someone to something | - |
| (verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions | Synonyms: fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up |
| waken | (verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up |
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| (verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up |
| walk | (verb) obtain a base on balls | - |
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| (verb) give a base on balls to | - |
| (verb) use one's feet to advance; advance by steps | - |
| (verb) accompany or escort | - |
| (verb) walk at a pace | - |
| (verb) traverse or cover by walking | - |
| (verb) take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure | Synonyms: take the air |
| (verb) make walk | - |
| (verb) live or behave in a specified manner | - |
| (verb) be or act in association with | - |
| wall | (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence, fence in, palisade, surround |
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| wallop | (verb) defeat soundly and utterly | - |
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| (verb) strike hard | Synonyms: whack, wham, whop |
| wallow | (verb) delight greatly in | - |
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| (verb) devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure | - |
| (verb) be ecstatic with joy | Synonyms: rejoice, triumph |
| (verb) roll around | Synonyms: welter |
| (verb) rise up as if in waves | Synonyms: billow |
| wallpaper | (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: paper |
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| waltz | (verb) dance a waltz | Synonyms: waltz around |
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| wamble | (verb) move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion | Synonyms: waggle |
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| wan | (verb) become pale and sickly | - |
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| wander | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: digress, divagate, stray |
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| (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond |
| (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, weave, wind |
| (verb) go via an indirect route or at no set pace | - |
| (verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | Synonyms: betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold |
| wane | (verb) become smaller | - |
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| (verb) decrease in phase | - |
| (verb) grow smaller | Synonyms: decline, go down |
| wangle | (verb) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods | Synonyms: finagle, manage |
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| (verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent |
| wank | (verb) get sexual gratification through self-stimulation | Synonyms: fuck off, jack off, jerk off, masturbate, she-bop |
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| want | (verb) wish or demand the presence of | - |
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| (verb) have need of | Synonyms: need, require |
| (verb) hunt or look for; want for a particular reason | - |
| (verb) feel or have a desire for; want strongly | Synonyms: desire |
| (verb) be without, lack; be deficient in | - |
| wanton | (verb) behave extremely cruelly and brutally | - |
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| (verb) engage in amorous play | - |
| (verb) become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously | Synonyms: luxuriate |
| (verb) spend wastefully | Synonyms: trifle away, wanton away |
| (verb) waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently | Synonyms: piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton away |
| (verb) indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life | - |
| war | (verb) make or wage war | - |
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| warble | (verb) sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below | Synonyms: quaver, trill |
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| (verb) sing by changing register; sing by yodeling | Synonyms: descant, yodel |
| ward | (verb) watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect | Synonyms: guard |
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| ware | (verb) spend extravagantly | Synonyms: consume, squander, waste |
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| warehouse | (verb) store in a warehouse | - |
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| warm | (verb) get warm or warmer | Synonyms: warm up |
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| (verb) make warm or warmer | - |
| warn | (verb) notify of danger, potential harm, or risk | - |
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| (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, discourage, monish |
| (verb) notify, usually in advance | - |
| (verb) ask to go away | - |
| warp | (verb) bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat | Synonyms: buckle, heave |
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| (verb) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story | Synonyms: distort, falsify, garble |
| warrant | (verb) provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action) | - |
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| (verb) stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of | Synonyms: guarantee |
| wash | (verb) cleanse (one's body) with soap and water | Synonyms: lave |
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| (verb) to cleanse (itself or another animal) by licking | - |
| (verb) remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent | Synonyms: wash away, wash off, wash out |
| (verb) make moist | Synonyms: dampen, moisten |
| (verb) wash or flow against | Synonyms: lap, lave |
| (verb) form by erosion | - |
| (verb) wash by removing particles | Synonyms: hush |
| (verb) cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water | Synonyms: launder |
| (verb) separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) | - |
| (verb) clean with some chemical process | Synonyms: rinse |
| (verb) apply a thin coating of paint, metal, etc., to | - |
| (verb) move by or as if by water | - |
| (verb) be capable of being washed | - |
| (verb) admit to testing or proof | - |
| wassail | (verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: drink, pledge, salute, toast |
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| (verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, revel, whoop it up |
| waste | (verb) become physically weaker | Synonyms: rot |
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| (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge |
| (verb) cause to grow thin or weak | Synonyms: emaciate, macerate |
| (verb) lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief | Synonyms: languish, pine away |
| (verb) spend extravagantly | Synonyms: consume, squander, ware |
| (verb) use inefficiently or inappropriately | - |
| (verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize |
| (verb) run off as waste | Synonyms: run off |
| (verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away | Synonyms: blow, squander |
| (verb) dispose of | - |
| watch | (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: ascertain, check, determine, find out, learn, see |
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| (verb) look attentively | - |
| (verb) be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful | Synonyms: look out, watch out |
| (verb) observe without intervening | Synonyms: look on |
| (verb) observe or determine by looking | - |
| (verb) see or watch | Synonyms: catch, see, take in, view |
| (verb) follow with the eyes or the mind | Synonyms: follow, keep an eye on, observe, watch over |
| water | (verb) secrete or form water, as tears or saliva | - |
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| (verb) supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams | Synonyms: irrigate |
| (verb) fill with tears | - |
| (verb) provide with water | - |
| watercolor | (verb) paint with watercolors | Synonyms: watercolour |
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| watercolour | (verb) paint with watercolors | Synonyms: watercolor |
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| waterproof | (verb) make watertight | - |
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| wattle | (verb) interlace to form wattle | - |
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| (verb) build of or with wattle | - |
| waul | (verb) make high-pitched, whiney noises | Synonyms: squall, wawl |
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| wave | (verb) set waves in | - |
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| (verb) signal with the hands or nod | Synonyms: beckon |
| (verb) move or swing back and forth | Synonyms: brandish, flourish |
| (verb) twist or roll into coils or ringlets | Synonyms: curl |
| (verb) move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | Synonyms: flap, roll, undulate |
| waver | (verb) give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency | Synonyms: quaver |
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| (verb) sway from side to side | Synonyms: weave |
| (verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern | Synonyms: fluctuate, vacillate |
| (verb) move back and forth very rapidly | Synonyms: flicker, flitter, flutter, quiver |
| (verb) move hesitatingly, as if about to give way | Synonyms: falter |
| (verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | Synonyms: hesitate, waffle |
| (verb) be unsure or weak | Synonyms: falter |
| wawl | (verb) make high-pitched, whiney noises | Synonyms: squall, waul |
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| wax | (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, mount, rise |
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| (verb) increase in phase | Synonyms: full |
| (verb) cover with wax | - |