| habilitate | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, raiment, tog |
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| (verb) qualify for teaching at a university in Europe | - |
| habit | (verb) put a habit on | - |
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| habituate | (verb) make psychologically or physically used (to something) | Synonyms: accustom |
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| (verb) take or consume (regularly or habitually) | Synonyms: use |
| hack | (verb) cough spasmodically | Synonyms: whoop |
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| (verb) significantly cut up a manuscript | Synonyms: cut up |
| (verb) fix a computer program piecemeal until it works | Synonyms: hack on |
| (verb) kick on the shins | - |
| (verb) kick on the arms | - |
| (verb) cut away | - |
| (verb) cut with a hacking tool | Synonyms: chop |
| (verb) be able to manage or manage successfully | Synonyms: cut |
| hackle | (verb) comb with a heckle | Synonyms: hatchel, heckle |
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| haemagglutinate | (verb) cause the clumping together (of red blood cells) | Synonyms: hemagglutinate |
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| haggle | (verb) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.) | Synonyms: chaffer, higgle, huckster |
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| hail | (verb) greet enthusiastically or joyfully | Synonyms: herald |
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| (verb) call for | - |
| (verb) praise vociferously | Synonyms: acclaim, herald |
| (verb) be a native of | Synonyms: come |
| (verb) precipitate as small ice particles | - |
| hale | (verb) draw slowly or heavily | Synonyms: cart, drag, haul |
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| (verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: coerce, force, pressure, squeeze |
| halloo | (verb) shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention | - |
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| (verb) urge on with shouts | - |
| hallow | (verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: bless, consecrate, sanctify |
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| hallucinate | (verb) perceive what is not there; have illusions | - |
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| halt | (verb) stop the flow of a liquid | Synonyms: stanch, staunch, stem |
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| (verb) come to a halt, stop moving | Synonyms: stop |
| (verb) cause to come to an abrupt stop | Synonyms: arrest, hold |
| (verb) stop from happening or developing | Synonyms: block, kibosh, stop |
| halter | (verb) prevent the progress or free movement of | Synonyms: cramp, hamper, strangle |
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| (verb) hang with a halter | - |
| halve | (verb) divide by two; divide into halves | - |
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| ham | (verb) exaggerate one's acting | Synonyms: ham it up, overact, overplay |
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| hammer | (verb) beat with or as if with a hammer | - |
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| (verb) create by hammering | Synonyms: forge |
| hamper | (verb) prevent the progress or free movement of | Synonyms: cramp, halter, strangle |
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| (verb) put at a disadvantage | Synonyms: handicap, hinder |
| hamstring | (verb) cripple by cutting the hamstring | - |
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| (verb) make ineffective or powerless | - |
| hand | (verb) guide or conduct or usher somewhere | - |
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| (verb) place into the hands or custody of | Synonyms: give, pass, pass on, reach, turn over |
| handbuild | (verb) make without a potter's wheel | Synonyms: coil, hand-build |
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| handcolor | (verb) color by hand | Synonyms: handcolour |
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| handcolour | (verb) color by hand | Synonyms: handcolor |
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| handcraft | (verb) make something by hand | - |
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| handcuff | (verb) confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs | Synonyms: cuff, manacle |
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| handicap | (verb) injure permanently | Synonyms: disable, incapacitate, invalid |
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| (verb) put at a disadvantage | Synonyms: hamper, hinder |
| (verb) attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant | - |
| handle | (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: address, cover, deal, plow, treat |
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| (verb) touch, lift, or hold with the hands | Synonyms: palm |
| (verb) handle effectively | Synonyms: manage, wield |
| (verb) show and train | - |
| (verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of | Synonyms: care, deal, manage |
| (verb) interact in a certain way | Synonyms: do by, treat |
| handstamp | (verb) stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document | Synonyms: rubberstamp |
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| handwash | (verb) wash or launder by hand instead of with a machine | Synonyms: hand-wash |
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| handwrite | (verb) write by hand | - |
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| hang | (verb) suspend (meat) in order to get a gamey taste | - |
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| (verb) cause to be hanging or suspended | Synonyms: hang up |
| (verb) fall or flow in a certain way | Synonyms: fall, flow |
| (verb) be suspended or hanging | - |
| (verb) place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction | - |
| (verb) be placed in position as by a hinge | - |
| (verb) be suspended or poised | - |
| (verb) hold on tightly or tenaciously | Synonyms: cling |
| (verb) decorate or furnish with something suspended | - |
| (verb) let drop or droop | - |
| (verb) give heed (to) | Synonyms: advert, attend, give ear, pay heed |
| (verb) kill by hanging | Synonyms: string up |
| (verb) prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury | - |
| (verb) be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive | - |
| (verb) be exhibited | - |
| hanker | (verb) desire strongly or persistently | Synonyms: long, yearn |
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| hap | (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place |
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| happen | (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, occur, pass, pass off, take place |
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| (verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: materialise, materialize |
| (verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: bechance, befall |
| (verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, chance, encounter, find |
| (verb) chance to be or do something, without intention or causation | - |
| harangue | (verb) deliver a harangue to; address forcefully | - |
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| harass | (verb) exhaust by attacking repeatedly | - |
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| (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke |
| harbinger | (verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: announce, annunciate, foretell, herald |
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| harbor | (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, entertain, harbour, hold, nurse |
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| (verb) hold back a thought or feeling about | Synonyms: harbour, shield |
| (verb) keep in one's possession; of animals | Synonyms: harbour |
| (verb) secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) | Synonyms: harbour |
| harbour | (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, entertain, harbor, hold, nurse |
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| (verb) hold back a thought or feeling about | Synonyms: harbor, shield |
| (verb) keep in one's possession; of animals | Synonyms: harbor |
| (verb) secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) | Synonyms: harbor |
| harden | (verb) become hard or harder | Synonyms: indurate |
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| (verb) make hard or harder | Synonyms: indurate |
| (verb) make healthy | Synonyms: season |
| (verb) cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate | Synonyms: indurate, inure |
| (verb) harden by reheating and cooling in oil | Synonyms: temper |
| hare | (verb) run quickly, like a hare | - |
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| hark | (verb) listen; used mostly in the imperative | Synonyms: harken, hearken |
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| harken | (verb) listen; used mostly in the imperative | Synonyms: hark, hearken |
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| harlequin | (verb) variegate with spots or marks | - |
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| harm | (verb) cause or do harm to | - |
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| harmonise | (verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: chord, harmonize |
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| (verb) bring into consonance or accord | Synonyms: harmonize, reconcile |
| (verb) bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously | Synonyms: harmonize |
| (verb) sing or play in harmony | Synonyms: harmonize |
| (verb) write a harmony for | Synonyms: harmonize |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonize |
| harmonize | (verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: chord, harmonise |
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| (verb) bring into consonance or accord | Synonyms: harmonise, reconcile |
| (verb) bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously | Synonyms: harmonise |
| (verb) sing or play in harmony | Synonyms: harmonise |
| (verb) write a harmony for | Synonyms: harmonise |
| (verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise |
| harness | (verb) keep in check | Synonyms: rein, rule |
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| (verb) exploit the power of | - |
| (verb) put a harness | Synonyms: tackle |
| (verb) control and direct with or as if by reins | Synonyms: draw rein, rein, rein in |
| harp | (verb) come back to | Synonyms: dwell |
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| (verb) play the harp | - |
| harpoon | (verb) spear with a harpoon | - |
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| harrow | (verb) draw a harrow over (land) | Synonyms: disk |
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| harry | (verb) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes | Synonyms: ravage |
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| (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, hassle, molest, plague, provoke |
| harshen | (verb) make harsh or harsher | - |
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| harvest | (verb) remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation | - |
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| (verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: glean, reap |
| hash | (verb) chop up | - |
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| hasp | (verb) secure or lock with a hasp | - |
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| hassle | (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, molest, plague, provoke |
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| hasten | (verb) act at high speed | Synonyms: festinate, hurry, look sharp, rush |
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| (verb) cause to occur rapidly | Synonyms: induce, rush, stimulate |
| (verb) move hurridly | Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it |
| (verb) speed up the progress of; facilitate | Synonyms: expedite |
| hat | (verb) put on or wear a hat | - |
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| (verb) furnish with a hat | - |
| hatch | (verb) sit on (eggs) | Synonyms: brood, cover, incubate |
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| (verb) emerge from the eggs | - |
| (verb) draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper | - |
| (verb) devise or invent | Synonyms: concoct, dream up, think of, think up |
| (verb) inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating | - |
| hatchel | (verb) comb with a heckle | Synonyms: hackle, heckle |
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| hate | (verb) to have and express negative sentiments about a person | - |
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| (verb) dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards | Synonyms: detest |
| haul | (verb) transport in a vehicle | - |
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| (verb) draw slowly or heavily | Synonyms: cart, drag, hale |
| haunt | (verb) haunt like a ghost; pursue | Synonyms: ghost, obsess |
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| (verb) follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to | Synonyms: stalk |
| (verb) be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place | Synonyms: frequent |
| have | (verb) cause to be born | Synonyms: bear, birth, deliver, give birth |
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| (verb) suffer from; be ill with | - |
| (verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses) | Synonyms: get, suffer, sustain |
| (verb) cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition | Synonyms: get, let |
| (verb) undergo | Synonyms: experience |
| (verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner | Synonyms: cause, get, induce, make, stimulate |
| (verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, ingest, take, take in |
| (verb) have sex with; archaic use | Synonyms: take |
| (verb) organize or be responsible for | Synonyms: give, hold, make, throw |
| (verb) go through (mental or physical states or experiences) | Synonyms: experience, get, receive |
| (verb) have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense | Synonyms: have got, hold |
| (verb) achieve a point or goal | Synonyms: get, make |
| (verb) get something; come into possession of | Synonyms: receive |
| (verb) have ownership or possession of | Synonyms: own, possess |
| (verb) receive willingly something given or offered | Synonyms: accept, take |
| (verb) have a personal or business relationship with someone | - |
| (verb) have as a feature | Synonyms: feature |
| (verb) be confronted with | - |
| haw | (verb) utter `haw' | - |
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| hawk | (verb) clear mucus or food from one's throat | Synonyms: clear the throat |
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| (verb) hunt with hawks | - |
| (verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place | Synonyms: huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend |
| hay | (verb) convert (plant material) into hay | - |
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| hazard | (verb) put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | Synonyms: guess, pretend, venture |
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| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
| (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: adventure, jeopardize, stake, venture |
| haze | (verb) harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions | - |
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| (verb) become hazy, dull, or cloudy | - |
| head | (verb) remove the head of | - |
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| (verb) to go or travel towards | - |
| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| (verb) travel in front of; go in advance of others | Synonyms: lead |
| (verb) be in charge of | Synonyms: lead |
| (verb) be in the front of or on top of | - |
| (verb) be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel | Synonyms: head up |
| (verb) form a head or come or grow to a head | - |
| (verb) take its rise | - |
| headbutt | (verb) butt with the head | - |
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| headline | (verb) publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline | - |
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| (verb) provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline | - |
| headquarter | (verb) provide with headquarters | - |
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| heal | (verb) get healthy again | - |
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| (verb) provide a cure for, make healthy again | Synonyms: bring around, cure |
| (verb) heal or recover | Synonyms: mend |
| heap | (verb) fill to overflow | - |
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| (verb) arrange in stacks | Synonyms: pile, stack |
| (verb) bestow in large quantities | - |
| hear | (verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, learn, pick up, see |
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| (verb) perceive (sound) via the auditory sense | - |
| (verb) receive a communication from someone | - |
| (verb) listen and pay attention | Synonyms: listen, take heed |
| (verb) examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process | Synonyms: try |
| hearken | (verb) listen; used mostly in the imperative | Synonyms: hark, harken |
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| hearten | (verb) give encouragement to | Synonyms: cheer, embolden, recreate |
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| heat | (verb) gain heat or get hot | Synonyms: heat up, hot up |
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| (verb) make hot or hotter | Synonyms: heat up |
| (verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions | Synonyms: fire up, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake |
| (verb) provide with heat | - |
| heave | (verb) make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | Synonyms: gag, retch |
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| (verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: gasp, pant, puff |
| (verb) bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat | Synonyms: buckle, warp |
| (verb) utter a sound, as with obvious effort | - |
| (verb) lift or elevate | Synonyms: heave up, heft, heft up |
| (verb) throw with great effort | - |
| (verb) rise and move, as in waves or billows | Synonyms: billow, surge |
| (verb) move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position | - |
| heckle | (verb) challenge aggressively | - |
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| (verb) comb with a heckle | Synonyms: hackle, hatchel |
| hectograph | (verb) copy on a duplicator | - |
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| hector | (verb) be bossy towards | Synonyms: ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, push around, strong-arm |
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| hedge | (verb) minimize loss or risk | - |
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| (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
| (verb) enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges | Synonyms: hedge in |
| (verb) hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge | - |
| hedgehop | (verb) fly very close to the ground | Synonyms: flat-hat |
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| heed | (verb) pay close attention to; give heed to | Synonyms: listen, mind |
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| heel | (verb) put a new heel on | Synonyms: reheel |
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| (verb) strike with the heel of the club | - |
| (verb) perform with the heels | - |
| (verb) follow at the heels of a person | - |
| (verb) tilt to one side | Synonyms: list |
| heft | (verb) lift or elevate | Synonyms: heave, heave up, heft up |
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| (verb) test the weight of something by lifting it | - |
| heighten | (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: enhance, raise |
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| (verb) become more extreme | Synonyms: rise |
| (verb) make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity | - |
| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: compound, deepen, intensify |
| (verb) make (one's senses) more acute | Synonyms: sharpen |
| (verb) increase the height of | - |
| heist | (verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling | Synonyms: burglarise, burglarize, burgle |
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| heliograph | (verb) signal by means of a mirror and the using the sun's rays | - |
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| helm | (verb) be at or take the helm of | - |
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| help | (verb) improve the condition of | Synonyms: aid |
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| (verb) improve; change for the better | - |
| (verb) help to some food; help with food or drink | Synonyms: serve |
| (verb) take or use | Synonyms: avail |
| (verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: aid, assist |
| (verb) contribute to the furtherance of | - |
| (verb) be of use | Synonyms: facilitate |
| (verb) abstain from doing; always used with a negative | Synonyms: help oneself |
| hem | (verb) utter `hem' or `ahem' | - |
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| (verb) fold over and sew together to provide with a hem | - |
| hemagglutinate | (verb) cause the clumping together (of red blood cells) | Synonyms: haemagglutinate |
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| hemorrhage | (verb) lose blood from one's body | Synonyms: bleed, shed blood |
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| hemstitch | (verb) sew with hemstitches | - |
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| henna | (verb) apply henna to one's hair | - |
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| herald | (verb) foreshadow or presage | Synonyms: announce, annunciate, foretell, harbinger |
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| (verb) praise vociferously | Synonyms: acclaim, hail |
| (verb) greet enthusiastically or joyfully | Synonyms: hail |