advantage | (verb) give an advantage to | - |
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age | (verb) grow old or older | Synonyms: get on, maturate, mature, senesce |
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(verb) begin to seem older; get older | - |
(verb) make older | - |
arbitrage | (verb) practice arbitrage, as in the stock market | - |
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assuage | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, palliate, relieve |
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(verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: allay, quench, slake |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
average | (verb) compute the average of | Synonyms: average out |
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(verb) achieve or reach on average | - |
(verb) amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain | Synonyms: average out |
bandage | (verb) dress by covering or binding | - |
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(verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose | Synonyms: bind |
barrage | (verb) address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage | Synonyms: bombard |
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cabbage | (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
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cage | (verb) confine in a cage | Synonyms: cage in |
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camouflage | (verb) disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something | - |
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damage | (verb) inflict damage upon | - |
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(verb) suffer or be susceptible to damage | - |
disadvantage | (verb) put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm | Synonyms: disfavor, disfavour |
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discourage | (verb) try to prevent; show opposition to | Synonyms: deter |
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(verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, monish, warn |
(verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged | - |
disengage | (verb) become free | - |
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(verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | Synonyms: withdraw |
(verb) free or remove obstruction from | Synonyms: free |
disparage | (verb) express a negative opinion of | Synonyms: belittle, pick at |
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encourage | (verb) spur on | - |
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(verb) inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to | - |
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, further, promote |
engage | (verb) get caught | - |
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(verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engross, occupy |
(verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, betroth, plight |
(verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: lock, mesh, operate |
(verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, hire, lease, rent, take |
(verb) hire for work or assistance | Synonyms: enlist |
(verb) ask to represent; of legal counsel | - |
(verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: employ, hire |
(verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: prosecute, pursue |
(verb) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) | Synonyms: wage |
enrage | (verb) put into a rage; make violently angry | - |
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envisage | (verb) form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case | Synonyms: conceive of, ideate, imagine |
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forage | (verb) wander and feed | - |
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(verb) collect or look around for (food) | Synonyms: scrounge |
gage | (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, game, punt, stake |
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garage | (verb) keep or store in a garage | - |
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hemorrhage | (verb) lose blood from one's body | Synonyms: bleed, shed blood |
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image | (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize |
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(verb) render visible, as by means of MRI | - |
leverage | (verb) provide with leverage | - |
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(verb) supplement with leverage | - |
manage | (verb) handle effectively | Synonyms: handle, wield |
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(verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of | Synonyms: care, deal, handle |
(verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: oversee, superintend, supervise |
(verb) carry on or function | Synonyms: do |
(verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out |
(verb) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods | Synonyms: finagle, wangle |
(verb) be successful; achieve a goal | Synonyms: bring off, carry off, negociate, pull off |
massage | (verb) give a massage to | - |
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(verb) manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes | Synonyms: knead, rub down |
message | (verb) send a message | - |
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(verb) send as a message | - |
(verb) send a message to | - |
mismanage | (verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: misconduct, mishandle |
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mortgage | (verb) put up as security or collateral | - |
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outrage | (verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, appall, offend, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
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(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, rape, ravish, violate |
(verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: desecrate, profane, violate |
package | (verb) put into a box | Synonyms: box |
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page | (verb) contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system | - |
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(verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript | Synonyms: foliate, paginate |
(verb) work as a page | - |
patronage | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronise, patronize, support |
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(verb) support by being a patron of | - |
pillage | (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip |
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presage | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, prognosticate |
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rage | (verb) feel intense anger | - |
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(verb) be violent; as of fires and storms | - |
(verb) behave violently, as if in state of a great anger | Synonyms: ramp, storm |
rampage | (verb) act violently, recklessly, or destructively | - |
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ravage | (verb) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes | Synonyms: harry |
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(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, scourge, waste |
rummage | (verb) search haphazardly | - |
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sabotage | (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, countermine, subvert, undermine, weaken |
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salvage | (verb) collect discarded material | Synonyms: scavenge |
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(verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm | Synonyms: relieve, salve, save |
savage | (verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: blast, crucify, pillory |
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(verb) attack brutally and fiercely | - |
scrimmage | (verb) practice playing (a sport) | - |
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stage | (verb) perform (a play), especially on a stage | Synonyms: present, represent |
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(verb) plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | Synonyms: arrange |
swage | (verb) form metals with a swage | Synonyms: upset |
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upstage | (verb) steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else | - |
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(verb) move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience | - |
(verb) treat snobbishly, put in one's place | - |
voyage | (verb) travel on water propelled by wind or by other means | Synonyms: navigate, sail |
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wage | (verb) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) | Synonyms: engage |
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