draft | (verb) engage somebody to enter the army | Synonyms: enlist, muster in |
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(verb) draw up an outline or sketch for something | Synonyms: outline |
(verb) make a blueprint of | Synonyms: blueprint, draught |
drag | (verb) proceed for an extended period of time | Synonyms: drag on, drag out |
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(verb) persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting | - |
(verb) suck in or take (air) | Synonyms: draw, puff |
(verb) pull, as against a resistance | - |
(verb) draw slowly or heavily | Synonyms: cart, hale, haul |
(verb) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost | Synonyms: dredge |
(verb) to lag or linger behind | Synonyms: drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail |
(verb) walk without lifting the feet | Synonyms: scuff |
(verb) move slowly and as if with great effort | - |
(verb) use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it | - |
(verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | Synonyms: drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle |
draggle | (verb) make wet and dirty, as from rain | Synonyms: bedraggle |
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dragoon | (verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | Synonyms: railroad, sandbag |
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(verb) subjugate by imposing troops | - |
drain | (verb) empty of liquid; drain the liquid from | - |
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(verb) make weak | Synonyms: debilitate, enfeeble |
(verb) deplete of resources | - |
(verb) flow off gradually | Synonyms: run out |
dramatise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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(verb) represent something in a dramatic manner | Synonyms: dramatize |
(verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: adopt, dramatize |
dramatize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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(verb) represent something in a dramatic manner | Synonyms: dramatise |
(verb) put into dramatic form | Synonyms: adopt, dramatise |
drape | (verb) arrange in a particular way | - |
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(verb) place casually | - |
(verb) cover as if with clothing | Synonyms: cloak, clothe, robe |
(verb) cover or dress loosely with cloth | - |
draught | (verb) make a blueprint of | Synonyms: blueprint, draft |
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draw | (verb) cause to localize at one point | - |
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(verb) shrink | - |
(verb) flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching | - |
(verb) remove the entrails of | Synonyms: disembowel, eviscerate |
(verb) reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die | - |
(verb) bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition | - |
(verb) steep; pass through a strainer | - |
(verb) make, formulate, or derive in the mind | Synonyms: make |
(verb) select or take in from a given group or region | - |
(verb) give a description of | Synonyms: depict, describe |
(verb) finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc. | Synonyms: tie |
(verb) choose at random | Synonyms: cast |
(verb) suck in or take (air) | Synonyms: drag, puff |
(verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: delineate, describe, line, trace |
(verb) move or pull so as to cover or uncover something | - |
(verb) cause to move by pulling | Synonyms: pull |
(verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: absorb, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
(verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: attract, draw in, pull, pull in |
(verb) stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) | Synonyms: pull back |
(verb) pass over, across, or through | Synonyms: guide, pass, run |
(verb) thread on or as if on a string | Synonyms: string, thread |
(verb) represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface | - |
(verb) earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher | Synonyms: get |
(verb) engage in drawing | - |
(verb) write a legal document or paper | - |
(verb) elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc. | - |
(verb) take liquid out of a container or well | Synonyms: take out |
(verb) bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover | Synonyms: get out, pull, pull out, take out |
(verb) move or go steadily or gradually | - |
(verb) to obtain a liquid from somewhere | - |
(verb) cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense | Synonyms: pull |
(verb) get or derive | Synonyms: reap |
(verb) remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) | Synonyms: draw off, take out, withdraw |
(verb) pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him | Synonyms: draw and quarter, quarter |
(verb) allow a draft | - |
(verb) require a specified depth for floating | - |
drawl | (verb) lengthen and slow down or draw out | - |
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dread | (verb) be afraid or scared of; be frightened of | Synonyms: fear |
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dream | (verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: daydream, stargaze, woolgather |
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(verb) experience while sleeping | - |
dredge | (verb) remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water | - |
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(verb) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost | Synonyms: drag |
(verb) cover before cooking | - |
drench | (verb) cover with liquid; pour liquid onto | Synonyms: douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse |
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(verb) permeate or impregnate | Synonyms: imbrue |
(verb) force to drink | - |
(verb) drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged | Synonyms: swamp |
dress | (verb) put on clothes | Synonyms: get dressed |
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(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
(verb) apply a bandage or medication to | - |
(verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, set |
(verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: plume, preen, primp |
(verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: curry, groom |
(verb) dress in a certain manner | Synonyms: dress up |
(verb) kill and prepare for market or consumption | Synonyms: dress out |
(verb) convert into leather | - |
(verb) put a dressing on | - |
(verb) put a finish on | - |
(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | Synonyms: clip, crop, cut back, lop, prune, snip, trim |
(verb) provide with decoration | Synonyms: decorate |
(verb) cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width | - |
(verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods | Synonyms: garnish, trim |
(verb) arrange in ranks | Synonyms: line up |
dribble | (verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber |
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(verb) propel | Synonyms: carry |
(verb) let or cause to fall in drops | Synonyms: drip, drop |
(verb) run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream | Synonyms: filter, trickle |
drift | (verb) be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current | - |
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(verb) be subject to fluctuation | - |
(verb) drive slowly and far afield for grazing | - |
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
(verb) be in motion due to some air or water current | Synonyms: be adrift, blow, float |
(verb) wander from a direct course or at random | Synonyms: err, stray |
(verb) move in an unhurried fashion | - |
(verb) cause to be carried by a current | - |
(verb) live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely | Synonyms: freewheel |
(verb) vary or move from a fixed point or course | - |
drill | (verb) learn by repetition | Synonyms: exercise, practice, practise |
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(verb) teach by repetition | - |
(verb) train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons | - |
(verb) undergo military training or do military exercises | - |
(verb) make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool | Synonyms: bore |
drink | (verb) be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to | Synonyms: drink in |
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(verb) take in liquids | Synonyms: imbibe |
(verb) consume alcohol | Synonyms: booze, fuddle, hit the bottle |
(verb) drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic | Synonyms: tope |
(verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: pledge, salute, toast, wassail |
drip | (verb) let or cause to fall in drops | Synonyms: dribble, drop |
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(verb) fall in drops | - |
drive | (verb) move into a desired direction of discourse | Synonyms: aim, get |
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(verb) (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground | - |
(verb) (hunting) search for game | - |
(verb) cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling | - |
(verb) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | Synonyms: force, ram |
(verb) cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force | - |
(verb) hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally | - |
(verb) strike with a driver, as in teeing off | - |
(verb) excavate horizontally | - |
(verb) push, propel, or press with force | - |
(verb) cause to move back by force or influence | Synonyms: beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse |
(verb) compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment | - |
(verb) travel or be transported in a vehicle | Synonyms: motor |
(verb) operate or control a vehicle | - |
(verb) cause someone or something to move by driving | - |
(verb) move by being propelled by a force | - |
(verb) urge forward | - |
(verb) proceed along in a vehicle | Synonyms: take |
(verb) strive and make an effort to reach a goal | Synonyms: labor, labour, push, tug |
(verb) to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly | - |
(verb) work as a driver | - |
(verb) have certain properties when driven | Synonyms: ride |
drivel | (verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: dribble, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber |
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drizzle | (verb) moisten with fine drops | Synonyms: moisten |
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(verb) rain lightly | Synonyms: mizzle |
drone | (verb) talk in a monotonous voice | Synonyms: drone on |
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(verb) make a monotonous low dull sound | - |
drool | (verb) let saliva drivel from the mouth | Synonyms: dribble, drivel, slabber, slaver, slobber |
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(verb) be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something | Synonyms: salivate |
droop | (verb) become limp | Synonyms: wilt |
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(verb) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness | Synonyms: flag, sag, swag |
(verb) hang loosely or laxly | Synonyms: loll |
drop | (verb) give birth; used for animals | - |
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(verb) grow progressively worse | Synonyms: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve |
(verb) go down in value | - |
(verb) stop pursuing or acting | Synonyms: knock off |
(verb) change from one level to another | - |
(verb) lower the pitch of (musical notes) | Synonyms: flatten |
(verb) fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death | - |
(verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit |
(verb) omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing | - |
(verb) utter with seeming casualness | - |
(verb) lose (a game) | - |
(verb) take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth | - |
(verb) remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave | Synonyms: discharge, drop off, put down, set down, unload |
(verb) to remove | Synonyms: cast, cast off, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off |
(verb) cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow | Synonyms: cut down, fell, strike down |
(verb) let or cause to fall in drops | Synonyms: dribble, drip |
(verb) to fall vertically | - |
(verb) let fall to the ground | - |
(verb) fall or descend to a lower place or level | Synonyms: drop down, sink |
(verb) pay out | Synonyms: expend, spend |
(verb) stop associating with | Synonyms: dismiss, send away, send packing |
(verb) terminate an association with | - |
(verb) hang loosely | Synonyms: dangle, swing |
dropforge | (verb) forge with a dropforge | - |
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dropkick | (verb) make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick | Synonyms: drop-kick |
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(verb) drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal | Synonyms: drop-kick |
drown | (verb) die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating | - |
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(verb) kill by submerging in water | - |
(verb) get rid of as if by submerging | - |
(verb) cover completely or make imperceptible | Synonyms: overwhelm, submerge |
(verb) be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation | - |
(verb) be covered with or submerged in a liquid | Synonyms: swim |
drowse | (verb) be on the verge of sleeping | - |
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(verb) sleep lightly or for a short period of time | Synonyms: doze, snooze |
drub | (verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight | Synonyms: bat, clobber, cream, lick, thrash |
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drudge | (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, fag, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail |
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drug | (verb) administer a drug to | Synonyms: dose |
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(verb) use recreational drugs | Synonyms: do drugs |
drum | (verb) study intensively, as before an exam | Synonyms: bone, bone up, cram, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up |
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(verb) play a percussion instrument | - |
(verb) make a rhythmic sound | Synonyms: beat, thrum |
dry | (verb) become dry or drier | Synonyms: dry out |
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(verb) remove the moisture from and make dry | Synonyms: dry out |
drydock | (verb) maneuver (a ship) into a drydock | Synonyms: dry-dock |
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