| applaud | (verb) express that something is worthy of praise | - |
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| (verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, clap, spat |
| becloud | (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
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| bud | (verb) develop buds | - |
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| (verb) start to grow or develop | - |
| cloud | (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: dapple, mottle |
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| (verb) make milky or dull | - |
| (verb) make less clear | - |
| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: corrupt, defile, sully, taint |
| (verb) make gloomy or depressed | - |
| (verb) billow up in the form of a cloud | - |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
| (verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: overcast |
| defraud | (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
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| disbud | (verb) destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle) | - |
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| (verb) thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers | - |
| enshroud | (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: cover, hide, shroud |
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| feud | (verb) carry out a feud | - |
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| laud | (verb) praise, glorify, or honor | Synonyms: exalt, extol, glorify, proclaim |
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| maraud | (verb) raid and rove in search of booty | - |
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| mud | (verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire | Synonyms: mire, muck, muck up |
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| (verb) plaster with mud | - |
| overcloud | (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: bedim, obscure |
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| (verb) become covered with clouds | Synonyms: cloud over, cloud up |
| scud | (verb) run or move very quickly or hastily | Synonyms: dart, dash, flash, scoot, shoot |
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| (verb) run before a gale | Synonyms: rack |
| shroud | (verb) wrap in a shroud | - |
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| (verb) cover as if with a shroud | Synonyms: cover, enshroud, hide |
| (verb) form a cover like a shroud | - |
| spud | (verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate | Synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout |
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| (verb) initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum | - |
| stud | (verb) provide with or construct with studs | - |
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| (verb) scatter or intersperse like dots or studs | Synonyms: constellate, dot |
| thud | (verb) strike with a dull sound | - |
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| (verb) make a dull sound | Synonyms: thump |
| (verb) make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants | Synonyms: crump, scrunch |