| ban
|
(verb) forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) |
Synonyms:
censor |
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| (verb) prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure |
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| (verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment |
Synonyms:
banish |
| (verb) expel from a community or group |
Synonyms:
banish,
cast out,
ostracise,
ostracize,
shun,
blackball |
| bean
|
(verb) hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball |
- |
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| bemoan
|
(verb) regret strongly |
Synonyms:
lament,
deplore,
bewail |
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| can
|
(verb) preserve in a can or tin |
Synonyms:
put up,
tin |
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| (verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position |
Synonyms:
displace,
fire,
force out,
sack,
dismiss,
give notice,
give the axe,
give the sack,
send away,
terminate |
| caravan
|
(verb) travel in a caravan |
- |
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| chairman
|
(verb) act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university |
Synonyms:
chair |
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| clean
|
(verb) make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from |
Synonyms:
make clean |
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| (verb) remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits |
Synonyms:
pick |
| (verb) clean and tidy up the house |
Synonyms:
houseclean,
clean house |
| (verb) clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing |
Synonyms:
cleanse |
| (verb) be cleanable |
- |
| (verb) deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc. |
- |
| (verb) remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely |
Synonyms:
strip |
| (verb) remove while making clean |
- |
| (verb) remove unwanted substances from |
Synonyms:
scavenge |
| (verb) remove shells or husks from |
- |
| demean
|
(verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally |
Synonyms:
put down,
take down,
disgrace,
degrade |
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| fan
|
(verb) strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) |
- |
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| (verb) make (an emotion) fiercer |
- |
| (verb) agitate the air |
- |
| (verb) blow away or off with a current of air |
Synonyms:
winnow |
| glean
|
(verb) gather, as of natural products |
Synonyms:
reap,
harvest |
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| groan
|
(verb) indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure |
Synonyms:
moan |
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| houseclean
|
(verb) clean and tidy up the house |
Synonyms:
clean,
clean house |
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| inspan
|
(verb) attach a yoke or harness to |
- |
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| japan
|
(verb) coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan |
- |
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| lean
|
(verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position |
Synonyms:
slant,
angle,
tilt,
tip |
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| (verb) cause to lean or incline |
- |
| (verb) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined |
Synonyms:
incline,
run,
tend,
be given |
| (verb) rely on for support |
- |
| (verb) cause to lean to the side |
Synonyms:
list |
| loan
|
(verb) give temporarily; let have for a limited time |
Synonyms:
lend |
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| man
|
(verb) take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place |
- |
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| (verb) provide with workers |
- |
| mean
|
(verb) mean or intend to express or convey |
Synonyms:
intend |
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| (verb) have as a logical consequence |
Synonyms:
entail,
imply |
| (verb) denote or connote |
Synonyms:
intend,
stand for,
signify |
| (verb) have in mind as a purpose |
Synonyms:
intend,
think |
| (verb) have a specified degree of importance |
- |
| (verb) intend to refer to |
Synonyms:
have in mind,
think of |
| (verb) destine or designate for a certain purpose |
- |
| misdemean
|
(verb) behave badly |
Synonyms:
misbehave,
misconduct |
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| moan
|
(verb) indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure |
Synonyms:
groan |
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| orphan
|
(verb) deprive of parents |
- |
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| outspan
|
(verb) remove the yoke or harness from |
- |
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| pan
|
(verb) make a sweeping movement |
- |
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| (verb) wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals |
Synonyms:
pan out,
pan off |
| (verb) express a totally negative opinion of |
Synonyms:
trash,
tear apart |
| plan
|
(verb) have the will and intention to carry out some action |
Synonyms:
be after |
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| (verb) make plans for something |
- |
| (verb) make or work out a plan for; devise |
Synonyms:
design,
project,
contrive |
| (verb) make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form |
Synonyms:
design |
| scan
|
(verb) examine minutely or intensely |
- |
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| (verb) examine hastily |
Synonyms:
skim,
rake,
run down,
glance over |
| (verb) make a wide, sweeping search of |
- |
| (verb) conform to a metrical pattern |
- |
| (verb) move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image |
- |
| (verb) read metrically |
- |
| (verb) obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources |
Synonyms:
read |
| span
|
(verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period |
Synonyms:
sweep,
cross,
traverse |
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| suntan
|
(verb) get a tan from being exposed to the sun |
- |
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| swan
|
(verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true |
Synonyms:
swear,
verify,
affirm,
assert,
aver,
avow |
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| (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment |
Synonyms:
range,
ramble,
roam,
roll,
rove,
drift,
wander,
stray,
vagabond,
cast,
tramp |
| (verb) sweep majestically |
- |
| tan
|
(verb) treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather |
- |
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| (verb) get a tan, from wind or sun |
Synonyms:
bronze |
| toboggan
|
(verb) move along on a luge or toboggan |
Synonyms:
luge |
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| trepan
|
(verb) cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery |
- |
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| unman
|
(verb) cause to lose one's nerve |
- |
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| wan
|
(verb) become pale and sickly |
- |
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| wean
|
(verb) gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk |
Synonyms:
ablactate |
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| (verb) detach the affections of |
- |