sup | (verb) take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon | - |
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superannuate | (verb) retire or become ineligible because of old age or infirmity | - |
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(verb) become obsolete | - |
(verb) declare to be obsolete | - |
(verb) retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability | - |
supercharge | (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, pressurize |
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(verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: advance, boost |
superfetate | (verb) conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus | - |
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superimpose | (verb) place on top of | Synonyms: lay over, superpose |
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superinfect | (verb) infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms | - |
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superintend | (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, oversee, supervise |
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superordinate | (verb) place in a superior order or rank | - |
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superpose | (verb) place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide | - |
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(verb) place on top of | Synonyms: lay over, superimpose |
superscribe | (verb) write on the outside or upper part of | - |
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(verb) write on the top or outside | - |
supersede | (verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: replace, supervene upon, supplant |
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supervene | (verb) take place as an additional or unexpected development | - |
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supervise | (verb) keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance | Synonyms: monitor |
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(verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, oversee, superintend |
supinate | (verb) turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg) | - |
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supplant | (verb) take the place or move into the position of | Synonyms: replace, supersede, supervene upon |
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supple | (verb) make pliant and flexible | - |
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supplement | (verb) add to the very end | Synonyms: add on, affix, append |
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(verb) add as a supplement to what seems insufficient | - |
(verb) serve as a supplement to | - |
supplicate | (verb) ask humbly (for something) | - |
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(verb) ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer | - |
(verb) make a humble, earnest petition | - |
supply | (verb) state or say further | Synonyms: add, append |
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(verb) give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | Synonyms: cater, ply, provide |
(verb) give something useful or necessary to | Synonyms: furnish, offer, provide, render |
(verb) circulate or distribute or equip with | Synonyms: issue |
support | (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, sustain |
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(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, tolerate |
(verb) adopt as a belief | Synonyms: subscribe |
(verb) argue or speak in defense of | Synonyms: defend, fend for |
(verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, patronize |
(verb) be the physical support of; carry the weight of | Synonyms: hold, hold up, sustain |
(verb) play a subordinate role to (another performer) | - |
(verb) support materially or financially | - |
(verb) give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to | Synonyms: back up |
(verb) be behind; approve of | Synonyms: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for |
(verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm | Synonyms: bear out, corroborate, underpin |
suppose | (verb) expect, believe, or suppose | Synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, reckon, think |
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(verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | Synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize |
(verb) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition | Synonyms: presuppose |
(verb) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand | Synonyms: presuppose |
(verb) express a supposition | Synonyms: say |
suppress | (verb) bring under control by force or authority | Synonyms: conquer, stamp down, subdue |
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(verb) lessen to the point of stopping | - |
(verb) put out of one's consciousness | Synonyms: repress |
(verb) consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior | Synonyms: bottle up, inhibit |
(verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority | Synonyms: crush, oppress |
suppurate | (verb) ripen and generate pus | Synonyms: fester, maturate |
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(verb) cause to ripen and discharge pus | Synonyms: mature |