abandon | (verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | Synonyms: desert, desolate, forsake |
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(verb) stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims | Synonyms: give up |
(verb) leave behind empty; move out of | Synonyms: empty, vacate |
(verb) forsake, leave behind | - |
(verb) give up with the intent of never claiming again | Synonyms: give up |
accession | (verb) make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library | - |
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action | (verb) put in effect | Synonyms: accomplish, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill |
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(verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: litigate, process, sue |
ambition | (verb) have as one's ambition | - |
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apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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(verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
auction | (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction off, auctioneer |
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audition | (verb) perform in order to get a role | Synonyms: try out |
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balloon | (verb) become inflated | Synonyms: billow, inflate |
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(verb) ride in a hot-air balloon | - |
beacon | (verb) guide with a beacon | - |
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(verb) shine like a beacon | - |
beckon | (verb) signal with the hands or nod | Synonyms: wave |
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(verb) summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture | - |
(verb) appear inviting | - |
blazon | (verb) decorate with heraldic arms | Synonyms: emblazon |
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bludgeon | (verb) strike with a club or a bludgeon | Synonyms: club |
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(verb) overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club | - |
bourgeon | (verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate | Synonyms: burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud |
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burgeon | (verb) grow and flourish | - |
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button | (verb) fasten with buttons | - |
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(verb) provide with buttons | - |
cannon | (verb) fire a cannon | - |
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(verb) make a cannon | - |
canton | (verb) divide into cantons, of a country | - |
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(verb) provide housing for (military personnel) | Synonyms: billet, quarter |
caparison | (verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: bard, barde, dress up |
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caption | (verb) provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing | - |
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cartoon | (verb) draw cartoons of | - |
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caution | (verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: admonish, monish |
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champion | (verb) protect or fight for as a champion | Synonyms: defend |
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chaperon | (verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperone |
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clarion | (verb) proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion | - |
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(verb) blow the clarion | - |
claxon | (verb) use the horn of a car | Synonyms: honk |
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(verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: beep, blare, honk, toot |
cocoon | (verb) wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection | - |
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(verb) retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment | - |
commission | (verb) charge with a task | - |
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(verb) put into commission; equip for service; of ships | - |
(verb) place an order for | - |
companion | (verb) be a companion to somebody | Synonyms: accompany, company, keep company |
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complexion | (verb) give a certain color to | - |
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con | (verb) commit to memory; learn by heart | Synonyms: learn, memorise, memorize |
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(verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
condition | (verb) apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny | - |
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(verb) put into a better state | - |
(verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Synonyms: qualify, specify, stipulate |
(verb) develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control | Synonyms: check, discipline, train |
(verb) establish a conditioned response | - |
confection | (verb) make into a confection | Synonyms: comfit, confect |
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cotton | (verb) take a liking to | - |
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crayon | (verb) write, draw, or trace with a crayon | - |
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crimson | (verb) turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | Synonyms: blush, flush, redden |
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croon | (verb) sing softly | - |
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cushion | (verb) protect from impact | Synonyms: buffer, soften |
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deaccession | (verb) sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works | - |
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decommission | (verb) withdraw from active service | - |
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derequisition | (verb) release from government control | - |
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dimension | (verb) shape or form to required dimensions | - |
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(verb) indicate the dimensions on | - |
disillusion | (verb) free from enchantment | Synonyms: disenchant |
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don | (verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: assume, get into, put on, wear |
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dragoon | (verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | Synonyms: railroad, sandbag |
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(verb) subjugate by imposing troops | - |
emblazon | (verb) decorate with heraldic arms | Synonyms: blazon |
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(verb) decorate with colors | Synonyms: color, colour |
encrimson | (verb) make crimson | - |
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environ | (verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: border, ring, skirt, surround |
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envision | (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize |
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(verb) picture to oneself; imagine possible | Synonyms: foresee |
falcon | (verb) hunt with falcons | - |
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fashion | (verb) make out of components (often in an improvising manner) | Synonyms: forge |
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festoon | (verb) decorate with strings of flowers | - |
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fraction | (verb) perform a division | Synonyms: divide |
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function | (verb) perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function | Synonyms: officiate |
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(verb) perform as expected when applied | Synonyms: go, operate, run, work |
(verb) serve a purpose, role, or function | Synonyms: serve |
garrison | (verb) station (troops) in a fort or garrison | - |
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harpoon | (verb) spear with a harpoon | - |
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honeymoon | (verb) spend a holiday after one's marriage | - |
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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 | - |
iron | (verb) press and smooth with a heated iron | Synonyms: iron out, press |
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jettison | (verb) throw as from an airplane | - |
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(verb) throw away, of something encumbering | - |
lampoon | (verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: satirise, satirize |
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malfunction | (verb) fail to function or function improperly | Synonyms: misfunction |
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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 |
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 |
misfunction | (verb) fail to function or function improperly | Synonyms: malfunction |
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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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munition | (verb) supply with weapons | - |
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occasion | (verb) give occasion to | - |
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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 |
pension | (verb) grant a pension to | Synonyms: pension off |
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petition | (verb) write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing | - |
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pinion | (verb) cut the wings off (of birds) | - |
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(verb) bind the arms of | Synonyms: shackle |
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 | - |
precondition | (verb) put into the required condition beforehand | - |
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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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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 |
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 | - |
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 |
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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refashion | (verb) make new | Synonyms: make over, redo, remake |
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reposition | (verb) place into another position | - |
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(verb) change place or direction | Synonyms: dislodge, shift |
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 | - |
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 | - |
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 |
section | (verb) divide into segments | Synonyms: segment |
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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 |
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 |
station | (verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: place, post, send |
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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 |
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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