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Verb Ocean II

Andrew Ernest Ritz

Langtech

May 31, 2011

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devour

verb –1. (1) devour – (destroy completely; ”Fire had devoured ourhome”)


diagnose

verb –1. (4) diagnose, name – (determine or distinguish the nature ofa problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)


dice

verb –1. cube, dice – (cut into cubes; ”cube the cheese”)


dictate

verb –1. (8) order, prescribe, dictate – (issue commands or orders for)


differentiate

verb –1. (4) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate,severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart – (mark as different; ”Wedistinguish several kinds of maple”)


diffuse

verb –1. (1) diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out – (move outward;”The soldiers fanned out”)


dig

verb –1. (9) dig, delve, cut into, turn over – (turn up, loosen, orremove earth; ”Dig we must”; ”turn over the soil for aeration”)


digest

verb –1. (1) digest – (convert food into absorbable substances; ”Icannot digest milk products”)


dignify

verb –1. (1) ennoble, dignify – (confer dignity or honor upon; ”Hewas dignified with a title”)


dike

verb –. dike, dyke – (enclose with a dike; ”dike the land to protect itfrom water”)


dilapidate

verb –1. dilapidate – (bring into a condition of decay or partial ruinby neglect or misuse)


dilate

verb –1. (6) dilate, distend – (become wider; ”His pupils weredilated”)


dilute

verb –1. (9) dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut – (lessen the strengthor flavor of a solution or mixture; ”cut bourbon”)


dim

verb –1. dim, dip – (switch (a car’s headlights) from a higher to alower beam)


diminish

verb –1. (10) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall – (decrease in size,extent, or range; ”The amount of homework decreased towards theend of the semester”; ”The cabin pressure fell dramatically”; ”herweight fell to under a hundred pounds”; ”his voice fell to a whisper”)


dimple

verb –1. dimple – (mark with, or as if with, dimples; ”drops dimpledthe smooth stream”)


dip

verb –1. (2) dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse – (immerse briefly into aliquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; ”dip the garment into thecleaning solution”; ”dip the brush into the paint”)


direct

verb –1. (17) direct – (command with authority; ”He directed thechildren to do their homework”)


disable

verb –1. (1) disable, disenable, incapacitate – (make unable toperform a certain action; ”disable this command on your computer”)


disadvantage

verb –. disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour – (put at a disadvantage;hinder, harm; ”This rule clearly disadvantages me”)


disallow

verb –. (1) forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix –(command against; ”I forbid you to call me late at night”; ”Mothervetoed the trip to the chocolate store”; ”Dad nixed our plans”)


disappoint

verb –. (5) disappoint, let down – (fail to meet the hopes orexpectations of; ”Her boyfriend let her down when he did not proposemarriage”)


disapprove

verb –1. (5) disapprove – (consider bad or wrong)


disarm

verb –1. (2) disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise – (remove offensivecapability from)


disassemble

verb –. (1) disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart– (take apart into its constituent pieces)


disavow

verb –. disavow – (refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of;responsibility for, or association with; ”Her husband disavowed herafter 30 years of marriage and six children”)


disband

verb –1. (1) disband – (cause to break up or cease to function; ”theprincipal disbanded the political student organization”)


disbar

verb –. disbar – (remove from the bar; expel from the practice of lawby official action; ”The corrupt lawyer was disbarred”)


disbelieve

verb –. (1) disbelieve, discredit – (reject as false; refuse to accept)


disburse

verb –. (1) disburse, pay out – (expend, as from a fund)


discard

verb –. (3) discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, castaside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away –(throw or cast away; ”Put away your worries”)


discern

verb –. (7) spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out,make out, tell apart – (detect with the senses; ”The fleeing convictswere picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards”; ”Ican’t make out the faces in this photograph”)


discharge

verb –1. (3) dispatch, discharge, complete – (complete or carry out;”discharge one’s duties”)


discipline

verb –1. (4) discipline, train, check, condition – (develop (children’s)behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control;”Parents must discipline their children”; ”Is this dog trained?”)


disclaim

verb –1. disclaim – (renounce a legal claim or title to)


disclose

verb –1. (19) unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover,expose, divulge, break, give away, let out – (make known to the publicinformation that was previously known only to a few people or thatwas meant to be kept a secret; ”The auction house would not disclosethe price at which the van Gogh had sold”; ”The actress won’t revealhow old she is”; ”bring out the truth”; ”he broke the news to her”;”unwrap the evidence in the murder case”)


disconcert

verb –1. confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off – (cause to feelembarrassment; ”The constant attention of the young man confusedher”)


disconnect

verb –1. (1) unplug, disconnect – (pull the plug of (electricalappliances) and render inoperable; ”unplug the hair dryer after usingit”)


discontinue

verb –1. (4) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off – (put anend to a state or an activity; ”Quit teasing your little brother”)


discount

verb –1. (3) dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, pushaside, ignore – (bar from attention or consideration; ”She dismissedhis advances”)


discourage

verb –1. (12) deter, discourage – (try to prevent; show opposition to;”We should discourage this practice among our youth”)


discover

verb –1. (21) detect, observe, find, discover, notice – (discover ordetermine the existence, presence, or fact of; ”She detected high levelsof lead in her drinking water”; ”We found traces of lead in the paint”)


discredit

verb –1. (1) discredit – (cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; ”Thepaper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary”)


discuss

verb –1. (54) discourse, talk about, discuss – (to consider or examinein speech or writing; ”The author talks about the different aspects ofthis question”; ”The class discussed Dante’s ‘Inferno’”)


disdain

verb –1. (2) contemn, despise, scorn, disdain – (look down on withdisdain; ”He despises the people he has to work for”; ”The professorscorns the students who don’t catch on immediately”)


disenchant

verb –. disenchant, disillusion – (free from enchantment)


disenfranchise

verb –. (1) disenfranchise, disfranchise – (deprive of voting rights)


disengage

verb –1. (1) disengage, withdraw – (release from something thatholds fast, connects, or entangles; ”I want to disengage myself fromhis influence”; ”disengage the gears”)


disentangle

verb –1. (1) extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber – (releasefrom entanglement of difficulty; ”I cannot extricate myself from thistask”)


disgorge

verb –1. spill, shed, disgorge – (cause or allow (a solid substance) toflow or run out or over; ”spill the beans all over the table”)


disgrace

verb –1. (2) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame – (bringshame or dishonor upon; ”he dishonored his family by committing aserious crime”)


disguise

verb –. (1) disguise, mask – (make unrecognizable; ”The herb masksthe garlic taste”; ”We disguised our faces before robbing the bank”)


disgust

verb –1. (1) disgust, gross out, revolt, repel – (fill with distaste;”This spoilt food disgusts me”)


dishearten

verb –. (2) dishearten, put off – (take away the enthusiasm of)


dishonor

verb –1. (2) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame – (bringshame or dishonor upon; ”he dishonored his family by committing aserious crime”)


disillusion

verb –. disenchant, disillusion – (free from enchantment)


disinfect

verb –. disinfect – (destroy microorganisms or pathogens bycleansing; ”disinfect a wound”)


dislike

verb –. (13) dislike – (have or feel a dislike or distaste for; ”I reallydislike this salesman”)


dislodge

verb –1. (2) dislodge, free – (remove or force out from a position;”The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck undermy gums”; ”He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victimwho was buried in the rubble”)


dismantle

verb –1. level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down– (tear down so as to make flat with the ground; ”The building waslevelled”)


dismay

verb –1. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit,demoralize, demoralise – (lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted;”These news depressed her”; ”The bad state of her child’s healthdemoralizes her”)


dismember

verb –1. (1) dismember – (separate the limbs from the body; ”thetiger dismembered the tourist”)


dismiss

verb –1. (14) dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount,push aside, ignore – (bar from attention or consideration; ”Shedismissed his advances”)


disobey

verb –. (4) disobey – (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; bedisobedient; ”He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired”)


disown

verb –1. (1) disinherit, disown – (prevent deliberately (as by makinga will) from inheriting)


disparage

verb –. disparage, belittle, pick at – (express a negative opinion of;”She disparaged her student’s efforts”)


dispatch

verb –1. (5) dispatch, despatch, send off – (send away towards adesignated goal)


dispel

verb –1. (10) chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel,drive off, run off – (force to go away; used both with concrete andmetaphoric meanings; ”Drive away potential burglars”; ”drive awaybad thoughts”; ”dispel doubts”; ”The supermarket had to turn backmany disappointed customers”)


dispense

verb –1. (3) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot,dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out – (administer orbestow, as in small portions; ”administer critical remarks to everyonepresent”; ”dole out some money”; ”shell out pocket money for thechildren”; ”deal a blow to someone”; ”the machine dispenses softdrinks”)


disperse

verb –1. (2) scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse – (distribute loosely;”He scattered gun powder under the wagon”)


dispirit

verb –. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit,demoralize, demoralise – (lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted;”These news depressed her”; ”The bad state of her child’s healthdemoralizes her”)


displace

verb –1. (1) displace – (cause to move, usually with force or pressure;”the refugees were displaced by the war”)


display

verb –1. (35) expose, exhibit, display – (to show, make visible orapparent; ”The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya’s works thismonth”; ”Why don’t you show your nice legs and wear shorterskirts?”; ”National leaders will have to display the highest skills ofstatesmanship”)


displease

verb –. displease – (give displeasure to)


disprove

verb –. (1) disprove, confute – (prove to be false; ”The physicistdisproved his colleagues’ theories”)


dispute

verb –1. (4) challenge, dispute, gainsay – (take exception to; ”Shechallenged his claims”)


disqualify

verb –1. (1) disqualify, unfit, indispose – (make unfit or unsuitable;”Your income disqualifies you”)


disregard

verb –1. (3) ignore, disregard, snub, cut – (refuse to acknowledge;”She cut him dead at the meeting”)


disrespect

verb –1. disrespect – (show a lack of respect for)


disrupt

verb –1. (5) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off – (make a break in;”We interrupt the program for the following messages”)


dissect

verb –1. (1) dissect – (cut open or cut apart; ”dissect the bodies foranalysis”)


disseminate

verb –. (6) circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate,propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around – (causeto become widely known; ”spread information”; ”circulate a rumor”;”broadcast the news”)


dissipate

verb –1. (1) disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter – (to causeto separate and go in different directions; ”She waved her hand andscattered the crowds”)


dissociate

verb –1. disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint – (part;cease or break association with; ”She disassociated herself from theorganization when she found out the identity of the president”)


dissolve

verb –1. (4) dissolve, fade out, fade away – (become weaker; ”Thesound faded out”)


dissuade

verb –. (3) dissuade, deter – (turn away from by persuasion;”Negative campaigning will only dissuade people”)


distance

verb –1. distance – (keep at a distance; ”we have to distanceourselves from these events in order to continue living”)


distil

verb –1. condense, distill, distil – (undergo condensation; changefrom a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; ”water condenses”;”The acid distills at a specific temperature”)


distill

verb –1. (3) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill – (remove impuritiesfrom, increase the concentration of, and separate through the processof distillation; ”purify the water”)


distinguish

verb –1. (15) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate,severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart – (mark as different; ”Wedistinguish several kinds of maple”)


distort

verb –1. (5) falsify, distort, garble, warp – (make false by mutilationor addition; as of a message or story)


distract

verb –1. (3) distract, deflect – (draw someone’s attention away fromsomething; ”The thief distracted the bystanders”; ”He deflected hiscompetitors”)


distress

verb –1. straiten, distress – (bring into difficulties or distress,especially financial hardship)


distribute

verb –1. (10) distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot,dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out – (administer orbestow, as in small portions; ”administer critical remarks to everyonepresent”; ”dole out some money”; ”shell out pocket money for thechildren”; ”deal a blow to someone”; ”the machine dispenses softdrinks”)


distrust

verb –. (3) distrust, mistrust, suspect – (regard as untrustworthy;regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in)


disturb

verb –1. (8) disturb, upset, trouble – (move deeply; ”This book upsetme”; ”A troubling thought”)


ditch

verb –1. ditch – (forsake; ”ditch a lover”)


diversify

verb –1. diversify – (make (more) diverse; ”diversify a course ofstudy”)


divert

verb –1. (2) deviate, divert – (turn aside; turn away from)


divest

verb –1. (1) deprive, strip, divest – (take away possessions fromsomeone; ”The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”)


divide

verb –1. (20) divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up –(separate into parts or portions; ”divide the cake into three equalparts”; ”The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World WarI”)


divine

verb –1. divine – (perceive intuitively or through some inexplicableperceptive powers)


divorce

verb –1. (4) disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint –(part; cease or break association with; ”She disassociated herself fromthe organization when she found out the identity of the president”)


divulge

verb –. (1) unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover,expose, divulge, break, give away, let out – (make known to the publicinformation that was previously known only to a few people or thatwas meant to be kept a secret; ”The auction house would not disclosethe price at which the van Gogh had sold”; ”The actress won’t revealhow old she is”; ”bring out the truth”; ”he broke the news to her”;”unwrap the evidence in the murder case”)


dizzy

verb –. dizzy – (make dizzy or giddy; ”a dizzying pace”)


do

verb –1. (526) make, do – (engage in; ”make love, not war”; ”makean effort”; ”do research”; ”do nothing”; ”make revolution”)


dock

verb –1. (2) dock – (come into dock; ”the ship docked”)


document

verb –1. (3) document – (record in detail; ”The parents documentedevery step of their child’s development”)


dodge

verb –1. (6) dodge – (make a sudden movement in a new directionso as to avoid; ”The child dodged the teacher’s blow”)


doff

verb –. doff – (remove; ”He doffed his hat”)


dog

verb –. (2) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, goafter, track – (go after with the intent to catch; ”The policemanchased the mugger down the alley”; ”the dog chased the rabbit”)


domesticate

verb –1. domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame – (adapt(a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; ”domesticateoats”; ”tame the soil”)


dominate

verb –1. (9) predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail – (be largerin number, quantity, power, status or importance; ”Money reignssupreme here”; ”Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood”)


don

verb –. (4) wear, put on, get into, don, assume – (put clothing onone’s body; ”What should I wear today?”; ”He put on his best suitfor the wedding”; ”The princess donned a long blue dress”; ”Thequeen assumed the stately robes”; ”He got into his jeans”)


donate

verb –. (7) donate – (give to a charity or good cause; ”I donatedblood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake”; ”donatemoney to the orphanage”; ”She donates to her favorite charity everymonth”)


doom

verb –1. (9) destine, fate, doom, designate – (decree or designatebeforehand; ”She was destined to become a great pianist”)


dope

verb –1. dope – (take drugs to improve one’s athletic performance)


dose

verb –1. (1) dose – (treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; ”Theray dosed the paint”)


dot

verb –1. (3) dot, stud, constellate – (scatter or intersperse like dotsor studs; ”Hills constellated with lights”)


double

verb –1. (12) double, duplicate – (increase twofold; ”The populationdoubled within 50 years”)


double-check

verb –. double-check – (check once more to be absolutely sure)


doubt

verb –1. (16) doubt – (consider unlikely or have doubts about; ”Idoubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage”)


douse

verb –1. douse, put out – (put out, as of a candle or a light; ”Dousethe lights”)


dovetail

verb –. (1) dovetail – (fit together tightly, as if by means of adovetail)


downgrade

verb –. (4) downgrade – (rate lower; lower in value or esteem)


download

verb –. download – (transfer a file or program from a centralcomputer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remotelocation)


downplay

verb –1. understate, minimize, minimise, downplay – (represent asless significant or important)


downsize

verb –1. downsize – (dismiss from work; ”three secretaries weredownsized during the financial crisis”)


draft

verb –1. (4) draft, outline – (draw up an outline or sketch forsomething; ”draft a speech”)


drag

verb –1. (16) drag – (pull, as against a resistance; ”He dragged thebig suitcase behind him”; ”These worries were dragging at him”)


drain

verb –1. (2) drain, run out – (flow off gradually; ”The rain waterdrains into this big vat”)


dramatize

verb –1. (1) dramatize, dramatise, adopt – (put into dramatic form;”adopt a book for a screenplay”)


drape

verb –1. (3) drape – (arrange in a particular way; ”drape a cloth”)


draw

verb –1. (13) pull, draw, force – (cause to move by pulling; ”draw awagon”; ”pull a sled”)


dread

verb –. (4) fear, dread – (be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; ”Ifear the winters in Moscow”; ”We should not fear the Communists!”)


dream

verb –1. (15) dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze – (have adaydream; indulge in a fantasy)


dredge

verb –1. dredge – (cover before cooking; ”dredge the chicken in flourbefore frying it”)


drench

verb –1. swamp, drench – (drench or submerge or be drenched orsubmerged; ”The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor”)


dress

verb –1. (15) dress, get dressed – (put on clothes; ”we had to dressquickly”; ”dress the patient”; ”Can the child dress by herself?”)


dribble

verb –1. (2) trickle, dribble, filter – (run or flow slowly, as in drops orin an unsteady stream; ”water trickled onto the lawn from the brokenhose”; ”reports began to dribble in”)


drill

verb –1. (21) bore, drill – (make a hole, especially with a pointedpower or hand tool; ”don’t drill here, there’s a gas pipe”; ”drill a holeinto the wall”; ”drill for oil”; ”carpenter bees are boring holes into thewall”)


drink

verb –1. (30) drink, imbibe – (take in liquids; ”The patient mustdrink several liters each day”; ”The children like to drink soda”)


drive

verb –1. (56) drive – (operate or control a vehicle; ”drive a car orbus”; ”Can you drive this four-wheel truck?”)


drizzle

verb –1. drizzle, mizzle – (rain lightly; ”When it drizzles in summer,hiking can be pleasant”)


drop

verb –1. (36) drop – (let fall to the ground; ”Don’t drop the dishes”)


drown

verb –1. (3) submerge, drown, overwhelm – (cover completely ormake imperceptible; ”I was drowned in work”; ”The noise drownedout her speech”)


drub

verb –. cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick – (beat thoroughly andconclusively in a competition or fight; ”We licked the other team onSunday!”)


drug

verb –1. (1) drug, dose – (administer a drug to; ”They drugged thekidnapped tourist”)


dry

verb –1. (12) dry, dry out – (remove the moisture from and makedry; ”dry clothes”; ”dry hair”)


dub

verb –1. (2) dub, nickname – (give a nickname to)


duck

verb –1. (10) duck – (to move (the head or body) quickly downwardsor away; ”Before he could duck, another stone struck him”)


dull

verb –1. (1) dull – (make dull in appearance; ”Age had dulled thesurface”)


dump

verb –1. (12) dump – (throw away as refuse; ”No dumping in thesewoods!”)


dunk

verb –1. (1) dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse – (immerse briefly into aliquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; ”dip the garment into thecleaning solution”; ”dip the brush into the paint”)


dupe

verb –. (1) gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, putone over, put one across – (fool or hoax; ”The immigrant was dupedbecause he trusted everyone”; ”You can’t fool me!”)


duplicate

verb –1. (3) duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate – (makeor do or perform again; ”He could never replicate his brilliantperformance of the magic trick”)


dust

verb –1. (3) dust – (remove the dust from; ”dust the cabinets”)


dwarf

verb –1. (3) shadow, overshadow, dwarf – (make appear small bycomparison; ”This year’s debt dwarfs that of last year”)


dye

verb –. (1) dye – (color with dye; ”Please dye these shoes”)


dynamite

verb –. (1) dynamite – (blow up with dynamite; ”The rock wasdynamited”)


e-mail

verb –. e-mail, email, netmail – (communicate electronically on thecomputer; ”she e-mailed me the good news”)


eagle

verb –1. eagle, double birdie – (shoot two strokes under par; ”Sheeagled the hole”)


earmark

verb –. allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve – (give orassign a resource to a particular person or cause; ”I will earmark thismoney for your research”; ”She sets aside time for meditation everyday”)


earn

verb –1. (19) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in,bring in – (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn assalary or wages; ”How much do you make a month in your new job?”;”She earns a lot in her new job”; ”this merger brought in lots ofmoney”; ”He clears 5,000 each month”)


ease

verb –1. (4) ease – (move gently or carefully; ”He eased himself intothe chair”)


eat

verb –1. (61) eat – (take in solid food; ”She was eating a banana”;”What did you eat for dinner last night?”)


echo

verb –1. (5) repeat, echo – (to say again or imitate; ”followersechoing the cries of their leaders”)


eclipse

verb –1. (1) overshadow, dominate, eclipse – (be greater insignificance than; ”the tragedy overshadowed the couple’s happiness”)


economize

verb –1. (4) conserve, husband, economize, economise – (usecautiously and frugally; ”I try to economize my spare time”;”conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit”)


edge

verb –1. (3) edge, inch – (advance slowly, as if by inches; ”He edgedtowards the car”)


edit

verb –1. (1) edit, redact – (prepare for publication or presentation bycorrecting, revising, or adapting; ”Edit a book on lexical semantics”;”she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the mostpersonal passages”)


educate

verb –1. (7) educate – (give an education to; ”We must educate ouryoungsters better”)


effect

verb –1. (17) effect, effectuate, set up – (produce; ”The scientistsset up a shock wave”)


eject

verb –1. (2) eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out –(put out or expel from a place; ”The unruly student was excludedfrom the game”)


elaborate

verb –1. (7) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, fleshout, expand, expound, dilate – (add details, as to an account or idea;clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually inwriting; ”She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation”)


elbow

verb –1. (1) elbow – (push one’s way with the elbows)


elect

verb –1. (21) elect – (select by a vote for an office or membership;”We elected him chairman of the board”)


electrify

verb –1. electrify – (excite suddenly and intensely; ”The newselectrified us”)


electrocute

verb –1. electrocute – (kill by electric shock; ”She dropped the hairdryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted”)


elevate

verb –1. (3) promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate– (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; ”John waskicked upstairs when a replacement was hired”; ”Women tend not toadvance in the major law firms”; ”I got promoted after many years ofhard work”)


elicit

verb –1. (6) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke– (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); ”arouse pity”; ”raisea smile”; ”evoke sympathy”)


eliminate

verb –1. (40) extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with –(terminate, end, or take out; ”Let’s eliminate the course on Akkadianhieroglyphics”; ”Socialism extinguished these archaic customs”;”eliminate my debts”)


elucidate

verb –1. (1) clarify, clear up, elucidate – (make clear and (more)comprehensible; ”clarify the mystery surrounding her death”)


elude

verb –1. (2) elude, evade, bilk – (escape, either physically ormentally; ”The thief eluded the police”; ”This difficult idea seems toevade her”; ”The event evades explanation”)


emancipate

verb –1. (1) emancipate, liberate – (give equal rights to; of womenand minorities)


emasculate

verb –1. (1) emasculate, castrate – (deprive of strength or vigor;”The Senate emasculated the law”)


embalm

verb –. embalm – (preserve a dead body)


embarrass

verb –1. (1) embarrass, abash – (cause to be embarrassed; cause tofeel self-conscious)


embed

verb –1. (2) implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant – (fix or setsecurely or deeply; ”He planted a knee in the back of his opponent”;”The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum”)


embezzle

verb –. (2) embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate– (appropriate (as property entrusted to one’s care) fraudulently toone’s own use; ”The accountant embezzled thousands of dollars whileworking for the wealthy family”)


embitter

verb –. (1) embitter, envenom, acerbate – (cause to be bitter orresentful; ”These injustices embittered her even more”)


emblazon

verb –1. color, colour, emblazon – (decorate with colors; ”color thewalls with paint in warm tones”)


embody

verb –1. (3) incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate – (representin bodily form; ”He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system”;”The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist”)


embolden

verb –. (1) cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden – (give encouragementto)


emboss

verb –. (1) emboss, boss, stamp – (raise in a relief; ”embossedstationery”)


embrace

verb –1. (5) embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover – (include inscope; include as part of something broader; have as one’s sphere orterritory; ”This group encompasses a wide range of people fromdifferent backgrounds”; ”this should cover everyone in the group”)


embroider

verb –1. (2) embroider, broider – (decorate with needlework)


embroil

verb –. (1) embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in – (forceinto some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; ”Theywere swept up by the events”; ”don’t drag me into this business”)


emit

verb –1. (2) emit, breathe, pass off – (expel (gases or odors))


emote

verb –. emote – (give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movierole)


empathize

verb –. sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand –(be understanding of; ”You don’t need to explain–I understand!”)


emphasise

verb –1. underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise – (give extraweight to (a communication); ”Her gesture emphasized her words”)


emphasize

verb –1. (26) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent,accentuate – (to stress, single out as important; ”Dr. Jonesemphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet”)


employ

verb –1. (42) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ – (put into service;make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent ornatural purpose; ”use your head!”; ”we only use Spanish at home”; ”Ican’t use this tool”; ”Apply a magnetic field here”; ”This thinkingwas applied to many projects”; ”How do you utilize this tool?”; ”Iapply this rule to get good results”; ”use the plastic bags to store thefood”; ”He doesn’t know how to use a computer”)


empower

verb –1. (1) empower, authorise, authorize – (give or delegate poweror authority to; ”She authorized her assistant to sign the papers”)


empty

verb –1. (4) empty – (make void or empty of contents; ”Empty thebox”; ”The alarm emptied the building”)


emulate

verb –1. (2) emulate – (strive to equal or match, especially byimitating; ”He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister”)


enable

verb –. (44) enable – (render capable or able for some task; ”Thisskill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street”; ”The rope enablesyou to secure yourself when you climb the mountain”)


enact

verb –1. (13) ordain, enact – (order by virtue of superior authority;decree; ”The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of theJews”; ”the legislature enacted this law in 1985”)


encapsulate

verb –1. encapsulate – (enclose in a capsule or other small container)


encase

verb –. (1) encase, incase, case – (enclose in, or as if in, a case; ”myfeet were encased in mud”)


enchant

verb –1. (2) enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral,delight – (hold spellbound)


encircle

verb –1. encircle, circle – (form a circle around; ”encircle the errors”)


encode

verb –. encode – (convert information into code; ”encode picturesdigitally”)


encompass

verb –. (4) embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover – (include inscope; include as part of something broader; have as one’s sphere orterritory; ”This group encompasses a wide range of people fromdifferent backgrounds”; ”this should cover everyone in the group”)


encounter

verb –1. (17) meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see– (come together; ”I’ll probably see you at the meeting”; ”How niceto see you again!”)


encourage

verb –1. (53) promote, advance, boost, further, encourage –(contribute to the progress or growth of; ”I am promoting the use ofcomputers in the classroom”)


encrypt

verb –. code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write incode – (convert ordinary language into code; ”We should encode themessage for security reasons”)


end

verb –1. (53) end, stop, finish, terminate, cease – (have an end, in atemporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;”the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”; ”Your rights stopwhere you infringe upon the rights of other”; ”My property ends bythe bushes”; ”The symphony ends in a pianissimo”)


endanger

verb –1. (3) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten,imperil, peril – (pose a threat to; present a danger to; ”The pollutionis endangering the crops”)


endear

verb –. (3) endear – (make attractive or lovable; ”This behaviorendeared her to me”)


endorse

verb –1. (7) back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support –(be behind; approve of; ”He plumped for the Labor Party”; ”I backedKennedy in 1960”)


endure

verb –1. (6) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate,support, brook, abide, suffer, put up – (put up with something orsomebody unpleasant; ”I cannot bear his constant criticism”; ”Thenew secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks”; ”helearned to tolerate the heat”; ”She stuck out two years in a miserablemarriage”)


energize

verb –1. (1) stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up –(cause to be alert and energetic; ”Coffee and tea stimulate me”;”This herbal infusion doesn’t stimulate”)


enforce

verb –1. (17) enforce, implement, apply – (ensure observance of lawsand rules; ”Apply the rules to everyone”;)


engage

verb –1. (31) prosecute, engage, pursue – (carry out or participate inan activity; be involved in; ”She pursued many activities”; ”Theyengaged in a discussion”)


engender

verb –1. (6) engender, breed, spawn – (call forth)


engineer

verb –1. engineer – (design as an engineer; ”He engineered the watersupply project”)


engrave

verb –1. (1) scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe – (carve, cut, or etchinto a material or surface; ”engrave a pen”; ”engraved the trophycupt with the winner’s”; ”the lovers scratched their names into thebark of the tree”)


engross

verb –1. (1) steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up– (devote (oneself) fully to; ”He immersed himself into his studies”)


engulf

verb –1. (3) steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up– (devote (oneself) fully to; ”He immersed himself into his studies”)


enhance

verb –1. (5) enhance, heighten, raise – (increase; ”This will enhanceyour enjoyment”; ”heighten the tension”)


enjoin

verb –1. (2) enjoin – (issue an injunction)


enjoy

verb –1. (52) enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour – (derive or receivepleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; ”She relished herfame and basked in her glory”)


enlarge

verb –1. (7) enlarge – (make larger; ”She enlarged the flower beds”)


enlighten

verb –1. enlighten, edify – (make understand; ”Can you enlightenme–I don’t understand this proposal”)


enlist

verb –1. (7) enlist – (join the military)


enliven

verb –1. (1) inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt – (heighten orintensify; ”These paintings exalt the imagination”)


enmesh

verb –. (2) enmesh, mesh, ensnarl – (entangle or catch in (or as if in)a mesh)


enrage

verb –. (1) enrage – (put into a rage; make violently angry)


enrich

verb –1. (7) enrich – (make better or improve in quality; ”Theexperience enriched her understanding”; ”enriched foods”)


enrol

verb –. (3) enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit – (register formally asa participant or member; ”The party recruited many new members”)


enroll

verb –. (6) enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit – (register formally asa participant or member; ”The party recruited many new members”)


ensconce

verb –. (1) ensconce, settle – (fix firmly; ”He ensconced himself inthe chair”)


enshrine

verb –1. (1) enshrine, shrine – (enclose in a shrine; ”the saint’s boneswere enshrined in the cathedral”)


enslave

verb –. enslave – (make a slave of; bring into servitude)


ensure

verb –1. (6) guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure – (make certainof; ”This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us”; ”Preparationwill guarantee success!”)


entail

verb –1. (7) entail, imply, mean – (have as a logical consequence;”The water shortage means that we have to stop taking longshowers”)


entangle

verb –1. entangle, mire – (entrap; ”Our people should not be miredin the past”)


enter

verb –1. (85) enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, moveinto – (to come or go into; ”the boat entered an area of shallowmarshes”)


entertain

verb –1. (24) entertain – (provide entertainment for)


enthrall

verb –. (1) enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral,delight – (hold spellbound)


enthrone

verb –1. (1) invest, vest, enthrone – (provide with power andauthority; ”They vested the council with special rights”)


entice

verb –. (1) entice, lure, tempt – (provoke someone to do somethingthrough (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; ”Helured me into temptation”)


entitle

verb –1. (17) entitle – (give the right to; ”The Freedom ofInformation Act entitles you to request your FBI file”)


entomb

verb –. (1) bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest – (place in agrave or tomb; ”Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on RedSquare”; ”The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids”; ”Mygrandfather was laid to rest last Sunday”)


entrench

verb –1. (1) entrench, intrench – (fix firmly or securely)


entrust

verb –1. (3) entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit – (confer a trustupon; ”The messenger was entrusted with the general’s secret”; ”Icommit my soul to God”)


enumerate

verb –1. (1) enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise – (specifyindividually; ”She enumerated the many obstacles she hadencountered”; ”The doctor recited the list of possible side effects ofthe drug”)


enunciate

verb –1. (1) pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate,say – (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; ”She pronouncesFrench words in a funny way”; ”I cannot say ‘zip wire’”; ”Can thechild sound out this complicated word?”)


envelop

verb –. (3) envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose – (enclose orenfold completely with or as if with a covering; ”Fog enveloped thehouse”)


envisage

verb –. (2) imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage – (form a mentalimage of something that is not present or that is not the case; ”Canyou conceive of him as the president?”)


envision

verb –1. (4) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure,picture, image – (imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind; ”I can’t seehim on horseback!”; ”I can see what will happen”; ”I can see a risk inthis strategy”)


envy

verb –1. (9) envy – (feel envious towards; admire enviously)


equal

verb –1. (13) equal, be – (be identical or equivalent to; ”One dollarequals 1,000 rubles these days!”)


equalize

verb –1. equalize, equalise, get even – (compensate; make the scoreequal)


equate

verb –1. (8) compare, liken, equate – (consider or describe as similar,equal, or analogous; ”We can compare the Han dynasty to theRomans”; ”You cannot equate success in financial matters withgreed”)


equip

verb –1. (11) equip, fit, fit out, outfit – (provide with (something)usually for a specific purpose; ”The expedition was equipped withproper clothing, food, and other necessities”)


eradicate

verb –1. (2) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out,decimate, carry off – (kill in large numbers; ”the plague wiped out anentire population”)


erase

verb –1. (5) erase, wipe out – (remove from memory or existence;”The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915”)


erect

verb –1. (17) raise, erect, rear, set up, put up – (construct, build, orerect; ”Raise a barn”)


erode

verb –1. (1) erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away – (becomeground down or deteriorate; ”Her confidence eroded”)


escalate

verb –. escalate, intensify, step up – (increase in extent or intensity;”The Allies escalated the bombing”)


escape

verb –1. (22) escape, get away, break loose – (run away fromconfinement; ”The convicted murderer escaped from a high securityprison”)


eschew

verb –. (2) shun, eschew – (avoid and stay away from deliberately;stay clear of)


escort

verb –1. (7) escort – (accompany as an escort; ”She asked her olderbrother to escort her to the ball”)


espouse

verb –1. (3) adopt, follow, espouse – (choose and follow; as oftheories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; ”She followed the feministmovement”; ”The candidate espouses Republican ideals”)


establish

verb –1. (50) establish, set up, found, launch – (set up or found;”She set up a literacy program”)


esteem

verb –1. (1) respect, esteem, value, prize, prise – (regard highly;think much of; ”I respect his judgement”; ”We prize his creativity”)


estimate

verb –1. (34) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge – (judgetentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); ”I estimatethis chicken to weigh three pounds”)


etch

verb –1. (1) etch – (make an etching of; ”He etched her image intothe surface”)


eulogize

verb –. (2) eulogize, eulogise – (praise formally and eloquently; ”Thedead woman was eulogized at the funeral”)


evacuate

verb –1. (1) evacuate – (move out of an unsafe location into safety;”After the earthquake, residents were evacuated”)


evade

verb –1. (3) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude,skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep – (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling,answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); ”He dodgedthe issue”; ”she skirted the problem”; ”They tend to evade theirresponsibilities”; ”he evaded the questions skillfully”)


evaluate

verb –1. (18) measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value –(evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, orsignificance of; ”I will have the family jewels appraised by aprofessional”; ”access all the factors when taking a risk”)


evaporate

verb –1. (2) evaporate, vaporize, vaporise – (lose or cause to loseliquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue;”evaporate milk”)


even

verb –1. flush, level, even out, even – (make level or straight; ”levelthe ground”)


evict

verb –1. evict – (expel or eject without recourse to legal process;”The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipesevery morning at 3 a.m.”)


evidence

verb –1. (10) attest, certify, manifest, demonstrate, evidence –(provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one’s behavior,attitude, or external attributes; ”His high fever attested to hisillness”; ”The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architecturalsophistication”; ”This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness”)


evince

verb –. express, show, evince – (give expression to; ”She showed herdisappointment”)


eviscerate

verb –1. resect, eviscerate – (surgically remove a part of a structureor an organ)


evoke

verb –1. (10) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise,provoke – (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); ”arousepity”; ”raise a smile”; ”evoke sympathy”)


evolve

verb –1. (3) evolve, germinate, develop – (work out; ”We havedeveloped a new theory of evolution”)


exacerbate

verb –1. (2) worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate – (makeworse; ”This drug aggravates the pain”)


exact

verb –1. (1) demand, exact – (claim as due or just; ”The bankdemanded payment of the loan”)


exaggerate

verb –1. (14) overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize,hyperbolise, magnify, amplify – (to enlarge beyond bounds or thetruth; ”tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious OldSouth’ imagery”)


exalt

verb –1. (2) laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim – (praise, glorify, orhonor; ”extol the virtues of one’s children”; ”glorify one’s spouse’scooking”)


examine

verb –1. (17) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas –(consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discoveressential features or meaning; ”analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare”;”analyze the evidence in a criminal trial”; ”analyze your real motives”)


exasperate

verb –1. (1) exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate – (exasperate orirritate)


excavate

verb –1. excavate, unearth – (recover through digging; ”Schliemannexcavated Troy”; ”excavate gold”)


exceed

verb –1. (21) exceed, transcend, surpass – (be greater in scope orsize than some standard; ”Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds”)


excerpt

verb –. excerpt, extract, take out – (take out of a literary work inorder to cite or copy)


exchange

verb –1. (10) exchange, change, interchange – (give to, and receivefrom, one another; ”Would you change places with me?”; ”We havebeen exchanging letters for a year”)


excise

verb –1. (1) strike, scratch, expunge, excise – (remove by erasing orcrossing out or as if by drawing a line; ”Please strike this remark fromthe record”; ”scratch that remark”)


excite

verb –1. (8) excite – (arouse or elicit a feeling)


exclaim

verb –1. (8) exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout – (utteraloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; ”‘I won!’ he exclaimed”;”‘Help!’ she cried”; ”‘I’m here,’ the mother shouted when she sawher child looking lost”)


exclude

verb –1. (15) exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out –(prevent from being included or considered or accepted; ”The badresults were excluded from the report”; ”Leave off the top piece”)


excommunicate

verb –1. (2) excommunicate, unchurch, curse – (exclude from achurch or a religious community; ”The gay priest wasexcommunicated when he married his partner”)


excoriate

verb –1. (1) condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate –(express strong disapproval of; ”We condemn the racism in SouthAfrica”; ”These ideas were reprobated”)


excrete

verb –. excrete, egest, eliminate, pass – (eliminate from the body;”Pass a kidney stone”)


excruciate

verb –1. torment, torture, excruciate, rack – (torment emotionally ormentally)


excuse

verb –1. (2) excuse, pardon – (accept an excuse for; ”Please excusemy dirty hands”)


execute

verb –1. (2) execute, put to death – (kill as a means of sociallysanctioned punishment; ”In some states, criminals are executed”)


exemplify

verb –1. (2) exemplify, represent – (be characteristic of; ”Thiscompositional style is exemplified by this fugue”)


exempt

verb –1. (1) exempt, relieve, free – (grant relief or an exemptionfrom a rule or requirement to; ”She exempted me from the exam”)


exercise

verb –1. (14) exert, exercise – (put to use; ”exert one’s power orinfluence”)


exert

verb –1. (12) exert, exercise – (put to use; ”exert one’s power orinfluence”)


exhale

verb –1. (2) exhale, expire, breathe out – (expel air; ”Exhale whenyou lift the weight”)


exhaust

verb –1. (4) exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out – (wear outcompletely; ”This kind of work exhausts me”; ”I’m beat”; ”He was allwashed up after the exam”)


exhibit

verb –1. (13) exhibit – (show an attribute, property, knowledge, orskill; ”he exhibits a great talent”)


exhilarate

verb –. exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify – (fillwith sublime emotion; ”The children were thrilled at the prospect ofgoing to the movies”; ”He was inebriated by his phenomenal success”)


exhort

verb –1. cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pepup – (spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; ”Thecrowd cheered the demonstrating strikers”)


exhume

verb –. disinter, exhume – (dig up for reburial or for medicalinvestigation; of dead bodies)


exile

verb –. (1) expatriate, deport, exile – (expel from a country; ”Thepoet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting thegovernment’s actions”)


exit

verb –1. exit, go out, get out, leave – (move out of or depart from;”leave the room”; ”the fugitive has left the country”)


exonerate

verb –. (1) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate –(pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; ”The suspect was clearedof the murder charges”)


expand

verb –1. (7) expand, spread out – (extend in one or more directions;”The dough expands”)


expatriate

verb –1. expatriate, deport, exile – (expel from a country; ”The poetwas exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government’sactions”)


expect

verb –1. (204) expect, anticipate – (regard something as probable orlikely; ”The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow”)


expedite

verb –1. (2) expedite, hasten – (speed up the progress of; facilitate;”This should expedite the process”)


expel

verb –1. (3) expel, throw out, kick out – (force to leave or move out;”He was expelled from his native country”)


expend

verb –1. (7) use, expend – (use up, consume fully; ”The legislatureexpended its time on school questions”)


experience

verb –1. (18) experience, see, go through – (go or live through; ”Wehad many trials to go through”; ”he saw action in Viet Nam”)


explain

verb –1. (109) explain, explicate – (make plain and comprehensible;”He explained the laws of physics to his students”)


explicate

verb –1. explain, explicate – (make plain and comprehensible; ”Heexplained the laws of physics to his students”)


explode

verb –1. (14) explode, detonate, blow up, set off – (cause to burstwith a violent release of energy; ”We exploded the nuclear bomb”)


exploit

verb –1. (8) exploit, work – (use or manipulate to one’s advantage;”He exploit the new taxation system”; ”She knows how to work thesystem”; ”he works his parents for sympathy”)


explore

verb –1. (14) research, search, explore – (inquire into; ”the studentshad to research the history of the Second World War for their historyproject”; ”He searched for information on his relatives on the web”;”Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness”)


export

verb –1. (4) export – (sell or transfer abroad; ”we export less thanwe import and have a negative trade balance”)


expose

verb –1. (14) expose – (expose or make accessible to some action orinfluence; ”Expose your students to art”; ”expose the blanket tosunshine”)


expound

verb –1. (3) elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, fleshout, expand, expound, dilate – (add details, as to an account or idea;clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually inwriting; ”She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation”)


express

verb –1. (59) express, show, evince – (give expression to; ”Sheshowed her disappointment”)


expropriate

verb –. expropriate – (deprive of possessions; ”The Communistgovernment expropriated the landowners”)


expunge

verb –. (1) strike, scratch, expunge, excise – (remove by erasing orcrossing out or as if by drawing a line; ”Please strike this remark fromthe record”; ”scratch that remark”)


extend

verb –1. (20) widen, broaden, extend – (extend in scope or range orarea; ”The law was extended to all citizens”; ”widen the range ofapplications”; ”broaden your horizon”; ”Extend your backyard”)


exterminate

verb –1. (3) exterminate, kill off – (kill en masse; kill on a large scale;kill many; ”Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies,Communists, and homosexuals of Europe”)


extinguish

verb –1. (1) snuff out, extinguish – (put an end to; kill; ”The Nazissnuffed out the life of many Jewish children”)


extol

verb –. laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim – (praise, glorify, or honor;”extol the virtues of one’s children”; ”glorify one’s spouse’s cooking”)


extort

verb –1. extort – (obtain through intimidation)


extract

verb –1. (8) extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out –(remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstractsense; ”pull weeds”; ”extract a bad tooth”; ”take out a splinter”;”extract information from the telegram”)


extradite

verb –. extradite, deliver, deport – (hand over to the authorities ofanother country; ”They extradited the fugitive to his native countryso he could be tried there”)


extrapolate

verb –1. (1) generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer – (draw fromspecific cases for more general cases)


extricate

verb –. (2) extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber – (releasefrom entanglement of difficulty; ”I cannot extricate myself from thistask”)


eye

verb –. (11) eye, eyeball – (look at)


fabricate

verb –1. manufacture, fabricate, construct – (put together out ofartificial or natural components or parts; ”the company fabricatesplastic chairs”; ”They manufacture small toys”; He manufactured apopular cereal”)


face

verb –1. (56) confront, face up, face – (deal with (somethingunpleasant) head on; ”You must confront your problems”; ”He facedthe terrible consequences of his mistakes”)


facilitate

verb –1. (5) facilitate, ease, alleviate – (make easier; ”you couldfacilitate the process by sharing your knowledge”)


fail

verb –1. (66) fail, neglect – (fail to do something; leave somethingundone; ”She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib”;”The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost theaccount”)


fake

verb –1. (1) forge, fake, counterfeit – (make a copy of with theintent to deceive; ”he faked the signature”; ”they counterfeited dollarbills”; ”She forged a Green Card”)


fall

verb –1. (43) fall – (descend in free fall under the influence ofgravity; ”The branch fell from the tree”; ”The unfortunate hiker fellinto a crevasse”)


falsify

verb –1. (3) falsify, distort, garble, warp – (make false by mutilationor addition; as of a message or story)


falter

verb –1. (3) falter, waver – (be unsure or weak; ”Their enthusiasm isfaltering”)


familiarize

verb –. familiarize, familiarise, acquaint – (make familiar orconversant with; ”you should acquaint yourself with your newcomputer”; ”We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings”)


fan

verb –1. (3) fan – (strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher))


fancy

verb –1. (3) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure,picture, image – (imagine; conceive of; see in one’s mind; ”I can’t seehim on horseback!”; ”I can see what will happen”; ”I can see a risk inthis strategy”)


fantasize

verb –1. fantasy, fantasize, fantasise – (indulge in fantasies; ”he isfantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company”)


farm

verb –1. (4) farm – (be a farmer; work as a farmer; ”My son isfarming in California”)


fascinate

verb –1. (3) intrigue, fascinate – (cause to be interested or curious)


fashion

verb –. (8) fashion, forge – (make out of components (often in animprovising manner); ”She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a fewsticks”)


fasten

verb –1. (13) fasten, fix, secure – (cause to be firmly attached;”fasten the lock onto the door”; ”she fixed her gaze on the man”)


father

verb –. (2) beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bringforth – (make children; ”Abraham begot Isaac”; ”Men often fatherchildren but don’t recognize them”)


fathom

verb –1. (4) penetrate, fathom, bottom – (come to understand)


fatigue

verb –1. tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade – (lose interest or becomebored with something or somebody; ”I’m so tired of your mother andher complaints about my food”)


fatten

verb –. (1) fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fattenout, fatten up – (make fat or plump; ”We will plump out that poorstarving child”)


fault

verb –. (1) blame, fault – (put or pin the blame on)


favor

verb –1. (17) prefer, favor, favour – (promote over another; ”hefavors his second daughter”)


favour

verb –1. favor, favour – (treat gently or carefully)


fax

verb –. fax, telefax, facsimile – (send something via a facsimilemachine; ”Can you fax me the report right away?”)


faze

verb –. (1) faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle – (disturb thecomposure of)


fear

verb –1. (23) fear – (be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive abouta possible or probable situation or event; ”I fear she might getaggressive”)


feast

verb –1. (1) feast, banquet, junket – (partake in a feast or banquet)


feature

verb –1. (16) have, feature – (have as a feature; ”This restaurantfeatures the most famous chefs in France”)


federalize

verb –1. (1) federate, federalize, federalise – (unite on a federal basisor band together as a league; ”The country was federated after thecivil war”)


feed

verb –1. (47) feed – (provide as food; ”Feed the guests the nuts”)


feel

verb –1. (181) feel, experience – (undergo an emotional sensation orbe in a particular state of mind; ”She felt resentful”; ”He felt regret”)


feign

verb –1. (1) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble – (make believewith the intent to deceive; ”He feigned that he was ill”; ”Heshammed a headache”)


fell

verb –1. (4) fell, drop, strike down, cut down – (cause to fall by or asif by delivering a blow; ”strike down a tree”; ”Lightning struck downthe hikers”)


fence

verb –1. (1) fence, fence in – (enclose with a fence; ”we fenced inour yard”)


ferry

verb –1. (1) ferry – (transport from one place to another)


fertilize

verb –1. (1) fertilize, fertilise, feed – (provide with fertilizers or addnutrients to; ”We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthyplants”)


festoon

verb –. festoon – (decorate with strings of flowers; ”The publicbuildings were festooned for the holiday”)


fetch

verb –1. (3) bring, get, convey, fetch – (go or come after and bringor take back; ”Get me those books over there, please”; ”Could youbring the wine?”; ”The dog fetched the hat”)


fictionalize

verb –1. fictionalize, fictionalise, retell – (make into fiction; ”Thewriter fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel”)


field

verb –1. (1) field – (catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket)


fight

verb –1. (112) contend, fight, struggle – (be engaged in a fight; carryon a fight; ”the tribesmen fought each other”; ”Siblings are alwaysfighting”; ”Militant groups are contending for control of the country”)


figure

verb –1. (20) calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast –(judge to be probable)


filch

verb –. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook,sneak, filch, nobble, lift – (make off with belongings of others)


file

verb –1. (50) file, register – (record in a public office or in a court oflaw; ”file for divorce”; ”file a complaint”)


fill

verb –1. (61) fill, fill up, make full – (make full, also in ametaphorical sense; ”fill a container”; ”fill the child with pride”)


fillet

verb –1. fillet, filet – (decorate with a lace of geometric designs)


film

verb –1. (2) film, shoot, take – (make a film or photograph ofsomething; ”take a scene”; ”shoot a movie”)


filter

verb –1. (10) filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out – (removeby passing through a filter; ”filter out the impurities”)


finalise

verb –. finalize, finalise, settle, nail down – (make final; put the lasttouches on; put into final form; ”let’s finalize the proposal”)


finalize

verb –. finalize, finalise, settle, nail down – (make final; put the lasttouches on; put into final form; ”let’s finalize the proposal”)


finance

verb –1. (23) finance – (obtain or provide money for; ”Can wefinance the addition to our home?”)


find

verb –1. (159) find, happen, chance, bump, encounter – (come upon,as if by accident; meet with; ”We find this idea in Plato”; ”I happenedupon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here”; ”Shechanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day”)


fine

verb –. ticket, fine – (issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; ”I wasfined for parking on the wrong side of the street”; ”Move your car orelse you will be ticketed!”)


fine-tune

verb –1. polish, refine, fine-tune, down – (improve or perfect bypruning or polishing; ”refine one’s style of writing”)


fingerprint

verb –. fingerprint – (take an impression of a person’s fingerprints)


finish

verb –1. (44) complete, finish – (come or bring to a finish or an end;”He finished the dishes”; ”She completed the requirements for herMaster’s Degree”; ”The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2hours; others finished in over 4 hours”)


fire

verb –1. (30) open fire, fire – (start firing a weapon)


firebomb

verb –. firebomb – (attack with incendiary bombs; ”The riotersfire-bombed the stores”)


firm

verb –1. tauten, firm – (become taut or tauter; ”Your muscles willfirm when you exercise regularly”; ”the rope tautened”)


fish

verb –1. (2) fish, angle – (seek indirectly; ”fish for compliments”)


fit

verb –1. (14) suit, accommodate, fit – (be agreeable or acceptableto; ”This suits my needs”)


fix

verb –1. (9) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore,touch on – (restore by replacing a part or putting together what istorn or broken; ”She repaired her TV set”; ”Repair my shoes please”)


flail

verb –1. (1) thrash, thresh, lam, flail – (give a thrashing to; beathard)


flake

verb –1. (1) flake – (form into flakes; ”The substances started toflake”)


flame

verb –1. flare, flame – (shine with a sudden light; ”The night skyflared with the massive bombardment”)


flank

verb –. (5) flank – (be located at the sides of something orsomebody)


flap

verb –1. (4) roll, undulate, flap, wave – (move in a wavy pattern orwith a rising and falling motion; ”The curtains undulated”; ”thewaves rolled towards the beach”)


flash

verb –1. (9) flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle – (gleam or glowintermittently; ”The lights were flashing”)


flatten

verb –1. (6) flatten – (make flat or flatter; ”flatten a road”; ”flattenyour stomach with these exercises”)


flatter

verb –. (7) flatter, blandish – (praise somewhat dishonestly)


flavor

verb –. season, flavor, flavour – (lend flavor to; ”Season the chickenbreast after roasting it”)


fledge

verb –1. fledge – (feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight)


flee

verb –. (37) flee, fly, take flight – (run away quickly; ”He threw downhis gun and fled”)


fleece

verb –1. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck,rob, hook – (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)


flick

verb –1. (1) flicker, flick – (flash intermittently; ”The lights flickedon and off”)


flight

verb –1. flight – (shoot a bird in flight)


fling

verb –1. (13) fling – (throw with force or recklessness; ”fling thefrisbee”)


flip

verb –1. (3) flip, toss – (lightly throw to see which side comes up; ”Idon’t know what to do–I may as well flip a coin!”)


float

verb –1. (14) float, drift, be adrift, blow – (be in motion due to someair or water current; ”The leaves were blowing in the wind”; ”theboat drifted on the lake”; ”The sailboat was adrift on the open sea”;”the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore”)


flog

verb –1. (1) flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce –(beat severely with a whip or rod; ”The teacher often flogged thestudents”; ”The children were severely trounced”)


flood

verb –1. (6) deluge, flood, inundate, swamp – (fill quickly beyondcapacity; as with a liquid; ”the basement was inundated after thestorm”; ”The images flooded his mind”)


flour

verb –1. flour – (cover with flour; ”flour fish or meat before fryingit”)


flourish

verb –1. (11) boom, thrive, flourish, expand – (grow vigorously; ”Thedeer population in this town is thriving”; ”business is booming”)


flout

verb –1. (2) scoff, flout – (treat with contemptuous disregard; ”floutthe rules”)


flub

verb –. (1) botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow,flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up,bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,fuck up – (make a mess of, destroy or ruin; ”I botched the dinner andwe had to eat out”; ”the pianist screwed up the difficult passage inthe second movement”)


fluff

verb –1. botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up,bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,fuck up – (make a mess of, destroy or ruin; ”I botched the dinner andwe had to eat out”; ”the pianist screwed up the difficult passage inthe second movement”)


flummox

verb –. perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose,bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound – (bea mystery or bewildering to; ”This beats me!”; ”Got me–I don’t knowthe answer!”; ”a vexing problem”; ”This question really stuck me”)


flunk

verb –. fail, flunk, bomb, flush it – (fail to get a passing grade; ”Shestudied hard but failed nevertheless”; ”Did I fail the test?”)


flush

verb –1. (3) blush, crimson, flush, redden – (turn red, as if inembarrassment or shame; ”The girl blushed when a young manwhistled as she walked by”)


fluster

verb –1. (1) fluster – (be flustered; behave in a confused manner)


flutter

verb –1. (1) flit, flutter, fleet, dart – (move along rapidly and lightly;skim or dart; ”The hummingbird flitted among the branches”)


fly

verb –1. (33) fly, wing – (travel through the air; be airborne; ”Mancannot fly”)


focus

verb –1. (6) concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet – (directone’s attention on something; ”Please focus on your studies and noton your hobbies”)


fog

verb –. obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog, cloud,mist – (make less visible or unclear; ”The stars are obscured by theclouds”; ”the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley”)


foil

verb –1. (1) foil – (enhance by contrast; ”In this picture, the figuresare foiled against the background”)


foist

verb –1. foist – (to force onto another; ”He foisted his work on me”)


fold

verb –1. (5) fold, fold up, turn up – (bend or lay so that one partcovers the other; ”fold up the newspaper”; ”turn up your collar”)


follow

verb –1. (74) follow – (to travel behind, go after, come after; ”Theducklings followed their mother around the pond”; ”Please follow theguide through the museum”)


foment

verb –1. agitate, foment, stir up – (try to stir up public opinion)


fondle

verb –. caress, fondle – (touch or stroke lightly in a loving orendearing manner; ”He caressed her face”; ”They fondled in the backseat of the taxi”)


fool

verb –1. (6) fool, gull, befool – (make a fool or dupe of)


forbid

verb –1. (15) forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix– (command against; ”I forbid you to call me late at night”; ”Mothervetoed the trip to the chocolate store”; ”Dad nixed our plans”)


force

verb –1. (48) coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force – (to cause to dothrough pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means:”She forced him to take a job in the city”; ”He squeezed her forinformation”)


force-feed

verb –. force-feed – (feed someone who will not or cannot eat)


forecast

verb –1. (5) forecast, calculate – (predict in advance)


foreclose

verb –1. (1) prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid – (keepfrom happening or arising; make impossible; ”My sense of tact forbidsan honest answer”; ”Your role in the projects precludes yourinvolvement in the competitive project”)


forego

verb –1. (3) predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate – (beearlier in time; go back further; ”Stone tools precede bronze tools”)


foresee

verb –1. (5) anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee – (realizebeforehand)


foreshadow

verb –. bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict –(indicate by signs; ”These signs bode bad news”)


forestall

verb –1. (4) prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid – (keepfrom happening or arising; make impossible; ”My sense of tact forbidsan honest answer”; ”Your role in the projects precludes yourinvolvement in the competitive project”)


forewarn

verb –. forewarn, previse – (warn in advance or beforehand; give anearly warning; ”I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if heshowed up at his ex-wife’s house”)


forfeit

verb –. (2) forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego –(lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, orcrime; ”you’ve forfeited your right to name your successor”; ”forfeitedproperty”)


forge

verb –1. (1) forge, hammer – (create by hammering; ”hammer thesilver into a bowl”; ”forge a pair of tongues”)


forget

verb –1. (61) forget, bury – (dismiss from the mind; stopremembering; ”I tried to bury these unpleasant memories”)


forgive

verb –1. (24) forgive – (stop blaming or grant forgiveness; ”I forgavehim his infidelity”; ”She cannot forgive him for forgetting herbirthday”)


forgo

verb –1. (1) waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with– (do without or cease to hold or adhere to; ”We are dispensing withformalities”; ”relinquish the old ideas”)


form

verb –1. (28) form, organize, organise – (create (as an entity);”social groups form everywhere”; ”They formed a company”)


formalize

verb –1. formalize, formalise – (make formal or official; ”Weformalized the appointment and gave him a title”)


format

verb –1. format, arrange – (set (printed matter) into a specificformat; ”Format this letter so it can be printed out”)


formulate

verb –1. (8) explicate, formulate, develop – (elaborate, as of theoriesand hypotheses; ”Could you develop the ideas in your thesis”)


forsake

verb –. (4) abandon, forsake, desolate, desert – (leave someone whoneeds or counts on you; leave in the lurch; ”The mother deserted herchildren”)


forswear

verb –. (1) abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile – (formally rejector disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; ”Heretracted his earlier statements about his religion”; ”She abjured herbeliefs”)


fortify

verb –1. (4) strengthen, beef up, fortify – (make strong or stronger;”This exercise will strengthen your upper body”; ”strengthen therelations between the two countries”)


forward

verb –. (3) forward, send on – (send or ship onward from anintermediate post or station in transit; ”forward my mail”)


fossilize

verb –1. fossilize, fossilise – (convert to a fossil; ”The little animalsfossilized and are now embedded in the limestone”)


foster

verb –1. (13) foster, further – (promote the growth of; ”Foster ourchildren’s well-being and education”)


foul

verb –1. (1) foul – (hit a foul ball)


found

verb –1. (9) establish, set up, found, launch – (set up or found; ”Sheset up a literacy program”)


fracture

verb –1. (1) fracture – (violate or abuse; ”This writer really fracturesthe language”)


frame

verb –1. (4) frame, frame in, border – (enclose in or as if in a frame;”frame a picture”)


frames

verb –1. (4) frame, frame in, border – (enclose in or as if in a frame;”frame a picture”)


franchise

verb –. franchise – (grant a franchise to)


fray

verb –1. fray, frazzle – (wear away by rubbing; ”The friction frayedthe sleeve”)


free

verb –1. (6) free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose – (grantfreedom to; free from confinement)


freeze

verb –1. (5) freeze, stop dead – (stop moving or becomeimmobilized; ”When he saw the police car he froze”)


frequent

verb –1. (1) patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent,sponsor – (do one’s shopping at; do business with; be a customer orclient of)


freshen

verb –1. refresh, freshen – (make (to feel) fresh; ”The cool waterrefreshed us”)


fret

verb –1. (3) fuss, niggle, fret – (worry unnecessarily or excessively;”don’t fuss too much over the grandchildren–they are quite big now”)


frighten

verb –1. (10) frighten, fright, scare, affright – (cause fear in; ”Thestranger who hangs around the building frightens me”; ”Ghosts couldnever affright her”)


fritter

verb –. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, foolaway – (spend frivolously and unwisely; ”Fritter away one’sinheritance”)


frustrate

verb –1. (5) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle,bilk – (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; ”Whatultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth’s amazing Septembersurge”; ”foil your opponent”)


fry

verb –1. (1) fry – (be excessively hot; ”If the children stay out on thebeach for another hour, they’ll be fried”)


fudge

verb –1. fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent –(tamper, with the purpose of deception; ”Fudge the figures”; ”cookthe books”; ”falsify the data”)


fuel

verb –1. (2) fuel – (provide with a combustible substance thatprovides energy; ”fuel aircraft, ships, and cars”)


fulfil

verb –1. (3) carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action,fulfill, fulfil – (put in effect; ”carry out a task”; ”execute the decisionof the people”; ”He actioned the operation”)


fulfill

verb –1. (10) carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action,fulfill, fulfil – (put in effect; ”carry out a task”; ”execute the decisionof the people”; ”He actioned the operation”)


fumble

verb –1. (4) grope, fumble – (feel about uncertainly or blindly; ”Shegroped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom”)


fumigate

verb –. fumigate, fume – (treat with fumes, expose to fumes,especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests)


fund

verb –1. fund – (convert (short-term floating debt) into long-termdebt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds)


funnel

verb –. (1) funnel – (move or pour through a funnel; ”funnel theliquid into the small bottle”)


furlough

verb –1. (1) furlough, lay off – (dismiss, usually for economicreasons; ”She was laid off together with hundreds of other workerswhen the company downsized”)


furnish

verb –1. (28) supply, provide, render, furnish – (give something usefulor necessary to; ”We provided the room with an electrical heater”)


furrow

verb –1. (1) furrow, rut, groove – (hollow out in the form of a furrowor groove; ”furrow soil”)


further

verb –1. (7) foster, further – (promote the growth of; ”Foster ourchildren’s well-being and education”)


fuse

verb –1. (3) blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse,coalesce, meld, combine, merge – (mix together different elements;”The colors blend well”)


gag

verb –1. (1) gag, muzzle – (prevent from speaking out; ”The presswas gagged”)


gain

verb –1. (27) derive, gain – (obtain; ”derive pleasure from one’sgarden”)


gall

verb –1. chafe, gall, fret – (become or make sore by or as if byrubbing)


gallop

verb –1. (8) gallop – (ride at a galloping pace; ”He was gallopingdown the road”)


galvanize

verb –1. startle, galvanize, galvanise – (to stimulate to action ;”..startled him awake”; ”galvanized into action”)


garble

verb –. falsify, distort, garble, warp – (make false by mutilation oraddition; as of a message or story)


garment

verb –. dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment,habilitate, fit out, apparel – (provide with clothes or put clothes on;”Parents must feed and dress their child”)


garner

verb –1. (1) earn, garner – (acquire or deserve by one’s efforts oractions)


garnish

verb –1. garnishee, garnish – (take a debtor’s wages on legal orders,such as for child support; ”His employer garnished his wages in orderto pay his debt”)


gather

verb –1. (23) gather, garner, collect, pull together – (assemble or gettogether; ”gather some stones”; ”pull your thoughts together”)


gauge

verb –1. (2) estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge – (judgetentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); ”I estimatethis chicken to weigh three pounds”)


gazette

verb –. gazette – (publish in a gazette)


gear

verb –. (3) gear, pitch – (set the level or character of; ”She pitchedher speech to the teenagers in the audience”)


generalize

verb –1. (6) generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer – (draw fromspecific cases for more general cases)


generate

verb –1. (14) generate, bring forth – (bring into existence; ”The newmanager generated a lot of problems”; ”The computer bug generatedchaos in the office”; ”The computer generated this image”; ”Theearthquake generated a tsunami”)


get

verb –1. (235) get, acquire – (come into the possession of somethingconcrete or abstract; ”She got a lot of paintings from her uncle”;”They acquired a new pet”; ”Get your results the next day”; ”Getpermission to take a few days off from work”)


gird

verb –1. (1) arm, build up, fortify, gird – (prepare oneself for amilitary confrontation; ”The U.S. is girding for a conflict in theMiddle East”; ”troops are building up on the Iraqi border”)


give

verb –1. (179) give – (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physicalsense; ”She gave him a black eye”; ”The draft gave me a cold”)


glamorize

verb –1. romanticize, romanticise, glamorize, glamourise – (interpretromantically; ”Don’t romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!”)


glaze

verb –1. (6) glaze – (coat with a glaze; ”the potter glazed thedishes”; ”glaze the bread with eggwhite”)


glean

verb –. (2) reap, harvest, glean – (gather, as of natural products;”harvest the grapes”)


glide

verb –1. (3) glide – (move smoothly and effortlessly)


glimpse

verb –. (5) glimpse – (catch a glimpse of or see briefly; ”We glimpsedthe Queen as she got into her limousine”)


glorify

verb –1. (4) laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim – (praise, glorify, orhonor; ”extol the virtues of one’s children”; ”glorify one’s spouse’scooking”)


gloss

verb –1. gloss – (give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing)


glue

verb –1. (15) glue, paste – (join or attach with or as if with glue;”paste the sign on the wall”; ”cut and paste the sentence in the text”)


gnash

verb –. (2) gnash – (grind together, of teeth)


gnaw

verb –1. (2) gnaw – (bite or chew on with the teeth; ”gnaw an oldcracker”)


goad

verb –1. (1) spur, goad – (give heart or courage to)


gobble

verb –1. (2) gobble, bolt – (eat hastily without proper chewing;”Don’t bolt your food!”)


govern

verb –1. (11) regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern – (bringinto conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations;”We cannot regulate the way people dress”; ”This town likes toregulate”)


grab

verb –1. (27) catch, grab, take hold of – (take hold of so as to seizeor restrain or stop the motion of; ”Catch the ball!”; ”Grab theelevator door!”)


grace

verb –1. (1) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify –(make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; ”Decoratethe room for the party”; ”beautify yourself for the special day”)


grade

verb –1. (1) rate, rank, range, order, grade, place – (assign a rank orrating to; ”how would you rank these students?”; ”The restaurant israted highly in the food guide”)


graduate

verb –1. (7) graduate – (receive an academic degree uponcompletion of one’s studies; ”She graduated in 1990”)


graft

verb –1. graft, engraft, ingraft – (cause to grow together parts fromdifferent plants; ”graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree”)


grant

verb –1. (14) allow, grant – (let have; ”grant permission”; ”Mandelawas allowed few visitors in prison”)


graph

verb –1. (1) graph, chart – (represent by means of a graph; ”chartthe data”)


grasp

verb –1. (15) grasp, hold on – (hold firmly)


grate

verb –1. grate – (furnish with a grate; ”a grated fireplace”)


gratify

verb –1. (2) satisfy, gratify – (make happy or satisfied)


gray

verb –1. grey, gray – (make grey; ”The painter decided to grey thesky”)


graze

verb –1. (3) crop, browse, graze, range, pasture – (feed as in ameadow or pasture; ”the herd was grazing”)


grease

verb –. (1) grease – (lubricate with grease; ”grease the wheels”)


greet

verb –1. (12) greet, recognize, recognise – (express greetings uponmeeting someone)


grieve

verb –1. (1) grieve, sorrow – (feel grief)


grill

verb –1. (1) grill – (cook over a grill; ”grill the sausages”)


grind

verb –1. (4) crunch, cranch, craunch, grind – (press or grind with acrushing noise)


grip

verb –1. (10) grip – (hold fast or firmly; ”He gripped the steeringwheel”)


groin

verb –. groin – (build with groins; ”The ceiling was groined”)


groom

verb –1. (1) prepare, groom, train – (educate for a future role orfunction; ”He is grooming his son to become his successor”; ”Theprince was prepared to become King one day”; ”They trained him tobe a warrior”)


gross

verb –. gross – (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)


ground

verb –1. (2) anchor, ground – (fix firmly and stably; ”anchor thelamppost in concrete”)


group

verb –1. (4) group – (arrange into a group or groups; ”Can yougroup these shapes together?”)


grow

verb –1. (70) turn, grow – (pass into a condition gradually, take on aspecific property or attribute; become; ”The weather turned nasty”;”She grew angry”)


guarantee

verb –1. (8) guarantee, vouch – (give surety or assume responsibility;”I vouch for the quality of my products”)


guard

verb –1. (6) guard – (to keep watch over; ”there would be menguarding the horses”)


guess

verb –1. (42) think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess – (expect,believe, or suppose; ”I imagine she earned a lot of money with her newnovel”; ”I thought to find her in a bad state”; ”he didn’t think to findher in the kitchen”; ”I guess she is angry at me for standing her up”)


guide

verb –1. (12) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point,head, guide, channelize, channelise – (direct the course; determine thedirection of travelling)


gulp

verb –1. (5) gulp, quaff, swig – (to swallow hurriedly or greedily or inone draught; ”The men gulped down their beers”)


gum

verb –1. gum – (cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; ”ifyou gum the tape it is stronger”)


gut

verb –1. gut – (empty completely; destroy the inside of; ”Gut thebuilding”)


guzzle

verb –. (1) guzzle – (drink greedily or as if with great thirst; ”Theboys guzzled the cheap vodka”)


gyrate

verb –1. (1) gyrate, spiral, coil – (to wind or move in a spiral course;”the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling foraction”; ”black smoke coiling up into the sky”; ”the young peoplegyrated on the dance floor”)


hack

verb –1. (1) chop, hack – (cut with a hacking tool)


hail

verb –1. (4) acclaim, hail, herald – (praise vociferously; ”The criticshailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”)


halt

verb –1. (8) halt, hold, arrest – (cause to stop; ”Halt the engines”;”Arrest the progress”; ”halt the presses”)


halve

verb –. halve – (divide by two; divide into halves; ”Halve the cake”)


ham

verb –. overact, ham it up, ham, overplay – (exaggerate one’s acting)


hammer

verb –1. (4) hammer – (beat with or as if with a hammer; ”hammerthe metal flat”)


hamper

verb –1. (4) hamper, halter, cramp, strangle – (prevent the progressor free movement of; ”He was hampered in his efforts by the badweather”; ”the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free tradebetween the two small countries”)


hamstring

verb –1. hamstring – (make ineffective or powerless; ”The teacherswere hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules”)


hand

verb –1. (25) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give – (place intothe hands or custody of; ”hand me the spoon, please”; ”Turn the filesover to me, please”; ”He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers”)


handcuff

verb –. manacle, cuff, handcuff – (confine or restrain with or as ifwith manacles or handcuffs; ”The police handcuffed the suspect atthe scene of the crime”)


handle

verb –1. (41) manage, deal, care, handle – (be in charge of, act on,or dispose of; ”I can deal with this crew of workers”; ”This blendercan’t handle nuts”; ”She managed her parents’ affairs after they gottoo old”)


hang

verb –1. (35) hang – (be suspended or hanging; ”The flag hung onthe wall”)


harangue

verb –. (4) harangue – (deliver a harangue to; address forcefully)


harass

verb –1. harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset,plague, molest, provoke – (annoy continually or chronically; ”He isknown to harry his staff when he is overworked”; ”This man harasseshis female co-workers”)


harbor

verb –1. (4) harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse – (maintain (atheory, thoughts, or feelings); ”bear a grudge”; ”entertain interestingnotions”; ”harbor a resentment”)


harbour

verb –1. harbor, harbour – (secretly shelter (as of fugitives orcriminals))


harden

verb –1. (4) harden, indurate – (become hard or harder; ”The waxhardened”)


harm

verb –. (3) harm – (cause or do harm to; ”These pills won’t harmyour system”)


harmonize

verb –1. harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree– (go together; ”The colors don’t harmonize”; ”Their ideasconcorded”)


harness

verb –1. (2) harness, tackle – (put a harness; ”harness the horse”)


harrow

verb –. (2) harrow, disk – (draw a harrow over (land))


harvest

verb –1. (3) reap, harvest, glean – (gather, as of natural products;”harvest the grapes”)


hash

verb –. hash – (chop up; ”hash the potatoes”)


hassle

verb –. harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset,plague, molest, provoke – (annoy continually or chronically; ”He isknown to harry his staff when he is overworked”; ”This man harasseshis female co-workers”)


hasten

verb –1. (7) rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate – (act or moveat high speed; ”We have to rush!”; ”hurry–it’s late!”)


hatch

verb –1. (2) hatch – (emerge from the eggs; ”young birds, fish, andreptiles hatch”)


hate

verb –. (50) hate, detest – (dislike intensely; feel antipathy oraversion towards; ”I hate Mexican food”; ”She detests politicians”)


haul

verb –1. (7) haul, hale, cart, drag – (draw slowly or heavily; ”haulstones”; ”haul nets”)


haunt

verb –1. (3) haunt, stalk – (follow stealthily or recur constantly andspontaneously to; ”her ex-boyfriend stalked her”; ”the ghost of hermother haunted her”)


have

verb –1. (1202) have, have got, hold – (have or possess, either in aconcrete or an abstract sense; ”She has 1,000 in the bank”; ”He hasgot two beautiful daughters”; ”She holds a Master’s degree fromHarvard”)


hawk

verb –1. (2) peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch – (sell oroffer for sale from place to place)


haze

verb –1. haze – (become hazy, dull, or cloudy)


head

verb –1. (29) head – (to go or travel towards; ”where is sheheading”; ”We were headed for the mountains”)


headline

verb –1. (1) headline – (publicize widely or highly, as if with aheadline)


heal

verb –1. (2) mend, heal – (heal or recover; ”My broken leg ismending”)


heap

verb –1. (1) heap – (bestow in large quantities; ”He heaped him withwork”; ”She heaped scorn upon him”)


hear

verb –1. (275) hear – (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense)


hearten

verb –. cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden – (give encouragement to)


heat

verb –1. (11) heat, heat up – (make hot or hotter; ”the sun heatsthe oceans”; ”heat the water on the stove”)


heave

verb –1. (5) heave – (utter a sound, as with obvious effort; ”Sheheaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do”)


heckle

verb –1. heckle, hackle, hatchel – (comb with a heckle; ”heckle hempor flax”)


hector

verb –. strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around,hector, push around – (be bossy towards; ”Her big brother alwaysbullied her when she was young”)


hedge

verb –1. (1) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude,skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep – (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling,answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); ”He dodgedthe issue”; ”she skirted the problem”; ”They tend to evade theirresponsibilities”; ”he evaded the questions skillfully”)


heed

verb –. (7) heed, mind, listen – (pay close attention to; give heed to;”Heed the advice of the old men”)


heel

verb –1. list, heel – (tilt to one side; ”The balloon heeled over”; ”thewind made the vessel heel”; ”The ship listed to starboard”)


heighten

verb –1. (1) heighten, rise – (become more extreme; ”The tensionheightened”)


help

verb –1. (183) help, assist, aid – (give help or assistance; be ofservice; ”Everyone helped out during the earthquake”; ”Can you helpme carry this table?”; ”She never helps around the house”)


herald

verb –1. (1) announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald –(foreshadow or presage)


herd

verb –1. (1) herd, crowd – (cause to herd, drive, or crowd together;”We herded the children into a spare classroom”)


hide

verb –1. (28) hide, conceal – (prevent from being seen or discovered;”Muslim women hide their faces”; ”hide the money”)


highlight

verb –1. (2) foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up – (move intothe foreground to make more visible or prominent; ”The introductionhighlighted the speaker’s distinguished career in linguistics”)


hijack

verb –1. (2) commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate – (take arbitrarilyor by force; ”The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it toMiami”)


hike

verb –1. (1) hike, hike up, boost – (increase; ”The landlord hiked upthe rents”)


hinder

verb –1. (3) impede, hinder – (be a hindrance or obstacle to; ”She isimpeding the progress of our project”)


hint

verb –. (7) hint, suggest – (drop a hint; intimate by a hint)


hire

verb –1. (33) hire, engage, employ – (engage or hire for work; ”Theyhired two new secretaries in the department”; ”How many people hasshe employed?”)


hit

verb –1. (25) hit – (cause to move by striking; ”hit a ball”)


hoard

verb –1. hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away – (saveup as for future use)


hobble

verb –1. (2) limp, gimp, hobble, hitch – (walk impeded by somephysical limitation or injury; ”The old woman hobbles down to thestore every day”)


hoe

verb –. hoe – (dig with a hoe; ”He is hoeing the flower beds”)


hoist

verb –1. (1) hoist, lift, wind – (raise or haul up with or as if withmechanical help; ”hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”)


hold

verb –1. (79) keep, maintain, hold – (keep in a certain state,position, or activity; e.g., ”keep clean”; ”hold in place”; ”She alwaysheld herself as a lady”; ”The students keep me on my toes”)


hole

verb –1. hole, hole out – (hit the ball into the hole)


hollow

verb –1. excavate, dig, hollow – (remove the inner part or the coreof; ”the mining company wants to excavate the hillside”)


hone

verb –1. hone – (sharpen with a hone; ”hone a knife”)


honey

verb –. honey – (sweeten with honey)


honk

verb –1. honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot – (make a loud noise; ”Thehorns of the taxis blared”)


honor

verb –1. (28) honor, honour, reward – (bestow honor or rewardsupon; ”Today we honor our soldiers”; ”The scout was rewarded forcourageous action”)


honour

verb –1. (1) honor, honour, reward – (bestow honor or rewards upon;”Today we honor our soldiers”; ”The scout was rewarded forcourageous action”)


hood

verb –. hood – (cover with a hood; ”The bandits were hooded”)


hoodwink

verb –1. juggle, beguile, hoodwink – (influence by slyness)


hook

verb –1. (2) hook – (fasten with a hook)


hoop

verb –. hoop – (bind or fasten with a hoop; ”hoop vats”)


hop

verb –1. (7) hop, skip, hop-skip – (jump lightly)


horn

verb –. horn, tusk – (stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; ”the rhinohorned the explorer”)


horrify

verb –. dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify – (fill with apprehensionor alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; ”I was horrified at thethought of being late for my interview”; ”The news of the executionshorrified us”)


hose

verb –. hose, hose down – (water with a hose; ”hose the lawn”)


hospitalize

verb –. hospitalize, hospitalise – (admit into a hospital; ”Mother hadto be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high”)


host

verb –. host – (be the host of or for; ”We hosted 4 couples lastnight”)


hound

verb –. hound, hunt, trace – (pursue or chase relentlessly; ”Thehunters traced the deer into the woods”; ”the detectives hounded thesuspect until they found him”)


house

verb –1. (13) house – (contain or cover; ”This box houses the gears”)


hover

verb –1. (2) hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate – (be undecided aboutsomething; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action;”He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement”)


huff

verb –1. huff, snort – (inhale recreational drugs; ”The addict wassnorting cocaine almost every day”; ”the kids were huffing glue”)


hug

verb –1. (6) embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze – (squeeze (someone)tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; ”Hug me, please”; ”Theyembraced”; ”He hugged her close to him”)


hum

verb –1. (4) hum – (sing with closed lips; ”She hummed a melody”)


humanize

verb –. (1) humanize, humanise – (make more humane; ”The mayortried to humanize life in the big city”)


humiliate

verb –. (2) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase – (cause to feelshame; hurt the pride of; ”He humiliated his colleague by criticisinghim in front of the boss”)


hunt

verb –1. (4) hunt, run, hunt down, track down – (pursue for food orsport (as of wild animals); ”Goering often hunted wild boars inPoland”; ”The dogs are running deer”; ”The Duke hunted in thesewoods”)


hurdle

verb –. (2) hurdle – (jump a hurdle)


hurl

verb –1. (9) hurl, hurtle, cast – (throw forcefully)


hurry

verb –1. (30) travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip – (move very fast; ”Therunner zipped past us at breakneck speed”)


hurt

verb –1. (8) ache, smart, hurt – (be the source of pain)


hurtle

verb –1. (3) hurtle – (move with or as if with a rushing sound; ”Thecars hurtled by”)


hush

verb –1. (2) hush – (become quiet or still; fall silent; ”hush mybaby!”)


hustle

verb –1. (2) hustle – (cause to move furtively and hurriedly; ”Thesecret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater”)


hydrate

verb –1. hydrate – (supply water or liquid to in order to maintain ahealthy balance; ”the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently”)


idealize

verb –1. idealize, idealise – (consider or render as ideal; ”Sheidealized her husband after his death”)


identify

verb –1. (32) identify, place – (recognize as being; establish theidentity of someone or something; ”She identified the man on the’wanted’ poster”)


idolize

verb –. (1) idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere – (loveunquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol;”Many teenagers idolized the Beatles”)


ignite

verb –1. (2) ignite, light – (cause to start burning; subject to fire orgreat heat; ”Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter”; ”Light acigarette”)


ignore

verb –1. (17) ignore, disregard, snub, cut – (refuse to acknowledge;”She cut him dead at the meeting”)


illuminate

verb –1. (9) light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate – (makelighter or brighter; ”This lamp lightens the room a bit”)


illustrate

verb –1. (33) exemplify, illustrate, instance – (clarify by giving anexample of)


imagine

verb –1. (66) imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage – (form a mentalimage of something that is not present or that is not the case; ”Canyou conceive of him as the president?”)


imbibe

verb –1. (1) absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw,take in, take up – (take in, also metaphorically; ”The sponge absorbswater well”; ”She drew strength from the minister’s words”)


imitate

verb –1. (4) imitate, copy, simulate – (reproduce someone’s behavioror looks; ”The mime imitated the passers-by”; ”Children often copytheir parents or older siblings”)


immerse

verb –1. (1) immerse, plunge – (thrust or throw into; ”Immerseyourself in hot water”)


immolate

verb –. immolate – (offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up todestruction; ”The Aztecs immolated human victims”; ”immolate thevaluables at the temple”)


immunize

verb –1. immunize, immunise – (law: grant immunity fromprosecution)


impact

verb –1. impact – (press or wedge together; pack together)


impair

verb –1. (4) impair – (make worse or less effective; ”His vision wasimpaired”)


impale

verb –1. (2) transfix, impale, empale, spike – (pierce with a sharpstake or point; ”impale a shrimp on a skewer”)


impanel

verb –1. empanel, impanel – (enter into a list of prospective jurors)


impart

verb –1. (7) impart, leave, give, pass on – (transmit (knowledge orskills); ”give a secret to the Russians”; ”leave your name and addresshere”; ”impart a new skill to the students”)


impeach

verb –1. impeach – (challenge the honesty or veracity of; ”thelawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses”)


impede

verb –1. (2) impede, hinder – (be a hindrance or obstacle to; ”She isimpeding the progress of our project”)


imperil

verb –. (1) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten,imperil, peril – (pose a threat to; present a danger to; ”The pollutionis endangering the crops”)


impersonate

verb –1. (2) impersonate, portray – (assume or act the character of;”She impersonates Madonna”; ”The actor portrays an elderly, lonelyman”)


implant

verb –1. (1) implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant – (fix or setsecurely or deeply; ”He planted a knee in the back of his opponent”;”The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum”)


implement

verb –1. (3) implement – (apply in a manner consistent with itspurpose or design; ”implement a procedure”)


implicate

verb –1. implicate – (bring into intimate and incriminatingconnection; ”He is implicated in the scheme to defraud thegovernment”)


imply

verb –1. (17) imply, connote – (express or state indirectly)


import

verb –1. (4) import – (bring in from abroad)


impose

verb –1. (12) enforce, impose – (compel to behave in a certain way;”Social relations impose courtesy”)


impound

verb –1. impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize – (taketemporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; ”The FBIseized the drugs”; ”The customs agents impounded the illegalshipment”; ”The police confiscated the stolen artwork”)


impoverish

verb –1. impoverish – (make poor)


impregnate

verb –1. impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture – (fill, as with a certainquality; ”The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide”)


impress

verb –1. (9) affect, impress, move, strike – (have an emotional orcognitive impact upon; ”This child impressed me as unusuallymature”; ”This behavior struck me as odd”)


imprison

verb –1. (3) imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail,jug, gaol, put away, remand – (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;”The suspects were imprisoned without trial”; ”the murderer wasincarcerated for the rest of his life”)


improve

verb –1. (66) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate – (tomake better; ”The editor improved the manuscript with his changes”)


improvise

verb –1. (3) improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise –(perform without preparation; ”he extemporized a speech at thewedding”)


impugn

verb –. impugn – (attack as false or wrong)


inactivate

verb –1. demobilize, inactivate, demobilise – (release from militaryservice or remove from the active list of military service)


inaugurate

verb –1. (3) inaugurate, kick off – (commence officially)


incapacitate

verb –1. (1) disable, disenable, incapacitate – (make unable toperform a certain action; ”disable this command on your computer”)


incarcerate

verb –. imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug,gaol, put away, remand – (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; ”Thesuspects were imprisoned without trial”; ”the murderer wasincarcerated for the rest of his life”)


incense

verb –1. cense, incense, thurify – (perfume especially with a censer)


incinerate

verb –1. incinerate – (become reduced to ashes; ”The paperincinerated quickly”)


incite

verb –1. (2) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite – (givean incentive for action; ”This moved me to sacrifice my career”)


incline

verb –1. (6) tend, be given, lean, incline, run – (have a tendency ordisposition to do or be something; be inclined; ”She tends to benervous before her lectures”; ”These dresses run small”; ”He inclinedto corpulence”)


include

verb –1. (234) include – (have as a part, be made up out of; ”Thelist includes the names of many famous writers”)


inconvenience

verb –. trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode,incommode, bother – (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;”Sorry to trouble you, but...”)


incorporate

verb –1. (6) integrate, incorporate – (make into a whole or make partof a whole; ”She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal”)


increase

verb –1. (86) increase – (become bigger or greater in amount; ”Theamount of work increased”)


incriminate

verb –1. incriminate, imply, inculpate – (suggest that someone isguilty)


incubate

verb –1. (1) incubate – (grow under conditions that promotedevelopment)


inculcate

verb –. (1) inculcate, instill, infuse – (teach and impress by frequentrepetitions or admonitions; ”inculcate values into the younggeneration”)


incur

verb –1. (11) incur – (make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself;become liable to; ”People who smoke incur a great danger to theirhealth”)


indemnify

verb –1. indemnify – (secure against future loss, damage, or liability;give security for; ”This plan indemnifies workers against wages lostthrough illness”)


index

verb –1. (1) index – (list in an index)


indicate

verb –1. (68) bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal – (be a signalfor or a symptom of; ”These symptoms indicate a serious illness”;”Her behavior points to a severe neurosis”; ”The economic indicatorssignal that the euro is undervalued”)


indict

verb –. (2) indict – (accuse formally of a crime)


individualize

verb –1. individualize, individualise – (make or mark or treat asindividual; ”The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone”)


indoctrinate

verb –. (1) indoctrinate – (teach doctrines to; teach uncritically;”The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples”)


induce

verb –1. (11) induce, bring on – (cause to arise; ”induce a crisis”)


indulge

verb –1. (2) indulge – (give free rein to; ”The writer indulged inmetaphorical language”)


industrialize

verb –1. industrialize, industrialise – (organize (the production ofsomething) into an industry; ”The Chinese industrialized textileproduction”)


infect

verb –1. (2) infect – (communicate a disease to; ”Your children haveinfected you with this head cold”)


infer

verb –1. (3) deduce, infer, deduct, derive – (reason by deduction;establish by deduction)


infest

verb –1. (2) infest, overrun – (invade in great numbers; ”the roachesinfested our kitchen”)


infiltrate

verb –1. (2) infiltrate – (cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating theinterstices)


inflame

verb –1. (2) inflame – (cause inflammation in; ”The repetitivemotion inflamed her joint”)


inflate

verb –1. (1) inflate, blow up, expand, amplify – (exaggerate or makebigger; ”The charges were inflated”)


inflict

verb –. (9) inflict, bring down, visit, impose – (impose somethingunpleasant; ”The principal visited his rage on the students”)


influence

verb –1. (19) influence, act upon, work – (have and exert influenceor effect; ”The artist’s work influenced the young painter”; ”Sheworked on her friends to support the political candidate”)


inform

verb –1. (46) inform – (impart knowledge of some fact, state oraffairs, or event to; ”I informed him of his rights”)


infringe

verb –1. conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene – (go against, as ofrules and laws; ”He ran afoul of the law”; ”This behavior conflictswith our rules”)


infuriate

verb –. (3) infuriate, exasperate, incense – (make furious)


infuse

verb –1. inculcate, instill, infuse – (teach and impress by frequentrepetitions or admonitions; ”inculcate values into the younggeneration”)


ingest

verb –1. (2) consume, ingest, take in, take, have – (serve oneself to,or consume regularly; ”Have another bowl of chicken soup!”; ”I don’ttake sugar in my coffee”)


ingratiate

verb –. ingratiate – (gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts)


inhabit

verb –1. (3) populate, dwell, live, inhabit – (inhabit or live in; be aninhabitant of; ”People lived in Africa millions of years ago”; ”Thepeople inhabited the islands that are now deserted”; ”this kind of fishdwells near the bottom of the ocean”; ”deer are populating thewoods”)


inhale

verb –1. inhale – (draw deep into the lungs in by breathing; ”Clintonsmoked marijuana but never inhaled”)


inherit

verb –1. (14) inherit – (obtain from someone after their death; ”Iinherited a castle from my French grandparents”)


inhibit

verb –1. (6) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb –(to put down by force or authority; ”suppress a nascent uprising”;”stamp down on littering”; ”conquer one’s desires”)


initiate

verb –1. (9) originate, initiate, start – (bring into being; ”He initiateda new program”; ”Start a foundation”)


inject

verb –1. (4) inject, shoot – (give an injection to; ”We injected theglucose into the patient’s vein”)


injure

verb –1. (12) injure, wound – (cause injuries or bodily harm to)


ink

verb –1. ink – (append one’s signature to; ”They inked the contract”)


inlay

verb –. (1) inlay – (decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone,and metal)


innovate

verb –. (1) introduce, innovate – (bring something new to anenvironment; ”A new word processor was introduced”)


inoculate

verb –1. inoculate – (introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of;”My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs”)


inscribe

verb –1. (2) scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe – (carve, cut, or etchinto a material or surface; ”engrave a pen”; ”engraved the trophycupt with the winner’s”; ”the lovers scratched their names into thebark of the tree”)


insert

verb –1. (12) insert, infix, enter, introduce – (put or introduce intosomething; ”insert a picture into the text”)


insist

verb –1. (59) insist, take a firm stand – (be emphatic or resolute andrefuse to budge; ”I must insist!”)


inspect

verb –1. (13) inspect – (look over carefully; ”Please inspect yourfather’s will carefully”)


inspire

verb –1. (9) inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt – (heighten orintensify; ”These paintings exalt the imagination”)


install

verb –1. (28) install, instal, put in, set up – (set up for use; ”installthe washer and dryer”; ”We put in a new sink”)


instigate

verb –1. (2) incite, instigate, set off, stir up – (provoke or stir up;”incite a riot”; ”set off great unrest among the people”)


instil

verb –. instill, instil – (enter drop by drop; ”instill medication into myeye”)


instill

verb –1. instill, transfuse – (impart gradually; ”Her presence instilledfaith into the children”; ”transfuse love of music into the students”)


institute

verb –1. (9) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute – (set up orlay the groundwork for; ”establish a new department”)


institutionalize

verb –. (1) commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge –(cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; ”After the secondepisode, she had to be committed”; ”he was committed to prison”)


instruct

verb –1. (9) teach, learn, instruct – (impart skills or knowledge to; ”Itaught them French”; ”He instructed me in building a boat”)


insulate

verb –1. (2) insulate – (protect from heat, cold, or noise bysurrounding with insulating material; ”We had his bedroom insulatedbefore winter came”)


insult

verb –. (3) diss, insult, affront – (treat, mention, or speak to rudely;”He insulted her with his rude remarks”; ”the student who hadbetrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone”)


insure

verb –1. (12) see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain,assure – (be careful or certain to do something; make certain ofsomething; ”He verified that the valves were closed”; ”See that thecurtains are closed”; ”control the quality of the product”)


integrate

verb –1. (6) integrate, incorporate – (make into a whole or make partof a whole; ”She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal”)


intend

verb –1. (32) intend, mean, think – (have in mind as a purpose; ”Imean no harm”; ”I only meant to help you”; ”She didn’t think toharm me”; ”We thought to return early that night”)


intensify

verb –1. (3) escalate, intensify, step up – (increase in extent orintensity; ”The Allies escalated the bombing”)


intercept

verb –1. (5) intercept, stop – (seize on its way; ”The fighter planewas ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country’sairspace”)


interconnect

verb –1. (1) complect, interconnect, interlink – (be interwoven orinterconnected; ”The bones are interconnected via the muscle”)


interdict

verb –1. interdict – (destroy by firepower, such as an enemy’s line ofcommunication)


interest

verb –1. (5) interest – (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of)


interject

verb –. (2) interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject – (toinsert between other elements; ”She interjected clever remarks”)


interlock

verb –1. (1) interlock, mesh – (coordinate in such a way that allparts work together effectively)


internalize

verb –. (2) internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise –(incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal; ”internalizea belief”)


internationalize

verb –1. internationalize, internationalise – (put under internationalcontrol; ”internationalize trade of certain drugs”)


interpret

verb –1. (17) interpret, construe, see – (make sense of; assign ameaning to; ”What message do you see in this letter?”; ”How do youinterpret his behavior?”)


interrogate

verb –1. interrogate – (transmit (a signal) for setting off anappropriate response, as in telecommunication)


interrupt

verb –1. (14) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off – (make a break in;”We interrupt the program for the following messages”)


intertwine

verb –1. (2) intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace –(spin,wind, or twist together; ”intertwine the ribbons”; ”Twine thethreads into a rope”; ”intertwined hearts”)


interview

verb –1. (8) interview, question – (conduct an interview in television,newspaper, and radio reporting)


interweave

verb –. (2) weave, interweave – (interlace by or as if by weaving)


intimidate

verb –1. (2) intimidate – (make timid or fearful; ”Her bossintimidates her”)


intone

verb –1. (2) tone, chant, intone – (utter monotonously andrepetitively and rhythmically; ”The students chanted the same sloganover and over again”)


intrigue

verb –1. (1) intrigue, fascinate – (cause to be interested or curious)


introduce

verb –1. (21) introduce, present, acquaint – (cause to come to knowpersonally; ”permit me to acquaint you with my son”; ”introduce thenew neighbors to the community”)


inundate

verb –1. deluge, flood, inundate, swamp – (fill quickly beyondcapacity; as with a liquid; ”the basement was inundated after thestorm”; ”The images flooded his mind”)


invade

verb –1. (7) invade, occupy – (march aggressively into another’sterritory by military force for the purposes of conquest andoccupation; ”Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939”)


invalidate

verb –1. (1) invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify – (declareinvalid; ”The contract was annulled”; ”void a plea”)


invent

verb –1. (14) invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge –(come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after amental effort; ”excogitate a way to measure the speed of light”)


invest

verb –1. (7) invest, put, commit, place – (make an investment; ”Putmoney into bonds”)


investigate

verb –1. (17) investigate, look into – (investigate scientifically; ”Let’sinvestigate the syntax of Chinese”)


invigorate

verb –1. inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt – (heighten orintensify; ”These paintings exalt the imagination”)


invite

verb –1. (7) invite, ask for – (increase the likelihood of; ”ask fortrouble”; ”invite criticism”)


invoke

verb –1. (6) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down,arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth – (summon into action orbring into existence, often as if by magic; ”raise the specter ofunemployment”; ”he conjured wild birds in the air”; ”call down thespirits from the mountain”)


involve

verb –1. (56) involve, affect, regard – (connect closely and oftenincriminatingly; ”This new ruling affects your business”)


iodize

verb –1. iodize, iodise – (treat with iodine; ”iodize salt”)


irk

verb –. gall, irk – (irritate or vex; ”It galls me that we lost the suit”)


iron

verb –. (2) iron, iron out, press – (press and smooth with a heatediron; ”press your shirts”; ”she stood there ironing”)


irradiate

verb –1. enlighten, irradiate – (give spiritual insight to; in religion)


irrigate

verb –1. (2) water, irrigate – (supply with water, as with channels orditches or streams; ”Water the fields”)


irritate

verb –1. (3) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark,nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil – (cause annoyance in; disturb,especially by minor irritations; ”Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear reallybothers me”; ”It irritates me that she never closes the door after sheleaves”)


isolate

verb –1. (12) isolate, insulate – (place or set apart; ”They isolatedthe political prisoners from the other inmates”)


issue

verb –1. (21) publish, bring out, put out, issue, release – (prepareand issue for public distribution or sale; ”publish a magazine ornewspaper”)


itch

verb –1. (3) rub, scratch, itch – (scrape or rub as if to relieve itching;”Don’t scratch your insect bites!”)


itemize

verb –1. (4) enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise – (specifyindividually; ”She enumerated the many obstacles she hadencountered”; ”The doctor recited the list of possible side effects ofthe drug”)


jab

verb –1. (2) jab, prod, stab, poke, dig – (poke or thrust abruptly; ”hejabbed his finger into her ribs”)


jade

verb –1. tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade – (lose interest or becomebored with something or somebody; ”I’m so tired of your mother andher complaints about my food”)


jail

verb –. (1) imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail,jug, gaol, put away, remand – (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;”The suspects were imprisoned without trial”; ”the murderer wasincarcerated for the rest of his life”)


jam

verb –1. (1) throng, mob, pack, pile, jam – (press tightly together orcram; ”The crowd packed the auditorium”)


jar

verb –1. (1) clash, jar, collide – (be incompatible; be or come intoconflict; ”These colors clash”)


jeopardize

verb –1. (2) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten,imperil, peril – (pose a threat to; present a danger to; ”The pollutionis endangering the crops”)


jerk

verb –1. (15) yank, jerk – (pull, or move with a sudden movement;”He turned the handle and jerked the door open”)


jiggle

verb –. jiggle, joggle, wiggle – (move to and fro; ”Don’t jiggle yourfinger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!”)


jilt

verb –. (2) jilt – (cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; ”jilt a lover ora bride”)


jinx

verb –1. hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx – (cast a spellover someone or something; put a hex on someone or something)


jockey

verb –1. (1) cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey – (defeatsomeone through trickery or deceit)


jog

verb –1. (1) ramble on, ramble, jog – (continue talking or writing ina desultory manner; ”This novel rambles on and jogs”)


join

verb –1. (75) join, fall in, get together – (become part of; become amember of a group or organization; ”He joined the Communist Partyas a young man”)


jolt

verb –1. (1) jolt, jar – (move or cause to move with a sudden jerkymotion)


jostle

verb –1. (1) jostle – (make one’s way by jostling, pushing, orshoving; ”We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform”)


jot

verb –. jot down, jot – (write briefly or hurriedly; write a short noteof)


journey

verb –1. (1) travel, journey – (undertake a journey or trip)


judge

verb –1. (11) judge – (determine the result of (a competition))


juggle

verb –1. juggle, beguile, hoodwink – (influence by slyness)


jump

verb –1. (19) jump, leap, bound, spring – (move forward by leapsand bounds; ”The horse bounded across the meadow”; ”The childleapt across the puddle”; ”Can you jump over the fence?”)


jumpstart

verb –1. jumpstart, jump-start, jump – (start (a car engine whosebattery is dead) by connecting it to another car’s battery)


junk

verb –. (1) trash, junk, scrap – (dispose of (something useless orold); ”trash these old chairs”; ”junk an old car”; ”scrap your oldcomputer”)


justify

verb –1. (17) justify, warrant – (show to be reasonable or provideadequate ground for; ”The emergency does not warrant all of usbuying guns”; ”The end justifies the means”)


juxtapose

verb –. (2) juxtapose – (place side by side; ”The fauvists juxtaposedstrong colors”)


keep

verb –1. (206) keep, maintain, hold – (keep in a certain state,position, or activity; e.g., ”keep clean”; ”hold in place”; ”She alwaysheld herself as a lady”; ”The students keep me on my toes”)


key

verb –1. (1) identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe,name – (identify as in botany or biology, for example)


kick

verb –1. (11) kick – (drive or propel with the foot)


kid

verb –1. (5) pull the leg of, kid – (tell false information to for fun;”Are you pulling my leg?”)


kidnap

verb –. (3) kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch – (take away to anundisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract aransom; ”The industrialist’s son was kidnapped”)


kill

verb –1. (103) kill – (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionallyor knowingly; ”This man killed several people when he tried to rob abank”; ”The farmer killed a pig for the holidays”)


kindle

verb –1. kindle, inflame – (catch fire; ”The dried grass of the prairiekindled, spreading the flames for miles”)


kiss

verb –1. (18) snog, kiss, buss, osculate – (touch with the lips or pressthe lips (against someone’s mouth or other body part) as anexpression of love, greeting, etc.; ”The newly married couple kissed”;”She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered theroom”)


knead

verb –1. (1) knead, work – (make uniform; ”knead dough”; ”workthe clay until it is soft”)


knit

verb –1. (2) knit – (make (textiles) by knitting; ”knit a scarf”)


knock

verb –1. (7) knock, strike hard – (deliver a sharp blow or push :”Heknocked the glass clear across the room”)


know

verb –1. (585) know, cognize, cognise – (be cognizant or aware of afact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge orinformation about; ”I know that the President lied to the people”; ”Iwant to know who is winning the game!”; ”I know it’s time”)


label

verb –1. (8) label – (assign a label to; designate with a label; ”Thesestudents were labelled ‘learning disabled’”)


lace

verb –1. (1) intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace –(spin,wind, or twist together; ”intertwine the ribbons”; ”Twine thethreads into a rope”; ”intertwined hearts”)


lack

verb –. (31) miss, lack – (be without; ”This soup lacks salt”; ”Thereis something missing in my jewelry box!”)


ladle

verb –1. ladle – (put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle;”ladle soup into the bowl”)


lag

verb –1. (7) lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind – (hang (back) or fall(behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)


lambast

verb –1. cane, flog, lambaste, lambast – (beat with a cane)


lambaste

verb –1. cane, flog, lambaste, lambast – (beat with a cane)


lame

verb –. cripple, lame – (deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg;”The accident has crippled her for life”)


lament

verb –1. (1) lament, keen – (express grief verbally; ”we lamented thedeath of the child”)


lampoon

verb –. (1) satirize, satirise, lampoon – (ridicule with satire; ”Thewriter satirized the politician’s proposal”)


land

verb –1. (16) land, set down – (reach or come to rest; ”The birdlanded on the highest branch”; ”The plane landed in Istanbul”)


lap

verb –1. (3) lap – (lie partly over or alongside of something or of oneanother)


lash

verb –1. (4) flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce –(beat severely with a whip or rod; ”The teacher often flogged thestudents”; ”The children were severely trounced”)


last

verb –1. (19) last, endure – (persist for a specified period of time;”The bad weather lasted for three days”)


laud

verb –. laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim – (praise, glorify, or honor;”extol the virtues of one’s children”; ”glorify one’s spouse’s cooking”)


laugh

verb –. (64) laugh, express joy, express mirth – (produce laughter)


launch

verb –1. (10) establish, set up, found, launch – (set up or found;”She set up a literacy program”)


launder

verb –1. wash, launder – (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such assoap, and water; ”Wash the towels, please!”)


lavish

verb –. (2) lavish, shower – (expend profusely; also used withabstract nouns; ”He was showered with praise”)


lay

verb –1. (24) put, set, place, pose, position, lay – (put into a certainplace or abstract location; ”Put your things here”; ”Set the traydown”; ”Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children”; ”Placeemphasis on a certain point”)


layer

verb –. (3) layer – (make or form a layer; ”layer the different coloredsands”)


lead

verb –1. (40) lead, take, direct, conduct, guide – (take somebodysomewhere; ”We lead him to our chief”; ”can you take me to themain entrance?”; ”He conducted us to the palace”)


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