| acknowledge | (verb) accept as legally binding and valid | - |
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| (verb) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority | Synonyms: know, recognise, recognize |
| (verb) declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of | Synonyms: admit |
| (verb) express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for | Synonyms: recognise, recognize |
| (verb) report the receipt of | Synonyms: receipt |
| (verb) express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with | Synonyms: notice |
| dredge | (verb) remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water | - |
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| (verb) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost | Synonyms: drag |
| (verb) cover before cooking | - |
| edge | (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: abut, adjoin, border, butt, butt against, butt on, march |
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| (verb) provide with an edge | - |
| (verb) advance slowly, as if by inches | Synonyms: inch |
| (verb) provide with a border or edge | Synonyms: border |
| fledge | (verb) grow feathers | Synonyms: feather |
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| (verb) decorate with feathers | Synonyms: flight |
| (verb) feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight | - |
| hedge | (verb) minimize loss or risk | - |
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| (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
| (verb) enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges | Synonyms: hedge in |
| (verb) hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge | - |
| pledge | (verb) promise solemnly and formally | Synonyms: plight |
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| (verb) bind or secure by a pledge | - |
| (verb) give as a guarantee | - |
| (verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: drink, salute, toast, wassail |
| (verb) pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals | Synonyms: subscribe |
| sledge | (verb) beat with a sledgehammer | Synonyms: sledgehammer |
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| (verb) transport in a sleigh | - |
| (verb) ride in or travel with a sledge | - |
| wedge | (verb) squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | Synonyms: force, squeeze |
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| (verb) put, fix, force, or implant | Synonyms: deposit, lodge, stick |