| whiff | (verb) utter with a puff of air | - |
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| (verb) smoke and exhale strongly | Synonyms: puff |
| (verb) strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third | - |
| (verb) drive or carry as if by a puff of air | - |
| (verb) perceive by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: sniff |
| whimper | (verb) cry weakly or softly | Synonyms: mewl, pule, wail |
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| whine | (verb) complain whiningly | Synonyms: grizzle, yammer, yawp |
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| (verb) talk in a tearful manner | Synonyms: snivel |
| (verb) move with a whining sound | - |
| (verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise | Synonyms: creak, screak, screech, skreak, squeak |
| whinny | (verb) make a characteristic sound, of a horse | Synonyms: neigh, nicker, whicker |
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| whip | (verb) subject to harsh criticism | Synonyms: blister, scald, scorch |
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| (verb) defeat thoroughly | Synonyms: mop up, pip, rack up, worst |
| (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt |
| (verb) whip with or as if with a wire whisk | Synonyms: whisk |
| (verb) strike as if by whipping | Synonyms: lash |
| (verb) thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash | - |
| whipsaw | (verb) saw with a whipsaw | - |
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| (verb) victimize, especially in gambling or negotiations | - |
| whir | (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whirr, whiz, whizz |
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| whirl | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, purl, swirl, whirlpool |
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| (verb) turn in a twisting or spinning motion | Synonyms: swirl, twiddle, twirl |
| (verb) cause to spin | Synonyms: birl, spin, twirl |
| (verb) fly around | Synonyms: tumble, whirl around |
| (verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | Synonyms: gyrate, reel, spin, spin around |
| whirligig | (verb) whirl or spin like a whirligig | - |
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| whirlpool | (verb) flow in a circular current, of liquids | Synonyms: eddy, purl, swirl, whirl |
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| whirr | (verb) make a vibrant sound, as of some birds | Synonyms: churr |
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| (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whir, whiz, whizz |
| whish | (verb) move with a whishing sound | - |
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| (verb) make a sibilant sound | - |
| whisk | (verb) whip with or as if with a wire whisk | Synonyms: whip |
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| (verb) brush or wipe off lightly | Synonyms: whisk off |
| (verb) move somewhere quickly | - |
| (verb) move quickly and nimbly | - |
| whisker | (verb) furnish with whiskers | Synonyms: bewhisker |
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| whisper | (verb) speak softly; in a low voice | - |
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| whistle | (verb) utter or express by whistling | - |
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| (verb) make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound | Synonyms: sing |
| (verb) give a signal by whistling | - |
| (verb) move with, or as with, a whistling sound | - |
| (verb) move, send, or bring as if by whistling | - |
| (verb) make whistling sounds | - |
| whistlestop | (verb) tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election | - |
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| white | (verb) turn white | Synonyms: whiten |
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| whiten | (verb) turn white | Synonyms: white |
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| whiteout | (verb) lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain | Synonyms: white-out |
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| (verb) cover up with a liquid correction fluid | Synonyms: white out |
| whitewash | (verb) exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data | - |
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| (verb) cover with whitewash | - |
| (verb) cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error | Synonyms: gloss over, hush up, sleek over |
| whittle | (verb) cut small bits or pare shavings from | Synonyms: pare |
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| whiz | (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whir, whirr, whizz |
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| whizz | (verb) move along very quickly | Synonyms: whizz along, zoom, zoom along |
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| (verb) make a soft swishing sound | Synonyms: birr, purr, whir, whirr, whiz |
| wholesale | (verb) sell in large quantities | - |
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| whomp | (verb) beat overwhelmingly | - |
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| (verb) hit with the hand | Synonyms: cuff |
| whoop | (verb) shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm | - |
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| (verb) cough spasmodically | Synonyms: hack |
| whoosh | (verb) gush or squirt out | - |
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| (verb) move with a whooshing sound | Synonyms: hiss |
| (verb) move with a sibilant sound | Synonyms: woosh |
| whop | (verb) strike hard | Synonyms: wallop, whack, wham |
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| (verb) hit hard | Synonyms: bash, bonk, bop, sock, whap |
| whore | (verb) compromise oneself for money or other gains | - |
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| (verb) have unlawful sex with a whore | - |
| (verb) work as a prostitute | - |
| widen | (verb) become broader or wider or more extensive | - |
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| (verb) extend in scope or range or area | Synonyms: broaden, extend |
| (verb) make wider | - |
| (verb) make (clothes) larger | Synonyms: let out |
| widow | (verb) cause to be without a spouse | - |
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| wield | (verb) handle effectively | Synonyms: handle, manage |
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| (verb) have and exercise | Synonyms: exert, maintain |
| wiggle | (verb) move to and fro | Synonyms: jiggle, joggle |
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| wigwag | (verb) signal by or as if by a flag or light waved according to a code | - |
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| (verb) send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code | - |
| will | (verb) determine by choice | - |
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| (verb) decree or ordain | - |
| (verb) leave or give by will after one's death | Synonyms: bequeath, leave |
| wilt | (verb) become limp | Synonyms: droop |
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| (verb) lose strength | - |
| win | (verb) be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious | - |
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| (verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead |
| (verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: acquire, gain |
| (verb) acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions | Synonyms: earn, garner |
| (verb) attain success or reach a desired goal | Synonyms: bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed |
| wince | (verb) make a face indicating disgust or dislike | - |
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| (verb) draw back, as with fear or pain | Synonyms: cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch |
| winch | (verb) pull or lift up with or as if with a winch | - |
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| wind | (verb) coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem | Synonyms: wind up |
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| (verb) form into a wreath | Synonyms: wreathe |
| (verb) raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help | Synonyms: hoist, lift |
| (verb) arrange or coil around | Synonyms: roll, twine, wrap |
| (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, wander, weave |
| (verb) extend in curves and turns | Synonyms: curve, twist |
| (verb) catch the scent of; get wind of | Synonyms: nose, scent |
| windsurf | (verb) ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water | - |
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| wine | (verb) drink wine | - |
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| (verb) treat to wine | - |
| wing | (verb) travel through the air; be airborne | Synonyms: fly |
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| wink | (verb) briefly shut the eyes | Synonyms: blink, nictate, nictitate |
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| (verb) keep back by blinking | Synonyms: blink, blink away |
| (verb) signal by winking | - |
| (verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, twinkle, winkle |
| winkle | (verb) remove or displace from a position | Synonyms: winkle out |
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| (verb) gleam or glow intermittently | Synonyms: blink, flash, twinkle, wink |
| (verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner | Synonyms: scintillate, twinkle |
| winnow | (verb) blow away or off with a current of air | Synonyms: fan |
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| (verb) select desirable parts from a group or list | Synonyms: cull out |
| (verb) separate the chaff from grain by using air currents | - |
| (verb) blow on | - |
| winter | (verb) spend the winter | Synonyms: overwinter |
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| winterise | (verb) prepare for winter | Synonyms: winterize |
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| winterize | (verb) prepare for winter | Synonyms: winterise |
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| wipe | (verb) rub with a circular motion | Synonyms: pass over |
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| wire | (verb) equip for use with electricity | Synonyms: electrify |
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| (verb) send cables, wires, or telegrams | Synonyms: cable, telegraph |
| (verb) fasten with wire | - |
| (verb) string on a wire | - |
| (verb) provide with electrical circuits | - |
| wiretap | (verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: bug, intercept, tap |
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| wisecrack | (verb) make a comment, usually ironic | - |
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| wish | (verb) invoke upon | Synonyms: bid |
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| (verb) order politely; express a wish for | - |
| (verb) make or express a wish | - |
| (verb) feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of | Synonyms: wish well |
| (verb) to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something | Synonyms: care, like |
| witch | (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, glamour, hex, jinx |
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| withdraw | (verb) keep away from others | Synonyms: seclude, sequester, sequestrate |
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| (verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | Synonyms: remove, take, take away |
| (verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | Synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat |
| (verb) take back what one has said | Synonyms: swallow, take back, unsay |
| (verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | Synonyms: disengage |
| (verb) lose interest | Synonyms: retire |
| (verb) pull back or move away or backward | Synonyms: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat |
| (verb) remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) | Synonyms: draw, draw off, take out |
| (verb) cause to be returned | Synonyms: call back, call in, recall |
| (verb) break from a meeting or gathering | Synonyms: adjourn, retire |
| (verb) withdraw from active participation | Synonyms: retire |
| (verb) retire gracefully | Synonyms: bow out |
| wither | (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture | Synonyms: shrink, shrivel, shrivel up |
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| (verb) lose freshness, vigor, or vitality | Synonyms: fade |
| withhold | (verb) hold back; refuse to hand over or share | Synonyms: keep back |
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| (verb) retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments | Synonyms: deduct, recoup |
| withstand | (verb) stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something | Synonyms: hold out, resist, stand firm |
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| (verb) resist or confront with resistance | Synonyms: defy, hold, hold up |
| witness | (verb) be a witness to | - |
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| (verb) perceive or be contemporaneous with | Synonyms: find, see |
| wive | (verb) provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife | - |
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| (verb) marry a woman, take a wife | - |
| (verb) take (someone) as a wife | - |
| wobble | (verb) move unsteadily | Synonyms: coggle |
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| (verb) tremble or shake | Synonyms: shimmy |
| (verb) move sideways or in an unsteady way | Synonyms: careen, shift, tilt |
| wolf | (verb) eat hastily | Synonyms: wolf down |
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| womanise | (verb) have amorous affairs; of men | Synonyms: philander, womanize |
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| womanize | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, effeminize, feminise, feminize |
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| (verb) have amorous affairs; of men | Synonyms: philander, womanise |
| wonder | (verb) have a wish or desire to know something | Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
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| (verb) place in doubt or express doubtful speculation | Synonyms: question |
| (verb) be amazed at | Synonyms: marvel |
| woo | (verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: court, romance, solicit |
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| (verb) seek someone's favor | Synonyms: court |
| woolgather | (verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: daydream, dream, stargaze |
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| woosh | (verb) move with a sibilant sound | Synonyms: whoosh |
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| word | (verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase |
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| work | (verb) give a workout to | Synonyms: exercise, work out |
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| (verb) arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion | - |
| (verb) go sour or spoil | Synonyms: ferment, sour, turn |
| (verb) cause to undergo fermentation | Synonyms: ferment |
| (verb) find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of | Synonyms: figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work out |
| (verb) use or manipulate to one's advantage | Synonyms: exploit |
| (verb) to mix into a homogeneous mass | Synonyms: knead |
| (verb) perform as expected when applied | Synonyms: function, go, operate, run |
| (verb) move into or onto | - |
| (verb) shape, form, or improve a material | Synonyms: process, work on |
| (verb) cause to happen or to occur as a consequence | Synonyms: bring, make for, play, wreak |
| (verb) prepare for crops | Synonyms: crop, cultivate |
| (verb) make something, usually for a specific function | Synonyms: forge, form, mold, mould, shape |
| (verb) gratify and charm, usually in order to influence | - |
| (verb) proceed along a path | Synonyms: make |
| (verb) move in an agitated manner | - |
| (verb) provoke or excite | - |
| (verb) be employed | Synonyms: do work |
| (verb) cause to work | Synonyms: put to work |
| (verb) exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work | - |
| (verb) have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected | Synonyms: act |
| (verb) operate in a certain place, area, or specialty | - |
| (verb) proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity | - |
| (verb) have and exert influence or effect | Synonyms: act upon, influence |
| (verb) operate in or through | - |
| (verb) cause to operate or function | - |
| (verb) behave in a certain way when handled | - |
| worm | (verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | Synonyms: squirm, twist, wrestle, wriggle, writhe |
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| worry | (verb) lacerate by biting | - |
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| (verb) touch or rub constantly | - |
| (verb) be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy | - |
| (verb) disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress | Synonyms: vex |
| (verb) be concerned with | Synonyms: care |
| (verb) be on the mind of | Synonyms: concern, interest, occupy |
| worsen | (verb) grow worse | Synonyms: decline |
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| (verb) make worse | Synonyms: aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate |
| worship | (verb) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol | Synonyms: hero-worship, idolise, idolize, revere |
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| (verb) show devotion to (a deity) | - |
| (verb) attend religious services | - |
| worst | (verb) defeat thoroughly | Synonyms: mop up, pip, rack up, whip |
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| wound | (verb) cause injuries or bodily harm to | Synonyms: injure |
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| (verb) hurt the feelings of | Synonyms: bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite |
| wow | (verb) impress greatly | - |
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| wrack | (verb) smash or break forcefully | Synonyms: bust up, wreck |
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| wrangle | (verb) to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively | Synonyms: brawl |
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| (verb) herd and care for | - |
| wrap | (verb) arrange or fold as a cover or protection | Synonyms: wrap up |
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| (verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap |
| (verb) arrange or coil around | Synonyms: roll, twine, wind |
| (verb) crash into so as to coil around | - |
| wrawl | (verb) cry loudly, as of animals | Synonyms: howl, yammer, yowl |
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| wreak | (verb) cause to happen or to occur as a consequence | Synonyms: bring, make for, play, work |
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| wreathe | (verb) form into a wreath | Synonyms: wind |
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| (verb) decorate or deck with wreaths | - |
| (verb) move with slow, sinuous movements | - |
| wreck | (verb) smash or break forcefully | Synonyms: bust up, wrack |
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| wrench | (verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrick |
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| (verb) twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates | Synonyms: twist |
| (verb) twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish | Synonyms: wring |
| (verb) make a sudden twisting motion | - |
| wrest | (verb) obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically | - |
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| wrestle | (verb) engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate | - |
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| (verb) combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force | - |
| (verb) engage in a wrestling match | - |
| (verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | Synonyms: squirm, twist, worm, wriggle, writhe |
| wrick | (verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrench |
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| wriggle | (verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | Synonyms: squirm, twist, worm, wrestle, writhe |
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| wring | (verb) twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish | Synonyms: wrench |
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| (verb) twist and press out of shape | Synonyms: contort, deform, distort |
| (verb) twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid | - |
| (verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation | Synonyms: extort, gouge, rack, squeeze |
| wrinkle | (verb) become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, crumple, rumple |
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| (verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic | Synonyms: crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up |
| (verb) gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | Synonyms: purse |
| (verb) make wrinkled or creased | Synonyms: crease, furrow |
| write | (verb) communicate or express by writing | - |
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| (verb) record data on a computer | Synonyms: save |
| (verb) contact in writing | Synonyms: drop a line |
| (verb) produce a literary work | Synonyms: compose, indite, pen |
| (verb) mark or trace words or symbols on a surface | - |
| (verb) write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word) | Synonyms: spell |
| (verb) write music | Synonyms: compose |
| (verb) create code, write a computer program | - |
| writhe | (verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | Synonyms: squirm, twist, worm, wrestle, wriggle |
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| wrong | (verb) treat unjustly; do wrong to | - |
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