accost | (verb) approach with an offer of sexual favors | Synonyms: hook, solicit |
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(verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: address, come up to |
adjust | (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: correct, set |
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(verb) adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions | Synonyms: adapt, conform |
(verb) make correspondent or conformable | - |
(verb) place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight | Synonyms: align, aline, line up |
(verb) decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim | - |
afforest | (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: forest |
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arrest | (verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back |
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(verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
(verb) attract and fix | Synonyms: catch, get |
(verb) cause to come to an abrupt stop | Synonyms: halt, hold |
assist | (verb) act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function | - |
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(verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: attend, attend to, serve, wait on |
(verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: aid, help |
attest | (verb) authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity | - |
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(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: certify, demonstrate, evidence, manifest |
(verb) give testimony in a court of law | Synonyms: bear witness, take the stand, testify |
(verb) establish or verify the usage of | - |
ballast | (verb) make steady with a ballast | - |
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best | (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: outdo, outflank, scoop, trump |
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birdnest | (verb) gather birdnests | Synonyms: bird-nest |
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blacklist | (verb) put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted | - |
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blast | (verb) shatter as if by explosion | Synonyms: knock down |
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(verb) shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly | - |
(verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: crucify, pillory, savage |
(verb) use explosives on | Synonyms: shell |
(verb) fire a shot; release | Synonyms: shoot |
(verb) hit with great force | Synonyms: boom, nail, smash |
(verb) create by using explosives | Synonyms: shell |
(verb) make with or as if with an explosion | - |
(verb) apply a draft or strong wind to to | - |
(verb) make a strident sound | Synonyms: blare |
boast | (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
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(verb) wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner | Synonyms: feature, sport |
boost | (verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: advance, supercharge |
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(verb) give a boost to; be beneficial to | - |
(verb) push or shove upward, as if from below or behind | - |
(verb) increase | Synonyms: hike, hike up |
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, encourage, further, promote |
breakfast | (verb) eat an early morning meal | - |
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(verb) provide breakfast for | - |
breast | (verb) confront bodily | Synonyms: front |
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(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain) | Synonyms: summit |
(verb) meet at breast level | - |
broadcast | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread |
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(verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: air, beam, send, transmit |
(verb) sow over a wide area, especially by hand | - |
burst | (verb) come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure | Synonyms: break open, split |
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(verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | Synonyms: bust |
(verb) emerge suddenly | - |
(verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: explode |
(verb) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up | Synonyms: break, erupt |
(verb) move suddenly, energetically, or violently | - |
(verb) cause to burst | Synonyms: collapse |
(verb) be in a state of movement or action | Synonyms: abound, bristle |
bust | (verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | Synonyms: burst |
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(verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, fall apart, wear, wear out |
(verb) ruin completely | Synonyms: break |
(verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: rupture, snap, tear |
(verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on | Synonyms: raid |
cast | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
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(verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: couch, frame, put, redact |
(verb) choose at random | Synonyms: draw |
(verb) throw forcefully | Synonyms: hurl, hurtle |
(verb) to remove | Synonyms: cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off |
(verb) form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold | Synonyms: mold, mould |
(verb) select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet | - |
(verb) put or send forth | Synonyms: contrive, project, throw |
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
(verb) deposit | - |
(verb) assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors | - |
coast | (verb) move effortlessly; by force of gravity | - |
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coexist | (verb) exist together | Synonyms: cohabit |
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(verb) coexist peacefully, as of nations | - |
colorcast | (verb) broadcast in color | - |
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combust | (verb) undergo combustion | Synonyms: burn |
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(verb) get very angry and fly into a rage | Synonyms: blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit |
(verb) cause to become violent or angry | - |
(verb) start to burn or burst into flames | Synonyms: catch fire, conflagrate, erupt, ignite, take fire |
(verb) cause to burn or combust | Synonyms: burn |
compost | (verb) convert to compost | - |
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congest | (verb) become or cause to become obstructed | Synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, crap up, foul |
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consist | (verb) originate (in) | Synonyms: dwell, lie, lie in |
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(verb) be composed of | Synonyms: comprise |
(verb) be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous | - |
(verb) have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in | - |
contest | (verb) to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | Synonyms: contend, repugn |
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contrast | (verb) put in opposition to show or emphasize differences | - |
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(verb) to show differences when compared; be different | Synonyms: counterpoint |
cost | (verb) be priced at | Synonyms: be |
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(verb) require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice | - |
crest | (verb) reach a high point | - |
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(verb) lie at the top of | Synonyms: cap |
crust | (verb) form a crust or form into a crust | - |
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deforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: disafforest, disforest |
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defrost | (verb) make or become free of frost or ice | Synonyms: de-ice, deice |
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degust | (verb) taste with relish | - |
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delist | (verb) remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange | - |
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demist | (verb) free from mist | Synonyms: defog |
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desist | (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: abstain, refrain |
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detest | (verb) dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards | Synonyms: hate |
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digest | (verb) make more concise | Synonyms: concentrate, condense |
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(verb) systematize, as by classifying and summarizing | - |
(verb) become assimilated into the body | - |
(verb) soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture | - |
(verb) soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture | - |
(verb) arrange and integrate in the mind | - |
(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
(verb) convert food into absorbable substances | - |
disafforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: deforest, disforest |
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disforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: deforest, disafforest |
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disgust | (verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | Synonyms: churn up, nauseate, revolt, sicken |
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(verb) fill with distaste | Synonyms: gross out, repel, revolt |
disinfest | (verb) rid of vermin | - |
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disinvest | (verb) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes | Synonyms: divest, strip, undress |
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(verb) reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment) | Synonyms: divest |
(verb) deprive of status or authority | Synonyms: divest |
distrust | (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: mistrust, suspect |
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divest | (verb) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes | Synonyms: disinvest, strip, undress |
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(verb) reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment) | Synonyms: disinvest |
(verb) take away possessions from someone | Synonyms: deprive, strip |
(verb) deprive of status or authority | Synonyms: disinvest |
dust | (verb) remove the dust from | - |
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(verb) distribute loosely | Synonyms: disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle |
(verb) rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape | - |
(verb) cover with a light dusting of a substance | - |
egest | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: eliminate, excrete, pass |
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encrust | (verb) form a crust or a hard layer | Synonyms: incrust |
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(verb) cover or coat with a crust | Synonyms: incrust |
(verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: beset, incrust |
enlist | (verb) join the military | - |
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(verb) engage somebody to enter the army | Synonyms: draft, muster in |
(verb) hire for work or assistance | Synonyms: engage |
entrust | (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, intrust, trust |
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(verb) put into the care or protection of someone | Synonyms: leave |
exhaust | (verb) wear out completely | Synonyms: beat, tucker, tucker out, wash up |
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(verb) eliminate (a substance) | Synonyms: discharge, eject, expel, release |
(verb) use up the whole supply of | - |
(verb) use up (resources or materials) | Synonyms: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, expend, run through, use, use up, wipe out |
(verb) deplete | Synonyms: play out, run down, sap, tire |
exist | (verb) have an existence, be extant | Synonyms: be |
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(verb) support oneself | Synonyms: live, subsist, survive |
fast | (verb) abstain from eating | - |
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(verb) abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons | - |
feast | (verb) partake in a feast or banquet | Synonyms: banquet, junket |
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(verb) provide a feast or banquet for | Synonyms: banquet, junket |
(verb) gratify | Synonyms: feed |
flabbergast | (verb) overcome with amazement | Synonyms: boggle, bowl over |
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foist | (verb) insert surreptitiously or without warrant | - |
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(verb) to force onto another | - |
forecast | (verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: calculate, count on, estimate, figure, reckon |
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(verb) predict in advance | Synonyms: calculate |
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
forest | (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: afforest |
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frost | (verb) damage by frost | - |
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(verb) decorate with frosting | Synonyms: ice |
(verb) provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance | - |
(verb) cover with frost | - |
ghost | (verb) write for someone else | Synonyms: ghostwrite |
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(verb) haunt like a ghost; pursue | Synonyms: haunt, obsess |
(verb) move like a ghost | - |
harvest | (verb) remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation | - |
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(verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: glean, reap |
heist | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarise, burglarize, burgle |
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hoist | (verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | Synonyms: lift, wind |
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(verb) raise by using ropes and pulleys | Synonyms: run up |
(verb) move from one place to another by lifting | - |
host | (verb) be the host of or for | - |
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incrust | (verb) form a crust or a hard layer | Synonyms: encrust |
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(verb) cover or coat with a crust | Synonyms: encrust |
(verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: beset, encrust |
infest | (verb) invade in great numbers | Synonyms: overrun |
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(verb) live on or in a host, as of parasites | - |
(verb) occupy in large numbers or live on a host | Synonyms: invade, overrun |
ingest | (verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: absorb, assimilate, take in |
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(verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, have, take, take in |
insist | (verb) postulate positively and assertively | Synonyms: assert |
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(verb) be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge | Synonyms: take a firm stand |
(verb) beg persistently and urgently | Synonyms: importune |
interest | (verb) excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of | - |
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(verb) be of importance or consequence | Synonyms: matter to |
(verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: concern, occupy, worry |
intrust | (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, entrust, trust |
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invest | (verb) make an investment | Synonyms: commit, place, put |
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(verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: enthrone, vest |
(verb) place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position | Synonyms: induct, seat |
(verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | Synonyms: adorn, clothe |
(verb) give qualities or abilities to | Synonyms: empower, endow, endue, gift, indue |
jest | (verb) act in a funny or teasing way | Synonyms: joke |
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(verb) tell a joke; speak humorously | Synonyms: joke |
joust | (verb) joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback | - |
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lambast | (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
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(verb) beat with a cane | Synonyms: cane, flog, lambaste |
last | (verb) persist for a specified period of time | Synonyms: endure |
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(verb) continue to live and avoid dying | Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, live, live on, survive |
list | (verb) give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of | Synonyms: name |
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(verb) enumerate | Synonyms: number |
(verb) tilt to one side | Synonyms: heel |
(verb) cause to lean to the side | Synonyms: lean |
(verb) include in a list | - |
lust | (verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: crave, hunger, starve, thirst |
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manifest | (verb) reveal its presence or make an appearance | - |
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(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, demonstrate, evidence |
(verb) record in a ship's manifest | - |
mapquest | (verb) search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program | - |
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miscast | (verb) cast an actor, singer, or dancer in an unsuitable role | - |
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mist | (verb) become covered with mist | Synonyms: mist over |
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(verb) spray finely or cover with mist | - |
(verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, obnubilate, obscure |
mistrust | (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: distrust, suspect |
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molest | (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, plague, provoke |
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(verb) harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to | - |
nest | (verb) fit together or fit inside | - |
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(verb) gather nests | - |
(verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle |
(verb) inhabit a nest, usually after building | - |
oust | (verb) remove from a position or office | Synonyms: boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, throw out |
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(verb) remove and replace | - |
outlast | (verb) live longer than | Synonyms: outlive, survive |
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overcast | (verb) sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next | - |
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(verb) sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches | - |
(verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: cloud |
persist | (verb) be persistent, refuse to stop | Synonyms: hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere |
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(verb) be in a certain place and not leave | Synonyms: remain, stay, stay put, stick, stick around |
(verb) continue to exist | Synonyms: die hard, endure, prevail, run |
podcast | (verb) distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer | - |
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post | (verb) display, as of records in sports games | - |
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(verb) mark or expose as infamous | Synonyms: brand |
(verb) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place | Synonyms: mail, send |
(verb) publicize with, or as if with, a poster | - |
(verb) To post a message on a social media website | - |
(verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: place, send, station |
(verb) place so as to be noticed | Synonyms: put up |
(verb) mark with a stake | Synonyms: stake |
(verb) affix in a public place or for public notice | - |
(verb) ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait | - |
(verb) transfer (entries) from one account book to another | Synonyms: carry |
(verb) enter on a public list | - |
(verb) assign to a post; put into a post | - |
predigest | (verb) digest (food) beforehand | - |
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preexist | (verb) exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time | - |
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protest | (verb) utter words of protest | - |
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(verb) affirm or avow formally or solemnly | - |
(verb) express opposition through action or words | Synonyms: dissent, resist |
quest | (verb) seek alms, as for religious purposes | - |
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(verb) express the need or desire for | Synonyms: ask for, bespeak, call for, request |
(verb) bark with prolonged noises, of dogs | Synonyms: bay |
(verb) search the trail of (game) | - |
(verb) make a search (for) | - |
readjust | (verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readapt |
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(verb) adjust again after an initial failure | Synonyms: reset |
rebroadcast | (verb) broadcast again, as of a film | Synonyms: rerun |
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recast | (verb) cast again, in a different role | - |
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(verb) cast again | Synonyms: remold, remould |
(verb) cast or model anew | Synonyms: reforge, remodel |
reforest | (verb) forest anew | - |
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request | (verb) express the need or desire for | Synonyms: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest |
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(verb) ask (a person) to do something | - |
(verb) inquire for (information) | - |