macadam
|
(verb) surface with macadam |
Synonyms:
macadamise,
macadamize,
tarmac |
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macadamise
|
(verb) surface with macadam |
Synonyms:
macadam,
macadamize,
tarmac |
---|
macadamize
|
(verb) surface with macadam |
Synonyms:
macadam,
macadamise,
tarmac |
---|
macerate
|
(verb) separate into constituents by soaking |
- |
---|
(verb) become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking |
- |
(verb) soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result |
- |
(verb) cause to grow thin or weak |
Synonyms:
waste,
emaciate |
machicolate
|
(verb) supply with projecting galleries |
- |
---|
machinate
|
(verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort |
Synonyms:
prepare,
organise,
organize,
get up,
devise |
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(verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together |
Synonyms:
cabal,
complot,
conjure,
conspire |
machine
|
(verb) turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery |
- |
---|
(verb) make by machinery |
- |
macrame
|
(verb) make knotted patterns |
- |
---|
maculate
|
(verb) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically |
Synonyms:
defile,
stain,
sully,
tarnish |
---|
(verb) spot, stain, or pollute |
Synonyms:
foul,
defile,
befoul |
madden
|
(verb) cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind |
Synonyms:
craze |
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(verb) drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves |
- |
(verb) make mad |
- |
madder
|
(verb) color a moderate to strong red |
- |
---|
madrigal
|
(verb) sing madrigals |
- |
---|
magnetise
|
(verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet |
Synonyms:
magnetize,
spellbind,
bewitch,
mesmerise,
mesmerize |
---|
(verb) make magnetic |
Synonyms:
magnetize |
magnetize
|
(verb) make magnetic |
Synonyms:
magnetise |
---|
(verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet |
Synonyms:
magnetise,
spellbind,
bewitch,
mesmerise,
mesmerize |
magnify
|
(verb) increase in size, volume or significance |
Synonyms:
amplify |
---|
(verb) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
Synonyms:
overdraw,
exaggerate,
amplify,
hyperbolise,
hyperbolize,
overstate |
(verb) make large |
Synonyms:
enlarge,
blow up |
mail
|
(verb) send via the postal service |
Synonyms:
get off |
---|
(verb) cause to be directed or transmitted to another place |
Synonyms:
post,
send |
maim
|
(verb) injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation |
- |
---|
mainline
|
(verb) inject into the vein |
- |
---|
maintain
|
(verb) cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity |
Synonyms:
hold,
keep |
---|
(verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction |
Synonyms:
keep up,
preserve,
conserve |
(verb) supply with necessities and support |
Synonyms:
keep,
sustain |
(verb) state categorically |
Synonyms:
assert,
asseverate |
(verb) have and exercise |
Synonyms:
exert,
wield |
(verb) maintain for use and service |
Synonyms:
keep |
(verb) maintain by writing regular records |
Synonyms:
keep |
(verb) state or assert |
Synonyms:
defend |
(verb) support against an opponent |
Synonyms:
uphold |
(verb) stick to correctly or closely |
Synonyms:
keep,
observe |
major
|
(verb) have as one's principal field of study |
- |
---|
make
|
(verb) engage in |
Synonyms:
do |
---|
(verb) give certain properties to something |
Synonyms:
get |
(verb) make or cause to be or to become |
Synonyms:
create |
(verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner |
Synonyms:
induce,
get,
have,
stimulate,
cause |
(verb) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally |
Synonyms:
do,
cause |
(verb) create or manufacture a man-made product |
Synonyms:
create,
produce |
(verb) make, formulate, or derive in the mind |
Synonyms:
draw |
(verb) compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way |
- |
(verb) create by artistic means |
Synonyms:
create |
(verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages |
Synonyms:
realise,
realize,
clear,
take in,
pull in,
gain,
bring in,
earn |
(verb) create or design, often in a certain way |
Synonyms:
do |
(verb) to compose or represent |
Synonyms:
constitute,
form |
(verb) reach a goal |
Synonyms:
reach,
progress to,
get to |
(verb) be or be capable of being changed or made into |
- |
(verb) make by shaping or bringing together constituents |
- |
(verb) perform, produce, or carry out |
- |
(verb) make by combining materials and parts |
Synonyms:
construct,
build |
(verb) change from one form into another |
- |
(verb) act in a certain way so as to acquire |
- |
(verb) charge with a function; charge to be |
Synonyms:
name,
nominate |
(verb) achieve a point or goal |
Synonyms:
get,
have |
(verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract |
Synonyms:
reach,
hit,
gain,
arrive at,
attain |
(verb) institute, enact, or establish |
Synonyms:
establish,
lay down |
(verb) carry out or commit |
- |
(verb) form by assembling individuals or constituents |
- |
(verb) organize or be responsible for |
Synonyms:
hold,
give,
throw,
have |
(verb) put in order or neaten |
Synonyms:
make up |
(verb) head into a specified direction |
Synonyms:
take |
(verb) have a bowel movement |
Synonyms:
stool,
shit,
defecate,
ca-ca,
crap,
take a crap,
take a shit |
(verb) undergo fabrication or creation |
- |
(verb) be suitable for |
- |
(verb) add up to |
- |
(verb) amount to |
- |
(verb) constitute the essence of |
- |
(verb) appear to begin an activity |
- |
(verb) proceed along a path |
Synonyms:
work |
(verb) reach in time |
- |
(verb) gather and light the materials for |
- |
(verb) prepare for eating by applying heat |
Synonyms:
prepare,
fix,
cook,
ready |
(verb) induce to have sex |
Synonyms:
score,
seduce |
(verb) assure the success of |
- |
(verb) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like |
Synonyms:
pretend,
make believe |
(verb) consider as being |
- |
(verb) calculate as being |
- |
(verb) cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable |
- |
(verb) favor the development of |
- |
(verb) develop into |
- |
(verb) behave in a certain manner |
- |
(verb) eliminate urine |
Synonyms:
puddle,
piddle,
relieve oneself,
urinate,
make water,
micturate,
pass water,
pee,
pee-pee,
piss,
wee,
wee-wee,
spend a penny,
take a leak |
maledict
|
(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon |
Synonyms:
imprecate,
damn,
curse,
anathemise,
anathemize,
bedamn,
beshrew |
---|
malfunction
|
(verb) fail to function or function improperly |
Synonyms:
misfunction |
---|
malign
|
(verb) speak unfavorably about |
Synonyms:
drag through the mud,
badmouth,
traduce |
---|
malinger
|
(verb) avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill |
Synonyms:
skulk |
---|
malnourish
|
(verb) provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment |
Synonyms:
undernourish |
---|
malt
|
(verb) treat with malt or malt extract |
- |
---|
(verb) turn into malt, become malt |
- |
(verb) convert grain into malt |
- |
(verb) convert into malt |
- |
maltreat
|
(verb) treat badly |
Synonyms:
step,
ill-treat,
ill-use,
mistreat,
abuse |
---|
malversate
|
(verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
Synonyms:
misappropriate,
defalcate,
peculate,
embezzle |
---|
mambo
|
(verb) dance a mambo |
- |
---|
man
|
(verb) take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place |
- |
---|
(verb) provide with workers |
- |
manacle
|
(verb) confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs |
Synonyms:
cuff,
handcuff |
---|
manage
|
(verb) be successful; achieve a goal |
Synonyms:
negociate,
pull off,
carry off,
bring off |
---|
(verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of |
Synonyms:
deal,
handle,
care |
(verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available |
Synonyms:
make out,
deal,
get by,
contend,
make do,
grapple,
cope |
(verb) watch and direct |
Synonyms:
oversee,
superintend,
supervise |
(verb) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods |
Synonyms:
wangle,
finagle |
(verb) carry on or function |
Synonyms:
do |
(verb) handle effectively |
Synonyms:
wield,
handle |
mandate
|
(verb) assign under a mandate |
- |
---|
(verb) make mandatory |
- |
(verb) assign authority to |
- |
manducate
|
(verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth |
Synonyms:
jaw,
masticate,
chew |
---|
maneuver
|
(verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling |
Synonyms:
direct,
head,
manoeuver,
manoeuvre,
point,
guide,
steer,
channelise,
channelize |
---|
(verb) act in order to achieve a certain goal |
Synonyms:
manoeuver,
manoeuvre |
(verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense |
Synonyms:
manoeuver,
manoeuvre,
operate |
mangle
|
(verb) press with a mangle |
- |
---|
(verb) injure badly by beating |
Synonyms:
maul |
(verb) alter so as to make unrecognizable |
Synonyms:
murder,
mutilate |
(verb) damage or injure severely |
Synonyms:
mutilate,
cut up |
manhandle
|
(verb) handle roughly |
- |
---|
manicure
|
(verb) trim carefully and neatly |
- |
---|
(verb) care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. |
- |
manifest
|
(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes |
Synonyms:
demonstrate,
certify,
evidence,
attest |
---|
(verb) record in a ship's manifest |
- |
(verb) reveal its presence or make an appearance |
- |
manifold
|
(verb) make multiple copies of |
Synonyms:
multiply |
---|
(verb) combine or increase by multiplication |
Synonyms:
multiply |
manipulate
|
(verb) influence or control shrewdly or deviously |
Synonyms:
pull strings,
pull wires |
---|
(verb) hold something in one's hands and move it |
- |
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception |
Synonyms:
falsify,
misrepresent,
wangle,
cook,
fake,
fudge |
(verb) manipulate in a fraudulent manner |
Synonyms:
rig |
(verb) maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage |
Synonyms:
control,
keep in line |
(verb) treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed |
- |
manoeuver
|
(verb) act in order to achieve a certain goal |
Synonyms:
maneuver,
manoeuvre |
---|
(verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling |
Synonyms:
direct,
head,
maneuver,
manoeuvre,
point,
guide,
steer,
channelise,
channelize |
(verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense |
Synonyms:
maneuver,
manoeuvre,
operate |
manoeuvre
|
(verb) act in order to achieve a certain goal |
Synonyms:
maneuver,
manoeuver |
---|
(verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling |
Synonyms:
direct,
head,
maneuver,
manoeuver,
point,
guide,
steer,
channelise,
channelize |
(verb) perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense |
Synonyms:
maneuver,
manoeuver,
operate |
mantle
|
(verb) spread over a surface, like a mantle |
- |
---|
(verb) cover like a mantle |
- |
manufacture
|
(verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts |
Synonyms:
construct,
fabricate |
---|
(verb) concoct something artificial or untrue |
Synonyms:
make up,
invent,
cook up,
fabricate |
(verb) produce naturally |
- |
(verb) create or produce in a mechanical way |
- |
manumit
|
(verb) free from slavery or servitude |
Synonyms:
emancipate |
---|
manure
|
(verb) spread manure, as for fertilization |
Synonyms:
muck |
---|
map
|
(verb) make a map of; show or establish the features of details of |
- |
---|
(verb) explore or survey for the purpose of making a map |
- |
(verb) locate within a specific region of a chromosome in relation to known DNA or gene sequences |
- |
(verb) plan, delineate, or arrange in detail |
Synonyms:
map out |
(verb) depict as if on a map |
- |
(verb) to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) |
Synonyms:
represent |
mapquest
|
(verb) search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program |
- |
---|
mar
|
(verb) make imperfect |
Synonyms:
spoil,
vitiate,
impair,
deflower |
---|
(verb) destroy or injure severely |
Synonyms:
mutilate |
maraud
|
(verb) raid and rove in search of booty |
- |
---|
marble
|
(verb) paint or stain like marble |
- |
---|
marbleise
|
(verb) make something look like marble |
Synonyms:
marbleize |
---|
marbleize
|
(verb) make something look like marble |
Synonyms:
marbleise |
---|
marcel
|
(verb) make a marcel in a woman's hair |
- |
---|
march
|
(verb) march in a procession |
Synonyms:
process |
---|
(verb) force to march |
- |
(verb) walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride |
- |
(verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration |
Synonyms:
demonstrate |
(verb) walk ostentatiously |
Synonyms:
parade,
exhibit |
(verb) cause to march or go at a marching pace |
- |
(verb) lie adjacent to another or share a boundary |
Synonyms:
edge,
border,
adjoin,
abut,
butt,
butt against,
butt on |
marginalise
|
(verb) relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people |
Synonyms:
marginalize |
---|
marginalize
|
(verb) relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people |
Synonyms:
marginalise |
---|
marinade
|
(verb) soak in marinade |
Synonyms:
marinate |
---|
marinate
|
(verb) soak in marinade |
Synonyms:
marinade |
---|
mark
|
(verb) attach a tag or label to |
Synonyms:
label,
tag |
---|
(verb) designate as if by a mark |
- |
(verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense |
Synonyms:
differentiate,
distinguish |
(verb) celebrate by some ceremony or observation |
Synonyms:
commemorate |
(verb) make or leave a mark on |
- |
(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful |
Synonyms:
denounce,
stigmatise,
stigmatize,
brand |
(verb) notice or perceive |
Synonyms:
note,
notice |
(verb) mark with a scar |
Synonyms:
pit,
pock,
scar |
(verb) make small marks into the surface of |
Synonyms:
score,
nock |
(verb) establish as the highest level or best performance |
Synonyms:
set |
(verb) make underscoring marks |
Synonyms:
score |
(verb) remove from a list |
Synonyms:
strike out,
strike off,
cross off,
cross out |
(verb) put a check mark on or near or next to |
Synonyms:
mark off,
check,
check off,
tick,
tick off |
(verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation |
Synonyms:
grade,
score |
(verb) insert punctuation marks into |
Synonyms:
punctuate |
market
|
(verb) engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of |
- |
---|
(verb) buy household supplies |
- |
(verb) deal in a market |
- |
(verb) make commercial |
Synonyms:
commercialise,
commercialize |
maroon
|
(verb) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue |
Synonyms:
strand |
---|
(verb) leave stranded on a desert island without resources |
- |
marry
|
(verb) take in marriage; married |
Synonyms:
espouse,
hook up with,
get hitched with,
get married,
wed,
conjoin |
---|
(verb) perform a marriage ceremony |
Synonyms:
tie,
wed,
splice |
marshal
|
(verb) place in proper rank |
- |
---|
(verb) arrange in logical order |
- |
(verb) make ready for action or use |
Synonyms:
mobilise,
mobilize,
summon |
(verb) lead ceremoniously, as in a procession |
- |
martyr
|
(verb) kill as a martyr |
- |
---|
(verb) torture and torment like a martyr |
Synonyms:
martyrise,
martyrize |
martyrise
|
(verb) torture and torment like a martyr |
Synonyms:
martyr,
martyrize |
---|
martyrize
|
(verb) torture and torment like a martyr |
Synonyms:
martyr,
martyrise |
---|
marvel
|
(verb) be amazed at |
Synonyms:
wonder |
---|
(verb) express astonishment or surprise about something |
- |
masculinise
|
(verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy |
Synonyms:
masculinize,
virilise,
virilize |
---|
masculinize
|
(verb) give a masculine appearance or character to |
- |
---|
(verb) produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy |
Synonyms:
masculinise,
virilise,
virilize |
mash
|
(verb) to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition |
Synonyms:
squeeze,
squelch,
crush,
squash |
---|
(verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions |
Synonyms:
dally,
butterfly,
romance,
philander,
flirt,
chat up,
coquet,
coquette |
(verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading |
Synonyms:
grind,
comminute,
crunch,
bray |
mask
|
(verb) hide under a false appearance |
Synonyms:
dissemble,
cloak |
---|
(verb) put a mask on or cover with a mask |
- |
(verb) make unrecognizable |
Synonyms:
disguise |
(verb) cover with a sauce |
- |
(verb) shield from light |
Synonyms:
block out |
masquerade
|
(verb) take part in a masquerade |
- |
---|
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not |
- |
mass
|
(verb) join together into a mass or collect or form a mass |
- |
---|
massacre
|
(verb) kill a large number of people indiscriminately |
Synonyms:
mow down,
slaughter |
---|
massage
|
(verb) manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes |
Synonyms:
rub down,
knead |
---|
(verb) give a massage to |
- |
master
|
(verb) be or become completely proficient or skilled in |
Synonyms:
get the hang |
---|
(verb) get on top of; deal with successfully |
Synonyms:
get over,
surmount,
overcome,
subdue |
(verb) have dominance or the power to defeat over |
Synonyms:
dominate |
(verb) have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of |
Synonyms:
control |
mastermind
|
(verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) |
Synonyms:
direct,
orchestrate,
organise,
organize,
engineer |
---|
masticate
|
(verb) grind and knead |
- |
---|
(verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth |
Synonyms:
jaw,
manducate,
chew |
masturbate
|
(verb) stimulate sexually |
- |
---|
(verb) get sexual gratification through self-stimulation |
Synonyms:
fuck off,
jack off,
jerk off,
wank,
she-bop |
mat
|
(verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass |
Synonyms:
snarl,
entangle,
tangle |
---|
(verb) change texture so as to become matted and felt-like |
Synonyms:
mat up,
matt-up,
matte,
matte up,
felt,
felt up |
match
|
(verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics |
Synonyms:
check,
jibe,
tally,
agree,
fit,
gibe,
correspond |
---|
(verb) provide funds complementary to |
- |
(verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together |
Synonyms:
mate,
pair,
couple,
twin |
(verb) be equal to in quality or ability |
Synonyms:
touch,
rival,
equal |
(verb) make correspond or harmonize |
Synonyms:
fit |
(verb) give or join in marriage |
- |
(verb) set into opposition or rivalry |
Synonyms:
pit,
play off,
oppose |
(verb) be equal or harmonize |
- |
(verb) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching |
Synonyms:
equate,
equalise,
equalize,
equal |
mate
|
(verb) engage in sexual intercourse |
Synonyms:
pair,
couple,
copulate |
---|
(verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together |
Synonyms:
match,
pair,
couple,
twin |
(verb) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game |
Synonyms:
checkmate |
materialise
|
(verb) come into being; become reality |
Synonyms:
happen,
materialize |
---|
materialize
|
(verb) come into being; become reality |
Synonyms:
happen,
materialise |
---|
matriculate
|
(verb) enroll as a student |
- |
---|
matte
|
(verb) change texture so as to become matted and felt-like |
Synonyms:
mat,
mat up,
matt-up,
matte up,
felt,
felt up |
---|
matter
|
(verb) have weight; have import, carry weight |
Synonyms:
count,
weigh |
---|
maturate
|
(verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation |
Synonyms:
mature,
grow |
---|
(verb) grow old or older |
Synonyms:
get on,
mature,
senesce,
age |
(verb) ripen and generate pus |
Synonyms:
suppurate,
fester |
mature
|
(verb) develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation |
Synonyms:
maturate,
grow |
---|
(verb) develop and work out fully in one's mind |
- |
(verb) become due for repayment |
- |
(verb) cause to ripen or develop fully |
Synonyms:
ripen |
(verb) grow old or older |
Synonyms:
get on,
maturate,
senesce,
age |
(verb) cause to ripen and discharge pus |
Synonyms:
suppurate |
maul
|
(verb) split (wood) with a maul and wedges |
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(verb) injure badly by beating |
Synonyms:
mangle |
maunder
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(verb) wander aimlessly |
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(verb) talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice |
Synonyms:
mumble,
mussitate,
mutter |
(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
Synonyms:
palaver,
piffle,
prate,
prattle,
gabble,
gibber,
chatter,
clack,
blab,
blabber,
tattle,
tittle-tattle,
twaddle |
maximise
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(verb) make the most of |
Synonyms:
maximize |
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(verb) make as big or large as possible |
Synonyms:
maximize |
maximize
|
(verb) make as big or large as possible |
Synonyms:
maximise |
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(verb) make the most of |
Synonyms:
maximise |
mean
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(verb) mean or intend to express or convey |
Synonyms:
intend |
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(verb) have as a logical consequence |
Synonyms:
entail,
imply |
(verb) denote or connote |
Synonyms:
intend,
stand for,
signify |
(verb) have in mind as a purpose |
Synonyms:
intend,
think |
(verb) have a specified degree of importance |
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(verb) intend to refer to |
Synonyms:
have in mind,
think of |
(verb) destine or designate for a certain purpose |
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meander
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(verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course |
Synonyms:
wander,
weave,
wind,
thread |
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measure
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(verb) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of |
Synonyms:
measure out,
mensurate |
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(verb) express as a number or measure or quantity |
Synonyms:
quantify |
(verb) have certain dimensions |
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(verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of |
Synonyms:
evaluate,
valuate,
value,
appraise,
assess |
mechanise
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(verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles |
Synonyms:
motorize,
mechanize,
motorise |
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(verb) make monotonous; make automatic or routine |
Synonyms:
mechanize |
(verb) make mechanical |
Synonyms:
mechanize |