| stab | (verb) stab or pierce | Synonyms: jab |
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| (verb) poke or thrust abruptly | Synonyms: dig, jab, poke, prod |
| (verb) use a knife on | Synonyms: knife |
| stabilise | (verb) become stable or more stable | Synonyms: stabilize |
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| (verb) make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium | Synonyms: stabilize |
| (verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: brace, stabilize, steady |
| stabilize | (verb) become stable or more stable | Synonyms: stabilise |
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| (verb) make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium | Synonyms: stabilise |
| (verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace | Synonyms: brace, stabilise, steady |
| stable | (verb) shelter in a stable | - |
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| stack | (verb) arrange in stacks | Synonyms: heap, pile |
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| (verb) load or cover with stacks | - |
| (verb) arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances | - |
| staff | (verb) provide with staff | - |
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| (verb) serve on the staff of | - |
| stag | (verb) watch, observe, or inquire secretly | Synonyms: sleuth, snoop, spy |
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| (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, tell on |
| (verb) attend a dance or a party without a female companion | - |
| stage | (verb) perform (a play), especially on a stage | Synonyms: present, represent |
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| (verb) plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | Synonyms: arrange |
| stagger | (verb) to arrange in a systematic order | Synonyms: distribute |
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| (verb) astound or overwhelm, as with shock | - |
| (verb) walk as if unable to control one's movements | Synonyms: careen, keel, lurch, reel, swag |
| (verb) walk with great difficulty | Synonyms: flounder |
| stagnate | (verb) be idle; exist in a changeless situation | Synonyms: idle, laze, slug |
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| (verb) cease to flow; stand without moving | - |
| (verb) stand still | - |
| (verb) cause to stagnate | - |
| stain | (verb) produce or leave stains | - |
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| (verb) color with a liquid dye or tint | - |
| (verb) color for microscopic study | Synonyms: dye |
| (verb) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically | Synonyms: defile, maculate, sully, tarnish |
| stake | (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, game, punt |
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| (verb) mark with a stake | Synonyms: post |
| (verb) tie or fasten to a stake | - |
| (verb) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole | Synonyms: impale |
| (verb) put at risk | Synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, venture |
| stale | (verb) urinate, of cattle and horses | - |
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| stalemate | (verb) subject to a stalemate | - |
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| stalinise | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinize |
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| stalinize | (verb) transform in accordance with Stalin's policies | Synonyms: stalinise |
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| stalk | (verb) walk stiffly | - |
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| (verb) follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to | Synonyms: haunt |
| (verb) go through (an area) in search of prey | - |
| stall | (verb) deliberately delay an event or action | - |
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| (verb) come to a stop | Synonyms: conk |
| (verb) cause an engine to stop | - |
| (verb) cause an airplane to go into a stall | - |
| (verb) experience a stall in flight, of airplanes | - |
| (verb) put into, or keep in, a stall | - |
| (verb) postpone doing what one should be doing | Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally |
| stammer | (verb) speak haltingly | Synonyms: bumble, falter, stutter |
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| stamp | (verb) destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot | - |
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| (verb) treat or classify according to a mental stereotype | Synonyms: pigeonhole, stereotype |
| (verb) to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something | - |
| (verb) affix a stamp to | - |
| (verb) raise in a relief | Synonyms: boss, emboss |
| (verb) crush or grind with a heavy instrument | - |
| (verb) form or cut out with a mold, form, or die | - |
| (verb) walk heavily | Synonyms: stomp, stump |
| (verb) reveal clearly as having a certain character | - |
| stampede | (verb) run away in a stampede | - |
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| (verb) cause to run in panic | - |
| (verb) act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse | - |
| (verb) cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively | - |
| stanch | (verb) stop the flow of a liquid | Synonyms: halt, staunch, stem |
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| stand | (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
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| (verb) have or maintain a position or stand on an issue | - |
| (verb) withstand the force of something | Synonyms: fend, resist |
| (verb) be standing; be upright | Synonyms: stand up |
| (verb) put into an upright position | Synonyms: place upright, stand up |
| (verb) be available for stud services | - |
| (verb) hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright | Synonyms: remain firm |
| (verb) be tall; have a height of; copula | - |
| (verb) be in effect; be or remain in force | - |
| (verb) occupy a place or location, also metaphorically | - |
| (verb) be in some specified state or condition | - |
| (verb) remain inactive or immobile | - |
| standardise | (verb) cause to conform to standard or norm | Synonyms: standardize |
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| (verb) evaluate by comparing with a standard | Synonyms: standardize |
| standardize | (verb) cause to conform to standard or norm | Synonyms: standardise |
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| (verb) evaluate by comparing with a standard | Synonyms: standardise |
| staple | (verb) secure or fasten with a staple or staples | - |
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| star | (verb) mark with an asterisk | Synonyms: asterisk |
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| (verb) be the star in a performance | - |
| (verb) feature as the star | - |
| starboard | (verb) turn to the right, of helms or rudders | - |
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| starch | (verb) stiffen with starch | - |
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| stare | (verb) fixate one's eyes | - |
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| (verb) look at with fixed eyes | Synonyms: gaze |
| stargaze | (verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: daydream, dream, woolgather |
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| (verb) observe the stars | - |
| start | (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start out |
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| (verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: begin, commence, lead off |
| (verb) play in the starting lineup | - |
| (verb) bring into being | Synonyms: initiate, originate |
| (verb) get off the ground | Synonyms: commence, embark on, start up |
| (verb) begin or set in motion | Synonyms: get going, go |
| (verb) get going or set in motion | Synonyms: start up |
| (verb) depart for someplace | Synonyms: depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start out, take off |
| (verb) bulge outward | Synonyms: bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, protrude |
| (verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: jump, startle |
| (verb) begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job | Synonyms: take up |
| (verb) begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | Synonyms: begin |
| (verb) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | Synonyms: begin |
| (verb) have a beginning characterized in some specified way | Synonyms: begin |
| startle | (verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanise, galvanize |
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| (verb) move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | Synonyms: jump, start |
| starve | (verb) be hungry; go without food | Synonyms: famish, hunger |
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| (verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for | Synonyms: crave, hunger, lust, thirst |
| (verb) die of food deprivation | Synonyms: famish |
| (verb) deprive of food | Synonyms: famish |
| (verb) deprive of a necessity and cause suffering | - |
| stash | (verb) save up as for future use | Synonyms: cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away |
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| state | (verb) express in words | Synonyms: say, tell |
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| (verb) put before | Synonyms: posit, put forward, submit |
| (verb) indicate through a symbol, formula, etc. | Synonyms: express |
| station | (verb) assign to a station | Synonyms: place, post, send |
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| staunch | (verb) stop the flow of a liquid | Synonyms: halt, stanch, stem |
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| stave | (verb) burst or force (a hole) into something | Synonyms: stave in |
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| (verb) furnish with staves | - |
| stay | (verb) stay the same; remain in a certain state | Synonyms: remain, rest |
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| (verb) stop or halt | Synonyms: delay, detain |
| (verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: appease, quell |
| (verb) fasten with stays | - |
| (verb) be in a certain place and not leave | Synonyms: persist, remain, stay put, stick, stick around |
| (verb) stop a judicial process | - |
| (verb) dwell | Synonyms: abide, bide |
| (verb) continue in a place, position, or situation | Synonyms: continue, remain, stay on |
| (verb) hang on during a trial of endurance | Synonyms: last out, outride, ride out |