| 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 |
| arch | (verb) form an arch or curve | Synonyms: arc, curve |
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| 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 |
| avouch | (verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avow |
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| bach | (verb) lead a bachelor's existence | Synonyms: bachelor |
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| backstitch | (verb) do backstitches | - |
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| batch | (verb) batch together; assemble or process as a batch | - |
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| beach | (verb) land on a beach | - |
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| belch | (verb) expel gas from the stomach | Synonyms: bubble, burp, eruct |
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| (verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks | Synonyms: erupt, extravasate |
| bench | (verb) To lift a weight using a bench press | - |
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| (verb) To exercise using a bench press | - |
| (verb) exhibit on a bench | - |
| (verb) take out of a game; of players | - |
| beseech | (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, bid, conjure, entreat, press |
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| besmirch | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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| (verb) smear so as to make dirty or stained | Synonyms: smirch |
| bewitch | (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind |
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| (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: enchant, glamour, hex, jinx, witch |
| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
| birch | (verb) whip with a birch twig | - |
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| birdwatch | (verb) watch and study birds in their natural habitat | Synonyms: bird |
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| bitch | (verb) say mean things | Synonyms: backbite |
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| (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
| blanch | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blench, pale |
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| (verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: parboil |
| 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 |
| blench | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blanch, pale |
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| blotch | (verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | Synonyms: mottle, streak |
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| botch | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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| branch | (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: fork, furcate, ramify, separate |
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| (verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | Synonyms: ramify |
| 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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| brooch | (verb) fasten with or as if with a brooch | Synonyms: clasp |
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| brunch | (verb) eat a meal in the late morning | - |
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| bunch | (verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster | Synonyms: bundle, clump, cluster |
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| (verb) form into a bunch | Synonyms: bunch together, bunch up |
| catch | (verb) come down with | - |
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| (verb) be struck or affected by | - |
| (verb) delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned | - |
| (verb) detect a blunder or misstep | Synonyms: trip up |
| (verb) discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state | - |
| (verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of | Synonyms: get |
| (verb) become aware of | - |
| (verb) be the catcher | - |
| (verb) catch up with and possibly overtake | Synonyms: catch up with, overtake |
| (verb) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of | Synonyms: grab |
| (verb) succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase | Synonyms: capture, get |
| (verb) capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping | Synonyms: capture |
| (verb) to hook or entangle | Synonyms: hitch |
| (verb) attract and fix | Synonyms: arrest, get |
| (verb) cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled | - |
| (verb) spread or be communicated | - |
| (verb) take in and retain | - |
| (verb) reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot | Synonyms: get |
| (verb) apprehend and reproduce accurately | Synonyms: get |
| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
| (verb) reach in time | - |
| (verb) hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | Synonyms: overhear, take in |
| (verb) perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily | Synonyms: pick up |
| (verb) see or watch | Synonyms: see, take in, view, watch |
| (verb) suffer from the receipt of | Synonyms: get |
| (verb) perceive by hearing | Synonyms: get |
| (verb) get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly | - |
| (verb) check oneself during an action | - |
| (verb) start burning | - |
| church | (verb) perform a special church rite or service for | - |
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| cinch | (verb) get a grip on; get mastery of | - |
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| (verb) make sure of | - |
| (verb) tie a cinch around | Synonyms: girth |
| clench | (verb) hold in a tight grasp | Synonyms: clinch |
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| (verb) squeeze together tightly | - |
| clinch | (verb) settle conclusively | - |
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| (verb) flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) | - |
| (verb) secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts | - |
| (verb) hold in a tight grasp | Synonyms: clench |
| (verb) embrace amorously | - |
| (verb) hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches | - |
| clutch | (verb) affect | Synonyms: get hold of, seize |
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| (verb) take into your hands deliberately | Synonyms: prehend, seize, take hold, take hold of |
| (verb) hold firmly, usually with one's hands | Synonyms: cling to, hold close, hold tight |
| 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 | - |
| couch | (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, frame, put, redact |
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| countermarch | (verb) change the order of soldiers during a march | - |
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| (verb) march back along the same way | - |
| cranch | (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: craunch, crunch, grind |
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| craunch | (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: cranch, crunch, grind |
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| crosshatch | (verb) shade with multiple crossing lines | - |
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| crouch | (verb) sit on one's heels | Synonyms: hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up, squat |
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| (verb) bend one's back forward from the waist on down | Synonyms: bend, bow, stoop |
| crunch | (verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | Synonyms: bray, comminute, grind, mash |
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| (verb) make a crushing noise | Synonyms: crackle, scranch, scraunch |
| (verb) crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound | Synonyms: munch |
| (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: cranch, craunch, grind |
| debauch | (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
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| debouch | (verb) pass out or emerge; especially of rivers | - |
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| (verb) march out (as from a defile) into open ground | Synonyms: march out |
| declutch | (verb) disengage the clutch of a car | - |
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| despatch | (verb) send away towards a designated goal | Synonyms: dispatch, send off |
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| 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 | - |
| dispatch | (verb) kill without delay | - |
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| (verb) send away towards a designated goal | Synonyms: despatch, send off |
| (verb) complete or carry out | Synonyms: complete, discharge |
| (verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation | Synonyms: bump off, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay |
| (verb) dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently | - |
| ditch | (verb) crash or crash-land | - |
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| (verb) cut a trench in, as for drainage | Synonyms: trench |
| (verb) make an emergency landing on water | - |
| (verb) forsake | - |
| (verb) throw away | Synonyms: chuck |
| (verb) sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly | Synonyms: dump |
| drench | (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse |
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| (verb) permeate or impregnate | Synonyms: imbrue |
| (verb) force to drink | - |
| (verb) drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged | Synonyms: swamp |
| encroach | (verb) advance beyond the usual limit | Synonyms: impinge, infringe |
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| (verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: entrench, impinge, trench |
| enrich | (verb) make better or improve in quality | - |
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| (verb) make wealthy or richer | - |
| entrench | (verb) fix firmly or securely | Synonyms: intrench |
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| (verb) occupy a trench or secured area | Synonyms: dig in |
| (verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: encroach, impinge, trench |
| etch | (verb) selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons | - |
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| (verb) carve or cut a design or letters into | Synonyms: engrave |
| (verb) make an etching of | - |
| (verb) carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block | Synonyms: engrave |
| (verb) cause to stand out or be clearly defined or visible | - |
| fetch | (verb) go or come after and bring or take back | Synonyms: bring, convey, get |
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| (verb) remove | - |
| (verb) be sold for a certain price | Synonyms: bring, bring in |
| filch | (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
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| flinch | (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince |
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| frogmarch | (verb) carry someone against his will upside down such that each limb is held by one person | - |
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| (verb) march a person against his will by any method | - |
| glitch | (verb) To suffer a minor malfunction | - |
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| grouch | (verb) show one's unhappiness or critical attitude | Synonyms: grumble, scold |
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| hatch | (verb) sit on (eggs) | Synonyms: brood, cover, incubate |
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| (verb) emerge from the eggs | - |
| (verb) draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper | - |
| (verb) devise or invent | Synonyms: concoct, dream up, think of, think up |
| (verb) inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating | - |
| hemstitch | (verb) sew with hemstitches | - |
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| hitch | (verb) to hook or entangle | Synonyms: catch |
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| (verb) connect to a vehicle: | - |
| (verb) travel by getting free rides from motorists | Synonyms: hitchhike, thumb |
| (verb) walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury | Synonyms: gimp, hobble, limp |
| (verb) jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched | Synonyms: buck, jerk |
| hunch | (verb) round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward | Synonyms: hump, hunch forward, hunch over |
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| 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 | - |
| inch | (verb) advance slowly, as if by inches | Synonyms: edge |
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| intrench | (verb) fix firmly or securely | Synonyms: entrench |
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| itch | (verb) have a strong desire or urge to do something | Synonyms: spoil |
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| (verb) have or perceive an itch | - |
| (verb) scrape or rub as if to relieve itching | Synonyms: rub, scratch |
| (verb) cause to perceive an itch | - |
| kvetch | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kick, plain, quetch, sound off |
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| latch | (verb) fasten with a latch | - |
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| launch | (verb) begin with vigor | Synonyms: plunge |
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| (verb) propel with force | - |
| (verb) launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage | - |
| (verb) get going; give impetus to | Synonyms: set in motion |
| (verb) smoothen the surface of | - |
| (verb) set up or found | Synonyms: establish, found, set up |
| 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 | - |
| leech | (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: bleed, phlebotomise, phlebotomize |
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| lunch | (verb) take the midday meal | - |
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| (verb) provide a midday meal for | - |
| lurch | (verb) defeat by a lurch | Synonyms: skunk |
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| (verb) move abruptly | Synonyms: pitch, shift |
| (verb) move slowly and unsteadily | - |
| (verb) walk as if unable to control one's movements | Synonyms: careen, keel, reel, stagger, swag |
| (verb) loiter about, with no apparent aim | Synonyms: prowl |
| lynch | (verb) kill without legal sanction | - |
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| march | (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge |
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| (verb) walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride | - |
| (verb) march in a procession | Synonyms: process |
| (verb) walk ostentatiously | Synonyms: exhibit, parade |
| (verb) force to march | - |
| (verb) cause to march or go at a marching pace | - |
| (verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration | Synonyms: demonstrate |
| match | (verb) be equal or harmonize | - |
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| (verb) make correspond or harmonize | Synonyms: fit |
| (verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching | Synonyms: equal, equalise, equalize, equate |
| (verb) set into opposition or rivalry | Synonyms: oppose, pit, play off |
| (verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, mate, pair, twin |
| (verb) give or join in marriage | - |
| (verb) provide funds complementary to | - |
| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, tally |
| (verb) be equal to in quality or ability | Synonyms: equal, rival, touch |
| mismatch | (verb) match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together | - |
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| mooch | (verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: bum, cadge, grub, sponge |
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| mulch | (verb) cover with mulch | - |
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| munch | (verb) crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound | Synonyms: crunch |
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| notch | (verb) notch a surface to record something | - |
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| (verb) cut or make a notch into | - |
| outmarch | (verb) march longer distances and for a longer time than | - |
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| outmatch | (verb) be or do something to a greater degree | Synonyms: exceed, outdo, outgo, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass |
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| overarch | (verb) form an arch over | Synonyms: arch over |
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| (verb) be central or dominant | - |
| 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 | - |
| overstretch | (verb) strain abnormally | Synonyms: pull |
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| parch | (verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | Synonyms: sear |
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| patch | (verb) mend by putting a patch on | Synonyms: patch up |
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| (verb) repair by adding pieces | Synonyms: piece |
| (verb) to join or unite the pieces of | Synonyms: piece |
| (verb) provide with a patch; also used metaphorically | - |
| 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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| perch | (verb) sit, as on a branch | Synonyms: rest, roost |
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| (verb) cause to perch or sit | - |
| (verb) to come to rest, settle | Synonyms: alight, light |
| pinch | (verb) irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear | Synonyms: vellicate |
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| (verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers | Synonyms: nip, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch |
| (verb) make ridges into by pinching together | Synonyms: crimp |
| (verb) cut the top off | Synonyms: top |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| pitch | (verb) set to a certain pitch | - |
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| (verb) set the level or character of | Synonyms: gear |
| (verb) lead (a card) and establish the trump suit | - |
| (verb) throw or toss with a light motion | Synonyms: flip, sky, toss |
| (verb) erect and fasten | Synonyms: set up |
| (verb) hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin | - |
| (verb) throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball | Synonyms: deliver |
| (verb) fall or plunge forward | - |
| (verb) be at an angle | Synonyms: incline, slope |
| (verb) heel over | Synonyms: cant, cant over, slant, tilt |
| (verb) move abruptly | Synonyms: lurch, shift |
| (verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place | Synonyms: hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, vend |
| 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 | - |
| pooch | (verb) round one's lips as if intending to kiss | Synonyms: pooch out |
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| pouch | (verb) swell or protrude outwards | Synonyms: bulge, protrude |
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| (verb) put into a small bag | - |
| (verb) send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels | - |
| preach | (verb) speak, plead, or argue in favor of | Synonyms: advocate |
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| (verb) deliver a sermon | Synonyms: prophesy |
| punch | (verb) deliver a quick blow to | Synonyms: plug |
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| (verb) make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation | Synonyms: perforate |
| (verb) drive forcibly as if by a punch | - |
| quench | (verb) suppress or crush completely | Synonyms: quell, squelch |
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| (verb) cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid | - |
| (verb) reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance | - |
| (verb) satisfy (thirst) | Synonyms: allay, assuage, slake |
| (verb) suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device | - |
| (verb) put out, as of fires, flames, or lights | Synonyms: blow out, extinguish, snuff out |