| brain | (verb) hit on the head | - |
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| (verb) kill by smashing someone's skull | - |
| constrain | (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: stiffen, tighten, tighten up |
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| (verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, hold, restrain |
| (verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: enforce, impose |
| detrain | (verb) leave a train | - |
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| distrain | (verb) confiscate by distress | - |
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| (verb) levy a distress on | - |
| (verb) legally take something in place of a debt payment | - |
| drain | (verb) empty of liquid; drain the liquid from | - |
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| (verb) make weak | Synonyms: debilitate, enfeeble |
| (verb) deplete of resources | - |
| (verb) flow off gradually | Synonyms: run out |
| entrain | (verb) board a train | - |
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| grain | (verb) form into grains | Synonyms: granulate |
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| (verb) become granular | Synonyms: granulate |
| (verb) thoroughly work in | Synonyms: ingrain |
| (verb) paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | - |
| ingrain | (verb) produce or try to produce a vivid impression of | Synonyms: impress, instill |
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| (verb) thoroughly work in | Synonyms: grain |
| overstrain | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overextend |
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| rain | (verb) precipitate as rain | Synonyms: rain down |
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| refrain | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: abstain, desist |
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| (verb) resist doing something | Synonyms: forbear |
| 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 | - |
| retrain | (verb) train again | - |
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| (verb) teach new skills | - |
| sprain | (verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: rick, turn, twist, wrench, wrick |
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| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| unstrain | (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unlax, unwind |
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