| rabbet | (verb) cut a rectangular groove into | - |
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| (verb) join with a rabbet joint | - |
| rabbit | (verb) hunt rabbits | - |
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| race | (verb) compete in a race | Synonyms: run |
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| (verb) move hurridly | Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, rush, rush along, speed, step on it |
| (verb) cause to move fast or to rush or race | Synonyms: rush |
| (verb) to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others | - |
| rack | (verb) torture on the rack | - |
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| (verb) seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block | - |
| (verb) place in a rack | Synonyms: rack up |
| (verb) work on a rack | - |
| (verb) stretch to the limits | - |
| (verb) torment emotionally or mentally | Synonyms: excruciate, torment, torture |
| (verb) go at a rack | Synonyms: single-foot |
| (verb) draw off from the lees | - |
| (verb) run before a gale | Synonyms: scud |
| (verb) fly in high wind | - |
| (verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation | Synonyms: extort, gouge, squeeze, wring |
| (verb) put on a rack and pinion | - |
| racket | (verb) hit (a ball) with a racket | - |
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| (verb) make loud and annoying noises | - |
| (verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, revel, wassail, whoop it up |
| racketeer | (verb) carry on illegal business activities involving crime | - |
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| raddle | (verb) mark or paint with raddle | - |
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| (verb) twist or braid together, interlace | Synonyms: ruddle |
| radiate | (verb) send out real or metaphoric rays; the children radiated joyous energy | - |
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| (verb) issue or emerge in rays or waves | - |
| (verb) spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate | Synonyms: diversify |
| (verb) experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion | Synonyms: beam, glow, shine |
| (verb) cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays | - |
| (verb) have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink | Synonyms: beam, glow, shine |
| (verb) extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center | Synonyms: ray |
| (verb) send out rays or waves | - |
| radicalize | (verb) make more radical in social or political outlook | - |
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| radio | (verb) transmit messages via radio waves | - |
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| radiolocate | (verb) locate by means of radar | - |
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| raffle | (verb) dispose of in a lottery | Synonyms: raffle off |
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| raft | (verb) make into a raft | - |
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| (verb) travel by raft in water | - |
| (verb) transport on a raft | - |
| rafter | (verb) provide (a ceiling) with rafters | - |
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| rag | (verb) break into lumps before sorting | - |
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| (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
| (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
| (verb) play in ragtime | - |
| (verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, torment |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rile, vex |
| rage | (verb) feel intense anger | - |
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| (verb) be violent; as of fires and storms | - |
| (verb) behave violently, as if in state of a great anger | Synonyms: ramp, storm |
| raid | (verb) search for something needed or desired | - |
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| (verb) enter someone else's territory and take spoils | Synonyms: foray into |
| (verb) take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock | - |
| (verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on | Synonyms: bust |
| rail | (verb) complain bitterly | Synonyms: inveigh |
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| (verb) spread negative information about | Synonyms: revile, vilify, vituperate |
| (verb) criticize severely | Synonyms: fulminate |
| (verb) fish with a handline over the rails of a boat | - |
| (verb) lay with rails | - |
| (verb) travel by rail or train | Synonyms: train |
| (verb) separate with a railing | Synonyms: rail off |
| (verb) convey (goods etc.) by rails | - |
| (verb) provide with rails | - |
| (verb) enclose with rails | Synonyms: rail in |
| railroad | (verb) transport by railroad | - |
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| (verb) supply with railroad lines | - |
| (verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | Synonyms: dragoon, sandbag |
| raiment | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, tog |
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| rain | (verb) precipitate as rain | Synonyms: rain down |
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| raise | (verb) cause to become alive again | Synonyms: resurrect, upraise |
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| (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: enhance, heighten |
| (verb) raise the level or amount of something | - |
| (verb) raise in rank or condition | Synonyms: elevate, lift |
| (verb) invigorate or heighten | Synonyms: lift |
| (verb) put an end to | Synonyms: lift |
| (verb) bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project | - |
| (verb) multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 | - |
| (verb) cause to be heard or known; express or utter | - |
| (verb) put forward for consideration or discussion | Synonyms: bring up |
| (verb) activate or stir up | - |
| (verb) establish radio communications with | - |
| (verb) pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth | - |
| (verb) cause to assemble or enlist in military | Synonyms: levy, recruit |
| (verb) bet more than the previous player | - |
| (verb) bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level | - |
| (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, stir |
| (verb) construct, build, or erect | Synonyms: erect, put up, rear, set up |
| (verb) cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques | Synonyms: farm, grow, produce |
| (verb) create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise | - |
| (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke |
| (verb) raise from a lower to a higher position | Synonyms: bring up, elevate, get up, lift |
| (verb) cause to puff up with a leaven | Synonyms: leaven, prove |
| (verb) move upwards | Synonyms: lift |
| (verb) collect funds for a specific purpose | - |
| (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, nurture, parent, rear |
| (verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade |
| (verb) register formally as a participant or member | Synonyms: enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit |
| rake | (verb) gather with a rake | - |
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| (verb) level or smooth with a rake | - |
| (verb) scrape gently | Synonyms: crease, graze |
| (verb) move through with or as if with a rake | - |
| (verb) examine hastily | Synonyms: glance over, run down, scan, skim |
| (verb) sweep the length of | - |
| rally | (verb) return to a former condition | Synonyms: rebound |
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| (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
| (verb) call to arms; of military personnel | Synonyms: call up, mobilise, mobilize |
| (verb) gather | Synonyms: beat up, drum up |
| (verb) gather or bring together | Synonyms: come up, muster, muster up, summon |
| ram | (verb) force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | Synonyms: drive, force |
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| (verb) undergo damage or destruction on impact | Synonyms: crash |
| (verb) strike or drive against with a heavy impact | Synonyms: pound, ram down |
| (verb) crowd or pack to capacity | Synonyms: chock up, cram, jam, jampack, wad |
| ramble | (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
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| (verb) continue talking or writing in a desultory manner | Synonyms: jog, ramble on |
| ramify | (verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | Synonyms: branch, fork, furcate, separate |
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| (verb) grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | Synonyms: branch |
| (verb) have or develop complicating consequences | Synonyms: complexify |
| ramp | (verb) stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing | - |
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| (verb) creep up -- used especially of plants | - |
| (verb) be rampant | - |
| (verb) furnish with a ramp | - |
| (verb) behave violently, as if in state of a great anger | Synonyms: rage, storm |
| rampage | (verb) act violently, recklessly, or destructively | - |
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| ranch | (verb) manage or run a ranch | - |
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| randomise | (verb) arrange in random order | Synonyms: randomize |
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| randomize | (verb) arrange in random order | Synonyms: randomise |
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| range | (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: grade, order, place, rank, rate |
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| (verb) let eat | - |
| (verb) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line | Synonyms: array, lay out, set out |
| (verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: browse, crop, graze, pasture |
| (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
| (verb) range or extend over; occupy a certain area | Synonyms: straddle |
| (verb) change or be different within limits | Synonyms: run |
| (verb) have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun | - |
| rank | (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: grade, order, place, range, rate |
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| (verb) take or have a position relative to others | - |
| (verb) take precedence or surpass others in rank | Synonyms: outrank |
| rankle | (verb) gnaw into; make resentful or angry | Synonyms: eat into, fret, grate |
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| ransack | (verb) search thoroughly | Synonyms: comb |
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| (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, reave, rifle, strip |
| ransom | (verb) exchange or buy back for money; under threat | Synonyms: redeem |
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| rant | (verb) talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner | Synonyms: jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rave, spout |
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| rap | (verb) talk volubly | - |
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| (verb) strike sharply | Synonyms: knap |
| (verb) perform rap music | - |
| (verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface | Synonyms: knock, pink, tap |
| rape | (verb) destroy and strip of its possession | Synonyms: despoil, plunder, spoil, violate |
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| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, ravish, violate |
| rappel | (verb) descend by means of a rappel | Synonyms: abseil, rope down |
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| rarefy | (verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) | Synonyms: attenuate |
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| (verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: sublimate, subtilize |
| (verb) lessen the density or solidity of | - |
| rarify | (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: complicate, elaborate, refine |
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| rase | (verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground | Synonyms: dismantle, level, pull down, raze, take down, tear down |
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| rasp | (verb) utter in a grating voice | - |
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| (verb) scrape with a rasp | - |
| rasterize | (verb) convert (an image) into pixels | - |
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| rat | (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
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| (verb) catch rats, especially with dogs | - |
| (verb) give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat | - |
| (verb) desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage | - |
| (verb) take the place of work of someone on strike | Synonyms: blackleg, fink, scab |
| (verb) employ scabs or strike breakers in | - |
| ratchet | (verb) move by degrees in one direction only | Synonyms: rachet up, ratchet down |
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| rate | (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: grade, order, place, range, rank |
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| (verb) estimate the value of | Synonyms: value |
| (verb) be worthy of or have a certain rating | - |
| ratify | (verb) approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation | Synonyms: sign |
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| ratiocinate | (verb) reason methodologically and logically | - |
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| ration | (verb) distribute in rations, as in the army | Synonyms: ration out |
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| (verb) restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war | - |
| rationalise | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalize |
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| (verb) remove irrational quantities from | Synonyms: rationalize |
| (verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason | Synonyms: rationalize |
| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalize |
| (verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results | Synonyms: rationalize |
| rationalize | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalise |
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| (verb) remove irrational quantities from | Synonyms: rationalise |
| (verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason | Synonyms: rationalise |
| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalise |
| (verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results | Synonyms: rationalise |
| rattle | (verb) shake and cause to make a rattling noise | - |
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| (verb) make short successive sounds | - |
| ravage | (verb) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes | Synonyms: harry |
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| (verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, scourge, waste |
| rave | (verb) praise enthusiastically | Synonyms: gush |
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| (verb) talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner | Synonyms: jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rant, spout |
| (verb) participate in an all-night techno dance party | - |
| ravel | (verb) tangle or complicate | Synonyms: knot, tangle |
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| (verb) disentangle | Synonyms: ravel out, unravel |
| raven | (verb) eat greedily | Synonyms: devour, guttle, pig |
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| (verb) feed greedily | - |
| (verb) prey on or hunt for | Synonyms: predate, prey |
| (verb) obtain or seize by violence | - |
| ravish | (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, transport |
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| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, rape, violate |
| ray | (verb) expose to radiation | Synonyms: irradiate |
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| (verb) extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center | Synonyms: radiate |
| (verb) emit as rays | - |
| raze | (verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground | Synonyms: dismantle, level, pull down, rase, take down, tear down |
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| razor | (verb) shave with a razor | - |
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| razz | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
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| reabsorb | (verb) undergo resorption | Synonyms: resorb |
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| reach | (verb) be in or establish communication with | Synonyms: contact, get hold of, get through |
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| (verb) to exert much effort or energy | Synonyms: strain, strive |
| (verb) move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense | Synonyms: reach out |
| (verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: attain, hit |
| (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make |
| (verb) reach a goal | Synonyms: get to, make, progress to |
| (verb) place into the hands or custody of | Synonyms: give, hand, pass, pass on, turn over |
| (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, attain |
| (verb) to extend as far as | Synonyms: extend to, touch |
| react | (verb) undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions | - |
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| (verb) show a response or a reaction to something | Synonyms: respond |
| (verb) act against or in opposition to | Synonyms: oppose |
| reactivate | (verb) activate (an old file) anew | - |
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| read | (verb) interpret something that is written or printed | - |
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| (verb) look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed | - |
| (verb) interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior | - |
| (verb) make sense of a language | Synonyms: interpret, translate, understand |
| (verb) be a student of a certain subject | Synonyms: learn, study, take |
| (verb) obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources | Synonyms: scan |
| (verb) to hear and understand | - |
| (verb) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression | Synonyms: take |
| (verb) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments | Synonyms: record, register, show |
| (verb) audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role | - |
| (verb) have or contain a certain wording or form | Synonyms: say |
| readapt | (verb) adapt anew | - |
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| (verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readjust |
| readjust | (verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readapt |
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| (verb) adjust again after an initial failure | Synonyms: reset |
| readmit | (verb) admit anew | - |
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| (verb) admit again or anew | - |
| ready | (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, prepare, set, set up |
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| (verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: cook, fix, make, prepare |
| reaffirm | (verb) affirm once again | - |
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| realign | (verb) align anew or better | Synonyms: realine |
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| realine | (verb) align anew or better | Synonyms: realign |
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| realise | (verb) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally | Synonyms: realize, see, understand |
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| (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realize, recognise, recognize |
| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realize, substantiate |
| (verb) expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass | Synonyms: realize |
| (verb) convert into cash; of goods and property | Synonyms: realize |
| (verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realize, take in |
| realize | (verb) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally | Synonyms: realise, see, understand |
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| (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, agnize, realise, recognise, recognize |
| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realise, substantiate |
| (verb) expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass | Synonyms: realise |
| (verb) convert into cash; of goods and property | Synonyms: realise |
| (verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, take in |
| reallocate | (verb) allocate, distribute, or apportion anew | Synonyms: reapportion |
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| reallot | (verb) allot again | - |
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| ream | (verb) enlarge with a reamer | - |
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| (verb) remove by making a hole or by boring | - |
| (verb) squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer | - |
| reanimate | (verb) give new life or energy to | Synonyms: animate, quicken, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify |
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| reap | (verb) gather, as of natural products | Synonyms: glean, harvest |
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| (verb) get or derive | Synonyms: draw |
| reappear | (verb) appear again | Synonyms: re-emerge |
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| reapportion | (verb) allocate, distribute, or apportion anew | Synonyms: reallocate |
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| reappraise | (verb) appraise anew | - |
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| rear | (verb) construct, build, or erect | Synonyms: erect, put up, raise, set up |
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| (verb) stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds | Synonyms: rise up |
| (verb) cause to rise up | Synonyms: erect |
| (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, nurture, parent, raise |
| (verb) rise up | Synonyms: lift, rise |
| rearm | (verb) arm anew | Synonyms: re-arm |
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| (verb) arm again | - |
| rearrange | (verb) put into a new order or arrangement | - |
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| reason | (verb) think logically | - |
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| (verb) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion | Synonyms: conclude, reason out |
| (verb) present reasons and arguments | Synonyms: argue |
| reassail | (verb) assail again | - |
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| reassemble | (verb) assemble once again, after taking something apart | - |
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| reassert | (verb) strengthen or make more firm | Synonyms: confirm |
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| reassess | (verb) revise or renew one's assessment | Synonyms: reevaluate |
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| reassign | (verb) transfer somebody to a different position or location of work | Synonyms: transfer |
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| reassure | (verb) give reassurance to; give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain | - |
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| reattribute | (verb) attribute to another source | - |
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| reave | (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rifle, strip |
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| reawaken | (verb) awaken once again | - |
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| rebate | (verb) cut a rebate in (timber or stone) | - |
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| (verb) join with a rebate | - |
| (verb) give a reduction in the price during a sale | - |