| abide | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
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| (verb) dwell | Synonyms: bide, stay |
| abrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off |
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| (verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: scour |
| accede | (verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | Synonyms: bow, defer, give in, submit |
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| (verb) to agree or express agreement | Synonyms: acquiesce, assent |
| (verb) take on duties or office | Synonyms: enter |
| aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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| allude | (verb) make a more or less disguised reference to | Synonyms: advert, touch |
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| ambuscade | (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
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| antecede | (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antedate, forego, forgo, precede, predate |
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| backslide | (verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | Synonyms: lapse |
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| barde | (verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: bard, caparison, dress up |
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| barricade | (verb) block off with barricades | Synonyms: barricado |
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| (verb) prevent access to by barricading | - |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop |
| bestride | (verb) get up on the back of | Synonyms: climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up |
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| betide | (verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: bechance, befall |
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| bide | (verb) dwell | Synonyms: abide, stay |
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| biodegrade | (verb) break down naturally through the action of biological agents | - |
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| blindside | (verb) attack or hit on or from the side where the attacked person's view is obstructed | - |
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| (verb) catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences | - |
| blockade | (verb) impose a blockade on | Synonyms: seal off |
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| (verb) obstruct access to | Synonyms: block off |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, stop |
| (verb) hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | Synonyms: block, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy |
| bode | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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| brigade | (verb) form or unite into a brigade | - |
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| broadside | (verb) collide with the broad side of | - |
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| brocade | (verb) weave a design into (textiles) | - |
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| cannonade | (verb) attack with cannons or artillery | - |
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| cascade | (verb) arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible | - |
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| (verb) rush down in big quantities, like a cascade | Synonyms: cascade down |
| cede | (verb) relinquish possession or control over | Synonyms: deliver, give up, surrender |
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| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: concede, grant, yield |
| chide | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
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| code | (verb) convert ordinary language into code | Synonyms: cipher, cypher, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code |
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| (verb) attach a code to | - |
| coincide | (verb) happen simultaneously | Synonyms: concur |
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| (verb) go with, fall together | Synonyms: co-occur, cooccur |
| (verb) be the same | - |
| collide | (verb) crash together with violent impact | Synonyms: clash |
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| (verb) cause to collide | - |
| (verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict | Synonyms: clash, jar |
| collude | (verb) act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose | Synonyms: conspire |
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| concede | (verb) admit (to a wrongdoing) | Synonyms: confess, profess |
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| (verb) be willing to concede | Synonyms: grant, yield |
| (verb) acknowledge defeat | - |
| (verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: cede, grant, yield |
| conclude | (verb) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion | Synonyms: reason, reason out |
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| (verb) bring to a close | - |
| (verb) reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation | Synonyms: resolve |
| (verb) reach agreement on | - |
| (verb) come to a close | Synonyms: close |
| confide | (verb) reveal in private; tell confidentially | - |
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| (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, entrust, intrust, trust |
| corrade | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrade, abrase, rub down, rub off |
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| corrode | (verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | Synonyms: rust |
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| (verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | Synonyms: eat, rust |
| cowhide | (verb) flog with a cowhide | - |
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| crusade | (verb) go on a crusade; fight a holy war | - |
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| (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: agitate, campaign, fight, press, push |
| decide | (verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something | Synonyms: determine, make up one's mind |
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| (verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: adjudicate, resolve, settle |
| (verb) cause to decide | - |
| (verb) influence or determine | - |
| decode | (verb) convert code into ordinary language | Synonyms: decipher, decrypt |
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| degrade | (verb) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | Synonyms: cheapen |
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| (verb) reduce the level of land, as by erosion | - |
| (verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: demean, disgrace, put down, take down |
| delude | (verb) be false to; be dishonest with | Synonyms: cozen, deceive, lead on |
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| denude | (verb) lay bare | Synonyms: bare, denudate, strip |
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| deride | (verb) treat or speak of with contempt | - |
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| discommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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| dissuade | (verb) turn away from by persuasion | Synonyms: deter |
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| divide | (verb) perform a division | Synonyms: fraction |
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| (verb) move or break apart | Synonyms: part, separate |
| (verb) force, take, or pull apart | Synonyms: disunite, part, separate |
| (verb) make a division or separation | Synonyms: separate |
| (verb) separate into parts or portions | Synonyms: carve up, dissever, separate, split, split up |
| (verb) act as a barrier between; stand between | Synonyms: separate |
| downgrade | (verb) rate lower; lower in value or esteem | - |
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| elide | (verb) leave or strike out | - |
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| elude | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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| (verb) escape, either physically or mentally | Synonyms: bilk, evade |
| (verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by | Synonyms: escape |
| encode | (verb) convert information into code | - |
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| enfilade | (verb) rake or be in a position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction | - |
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| erode | (verb) remove soil or rock | Synonyms: eat away, fret |
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| (verb) become ground down or deteriorate | Synonyms: eat at, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away |
| escalade | (verb) climb up and over | - |
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| evade | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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| (verb) use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid | - |
| (verb) escape, either physically or mentally | Synonyms: bilk, elude |
| (verb) practice evasion | - |
| exclude | (verb) prevent from being included or considered or accepted | Synonyms: except, leave off, leave out, omit, take out |
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| (verb) prevent from entering; keep out | Synonyms: bar, debar |
| (verb) put out or expel from a place | Synonyms: boot out, chuck out, eject, turf out, turn out |
| (verb) prevent from entering; shut out | Synonyms: keep out, shut, shut out |
| (verb) lack or fail to include | - |
| explode | (verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: burst |
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| (verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy | Synonyms: blow up, detonate, set off |
| (verb) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: irrupt |
| (verb) be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise | Synonyms: break loose, burst forth |
| (verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction | Synonyms: blow up, detonate |
| (verb) show a violent emotional reaction | - |
| (verb) show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete | - |
| (verb) drive from the stage by noisy disapproval | - |
| (verb) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ | - |
| (verb) destroy by exploding | - |
| extrude | (verb) form or shape by forcing through an opening | Synonyms: squeeze out |
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| exude | (verb) release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities | Synonyms: exudate, ooze, ooze out, transude |
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| (verb) make apparent by one's mood or behavior | - |
| fade | (verb) become feeble | Synonyms: languish |
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| (verb) disappear gradually | Synonyms: blow over, evanesce, fleet, pass, pass off |
| (verb) lose freshness, vigor, or vitality | Synonyms: wither |
| (verb) become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly | Synonyms: melt |
| forebode | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
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| fusillade | (verb) attack with fusillade | - |
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| gasconade | (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
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| glide | (verb) move smoothly and effortlessly | - |
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| (verb) fly in or as if in a glider plane | - |
| (verb) cause to move or pass silently, smoothly, or imperceptibly | - |
| glissade | (verb) perform a glissade, in ballet | - |
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| grade | (verb) determine the grade of or assign a grade to | - |
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| (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: order, place, range, rank, rate |
| (verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation | Synonyms: mark, score |
| (verb) level to the right gradient | - |
| guide | (verb) pass over, across, or through | Synonyms: draw, pass, run |
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| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: conduct, direct, lead, take |
| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| (verb) use as a guide | Synonyms: guide on |
| (verb) be a guiding or motivating force or drive | Synonyms: steer |
| hide | (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, obliterate, obscure, veil |
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| (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: cover, enshroud, shroud |
| (verb) prevent from being seen or discovered | Synonyms: conceal |
| (verb) be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety | Synonyms: hide out |
| impede | (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: block, close up, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude |
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| (verb) be a hindrance or obstacle to | Synonyms: hinder |
| implode | (verb) burst inward | Synonyms: go off |
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| include | (verb) add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category | - |
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| (verb) consider as part of something | - |
| (verb) allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of | Synonyms: admit, let in |
| (verb) have as a part, be made up out of | - |
| incommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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| intercede | (verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | Synonyms: arbitrate, intermediate, liaise, mediate |
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| interlude | (verb) perform an interlude | - |
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| intrude | (verb) thrust oneself in as if by force | Synonyms: obtrude |
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| (verb) enter uninvited | Synonyms: irrupt |
| (verb) search or inquire in a meddlesome way | Synonyms: horn in, nose, poke, pry |
| (verb) enter unlawfully on someone's property | Synonyms: trespass |
| invade | (verb) march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation | Synonyms: occupy |
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| (verb) penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way | - |
| (verb) to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate | Synonyms: encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon |
| (verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host | Synonyms: infest, overrun |
| jade | (verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | Synonyms: fatigue, pall, tire, weary |
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| (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
| joyride | (verb) ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it | Synonyms: tool, tool around |
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| lade | (verb) fill or place a load on | Synonyms: laden, load, load up |
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| (verb) remove with or as if with a ladle | Synonyms: laden, ladle |
| marinade | (verb) soak in marinade | Synonyms: marinate |
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| masquerade | (verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not | - |
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| (verb) take part in a masquerade | - |
| misguide | (verb) give bad advice to | Synonyms: misadvise |
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| (verb) lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions | Synonyms: lead astray, misdirect, mislead |
| obtrude | (verb) thrust oneself in as if by force | Synonyms: intrude |
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| (verb) push to thrust outward | Synonyms: push out, thrust out |
| occlude | (verb) block passage through | Synonyms: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate |
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| outmode | (verb) make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete | - |
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| outride | (verb) ride better, faster, or further than | - |
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| (verb) hang on during a trial of endurance | Synonyms: last out, ride out, stay |
| override | (verb) rule against | Synonyms: overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverse |
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| (verb) ride (a horse) too hard | - |
| (verb) counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) | - |
| (verb) prevail over | - |
| palisade | (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence, fence in, surround, wall |
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| parade | (verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: promenade, troop |
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| (verb) walk ostentatiously | Synonyms: exhibit, march |
| peroxide | (verb) bleach with peroxide | - |
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| persuade | (verb) cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm | - |
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| (verb) win approval or support for | Synonyms: carry, sway |
| pervade | (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, riddle |
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| pomade | (verb) apply pomade to (hair) | - |
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| precede | (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, preface, premise |
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| (verb) move ahead (of others) in time or space | Synonyms: lead |
| (verb) be the predecessor of | Synonyms: come before |
| (verb) be earlier in time; go back further | Synonyms: antecede, antedate, forego, forgo, predate |
| (verb) come before | Synonyms: predate |
| preclude | (verb) keep from happening or arising; make impossible | Synonyms: forbid, foreclose, forestall, prevent |
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| (verb) make impossible, especially beforehand | Synonyms: close out, rule out |
| prelude | (verb) play as a prelude | - |
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| (verb) serve as a prelude or opening to | - |
| preside | (verb) act as president | - |
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| pride | (verb) be proud of | Synonyms: congratulate, plume |
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| promenade | (verb) take a leisurely walk | - |
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| (verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: parade, troop |
| protrude | (verb) swell or protrude outwards | Synonyms: bulge, pouch |
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| (verb) bulge outward | Synonyms: bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, start |
| (verb) extend out or project in space | Synonyms: jut, jut out, project, stick out |
| provide | (verb) take measures in preparation for | - |
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| (verb) determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation | - |
| (verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | Synonyms: cater, ply, supply |
| (verb) give something useful or necessary to | Synonyms: furnish, offer, render, supply |
| (verb) supply means of subsistence; earn a living | Synonyms: bring home the bacon |
| (verb) mount or put up | Synonyms: offer, put up |
| (verb) make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain | Synonyms: allow, allow for, leave |
| recede | (verb) become faint or more distant | - |
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| (verb) retreat | Synonyms: drop off, fall back, fall behind |
| (verb) pull back or move away or backward | Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, retire, retreat, withdraw |
| recode | (verb) put into a different code; rearrange mentally | - |
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