| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| crust | (verb) form a crust or form into a crust | - |
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| degust | (verb) taste with relish | - |
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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 |
| distrust | (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: mistrust, suspect |
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| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| intrust | (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, entrust, trust |
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| joust | (verb) joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback | - |
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| lust | (verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: crave, hunger, starve, thirst |
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| mistrust | (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: distrust, suspect |
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| 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 | - |
| readjust | (verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readapt |
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| (verb) adjust again after an initial failure | Synonyms: reset |
| rust | (verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | Synonyms: corrode |
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| (verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | Synonyms: corrode, eat |
| (verb) become coated with oxide | - |
| thrust | (verb) impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably | Synonyms: force |
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| (verb) penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument | Synonyms: pierce |
| (verb) place or put with great energy | Synonyms: throw |
| (verb) push forcefully | - |
| (verb) make a thrusting forward movement | Synonyms: hurl, hurtle, lunge |
| (verb) press or force | Synonyms: shove, squeeze, stuff |
| (verb) push violently in a specified direction | Synonyms: push up |
| (verb) force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock | - |
| trust | (verb) have confidence or faith in | - |
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| (verb) be confident about something | Synonyms: believe |
| (verb) expect and wish | Synonyms: desire, hope |
| (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, entrust, intrust |
| (verb) (chiefly archaic) extend credit to | - |
| (verb) allow without fear | - |