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