bedeck | (verb) decorate | Synonyms: bedight, deck |
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bottleneck | (verb) become narrow, like a bottleneck | - |
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(verb) slow down or impede by creating an obstruction | - |
check | (verb) slow the growth or development of | Synonyms: delay, retard |
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(verb) become fractured; break or crack on the surface only | Synonyms: break, crack |
(verb) make cracks or chinks in | Synonyms: chink |
(verb) arrest the motion (of something) abruptly | - |
(verb) examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition | Synonyms: check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, look into, suss out |
(verb) put a check mark on or near or next to | Synonyms: check off, mark, mark off, tick, tick off |
(verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
(verb) verify by consulting a source or authority | - |
(verb) write out a check on a bank account | - |
(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: ascertain, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
(verb) place into check | - |
(verb) decline to initiate betting | - |
(verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: arrest, contain, hold back, stop, turn back |
(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on | Synonyms: checker, chequer |
(verb) stop in a chase especially when scent is lost | - |
(verb) abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey | - |
(verb) stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution | - |
(verb) hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping | - |
(verb) consign for shipment on a vehicle | - |
(verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: condition, discipline, train |
(verb) make an examination or investigation | - |
(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
(verb) block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey | - |
(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
(verb) be verified or confirmed; pass inspection | Synonyms: check out |
countercheck | (verb) check a second time | - |
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(verb) oppose or check by a counteraction | Synonyms: counteract |
deck | (verb) knock down with force | Synonyms: coldcock, dump, floor, knock down |
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(verb) decorate | Synonyms: bedeck, bedight |
(verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace |
fleck | (verb) make a spot or mark onto | Synonyms: blob, blot, spot |
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neck | (verb) kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion | Synonyms: make out |
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peck | (verb) bother persistently with trivial complaints | Synonyms: hen-peck, nag |
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(verb) eat by pecking at, like a bird | Synonyms: pick up |
(verb) eat like a bird | Synonyms: peck at, pick at |
(verb) kiss lightly | Synonyms: smack |
(verb) hit lightly with a picking motion | Synonyms: beak, pick |
rubberneck | (verb) strain to watch; stare curiously | - |
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shipwreck | (verb) destroy a ship | - |
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(verb) cause to experience shipwreck | - |
(verb) ruin utterly | - |
(verb) suffer failure, as in some enterprise | - |
speck | (verb) produce specks in or on | - |
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wreck | (verb) smash or break forcefully | Synonyms: bust up, wrack |
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