| roar | (verb) laugh unrestrainedly and heartily | Synonyms: howl |
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| (verb) make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles | Synonyms: howl |
| (verb) emit long loud cries | Synonyms: howl, ululate, wail, yaup, yawl |
| (verb) utter words loudly and forcefully | Synonyms: thunder |
| (verb) make a loud noise, as of animal | Synonyms: bellow |
| (verb) act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way | - |
| roister | (verb) engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: carouse, riot |
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| rubber | (verb) coat or impregnate with rubber | Synonyms: rubberise, rubberize |
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| rumor | (verb) tell or spread rumors | Synonyms: bruit, rumour |
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| rumour | (verb) tell or spread rumors | Synonyms: bruit, rumor |
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| saber | (verb) kill with a saber | Synonyms: sabre |
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| (verb) cut or injure with a saber | Synonyms: sabre |
| sandpaper | (verb) rub with sandpaper | Synonyms: sand |
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| saunter | (verb) walk leisurely and with no apparent aim | Synonyms: stroll |
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| savor | (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | Synonyms: bask, enjoy, relish, savour |
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| (verb) taste appreciatively | Synonyms: savour |
| (verb) give taste to | Synonyms: savour |
| (verb) have flavor; taste of something | Synonyms: savour, taste |
| savour | (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | Synonyms: bask, enjoy, relish, savor |
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| (verb) taste appreciatively | Synonyms: savor |
| (verb) give taste to | Synonyms: savor |
| (verb) have flavor; taste of something | Synonyms: savor, taste |
| scamper | (verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly | Synonyms: scurry, scuttle, skitter |
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| scar | (verb) mark with a scar | Synonyms: mark, pit, pock |
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| scarper | (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, run away, scat, take to the woods, turn tail |
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| scatter | (verb) cause to separate | Synonyms: break up, disperse |
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| (verb) distribute loosely | Synonyms: disperse, dot, dust, sprinkle |
| (verb) sow by scattering | - |
| (verb) move away from each other | Synonyms: disperse, dissipate, spread out |
| (verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions | Synonyms: break up, dispel, disperse, dissipate |
| (verb) strew or distribute over an area | Synonyms: spread, spread out |
| schnorr | (verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling | Synonyms: cadge, scrounge, shnorr |
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| scissor | (verb) cut with or as if with scissors | - |
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| scour | (verb) rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid | Synonyms: flush, purge |
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| (verb) rub hard or scrub | Synonyms: abrade |
| (verb) clean with hard rubbing | Synonyms: scrub |
| (verb) examine minutely | - |
| scupper | (verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | Synonyms: endanger, expose, peril, queer |
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| (verb) wait in hiding to attack | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, lurk, waylay |
| sear | (verb) make very hot and dry | Synonyms: scorch |
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| (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: blacken, char, scorch |
| (verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | Synonyms: parch |
| (verb) become superficially burned | Synonyms: scorch, singe |
| sequester | (verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: seclude, sequestrate, withdraw |
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| (verb) set apart from others | Synonyms: isolate, keep apart, sequestrate, set apart |
| (verb) undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion | - |
| (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority | Synonyms: attach, confiscate, impound, seize |
| (verb) requisition forcibly, as of enemy property | - |
| sever | (verb) cut off from a whole | Synonyms: discerp, lop |
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| (verb) set or keep apart | Synonyms: break up |
| shatter | (verb) break into many pieces | - |
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| (verb) cause to break into many pieces | - |
| (verb) damage or destroy | - |
| shear | (verb) become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain | - |
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| (verb) cut with shears | - |
| (verb) cut or cut through with shears | - |
| (verb) shear the wool from | Synonyms: fleece |
| sheer | (verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, slew, slue, swerve, trend, veer |
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| (verb) cause to sheer | - |
| shelter | (verb) invest (money) so that it is not taxable | - |
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| (verb) provide shelter for | - |
| shimmer | (verb) give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk | - |
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| (verb) shine with a weak or fitful light | - |
| shirr | (verb) bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set | - |
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| shiver | (verb) shake, as from cold | Synonyms: shudder |
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| (verb) tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement | Synonyms: shudder, thrill, throb |
| shnorr | (verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling | Synonyms: cadge, schnorr, scrounge |
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| shoulder | (verb) push with the shoulders | - |
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| (verb) carry a burden, either real or metaphoric | - |
| (verb) lift onto one's shoulders | - |
| shower | (verb) take a shower; wash one's body in the shower | - |
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| (verb) provide abundantly with | - |
| (verb) spray or sprinkle with | - |
| (verb) expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns | Synonyms: lavish |
| (verb) rain abundantly | Synonyms: shower down |
| shudder | (verb) shake, as from cold | Synonyms: shiver |
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| (verb) tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement | Synonyms: shiver, thrill, throb |
| shutter | (verb) close with shutters | - |
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| silver | (verb) make silver in color | - |
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| (verb) turn silver | - |
| (verb) coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam | - |
| simmer | (verb) boil slowly at low temperature | - |
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| simper | (verb) smile affectedly or derisively | Synonyms: smirk |
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| sinter | (verb) cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting | - |
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| skewer | (verb) drive a skewer through | Synonyms: spit |
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| skipper | (verb) work as the skipper on a vessel | - |
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| skitter | (verb) twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water | - |
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| (verb) cause to skip over a surface | Synonyms: skim, skip |
| (verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly | Synonyms: scamper, scurry, scuttle |
| (verb) glide easily along a surface | - |
| slabber | (verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: dribble, drivel, drool, slaver, slobber |
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| slander | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, smear, smirch, sully |
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| slather | (verb) spread thickly | - |
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| slaughter | (verb) kill a large number of people indiscriminately | Synonyms: massacre, mow down |
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| (verb) kill (animals) usually for food consumption | Synonyms: butcher |
| slaver | (verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: dribble, drivel, drool, slabber, slobber |
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| sledgehammer | (verb) beat with a sledgehammer | Synonyms: sledge |
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| slither | (verb) to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly | Synonyms: slide |
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| sliver | (verb) break up into splinters or slivers | Synonyms: splinter |
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| (verb) form into slivers | - |
| (verb) divide into slivers or splinters | Synonyms: splinter |
| slobber | (verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: dribble, drivel, drool, slabber, slaver |
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| sloganeer | (verb) coin new slogans | - |
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| slumber | (verb) be asleep | Synonyms: catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, sleep |
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| slur | (verb) become vague or indistinct | Synonyms: blur, dim |
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| (verb) utter indistinctly | - |
| (verb) speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur | - |
| (verb) play smoothly or legato | - |
| smatter | (verb) speak with spotty or superficial knowledge | - |
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| (verb) to talk foolishly | Synonyms: babble, blather, blether, blither |
| (verb) work with in an amateurish manner | Synonyms: dabble, play around |
| smear | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smirch, sully |
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| (verb) make a smudge on; soil by smudging | Synonyms: blur, smudge, smutch |
| (verb) stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance | - |
| (verb) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | Synonyms: daub |
| smolder | (verb) burn slowly and without a flame | Synonyms: smoulder |
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| (verb) have strong suppressed feelings | Synonyms: smoulder |
| smother | (verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | Synonyms: asphyxiate, suffocate |
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| (verb) suppress in order to conceal or hide | Synonyms: muffle, repress, stifle, strangle |
| (verb) envelop completely | Synonyms: surround |
| (verb) deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion | Synonyms: put out |
| (verb) form an impenetrable cover over | - |
| smoulder | (verb) burn slowly and without a flame | Synonyms: smolder |
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| (verb) have strong suppressed feelings | Synonyms: smolder |
| sneer | (verb) smile contemptuously | - |
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| (verb) express through a scornful smile | - |
| snicker | (verb) laugh quietly | Synonyms: snigger |
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| snigger | (verb) laugh quietly | Synonyms: snicker |
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| snooker | (verb) leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot | - |
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| (verb) fool or dupe | - |
| soar | (verb) go or move upward | - |
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| (verb) fly upwards or high in the sky | - |
| (verb) rise rapidly | Synonyms: soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom |
| (verb) fly a plane without an engine | Synonyms: sailplane |
| (verb) fly by means of a hang glider | Synonyms: hang glide |
| sober | (verb) become sober after excessive alcohol consumption | Synonyms: sober up |
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| (verb) become more realistic | Synonyms: sober up |
| (verb) cause to become sober | - |
| solder | (verb) join or fuse with solder | - |
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| soldier | (verb) serve as a soldier in the military | - |
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| sour | (verb) go sour or spoil | Synonyms: ferment, turn, work |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidify, acidulate |
| spar | (verb) fight verbally | - |
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| (verb) box lightly | - |
| (verb) fight with spurs | - |
| (verb) furnish with spars | - |
| spatter | (verb) dash a liquid upon or against | Synonyms: plash, splash, splatter, splosh, swash |
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| (verb) spot, splash, or soil | Synonyms: bespatter |
| (verb) rain gently | Synonyms: patter, pitter-patter, spit, sprinkle |
| spear | (verb) pierce with a spear | - |
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| (verb) thrust up like a spear | Synonyms: spear up |
| splatter | (verb) cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container | Synonyms: slop, spill |
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| (verb) dash a liquid upon or against | Synonyms: plash, spatter, splash, splosh, swash |
| splinter | (verb) break up into splinters or slivers | Synonyms: sliver |
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| (verb) withdraw from an organization or communion | Synonyms: break away, secede |
| (verb) divide into slivers or splinters | Synonyms: sliver |
| splutter | (verb) spit up in an explosive manner | Synonyms: spit out, sputter |
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| (verb) utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage | Synonyms: sputter |
| sponsor | (verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronise, patronize |
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| (verb) assume responsibility for or leadership of | - |
| (verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at |
| spur | (verb) goad with spurs | - |
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| (verb) equip with spurs | - |
| (verb) strike with a spur | - |
| (verb) give heart or courage to | Synonyms: goad |
| (verb) incite or stimulate | - |
| sputter | (verb) spit up in an explosive manner | Synonyms: spit out, splutter |
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| (verb) cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed | - |
| (verb) utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage | Synonyms: splutter |
| (verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle |
| (verb) make an explosive sound | - |
| squander | (verb) spend extravagantly | Synonyms: consume, ware, waste |
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| (verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away | Synonyms: blow, waste |
| stagger | (verb) to arrange in a systematic order | Synonyms: distribute |
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| (verb) astound or overwhelm, as with shock | - |
| (verb) walk as if unable to control one's movements | Synonyms: careen, keel, lurch, reel, swag |
| (verb) walk with great difficulty | Synonyms: flounder |
| stammer | (verb) speak haltingly | Synonyms: bumble, falter, stutter |
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| star | (verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: asterisk |
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| (verb) be the star in a performance | - |
| (verb) feature as the star | - |
| steamer | (verb) travel by means of steam power | Synonyms: steam |
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| steamroller | (verb) make level or flat with a steamroller | Synonyms: steamroll |
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| (verb) overwhelm by using great force | Synonyms: steamroll |
| (verb) crush with a steamroller as if to level | - |
| (verb) proceed with great force | Synonyms: steamroll |
| (verb) bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure | Synonyms: steamroll |
| steer | (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point |
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| (verb) direct (oneself) somewhere | - |
| (verb) be a guiding or motivating force or drive | Synonyms: guide |
| stir | (verb) mix or add by stirring | - |
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| (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise |
| (verb) affect emotionally | Synonyms: touch |
| (verb) stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of | Synonyms: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate |
| (verb) move very slightly | Synonyms: agitate, budge, shift |
| (verb) move an implement through | - |
| (verb) to begin moving | Synonyms: arouse |
| (verb) stir feelings in | Synonyms: excite, stimulate |
| stopper | (verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper | Synonyms: stopple |
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| stutter | (verb) speak haltingly | Synonyms: bumble, falter, stammer |
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| succor | (verb) help in a difficult situation | Synonyms: succour |
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| succour | (verb) help in a difficult situation | Synonyms: succor |
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| suffer | (verb) be in pain | Synonyms: hurt |
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| (verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: get, have, sustain |
| (verb) feel unwell or uncomfortable | - |
| (verb) get worse in quality | - |
| (verb) be set at a disadvantage | Synonyms: lose |
| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, support, tolerate |
| (verb) experience (emotional) pain | - |
| (verb) feel physical pain | Synonyms: ache, hurt |
| (verb) undergo or be subjected to | Synonyms: endure |
| (verb) undergo or suffer | Synonyms: meet |
| (verb) be given to | - |
| sugar | (verb) sweeten with sugar | Synonyms: saccharify |
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| sulfur | (verb) treat with sulphur in order to preserve | Synonyms: sulphur |
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| sulphur | (verb) treat with sulphur in order to preserve | Synonyms: sulfur |
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| summer | (verb) spend the summer | - |
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| sunder | (verb) break apart or in two, using violence | - |
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| surrender | (verb) give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another | Synonyms: give up |
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| (verb) relinquish possession or control over | Synonyms: cede, deliver, give up |
| swagger | (verb) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner | Synonyms: bluster, swash |
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| (verb) discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate | Synonyms: browbeat, bully |
| (verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: cock, prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, tittup |
| swatter | (verb) splash and flutter about in or as if in water | - |
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| swear | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely |
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| (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depone, depose |
| (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss, imprecate |
| (verb) promise solemnly; take an oath | - |
| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, verify |
| swelter | (verb) suffer from intense heat | - |
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| (verb) be uncomfortably hot | - |
| tailor | (verb) adjust to a specific need or market | Synonyms: orient |
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| (verb) create (clothes) with cloth | Synonyms: sew, tailor-make |
| (verb) style and tailor in a certain fashion | Synonyms: cut |
| tamper | (verb) play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly | Synonyms: fiddle, monkey |
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| (verb) intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly | Synonyms: meddle |