| bead | (verb) string together like beads | - |
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| (verb) decorate by sewing beads onto | - |
| (verb) form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example | - |
| behead | (verb) cut the head of | Synonyms: decapitate, decollate |
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| blacklead | (verb) cover with graphite | - |
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| brad | (verb) fasten with brads | - |
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| bread | (verb) cover with bread crumbs | - |
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| cheerlead | (verb) act as a cheerleader in a sports event | - |
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| copyread | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyedit, subedit |
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| dispread | (verb) spread abroad or out | - |
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| download | (verb) transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location | - |
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| dread | (verb) be afraid or scared of; be frightened of | Synonyms: fear |
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| freeload | (verb) live off somebody's generosity | - |
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| gad | (verb) wander aimlessly in search of pleasure | Synonyms: gallivant, jazz around |
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| goad | (verb) annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism | Synonyms: needle |
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| (verb) urge with or as if with a goad | - |
| (verb) stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick | Synonyms: prick |
| (verb) give heart or courage to | Synonyms: spur |
| head | (verb) remove the head of | - |
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| (verb) to go or travel towards | - |
| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| (verb) travel in front of; go in advance of others | Synonyms: lead |
| (verb) be in charge of | Synonyms: lead |
| (verb) be in the front of or on top of | - |
| (verb) be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel | Synonyms: head up |
| (verb) form a head or come or grow to a head | - |
| (verb) take its rise | - |
| homestead | (verb) settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead | - |
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| knead | (verb) to mix into a homogeneous mass | Synonyms: work |
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| (verb) manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes | Synonyms: massage, rub down |
| lead | (verb) cause to undertake a certain action | - |
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| (verb) preside over | Synonyms: chair, moderate |
| (verb) lead, as in the performance of a composition | Synonyms: conduct, direct |
| (verb) travel in front of; go in advance of others | Synonyms: head |
| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: conduct, direct, guide, take |
| (verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space | Synonyms: precede |
| (verb) be in charge of | Synonyms: head |
| (verb) be conducive to | Synonyms: conduce, contribute |
| (verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | Synonyms: extend, go, pass, run |
| (verb) be ahead of others; be the first | Synonyms: top |
| (verb) cause something to pass or lead somewhere | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) lead, extend, or afford access | Synonyms: go |
| (verb) produce as a result or residue | Synonyms: leave, result |
| (verb) tend to or result in | - |
| lipread | (verb) interpret by lipreading; of deaf people | Synonyms: lip-read, speech-read |
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| load | (verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: adulterate, debase, dilute, stretch |
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| (verb) fill or place a load on | Synonyms: lade, laden, load up |
| (verb) provide (a device) with something necessary | Synonyms: charge |
| (verb) put (something) on a structure or conveyance | - |
| (verb) transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory | - |
| mislead | (verb) give false or misleading information to | Synonyms: misinform |
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| (verb) lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions | Synonyms: lead astray, misdirect, misguide |
| misread | (verb) interpret wrongly | Synonyms: misinterpret |
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| (verb) read or interpret wrongly | - |
| offload | (verb) remove the load from (a container or vehicle) | Synonyms: unlade, unload |
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| (verb) transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data | - |
| overload | (verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired | Synonyms: clog |
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| (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overcharge, surcharge |
| (verb) become overloaded | - |
| overspread | (verb) spread across or over | Synonyms: spread |
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| pad | (verb) add padding to | Synonyms: bolster |
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| (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard |
| (verb) line or stuff with soft material | Synonyms: fill out |
| (verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | Synonyms: footslog, plod, slog, tramp, trudge |
| plead | (verb) appeal or request earnestly | - |
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| (verb) enter a plea, as in courts of law | - |
| (verb) offer as an excuse or plea | - |
| (verb) make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts | - |
| proofread | (verb) read for errors | Synonyms: proof |
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| railroad | (verb) transport by railroad | - |
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| (verb) supply with railroad lines | - |
| (verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | Synonyms: dragoon, sandbag |
| read | (verb) interpret something that is written or printed | - |
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| (verb) look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed | - |
| (verb) interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior | - |
| (verb) make sense of a language | Synonyms: interpret, translate, understand |
| (verb) be a student of a certain subject | Synonyms: learn, study, take |
| (verb) obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources | Synonyms: scan |
| (verb) to hear and understand | - |
| (verb) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression | Synonyms: take |
| (verb) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments | Synonyms: record, register, show |
| (verb) audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role | - |
| (verb) have or contain a certain wording or form | Synonyms: say |
| reload | (verb) place a new load on | - |
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| (verb) load anew | Synonyms: recharge |
| reread | (verb) read anew; read again | - |
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| retread | (verb) give new treads to (a tire) | Synonyms: remold, remould |
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| (verb) use again in altered form | Synonyms: make over, rework |
| sightread | (verb) perform music from a score without having seen the score before | Synonyms: sight-read |
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| spearhead | (verb) be the leader of | - |
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| spread | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate |
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| (verb) become widely known and passed on | Synonyms: circulate, go around |
| (verb) distribute or disperse widely | Synonyms: distribute |
| (verb) spread out or open from a closed or folded state | Synonyms: open, spread out, unfold |
| (verb) become distributed or widespread | Synonyms: propagate |
| (verb) cover by spreading something over | - |
| (verb) distribute over a surface in a layer | - |
| (verb) strew or distribute over an area | Synonyms: scatter, spread out |
| (verb) move outward | Synonyms: diffuse, fan out, spread out |
| (verb) spread across or over | Synonyms: overspread |
| thread | (verb) pass a thread through | - |
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| (verb) thread on or as if on a string | Synonyms: draw, string |
| (verb) remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string | - |
| (verb) pass through or into | - |
| (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, wander, weave, wind |
| tread | (verb) crush as if by treading on | - |
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| (verb) brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center | - |
| (verb) mate with (used of male birds) | - |
| (verb) tread or stomp heavily or roughly | Synonyms: trample |
| (verb) put down or press the foot, place the foot | Synonyms: step |
| (verb) apply (the tread) to a tire | - |
| unload | (verb) remove the load from (a container or vehicle) | Synonyms: offload, unlade |
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| (verb) remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave | Synonyms: discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down |
| upload | (verb) transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location | - |
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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 |