dwindle | (verb) become smaller or lose substance | Synonyms: dwindle away, dwindle down |
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entwine | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine |
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(verb) tie or link together | Synonyms: knit |
hoodwink | (verb) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end | Synonyms: bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow |
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(verb) influence by slyness | Synonyms: beguile, juggle |
intertwine | (verb) spin, wind, or twist together | Synonyms: enlace, entwine, interlace, lace, twine |
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(verb) make a loop in | Synonyms: loop |
(verb) make lacework by knotting or looping | Synonyms: tat |
overwinter | (verb) spend the winter | Synonyms: winter |
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rewind | (verb) wind (up) again | - |
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swindle | (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, victimize |
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swing | (verb) alternate dramatically between high and low values | - |
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(verb) hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement | - |
(verb) make a big sweeping gesture or movement | Synonyms: sweep, swing out |
(verb) engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends | - |
(verb) play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm | - |
(verb) move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner | Synonyms: sway |
(verb) move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting | - |
(verb) change direction with a swinging motion; turn | - |
(verb) be a social swinger; socialize a lot | Synonyms: get around |
(verb) influence decisively | Synonyms: swing over |
(verb) hang loosely | Synonyms: dangle, drop |
(verb) live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style | - |
(verb) have a certain musical rhythm | - |
swinge | (verb) burn superficially or lightly | Synonyms: singe |
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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 |
untwine | (verb) undo what has been twined 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 |
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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