| heighten | (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: enhance, raise |
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| (verb) become more extreme | Synonyms: rise |
| (verb) make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity | - |
| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: compound, deepen, intensify |
| (verb) make (one's senses) more acute | Synonyms: sharpen |
| (verb) increase the height of | - |
| honeymoon | (verb) spend a holiday after one's marriage | - |
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| horn | (verb) stab or pierce with a horn or tusk | Synonyms: tusk |
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| houseclean | (verb) clean and tidy up the house | Synonyms: clean, clean house |
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| hymn | (verb) praise by singing a hymn | - |
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| (verb) sing a hymn | - |
| hyphen | (verb) divide or connect with a hyphen | Synonyms: hyphenate |
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| imprison | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: gaol, immure, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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| (verb) confine as if in a prison | - |
| impugn | (verb) attack as false or wrong | - |
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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 |
| inspan | (verb) attach a yoke or harness to | - |
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| intern | (verb) deprive of freedom | - |
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| (verb) work as an intern | - |
| iron | (verb) press and smooth with a heated iron | Synonyms: iron out, press |
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| japan | (verb) coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan | - |
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| jettison | (verb) throw as from an airplane | - |
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| (verb) throw away, of something encumbering | - |
| 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 |
| keen | (verb) express grief verbally | Synonyms: lament |
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| kern | (verb) remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) | - |
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| (verb) furnish with a kern | - |
| kitten | (verb) give birth to kittens | - |
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| laden | (verb) remove with or as if with a ladle | Synonyms: lade, ladle |
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| (verb) fill or place a load on | Synonyms: lade, load, load up |
| lampoon | (verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: satirise, satirize |
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| larn | (verb) gain knowledge or skills | Synonyms: acquire, learn |
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| lean | (verb) rely on for support | - |
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| (verb) cause to lean or incline | - |
| (verb) to incline or bend from a vertical position | Synonyms: angle, slant, tilt, tip |
| (verb) cause to lean to the side | Synonyms: list |
| (verb) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | Synonyms: be given, incline, run, tend |
| learn | (verb) gain knowledge or skills | Synonyms: acquire, larn |
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| (verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, pick up, see |
| (verb) be a student of a certain subject | Synonyms: read, study, take |
| (verb) commit to memory; learn by heart | Synonyms: con, memorise, memorize |
| (verb) impart skills or knowledge to | Synonyms: instruct, teach |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: ascertain, check, determine, find out, see, watch |
| leaven | (verb) cause to puff up with a leaven | Synonyms: prove, raise |
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| lengthen | (verb) become long or longer | - |
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| (verb) make longer | - |
| lessen | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: decrease, diminish, fall |
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| (verb) wear off or die down | Synonyms: subside |
| (verb) make become smaller | Synonyms: decrease, minify |
| lighten | (verb) make more cheerful through the use of color | Synonyms: brighten, lighten up |
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| (verb) become lighter | Synonyms: lighten up |
| (verb) alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive | Synonyms: relieve |
| (verb) become more cheerful | Synonyms: buoy up, lighten up |
| (verb) reduce the weight on; make lighter | - |
| (verb) make more cheerful | Synonyms: buoy up, lighten up |
| liken | (verb) consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous | Synonyms: compare, equate |
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| limn | (verb) make a portrait of | Synonyms: depict, portray |
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| (verb) trace the shape of | Synonyms: delineate, outline |
| listen | (verb) hear with intention | - |
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| (verb) listen and pay attention | Synonyms: hear, take heed |
| (verb) pay close attention to; give heed to | Synonyms: heed, mind |
| liven | (verb) make lively | Synonyms: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven up |
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| loan | (verb) give temporarily; let have for a limited time | Synonyms: lend |
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| loosen | (verb) become loose or looser or less tight | Synonyms: loose, relax |
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| (verb) make loose or looser | Synonyms: loose |
| (verb) make less dense | - |
| (verb) disentangle and raise the fibers of | Synonyms: tease, tease apart |
| (verb) cause to become loose | Synonyms: undo, untie |
| (verb) become less severe or strict | Synonyms: relax |
| (verb) make less severe or strict | Synonyms: relax |
| louden | (verb) cause to become loud | - |
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| (verb) become louder | - |
| madden | (verb) make mad | - |
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| (verb) drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves | - |
| (verb) cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind | Synonyms: craze |
| 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 |
| malfunction | (verb) fail to function or function improperly | Synonyms: misfunction |
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| malign | (verb) speak unfavorably about | Synonyms: badmouth, drag through the mud, traduce |
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| man | (verb) provide with workers | - |
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| (verb) take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place | - |
| maroon | (verb) leave stranded on a desert island without resources | - |
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| (verb) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue | Synonyms: strand |
| mean | (verb) have in mind as a purpose | Synonyms: intend, think |
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| (verb) intend to refer to | Synonyms: have in mind, think of |
| (verb) destine or designate for a certain purpose | - |
| (verb) mean or intend to express or convey | Synonyms: intend |
| (verb) denote or connote | Synonyms: intend, signify, stand for |
| (verb) have as a logical consequence | Synonyms: entail, imply |
| (verb) have a specified degree of importance | - |
| mention | (verb) make mention of | Synonyms: note, observe, remark |
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| (verb) commend | Synonyms: cite |
| (verb) make reference to | Synonyms: advert, bring up, cite, name, refer |
| misalign | (verb) align imperfectly or badly | - |
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| misdemean | (verb) behave badly | Synonyms: misbehave, misconduct |
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| misfunction | (verb) fail to function or function improperly | Synonyms: malfunction |
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| misgovern | (verb) govern badly | - |
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| moan | (verb) indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure | Synonyms: groan |
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| moisten | (verb) make moist | Synonyms: dampen, wash |
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| (verb) moisten with fine drops | Synonyms: drizzle |
| moon | (verb) expose one's buttocks to | - |
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| (verb) be idle in a listless or dreamy way | Synonyms: moon around, moon on |
| (verb) have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake | Synonyms: daydream |
| motion | (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesticulate, gesture |
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| mourn | (verb) feel sadness | - |
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| (verb) observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one | - |
| munition | (verb) supply with weapons | - |
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| neaten | (verb) care for one's external appearance | Synonyms: groom |
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| (verb) put (things or places) in order | Synonyms: clean up, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
| 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 |
| occasion | (verb) give occasion to | - |
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| omen | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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| open | (verb) make available | Synonyms: open up |
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| (verb) become available | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) make the opening move | - |
| (verb) cause to open or to become open | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) become open | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) spread out or open from a closed or folded state | Synonyms: spread, spread out, unfold |
| (verb) display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer | - |
| (verb) afford access to | Synonyms: afford, give |
| (verb) start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc. | - |
| (verb) have an opening or passage or outlet | - |
| oppugn | (verb) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of | Synonyms: call into question, question |
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| 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 | - |
| orphan | (verb) deprive of parents | - |
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| outrun | (verb) run faster than | - |
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| outspan | (verb) remove the yoke or harness from | - |
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| overburden | (verb) burden with too much work or responsibility | - |
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| (verb) load with excessive weight | - |
| overrun | (verb) run beyond or past | - |
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| (verb) seize the position of and defeat | - |
| (verb) flow or run over (a limit or brim) | Synonyms: brim over, overflow, run over, well over |
| (verb) invade in great numbers | Synonyms: infest |
| (verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host | Synonyms: infest, invade |
| overstrain | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overextend |
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| overturn | (verb) change radically | Synonyms: revolutionise, revolutionize |
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| (verb) rule against | Synonyms: override, overrule, overthrow, reverse |
| (verb) cancel officially | Synonyms: annul, countermand, lift, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, vacate |
| (verb) turn from an upright or normal position | Synonyms: tip over, tump over, turn over |
| (verb) cause to overturn from an upright or normal position | Synonyms: bowl over, knock over, tip over, tump over, turn over, upset |
| (verb) cause the downfall of; of rulers | Synonyms: bring down, overthrow, subvert |
| own | (verb) have ownership or possession of | Synonyms: have, possess |
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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 |
| pan | (verb) express a totally negative opinion of | Synonyms: tear apart, trash |
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| (verb) wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals | Synonyms: pan off, pan out |
| (verb) make a sweeping movement | - |
| pardon | (verb) grant a pardon to | - |
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| (verb) accept an excuse for | Synonyms: excuse |
| partition | (verb) separate or apportion into sections | Synonyms: zone |
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| (verb) divide into parts, pieces, or sections | Synonyms: partition off |
| pattern | (verb) plan or create according to a model or models | Synonyms: model |
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| (verb) form a pattern | - |
| pawn | (verb) leave as a guarantee in return for money | Synonyms: hock, soak |
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| pen | (verb) produce a literary work | Synonyms: compose, indite, write |
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| pension | (verb) grant a pension to | Synonyms: pension off |
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| 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 |
| petition | (verb) write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing | - |
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| 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 |
| pinion | (verb) cut the wings off (of birds) | - |
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| (verb) bind the arms of | Synonyms: shackle |
| plain | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kick, kvetch, quetch, sound off |
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| plan | (verb) make plans for something | - |
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| (verb) have the will and intention to carry out some action | Synonyms: be after |
| (verb) make or work out a plan for; devise | Synonyms: contrive, design, project |
| poison | (verb) administer poison to | - |
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| (verb) add poison to | Synonyms: envenom |
| (verb) kill with poison | - |
| (verb) kill by its poison | - |
| (verb) spoil as if by poison | - |
| portion | (verb) give out | Synonyms: allot, assign |
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| position | (verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: lay, place, pose, put, set |
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| (verb) cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | - |
| prawn | (verb) fish for prawns | - |
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| precondition | (verb) put into the required condition beforehand | - |
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| preen | (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: dress, plume, primp |
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| (verb) pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement | Synonyms: congratulate |
| (verb) clean with one's bill | Synonyms: plume |
| preordain | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: foreordain, predestine |
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| proportion | (verb) adjust in size relative to other things | - |
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| (verb) give pleasant proportions to | - |
| proposition | (verb) suggest sex to | - |
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| provision | (verb) supply with provisions | Synonyms: purvey |
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| pun | (verb) make a play on words | - |
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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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| queen | (verb) become a queen | - |
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| (verb) promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess | - |
| question | (verb) pose a question | Synonyms: query |
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| (verb) challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of | Synonyms: call into question, oppugn |
| (verb) place in doubt or express doubtful speculation | Synonyms: wonder |
| (verb) pose a series of questions to | Synonyms: interrogate |
| (verb) conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting | Synonyms: interview |
| quicken | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify |
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| (verb) show signs of life | - |
| (verb) give life or energy to | Synonyms: invigorate |
| (verb) move faster | Synonyms: accelerate, speed, speed up |
| (verb) make keen or more acute | Synonyms: whet |
| quieten | (verb) cause to be quiet or not talk | Synonyms: hush, hush up, shut up, silence, still |
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| (verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
| (verb) become quiet or quieter | Synonyms: hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down |
| rain | (verb) precipitate as rain | Synonyms: rain down |
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| ration | (verb) distribute in rations, as in the army | Synonyms: ration out |
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| (verb) restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war | - |
| raven | (verb) eat greedily | Synonyms: devour, guttle, pig |
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| (verb) feed greedily | - |
| (verb) prey on or hunt for | Synonyms: predate, prey |
| (verb) obtain or seize by violence | - |