cripple | (verb) deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg | Synonyms: lame |
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(verb) deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless | Synonyms: stultify |
dapple | (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: cloud, mottle |
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grapple | (verb) to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match | Synonyms: grip |
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(verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, make do, make out, manage |
hopple | (verb) strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison | Synonyms: hobble |
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ripple | (verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | Synonyms: cockle, riffle, ruffle, undulate |
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(verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | Synonyms: babble, bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle |
stipple | (verb) produce a mottled effect | Synonyms: speckle |
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(verb) engrave by means of dots and flicks | - |
(verb) make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink | - |
(verb) apply (paint) in small dots or strokes | - |
stopple | (verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper | Synonyms: stopper |
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supple | (verb) make pliant and flexible | - |
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tipple | (verb) drink moderately but regularly | Synonyms: bib |
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topple | (verb) fall down, as if collapsing | Synonyms: tumble |
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(verb) cause to topple or tumble by pushing | Synonyms: tip, tumble |