| nab | (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nail, pick up |
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| (verb) seize suddenly | - |
| (verb) tag the base runner to get him out | - |
| nag | (verb) remind or urge constantly | - |
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| (verb) bother persistently with trivial complaints | Synonyms: hen-peck, peck |
| (verb) worry persistently | - |
| nail | (verb) complete a pass | Synonyms: complete |
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| (verb) attach something somewhere by means of nails | - |
| (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, pick up |
| (verb) hit with great force | Synonyms: blast, boom, smash |
| (verb) locate exactly | Synonyms: pinpoint |
| (verb) succeed at easily | Synonyms: ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through |
| (verb) succeed in obtaining a position | Synonyms: nail down, peg |
| name | (verb) determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis | Synonyms: diagnose |
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| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out |
| (verb) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property | Synonyms: identify |
| (verb) assign a specified (usually proper) name to | Synonyms: be known as, call, know as |
| (verb) make reference to | Synonyms: advert, bring up, cite, mention, refer |
| (verb) mention and identify by name | - |
| (verb) give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of | Synonyms: list |
| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, constitute, nominate |
| (verb) charge with a function; charge to be | Synonyms: make, nominate |
| namedrop | (verb) refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them | - |
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| nap | (verb) take a siesta | Synonyms: catch a wink, catnap |
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| narcotise | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotize |
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| narcotize | (verb) administer narcotics to | Synonyms: narcotise |
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| nark | (verb) inform or spy (for the police) | - |
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| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
| narrate | (verb) narrate or give a detailed account of | Synonyms: recite, recount, tell |
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| (verb) provide commentary for a film, for example | - |
| narrow | (verb) make or become more narrow or restricted | Synonyms: contract |
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| (verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constrict, constringe |
| (verb) become more focused on an area of activity or field of study | Synonyms: narrow down, specialise, specialize |
| (verb) define clearly | Synonyms: nail down, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify |
| nasale | (verb) speak in a nasal voice | - |
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| nasalise | (verb) pronounce with a lowered velum | Synonyms: nasalize |
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| (verb) speak nasally or through the nose | Synonyms: nasalize |
| nasalize | (verb) pronounce with a lowered velum | Synonyms: nasalise |
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| (verb) speak nasally or through the nose | Synonyms: nasalise |
| nationalise | (verb) put under state control or ownership | Synonyms: nationalize |
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| (verb) make national in character or scope | Synonyms: nationalize |
| nationalize | (verb) put under state control or ownership | Synonyms: nationalise |
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| (verb) make national in character or scope | Synonyms: nationalise |
| natter | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, shoot the breeze, visit |
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| naturalise | (verb) make into a citizen | Synonyms: naturalize |
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| (verb) make more natural or lifelike | Synonyms: naturalize |
| (verb) adopt to another place | Synonyms: naturalize |
| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalize, tame |
| naturalize | (verb) make into a citizen | Synonyms: naturalise |
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| (verb) make more natural or lifelike | Synonyms: naturalise |
| (verb) adopt to another place | Synonyms: naturalise |
| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, tame |
| (verb) explain with reference to nature | - |
| nauseate | (verb) cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of | Synonyms: churn up, disgust, revolt, sicken |
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| (verb) upset and make nauseated | Synonyms: sicken, turn one's stomach |
| navigate | (verb) act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance | Synonyms: pilot |
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| (verb) travel on water propelled by wind or by other means | Synonyms: sail, voyage |
| (verb) direct carefully and safely | - |
| nazify | (verb) cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character | - |
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| near | (verb) move towards | Synonyms: approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up |
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| neaten | (verb) care for one's external appearance | Synonyms: groom |
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| (verb) put (things or places) in order | Synonyms: clean up, square away, straighten, straighten out, tidy, tidy up |
| necessitate | (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, need, postulate, require, take |
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| (verb) cause to be a concomitant | - |
| neck | (verb) kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion | Synonyms: make out |
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| necrose | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: gangrene, mortify, sphacelate |
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| need | (verb) have need of | Synonyms: require, want |
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| (verb) have or feel a need for | - |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, postulate, require, take |
| needle | (verb) annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism | Synonyms: goad |
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| (verb) prick with a needle | - |
| negate | (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: neutralise, neutralize, nullify |
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| (verb) prove negative; show to be false | Synonyms: contradict |
| (verb) deny the truth of | Synonyms: contradict, contravene |
| (verb) be in contradiction with | Synonyms: belie, contradict |
| negative | (verb) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | Synonyms: blackball, veto |
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| neglect | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit |
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| (verb) give little or no attention to | Synonyms: disregard, ignore |
| (verb) fail to attend to | - |
| (verb) fail to do something; leave something undone | Synonyms: fail |
| negociate | (verb) discuss the terms of an arrangement | Synonyms: negotiate, talk terms |
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| (verb) confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement | - |
| (verb) succeed in passing through, around, or over | Synonyms: negotiate |
| (verb) transfer by endorsement to another in return for value received | - |
| (verb) sell or discount | - |
| (verb) be successful; achieve a goal | Synonyms: bring off, carry off, manage, pull off |
| negotiate | (verb) discuss the terms of an arrangement | Synonyms: negociate, talk terms |
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| (verb) succeed in passing through, around, or over | Synonyms: negociate |
| neigh | (verb) make a characteristic sound, of a horse | Synonyms: nicker, whicker, whinny |
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| neighbor | (verb) be located near or adjacent to | Synonyms: neighbour |
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| (verb) live or be located as a neighbor | Synonyms: neighbour |
| neighbour | (verb) be located near or adjacent to | Synonyms: neighbor |
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| (verb) live or be located as a neighbor | Synonyms: neighbor |
| nerve | (verb) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | Synonyms: steel |
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| nest | (verb) fit together or fit inside | - |
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| (verb) gather nests | - |
| (verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nestle, nuzzle, snuggle |
| (verb) inhabit a nest, usually after building | - |
| nestle | (verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nest, nuzzle, snuggle |
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| (verb) position comfortably | Synonyms: snuggle |
| (verb) lie in a sheltered position | - |
| net | (verb) catch with a net | Synonyms: nett |
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| (verb) construct or form a web, as if by weaving | Synonyms: web |
| (verb) make as a net profit | Synonyms: clear, sack, sack up |
| (verb) yield as a net profit | Synonyms: clear |
| netmail | (verb) communicate electronically on the computer | Synonyms: e-mail, email |
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| nett | (verb) catch with a net | Synonyms: net |
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| nettle | (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, rag, rile, vex |
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| (verb) sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation | Synonyms: urticate |
| network | (verb) communicate with and within a group | - |
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| neuter | (verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: alter, castrate, spay |
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| neutralise | (verb) make chemically neutral | Synonyms: neutralize |
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| (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralize, nullify |
| (verb) make incapable of military action | Synonyms: neutralize |
| (verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralize, waste |
| neutralize | (verb) make chemically neutral | Synonyms: neutralise |
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| (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralise, nullify |
| (verb) make incapable of military action | Synonyms: neutralise |
| (verb) get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | Synonyms: do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, waste |
| (verb) make politically neutral and thus inoffensive | - |
| (verb) oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions | Synonyms: counteract, counterbalance, countervail |
| nibble | (verb) eat intermittently; take small bites of | Synonyms: pick, piece |
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| (verb) bite off very small pieces | - |
| (verb) bite gently | - |
| nick | (verb) mate successfully; of livestock | - |
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| (verb) divide or reset the tail muscles of | - |
| (verb) cut a nick into | Synonyms: chip |
| (verb) cut slightly, with a razor | Synonyms: snick |
| nickel | (verb) plate with nickel | - |
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| nicker | (verb) make a characteristic sound, of a horse | Synonyms: neigh, whicker, whinny |
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| nickname | (verb) give a nickname to | Synonyms: dub |
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| nictate | (verb) briefly shut the eyes | Synonyms: blink, nictitate, wink |
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| nictitate | (verb) briefly shut the eyes | Synonyms: blink, nictate, wink |
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| niggle | (verb) argue over petty things | Synonyms: bicker, brabble, pettifog, quibble, squabble |
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| (verb) worry unnecessarily or excessively | Synonyms: fret, fuss |
| nip | (verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers | Synonyms: pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch |
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| (verb) sever or remove by pinching or snipping | Synonyms: clip, nip off, snip, snip off |
| (verb) give a small sharp bite to | - |
| nitpick | (verb) be overly critical; criticize minor details | - |
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| nitrate | (verb) treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate | - |
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| nitrify | (verb) treat (soil) with nitrates | - |
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| (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrogenise, nitrogenize |
| (verb) convert into nitric acid, nitrous acid, or nitrate, especially with the action of nitrobacteria | - |
| nitrogenise | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenize |
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| nitrogenize | (verb) treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound | Synonyms: nitrify, nitrogenise |
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| nix | (verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, veto |
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| nobble | (verb) disable by drugging | - |
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| (verb) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | Synonyms: abduct, kidnap, snatch |
| (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
| (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize |
| nock | (verb) make small marks into the surface of | Synonyms: mark, score |
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| nod | (verb) be almost asleep | - |
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| (verb) let the head fall forward through drowsiness | - |
| (verb) lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation | - |
| (verb) express or signify by nodding | - |
| (verb) sway gently back and forth, as in a nodding motion | - |
| noise | (verb) emit a noise | Synonyms: make noise, resound |
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| nominate | (verb) propose as a candidate for some honor | Synonyms: put forward, put up |
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| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, constitute, name |
| (verb) charge with a function; charge to be | Synonyms: make, name |
| (verb) put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position | Synonyms: propose |
| nonplus | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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| noose | (verb) secure with a noose | - |
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| (verb) make a noose in or of | - |
| normalise | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalize, renormalise, renormalize |
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| (verb) become normal or return to its normal state | Synonyms: normalize |
| normalize | (verb) make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard | Synonyms: normalise, renormalise, renormalize |
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| (verb) bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling | Synonyms: anneal, temper |
| (verb) become normal or return to its normal state | Synonyms: normalise |
| nose | (verb) defeat by a narrow margin | - |
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| (verb) rub noses | Synonyms: nuzzle |
| (verb) push or move with the nose | - |
| (verb) advance the forward part of with caution | - |
| (verb) search or inquire in a meddlesome way | Synonyms: horn in, intrude, poke, pry |
| (verb) catch the scent of; get wind of | Synonyms: scent, wind |
| nosedive | (verb) plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft | - |
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| nosh | (verb) eat a snack; eat lightly | Synonyms: snack |
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| notarise | (verb) authenticate as a notary | Synonyms: notarize |
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| notarize | (verb) authenticate as a notary | Synonyms: notarise |
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| notate | (verb) put into notation, as of music or choreography | - |
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| notch | (verb) notch a surface to record something | - |
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| (verb) cut or make a notch into | - |
| note | (verb) make mention of | Synonyms: mention, observe, remark |
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| (verb) make a written note of | Synonyms: take down |
| (verb) notice or perceive | Synonyms: mark, notice |
| (verb) observe with care or pay close attention to | Synonyms: observe, take note |
| notice | (verb) make or write a comment on | Synonyms: comment, point out, remark |
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| (verb) express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with | Synonyms: acknowledge |
| (verb) notice or perceive | Synonyms: mark, note |
| (verb) discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes | Synonyms: detect, discover, find, observe |
| notify | (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprise, apprize, give notice, send word |
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| nourish | (verb) provide with nourishment | Synonyms: nurture, sustain |
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| (verb) give nourishment to | Synonyms: aliment, nutrify |
| novate | (verb) replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one | - |
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| novelise | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, fictionalize, novelize |
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| novelize | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, fictionalize, novelise |
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| nucleate | (verb) form into a nucleus | - |
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| nudge | (verb) push into action by pestering or annoying gently | - |
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| (verb) to push against gently | Synonyms: poke at, prod |
| nuke | (verb) cook or heat in a microwave oven | Synonyms: micro-cook, microwave, zap |
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| (verb) strike at with firepower or bombs | Synonyms: atomise, atomize, zap |
| (verb) bomb with atomic weapons | Synonyms: atom-bomb |
| nullify | (verb) make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of | Synonyms: negate, neutralise, neutralize |
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| (verb) show to be invalid | Synonyms: invalidate |
| (verb) declare invalid | Synonyms: annul, avoid, invalidate, quash, void |
| numb | (verb) make numb or insensitive | Synonyms: benumb, blunt, dull |
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| number | (verb) place a limit on the number of | Synonyms: keep down |
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| (verb) determine the number or amount of | Synonyms: count, enumerate, numerate |
| (verb) enumerate | Synonyms: list |
| (verb) give numbers to | - |
| (verb) add up in number or quantity | Synonyms: add up, amount, come, total |
| (verb) put into a group | Synonyms: count |
| numerate | (verb) read out loud as words written numbers | - |
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| (verb) determine the number or amount of | Synonyms: count, enumerate, number |
| nurse | (verb) try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury | - |
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| (verb) give suck to | Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, suck, suckle, wet-nurse |
| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: bear, entertain, harbor, harbour, hold |
| (verb) serve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people | - |
| (verb) treat carefully | - |
| nurture | (verb) help develop, help grow | Synonyms: foster |
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| (verb) provide with nourishment | Synonyms: nourish, sustain |
| (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, parent, raise, rear |
| nut | (verb) gather nuts | - |
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| nutate | (verb) rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily | - |
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| nutrify | (verb) give nourishment to | Synonyms: aliment, nourish |
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| nuzzle | (verb) rub noses | Synonyms: nose |
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| (verb) dig out with the snout | - |
| (verb) move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position | Synonyms: cuddle, draw close, nest, nestle, snuggle |