saber | (verb) kill with a saber | Synonyms: sabre |
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(verb) cut or injure with a saber | Synonyms: sabre |
sabotage | (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, countermine, subvert, undermine, weaken |
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sabre | (verb) kill with a saber | Synonyms: saber |
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(verb) cut or injure with a saber | Synonyms: saber |
saccharify | (verb) convert into a simple soluble fermentable sugar by hydrolyzing a sugar derivative or complex carbohydrate | - |
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(verb) sweeten with sugar | Synonyms: sugar |
sack | (verb) put in a sack | - |
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(verb) plunder (a town) after capture | Synonyms: plunder |
(verb) make as a net profit | Synonyms: clear, net, sack up |
(verb) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, send away, terminate |
sacrifice | (verb) kill or destroy | - |
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(verb) endure the loss of | Synonyms: give |
(verb) make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals | - |
(verb) sell at a loss | - |
sadden | (verb) come to feel sad | - |
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(verb) make unhappy | - |
saddle | (verb) impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to | Synonyms: burden, charge |
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(verb) put a saddle on | - |
(verb) load or burden; encumber | - |
safeguard | (verb) make safe | - |
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(verb) escort safely | - |
sag | (verb) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness | Synonyms: droop, flag, swag |
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(verb) cause to sag | Synonyms: sag down |
sail | (verb) travel on water propelled by wind | - |
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(verb) move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions | Synonyms: sweep |
(verb) travel on water propelled by wind or by other means | Synonyms: navigate, voyage |
(verb) traverse or travel on (a body of water) | - |
sailplane | (verb) fly a plane without an engine | Synonyms: soar |
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saint | (verb) declare (a dead person) to be a saint | Synonyms: canonise, canonize |
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(verb) hold sacred | Synonyms: enshrine |
salaam | (verb) greet with a salaam | - |
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salinate | (verb) make salty | - |
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salivate | (verb) produce saliva | - |
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(verb) be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something | Synonyms: drool |
sallow | (verb) cause to become sallow | - |
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salt | (verb) preserve with salt | - |
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(verb) add zest or liveliness to | - |
(verb) sprinkle as if with salt | - |
(verb) add salt to | - |
saltate | (verb) leap or skip, often in dancing | - |
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(verb) move by saltation | - |
salute | (verb) greet in a friendly way | - |
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(verb) recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position | Synonyms: present |
(verb) honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers | - |
(verb) express commendation of | - |
(verb) propose a toast to | Synonyms: drink, pledge, toast, wassail |
(verb) become noticeable | - |
salvage | (verb) collect discarded material | Synonyms: scavenge |
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(verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm | Synonyms: relieve, salve, save |
salve | (verb) apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing | - |
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(verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm | Synonyms: relieve, salvage, save |
samba | (verb) dance the samba | - |
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sample | (verb) take a sample of | Synonyms: taste, try, try out |
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sanctify | (verb) make pure or free from sin or guilt | Synonyms: purge, purify |
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(verb) render holy by means of religious rites | Synonyms: bless, consecrate, hallow |
(verb) give religious sanction to, such as through an oath | Synonyms: sanction |
sanction | (verb) give sanction to | Synonyms: approve, O.K., okay |
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(verb) give religious sanction to, such as through an oath | Synonyms: sanctify |
(verb) give authority or permission to | - |
sand | (verb) rub with sandpaper | Synonyms: sandpaper |
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sandbag | (verb) protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up | - |
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(verb) downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling | - |
(verb) hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag | Synonyms: stun |
(verb) treat harshly or unfairly | - |
(verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | Synonyms: dragoon, railroad |
sandblast | (verb) grind with a sandblast | - |
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sandpaper | (verb) rub with sandpaper | Synonyms: sand |
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sandwich | (verb) insert or squeeze tightly between two people or objects | - |
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(verb) make into a sandwich | - |
sanitate | (verb) provide with sanitary facilities or appliances | - |
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sanitise | (verb) make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features | Synonyms: sanitize |
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(verb) make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing | Synonyms: hygienise, hygienize, sanitize |
sanitize | (verb) make less offensive or more acceptable by removing objectionable features | Synonyms: sanitise |
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(verb) make sanitary by cleaning or sterilizing | Synonyms: hygienise, hygienize, sanitise |
sap | (verb) excavate the earth beneath | - |
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(verb) deplete | Synonyms: exhaust, play out, run down, tire |
saponify | (verb) convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali | - |
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(verb) become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali | - |
sashay | (verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: cock, prance, ruffle, strut, swagger, tittup |
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(verb) move sideways | Synonyms: sidle |
(verb) perform a chasse step, in ballet | Synonyms: chasse |
sass | (verb) answer back in an impudent or insolent manner | - |
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sate | (verb) fill to satisfaction | Synonyms: fill, replete, satiate |
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satellite | (verb) broadcast or disseminate via satellite | - |
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satiate | (verb) fill to satisfaction | Synonyms: fill, replete, sate |
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(verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, scarf out, stuff |
satirise | (verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: lampoon, satirize |
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satirize | (verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: lampoon, satirise |
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satisfice | (verb) decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal | Synonyms: satisfise |
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satisfise | (verb) decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal | Synonyms: satisfice |
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satisfy | (verb) fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction | Synonyms: conform to, fill, fit, fulfil, fulfill, meet |
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(verb) make happy or satisfied | Synonyms: gratify |
(verb) meet the requirements or expectations of | Synonyms: fulfil, fulfill, live up to |
saturate | (verb) cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance | - |
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(verb) infuse or fill completely | Synonyms: impregnate |
sauce | (verb) add zest or flavor to, make more interesting | - |
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(verb) dress (food) with a relish | - |
(verb) behave saucily or impudently towards | - |
saunter | (verb) walk leisurely and with no apparent aim | Synonyms: stroll |
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saute | (verb) fry briefly over high heat | - |
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savage | (verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: blast, crucify, pillory |
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(verb) attack brutally and fiercely | - |
save | (verb) make unnecessary an expenditure or effort | Synonyms: make unnecessary |
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(verb) record data on a computer | Synonyms: write |
(verb) to keep up and reserve for personal or special use | Synonyms: preserve |
(verb) accumulate money for future use | Synonyms: lay aside, save up |
(verb) spend less; buy at a reduced price | - |
(verb) retain rights to | Synonyms: hold open, keep, keep open |
(verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economise, economize |
(verb) bring into safety | Synonyms: bring through, carry through, pull through |
(verb) save from ruin, destruction, or harm | Synonyms: relieve, salvage, salve |
(verb) save from sins | Synonyms: deliver, redeem |
(verb) refrain from harming | Synonyms: spare |
savor | (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | Synonyms: bask, enjoy, relish, savour |
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(verb) taste appreciatively | Synonyms: savour |
(verb) give taste to | Synonyms: savour |
(verb) have flavor; taste of something | Synonyms: savour, taste |
savour | (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | Synonyms: bask, enjoy, relish, savor |
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(verb) taste appreciatively | Synonyms: savor |
(verb) give taste to | Synonyms: savor |
(verb) have flavor; taste of something | Synonyms: savor, taste |
savvy | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok |
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saw | (verb) cut with a saw | - |
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say | (verb) express in words | Synonyms: state, tell |
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(verb) report or maintain | Synonyms: allege, aver |
(verb) speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way | Synonyms: articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out |
(verb) express a supposition | Synonyms: suppose |
(verb) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority | Synonyms: enjoin, order, tell |
(verb) communicate or express nonverbally | - |
(verb) recite or repeat a fixed text | - |
(verb) indicate | - |
(verb) state as one's opinion or judgement; declare | - |
(verb) utter aloud | - |
(verb) have or contain a certain wording or form | Synonyms: read |