aah | (verb) express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah' | Synonyms: ooh |
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abash | (verb) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | Synonyms: embarrass |
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abolish | (verb) do away with | Synonyms: get rid of |
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accomplish | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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(verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: achieve, attain, reach |
admonish | (verb) take to task | Synonyms: reproof, reprove |
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(verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: caution, monish |
(verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: discourage, monish, warn |
airbrush | (verb) paint with an airbrush | - |
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ambush | (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay |
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(verb) hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing | Synonyms: still-hunt |
anguish | (verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: hurt, pain |
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(verb) suffer great pains or distress | - |
approach | (verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | - |
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(verb) move towards | Synonyms: come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near |
(verb) come near in time | Synonyms: come near |
(verb) begin to deal with | Synonyms: go about, set about |
(verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | Synonyms: border on |
arch | (verb) form an arch or curve | Synonyms: arc, curve |
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ash | (verb) convert into ashes | - |
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astonish | (verb) affect with wonder | Synonyms: amaze, astound |
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attach | (verb) become attached | - |
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(verb) cause to be attached | - |
(verb) be attached; be in contact with | - |
(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: confiscate, impound, seize, sequester |
(verb) create social or emotional ties | Synonyms: bind, bond, tie |
autograph | (verb) mark with one's signature | Synonyms: inscribe |
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avouch | (verb) admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about | Synonyms: avow |
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bach | (verb) lead a bachelor's existence | Synonyms: bachelor |
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backlash | (verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect | Synonyms: backfire, recoil |
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backstitch | (verb) do backstitches | - |
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badmouth | (verb) speak unfavorably about | Synonyms: drag through the mud, malign, traduce |
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banish | (verb) drive away | - |
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(verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: bar, relegate |
(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun |
(verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | Synonyms: ban |
bash | (verb) hit hard | Synonyms: bonk, bop, sock, whap, whop |
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batch | (verb) batch together; assemble or process as a batch | - |
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beach | (verb) land on a beach | - |
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belch | (verb) expel gas from the stomach | Synonyms: bubble, burp, eruct |
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(verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks | Synonyms: erupt, extravasate |
bellylaugh | (verb) laugh a deep, hearty laugh | - |
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bench | (verb) To lift a weight using a bench press | - |
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(verb) To exercise using a bench press | - |
(verb) exhibit on a bench | - |
(verb) take out of a game; of players | - |
bequeath | (verb) leave or give by will after one's death | Synonyms: leave, will |
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berth | (verb) secure in or as if in a berth or dock | Synonyms: moor, tie up |
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(verb) come into or dock at a wharf | Synonyms: moor, wharf |
(verb) provide with a berth | - |
beseech | (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, bid, conjure, entreat, press |
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besmirch | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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(verb) smear so as to make dirty or stained | Synonyms: smirch |
betroth | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, engage, plight |
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bewitch | (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize, spellbind |
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(verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: enchant, glamour, hex, jinx, witch |
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
birch | (verb) whip with a birch twig | - |
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birdwatch | (verb) watch and study birds in their natural habitat | Synonyms: bird |
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birth | (verb) cause to be born | Synonyms: bear, deliver, give birth, have |
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bitch | (verb) say mean things | Synonyms: backbite |
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(verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
blackwash | (verb) color with blackwash | - |
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(verb) bring (information) out of concealment | - |
blanch | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blench, pale |
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(verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: parboil |
blandish | (verb) praise somewhat dishonestly | Synonyms: flatter |
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bleach | (verb) make whiter or lighter | - |
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(verb) cause to become white or lighter in color | Synonyms: bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise |
blemish | (verb) add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective | Synonyms: flaw |
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(verb) mar or impair with a flaw | Synonyms: spot |
(verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: deface, disfigure |
blench | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blanch, pale |
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blotch | (verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | Synonyms: mottle, streak |
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blush | (verb) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | Synonyms: crimson, flush, redden |
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(verb) become rosy or reddish | - |
botch | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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brainwash | (verb) submit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly | - |
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(verb) persuade completely, often through coercion | - |
branch | (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: fork, furcate, ramify, separate |
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(verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | Synonyms: ramify |
brandish | (verb) move or swing back and forth | Synonyms: flourish, wave |
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(verb) exhibit aggressively | - |
breach | (verb) make an opening or gap in | Synonyms: gap |
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(verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Synonyms: break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate |
broach | (verb) bring up a topic for discussion | Synonyms: initiate |
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brooch | (verb) fasten with or as if with a brooch | Synonyms: clasp |
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brunch | (verb) eat a meal in the late morning | - |
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brush | (verb) remove with or as if with a brush | - |
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(verb) touch lightly and briefly | - |
(verb) rub with a brush, or as if with a brush | - |
(verb) clean with a brush | - |
(verb) cover by brushing | - |
(verb) sweep across or over | Synonyms: sweep |
bunch | (verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster | Synonyms: bundle, clump, cluster |
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(verb) form into a bunch | Synonyms: bunch together, bunch up |
burnish | (verb) polish and make shiny | Synonyms: buff, furbish |
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bush | (verb) provide with a bushing | - |
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calligraph | (verb) write beautifully and ornamentally | - |
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cash | (verb) exchange for cash | Synonyms: cash in |
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catch | (verb) come down with | - |
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(verb) be struck or affected by | - |
(verb) delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned | - |
(verb) detect a blunder or misstep | Synonyms: trip up |
(verb) discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state | - |
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of | Synonyms: get |
(verb) become aware of | - |
(verb) be the catcher | - |
(verb) catch up with and possibly overtake | Synonyms: catch up with, overtake |
(verb) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of | Synonyms: grab |
(verb) succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase | Synonyms: capture, get |
(verb) capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping | Synonyms: capture |
(verb) to hook or entangle | Synonyms: hitch |
(verb) attract and fix | Synonyms: arrest, get |
(verb) cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled | - |
(verb) spread or be communicated | - |
(verb) take in and retain | - |
(verb) reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot | Synonyms: get |
(verb) apprehend and reproduce accurately | Synonyms: get |
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
(verb) reach in time | - |
(verb) hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | Synonyms: overhear, take in |
(verb) perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily | Synonyms: pick up |
(verb) see or watch | Synonyms: see, take in, view, watch |
(verb) suffer from the receipt of | Synonyms: get |
(verb) perceive by hearing | Synonyms: get |
(verb) get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly | - |
(verb) check oneself during an action | - |
(verb) start burning | - |
catfish | (verb) To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity | - |
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cherish | (verb) be fond of; be attached to | Synonyms: care for, hold dear, treasure |
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choreograph | (verb) plan and oversee the development and details of | - |
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(verb) compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music | - |
church | (verb) perform a special church rite or service for | - |
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cinch | (verb) get a grip on; get mastery of | - |
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(verb) make sure of | - |
(verb) tie a cinch around | Synonyms: girth |
clash | (verb) disagree violently | - |
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(verb) crash together with violent impact | Synonyms: collide |
(verb) be incompatible; be or come into conflict | Synonyms: collide, jar |
clench | (verb) hold in a tight grasp | Synonyms: clinch |
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(verb) squeeze together tightly | - |
clinch | (verb) settle conclusively | - |
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(verb) flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) | - |
(verb) secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts | - |
(verb) hold in a tight grasp | Synonyms: clench |
(verb) embrace amorously | - |
(verb) hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches | - |
clutch | (verb) affect | Synonyms: get hold of, seize |
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(verb) take into your hands deliberately | Synonyms: prehend, seize, take hold, take hold of |
(verb) hold firmly, usually with one's hands | Synonyms: cling to, hold close, hold tight |
coach | (verb) teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | Synonyms: train |
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(verb) drive or operate a coach or carriage | - |
contradistinguish | (verb) distinguish by contrasting qualities | - |
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cosh | (verb) hit with a cosh, usually on the head | - |
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couch | (verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, frame, put, redact |
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cough | (verb) exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion | - |
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countermarch | (verb) change the order of soldiers during a march | - |
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(verb) march back along the same way | - |
cranch | (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: craunch, crunch, grind |
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crash | (verb) sleep in a convenient place | Synonyms: doss, doss down |
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(verb) stop operating | Synonyms: go down |
(verb) undergo a sudden and severe downturn | - |
(verb) undergo damage or destruction on impact | Synonyms: ram |
(verb) break violently or noisily; smash | Synonyms: break apart, break up |
(verb) cause to crash | - |
(verb) hurl or thrust violently | Synonyms: dash |
(verb) enter uninvited; informal | Synonyms: barge in, gate-crash |
(verb) move with, or as if with, a crashing noise | - |
(verb) fall or come down violently | - |
(verb) move violently as through a barrier | - |
(verb) make a sudden loud sound | - |
(verb) occupy, usually uninvited | - |
craunch | (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: cranch, crunch, grind |
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crawfish | (verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | Synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw |
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crosshatch | (verb) shade with multiple crossing lines | - |
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crouch | (verb) sit on one's heels | Synonyms: hunker, hunker down, scrunch, scrunch up, squat |
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(verb) bend one's back forward from the waist on down | Synonyms: bend, bow, stoop |
crunch | (verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading | Synonyms: bray, comminute, grind, mash |
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(verb) make a crushing noise | Synonyms: crackle, scranch, scraunch |
(verb) crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound | Synonyms: munch |
(verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: cranch, craunch, grind |
crush | (verb) break into small pieces | - |
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(verb) become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure | - |
(verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | Synonyms: beat, beat out, shell, trounce, vanquish |
(verb) make ineffective | Synonyms: break down |
(verb) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | Synonyms: mash, squash, squeeze, squelch |
(verb) crush or bruise | Synonyms: jam |
(verb) humiliate or depress completely | Synonyms: smash |
(verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | Synonyms: oppress, suppress |
dash | (verb) break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over | Synonyms: smash |
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(verb) add an enlivening or altering element to | - |
(verb) hurl or thrust violently | Synonyms: crash |
(verb) cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | Synonyms: daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off |
(verb) run or move very quickly or hastily | Synonyms: dart, flash, scoot, scud, shoot |
(verb) destroy or break | - |
debauch | (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
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debouch | (verb) pass out or emerge; especially of rivers | - |
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(verb) march out (as from a defile) into open ground | Synonyms: march out |
declutch | (verb) disengage the clutch of a car | - |
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demolish | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: destroy |
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(verb) eat up completely, as with great appetite | Synonyms: consume, devour, down, go through |
(verb) destroy completely | Synonyms: pulverise, pulverize |
(verb) ruin or destroy | - |
despatch | (verb) send away towards a designated goal | Synonyms: dispatch, send off |
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detach | (verb) come to be detached | Synonyms: come away, come off |
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(verb) cause to become detached or separated; take off | - |
(verb) separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment | - |
diminish | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, fall, lessen |
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(verb) lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of | Synonyms: belittle |
disestablish | (verb) deprive (an established church) of its status | - |
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dish | (verb) make concave; shape like a dish | - |
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(verb) provide (usually but not necessarily food) | Synonyms: dish out, dish up, serve, serve up |
dispatch | (verb) kill without delay | - |
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(verb) send away towards a designated goal | Synonyms: despatch, send off |
(verb) complete or carry out | Synonyms: complete, discharge |
(verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation | Synonyms: bump off, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay |
(verb) dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently | - |
distinguish | (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
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(verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, identify, key, key out, name |
(verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | Synonyms: differentiate, mark |
(verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: signalise, signalize |
(verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart |
ditch | (verb) crash or crash-land | - |
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(verb) cut a trench in, as for drainage | Synonyms: trench |
(verb) make an emergency landing on water | - |
(verb) forsake | - |
(verb) throw away | Synonyms: chuck |
(verb) sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly | Synonyms: dump |
drench | (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse |
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(verb) permeate or impregnate | Synonyms: imbrue |
(verb) force to drink | - |
(verb) drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged | Synonyms: swamp |
earth | (verb) connect to the earth | - |
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(verb) hide in the earth like a hunted animal | - |
embellish | (verb) make more beautiful | Synonyms: beautify, fancify, prettify |
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(verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embroider, lard, pad |
(verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, grace, ornament |
(verb) be beautiful to look at | Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, grace |
encroach | (verb) advance beyond the usual limit | Synonyms: impinge, infringe |
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(verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: entrench, impinge, trench |
enmesh | (verb) entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh | Synonyms: ensnarl, mesh |
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