| baa
|
(verb) cry plaintively |
Synonyms:
blat,
blate,
bleat |
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| babbitt
|
(verb) line with a Babbitt metal |
- |
|---|
| babble
|
(verb) utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way |
- |
|---|
| (verb) to talk foolishly |
Synonyms:
smatter,
blather,
blether,
blither |
| (verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise |
Synonyms:
ripple,
bubble,
guggle,
gurgle,
burble |
| (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets |
Synonyms:
peach,
sing,
spill the beans,
babble out,
blab,
blab out,
talk,
tattle,
let the cat out of the bag |
| baby
|
(verb) treat with excessive indulgence |
Synonyms:
indulge,
mollycoddle,
pamper,
spoil,
cocker,
coddle,
cosset,
featherbed |
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| babysit
|
(verb) take watchful responsibility for |
Synonyms:
baby-sit |
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| (verb) work or act as a baby-sitter |
Synonyms:
sit,
baby-sit |
| bach
|
(verb) lead a bachelor's existence |
Synonyms:
bachelor |
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| bachelor
|
(verb) lead a bachelor's existence |
Synonyms:
bach |
|---|
| back
|
(verb) be behind; approve of |
Synonyms:
support,
indorse,
plump for,
plunk for,
endorse |
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| (verb) travel backward |
- |
| (verb) give support or one's approval to |
Synonyms:
indorse,
endorse,
second |
| (verb) cause to travel backward |
- |
| (verb) support financial backing for |
- |
| (verb) be in back of |
- |
| (verb) place a bet on |
Synonyms:
punt,
gage,
game,
stake,
bet on |
| (verb) shift to a counterclockwise direction |
- |
| (verb) establish as valid or genuine |
Synonyms:
back up |
| (verb) strengthen by providing with a back or backing |
- |
| backbite
|
(verb) say mean things |
Synonyms:
bitch |
|---|
| backcross
|
(verb) mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents |
- |
|---|
| backdate
|
(verb) make effective from an earlier date |
- |
|---|
| backfire
|
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect |
Synonyms:
recoil,
backlash |
|---|
| (verb) emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire |
- |
| (verb) set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire |
- |
| background
|
(verb) understate the importance or quality of |
Synonyms:
downplay,
play down |
|---|
| backhand
|
(verb) hit a tennis ball backhand |
- |
|---|
| backlash
|
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect |
Synonyms:
recoil,
backfire |
|---|
| backlog
|
(verb) accumulate and create a backlog |
- |
|---|
| backpack
|
(verb) hike with a backpack |
Synonyms:
pack |
|---|
| backpedal
|
(verb) pedal backwards on a bicycle |
- |
|---|
| (verb) step backwards, in boxing |
- |
| (verb) modify one's opinion, make it less strong |
- |
| backscatter
|
(verb) scatter (radiation) by the atoms of the medium through which it passes |
- |
|---|
| backslap
|
(verb) display excessive cordiality (towards) |
- |
|---|
| backslide
|
(verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards |
Synonyms:
lapse |
|---|
| backspace
|
(verb) hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard |
- |
|---|
| backstitch
|
(verb) do backstitches |
- |
|---|
| backstop
|
(verb) act as a backstop |
- |
|---|
| backstroke
|
(verb) swim on one's back |
- |
|---|
| backtrack
|
(verb) retrace one's course |
Synonyms:
double back,
turn back |
|---|
| bacterise
|
(verb) subject to the action of bacteria |
Synonyms:
bacterize |
|---|
| bacterize
|
(verb) subject to the action of bacteria |
Synonyms:
bacterise |
|---|
| badge
|
(verb) put a badge on |
- |
|---|
| badger
|
(verb) annoy persistently |
Synonyms:
beleaguer,
pester,
bug,
tease |
|---|
| (verb) persuade through constant efforts |
- |
| badmouth
|
(verb) speak unfavorably about |
Synonyms:
malign,
drag through the mud,
traduce |
|---|
| baffle
|
(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to |
Synonyms:
nonplus,
mystify,
dumbfound,
perplex,
pose,
puzzle,
get,
gravel,
stick,
stupefy,
vex,
amaze,
beat,
bewilder,
flummox |
|---|
| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of |
Synonyms:
cross,
bilk,
queer,
scotch,
spoil,
foil,
frustrate,
thwart |
| (verb) restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.) |
Synonyms:
regulate |
| bag
|
(verb) capture or kill, as in hunting |
- |
|---|
| (verb) hang loosely, like an empty bag |
- |
| (verb) bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge |
Synonyms:
bulge |
| (verb) take unlawfully |
Synonyms:
pocket |
| (verb) put into a bag |
- |
| bail
|
(verb) release after a security has been paid |
- |
|---|
| (verb) deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period |
- |
| (verb) secure the release of (someone) by providing security |
- |
| (verb) empty (a vessel) by bailing |
- |
| (verb) remove (water) from a vessel with a container |
- |
| bait
|
(verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping |
Synonyms:
ride,
rally,
rag,
tease,
razz,
cod,
tantalise,
tantalize,
taunt,
twit |
|---|
| (verb) lure, entice, or entrap with bait |
- |
| (verb) attack with dogs or set dogs upon |
- |
| bake
|
(verb) cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven |
- |
|---|
| (verb) prepare with dry heat in an oven |
- |
| (verb) heat by a natural force |
Synonyms:
broil |
| (verb) be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun |
Synonyms:
broil |
| balance
|
(verb) bring into balance or equilibrium |
Synonyms:
equilibrate,
equilibrise,
equilibrize |
|---|
| (verb) compute credits and debits of an account |
- |
| (verb) hold or carry in equilibrium |
Synonyms:
poise |
| (verb) be in equilibrium |
- |
| bald
|
(verb) grow bald; lose hair on one's head |
- |
|---|
| bale
|
(verb) make into a bale |
- |
|---|
| balk
|
(verb) refuse to comply |
Synonyms:
jib,
resist,
baulk |
|---|
| ball
|
(verb) form into a ball by winding or rolling |
- |
|---|
| (verb) to live very well |
- |
| ballast
|
(verb) make steady with a ballast |
- |
|---|
| balloon
|
(verb) ride in a hot-air balloon |
- |
|---|
| (verb) become inflated |
Synonyms:
billow,
inflate |
| ballot
|
(verb) vote by ballot |
- |
|---|
| ballyhoo
|
(verb) advertize noisily or blatantly |
- |
|---|
| ballyrag
|
(verb) be bossy towards |
Synonyms:
strong-arm,
hector,
push around,
boss around,
browbeat,
bully,
bullyrag |
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| bamboozle
|
(verb) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end |
Synonyms:
hoodwink,
play false,
pull the wool over someone's eyes,
snow,
lead by the nose |
|---|
| ban
|
(verb) forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) |
Synonyms:
censor |
|---|
| (verb) prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure |
- |
| (verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment |
Synonyms:
banish |
| (verb) expel from a community or group |
Synonyms:
banish,
cast out,
ostracise,
ostracize,
shun,
blackball |
| band
|
(verb) bind or tie together, as with a band |
- |
|---|
| (verb) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify |
Synonyms:
ring |
| bandage
|
(verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose |
Synonyms:
bind |
|---|
| (verb) dress by covering or binding |
- |
| bandy
|
(verb) toss or strike a ball back and forth |
- |
|---|
| (verb) exchange blows |
- |
| (verb) discuss lightly |
Synonyms:
kick around |
| bang
|
(verb) strike violently |
Synonyms:
slam |
|---|
| (verb) to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound |
- |
| (verb) close violently |
Synonyms:
slam |
| (verb) move noisily |
- |
| (verb) have sexual intercourse with |
Synonyms:
make out,
know,
hump,
screw,
bed,
love,
roll in the hay,
jazz,
have a go at it,
have intercourse,
have it away,
have it off,
have sex,
make love,
do it,
get it on,
get laid,
eff,
sleep together,
sleep with,
be intimate,
bonk,
fuck,
lie with |
| (verb) leap, jerk, bang |
Synonyms:
spang |
| banish
|
(verb) expel from a community or group |
Synonyms:
cast out,
ostracise,
ostracize,
shun,
ban,
blackball |
|---|
| (verb) ban from a place of residence, as for punishment |
Synonyms:
ban |
| (verb) expel, as if by official decree |
Synonyms:
relegate,
bar |
| (verb) drive away |
- |
| bank
|
(verb) tip laterally |
- |
|---|
| (verb) enclose with a bank |
- |
| (verb) do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank |
- |
| (verb) act as the banker in a game or in gambling |
- |
| (verb) be in the banking business |
- |
| (verb) put into a bank account |
Synonyms:
deposit |
| (verb) cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning |
- |
| (verb) have faith or confidence in |
Synonyms:
reckon,
rely,
depend,
swear,
calculate,
count,
bet,
look |
| bankroll
|
(verb) provide with sufficient funds; finance |
- |
|---|
| bankrupt
|
(verb) reduce to bankruptcy |
Synonyms:
break,
smash,
ruin |
|---|
| banquet
|
(verb) provide a feast or banquet for |
Synonyms:
junket,
feast |
|---|
| (verb) partake in a feast or banquet |
Synonyms:
junket,
feast |
| banter
|
(verb) be silly or tease one another |
Synonyms:
jolly,
josh,
kid,
chaff |
|---|
| baptise
|
(verb) administer baptism to |
Synonyms:
christen,
baptize |
|---|
| baptize
|
(verb) administer baptism to |
Synonyms:
christen,
baptise |
|---|
| bar
|
(verb) prevent from entering; keep out |
Synonyms:
exclude,
debar |
|---|
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage |
Synonyms:
block,
stop,
barricade,
block off,
blockade,
block up |
| (verb) expel, as if by official decree |
Synonyms:
relegate,
banish |
| (verb) secure with, or as if with, bars |
- |
| barb
|
(verb) provide with barbs |
- |
|---|
| barbarise
|
(verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language |
Synonyms:
barbarize |
|---|
| (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech |
Synonyms:
barbarize |
| barbarize
|
(verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language |
Synonyms:
barbarise |
|---|
| (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech |
Synonyms:
barbarise |
| barbecue
|
(verb) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill |
Synonyms:
cook out,
barbeque |
|---|
| barbeque
|
(verb) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill |
Synonyms:
cook out,
barbecue |
|---|
| barber
|
(verb) perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of |
- |
|---|
| bard
|
(verb) put a caparison on |
Synonyms:
dress up,
caparison,
barde |
|---|
| barde
|
(verb) put a caparison on |
Synonyms:
dress up,
caparison,
bard |
|---|
| bare
|
(verb) expose to view |
- |
|---|
| (verb) make public |
Synonyms:
air,
publicise,
publicize |
| (verb) lay bare |
Synonyms:
strip,
denudate,
denude |
| barf
|
(verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
Synonyms:
regurgitate,
cast,
chuck,
purge,
honk,
regorge,
retch,
upchuck,
disgorge,
puke,
sick,
spew,
spue,
vomit,
vomit up,
cat,
be sick,
throw up |
|---|
| bargain
|
(verb) negotiate the terms of an exchange |
Synonyms:
dicker |
|---|
| (verb) come to terms; arrive at an agreement |
- |
| barge
|
(verb) push one's way |
Synonyms:
push forward,
thrust ahead |
|---|
| (verb) transport by barge on a body of water |
- |
| bark
|
(verb) speak in an unfriendly tone |
- |
|---|
| (verb) cover with bark |
- |
| (verb) remove the bark of a tree |
Synonyms:
skin |
| (verb) make barking sounds |
- |
| (verb) tan (a skin) with bark tannins |
- |
| barnstorm
|
(verb) appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper |
- |
|---|
| (verb) tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays |
- |
| baronetise
|
(verb) confer baronetcy upon |
Synonyms:
baronetize |
|---|
| baronetize
|
(verb) confer baronetcy upon |
Synonyms:
baronetise |
|---|
| barrack
|
(verb) lodge in barracks |
- |
|---|
| (verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts |
Synonyms:
inspire,
pep up,
cheer,
root on,
urge,
urge on,
exhort |
| (verb) laugh at with contempt and derision |
Synonyms:
gibe,
jeer,
scoff,
flout |
| barrage
|
(verb) address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage |
Synonyms:
bombard |
|---|
| barrel
|
(verb) put in barrels |
- |
|---|
| barricade
|
(verb) render unsuitable for passage |
Synonyms:
block,
stop,
block off,
blockade,
bar,
block up |
|---|
| (verb) prevent access to by barricading |
- |
| (verb) block off with barricades |
Synonyms:
barricado |
| barricado
|
(verb) block off with barricades |
Synonyms:
barricade |
|---|
| barter
|
(verb) exchange goods without involving money |
- |
|---|
| base
|
(verb) use as a basis for; found on |
Synonyms:
ground,
establish,
found |
|---|
| (verb) situate as a center of operations |
- |
| (verb) use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes |
Synonyms:
free-base |
| bash
|
(verb) hit hard |
Synonyms:
bop,
whap,
whop,
sock,
bonk |
|---|
| basify
|
(verb) turn basic and less acidic |
Synonyms:
alkalify,
alkalise,
alkalize |
|---|
| bask
|
(verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in |
Synonyms:
enjoy,
relish,
savor,
savour |
|---|
| (verb) be exposed |
- |
| basset
|
(verb) appear at the surface |
Synonyms:
crop out |
|---|
| bastardise
|
(verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms |
Synonyms:
bastardize |
|---|
| (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate |
Synonyms:
bastardize |
| bastardize
|
(verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms |
Synonyms:
bastardise |
|---|
| (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate |
Synonyms:
bastardise |
| baste
|
(verb) cover with liquid before cooking |
- |
|---|
| (verb) strike violently and repeatedly |
Synonyms:
batter,
clobber |
| (verb) sew together loosely, with large stitches |
Synonyms:
tack |
| bastinado
|
(verb) beat somebody on the soles of the feet |
- |
|---|
| bat
|
(verb) strike with, or as if with a baseball bat |
- |
|---|
| (verb) wink briefly |
Synonyms:
flutter |
| (verb) have a turn at bat |
- |
| (verb) use a bat |
- |
| (verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight |
Synonyms:
lick,
thrash,
cream,
drub,
clobber |
| batch
|
(verb) batch together; assemble or process as a batch |
- |
|---|
| bate
|
(verb) moderate or restrain; lessen the force of |
- |
|---|
| (verb) flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons |
- |
| (verb) soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments |
- |
| batfowl
|
(verb) catch birds by temporarily blinding them |
- |
|---|
| bathe
|
(verb) cleanse the entire body |
- |
|---|
| (verb) suffuse or envelope with something |
- |
| (verb) swim for pleasure or recreation |
- |
| batik
|
(verb) dye with wax |
- |
|---|
| batten
|
(verb) furnish with battens |
Synonyms:
secure,
batten down |
|---|
| (verb) secure with battens |
- |
| batter
|
(verb) strike against forcefully |
Synonyms:
knock about,
buffet |
|---|
| (verb) strike violently and repeatedly |
Synonyms:
baste,
clobber |
| (verb) make a dent or impression in |
Synonyms:
dinge |