realign | (verb) align anew or better | Synonyms: realine |
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reapportion | (verb) allocate, distribute, or apportion anew | Synonyms: reallocate |
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reason | (verb) think logically | - |
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(verb) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion | Synonyms: conclude, reason out |
(verb) present reasons and arguments | Synonyms: argue |
reassign | (verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | Synonyms: transfer |
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reawaken | (verb) awaken once again | - |
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reckon | (verb) deem to be | Synonyms: consider, regard, see, view |
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(verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, work out |
(verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, suppose, think |
(verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: calculate, count on, estimate, figure, forecast |
(verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, depend, look, rely, swear |
(verb) take account of | Synonyms: count |
recondition | (verb) bring into an improved condition | - |
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redden | (verb) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | Synonyms: blush, crimson, flush |
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(verb) turn red or redder | - |
(verb) make red | - |
redesign | (verb) design anew, make a new design for | - |
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refashion | (verb) make new | Synonyms: make over, redo, remake |
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refrain | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: abstain, desist |
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(verb) resist doing something | Synonyms: forbear |
refreshen | (verb) become or make oneself fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, freshen up, refresh |
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(verb) make fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, refresh |
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 |
reign | (verb) have sovereign power | - |
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(verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, predominate, prevail, rule |
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 | - |
relearn | (verb) learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it | - |
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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. | - |
reopen | (verb) open again or anew | - |
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reposition | (verb) place into another position | - |
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(verb) change place or direction | Synonyms: dislodge, shift |
repugn | (verb) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | Synonyms: contend, contest |
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requisition | (verb) make a formal request for official services | - |
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(verb) demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service | - |
rerun | (verb) cause to perform again | - |
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(verb) broadcast again, as of a film | Synonyms: rebroadcast |
(verb) run again for office | - |
(verb) rerun a performance of a play, for example | - |
resign | (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: reconcile, submit |
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(verb) part with a possession or right | Synonyms: free, give up, release, relinquish |
(verb) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | Synonyms: give up, renounce, vacate |
(verb) give up or retire from a position | Synonyms: leave office, quit, step down |
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 | - |
restrengthen | (verb) make strong again | - |
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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 | - |
return | (verb) go back to a previous state | Synonyms: regress, retrovert, revert, turn back |
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(verb) be restored | Synonyms: come back |
(verb) go back to something earlier | Synonyms: come back, hark back, recall |
(verb) answer back | Synonyms: come back, rejoin, repay, retort, riposte |
(verb) submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority | - |
(verb) pass down | Synonyms: deliver, render |
(verb) make a return | - |
(verb) give or supply | Synonyms: generate, give, render, yield |
(verb) go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before | - |
(verb) return to a previous position; in mathematics | - |
(verb) bring back to the point of departure | Synonyms: bring back, take back |
(verb) pay back | Synonyms: give back, refund, repay |
(verb) return in kind | - |
(verb) give back | Synonyms: render |
(verb) be inherited by | Synonyms: devolve, fall, pass |
(verb) elect again | Synonyms: reelect |
ripen | (verb) grow ripe | - |
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(verb) cause to ripen or develop fully | Synonyms: mature |
rosin | (verb) rub rosin onto | - |
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roughen | (verb) make rough or rougher | - |
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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 | - |
run | (verb) reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating | Synonyms: melt, melt down |
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(verb) come unraveled or undone as if by snagging | Synonyms: ladder |
(verb) progress by being changed | Synonyms: go, move |
(verb) change from one state to another | - |
(verb) become undone | Synonyms: unravel |
(verb) cause to perform | - |
(verb) compete in a race | Synonyms: race |
(verb) pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) | Synonyms: hunt, hunt down, track down |
(verb) run, stand, or compete for an office or a position | Synonyms: campaign |
(verb) perform as expected when applied | Synonyms: function, go, operate, work |
(verb) pass over, across, or through | Synonyms: draw, guide, pass |
(verb) be operating, running or functioning | - |
(verb) conduct to completion | - |
(verb) cause to emit recorded audio or video | Synonyms: play |
(verb) include as the content; broadcast or publicize | Synonyms: carry |
(verb) move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time | - |
(verb) move along, of liquids | Synonyms: course, feed, flow |
(verb) keep company | Synonyms: consort |
(verb) sail before the wind | - |
(verb) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run | Synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
(verb) cover by running; run a certain distance | - |
(verb) run with the ball; in such sports as football | - |
(verb) be diffused | Synonyms: bleed |
(verb) travel a route regularly | Synonyms: ply |
(verb) cause an animal to move fast | - |
(verb) move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way | - |
(verb) travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means | - |
(verb) deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor | Synonyms: black market |
(verb) carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine | Synonyms: execute |
(verb) make without a miss | - |
(verb) direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. | Synonyms: operate |
(verb) set animals loose to graze | - |
(verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | Synonyms: extend, go, lead, pass |
(verb) have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined | Synonyms: be given, incline, lean, tend |
(verb) be affected by; be subjected to | - |
(verb) continue to exist | Synonyms: die hard, endure, persist, prevail |
(verb) have a particular form | Synonyms: go |
(verb) extend or continue for a certain period of time | Synonyms: run for |
(verb) occur persistently | - |
(verb) change or be different within limits | Synonyms: range |
(verb) cause something to pass or lead somewhere | Synonyms: lead |
sadden | (verb) come to feel sad | - |
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(verb) make unhappy | - |
sanction | (verb) give sanction to | Synonyms: approve, O.K., okay |
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(verb) give religious sanction to, such as through an oath | Synonyms: sanctify |
(verb) give authority or permission to | - |
scan | (verb) obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources | Synonyms: read |
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(verb) read metrically | - |
(verb) make a wide, sweeping search of | - |
(verb) move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image | - |
(verb) examine hastily | Synonyms: glance over, rake, run down, skim |
(verb) examine minutely or intensely | - |
(verb) conform to a metrical pattern | - |
scorn | (verb) reject with contempt | Synonyms: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, spurn, turn down |
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(verb) look down on with disdain | Synonyms: contemn, despise, disdain |
screen | (verb) examine methodically | - |
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(verb) protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm | Synonyms: shield |
(verb) prevent from entering | Synonyms: block out |
(verb) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff | Synonyms: riddle |
(verb) project onto a screen for viewing | - |
(verb) examine in order to test suitability | Synonyms: screen out, sieve, sort |
(verb) test or examine for the presence of disease or infection | Synonyms: test |
season | (verb) make healthy | Synonyms: harden |
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(verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, mollify, temper |
(verb) lend flavor to | Synonyms: flavor, flavour |
secern | (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, distinguish, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
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section | (verb) divide into segments | Synonyms: segment |
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sharpen | (verb) become sharp or sharper | - |
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(verb) make crisp or more crisp and precise | - |
(verb) raise the pitch of (musical notes) | - |
(verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, focus |
(verb) make (one's senses) more acute | Synonyms: heighten |
(verb) give a point to | Synonyms: point, taper |
(verb) make sharp or sharper | - |
(verb) make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper | - |
shin | (verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle |
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shoehorn | (verb) fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited | - |
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shorten | (verb) become short or shorter | - |
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(verb) make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration | - |
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce |
(verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate |
(verb) make short or shorter | - |
shun | (verb) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of | Synonyms: eschew |
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(verb) expel from a community or group | Synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize |
sicken | (verb) get sick | Synonyms: come down |
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(verb) make sick or ill | - |
(verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | Synonyms: churn up, disgust, nauseate, revolt |
(verb) upset and make nauseated | Synonyms: nauseate, turn one's stomach |
sign | (verb) be engaged by a written agreement | - |
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(verb) communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs | Synonyms: signal, signalise, signalize |
(verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) | Synonyms: subscribe |
(verb) make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate | Synonyms: bless |
(verb) communicate in sign language | - |
(verb) place signs, as along a road | - |
(verb) approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation | Synonyms: ratify |
(verb) engage by written agreement | Synonyms: contract, sign on, sign up |
silkscreen | (verb) print by silkscreen | - |
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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 |
siphon | (verb) move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action | - |
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(verb) convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon | Synonyms: siphon off, syphon |
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 |
slacken | (verb) become looser or slack | - |
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(verb) make slack as by lessening tension or firmness | Synonyms: remit |
(verb) become slow or slower | Synonyms: slack, slow, slow down, slow up |
(verb) make less active or fast | Synonyms: relax, slack, slack up |
smoothen | (verb) become smooth | - |
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(verb) make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing | Synonyms: smooth |
(verb) make (a surface) shine | Synonyms: polish, shine, smooth |
soften | (verb) become soft or softer | - |
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(verb) make soft or softer | - |
(verb) lessen in force or effect | Synonyms: break, damp, dampen, weaken |
(verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: mince, moderate |
(verb) protect from impact | Synonyms: buffer, cushion |
(verb) make (images or sounds) soft or softer | - |
(verb) give in, as to influence or pressure | Synonyms: relent, yield |
sojourn | (verb) spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily | - |
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span | (verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: cross, sweep, traverse |
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spawn | (verb) lay spawn | - |
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(verb) call forth | Synonyms: breed, engender |
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 |
spoon | (verb) scoop up or take up with a spoon | - |
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(verb) snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others | Synonyms: smooch |
sprain | (verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: rick, turn, twist, wrench, wrick |
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spurn | (verb) reject with contempt | Synonyms: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, turn down |
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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 |
station | (verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: place, post, send |
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steepen | (verb) make steeper | - |
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(verb) become steeper | - |
stiffen | (verb) become stiff or stiffer | - |
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(verb) make stiff or stiffer | - |
(verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: constrain, tighten, tighten up |
straighten | (verb) put (things or places) in order | Synonyms: clean up, neaten, square away, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
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(verb) make straight or straighter | - |
(verb) make straight | Synonyms: straighten out |
(verb) straighten by unrolling | Synonyms: roll out |
(verb) straighten up or out; make straight | Synonyms: unbend |
(verb) get up from a sitting or slouching position | - |
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 |
straiten | (verb) squeeze together | - |
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(verb) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | Synonyms: distress |
strengthen | (verb) give a healthy elasticity to | Synonyms: tone, tone up |
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(verb) gain strength | - |
(verb) make strong or stronger | Synonyms: beef up, fortify |
stun | (verb) make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow | Synonyms: stupefy |
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(verb) hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag | Synonyms: sandbag |
(verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief | Synonyms: bedaze, daze |
subjoin | (verb) add to the end | - |
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suborn | (verb) induce to commit perjury or give false testimony | - |
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(verb) procure (false testimony or perjury) | - |
(verb) incite to commit a crime or an evil deed | - |
subvention | (verb) guarantee financial support of | Synonyms: subvent, underwrite |
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suction | (verb) empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction | - |
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(verb) remove or draw away by the force of suction | - |
summon | (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilise, mobilize |
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(verb) call in an official matter, such as to attend court | Synonyms: cite, summons |
(verb) ask to come | - |
(verb) gather or bring together | Synonyms: come up, muster, muster up, rally |
(verb) cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively | Synonyms: call up |
sun | (verb) expose one's body to the sun | Synonyms: sunbathe |
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(verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun | Synonyms: insolate, solarise, solarize |
sunburn | (verb) get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun | Synonyms: burn |
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suntan | (verb) get a tan from being exposed to the sun | - |
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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 |
swan | (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swear, verify |
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(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, tramp, vagabond, wander |
(verb) sweep majestically | - |
sweeten | (verb) make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable | - |
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(verb) make sweeter in taste | Synonyms: dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate |
swoon | (verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | Synonyms: conk, faint, pass out |
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syphon | (verb) convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon | Synonyms: siphon, siphon off |
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tampon | (verb) plug with a tampon | - |
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tan | (verb) get a tan, from wind or sun | Synonyms: bronze |
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(verb) treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather | - |
tauten | (verb) become taut or tauter | Synonyms: firm |
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(verb) make taut or tauter | Synonyms: firm |
thicken | (verb) become thick or thicker | Synonyms: inspissate |
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(verb) make thick or thicker | Synonyms: inspissate |
(verb) make viscous or dense | Synonyms: inspissate |
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 |
threaten | (verb) to utter intentions of injury or punishment against | - |
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(verb) to be a menacing indication of something | - |
(verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to | Synonyms: endanger, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, menace, peril |
tighten | (verb) become tight or tighter | - |
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(verb) make tight or tighter | Synonyms: fasten |
(verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: constrain, stiffen, tighten up |
(verb) narrow or limit | Synonyms: reduce |
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 | - |
toboggan | (verb) move along on a luge or toboggan | Synonyms: luge |
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toughen | (verb) make tough or tougher | - |
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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 | - |
transition | (verb) make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another) | - |
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(verb) cause to convert or undergo a transition | - |
trepan | (verb) cut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery | - |
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turn | (verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: rick, sprain, twist, wrench, wrick |
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(verb) change to the contrary | Synonyms: change by reversal, reverse |
(verb) go sour or spoil | Synonyms: ferment, sour, work |
(verb) pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become | Synonyms: grow |
(verb) undergo a transformation or a change of position or action | Synonyms: change state |
(verb) change color | - |
(verb) become officially one year older | - |
(verb) have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to | Synonyms: call on |
(verb) direct at someone | - |
(verb) shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel | - |
(verb) let (something) fall or spill from a container | Synonyms: release |
(verb) alter the functioning or setting of | - |
(verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: bend, deform, flex, twist |
(verb) to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | Synonyms: plough, plow |
(verb) to change orientation or direction | - |
(verb) cause to move around a center so as to show another side of | Synonyms: turn over |
(verb) cause to move around or rotate | - |
(verb) pass to the other side of | Synonyms: move around |
(verb) move around an axis or a center | - |
(verb) to send or let go | - |
(verb) cause to move along an axis or into a new direction | - |
(verb) channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something | - |
(verb) get by buying and selling | - |
(verb) accomplish by rotating | - |
(verb) undergo a change or development | Synonyms: become |
(verb) cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics | - |
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 |