brave | (verb) face and withstand with courage | Synonyms: brave out, endure, weather |
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braze | (verb) solder together by using hard solder with a high melting point | - |
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breaststroke | (verb) swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg | - |
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breathalyse | (verb) test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer | Synonyms: breathalyze |
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breathalyze | (verb) test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer | Synonyms: breathalyse |
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breathe | (verb) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs | Synonyms: respire, suspire, take a breath |
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(verb) expel (gases or odors) | Synonyms: emit, pass off |
(verb) reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked | - |
(verb) take a short break from one's activities in order to relax | Synonyms: catch one's breath, rest, take a breather |
(verb) utter or tell | - |
(verb) manifest or evince | - |
(verb) impart as if by breathing | - |
(verb) be alive | - |
(verb) allow the passage of air through | - |
brecciate | (verb) break into breccia | - |
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(verb) form into breccia | - |
breeze | (verb) to proceed quickly and easily | - |
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(verb) blow gently and lightly | - |
bribe | (verb) make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence | Synonyms: buy, corrupt, grease one's palms |
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bridge | (verb) make a bridge across | - |
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(verb) cross over on a bridge | - |
(verb) connect or reduce the distance between | Synonyms: bridge over |
bridle | (verb) respond to the reins, as of horses | - |
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(verb) put a bridle on | - |
(verb) anger or take offense | - |
brigade | (verb) form or unite into a brigade | - |
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brine | (verb) soak in brine | - |
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bristle | (verb) react in an offended or angry manner | - |
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(verb) rise up as in fear | Synonyms: stand up, uprise |
(verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: abound, burst |
(verb) have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles | - |
broadside | (verb) collide with the broad side of | - |
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brocade | (verb) weave a design into (textiles) | - |
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bromate | (verb) treat with bromine | Synonyms: brominate |
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(verb) react with bromine | Synonyms: brominate |
brominate | (verb) treat with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
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(verb) react with bromine | Synonyms: bromate |
bronze | (verb) get a tan, from wind or sun | Synonyms: tan |
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(verb) give the color and appearance of bronze to something | - |
browse | (verb) eat lightly, try different dishes | Synonyms: graze |
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(verb) look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular | Synonyms: surf |
(verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: crop, graze, pasture, range |
(verb) shop around; not necessarily buying | Synonyms: shop |
bruise | (verb) damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure | - |
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(verb) break up into small pieces for food preparation | - |
(verb) injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of | Synonyms: contuse |
(verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound |
brutalise | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalise, animalize, brutalize |
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(verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalise, animalize, brutalize |
(verb) treat brutally | Synonyms: brutalize |
brutalize | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalise, animalize, brutalise |
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(verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalise, animalize, brutalise |
(verb) treat brutally | Synonyms: brutalise |
bubble | (verb) expel gas from the stomach | Synonyms: belch, burp, eruct |
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(verb) form, produce, or emit bubbles | - |
(verb) cause to form bubbles | - |
(verb) rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles | - |
(verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | Synonyms: babble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple |
buckle | (verb) bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat | Synonyms: heave, warp |
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(verb) fasten with a buckle or buckles | Synonyms: clasp |
(verb) fold or collapse | Synonyms: crumple |
budge | (verb) move very slightly | Synonyms: agitate, shift, stir |
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bugle | (verb) play on a bugle | - |
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bulge | (verb) swell or protrude outwards | Synonyms: pouch, protrude |
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(verb) cause to bulge or swell outwards | Synonyms: bulk |
(verb) bulge outward | Synonyms: bug out, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude, start |
(verb) bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge | Synonyms: bag |
bulldoze | (verb) flatten with or as if with a bulldozer | - |
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bumble | (verb) speak haltingly | Synonyms: falter, stammer, stutter |
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(verb) walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly | Synonyms: falter, stumble |
(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
bundle | (verb) sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed | Synonyms: practice bundling |
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(verb) make into a bundle | Synonyms: bundle up, roll up |
(verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: compact, pack, wad |
(verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster | Synonyms: bunch, clump, cluster |
bungle | (verb) spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly | - |
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(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
burble | (verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | Synonyms: babble, bubble, guggle, gurgle, ripple |
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burglarise | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarize, burgle, heist |
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burglarize | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarise, burgle, heist |
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burgle | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarise, burglarize, heist |
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burke | (verb) get rid of, silence, or suppress | - |
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(verb) murder without leaving a trace on the body | - |
burlesque | (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: parody, spoof |
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bustle | (verb) move or cause to move energetically or busily | Synonyms: bustle about, hustle |
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buttonhole | (verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors | Synonyms: lobby |
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butylate | (verb) introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound | - |
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cabbage | (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
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cable | (verb) send cables, wires, or telegrams | Synonyms: telegraph, wire |
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(verb) fasten with a cable | - |
cache | (verb) save up as for future use | Synonyms: hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash |
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cachinnate | (verb) laugh loudly and in an unrestrained way | - |
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cackle | (verb) emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing | - |
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(verb) squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens | - |
(verb) talk or utter in a cackling manner | - |
(verb) make a noise characteristic of a goose | Synonyms: gaggle |
caddie | (verb) act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player | Synonyms: caddy |
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cadge | (verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: bum, grub, mooch, sponge |
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(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling | Synonyms: schnorr, scrounge, shnorr |
cage | (verb) confine in a cage | Synonyms: cage in |
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cajole | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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cake | (verb) form a coat over | Synonyms: coat |
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calcimine | (verb) cover with calcimine | - |
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calcine | (verb) heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces | - |
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calculate | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
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(verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | Synonyms: aim, direct |
(verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon |
(verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
(verb) predict in advance | Synonyms: forecast |
(verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: account |
calibrate | (verb) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | Synonyms: fine-tune, graduate |
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(verb) measure the caliber of | - |
(verb) mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units | - |
calumniate | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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calve | (verb) give birth to (a calf) | Synonyms: have young |
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(verb) release ice | Synonyms: break up |
camouflage | (verb) disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something | - |
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camphorate | (verb) treat with camphor | - |
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canalise | (verb) provide (a city) with a canal | Synonyms: canal, canalize |
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canalize | (verb) provide (a city) with a canal | Synonyms: canal, canalise |
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candle | (verb) examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light | - |
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cane | (verb) beat with a cane | Synonyms: flog, lambast, lambaste |
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cannibalise | (verb) eat human flesh | Synonyms: cannibalize |
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(verb) use parts of something to repair something else | Synonyms: cannibalize |
cannibalize | (verb) eat human flesh | Synonyms: cannibalise |
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(verb) use parts of something to repair something else | Synonyms: cannibalise |
cannonade | (verb) attack with cannons or artillery | - |
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cannulate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulise, cannulize, canulate, intubate |
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cannulise | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulize, canulate, intubate |
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cannulize | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulise, canulate, intubate |
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canoe | (verb) travel by canoe | - |
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canonise | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonize, saint |
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(verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonize |
canonize | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonise, saint |
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(verb) treat as a sacred person | Synonyms: canonise |
canoodle | (verb) fondle or pet affectionately | - |
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cantillate | (verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | Synonyms: chant, intonate, intone |
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canulate | (verb) introduce a cannula or tube into | Synonyms: cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, intubate |
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capacitate | (verb) make capable | - |
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(verb) cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg | - |
(verb) make legally capable or qualify in law | - |
capitalise | (verb) convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital | Synonyms: capitalize |
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(verb) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses | Synonyms: capitalize |
(verb) compute the present value of a business or an income | Synonyms: capitalize |
(verb) write in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalize |
(verb) draw advantages from | Synonyms: capitalize, take advantage |
(verb) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | Synonyms: capitalize |
capitalize | (verb) convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital | Synonyms: capitalise |
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(verb) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses | Synonyms: capitalise |
(verb) compute the present value of a business or an income | Synonyms: capitalise |
(verb) write in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalise |
(verb) draw advantages from | Synonyms: capitalise, take advantage |
(verb) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | Synonyms: capitalise |
capitulate | (verb) surrender under agreed conditions | - |
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caponise | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponize |
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caponize | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponise |
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capriole | (verb) perform a capriole, in ballet | - |
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(verb) perform a capriole, of horses in dressage | - |
capsize | (verb) overturn accidentally | Synonyms: turn turtle, turtle |
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capsulate | (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, capsulize |
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capsule | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate |
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(verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsulise, capsulize |
capsulise | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulize, encapsulate |
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(verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsule, capsulize |
capsulize | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, encapsulate |
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(verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsule, capsulise |
captivate | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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capture | (verb) capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping | Synonyms: catch |
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(verb) succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase | Synonyms: catch, get |
(verb) succeed in representing or expressing something intangible | - |
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
(verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, conquer, seize |
(verb) bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit | - |
caracole | (verb) make a half turn on a horse, in dressage | - |
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caramelise | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
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(verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelize |
caramelize | (verb) convert to caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
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(verb) be converted into caramel | Synonyms: caramelise |
carbonate | (verb) treat with carbon dioxide | - |
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(verb) turn into a carbonate | - |
carbonise | (verb) turn into carbon, as by burning | Synonyms: carbonize |
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(verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonize, carburise, carburize |
carbonize | (verb) turn into carbon, as by burning | Synonyms: carbonise |
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(verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carburise, carburize |
carboxylate | (verb) treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid | - |
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carburise | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburize |
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carburize | (verb) unite with carbon | Synonyms: carbonise, carbonize, carburise |
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care | (verb) to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something | Synonyms: like, wish |
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(verb) feel concern or interest | - |
(verb) be concerned with | Synonyms: worry |
(verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of | Synonyms: deal, handle, manage |
(verb) provide care for | Synonyms: give care |
caricature | (verb) represent in or produce a caricature of | Synonyms: ape |
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