| abound
|
(verb) be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities |
- |
|---|
| (verb) be in a state of movement or action |
Synonyms:
bristle,
burst |
| abscond
|
(verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along |
Synonyms:
run off,
make off,
decamp,
go off,
absquatulate,
bolt |
|---|
| accord
|
(verb) go together |
Synonyms:
consort,
agree,
harmonise,
harmonize,
concord,
fit in |
|---|
| (verb) allow to have |
Synonyms:
grant,
allot |
| add
|
(verb) make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of |
- |
|---|
| (verb) state or say further |
Synonyms:
supply,
append |
| (verb) bestow a quality on |
Synonyms:
impart,
bring,
contribute,
bestow,
lend |
| (verb) make an addition by combining numbers |
Synonyms:
add together |
| (verb) determine the sum of |
Synonyms:
add together,
tally,
summate,
total,
sum,
sum up,
add up,
tot,
tot up,
tote up |
| (verb) constitute an addition |
- |
| afford
|
(verb) be able to spare or give up |
- |
|---|
| (verb) be the cause or source of |
Synonyms:
give,
yield |
| (verb) have the financial means to do something or buy something |
- |
| (verb) afford access to |
Synonyms:
give,
open |
| aid
|
(verb) give help or assistance; be of service |
Synonyms:
help,
assist |
|---|
| (verb) improve the condition of |
Synonyms:
help |
| amend
|
(verb) make amendments to |
- |
|---|
| (verb) to make better |
Synonyms:
better,
improve,
meliorate,
ameliorate |
| (verb) set straight or right |
Synonyms:
repair,
rectify,
remediate,
remedy |
| append
|
(verb) add to the very end |
Synonyms:
supplement,
add on,
affix |
|---|
| (verb) fix to; attach |
Synonyms:
tack,
hang on,
tack on,
tag on |
| (verb) state or say further |
Synonyms:
add,
supply |
| applaud
|
(verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval |
Synonyms:
clap,
spat,
acclaim |
|---|
| (verb) express that something is worthy of praise |
- |
| apprehend
|
(verb) get the meaning of something |
Synonyms:
dig,
get the picture,
grasp,
grok,
savvy,
compass,
comprehend |
|---|
| (verb) take into custody |
Synonyms:
pick up,
arrest,
nail,
cop,
nab,
collar |
| (verb) anticipate with dread or anxiety |
Synonyms:
quail at |
| ascend
|
(verb) travel up |
Synonyms:
go up |
|---|
| (verb) go back in order of genealogical succession |
- |
| (verb) become king or queen |
- |
| (verb) appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils |
Synonyms:
climb up |
| (verb) go along towards (a river's) source |
- |
| (verb) slope upwards |
- |
| (verb) come up, of celestial bodies |
Synonyms:
rise,
uprise,
come up |
| (verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job |
Synonyms:
rise,
move up |
| astound
|
(verb) affect with wonder |
Synonyms:
amaze,
astonish |
|---|
| attend
|
(verb) be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc. |
Synonyms:
go to |
|---|
| (verb) take charge of or deal with |
Synonyms:
see,
look,
take care |
| (verb) to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result |
- |
| (verb) work for, or be a servant to |
Synonyms:
attend to,
serve,
wait on,
assist |
| (verb) give heed (to) |
Synonyms:
hang,
advert,
pay heed,
give ear |
| avoid
|
(verb) stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something |
- |
|---|
| (verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off |
Synonyms:
deflect,
avert,
ward off,
head off,
debar,
obviate,
stave off,
fend off,
forefend,
forfend |
| (verb) refrain from doing something |
- |
| (verb) refrain from certain foods or beverages |
Synonyms:
keep off |
| (verb) declare invalid |
Synonyms:
nullify,
invalidate,
quash,
void,
annul |
| award
|
(verb) give, especially as an honor or reward |
Synonyms:
present |
|---|
| (verb) give as judged due or on the basis of merit |
Synonyms:
grant |
| background
|
(verb) understate the importance or quality of |
Synonyms:
downplay,
play down |
|---|
| backhand
|
(verb) hit a tennis ball backhand |
- |
|---|
| bald
|
(verb) grow bald; lose hair on one's head |
- |
|---|
| band
|
(verb) bind or tie together, as with a band |
- |
|---|
| (verb) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify |
Synonyms:
ring |
| bard
|
(verb) put a caparison on |
Synonyms:
dress up,
caparison,
barde |
|---|
| bead
|
(verb) form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example |
- |
|---|
| (verb) decorate by sewing beads onto |
- |
| (verb) string together like beads |
- |
| beard
|
(verb) go along the rim, like a beard around the chin |
- |
|---|
| becloud
|
(verb) make less visible or unclear |
Synonyms:
obnubilate,
obscure,
cloud,
mist,
haze over,
befog,
fog |
|---|
| bed
|
(verb) furnish with a bed |
- |
|---|
| (verb) place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil |
- |
| (verb) put to bed |
- |
| (verb) have sexual intercourse with |
Synonyms:
make out,
know,
hump,
bang,
screw,
love,
roll in the hay,
jazz,
have a go at it,
have intercourse,
have it away,
have it off,
have sex,
make love,
do it,
get it on,
get laid,
eff,
sleep together,
sleep with,
be intimate,
bonk,
fuck,
lie with |
| (verb) prepare for sleep |
Synonyms:
retire,
turn in,
hit the hay,
hit the sack,
kip down,
go to bed,
go to sleep,
sack out,
crawl in |
| befriend
|
(verb) become friends with |
- |
|---|
| begild
|
(verb) decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold |
Synonyms:
gild,
engild |
|---|
| behead
|
(verb) cut the head of |
Synonyms:
decapitate,
decollate |
|---|
| behold
|
(verb) see with attention |
Synonyms:
lay eyes on |
|---|
| bend
|
(verb) form a curve |
Synonyms:
flex |
|---|
| (verb) change direction |
- |
| (verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form |
Synonyms:
flex,
turn,
twist,
deform |
| (verb) bend one's back forward from the waist on down |
Synonyms:
stoop,
crouch,
bow |
| (verb) turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest |
Synonyms:
deflect,
turn away |
| (verb) bend a joint |
Synonyms:
flex |
| bid
|
(verb) propose a payment |
Synonyms:
offer,
tender |
|---|
| (verb) invoke upon |
Synonyms:
wish |
| (verb) ask for or request earnestly |
Synonyms:
conjure,
press,
entreat,
adjure,
beseech |
| (verb) make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands |
Synonyms:
call |
| (verb) make a serious effort to attain something |
- |
| (verb) ask someone in a friendly way to do something |
Synonyms:
invite |
| bind
|
(verb) stick to firmly |
Synonyms:
stick,
bond,
stick to,
adhere,
hold fast |
|---|
| (verb) create social or emotional ties |
Synonyms:
tie,
attach,
bond |
| (verb) make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope |
- |
| (verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose |
Synonyms:
bandage |
| (verb) secure with or as if with ropes |
Synonyms:
tie up,
tie down,
truss |
| (verb) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted |
Synonyms:
hold,
obligate,
oblige |
| (verb) provide with a binding |
- |
| (verb) fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord |
Synonyms:
tie |
| (verb) form a chemical bond with |
- |
| (verb) cause to be constipated |
Synonyms:
constipate |
| bird
|
(verb) watch and study birds in their natural habitat |
Synonyms:
birdwatch |
|---|
| blackguard
|
(verb) subject to laughter or ridicule |
Synonyms:
roast,
guy,
rib,
ridicule,
jest at,
make fun,
poke fun,
laugh at |
|---|
| (verb) use foul or abusive language towards |
Synonyms:
abuse,
shout,
clapperclaw |
| blacklead
|
(verb) cover with graphite |
- |
|---|
| bleed
|
(verb) lose blood from one's body |
Synonyms:
hemorrhage,
shed blood |
|---|
| (verb) draw blood |
Synonyms:
phlebotomise,
phlebotomize,
leech |
| (verb) get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone |
- |
| (verb) be diffused |
Synonyms:
run |
| (verb) drain of liquid or steam |
- |
| blend
|
(verb) combine into one |
Synonyms:
immingle,
intermingle,
intermix |
|---|
| (verb) blend or harmonize |
Synonyms:
go,
blend in |
| (verb) mix together different elements |
Synonyms:
flux,
fuse,
combine,
mix,
immix,
meld,
merge,
coalesce,
commingle,
conflate |
| blind
|
(verb) render unable to see |
- |
|---|
| (verb) make blind by putting the eyes out |
- |
| (verb) make dim by comparison or conceal |
Synonyms:
dim |
| blindfold
|
(verb) cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing |
- |
|---|
| blood
|
(verb) smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill |
- |
|---|
| board
|
(verb) get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) |
Synonyms:
get on |
|---|
| (verb) live and take one's meals at or in |
Synonyms:
room |
| (verb) lodge and take meals (at) |
- |
| (verb) provide food and lodging (for) |
- |
| bobsled
|
(verb) ride a bobsled |
Synonyms:
bob |
|---|
| bombard
|
(verb) cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile |
Synonyms:
pelt |
|---|
| (verb) throw bombs at or attack with bombs |
Synonyms:
bomb |
| (verb) address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage |
Synonyms:
barrage |
| (verb) direct high energy particles or radiation against |
- |
| bond
|
(verb) stick to firmly |
Synonyms:
stick,
bind,
stick to,
adhere,
hold fast |
|---|
| (verb) create social or emotional ties |
Synonyms:
tie,
attach,
bind |
| (verb) issue bonds on |
- |
| (verb) bring together in a common cause or emotion |
Synonyms:
draw together |
| bottlefeed
|
(verb) feed (infants) with a bottle |
- |
|---|
| bound
|
(verb) move forward by leaps and bounds |
Synonyms:
jump,
spring,
leap |
|---|
| (verb) form the boundary of; be contiguous to |
Synonyms:
border |
| (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) |
Synonyms:
restrict,
confine,
throttle,
trammel,
limit |
| (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact |
Synonyms:
rebound,
recoil,
resile,
reverberate,
ricochet,
spring,
bounce,
take a hop |
| brad
|
(verb) fasten with brads |
- |
|---|
| braid
|
(verb) make by braiding or interlacing |
Synonyms:
lace,
plait |
|---|
| (verb) decorate with braids or ribbons |
- |
| (verb) form or weave into a braid or braids |
Synonyms:
pleach |
| brand
|
(verb) burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals |
- |
|---|
| (verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful |
Synonyms:
mark,
denounce,
stigmatise,
stigmatize |
| (verb) mark with a brand or trademark |
Synonyms:
trademark,
brandmark |
| (verb) mark or expose as infamous |
Synonyms:
post |
| bread
|
(verb) cover with bread crumbs |
- |
|---|
| breastfeed
|
(verb) give suck to |
Synonyms:
suck,
nurse,
give suck,
wet-nurse,
suckle,
lactate |
|---|
| breed
|
(verb) call forth |
Synonyms:
engender,
spawn |
|---|
| (verb) copulate with a female, used especially of horses |
Synonyms:
cover |
| (verb) cause to procreate (animals) |
- |
| (verb) have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) |
Synonyms:
multiply |
| brood
|
(verb) think moodily or anxiously about something |
Synonyms:
dwell |
|---|
| (verb) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing |
Synonyms:
hover,
bulk large,
loom |
| (verb) be in a huff and display one's displeasure |
Synonyms:
pout,
sulk |
| (verb) be in a huff; be silent or sullen |
Synonyms:
stew,
grizzle |
| (verb) sit on (eggs) |
Synonyms:
cover,
incubate,
hatch |
| bud
|
(verb) develop buds |
- |
|---|
| (verb) start to grow or develop |
- |
| build
|
(verb) make by combining materials and parts |
Synonyms:
make,
construct |
|---|
| (verb) form or accumulate steadily |
Synonyms:
progress,
build up,
work up |
| (verb) build or establish something abstract |
Synonyms:
establish |
| (verb) improve the cleansing action of |
- |
| (verb) order, supervise, or finance the construction of |
- |
| (verb) give form to, according to a plan |
- |
| (verb) be engaged in building |
- |
| (verb) found or ground |
- |
| (verb) bolster or strengthen |
Synonyms:
build up,
ramp up,
work up |
| (verb) develop and grow |
- |
| buttweld
|
(verb) join by a butt weld |
Synonyms:
butt-weld |
|---|
| card
|
(verb) separate the fibers of |
Synonyms:
tease |
|---|
| (verb) ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor |
- |
| cheerlead
|
(verb) act as a cheerleader in a sports event |
- |
|---|
| chord
|
(verb) play chords on (a stringed instrument) |
- |
|---|
| (verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing |
Synonyms:
harmonise,
harmonize |
| clapboard
|
(verb) cover with clapboards |
- |
|---|
| cloud
|
(verb) make overcast or cloudy |
Synonyms:
overcast |
|---|
| (verb) make less visible or unclear |
Synonyms:
obnubilate,
obscure,
mist,
haze over,
becloud,
befog,
fog |
| (verb) billow up in the form of a cloud |
- |
| (verb) make gloomy or depressed |
- |
| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon |
Synonyms:
corrupt,
defile,
sully,
taint |
| (verb) make less clear |
- |
| (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades |
Synonyms:
mottle,
dapple |
| (verb) make milky or dull |
- |
| cod
|
(verb) fool or hoax |
Synonyms:
take in,
gull,
befool,
fool,
put on,
dupe,
put one across,
put one over,
slang |
|---|
| (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping |
Synonyms:
ride,
rally,
bait,
rag,
tease,
razz,
tantalise,
tantalize,
taunt,
twit |
| command
|
(verb) be in command of |
- |
|---|
| (verb) make someone do something |
Synonyms:
require |
| (verb) demand as one's due |
- |
| (verb) look down on |
Synonyms:
overlook,
dominate,
overtop |
| (verb) exercise authoritative control or power over |
Synonyms:
control |
| commend
|
(verb) express approbation of |
- |
|---|
| (verb) present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence |
- |
| (verb) give to in charge |
- |
| (verb) express a good opinion of |
Synonyms:
recommend |
| (verb) mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship |
Synonyms:
remember |
| compound
|
(verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked |
Synonyms:
heighten,
intensify,
deepen |
|---|
| (verb) put or add together |
Synonyms:
combine |
| (verb) calculate principal and interest |
- |
| (verb) create by mixing or combining |
- |
| (verb) combine so as to form a whole; mix |
Synonyms:
combine |
| comprehend
|
(verb) get the meaning of something |
Synonyms:
dig,
get the picture,
grasp,
grok,
savvy,
compass,
apprehend |
|---|
| (verb) to become aware of through the senses |
Synonyms:
perceive |
| (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory |
Synonyms:
embrace,
cover,
encompass |
| concord
|
(verb) go together |
Synonyms:
consort,
accord,
agree,
harmonise,
harmonize,
fit in |
|---|
| (verb) arrange by concord or agreement |
- |
| (verb) arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance |
- |
| (verb) be in accord; be in agreement |
Synonyms:
hold,
agree,
concur |
| condescend
|
(verb) behave in a patronizing and condescending manner |
- |
|---|
| (verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity |
Synonyms:
descend,
deign |
| (verb) debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way |
Synonyms:
stoop,
lower oneself |
| (verb) treat condescendingly |
Synonyms:
patronise,
patronize |
| confound
|
(verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly |
Synonyms:
discombobulate,
confuse,
bedevil,
befuddle,
fox,
fuddle,
throw |
|---|
| (verb) mistake one thing for another |
Synonyms:
confuse |
| contend
|
(verb) maintain or assert |
Synonyms:
postulate |
|---|
| (verb) have an argument about something |
Synonyms:
debate,
fence,
argue |
| (verb) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation |
Synonyms:
repugn,
contest |
| (verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available |
Synonyms:
make out,
deal,
get by,
make do,
manage,
grapple,
cope |
| (verb) compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others |
Synonyms:
vie,
compete |
| (verb) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight |
Synonyms:
struggle,
fight |
| copyread
|
(verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) |
Synonyms:
subedit,
copyedit |
|---|
| cord
|
(verb) stack in cords |
- |
|---|
| (verb) bind or tie with a cord |
- |
| correspond
|
(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics |
Synonyms:
check,
jibe,
match,
tally,
agree,
fit,
gibe |
|---|
| (verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics |
Synonyms:
equate |
| (verb) exchange messages |
- |
| (verb) take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to |
Synonyms:
stand for,
represent |
| countermand
|
(verb) cancel officially |
Synonyms:
reverse,
overturn,
vacate,
lift,
revoke,
annul,
repeal,
rescind |
|---|
| crossbreed
|
(verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties |
Synonyms:
cross,
interbreed,
hybridise,
hybridize |
|---|
| crowd
|
(verb) cause to herd, drive, or crowd together |
Synonyms:
herd |
|---|
| (verb) fill or occupy to the point of overflowing |
- |
| (verb) to gather together in large numbers |
Synonyms:
crowd together |
| (verb) approach a certain age or speed |
Synonyms:
push |
| cuckold
|
(verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage |
Synonyms:
wander,
cheat,
cheat on,
betray |
|---|
| defend
|
(verb) argue or speak in defense of |
Synonyms:
support,
fend for |
|---|
| (verb) be on the defensive; act against an attack |
- |
| (verb) protect against a challenge or attack |
Synonyms:
hold,
guard |
| (verb) fight against or resist strongly |
Synonyms:
oppose,
fight,
fight back,
fight down |
| (verb) protect or fight for as a champion |
Synonyms:
champion |
| (verb) be the defense counsel for someone in a trial |
Synonyms:
represent |
| (verb) state or assert |
Synonyms:
maintain |
| defraud
|
(verb) deprive of by deceit |
Synonyms:
con,
nobble,
mulct,
rook,
hornswoggle,
diddle,
goldbrick,
scam,
short-change,
swindle,
victimize,
bunco |
|---|
| demand
|
(verb) request urgently and forcefully |
- |
|---|
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper |
Synonyms:
involve,
postulate,
take,
call for,
ask,
require,
necessitate,
need |
| (verb) claim as due or just |
Synonyms:
exact |
| (verb) lay legal claim to |
- |
| (verb) summon to court |
- |
| (verb) ask to be informed of |
- |
| depend
|
(verb) be contingent upon (something that is elided) |
- |
|---|
| (verb) have faith or confidence in |
Synonyms:
reckon,
rely,
swear,
calculate,
count,
bank,
bet,
look |
| descend
|
(verb) move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
Synonyms:
go down,
come down,
fall |
|---|
| (verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example |
Synonyms:
derive,
come |
| (verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity |
Synonyms:
deign,
condescend |
| (verb) come as if by falling |
Synonyms:
settle,
fall |
| despond
|
(verb) lose confidence or hope; become dejected |
- |
|---|
| disaccord
|
(verb) be different from one another |
Synonyms:
disagree,
discord |
|---|
| disband
|
(verb) cause to break up or cease to function |
- |
|---|
| (verb) stop functioning or cohering as a unit |
Synonyms:
dissolve |
| disbud
|
(verb) thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers |
- |
|---|
| (verb) destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle) |
- |
| discard
|
(verb) throw or cast away |
Synonyms:
dispose,
fling,
toss,
put away,
cast aside,
cast away,
cast out,
chuck out,
throw away,
throw out,
toss away,
toss out |
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| discord
|
(verb) be different from one another |
Synonyms:
disaccord,
disagree |
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| dispread
|
(verb) spread abroad or out |
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| disregard
|
(verb) refuse to acknowledge |
Synonyms:
ignore,
cut,
snub |
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| (verb) bar from attention or consideration |
Synonyms:
ignore,
push aside,
discount,
dismiss,
brush aside,
brush off |
| (verb) give little or no attention to |
Synonyms:
neglect,
ignore |
| distend
|
(verb) become wider |
Synonyms:
dilate |
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| (verb) cause to expand as if by internal pressure |
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| (verb) swell from or as if from internal pressure |
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| dogsled
|
(verb) travel with a dogsled |
Synonyms:
mush |
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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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| dumbfound
|
(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to |
Synonyms:
nonplus,
mystify,
perplex,
pose,
puzzle,
get,
gravel,
stick,
stupefy,
vex,
amaze,
baffle,
beat,
bewilder,
flummox |
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| embed
|
(verb) fix or set securely or deeply |
Synonyms:
implant,
plant,
imbed,
engraft |
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| (verb) attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war |
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| emend
|
(verb) make improvements or corrections to |
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| end
|
(verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical |
Synonyms:
stop,
terminate,
finish,
cease |
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| (verb) bring to an end or halt |
Synonyms:
terminate |
| (verb) be the end of; be the last or concluding part of |
Synonyms:
terminate |
| (verb) put an end to |
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| enfold
|
(verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering |
Synonyms:
enclose,
envelop,
enwrap,
wrap |
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| engild
|
(verb) decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold |
Synonyms:
gild,
begild |
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| enshroud
|
(verb) cover as if with a shroud |
Synonyms:
cover,
hide,
shroud |
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