approach | (verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | - |
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(verb) move towards | Synonyms: come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near |
(verb) come near in time | Synonyms: come near |
(verb) begin to deal with | Synonyms: go about, set about |
(verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | Synonyms: border on |
attach | (verb) become attached | - |
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(verb) cause to be attached | - |
(verb) be attached; be in contact with | - |
(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: confiscate, impound, seize, sequester |
(verb) create social or emotional ties | Synonyms: bind, bond, tie |
bach | (verb) lead a bachelor's existence | Synonyms: bachelor |
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beach | (verb) land on a beach | - |
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bleach | (verb) make whiter or lighter | - |
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(verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
breach | (verb) make an opening or gap in | Synonyms: gap |
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(verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate |
broach | (verb) bring up a topic for discussion | Synonyms: initiate |
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coach | (verb) teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | Synonyms: train |
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(verb) drive or operate a coach or carriage | - |
detach | (verb) come to be detached | Synonyms: come away, come off |
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(verb) cause to become detached or separated; take off | - |
(verb) separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment | - |
encroach | (verb) advance beyond the usual limit | Synonyms: impinge, infringe |
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(verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: entrench, impinge, trench |
impeach | (verb) bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Synonyms: accuse, criminate, incriminate |
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(verb) charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office | - |
(verb) challenge the honesty or veracity of | - |
leach | (verb) remove substances from by a percolating liquid | Synonyms: strip |
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(verb) permeate or penetrate gradually | Synonyms: percolate |
(verb) cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate | - |
overreach | (verb) beat through cleverness and wit | Synonyms: beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit |
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(verb) fail by aiming too high or trying too hard | - |
peach | (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets | Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle |
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pleach | (verb) interlace the shoots of | Synonyms: plash |
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(verb) form or weave into a braid or braids | Synonyms: braid |
poach | (verb) cook in a simmering liquid | - |
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(verb) hunt illegally | - |
preach | (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: advocate |
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(verb) deliver a sermon | Synonyms: prophesy |
reach | (verb) be in or establish communication with | Synonyms: contact, get hold of, get through |
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(verb) to exert much effort or energy | Synonyms: strain, strive |
(verb) move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense | Synonyms: reach out |
(verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: attain, hit |
(verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make |
(verb) reach a goal | Synonyms: get to, make, progress to |
(verb) place into the hands or custody of | Synonyms: give, hand, pass, pass on, turn over |
(verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, attain |
(verb) to extend as far as | Synonyms: extend to, touch |
reproach | (verb) express criticism towards | Synonyms: upbraid |
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roach | (verb) cut the mane off (a horse) | - |
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(verb) comb (hair) into a roach | - |
stomach | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, suffer, support, tolerate |
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(verb) bear to eat | - |
teach | (verb) accustom gradually to some action or attitude | - |
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(verb) impart skills or knowledge to | Synonyms: instruct, learn |
unteach | (verb) cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier | - |
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(verb) cause to unlearn | - |