| waylay | (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper |
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| weaken | (verb) become weaker | - |
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| (verb) lessen the strength of | - |
| (verb) reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of | Synonyms: de-escalate, step down |
| (verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, damp, dampen, soften |
| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine |
| wean | (verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | Synonyms: ablactate |
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| (verb) detach the affections of | - |
| weaponize | (verb) make into or use as a weapon or a potential weapon | - |
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| wear | (verb) be dressed in | Synonyms: have on |
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| (verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: assume, don, get into, put on |
| (verb) have or show an appearance of | - |
| (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
| (verb) have on one's person | Synonyms: bear |
| (verb) deteriorate through use or stress | Synonyms: wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin |
| (verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, bust, fall apart, wear out |
| (verb) last and be usable | Synonyms: endure, hold out |
| (verb) have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality | - |
| weary | (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon |
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| (verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | Synonyms: fatigue, jade, pall, tire |
| weather | (verb) change under the action or influence of the weather | - |
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| (verb) cause to slope | - |
| (verb) sail to the windward of | - |
| (verb) face and withstand with courage | Synonyms: brave, brave out, endure |
| weatherproof | (verb) make resistant to bad weather | - |
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| weatherstrip | (verb) provide with weatherstripping | - |
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| weave | (verb) interlace by or as if by weaving | Synonyms: interweave |
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| (verb) create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton | Synonyms: tissue |
| (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, wind |
| (verb) sway from side to side | Synonyms: waver |
| web | (verb) construct or form a web, as if by weaving | Synonyms: net |
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| wed | (verb) take in marriage; married | Synonyms: conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry |
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| (verb) perform a marriage ceremony | Synonyms: marry, splice, tie |
| wedel | (verb) ski, alternating directions | - |
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| wedge | (verb) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | Synonyms: force, squeeze |
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| (verb) put, fix, force, or implant | Synonyms: deposit, lodge, stick |
| wee | (verb) eliminate urine | Synonyms: make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee-pee, pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee-wee |
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| weed | (verb) clear of weeds | - |
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| weekend | (verb) spend the weekend | - |
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| weep | (verb) shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain | Synonyms: cry |
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| weigh | (verb) show consideration for; take into account | Synonyms: consider, count |
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| (verb) determine the weight of | Synonyms: librate |
| (verb) have a certain weight | - |
| (verb) have weight; have import, carry weight | Synonyms: count, matter |
| (verb) to be oppressive or burdensome | Synonyms: press |
| weight | (verb) present with a bias | Synonyms: angle, slant |
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| (verb) weight down with a load | Synonyms: burden, burthen, weight down |
| weightlift | (verb) lift weights | Synonyms: press, weight-lift |
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| welch | (verb) cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt | Synonyms: welsh |
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| welcome | (verb) bid welcome to; greet upon arrival | Synonyms: receive |
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| (verb) receive someone, as into one's house | - |
| (verb) accept gladly | - |
| weld | (verb) unite closely or intimately | - |
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| (verb) join together by heating | - |
| well | (verb) come up, as of a liquid | Synonyms: swell |
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| welsh | (verb) cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt | Synonyms: welch |
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| welt | (verb) put a welt on | - |
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| (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, whip |
| welter | (verb) be immersed in | - |
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| (verb) roll around | Synonyms: wallow |
| (verb) toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way | - |
| wench | (verb) frequent prostitutes | - |
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| wend | (verb) direct one's course or way | - |
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| westernise | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalise, occidentalize, westernize |
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| westernize | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalise, occidentalize, westernise |
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| wet | (verb) make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating | - |
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| (verb) cause to become wet | - |
| whack | (verb) strike hard | Synonyms: wallop, wham, whop |
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| whale | (verb) hunt for whales | - |
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| wham | (verb) strike hard | Synonyms: wallop, whack, whop |
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| whang | (verb) attack forcefully | - |
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| (verb) propel or hit with force | - |
| (verb) beat with force | - |
| whap | (verb) hit hard | Synonyms: bash, bonk, bop, sock, whop |
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| wharf | (verb) moor at a wharf | - |
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| (verb) discharge at a wharf | - |
| (verb) come into or dock at a wharf | Synonyms: berth, moor |
| (verb) store on a wharf | - |
| (verb) provide with a wharf | - |
| wheedle | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk |
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| wheel | (verb) change directions as if revolving on a pivot | Synonyms: wheel around |
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| (verb) move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle | Synonyms: roll |
| (verb) wheel somebody or something | Synonyms: wheel around |
| (verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal |
| wheelbarrow | (verb) transport in a wheelbarrow | - |
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| wheeze | (verb) breathe with difficulty | - |
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| whelk | (verb) gather whelk | - |
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| whelm | (verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over |
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| (verb) to neither fail to meet nor exceed expectation | - |
| whelp | (verb) give birth to (a puppy) | Synonyms: pup |
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| whet | (verb) sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone | - |
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| (verb) make keen or more acute | Synonyms: quicken |
| whicker | (verb) make a characteristic sound, of a horse | Synonyms: neigh, nicker, whinny |
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| whiff | (verb) utter with a puff of air | - |
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| (verb) smoke and exhale strongly | Synonyms: puff |
| (verb) strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third | - |
| (verb) drive or carry as if by a puff of air | - |
| (verb) perceive by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: sniff |
| whimper | (verb) cry weakly or softly | Synonyms: mewl, pule, wail |
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| whine | (verb) complain whiningly | Synonyms: grizzle, yammer, yawp |
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| (verb) talk in a tearful manner | Synonyms: snivel |
| (verb) move with a whining sound | - |
| (verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise | Synonyms: creak, screak, screech, skreak, squeak |
| whinny | (verb) make a characteristic sound, of a horse | Synonyms: neigh, nicker, whicker |
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| whip | (verb) subject to harsh criticism | Synonyms: blister, scald, scorch |
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| (verb) defeat thoroughly | Synonyms: mop up, pip, rack up, worst |
| (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt |
| (verb) whip with or as if with a wire whisk | Synonyms: whisk |
| (verb) strike as if by whipping | Synonyms: lash |
| (verb) thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash | - |
| whipsaw | (verb) saw with a whipsaw | - |
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| (verb) victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations | - |
| whir | (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whirr, whiz, whizz |
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| whirl | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, purl, swirl, whirlpool |
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| (verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion | Synonyms: swirl, twiddle, twirl |
| (verb) cause to spin | Synonyms: birl, spin, twirl |
| (verb) fly around | Synonyms: tumble, whirl around |
| (verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | Synonyms: gyrate, reel, spin, spin around |
| whirligig | (verb) whirl or spin like a whirligig | - |
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| whirlpool | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, purl, swirl, whirl |
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| whirr | (verb) make a vibrant sound, as of some birds | Synonyms: churr |
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| (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whir, whiz, whizz |
| whish | (verb) move with a whishing sound | - |
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| (verb) make a sibilant sound | - |
| whisk | (verb) whip with or as if with a wire whisk | Synonyms: whip |
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| (verb) brush or wipe off lightly | Synonyms: whisk off |
| (verb) move somewhere quickly | - |
| (verb) move quickly and nimbly | - |
| whisker | (verb) furnish with whiskers | Synonyms: bewhisker |
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| whisper | (verb) speak softly; in a low voice | - |
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| whistle | (verb) utter or express by whistling | - |
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| (verb) make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound | Synonyms: sing |
| (verb) give a signal by whistling | - |
| (verb) move with, or as with, a whistling sound | - |
| (verb) move, send, or bring as if by whistling | - |
| (verb) make whistling sounds | - |
| whistlestop | (verb) tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election | - |
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| white | (verb) turn white | Synonyms: whiten |
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| whiten | (verb) turn white | Synonyms: white |
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| whiteout | (verb) lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain | Synonyms: white-out |
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| (verb) cover up with a liquid correction fluid | Synonyms: white out |
| whitewash | (verb) exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data | - |
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| (verb) cover with whitewash | - |
| (verb) cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error | Synonyms: gloss over, hush up, sleek over |
| whittle | (verb) cut small bits or pare shavings from | Synonyms: pare |
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| whiz | (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whir, whirr, whizz |
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| whizz | (verb) move along very quickly | Synonyms: whizz along, zoom, zoom along |
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| (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whir, whirr, whiz |
| wholesale | (verb) sell in large quantities | - |
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| whomp | (verb) beat overwhelmingly | - |
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| (verb) hit with the hand | Synonyms: cuff |
| whoop | (verb) shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm | - |
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| (verb) cough spasmodically | Synonyms: hack |
| whoosh | (verb) gush or squirt out | - |
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| (verb) move with a whooshing sound | Synonyms: hiss |
| (verb) move with a sibilant sound | Synonyms: woosh |
| whop | (verb) strike hard | Synonyms: wallop, whack, wham |
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| (verb) hit hard | Synonyms: bash, bonk, bop, sock, whap |
| whore | (verb) compromise oneself for money or other gains | - |
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| (verb) have unlawful sex with a whore | - |
| (verb) work as a prostitute | - |
| widen | (verb) become broader or wider or more extensive | - |
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| (verb) extend in scope or range or area | Synonyms: broaden, extend |
| (verb) make wider | - |
| (verb) make (clothes) larger | Synonyms: let out |
| widow | (verb) cause to be without a spouse | - |
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| wield | (verb) handle effectively | Synonyms: handle, manage |
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| (verb) have and exercise | Synonyms: exert, maintain |
| wiggle | (verb) move to and fro | Synonyms: jiggle, joggle |
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| wigwag | (verb) signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code | - |
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| (verb) send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code | - |
| will | (verb) determine by choice | - |
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| (verb) decree or ordain | - |
| (verb) leave or give by will after one's death | Synonyms: bequeath, leave |
| wilt | (verb) become limp | Synonyms: droop |
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| (verb) lose strength | - |
| win | (verb) be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious | - |
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| (verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: acquire, gain |
| (verb) acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions | Synonyms: earn, garner |
| (verb) attain success or reach a desired goal | Synonyms: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed |
| wince | (verb) make a face indicating disgust or dislike | - |
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| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch |
| winch | (verb) pull or lift up with or as if with a winch | - |
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| wind | (verb) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem | Synonyms: wind up |
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| (verb) form into a wreath | Synonyms: wreathe |
| (verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | Synonyms: hoist, lift |
| (verb) arrange or coil around | Synonyms: roll, twine, wrap |
| (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, weave |
| (verb) extend in curves and turns | Synonyms: curve, twist |
| (verb) catch the scent of; get wind of | Synonyms: nose, scent |
| windsurf | (verb) ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water | - |
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| wine | (verb) drink wine | - |
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| (verb) treat to wine | - |
| wing | (verb) travel through the air; be airborne | Synonyms: fly |
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| wink | (verb) briefly shut the eyes | Synonyms: blink, nictate, nictitate |
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| (verb) keep back by blinking | Synonyms: blink, blink away |
| (verb) signal by winking | - |
| (verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, twinkle, winkle |
| winkle | (verb) remove or displace from a position | Synonyms: winkle out |
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| (verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, twinkle, wink |
| (verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | Synonyms: scintillate, twinkle |
| winnow | (verb) blow away or off with a current of air | Synonyms: fan |
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| (verb) select desirable parts from a group or list | Synonyms: cull out |
| (verb) separate the chaff from grain by using air currents | - |
| (verb) blow on | - |
| winter | (verb) spend the winter | Synonyms: overwinter |
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| winterise | (verb) prepare for winter | Synonyms: winterize |
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| winterize | (verb) prepare for winter | Synonyms: winterise |
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| wipe | (verb) rub with a circular motion | Synonyms: pass over |
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| wire | (verb) equip for use with electricity | Synonyms: electrify |
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| (verb) send cables, wires, or telegrams | Synonyms: cable, telegraph |
| (verb) fasten with wire | - |
| (verb) string on a wire | - |
| (verb) provide with electrical circuits | - |