taper | (verb) give a point to | Synonyms: point, sharpen |
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(verb) diminish gradually | - |
tar | (verb) coat with tar | - |
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tear | (verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: bust, rupture, snap |
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(verb) to separate or be separated by force | - |
(verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull |
(verb) move quickly and violently | Synonyms: buck, charge, shoot, shoot down |
(verb) fill with tears or shed tears | - |
teeter | (verb) move unsteadily, with a rocking motion | Synonyms: seesaw, totter |
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teetertotter | (verb) ride on a plank | Synonyms: seesaw, teeter-totter |
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temper | (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, mollify, season |
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(verb) adjust the pitch (of pianos) | - |
(verb) harden by reheating and cooling in oil | Synonyms: harden |
(verb) change by restraining or moderating | Synonyms: chasten |
(verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: anneal, normalize |
tender | (verb) make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer | Synonyms: tenderise, tenderize |
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(verb) make a tender of; in legal settlements | - |
(verb) offer or present for acceptance | - |
(verb) propose a payment | Synonyms: bid, offer |
tether | (verb) tie with a tether | - |
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thunder | (verb) utter words loudly and forcefully | Synonyms: roar |
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(verb) to make or produce a loud noise | - |
(verb) move fast, noisily, and heavily | - |
(verb) be the case that thunder is being heard | Synonyms: boom |
tiller | (verb) grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers | Synonyms: stool |
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tinker | (verb) try to fix or mend | Synonyms: fiddle |
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(verb) do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly | Synonyms: mess around, monkey, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter |
(verb) work as a tinker or tinkerer | - |
titter | (verb) laugh nervously | Synonyms: giggle |
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totter | (verb) move unsteadily, with a rocking motion | Synonyms: seesaw, teeter |
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(verb) walk unsteadily, with short steps | Synonyms: coggle, dodder, paddle, toddle, waddle |
(verb) move without being stable, as if threatening to fall | - |
tour | (verb) make a tour of a certain place | - |
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tower | (verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position | Synonyms: hulk, loom, predominate |
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transfer | (verb) transfer from one place or period to another | Synonyms: transplant, transpose |
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(verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport |
(verb) move around | Synonyms: shift |
(verb) shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes | Synonyms: remove |
(verb) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another | Synonyms: change |
(verb) lift and reset in another soil or situation | Synonyms: transplant |
(verb) cause to change ownership | - |
(verb) move from one place to another | - |
(verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | Synonyms: reassign |
tremor | (verb) shake with seismic vibrations | Synonyms: quake |
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trigger | (verb) release or pull the trigger on | - |
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(verb) put in motion or move to act | Synonyms: activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger off, trip |
tucker | (verb) wear out completely | Synonyms: beat, exhaust, tucker out, wash up |
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tutor | (verb) be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction | - |
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(verb) act as a guardian to someone | - |
twitter | (verb) make high-pitched sounds, as of birds | Synonyms: chitter |
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unbar | (verb) remove a bar from (a door) | - |
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unclutter | (verb) rid of obstructions | Synonyms: clear |
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uncover | (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap |
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(verb) remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body | Synonyms: expose |
(verb) reveal to view as by removing a cover | Synonyms: disclose, expose |
unsolder | (verb) remove the soldering from | - |
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upholster | (verb) provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers | - |
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usher | (verb) take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums | Synonyms: show |
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utter | (verb) express in speech | Synonyms: mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize |
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(verb) articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise | Synonyms: express, give tongue to, verbalise, verbalize |
(verb) express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) | Synonyms: emit, let loose, let out |
(verb) put into circulation | - |
veer | (verb) shift to a clockwise direction | - |
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(verb) turn sharply; change direction abruptly | Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, trend |
veneer | (verb) cover with veneer | - |
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volunteer | (verb) tell voluntarily | - |
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(verb) do volunteer work | - |
(verb) agree freely | Synonyms: offer |
wager | (verb) maintain with or as if with a bet | Synonyms: bet |
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(verb) stake on the outcome of an issue | Synonyms: bet, play |
wallpaper | (verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: paper |
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wander | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: digress, divagate, stray |
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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, swan, tramp, vagabond |
(verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, weave, wind |
(verb) go via an indirect route or at no set pace | - |
(verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | Synonyms: betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold |
war | (verb) make or wage war | - |
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water | (verb) secrete or form water, as tears or saliva | - |
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(verb) supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams | Synonyms: irrigate |
(verb) fill with tears | - |
(verb) provide with water | - |
watercolor | (verb) paint with watercolors | Synonyms: watercolour |
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watercolour | (verb) paint with watercolors | Synonyms: watercolor |
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waver | (verb) give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency | Synonyms: quaver |
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(verb) sway from side to side | Synonyms: weave |
(verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern | Synonyms: fluctuate, vacillate |
(verb) move back and forth very rapidly | Synonyms: flicker, flitter, flutter, quiver |
(verb) move hesitatingly, as if about to give way | Synonyms: falter |
(verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | Synonyms: hesitate, waffle |
(verb) be unsure or weak | Synonyms: falter |
wear | (verb) be dressed in | Synonyms: have on |
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(verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: assume, don, get into, put on |
(verb) have or show an appearance of | - |
(verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
(verb) have on one's person | Synonyms: bear |
(verb) deteriorate through use or stress | Synonyms: wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin |
(verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, bust, fall apart, wear out |
(verb) last and be usable | Synonyms: endure, hold out |
(verb) have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality | - |
weather | (verb) change under the action or influence of the weather | - |
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(verb) cause to slope | - |
(verb) sail to the windward of | - |
(verb) face and withstand with courage | Synonyms: brave, brave out, endure |
welter | (verb) be immersed in | - |
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(verb) roll around | Synonyms: wallow |
(verb) toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way | - |
whicker | (verb) make a characteristic sound, of a horse | Synonyms: neigh, nicker, whinny |
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whimper | (verb) cry weakly or softly | Synonyms: mewl, pule, wail |
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whir | (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whirr, whiz, whizz |
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whirr | (verb) make a vibrant sound, as of some birds | Synonyms: churr |
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(verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whir, whiz, whizz |
whisker | (verb) furnish with whiskers | Synonyms: bewhisker |
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whisper | (verb) speak softly; in a low voice | - |
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winter | (verb) spend the winter | Synonyms: overwinter |
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wither | (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture | Synonyms: shrink, shrivel, shrivel up |
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(verb) lose freshness, vigor, or vitality | Synonyms: fade |
wonder | (verb) have a wish or desire to know something | Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
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(verb) place in doubt or express doubtful speculation | Synonyms: question |
(verb) be amazed at | Synonyms: marvel |
woolgather | (verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: daydream, dream, stargaze |
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yammer | (verb) complain whiningly | Synonyms: grizzle, whine, yawp |
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(verb) cry loudly, as of animals | Synonyms: howl, wrawl, yowl |
zipper | (verb) close with a zipper | Synonyms: zip, zip up |
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