allay | (verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: assuage, quench, slake |
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(verb) lessen the intensity of or calm | Synonyms: ease, relieve, still |
array | (verb) align oneself with a group or a way of thinking | Synonyms: align |
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(verb) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line | Synonyms: lay out, range, set out |
assay | (verb) analyze (chemical substances) | - |
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(verb) make an effort or attempt | Synonyms: attempt, essay, seek, try |
bay | (verb) bark with prolonged noises, of dogs | Synonyms: quest |
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(verb) utter in deep prolonged tones | - |
belay | (verb) fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat | - |
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(verb) turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him | - |
benday | (verb) reproduce by the Benday process | - |
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betray | (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
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(verb) reveal unintentionally | Synonyms: bewray |
(verb) cause someone to believe an untruth | Synonyms: deceive, lead astray |
(verb) disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake | Synonyms: fail |
(verb) deliver to an enemy by treachery | Synonyms: sell |
(verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | Synonyms: cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander |
bewray | (verb) reveal unintentionally | Synonyms: betray |
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bioassay | (verb) subject to a bio-assay | - |
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bray | (verb) laugh loudly and harshly | - |
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(verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | Synonyms: comminute, crunch, grind, mash |
(verb) braying characteristic of donkeys | Synonyms: hee-haw |
causeway | (verb) pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles | - |
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(verb) provide with a causeway | - |
cosplay | (verb) wear a costume to resemble a character from some media especially anime | - |
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decay | (verb) fall into decay or ruin | Synonyms: crumble, dilapidate |
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(verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decompose, disintegrate |
(verb) undergo decay or decomposition | - |
defray | (verb) bear the expenses of | - |
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delay | (verb) cause to be slowed down or delayed | Synonyms: detain, hold up |
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(verb) stop or halt | Synonyms: detain, stay |
(verb) slow the growth or development of | Synonyms: check, retard |
(verb) act later than planned, scheduled, or required | - |
disarray | (verb) bring disorder to | Synonyms: disorder |
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dismay | (verb) fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised | Synonyms: alarm, appal, appall, horrify |
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(verb) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted | Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dispirit, get down |
display | (verb) to show, make visible or apparent | Synonyms: exhibit, expose |
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(verb) attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals | - |
downplay | (verb) understate the importance or quality of | Synonyms: background, play down |
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(verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: minimise, minimize, understate |
essay | (verb) make an effort or attempt | Synonyms: assay, attempt, seek, try |
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(verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to | Synonyms: examine, prove, test, try, try out |
flay | (verb) strip the skin off | - |
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foray | (verb) briefly enter enemy territory | - |
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(verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip |
fray | (verb) wear away by rubbing | Synonyms: frazzle |
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(verb) cause friction | Synonyms: chafe, fret, rub, scratch |
gainsay | (verb) take exception to | Synonyms: challenge, dispute |
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gray | (verb) turn grey | Synonyms: grey |
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(verb) make grey | Synonyms: grey |
hay | (verb) convert (plant material) into hay | - |
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holiday | (verb) spend or take a vacation | Synonyms: vacation |
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inlay | (verb) decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal | - |
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lay | (verb) put in a horizontal position | Synonyms: put down, repose |
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(verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: place, pose, position, put, set |
(verb) lay eggs | - |
(verb) prepare or position for action or operation | - |
(verb) impose as a duty, burden, or punishment | - |
mislay | (verb) place (something) where one cannot find it again | Synonyms: misplace |
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misplay | (verb) play wrong or in an unskillful manner | - |
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(verb) play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note | - |
okay | (verb) give sanction to | Synonyms: approve, O.K., sanction |
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outplay | (verb) excel or defeat in a game | - |
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outstay | (verb) stay too long | Synonyms: overstay |
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(verb) surpass in staying power | - |
overlay | (verb) put something on top of something else | Synonyms: cover |
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(verb) kill by lying on | Synonyms: overlie |
overpay | (verb) pay too much | - |
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overplay | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham, ham it up, overact |
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overstay | (verb) stay too long | Synonyms: outstay |
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parlay | (verb) stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | Synonyms: double up |
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pay | (verb) dedicate | Synonyms: devote, give |
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(verb) bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action | - |
(verb) convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow | Synonyms: give |
(verb) give money, usually in exchange for goods or services | - |
(verb) bring in | Synonyms: bear, yield |
(verb) do or give something to somebody in return | Synonyms: compensate, make up, pay off |
(verb) cancel or discharge a debt | Synonyms: ante up, pay up |
(verb) make a compensation for | - |
(verb) discharge or settle | - |
(verb) render | - |
(verb) be worth it | - |
play | (verb) engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously | Synonyms: toy |
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(verb) pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind | Synonyms: act, act as |
(verb) exhaust by allowing to pull on the line | - |
(verb) consider not very seriously | Synonyms: dally, trifle |
(verb) participate in games or sport | - |
(verb) bet or wager (money) | - |
(verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Synonyms: encounter, meet, take on |
(verb) put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game | - |
(verb) make bets | - |
(verb) stake on the outcome of an issue | Synonyms: bet, wager |
(verb) shoot or hit in a particular manner | - |
(verb) employ in a game or in a specific position | - |
(verb) use or move | - |
(verb) use to one's advantage | - |
(verb) manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination | Synonyms: diddle, fiddle, toy |
(verb) discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream | - |
(verb) replay (as a melody) | Synonyms: spiel |
(verb) perform music on (a musical instrument) | - |
(verb) play a role or part | Synonyms: act, represent |
(verb) perform on a certain location | - |
(verb) be performed or presented for public viewing | - |
(verb) cause to emit recorded audio or video | Synonyms: run |
(verb) pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity | - |
(verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: act, playact, roleplay |
(verb) emit recorded sound | - |
(verb) play on an instrument | - |
(verb) cause to happen or to occur as a consequence | Synonyms: bring, make for, work, wreak |
(verb) move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly | - |
(verb) cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space | - |
(verb) engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion | Synonyms: recreate |
(verb) behave in a certain way | - |
(verb) be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children | - |
(verb) act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome | - |
(verb) behave carelessly or indifferently | Synonyms: dally, flirt, toy |
(verb) be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way | - |
portray | (verb) portray in words | - |
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(verb) make a portrait of | Synonyms: depict, limn |
(verb) assume or act the character of | Synonyms: impersonate |
(verb) represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture | Synonyms: present |
pray | (verb) address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer | - |
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(verb) call upon in supplication; entreat | Synonyms: beg, implore |
prepay | (verb) pay for something before receiving it | - |
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ray | (verb) expose to radiation | Synonyms: irradiate |
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(verb) extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center | Synonyms: radiate |
(verb) emit as rays | - |
relay | (verb) pass along | - |
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(verb) control or operate by relay | - |
repay | (verb) answer back | Synonyms: come back, rejoin, retort, return, riposte |
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(verb) pay back | Synonyms: give back, refund, return |
(verb) make repayment for or return something | Synonyms: requite |
(verb) act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions | Synonyms: pay back, reward |
replay | (verb) play again | - |
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(verb) repeat a game against the same opponent | - |
(verb) play (a melody) again | - |
(verb) reproduce (a recording) on a recorder | Synonyms: play back |
roleplay | (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: act, play, playact |
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sashay | (verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: cock, prance, ruffle, strut, swagger, tittup |
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(verb) move sideways | Synonyms: sidle |
(verb) perform a chasse step, in ballet | Synonyms: chasse |
say | (verb) express in words | Synonyms: state, tell |
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(verb) report or maintain | Synonyms: allege, aver |
(verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out |
(verb) express a supposition | Synonyms: suppose |
(verb) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority | Synonyms: enjoin, order, tell |
(verb) communicate or express nonverbally | - |
(verb) recite or repeat a fixed text | - |
(verb) indicate | - |
(verb) state as one's opinion or judgement; declare | - |
(verb) utter aloud | - |
(verb) have or contain a certain wording or form | Synonyms: read |
slay | (verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation | Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove |
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(verb) to succeed greatly | - |
spay | (verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: alter, castrate, neuter |
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splay | (verb) move out of position | Synonyms: dislocate, luxate, slip |
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(verb) turn outward | Synonyms: rotate, spread out, turn out |
(verb) spread open or apart | - |
spray | (verb) scatter in a mass or jet of droplets | - |
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(verb) be discharged in sprays of liquid | - |
(verb) cover by spraying with a liquid | - |
stay | (verb) stay the same; remain in a certain state | Synonyms: remain, rest |
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(verb) stop or halt | Synonyms: delay, detain |
(verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: appease, quell |
(verb) fasten with stays | - |
(verb) be in a certain place and not leave | Synonyms: persist, remain, stay put, stick, stick around |
(verb) stop a judicial process | - |
(verb) dwell | Synonyms: abide, bide |
(verb) continue in a place, position, or situation | Synonyms: continue, remain, stay on |
(verb) hang on during a trial of endurance | Synonyms: last out, outride, ride out |
stray | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: digress, divagate, wander |
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(verb) wander from a direct course or at random | Synonyms: drift, err |
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
sway | (verb) move back and forth or sideways | Synonyms: rock, shake |
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(verb) move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner | Synonyms: swing |
(verb) cause to move back and forth | Synonyms: rock |
(verb) win approval or support for | Synonyms: carry, persuade |
underlay | (verb) provide with a base, support, lining, or backing | - |
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(verb) put (something) under or beneath | - |
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type | - |
underpay | (verb) pay too little | - |
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underplay | (verb) play a card lower than (a held high card) | - |
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(verb) act (a role) with great restraint | Synonyms: underact |
unsay | (verb) take back what one has said | Synonyms: swallow, take back, withdraw |
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waylay | (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper |
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