| moan | (verb) indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure | Synonyms: groan |
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| mob | (verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, pack, pile, throng |
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| mobilise | (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilize |
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| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilize, summon |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilize |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilize, rally |
| mobilize | (verb) cause to move around | Synonyms: mobilise |
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| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: marshal, mobilise, summon |
| (verb) get ready for war | Synonyms: mobilise |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilise, rally |
| mock | (verb) treat with contempt | Synonyms: bemock |
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| (verb) imitate with mockery and derision | - |
| model | (verb) form in clay, wax, etc | Synonyms: mold, mould |
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| (verb) construct a model in the likeness of | Synonyms: mock up |
| (verb) plan or create according to a model or models | Synonyms: pattern |
| (verb) create a representation or simulation of | Synonyms: simulate |
| (verb) display (clothes) as a mannequin | - |
| (verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: pose, posture, sit |
| moderate | (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: mollify, season, temper |
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| (verb) make less fast or intense | - |
| (verb) preside over | Synonyms: chair, lead |
| (verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: tame, tone down |
| (verb) make less severe or harsh | Synonyms: mince, soften |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in |
| modernise | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernize, overhaul |
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| (verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernize |
| modernize | (verb) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to | Synonyms: modernise, overhaul |
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| (verb) become technologically advanced | Synonyms: develop, modernise |
| modify | (verb) make less severe or harsh or extreme | - |
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| (verb) add a modifier to a constituent | Synonyms: qualify |
| (verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation | Synonyms: alter, change |
| modulate | (verb) adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of | - |
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| (verb) fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of | Synonyms: regulate |
| (verb) vary the frequency, amplitude, phase, or other characteristic of (electromagnetic waves) | - |
| (verb) vary the pitch of one's speech | Synonyms: inflect, tone |
| (verb) change the key of, in music | - |
| moil | (verb) moisten or soil | - |
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| (verb) be agitated | Synonyms: boil, churn, roil |
| (verb) work hard | Synonyms: dig, drudge, fag, grind, labor, labour, toil, travail |
| moisten | (verb) make moist | Synonyms: dampen, wash |
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| (verb) moisten with fine drops | Synonyms: drizzle |
| moisturise | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: humidify, moisturize |
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| moisturize | (verb) make (more) humid | Synonyms: humidify, moisturise |
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| mold | (verb) become moldy; spoil due to humidity | Synonyms: mildew, mould |
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| (verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: determine, influence, mould, regulate, shape |
| (verb) fit tightly, follow the contours of | Synonyms: mould |
| (verb) form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold | Synonyms: cast, mould |
| (verb) make something, usually for a specific function | Synonyms: forge, form, mould, shape, work |
| (verb) form in clay, wax, etc | Synonyms: model, mould |
| molder | (verb) break down | Synonyms: decompose, moulder, rot |
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| molest | (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, plague, provoke |
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| (verb) harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to | - |
| mollify | (verb) make less rigid or softer | - |
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| (verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else | Synonyms: moderate, season, temper |
| (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, pacify, placate |
| mollycoddle | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, pamper, spoil |
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| molt | (verb) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers | Synonyms: exuviate, moult, shed, slough |
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| monetise | (verb) give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetize |
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| monetize | (verb) give legal value to or establish as the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: monetise |
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| monger | (verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place | Synonyms: hawk, huckster, peddle, pitch, vend |
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| mongrelise | (verb) cause to become a mongrel | Synonyms: mongrelize |
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| mongrelize | (verb) cause to become a mongrel | Synonyms: mongrelise |
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| monish | (verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior | Synonyms: admonish, discourage, warn |
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| (verb) warn strongly; put on guard | Synonyms: admonish, caution |
| monitor | (verb) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance | Synonyms: supervise |
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| (verb) check, track, or observe by means of a receiver | - |
| monkey | (verb) do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly | Synonyms: mess around, monkey around, muck about, muck around, potter, putter, tinker |
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| (verb) play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly | Synonyms: fiddle, tamper |
| monologuise | (verb) talk to oneself | Synonyms: monologuize, soliloquise, soliloquize |
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| monologuize | (verb) talk to oneself | Synonyms: monologuise, soliloquise, soliloquize |
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| monopolise | (verb) have or exploit a monopoly of | Synonyms: monopolize |
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| (verb) have and control fully and exclusively | Synonyms: monopolize |
| monopolize | (verb) have or exploit a monopoly of | Synonyms: monopolise |
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| (verb) have and control fully and exclusively | Synonyms: monopolise |
| monumentalise | (verb) record or memorialize lastingly with a monument | Synonyms: monumentalize |
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| monumentalize | (verb) record or memorialize lastingly with a monument | Synonyms: monumentalise |
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| moo | (verb) make a low noise, characteristic of bovines | Synonyms: low |
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| mooch | (verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: bum, cadge, grub, sponge |
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| moon | (verb) expose one's buttocks to | - |
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| (verb) be idle in a listless or dreamy way | Synonyms: moon around, moon on |
| (verb) have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake | Synonyms: daydream |
| moonlight | (verb) work a second job, usually after hours | - |
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| moonshine | (verb) distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine | - |
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| moor | (verb) secure with cables or ropes | - |
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| (verb) secure in or as if in a berth or dock | Synonyms: berth, tie up |
| (verb) come into or dock at a wharf | Synonyms: berth, wharf |
| moot | (verb) think about carefully; weigh | Synonyms: consider, debate, deliberate, turn over |
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| mop | (verb) make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip | Synonyms: mow, pout |
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| (verb) to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop | Synonyms: mop up, wipe up |
| mope | (verb) be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed | Synonyms: moon about, moon around |
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| (verb) move around slowly and aimlessly | Synonyms: mope around |
| moralise | (verb) improve the morals of | Synonyms: moralize |
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| (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralize, preachify, sermonise, sermonize |
| (verb) interpret the moral meaning of | Synonyms: moralize |
| moralize | (verb) improve the morals of | Synonyms: moralise |
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| (verb) speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements | Synonyms: moralise, preachify, sermonise, sermonize |
| (verb) interpret the moral meaning of | Synonyms: moralise |
| morph | (verb) change shape as via computer animation | - |
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| (verb) cause to change shape in a computer animation | - |
| mortar | (verb) plaster with mortar | - |
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| mortgage | (verb) put up as security or collateral | - |
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| mortice | (verb) join by a tenon and mortise | Synonyms: mortise |
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| (verb) cut a hole for a tenon in | Synonyms: mortise |
| mortify | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: gangrene, necrose, sphacelate |
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| (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate |
| (verb) hold within limits and control | Synonyms: crucify, subdue |
| (verb) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites | - |
| mortise | (verb) join by a tenon and mortise | Synonyms: mortice |
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| (verb) cut a hole for a tenon in | Synonyms: mortice |
| mosey | (verb) walk leisurely | Synonyms: amble |
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| mosh | (verb) dance the slam dance | Synonyms: slam, slam dance, thrash |
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| mothball | (verb) put into long-term storage | - |
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| mother | (verb) make (offspring) by reproduction | Synonyms: beget, bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, sire |
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| (verb) care for like a mother | Synonyms: fuss, overprotect |
| mothproof | (verb) protect from moths | - |
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| motion | (verb) show, express or direct through movement | Synonyms: gesticulate, gesture |
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| motivate | (verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: actuate, incite, move, prompt, propel |
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| motley | (verb) make motley; color with different colors | Synonyms: parti-color |
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| (verb) make something more diverse and varied | Synonyms: variegate, vary |
| motor | (verb) travel or be transported in a vehicle | Synonyms: drive |
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| motorbike | (verb) ride a motorcycle | Synonyms: cycle, motorcycle |
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| motorboat | (verb) ride in a motorboat | - |
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| motorcycle | (verb) ride a motorcycle | Synonyms: cycle, motorbike |
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| motorise | (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanise, mechanize, motorize |
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| motorize | (verb) equip with armed and armored motor vehicles | Synonyms: mechanise, mechanize, motorise |
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| (verb) equip with a motor | - |
| (verb) equip with a motor vehicle | - |
| mottle | (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: cloud, dapple |
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| (verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | Synonyms: blotch, streak |
| mould | (verb) become moldy; spoil due to humidity | Synonyms: mildew, mold |
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| (verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: determine, influence, mold, regulate, shape |
| (verb) fit tightly, follow the contours of | Synonyms: mold |
| (verb) form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold | Synonyms: cast, mold |
| (verb) make something, usually for a specific function | Synonyms: forge, form, mold, shape, work |
| (verb) form in clay, wax, etc | Synonyms: model, mold |
| moulder | (verb) break down | Synonyms: decompose, molder, rot |
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| moult | (verb) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers | Synonyms: exuviate, molt, shed, slough |
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| mound | (verb) form into a rounded elevation | - |
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| mount | (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, rise, wax |
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| (verb) fix onto a backing, setting, or support | - |
| (verb) attach to a support | - |
| (verb) copulate with | Synonyms: ride |
| (verb) put up or launch | - |
| (verb) prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance | Synonyms: put on |
| (verb) go upward with gradual or continuous progress | Synonyms: climb, climb up, go up |
| (verb) get up on the back of | Synonyms: bestride, climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount up |
| mountaineer | (verb) climb mountains for pleasure as a sport | - |
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| mourn | (verb) feel sadness | - |
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| (verb) observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one | - |
| mouse | (verb) manipulate the mouse of a computer | - |
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| (verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: creep, pussyfoot, sneak |
| mousse | (verb) apply a styling gel to | Synonyms: gel |
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| mouth | (verb) express in speech | Synonyms: speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize |
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| (verb) articulate silently; form words with the lips only | - |
| (verb) touch with the mouth | - |
| move | (verb) be in a state of action | Synonyms: be active |
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| (verb) go or proceed from one point to another | - |
| (verb) progress by being changed | Synonyms: go, run |
| (verb) propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting | Synonyms: make a motion |
| (verb) have a turn; make one's move in a game | Synonyms: go |
| (verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: actuate, incite, motivate, prompt, propel |
| (verb) have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | Synonyms: affect, impress, strike |
| (verb) arouse sympathy or compassion in | - |
| (verb) move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion | - |
| (verb) cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense | Synonyms: displace |
| (verb) change residence, affiliation, or place of employment | - |
| (verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically | Synonyms: go, locomote, travel |
| (verb) dispose of by selling | - |
| (verb) perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) | Synonyms: act |
| (verb) follow a procedure or take a course | Synonyms: go, proceed |
| (verb) live one's life in a specified environment | - |
| mow | (verb) make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip | Synonyms: mop, pout |
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| (verb) cut with a blade or mower | Synonyms: cut down |