| abstain | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: desist, refrain |
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| (verb) refrain from voting | - |
| adjoin | (verb) attach or add | - |
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| (verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary | Synonyms: abut, border, butt, butt against, butt on, edge, march |
| (verb) be in direct physical contact with; make contact | Synonyms: contact, meet, touch |
| appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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| ascertain | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) learn or discover with certainty | - |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
| (verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: determine, find, find out |
| attain | (verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: hit, reach |
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| (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, gain, hit, make, reach |
| (verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
| (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, reach |
| bargain | (verb) come to terms; arrive at an agreement | - |
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| (verb) negotiate the terms of an exchange | Synonyms: dicker |
| begin | (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out |
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| (verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: commence, lead off, start |
| (verb) begin to speak or say | - |
| (verb) begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language | - |
| (verb) achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative | - |
| (verb) begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | Synonyms: start |
| (verb) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | Synonyms: start |
| (verb) be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series | - |
| (verb) have a beginning characterized in some specified way | Synonyms: start |
| (verb) have a beginning, of a temporal event | - |
| bin | (verb) store in bins | - |
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| brain | (verb) hit on the head | - |
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| (verb) kill by smashing someone's skull | - |
| bulletin | (verb) make public by bulletin | - |
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| cabin | (verb) confine to a small space, such as a cabin | - |
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| captain | (verb) be the captain of a sports team | - |
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| chagrin | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, humble, humiliate, mortify |
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| chain | (verb) fasten or secure with chains | - |
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| (verb) connect or arrange into a chain by linking | - |
| chin | (verb) raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar | Synonyms: chin up |
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| coffin | (verb) place into a coffin | - |
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| coin | (verb) form by stamping, punching, or printing | Synonyms: mint, strike |
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| (verb) make up | - |
| complain | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off |
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| (verb) make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge | - |
| conjoin | (verb) make contact or come together | Synonyms: join |
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| (verb) take in marriage; married | Synonyms: espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed |
| constrain | (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: stiffen, tighten, tighten up |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, hold, restrain |
| (verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: enforce, impose |
| contain | (verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: arrest, check, hold back, stop, turn back |
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| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
| (verb) include or contain; have as a component | Synonyms: comprise, incorporate |
| (verb) be divisible by | - |
| (verb) contain or hold; have within | Synonyms: bear, carry, hold |
| (verb) be capable of holding or containing | Synonyms: hold, take |
| curtain | (verb) provide with drapery | - |
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| destain | (verb) remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast | - |
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| detain | (verb) cause to be slowed down or delayed | Synonyms: delay, hold up |
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| (verb) stop or halt | Synonyms: delay, stay |
| (verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement | Synonyms: confine |
| detrain | (verb) leave a train | - |
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| devein | (verb) remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp) | - |
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| din | (verb) instill (into a person) by constant repetition | - |
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| (verb) make a resonant sound, like artillery | Synonyms: boom |
| disdain | (verb) reject with contempt | Synonyms: freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down |
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| (verb) look down on with disdain | Synonyms: contemn, despise, scorn |
| disjoin | (verb) become separated, disconnected or disjoint | Synonyms: disjoint |
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| (verb) make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of | Synonyms: disjoint |
| distrain | (verb) confiscate by distress | - |
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| (verb) levy a distress on | - |
| (verb) legally take something in place of a debt payment | - |
| drain | (verb) empty of liquid; drain the liquid from | - |
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| (verb) make weak | Synonyms: debilitate, enfeeble |
| (verb) deplete of resources | - |
| (verb) flow off gradually | Synonyms: run out |
| enchain | (verb) restrain or bind with chains | - |
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| enjoin | (verb) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority | Synonyms: order, say, tell |
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| (verb) issue an injunction | - |
| entertain | (verb) take into consideration, have in view | Synonyms: flirt with, think about, think of, toy with |
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| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse |
| (verb) provide entertainment for | - |
| entrain | (verb) board a train | - |
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| explain | (verb) make plain and comprehensible | Synonyms: explicate |
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| (verb) define | - |
| (verb) serve as a reason or cause or justification of | Synonyms: excuse |
| fin | (verb) show the fins above the water while swimming | Synonyms: break water |
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| (verb) propel oneself through the water in a finning motion | - |
| (verb) equip (a car) with fins | - |
| foreordain | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: predestine, preordain |
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| (verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: predestinate, predestine |
| gain | (verb) increase (one's body weight) | Synonyms: put on |
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| (verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: advance |
| (verb) increase or develop | Synonyms: gather |
| (verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: advance, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win |
| (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, attain, hit, make, reach |
| (verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: acquire, win |
| (verb) derive a benefit from | Synonyms: benefit, profit |
| (verb) obtain | Synonyms: derive |
| gin | (verb) trap with a snare | - |
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| (verb) separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin | - |
| grain | (verb) form into grains | Synonyms: granulate |
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| (verb) become granular | Synonyms: granulate |
| (verb) thoroughly work in | Synonyms: ingrain |
| (verb) paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | - |
| grin | (verb) to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl | - |
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| groin | (verb) build with groins | - |
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| harlequin | (verb) variegate with spots or marks | - |
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| ingrain | (verb) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of | Synonyms: impress, instill |
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| (verb) thoroughly work in | Synonyms: grain |
| join | (verb) make contact or come together | Synonyms: conjoin |
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| (verb) cause to become joined or linked | - |
| (verb) become part of; become a member of a group or organization | Synonyms: fall in, get together |
| (verb) come into the company of | - |
| (verb) be or become joined or united or linked | Synonyms: connect, link, link up, unite |
| maintain | (verb) stick to correctly or closely | Synonyms: keep, observe |
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| (verb) state categorically | Synonyms: assert, asseverate |
| (verb) state or assert | Synonyms: defend |
| (verb) support against an opponent | Synonyms: uphold |
| (verb) maintain by writing regular records | Synonyms: keep |
| (verb) supply with necessities and support | Synonyms: keep, sustain |
| (verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: conserve, keep up, preserve |
| (verb) have and exercise | Synonyms: exert, wield |
| (verb) maintain for use and service | Synonyms: keep |
| (verb) cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity | Synonyms: hold, keep |
| obtain | (verb) receive a specified treatment (abstract) | Synonyms: find, get, incur, receive |
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| (verb) come into possession of | - |
| (verb) be valid, applicable, or true | Synonyms: hold, prevail |
| ordain | (verb) issue an order | - |
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| (verb) appoint to a clerical posts | Synonyms: consecrate, order, ordinate |
| (verb) order by virtue of superior authority; decree | Synonyms: enact |
| (verb) invest with ministerial or priestly authority | - |
| overstrain | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overextend |
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| pain | (verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | Synonyms: ail, trouble |
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| (verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: anguish, hurt |
| pertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: appertain |
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| (verb) be relevant to | Synonyms: bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, refer, relate, touch, touch on |
| pin | (verb) (chess) immobilize a piece | - |
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| (verb) attach or fasten with pins | - |
| (verb) pierce with a pin | - |
| (verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilise, immobilize, trap |
| plain | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kick, kvetch, quetch, sound off |
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| preordain | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: foreordain, predestine |
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| purloin | (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, snarf, sneak, swipe |
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| rain | (verb) precipitate as rain | Synonyms: rain down |
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| refrain | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: abstain, desist |
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| (verb) resist doing something | Synonyms: forbear |
| regain | (verb) get or find back; recover the use of | Synonyms: find, recover, retrieve |
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| (verb) come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost | Synonyms: find |
| rein | (verb) keep in check | Synonyms: harness, rule |
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| (verb) stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins | Synonyms: rein in |
| (verb) stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins | Synonyms: rein in |
| (verb) control and direct with or as if by reins | Synonyms: draw rein, harness, rein in |
| rejoin | (verb) answer back | Synonyms: come back, repay, retort, return, riposte |
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| (verb) join again | - |
| remain | (verb) stay the same; remain in a certain state | Synonyms: rest, stay |
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| (verb) be in a certain place and not leave | Synonyms: persist, stay, stay put, stick, stick around |
| (verb) continue in a place, position, or situation | Synonyms: continue, stay, stay on |
| (verb) be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc. | - |
| restrain | (verb) prevent the action or expression of | Synonyms: hold back, keep, keep back |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, constrain, hold |
| (verb) restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult | Synonyms: cumber, encumber |
| (verb) prevent (someone or something) from doing something | - |
| retain | (verb) keep in one's mind | - |
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| (verb) secure and keep for possible future use or application | Synonyms: hold, hold back, keep back |
| (verb) allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature | Synonyms: continue, keep, keep on |
| (verb) hold back within | - |
| retrain | (verb) train again | - |
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| (verb) teach new skills | - |
| rosin | (verb) rub rosin onto | - |
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| ruin | (verb) fall into ruin | - |
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| (verb) destroy completely; damage irreparably | Synonyms: destroy |
| (verb) reduce to ruins | - |
| (verb) deprive of virginity | Synonyms: deflower |
| (verb) reduce to bankruptcy | Synonyms: bankrupt, break, smash |
| (verb) destroy or cause to fail | - |
| shin | (verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle |
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| sin | (verb) commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | Synonyms: transgress, trespass |
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| (verb) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | Synonyms: blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof |
| skin | (verb) remove the skin from | Synonyms: pare, peel |
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| (verb) remove the bark of a tree | Synonyms: bark |
| (verb) bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of | Synonyms: scrape |
| (verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle |
| spin | (verb) prolong or extend | Synonyms: spin out |
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| (verb) twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation | - |
| (verb) work natural fibers into a thread | - |
| (verb) form a web by making a thread | - |
| (verb) make up a story | - |
| (verb) stream in jets, of liquids | - |
| (verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | Synonyms: gyrate, reel, spin around, whirl |
| (verb) cause to spin | Synonyms: birl, twirl, whirl |
| sprain | (verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: rick, turn, twist, wrench, wrick |
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| stain | (verb) produce or leave stains | - |
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| (verb) color with a liquid dye or tint | - |
| (verb) color for microscopic study | Synonyms: dye |
| (verb) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | Synonyms: defile, maculate, sully, tarnish |
| strain | (verb) cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious | Synonyms: tense, tense up |
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| (verb) alter the shape of (something) by stress | Synonyms: deform, distort |
| (verb) to exert much effort or energy | Synonyms: reach, strive |
| (verb) use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity | Synonyms: extend |
| (verb) remove by passing through a filter | Synonyms: filter, filter out, filtrate, separate out |
| (verb) separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements | Synonyms: sieve, sift |
| (verb) become stretched or tense or taut | Synonyms: tense |
| (verb) rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender | Synonyms: puree |
| (verb) test the limits of | Synonyms: stress, try |
| subjoin | (verb) add to the end | - |
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| sustain | (verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: get, have, suffer |
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| (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support |
| (verb) admit as valid | - |
| (verb) supply with necessities and support | Synonyms: keep, maintain |
| (verb) provide with nourishment | Synonyms: nourish, nurture |
| (verb) be the physical support of; carry the weight of | Synonyms: hold, hold up, support |
| (verb) lengthen or extend in duration or space | Synonyms: keep up, prolong |
| thin | (verb) take off weight | Synonyms: melt off, reduce, slenderize, slim, slim down |
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| (verb) lose thickness; become thin or thinner | - |
| (verb) make thin or thinner | - |
| (verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture | Synonyms: cut, dilute, reduce, thin out |
| tin | (verb) preserve in a can or tin | Synonyms: can, put up |
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| (verb) prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface | - |
| (verb) plate with tin | - |
| train | (verb) exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition | - |
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| (verb) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | Synonyms: prepare |
| (verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, educate, prepare |
| (verb) teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports | Synonyms: coach |
| (verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | Synonyms: aim, direct, take, take aim |
| (verb) drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground | Synonyms: trail |
| (verb) travel by rail or train | Synonyms: rail |
| (verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: groom, prepare |
| (verb) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment | Synonyms: civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school |
| (verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, condition, discipline |
| (verb) cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it | - |
| twin | (verb) give birth to twins | - |
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| (verb) grow as twins | - |
| (verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, match, mate, pair |
| (verb) duplicate or match | Synonyms: duplicate, parallel |
| unchain | (verb) remove the chains from | - |
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| (verb) make free | - |
| underpin | (verb) support from beneath | - |
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| (verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm | Synonyms: bear out, corroborate, support |
| unpin | (verb) remove the pins from; unfasten the pins of | - |
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| unstrain | (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unwind |
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| vein | (verb) make a veinlike pattern | - |
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| win | (verb) be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious | - |
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| (verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: acquire, gain |
| (verb) acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions | Synonyms: earn, garner |
| (verb) attain success or reach a desired goal | Synonyms: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed |