chafe | (verb) warm by rubbing, as with the hands | - |
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(verb) tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading | Synonyms: excoriate |
(verb) cause friction | Synonyms: fray, fret, rub, scratch |
(verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
(verb) feel extreme irritation or anger | - |
(verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | Synonyms: fret, gall |
chaff | (verb) be silly or tease one another | Synonyms: banter, jolly, josh, kid |
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chaffer | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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(verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) | Synonyms: haggle, higgle, huckster |
chagrin | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, humble, humiliate, mortify |
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chain | (verb) fasten or secure with chains | - |
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(verb) connect or arrange into a chain by linking | - |
chair | (verb) preside over | Synonyms: lead, moderate |
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(verb) act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | Synonyms: chairman |
chairman | (verb) act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | Synonyms: chair |
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chalk | (verb) write, draw, or trace with chalk | - |
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challenge | (verb) issue a challenge to | - |
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(verb) take exception to | Synonyms: dispute, gainsay |
(verb) raise a formal objection in a court of law | Synonyms: take exception |
(verb) ask for identification | - |
chamber | (verb) place in a chamber | - |
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chamfer | (verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chase, furrow |
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(verb) cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel | Synonyms: bevel |
champ | (verb) chew noisily or vigorously | Synonyms: chomp |
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(verb) chafe at the bit, like horses | - |
champion | (verb) protect or fight for as a champion | Synonyms: defend |
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chance | (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, encounter, find, happen |
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(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, gamble, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
(verb) be the case by chance | - |
chandelle | (verb) climb suddenly and steeply | - |
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change | (verb) undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature | - |
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(verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | Synonyms: alter, modify |
(verb) become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence | Synonyms: alter, vary |
(verb) change clothes; put on different clothes | - |
(verb) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | Synonyms: commute, convert, exchange |
(verb) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | Synonyms: shift, switch |
(verb) remove or replace the coverings of | - |
(verb) become deeper in tone | Synonyms: deepen |
(verb) change from one vehicle or transportation line to another | Synonyms: transfer |
(verb) give to, and receive from, one another | Synonyms: exchange, interchange |
channel | (verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport |
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(verb) direct the flow of | - |
(verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission | Synonyms: carry, conduct, convey, impart, transmit |
channelise | (verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport |
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(verb) cause to form a channel | Synonyms: channelize |
(verb) make a channel for; provide with a channel | Synonyms: channelize |
(verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
channelize | (verb) send from one person or place to another | Synonyms: channel, channelise, transfer, transmit, transport |
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(verb) cause to form a channel | Synonyms: channelise |
(verb) make a channel for; provide with a channel | Synonyms: channelise |
(verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
chant | (verb) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm | Synonyms: cantillate, intonate, intone |
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(verb) utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically | Synonyms: intone, tone |
chap | (verb) crack due to dehydration | - |
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chaperon | (verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperone |
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chaperone | (verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperon |
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char | (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: blacken, scorch, sear |
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(verb) burn to charcoal | Synonyms: coal |
character | (verb) engrave or inscribe characters on | - |
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characterise | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterize, qualify |
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(verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterize |
characterize | (verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of | Synonyms: characterise, qualify |
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(verb) be characteristic of | Synonyms: characterise |
charcoal | (verb) draw, trace, or represent with charcoal | - |
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charge | (verb) energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge | - |
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(verb) cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on | - |
(verb) saturate | - |
(verb) attribute responsibility to | Synonyms: blame |
(verb) set or ask for a certain price | - |
(verb) file a formal charge against | Synonyms: file, lodge |
(verb) impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to | Synonyms: burden, saddle |
(verb) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against | Synonyms: accuse |
(verb) make an accusatory claim | - |
(verb) instruct or command with authority | - |
(verb) instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence | - |
(verb) to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle | Synonyms: bear down |
(verb) direct into a position for use | Synonyms: level, point |
(verb) fill or load to capacity | - |
(verb) provide (a device) with something necessary | Synonyms: load |
(verb) place a heraldic bearing on | - |
(verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | Synonyms: agitate, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on |
(verb) move quickly and violently | Synonyms: buck, shoot, shoot down, tear |
(verb) lie down on command, of hunting dogs | - |
(verb) pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt | - |
(verb) enter a certain amount as a charge | - |
(verb) demand payment | Synonyms: bill |
(verb) give over to another for care or safekeeping | Synonyms: consign |
(verb) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution | Synonyms: commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send |
(verb) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | Synonyms: appoint |
chariot | (verb) ride in a chariot | - |
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(verb) transport in a chariot | - |
charm | (verb) induce into action by using one's charm | Synonyms: influence, tempt |
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(verb) protect through supernatural powers or charms | - |
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
(verb) control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft | Synonyms: becharm |
chart | (verb) plan in detail | - |
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(verb) make a chart of | - |
(verb) represent by means of a graph | Synonyms: graph |
charter | (verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: engage, hire, lease, rent, take |
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(verb) grant a charter to | - |
(verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services | Synonyms: hire, lease, rent |
chase | (verb) cut a groove into | - |
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(verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chamfer, furrow |
(verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail |
(verb) pursue someone sexually or romantically | Synonyms: chase after |
chasse | (verb) perform a chasse step, in ballet | Synonyms: sashay |
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chasten | (verb) change by restraining or moderating | Synonyms: temper |
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(verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: subdue, tame |
(verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chastise, correct, objurgate |
chastise | (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chasten, correct, objurgate |
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chat | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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chatter | (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
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(verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
(verb) make noise as if chattering away | - |
(verb) cut unevenly with a chattering tool | - |
(verb) click repeatedly or uncontrollably | Synonyms: click |
chaturbate | (verb) to masturbate while chatting online | - |
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chauffeur | (verb) drive someone in a vehicle | Synonyms: drive around |
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chaw | (verb) chew without swallowing | - |
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