| placard | (verb) publicize or announce by placards | Synonyms: bill |
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| (verb) post in a public place | - |
| placate | (verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify |
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| place | (verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something | Synonyms: identify |
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| (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: grade, order, range, rank, rate |
| (verb) take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal | Synonyms: come in, come out |
| (verb) estimate | Synonyms: put, set |
| (verb) sing a note with the correct pitch | - |
| (verb) to arrange for | - |
| (verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: post, send, station |
| (verb) finish second or better in a horse or dog race | - |
| (verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | Synonyms: aim, direct, point, target |
| (verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: lay, pose, position, put, set |
| (verb) locate | Synonyms: localise, localize, set |
| (verb) assign a location to | Synonyms: locate, site |
| (verb) make an investment | Synonyms: commit, invest, put |
| (verb) assign to (a job or a home) | - |
| (verb) place somebody in a particular situation or location | - |
| (verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localise, localize |
| plagiarise | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarize |
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| plagiarize | (verb) take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | Synonyms: lift, plagiarise |
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| plague | (verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, provoke |
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| (verb) cause to suffer a blight | Synonyms: blight |
| plain | (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kick, kvetch, quetch, sound off |
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| plait | (verb) weave into plaits | - |
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| (verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: braid, lace |
| plan | (verb) make plans for something | - |
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| (verb) have the will and intention to carry out some action | Synonyms: be after |
| (verb) make or work out a plan for; devise | Synonyms: contrive, design, project |
| plane | (verb) cut or remove with or as if with a plane | Synonyms: shave |
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| (verb) make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane | - |
| (verb) travel on the surface of water | Synonyms: skim |
| plank | (verb) cook and serve on a plank | - |
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| (verb) cover with planks | Synonyms: plank over |
| (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
| plant | (verb) put firmly in the mind | Synonyms: implant |
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| (verb) put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground | Synonyms: set |
| (verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, engraft, imbed, implant |
| (verb) place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive | - |
| (verb) set up or lay the groundwork for | Synonyms: constitute, establish, found, institute |
| (verb) place into a river | - |
| plash | (verb) dash a liquid upon or against | Synonyms: spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, swash |
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| (verb) interlace the shoots of | Synonyms: pleach |
| plaster | (verb) dress by covering with a therapeutic substance | Synonyms: poultice |
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| (verb) coat with plaster | Synonyms: daub |
| (verb) apply a heavy coat to | Synonyms: plaster over, stick on |
| (verb) apply a plaster cast to | - |
| (verb) affix conspicuously | - |
| (verb) cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on | Synonyms: beplaster |
| plasticise | (verb) make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer | Synonyms: plasticize |
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| (verb) become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added | Synonyms: plasticize |
| plasticize | (verb) make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer | Synonyms: plasticise |
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| (verb) become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added | Synonyms: plasticise |
| plastinate | (verb) preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes | - |
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| plat | (verb) make a plot of | Synonyms: plot |
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| plate | (verb) coat with a layer of metal | - |
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| platinize | (verb) coat with metallic platinum | - |
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| platitudinize | (verb) utter platitudes | - |
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| play | (verb) engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously | Synonyms: toy |
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| (verb) pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind | Synonyms: act, act as |
| (verb) exhaust by allowing to pull on the line | - |
| (verb) consider not very seriously | Synonyms: dally, trifle |
| (verb) participate in games or sport | - |
| (verb) bet or wager (money) | - |
| (verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | Synonyms: encounter, meet, take on |
| (verb) put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game | - |
| (verb) make bets | - |
| (verb) stake on the outcome of an issue | Synonyms: bet, wager |
| (verb) shoot or hit in a particular manner | - |
| (verb) employ in a game or in a specific position | - |
| (verb) use or move | - |
| (verb) use to one's advantage | - |
| (verb) manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination | Synonyms: diddle, fiddle, toy |
| (verb) discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream | - |
| (verb) replay (as a melody) | Synonyms: spiel |
| (verb) perform music on (a musical instrument) | - |
| (verb) play a role or part | Synonyms: act, represent |
| (verb) perform on a certain location | - |
| (verb) be performed or presented for public viewing | - |
| (verb) cause to emit recorded audio or video | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity | - |
| (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: act, playact, roleplay |
| (verb) emit recorded sound | - |
| (verb) play on an instrument | - |
| (verb) cause to happen or to occur as a consequence | Synonyms: bring, make for, work, wreak |
| (verb) move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly | - |
| (verb) cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space | - |
| (verb) engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion | Synonyms: recreate |
| (verb) behave in a certain way | - |
| (verb) be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children | - |
| (verb) act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome | - |
| (verb) behave carelessly or indifferently | Synonyms: dally, flirt, toy |
| (verb) be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way | - |
| playact | (verb) perform on a stage or theater | Synonyms: act, play, roleplay |
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| pleach | (verb) interlace the shoots of | Synonyms: plash |
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| (verb) form or weave into a braid or braids | Synonyms: braid |
| plead | (verb) appeal or request earnestly | - |
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| (verb) enter a plea, as in courts of law | - |
| (verb) offer as an excuse or plea | - |
| (verb) make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts | - |
| please | (verb) give pleasure to or be pleasing to | Synonyms: delight |
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| (verb) be the will of or have the will (to) | - |
| (verb) give satisfaction | - |
| pleat | (verb) pleat or gather into a ruffle | Synonyms: ruffle |
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| (verb) fold into pleats | Synonyms: plicate |
| pledge | (verb) promise solemnly and formally | Synonyms: plight |
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| (verb) bind or secure by a pledge | - |
| (verb) give as a guarantee | - |
| (verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: drink, salute, toast, wassail |
| (verb) pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals | Synonyms: subscribe |
| plicate | (verb) fold into pleats | Synonyms: pleat |
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| plight | (verb) promise solemnly and formally | Synonyms: pledge |
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| (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, betroth, engage |
| plod | (verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | Synonyms: footslog, pad, slog, tramp, trudge |
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| plonk | (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plank, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
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| plop | (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plank, plonk, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
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| (verb) drop with the sound of something falling into water | - |
| (verb) drop something with a plopping sound | - |
| plot | (verb) plan secretly, usually something illegal | - |
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| (verb) make a plot of | Synonyms: plat |
| (verb) make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed | Synonyms: diagram |
| (verb) devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet) | - |
| plough | (verb) to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | Synonyms: plow, turn |
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| (verb) move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil | Synonyms: plow |
| plow | (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: address, cover, deal, handle, treat |
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| (verb) to break and turn over earth especially with a plow | Synonyms: plough, turn |
| (verb) move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil | Synonyms: plough |
| pluck | (verb) pull or pull out sharply | Synonyms: pick off, pull off, tweak |
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| (verb) look for and gather | Synonyms: cull, pick |
| (verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | Synonyms: pick, plunk |
| (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pull, tear |
| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
| (verb) sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity | Synonyms: hustle, roll |
| plug | (verb) persist in working hard | Synonyms: plug away |
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| (verb) insert as a plug | - |
| (verb) insert a plug into | - |
| (verb) replace the center of a coin with a baser metal | - |
| (verb) make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote | - |
| (verb) deliver a quick blow to | Synonyms: punch |
| (verb) fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug | Synonyms: secure, stop up |
| plumb | (verb) adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical | - |
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| (verb) measure the depth of something | - |
| (verb) examine thoroughly and in great depth | - |
| (verb) weight with lead | - |
| plume | (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: dress, preen, primp |
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| (verb) form a plume | - |
| (verb) clean with one's bill | Synonyms: preen |
| (verb) deck with a plume | - |
| (verb) be proud of | Synonyms: congratulate, pride |
| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, rob, soak, surcharge |
| plummet | (verb) drop sharply | Synonyms: plump |
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| plump | (verb) give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number | Synonyms: go |
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| (verb) make fat or plump | Synonyms: fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump out |
| (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
| (verb) drop sharply | Synonyms: plummet |
| plunder | (verb) destroy and strip of its possession | Synonyms: despoil, rape, spoil, violate |
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| (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, ransack, reave, rifle, strip |
| (verb) plunder (a town) after capture | Synonyms: sack |
| (verb) take illegally; of intellectual property | Synonyms: loot |
| plunge | (verb) begin with vigor | Synonyms: launch |
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| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, soak up, steep |
| (verb) cause to be immersed | Synonyms: immerse |
| (verb) immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate | Synonyms: dip, douse, dunk, souse |
| (verb) thrust or throw into | Synonyms: immerse |
| (verb) fall abruptly | Synonyms: dump |
| (verb) drop steeply | Synonyms: dive, plunk |
| (verb) dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity | - |
| plunk | (verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | Synonyms: pick, pluck |
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| (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk down |
| (verb) drop steeply | Synonyms: dive, plunge |
| (verb) make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | Synonyms: clop, clump, clunk |
| pluralise | (verb) mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | Synonyms: pluralize |
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| pluralize | (verb) mark with a grammatical morpheme that indicates plural | Synonyms: pluralise |
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| ply | (verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | Synonyms: cater, provide, supply |
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| (verb) use diligently | - |
| (verb) wield vigorously | - |
| (verb) join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding | - |
| (verb) travel a route regularly | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) apply oneself diligently | - |