pace | (verb) measure (distances) by pacing | Synonyms: step |
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(verb) regulate or set the pace of | - |
(verb) walk with slow or fast paces | - |
(verb) go at a pace | - |
pacify | (verb) fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location) | - |
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(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, placate |
pack | (verb) treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood | - |
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(verb) arrange in a container | - |
(verb) load with a pack | Synonyms: load down |
(verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: bundle, compact, wad |
(verb) seal with packing | - |
(verb) press down tightly | Synonyms: tamp, tamp down |
(verb) carry, as on one's back | - |
(verb) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily | Synonyms: compact |
(verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, mob, pile, throng |
(verb) hike with a backpack | Synonyms: backpack |
(verb) fill to capacity | - |
(verb) set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome | - |
(verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: carry, take |
package | (verb) put into a box | Synonyms: box |
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pad | (verb) add padding to | Synonyms: bolster |
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(verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard |
(verb) line or stuff with soft material | Synonyms: fill out |
(verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | Synonyms: footslog, plod, slog, tramp, trudge |
paddle | (verb) stir with a paddle | - |
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(verb) give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | Synonyms: larrup, spank |
(verb) propel with a paddle | - |
(verb) swim like a dog in shallow water | - |
(verb) walk unsteadily, with short steps | Synonyms: coggle, dodder, toddle, totter, waddle |
(verb) play in or as if in water, as of small children | Synonyms: dabble, splash around |
padlock | (verb) fasten with a padlock | - |
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paganise | (verb) make pagan in character | Synonyms: paganize |
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paganize | (verb) make pagan in character | Synonyms: paganise |
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page | (verb) contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system | - |
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(verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript | Synonyms: foliate, paginate |
(verb) work as a page | - |
paginate | (verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript | Synonyms: foliate, page |
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pain | (verb) cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed | Synonyms: ail, trouble |
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(verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable | Synonyms: anguish, hurt |
paint | (verb) apply paint to; coat with paint | - |
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(verb) apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil | - |
(verb) make a painting of | - |
(verb) make a painting | - |
pair | (verb) engage in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: copulate, couple, mate |
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(verb) bring two objects, ideas, or people together | Synonyms: couple, match, mate, twin |
(verb) arrange in pairs | Synonyms: geminate |
(verb) occur in pairs | Synonyms: geminate |
(verb) form a pair or pairs | Synonyms: couple, pair off, partner off |
pal | (verb) become friends; act friendly towards | Synonyms: chum up, pal up |
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palatalise | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalize |
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palatalize | (verb) pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate | Synonyms: palatalise |
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palaver | (verb) have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds | - |
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(verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle |
(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
pale | (verb) turn pale, as if in fear | Synonyms: blanch, blench |
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palisade | (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify | Synonyms: fence, fence in, surround, wall |
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pall | (verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | Synonyms: fatigue, jade, tire, weary |
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(verb) lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) | - |
(verb) become less interesting or attractive | Synonyms: dull |
(verb) lose sparkle or bouquet | Synonyms: become flat, die |
(verb) cause to become flat | - |
(verb) cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing | Synonyms: cloy |
(verb) cover with a pall | - |
(verb) cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away | Synonyms: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare, scare away, scare off |
palliate | (verb) provide physical relief, as from pain | Synonyms: alleviate, assuage, relieve |
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(verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of | Synonyms: extenuate, mitigate |
palm | (verb) touch, lift, or hold with the hands | Synonyms: handle |
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palpate | (verb) examine (a body part) by palpation | Synonyms: feel |
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palpebrate | (verb) wink or blink, especially repeatedly | - |
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palpitate | (verb) beat rapidly | Synonyms: flutter |
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(verb) shake with fast, tremulous movements | Synonyms: quake, quiver |
(verb) cause to throb or beat rapidly | - |
palsy | (verb) affect with palsy | - |
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palter | (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information | Synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, tergiversate |
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pamper | (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, spoil |
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pan | (verb) express a totally negative opinion of | Synonyms: tear apart, trash |
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(verb) wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals | Synonyms: pan off, pan out |
(verb) make a sweeping movement | - |
pander | (verb) arrange for sexual partners for others | Synonyms: pimp, procure |
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(verb) yield (to); give satisfaction to | Synonyms: gratify, indulge |
panel | (verb) select from a list | Synonyms: empanel, impanel |
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(verb) decorate with panels | - |
panhandle | (verb) beg by accosting people in the street and asking for money | - |
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panic | (verb) be overcome by a sudden fear | - |
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(verb) cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic | - |
pant | (verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: gasp, heave, puff |
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(verb) utter while panting, as if out of breath | - |
pantomime | (verb) act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only | Synonyms: mime |
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paper | (verb) cover with paper | - |
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(verb) cover with wallpaper | Synonyms: wallpaper |
par | (verb) make a score (on a hole) equal to par | - |
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parachute | (verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: chute, jump |
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parade | (verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: promenade, troop |
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(verb) walk ostentatiously | Synonyms: exhibit, march |
paragraph | (verb) write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher | - |
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(verb) write about in a paragraph | - |
(verb) divide into paragraphs, as of text | - |
parallel | (verb) make or place parallel to something | Synonyms: collimate |
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(verb) be parallel to | - |
(verb) duplicate or match | Synonyms: duplicate, twin |
parallelize | (verb) place parallel to one another | - |
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paralyse | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyze |
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(verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyze |
paralyze | (verb) cause to be paralyzed and immobile | Synonyms: paralyse |
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(verb) make powerless and unable to function | Synonyms: paralyse |
paraphrase | (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: rephrase, reword |
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parboil | (verb) cook (vegetables) briefly | Synonyms: blanch |
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parcel | (verb) make into a wrapped container | - |
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(verb) cover with strips of canvas | - |
(verb) divide into parts | - |
parch | (verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | Synonyms: sear |
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pardon | (verb) grant a pardon to | - |
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(verb) accept an excuse for | Synonyms: excuse |
pare | (verb) decrease gradually or bit by bit | Synonyms: pare down |
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(verb) remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size | Synonyms: trim |
(verb) cut small bits or pare shavings from | Synonyms: whittle |
(verb) remove the skin from | Synonyms: peel, skin |
parent | (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, nurture, raise, rear |
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parget | (verb) apply ornamental plaster to | - |
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park | (verb) place temporarily | - |
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(verb) maneuver a vehicle into a parking space | - |
parlay | (verb) stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager | Synonyms: double up |
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parley | (verb) discuss, as between enemies | - |
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parody | (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: burlesque, spoof |
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(verb) make a spoof of or make fun of | - |
parole | (verb) release a criminal from detention and place him on parole | - |
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parrot | (verb) repeat mindlessly | - |
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parry | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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(verb) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball) | Synonyms: block, deflect |
parse | (verb) analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence) | - |
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part | (verb) move or break apart | Synonyms: divide, separate |
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(verb) force, take, or pull apart | Synonyms: disunite, divide, separate |
(verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: depart, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off |
(verb) go one's own way; move apart | Synonyms: separate, split |
(verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways | Synonyms: break, break up, separate, split, split up |
partake | (verb) consume | Synonyms: touch |
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(verb) have, give, or receive a share of | Synonyms: partake in, share |
(verb) have some of the qualities or attributes of something | - |
participate | (verb) become a participant; be involved in | Synonyms: enter |
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(verb) share in something | Synonyms: take part |
particularise | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularize, specialise, specialize, specify |
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particularize | (verb) be specific about | Synonyms: particularise, specialise, specialize, specify |
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partition | (verb) separate or apportion into sections | Synonyms: zone |
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(verb) divide into parts, pieces, or sections | Synonyms: partition off |
partner | (verb) provide with a partner | - |
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(verb) act as a partner | - |
party | (verb) have or participate in a party | - |
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pass | (verb) eliminate from the body | Synonyms: egest, eliminate, excrete |
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(verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass off, take place |
(verb) disappear gradually | Synonyms: blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass off |
(verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
(verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorise, authorize, clear |
(verb) transmit information | Synonyms: communicate, pass along, pass on, put across |
(verb) pass over, across, or through | Synonyms: draw, guide, run |
(verb) go across or through | - |
(verb) travel past | Synonyms: overhaul, overtake |
(verb) pass into a specified state or condition; sink into | Synonyms: lapse, sink |
(verb) for time to move forward | Synonyms: elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, slide by, slip away, slip by |
(verb) cause to pass | Synonyms: make pass |
(verb) move past | Synonyms: go by, go past, pass by, surpass, travel by |
(verb) place into the hands or custody of | Synonyms: give, hand, pass on, reach, turn over |
(verb) throw (a ball) to another player | - |
(verb) transfer to another; of rights or property | - |
(verb) be inherited by | Synonyms: devolve, fall, return |
(verb) make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation | Synonyms: legislate |
(verb) go unchallenged; be approved | Synonyms: clear |
(verb) accept or judge as acceptable | - |
(verb) go successfully through a test or a selection process | Synonyms: make it |
(verb) allow to go without comment or censure | - |
(verb) use up a period of time in a specific way | Synonyms: spend |
(verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, overstep, top, transcend |
(verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | Synonyms: extend, go, lead, run |
paste | (verb) hit with the fists | - |
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(verb) join or attach with or as if with glue | Synonyms: glue |
(verb) cover the surface of | - |
pasteurise | (verb) heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms | Synonyms: pasteurize |
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pasteurize | (verb) heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms | Synonyms: pasteurise |
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pasture | (verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: browse, crop, graze, range |
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(verb) let feed in a field or pasture or meadow | Synonyms: crop, graze |
pat | (verb) hit lightly | Synonyms: dab |
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(verb) pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin | Synonyms: chuck |
patch | (verb) mend by putting a patch on | Synonyms: patch up |
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(verb) repair by adding pieces | Synonyms: piece |
(verb) to join or unite the pieces of | Synonyms: piece |
(verb) provide with a patch; also used metaphorically | - |
patent | (verb) make open to sight or notice | - |
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(verb) obtain a patent for | - |
(verb) grant rights to; grant a patent for | - |
patinate | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinise, patinize |
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patinise | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinate, patinize |
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patinize | (verb) coat with a patina | Synonyms: patinate, patinise |
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patrol | (verb) maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol | Synonyms: police |
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patronage | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronise, patronize, support |
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(verb) support by being a patron of | - |
patronise | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronize, support |
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(verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronize |
(verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronize, sponsor |
(verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor |
patronize | (verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, support |
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(verb) treat condescendingly | Synonyms: condescend, patronise |
(verb) assume sponsorship of | Synonyms: patronise, sponsor |
(verb) do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, shop, shop at, sponsor |
patter | (verb) make light, rapid and repeated sounds | Synonyms: pitter-patter |
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(verb) rain gently | Synonyms: pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinkle |
pattern | (verb) plan or create according to a model or models | Synonyms: model |
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(verb) form a pattern | - |
pauperise | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperize |
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pauperize | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: beggar, pauperise |
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pause | (verb) cease an action temporarily | Synonyms: break, intermit |
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(verb) interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing | Synonyms: hesitate |
pave | (verb) cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic | - |
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paw | (verb) touch clumsily | - |
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(verb) scrape with the paws | - |
pawn | (verb) leave as a guarantee in return for money | Synonyms: hock, soak |
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pay | (verb) dedicate | Synonyms: devote, give |
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(verb) bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action | - |
(verb) convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow | Synonyms: give |
(verb) give money, usually in exchange for goods or services | - |
(verb) bring in | Synonyms: bear, yield |
(verb) do or give something to somebody in return | Synonyms: compensate, make up, pay off |
(verb) cancel or discharge a debt | Synonyms: ante up, pay up |
(verb) make a compensation for | - |
(verb) discharge or settle | - |
(verb) render | - |
(verb) be worth it | - |
peach | (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets | Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle |
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peak | (verb) to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity | Synonyms: top out |
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peal | (verb) ring recurrently | - |
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(verb) sound loudly and sonorously | Synonyms: ring |
pearl | (verb) gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean | - |
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peck | (verb) bother persistently with trivial complaints | Synonyms: hen-peck, nag |
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(verb) eat by pecking at, like a bird | Synonyms: pick up |
(verb) eat like a bird | Synonyms: peck at, pick at |
(verb) kiss lightly | Synonyms: smack |
(verb) hit lightly with a picking motion | Synonyms: beak, pick |
peculate | (verb) appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | Synonyms: defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate |
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pedal | (verb) operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument | - |
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(verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel |