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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”)
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diagnose
verb –1. (4) diagnose, name – (determine or distinguish the nature ofa problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)
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dice
verb –1. cube, dice – (cut into cubes; ”cube the cheese”)
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dictate
verb –1. (8) order, prescribe, dictate – (issue commands or orders for)
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differentiate
verb –1. (4) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate,severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart – (mark as different; ”Wedistinguish several kinds of maple”)
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diffuse
verb –1. (1) diffuse, spread, spread out, fan out – (move outward;”The soldiers fanned out”)
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dig
verb –1. (9) dig, delve, cut into, turn over – (turn up, loosen, orremove earth; ”Dig we must”; ”turn over the soil for aeration”)
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digest
verb –1. (1) digest – (convert food into absorbable substances; ”Icannot digest milk products”)
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dignify
verb –1. (1) ennoble, dignify – (confer dignity or honor upon; ”Hewas dignified with a title”)
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dike
verb –. dike, dyke – (enclose with a dike; ”dike the land to protect itfrom water”)
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dilapidate
verb –1. dilapidate – (bring into a condition of decay or partial ruinby neglect or misuse)
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dilate
verb –1. (6) dilate, distend – (become wider; ”His pupils weredilated”)
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dilute
verb –1. (9) dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut – (lessen the strengthor flavor of a solution or mixture; ”cut bourbon”)
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dim
verb –1. dim, dip – (switch (a car’s headlights) from a higher to alower beam)
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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”)
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dimple
verb –1. dimple – (mark with, or as if with, dimples; ”drops dimpledthe smooth stream”)
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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”)
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direct
verb –1. (17) direct – (command with authority; ”He directed thechildren to do their homework”)
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disable
verb –1. (1) disable, disenable, incapacitate – (make unable toperform a certain action; ”disable this command on your computer”)
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disadvantage
verb –. disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour – (put at a disadvantage;hinder, harm; ”This rule clearly disadvantages me”)
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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”)
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disappoint
verb –. (5) disappoint, let down – (fail to meet the hopes orexpectations of; ”Her boyfriend let her down when he did not proposemarriage”)
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disapprove
verb –1. (5) disapprove – (consider bad or wrong)
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disarm
verb –1. (2) disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise – (remove offensivecapability from)
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disassemble
verb –. (1) disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart– (take apart into its constituent pieces)
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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”)
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disband
verb –1. (1) disband – (cause to break up or cease to function; ”theprincipal disbanded the political student organization”)
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disbar
verb –. disbar – (remove from the bar; expel from the practice of lawby official action; ”The corrupt lawyer was disbarred”)
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disbelieve
verb –. (1) disbelieve, discredit – (reject as false; refuse to accept)
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disburse
verb –. (1) disburse, pay out – (expend, as from a fund)
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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”)
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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”)
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discharge
verb –1. (3) dispatch, discharge, complete – (complete or carry out;”discharge one’s duties”)
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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?”)
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disclaim
verb –1. disclaim – (renounce a legal claim or title to)
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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”)
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disconcert
verb –1. confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off – (cause to feelembarrassment; ”The constant attention of the young man confusedher”)
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disconnect
verb –1. (1) unplug, disconnect – (pull the plug of (electricalappliances) and render inoperable; ”unplug the hair dryer after usingit”)
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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”)
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discount
verb –1. (3) dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, pushaside, ignore – (bar from attention or consideration; ”She dismissedhis advances”)
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discourage
verb –1. (12) deter, discourage – (try to prevent; show opposition to;”We should discourage this practice among our youth”)
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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”)
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discredit
verb –1. (1) discredit – (cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; ”Thepaper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary”)
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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’”)
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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”)
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disenchant
verb –. disenchant, disillusion – (free from enchantment)
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disenfranchise
verb –. (1) disenfranchise, disfranchise – (deprive of voting rights)
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disengage
verb –1. (1) disengage, withdraw – (release from something thatholds fast, connects, or entangles; ”I want to disengage myself fromhis influence”; ”disengage the gears”)
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disentangle
verb –1. (1) extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber – (releasefrom entanglement of difficulty; ”I cannot extricate myself from thistask”)
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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”)
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disgrace
verb –1. (2) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame – (bringshame or dishonor upon; ”he dishonored his family by committing aserious crime”)
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disguise
verb –. (1) disguise, mask – (make unrecognizable; ”The herb masksthe garlic taste”; ”We disguised our faces before robbing the bank”)
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disgust
verb –1. (1) disgust, gross out, revolt, repel – (fill with distaste;”This spoilt food disgusts me”)
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dishearten
verb –. (2) dishearten, put off – (take away the enthusiasm of)
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dishonor
verb –1. (2) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame – (bringshame or dishonor upon; ”he dishonored his family by committing aserious crime”)
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disillusion
verb –. disenchant, disillusion – (free from enchantment)
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disinfect
verb –. disinfect – (destroy microorganisms or pathogens bycleansing; ”disinfect a wound”)
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dislike
verb –. (13) dislike – (have or feel a dislike or distaste for; ”I reallydislike this salesman”)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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dismember
verb –1. (1) dismember – (separate the limbs from the body; ”thetiger dismembered the tourist”)
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dismiss
verb –1. (14) dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount,push aside, ignore – (bar from attention or consideration; ”Shedismissed his advances”)
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disobey
verb –. (4) disobey – (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; bedisobedient; ”He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired”)
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disown
verb –1. (1) disinherit, disown – (prevent deliberately (as by makinga will) from inheriting)
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disparage
verb –. disparage, belittle, pick at – (express a negative opinion of;”She disparaged her student’s efforts”)
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dispatch
verb –1. (5) dispatch, despatch, send off – (send away towards adesignated goal)
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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”)
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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”)
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disperse
verb –1. (2) scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse – (distribute loosely;”He scattered gun powder under the wagon”)
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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”)
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displace
verb –1. (1) displace – (cause to move, usually with force or pressure;”the refugees were displaced by the war”)
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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”)
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displease
verb –. displease – (give displeasure to)
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disprove
verb –. (1) disprove, confute – (prove to be false; ”The physicistdisproved his colleagues’ theories”)
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dispute
verb –1. (4) challenge, dispute, gainsay – (take exception to; ”Shechallenged his claims”)
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disqualify
verb –1. (1) disqualify, unfit, indispose – (make unfit or unsuitable;”Your income disqualifies you”)
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disregard
verb –1. (3) ignore, disregard, snub, cut – (refuse to acknowledge;”She cut him dead at the meeting”)
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disrespect
verb –1. disrespect – (show a lack of respect for)
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disrupt
verb –1. (5) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off – (make a break in;”We interrupt the program for the following messages”)
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dissect
verb –1. (1) dissect – (cut open or cut apart; ”dissect the bodies foranalysis”)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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dissolve
verb –1. (4) dissolve, fade out, fade away – (become weaker; ”Thesound faded out”)
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dissuade
verb –. (3) dissuade, deter – (turn away from by persuasion;”Negative campaigning will only dissuade people”)
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distance
verb –1. distance – (keep at a distance; ”we have to distanceourselves from these events in order to continue living”)
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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”)
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distill
verb –1. (3) purify, sublimate, make pure, distill – (remove impuritiesfrom, increase the concentration of, and separate through the processof distillation; ”purify the water”)
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distinguish
verb –1. (15) distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate,severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart – (mark as different; ”Wedistinguish several kinds of maple”)
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distort
verb –1. (5) falsify, distort, garble, warp – (make false by mutilationor addition; as of a message or story)
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distract
verb –1. (3) distract, deflect – (draw someone’s attention away fromsomething; ”The thief distracted the bystanders”; ”He deflected hiscompetitors”)
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distress
verb –1. straiten, distress – (bring into difficulties or distress,especially financial hardship)
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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”)
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distrust
verb –. (3) distrust, mistrust, suspect – (regard as untrustworthy;regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in)
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disturb
verb –1. (8) disturb, upset, trouble – (move deeply; ”This book upsetme”; ”A troubling thought”)
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ditch
verb –1. ditch – (forsake; ”ditch a lover”)
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diversify
verb –1. diversify – (make (more) diverse; ”diversify a course ofstudy”)
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divert
verb –1. (2) deviate, divert – (turn aside; turn away from)
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divest
verb –1. (1) deprive, strip, divest – (take away possessions fromsomeone; ”The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”)
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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”)
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divine
verb –1. divine – (perceive intuitively or through some inexplicableperceptive powers)
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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”)
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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”)
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dizzy
verb –. dizzy – (make dizzy or giddy; ”a dizzying pace”)
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do
verb –1. (526) make, do – (engage in; ”make love, not war”; ”makean effort”; ”do research”; ”do nothing”; ”make revolution”)
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dock
verb –1. (2) dock – (come into dock; ”the ship docked”)
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document
verb –1. (3) document – (record in detail; ”The parents documentedevery step of their child’s development”)
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dodge
verb –1. (6) dodge – (make a sudden movement in a new directionso as to avoid; ”The child dodged the teacher’s blow”)
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doff
verb –. doff – (remove; ”He doffed his hat”)
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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”)
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domesticate
verb –1. domesticate, cultivate, naturalize, naturalise, tame – (adapt(a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; ”domesticateoats”; ”tame the soil”)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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doom
verb –1. (9) destine, fate, doom, designate – (decree or designatebeforehand; ”She was destined to become a great pianist”)
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dope
verb –1. dope – (take drugs to improve one’s athletic performance)
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dose
verb –1. (1) dose – (treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; ”Theray dosed the paint”)
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dot
verb –1. (3) dot, stud, constellate – (scatter or intersperse like dotsor studs; ”Hills constellated with lights”)
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double
verb –1. (12) double, duplicate – (increase twofold; ”The populationdoubled within 50 years”)
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double-check
verb –. double-check – (check once more to be absolutely sure)
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doubt
verb –1. (16) doubt – (consider unlikely or have doubts about; ”Idoubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage”)
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douse
verb –1. douse, put out – (put out, as of a candle or a light; ”Dousethe lights”)
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dovetail
verb –. (1) dovetail – (fit together tightly, as if by means of adovetail)
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downgrade
verb –. (4) downgrade – (rate lower; lower in value or esteem)
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download
verb –. download – (transfer a file or program from a centralcomputer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remotelocation)
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downplay
verb –1. understate, minimize, minimise, downplay – (represent asless significant or important)
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downsize
verb –1. downsize – (dismiss from work; ”three secretaries weredownsized during the financial crisis”)
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draft
verb –1. (4) draft, outline – (draw up an outline or sketch forsomething; ”draft a speech”)
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drag
verb –1. (16) drag – (pull, as against a resistance; ”He dragged thebig suitcase behind him”; ”These worries were dragging at him”)
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drain
verb –1. (2) drain, run out – (flow off gradually; ”The rain waterdrains into this big vat”)
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dramatize
verb –1. (1) dramatize, dramatise, adopt – (put into dramatic form;”adopt a book for a screenplay”)
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drape
verb –1. (3) drape – (arrange in a particular way; ”drape a cloth”)
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draw
verb –1. (13) pull, draw, force – (cause to move by pulling; ”draw awagon”; ”pull a sled”)
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dread
verb –. (4) fear, dread – (be afraid or scared of; be frightened of; ”Ifear the winters in Moscow”; ”We should not fear the Communists!”)
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dream
verb –1. (15) dream, daydream, woolgather, stargaze – (have adaydream; indulge in a fantasy)
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dredge
verb –1. dredge – (cover before cooking; ”dredge the chicken in flourbefore frying it”)
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drench
verb –1. swamp, drench – (drench or submerge or be drenched orsubmerged; ”The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor”)
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dress
verb –1. (15) dress, get dressed – (put on clothes; ”we had to dressquickly”; ”dress the patient”; ”Can the child dress by herself?”)
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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”)
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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”)
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drink
verb –1. (30) drink, imbibe – (take in liquids; ”The patient mustdrink several liters each day”; ”The children like to drink soda”)
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drive
verb –1. (56) drive – (operate or control a vehicle; ”drive a car orbus”; ”Can you drive this four-wheel truck?”)
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drizzle
verb –1. drizzle, mizzle – (rain lightly; ”When it drizzles in summer,hiking can be pleasant”)
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drop
verb –1. (36) drop – (let fall to the ground; ”Don’t drop the dishes”)
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drown
verb –1. (3) submerge, drown, overwhelm – (cover completely ormake imperceptible; ”I was drowned in work”; ”The noise drownedout her speech”)
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drub
verb –. cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick – (beat thoroughly andconclusively in a competition or fight; ”We licked the other team onSunday!”)
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drug
verb –1. (1) drug, dose – (administer a drug to; ”They drugged thekidnapped tourist”)
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dry
verb –1. (12) dry, dry out – (remove the moisture from and makedry; ”dry clothes”; ”dry hair”)
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dub
verb –1. (2) dub, nickname – (give a nickname to)
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duck
verb –1. (10) duck – (to move (the head or body) quickly downwardsor away; ”Before he could duck, another stone struck him”)
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dull
verb –1. (1) dull – (make dull in appearance; ”Age had dulled thesurface”)
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dump
verb –1. (12) dump – (throw away as refuse; ”No dumping in thesewoods!”)
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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”)
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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!”)
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duplicate
verb –1. (3) duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate – (makeor do or perform again; ”He could never replicate his brilliantperformance of the magic trick”)
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dust
verb –1. (3) dust – (remove the dust from; ”dust the cabinets”)
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dwarf
verb –1. (3) shadow, overshadow, dwarf – (make appear small bycomparison; ”This year’s debt dwarfs that of last year”)
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dye
verb –. (1) dye – (color with dye; ”Please dye these shoes”)
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dynamite
verb –. (1) dynamite – (blow up with dynamite; ”The rock wasdynamited”)
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verb –. e-mail, email, netmail – (communicate electronically on thecomputer; ”she e-mailed me the good news”)
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eagle
verb –1. eagle, double birdie – (shoot two strokes under par; ”Sheeagled the hole”)
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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”)
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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”)
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ease
verb –1. (4) ease – (move gently or carefully; ”He eased himself intothe chair”)
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eat
verb –1. (61) eat – (take in solid food; ”She was eating a banana”;”What did you eat for dinner last night?”)
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echo
verb –1. (5) repeat, echo – (to say again or imitate; ”followersechoing the cries of their leaders”)
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eclipse
verb –1. (1) overshadow, dominate, eclipse – (be greater insignificance than; ”the tragedy overshadowed the couple’s happiness”)
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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”)
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edge
verb –1. (3) edge, inch – (advance slowly, as if by inches; ”He edgedtowards the car”)
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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”)
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educate
verb –1. (7) educate – (give an education to; ”We must educate ouryoungsters better”)
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effect
verb –1. (17) effect, effectuate, set up – (produce; ”The scientistsset up a shock wave”)
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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”)
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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”)
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elbow
verb –1. (1) elbow – (push one’s way with the elbows)
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elect
verb –1. (21) elect – (select by a vote for an office or membership;”We elected him chairman of the board”)
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electrify
verb –1. electrify – (excite suddenly and intensely; ”The newselectrified us”)
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electrocute
verb –1. electrocute – (kill by electric shock; ”She dropped the hairdryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted”)
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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”)
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elicit
verb –1. (6) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke– (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); ”arouse pity”; ”raisea smile”; ”evoke sympathy”)
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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”)
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elucidate
verb –1. (1) clarify, clear up, elucidate – (make clear and (more)comprehensible; ”clarify the mystery surrounding her death”)
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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”)
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emancipate
verb –1. (1) emancipate, liberate – (give equal rights to; of womenand minorities)
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emasculate
verb –1. (1) emasculate, castrate – (deprive of strength or vigor;”The Senate emasculated the law”)
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embalm
verb –. embalm – (preserve a dead body)
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embarrass
verb –1. (1) embarrass, abash – (cause to be embarrassed; cause tofeel self-conscious)
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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”)
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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”)
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embitter
verb –. (1) embitter, envenom, acerbate – (cause to be bitter orresentful; ”These injustices embittered her even more”)
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emblazon
verb –1. color, colour, emblazon – (decorate with colors; ”color thewalls with paint in warm tones”)
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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”)
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embolden
verb –. (1) cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden – (give encouragementto)
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emboss
verb –. (1) emboss, boss, stamp – (raise in a relief; ”embossedstationery”)
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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”)
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embroider
verb –1. (2) embroider, broider – (decorate with needlework)
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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”)
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emit
verb –1. (2) emit, breathe, pass off – (expel (gases or odors))
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emote
verb –. emote – (give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movierole)
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empathize
verb –. sympathize, sympathise, empathize, empathise, understand –(be understanding of; ”You don’t need to explain–I understand!”)
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emphasise
verb –1. underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise – (give extraweight to (a communication); ”Her gesture emphasized her words”)
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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”)
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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”)
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empower
verb –1. (1) empower, authorise, authorize – (give or delegate poweror authority to; ”She authorized her assistant to sign the papers”)
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empty
verb –1. (4) empty – (make void or empty of contents; ”Empty thebox”; ”The alarm emptied the building”)
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emulate
verb –1. (2) emulate – (strive to equal or match, especially byimitating; ”He is emulating the skating skills of his older sister”)
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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”)
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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”)
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encapsulate
verb –1. encapsulate – (enclose in a capsule or other small container)
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encase
verb –. (1) encase, incase, case – (enclose in, or as if in, a case; ”myfeet were encased in mud”)
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enchant
verb –1. (2) enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral,delight – (hold spellbound)
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encircle
verb –1. encircle, circle – (form a circle around; ”encircle the errors”)
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encode
verb –. encode – (convert information into code; ”encode picturesdigitally”)
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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”)
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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!”)
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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”)
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encrypt
verb –. code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write incode – (convert ordinary language into code; ”We should encode themessage for security reasons”)
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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”)
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endanger
verb –1. (3) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten,imperil, peril – (pose a threat to; present a danger to; ”The pollutionis endangering the crops”)
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endear
verb –. (3) endear – (make attractive or lovable; ”This behaviorendeared her to me”)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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enforce
verb –1. (17) enforce, implement, apply – (ensure observance of lawsand rules; ”Apply the rules to everyone”;)
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engage
verb –1. (31) prosecute, engage, pursue – (carry out or participate inan activity; be involved in; ”She pursued many activities”; ”Theyengaged in a discussion”)
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engender
verb –1. (6) engender, breed, spawn – (call forth)
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engineer
verb –1. engineer – (design as an engineer; ”He engineered the watersupply project”)
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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”)
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engross
verb –1. (1) steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up– (devote (oneself) fully to; ”He immersed himself into his studies”)
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engulf
verb –1. (3) steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up– (devote (oneself) fully to; ”He immersed himself into his studies”)
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enhance
verb –1. (5) enhance, heighten, raise – (increase; ”This will enhanceyour enjoyment”; ”heighten the tension”)
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enjoin
verb –1. (2) enjoin – (issue an injunction)
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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”)
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enlarge
verb –1. (7) enlarge – (make larger; ”She enlarged the flower beds”)
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enlighten
verb –1. enlighten, edify – (make understand; ”Can you enlightenme–I don’t understand this proposal”)
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enlist
verb –1. (7) enlist – (join the military)
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enliven
verb –1. (1) inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt – (heighten orintensify; ”These paintings exalt the imagination”)
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enmesh
verb –. (2) enmesh, mesh, ensnarl – (entangle or catch in (or as if in)a mesh)
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enrage
verb –. (1) enrage – (put into a rage; make violently angry)
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enrich
verb –1. (7) enrich – (make better or improve in quality; ”Theexperience enriched her understanding”; ”enriched foods”)
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enrol
verb –. (3) enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit – (register formally asa participant or member; ”The party recruited many new members”)
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enroll
verb –. (6) enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit – (register formally asa participant or member; ”The party recruited many new members”)
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ensconce
verb –. (1) ensconce, settle – (fix firmly; ”He ensconced himself inthe chair”)
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enshrine
verb –1. (1) enshrine, shrine – (enclose in a shrine; ”the saint’s boneswere enshrined in the cathedral”)
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enslave
verb –. enslave – (make a slave of; bring into servitude)
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ensure
verb –1. (6) guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure – (make certainof; ”This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us”; ”Preparationwill guarantee success!”)
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entail
verb –1. (7) entail, imply, mean – (have as a logical consequence;”The water shortage means that we have to stop taking longshowers”)
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entangle
verb –1. entangle, mire – (entrap; ”Our people should not be miredin the past”)
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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”)
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entertain
verb –1. (24) entertain – (provide entertainment for)
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enthrall
verb –. (1) enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral,delight – (hold spellbound)
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enthrone
verb –1. (1) invest, vest, enthrone – (provide with power andauthority; ”They vested the council with special rights”)
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entice
verb –. (1) entice, lure, tempt – (provoke someone to do somethingthrough (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; ”Helured me into temptation”)
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entitle
verb –1. (17) entitle – (give the right to; ”The Freedom ofInformation Act entitles you to request your FBI file”)
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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”)
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entrench
verb –1. (1) entrench, intrench – (fix firmly or securely)
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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”)
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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”)
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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?”)
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envelop
verb –. (3) envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose – (enclose orenfold completely with or as if with a covering; ”Fog enveloped thehouse”)
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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?”)
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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”)
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envy
verb –1. (9) envy – (feel envious towards; admire enviously)
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equal
verb –1. (13) equal, be – (be identical or equivalent to; ”One dollarequals 1,000 rubles these days!”)
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equalize
verb –1. equalize, equalise, get even – (compensate; make the scoreequal)
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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”)
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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”)
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eradicate
verb –1. (2) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out,decimate, carry off – (kill in large numbers; ”the plague wiped out anentire population”)
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erase
verb –1. (5) erase, wipe out – (remove from memory or existence;”The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915”)
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erect
verb –1. (17) raise, erect, rear, set up, put up – (construct, build, orerect; ”Raise a barn”)
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erode
verb –1. (1) erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away – (becomeground down or deteriorate; ”Her confidence eroded”)
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escalate
verb –. escalate, intensify, step up – (increase in extent or intensity;”The Allies escalated the bombing”)
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escape
verb –1. (22) escape, get away, break loose – (run away fromconfinement; ”The convicted murderer escaped from a high securityprison”)
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eschew
verb –. (2) shun, eschew – (avoid and stay away from deliberately;stay clear of)
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escort
verb –1. (7) escort – (accompany as an escort; ”She asked her olderbrother to escort her to the ball”)
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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”)
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establish
verb –1. (50) establish, set up, found, launch – (set up or found;”She set up a literacy program”)
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esteem
verb –1. (1) respect, esteem, value, prize, prise – (regard highly;think much of; ”I respect his judgement”; ”We prize his creativity”)
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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”)
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etch
verb –1. (1) etch – (make an etching of; ”He etched her image intothe surface”)
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eulogize
verb –. (2) eulogize, eulogise – (praise formally and eloquently; ”Thedead woman was eulogized at the funeral”)
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evacuate
verb –1. (1) evacuate – (move out of an unsafe location into safety;”After the earthquake, residents were evacuated”)
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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”)
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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”)
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evaporate
verb –1. (2) evaporate, vaporize, vaporise – (lose or cause to loseliquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue;”evaporate milk”)
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even
verb –1. flush, level, even out, even – (make level or straight; ”levelthe ground”)
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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.”)
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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”)
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evince
verb –. express, show, evince – (give expression to; ”She showed herdisappointment”)
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eviscerate
verb –1. resect, eviscerate – (surgically remove a part of a structureor an organ)
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evoke
verb –1. (10) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise,provoke – (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); ”arousepity”; ”raise a smile”; ”evoke sympathy”)
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evolve
verb –1. (3) evolve, germinate, develop – (work out; ”We havedeveloped a new theory of evolution”)
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exacerbate
verb –1. (2) worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate – (makeworse; ”This drug aggravates the pain”)
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exact
verb –1. (1) demand, exact – (claim as due or just; ”The bankdemanded payment of the loan”)
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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”)
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exalt
verb –1. (2) laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim – (praise, glorify, orhonor; ”extol the virtues of one’s children”; ”glorify one’s spouse’scooking”)
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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”)
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exasperate
verb –1. (1) exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate – (exasperate orirritate)
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excavate
verb –1. excavate, unearth – (recover through digging; ”Schliemannexcavated Troy”; ”excavate gold”)
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exceed
verb –1. (21) exceed, transcend, surpass – (be greater in scope orsize than some standard; ”Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds”)
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excerpt
verb –. excerpt, extract, take out – (take out of a literary work inorder to cite or copy)
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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”)
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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”)
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excite
verb –1. (8) excite – (arouse or elicit a feeling)
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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”)
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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”)
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excommunicate
verb –1. (2) excommunicate, unchurch, curse – (exclude from achurch or a religious community; ”The gay priest wasexcommunicated when he married his partner”)
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excoriate
verb –1. (1) condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate, excoriate –(express strong disapproval of; ”We condemn the racism in SouthAfrica”; ”These ideas were reprobated”)
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excrete
verb –. excrete, egest, eliminate, pass – (eliminate from the body;”Pass a kidney stone”)
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excruciate
verb –1. torment, torture, excruciate, rack – (torment emotionally ormentally)
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excuse
verb –1. (2) excuse, pardon – (accept an excuse for; ”Please excusemy dirty hands”)
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execute
verb –1. (2) execute, put to death – (kill as a means of sociallysanctioned punishment; ”In some states, criminals are executed”)
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exemplify
verb –1. (2) exemplify, represent – (be characteristic of; ”Thiscompositional style is exemplified by this fugue”)
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exempt
verb –1. (1) exempt, relieve, free – (grant relief or an exemptionfrom a rule or requirement to; ”She exempted me from the exam”)
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exercise
verb –1. (14) exert, exercise – (put to use; ”exert one’s power orinfluence”)
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exert
verb –1. (12) exert, exercise – (put to use; ”exert one’s power orinfluence”)
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exhale
verb –1. (2) exhale, expire, breathe out – (expel air; ”Exhale whenyou lift the weight”)
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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”)
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exhibit
verb –1. (13) exhibit – (show an attribute, property, knowledge, orskill; ”he exhibits a great talent”)
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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”)
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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”)
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exhume
verb –. disinter, exhume – (dig up for reburial or for medicalinvestigation; of dead bodies)
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exile
verb –. (1) expatriate, deport, exile – (expel from a country; ”Thepoet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting thegovernment’s actions”)
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exit
verb –1. exit, go out, get out, leave – (move out of or depart from;”leave the room”; ”the fugitive has left the country”)
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exonerate
verb –. (1) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate –(pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; ”The suspect was clearedof the murder charges”)
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expand
verb –1. (7) expand, spread out – (extend in one or more directions;”The dough expands”)
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expatriate
verb –1. expatriate, deport, exile – (expel from a country; ”The poetwas exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government’sactions”)
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expect
verb –1. (204) expect, anticipate – (regard something as probable orlikely; ”The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow”)
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expedite
verb –1. (2) expedite, hasten – (speed up the progress of; facilitate;”This should expedite the process”)
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expel
verb –1. (3) expel, throw out, kick out – (force to leave or move out;”He was expelled from his native country”)
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expend
verb –1. (7) use, expend – (use up, consume fully; ”The legislatureexpended its time on school questions”)
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experience
verb –1. (18) experience, see, go through – (go or live through; ”Wehad many trials to go through”; ”he saw action in Viet Nam”)
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explain
verb –1. (109) explain, explicate – (make plain and comprehensible;”He explained the laws of physics to his students”)
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explicate
verb –1. explain, explicate – (make plain and comprehensible; ”Heexplained the laws of physics to his students”)
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explode
verb –1. (14) explode, detonate, blow up, set off – (cause to burstwith a violent release of energy; ”We exploded the nuclear bomb”)
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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”)
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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”)
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export
verb –1. (4) export – (sell or transfer abroad; ”we export less thanwe import and have a negative trade balance”)
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expose
verb –1. (14) expose – (expose or make accessible to some action orinfluence; ”Expose your students to art”; ”expose the blanket tosunshine”)
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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”)
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express
verb –1. (59) express, show, evince – (give expression to; ”Sheshowed her disappointment”)
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expropriate
verb –. expropriate – (deprive of possessions; ”The Communistgovernment expropriated the landowners”)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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extinguish
verb –1. (1) snuff out, extinguish – (put an end to; kill; ”The Nazissnuffed out the life of many Jewish children”)
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extol
verb –. laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim – (praise, glorify, or honor;”extol the virtues of one’s children”; ”glorify one’s spouse’s cooking”)
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extort
verb –1. extort – (obtain through intimidation)
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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”)
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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”)
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extrapolate
verb –1. (1) generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer – (draw fromspecific cases for more general cases)
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extricate
verb –. (2) extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber – (releasefrom entanglement of difficulty; ”I cannot extricate myself from thistask”)
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eye
verb –. (11) eye, eyeball – (look at)
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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”)
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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”)
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facilitate
verb –1. (5) facilitate, ease, alleviate – (make easier; ”you couldfacilitate the process by sharing your knowledge”)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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falsify
verb –1. (3) falsify, distort, garble, warp – (make false by mutilationor addition; as of a message or story)
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falter
verb –1. (3) falter, waver – (be unsure or weak; ”Their enthusiasm isfaltering”)
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familiarize
verb –. familiarize, familiarise, acquaint – (make familiar orconversant with; ”you should acquaint yourself with your newcomputer”; ”We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings”)
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fan
verb –1. (3) fan – (strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher))
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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”)
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fantasize
verb –1. fantasy, fantasize, fantasise – (indulge in fantasies; ”he isfantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company”)
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farm
verb –1. (4) farm – (be a farmer; work as a farmer; ”My son isfarming in California”)
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fascinate
verb –1. (3) intrigue, fascinate – (cause to be interested or curious)
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fashion
verb –. (8) fashion, forge – (make out of components (often in animprovising manner); ”She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a fewsticks”)
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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”)
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father
verb –. (2) beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bringforth – (make children; ”Abraham begot Isaac”; ”Men often fatherchildren but don’t recognize them”)
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fathom
verb –1. (4) penetrate, fathom, bottom – (come to understand)
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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”)
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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”)
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fault
verb –. (1) blame, fault – (put or pin the blame on)
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favor
verb –1. (17) prefer, favor, favour – (promote over another; ”hefavors his second daughter”)
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favour
verb –1. favor, favour – (treat gently or carefully)
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fax
verb –. fax, telefax, facsimile – (send something via a facsimilemachine; ”Can you fax me the report right away?”)
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faze
verb –. (1) faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle – (disturb thecomposure of)
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fear
verb –1. (23) fear – (be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive abouta possible or probable situation or event; ”I fear she might getaggressive”)
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feast
verb –1. (1) feast, banquet, junket – (partake in a feast or banquet)
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feature
verb –1. (16) have, feature – (have as a feature; ”This restaurantfeatures the most famous chefs in France”)
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federalize
verb –1. (1) federate, federalize, federalise – (unite on a federal basisor band together as a league; ”The country was federated after thecivil war”)
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feed
verb –1. (47) feed – (provide as food; ”Feed the guests the nuts”)
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feel
verb –1. (181) feel, experience – (undergo an emotional sensation orbe in a particular state of mind; ”She felt resentful”; ”He felt regret”)
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feign
verb –1. (1) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble – (make believewith the intent to deceive; ”He feigned that he was ill”; ”Heshammed a headache”)
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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”)
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fence
verb –1. (1) fence, fence in – (enclose with a fence; ”we fenced inour yard”)
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ferry
verb –1. (1) ferry – (transport from one place to another)
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fertilize
verb –1. (1) fertilize, fertilise, feed – (provide with fertilizers or addnutrients to; ”We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthyplants”)
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festoon
verb –. festoon – (decorate with strings of flowers; ”The publicbuildings were festooned for the holiday”)
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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”)
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fictionalize
verb –1. fictionalize, fictionalise, retell – (make into fiction; ”Thewriter fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel”)
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field
verb –1. (1) field – (catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket)
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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”)
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figure
verb –1. (20) calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast –(judge to be probable)
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filch
verb –. pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook,sneak, filch, nobble, lift – (make off with belongings of others)
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file
verb –1. (50) file, register – (record in a public office or in a court oflaw; ”file for divorce”; ”file a complaint”)
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fill
verb –1. (61) fill, fill up, make full – (make full, also in ametaphorical sense; ”fill a container”; ”fill the child with pride”)
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fillet
verb –1. fillet, filet – (decorate with a lace of geometric designs)
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film
verb –1. (2) film, shoot, take – (make a film or photograph ofsomething; ”take a scene”; ”shoot a movie”)
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filter
verb –1. (10) filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out – (removeby passing through a filter; ”filter out the impurities”)
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finalise
verb –. finalize, finalise, settle, nail down – (make final; put the lasttouches on; put into final form; ”let’s finalize the proposal”)
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finalize
verb –. finalize, finalise, settle, nail down – (make final; put the lasttouches on; put into final form; ”let’s finalize the proposal”)
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finance
verb –1. (23) finance – (obtain or provide money for; ”Can wefinance the addition to our home?”)
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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”)
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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!”)
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fine-tune
verb –1. polish, refine, fine-tune, down – (improve or perfect bypruning or polishing; ”refine one’s style of writing”)
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fingerprint
verb –. fingerprint – (take an impression of a person’s fingerprints)
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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”)
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fire
verb –1. (30) open fire, fire – (start firing a weapon)
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firebomb
verb –. firebomb – (attack with incendiary bombs; ”The riotersfire-bombed the stores”)
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firm
verb –1. tauten, firm – (become taut or tauter; ”Your muscles willfirm when you exercise regularly”; ”the rope tautened”)
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fish
verb –1. (2) fish, angle – (seek indirectly; ”fish for compliments”)
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fit
verb –1. (14) suit, accommodate, fit – (be agreeable or acceptableto; ”This suits my needs”)
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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”)
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flail
verb –1. (1) thrash, thresh, lam, flail – (give a thrashing to; beathard)
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flake
verb –1. (1) flake – (form into flakes; ”The substances started toflake”)
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flame
verb –1. flare, flame – (shine with a sudden light; ”The night skyflared with the massive bombardment”)
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flank
verb –. (5) flank – (be located at the sides of something orsomebody)
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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”)
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flash
verb –1. (9) flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle – (gleam or glowintermittently; ”The lights were flashing”)
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flatten
verb –1. (6) flatten – (make flat or flatter; ”flatten a road”; ”flattenyour stomach with these exercises”)
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flatter
verb –. (7) flatter, blandish – (praise somewhat dishonestly)
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flavor
verb –. season, flavor, flavour – (lend flavor to; ”Season the chickenbreast after roasting it”)
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fledge
verb –1. fledge – (feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight)
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flee
verb –. (37) flee, fly, take flight – (run away quickly; ”He threw downhis gun and fled”)
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fleece
verb –1. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck,rob, hook – (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)
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flick
verb –1. (1) flicker, flick – (flash intermittently; ”The lights flickedon and off”)
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flight
verb –1. flight – (shoot a bird in flight)
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fling
verb –1. (13) fling – (throw with force or recklessness; ”fling thefrisbee”)
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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!”)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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flour
verb –1. flour – (cover with flour; ”flour fish or meat before fryingit”)
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flourish
verb –1. (11) boom, thrive, flourish, expand – (grow vigorously; ”Thedeer population in this town is thriving”; ”business is booming”)
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flout
verb –1. (2) scoff, flout – (treat with contemptuous disregard; ”floutthe rules”)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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flunk
verb –. fail, flunk, bomb, flush it – (fail to get a passing grade; ”Shestudied hard but failed nevertheless”; ”Did I fail the test?”)
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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”)
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fluster
verb –1. (1) fluster – (be flustered; behave in a confused manner)
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flutter
verb –1. (1) flit, flutter, fleet, dart – (move along rapidly and lightly;skim or dart; ”The hummingbird flitted among the branches”)
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fly
verb –1. (33) fly, wing – (travel through the air; be airborne; ”Mancannot fly”)
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focus
verb –1. (6) concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet – (directone’s attention on something; ”Please focus on your studies and noton your hobbies”)
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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”)
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foil
verb –1. (1) foil – (enhance by contrast; ”In this picture, the figuresare foiled against the background”)
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foist
verb –1. foist – (to force onto another; ”He foisted his work on me”)
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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”)
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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”)
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foment
verb –1. agitate, foment, stir up – (try to stir up public opinion)
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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”)
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fool
verb –1. (6) fool, gull, befool – (make a fool or dupe of)
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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”)
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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”)
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force-feed
verb –. force-feed – (feed someone who will not or cannot eat)
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forecast
verb –1. (5) forecast, calculate – (predict in advance)
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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”)
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forego
verb –1. (3) predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate – (beearlier in time; go back further; ”Stone tools precede bronze tools”)
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foresee
verb –1. (5) anticipate, previse, foreknow, foresee – (realizebeforehand)
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foreshadow
verb –. bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict –(indicate by signs; ”These signs bode bad news”)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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forge
verb –1. (1) forge, hammer – (create by hammering; ”hammer thesilver into a bowl”; ”forge a pair of tongues”)
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forget
verb –1. (61) forget, bury – (dismiss from the mind; stopremembering; ”I tried to bury these unpleasant memories”)
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forgive
verb –1. (24) forgive – (stop blaming or grant forgiveness; ”I forgavehim his infidelity”; ”She cannot forgive him for forgetting herbirthday”)
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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”)
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form
verb –1. (28) form, organize, organise – (create (as an entity);”social groups form everywhere”; ”They formed a company”)
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formalize
verb –1. formalize, formalise – (make formal or official; ”Weformalized the appointment and gave him a title”)
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format
verb –1. format, arrange – (set (printed matter) into a specificformat; ”Format this letter so it can be printed out”)
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formulate
verb –1. (8) explicate, formulate, develop – (elaborate, as of theoriesand hypotheses; ”Could you develop the ideas in your thesis”)
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forsake
verb –. (4) abandon, forsake, desolate, desert – (leave someone whoneeds or counts on you; leave in the lurch; ”The mother deserted herchildren”)
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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”)
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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”)
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forward
verb –. (3) forward, send on – (send or ship onward from anintermediate post or station in transit; ”forward my mail”)
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fossilize
verb –1. fossilize, fossilise – (convert to a fossil; ”The little animalsfossilized and are now embedded in the limestone”)
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foster
verb –1. (13) foster, further – (promote the growth of; ”Foster ourchildren’s well-being and education”)
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foul
verb –1. (1) foul – (hit a foul ball)
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found
verb –1. (9) establish, set up, found, launch – (set up or found; ”Sheset up a literacy program”)
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fracture
verb –1. (1) fracture – (violate or abuse; ”This writer really fracturesthe language”)
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frame
verb –1. (4) frame, frame in, border – (enclose in or as if in a frame;”frame a picture”)
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frames
verb –1. (4) frame, frame in, border – (enclose in or as if in a frame;”frame a picture”)
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franchise
verb –. franchise – (grant a franchise to)
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fray
verb –1. fray, frazzle – (wear away by rubbing; ”The friction frayedthe sleeve”)
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free
verb –1. (6) free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose – (grantfreedom to; free from confinement)
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freeze
verb –1. (5) freeze, stop dead – (stop moving or becomeimmobilized; ”When he saw the police car he froze”)
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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)
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freshen
verb –1. refresh, freshen – (make (to feel) fresh; ”The cool waterrefreshed us”)
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fret
verb –1. (3) fuss, niggle, fret – (worry unnecessarily or excessively;”don’t fuss too much over the grandchildren–they are quite big now”)
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frighten
verb –1. (10) frighten, fright, scare, affright – (cause fear in; ”Thestranger who hangs around the building frightens me”; ”Ghosts couldnever affright her”)
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fritter
verb –. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, foolaway – (spend frivolously and unwisely; ”Fritter away one’sinheritance”)
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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”)
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fry
verb –1. (1) fry – (be excessively hot; ”If the children stay out on thebeach for another hour, they’ll be fried”)
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fudge
verb –1. fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent –(tamper, with the purpose of deception; ”Fudge the figures”; ”cookthe books”; ”falsify the data”)
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fuel
verb –1. (2) fuel – (provide with a combustible substance thatprovides energy; ”fuel aircraft, ships, and cars”)
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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”)
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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”)
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fumble
verb –1. (4) grope, fumble – (feel about uncertainly or blindly; ”Shegroped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom”)
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fumigate
verb –. fumigate, fume – (treat with fumes, expose to fumes,especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests)
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fund
verb –1. fund – (convert (short-term floating debt) into long-termdebt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds)
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funnel
verb –. (1) funnel – (move or pour through a funnel; ”funnel theliquid into the small bottle”)
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furlough
verb –1. (1) furlough, lay off – (dismiss, usually for economicreasons; ”She was laid off together with hundreds of other workerswhen the company downsized”)
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furnish
verb –1. (28) supply, provide, render, furnish – (give something usefulor necessary to; ”We provided the room with an electrical heater”)
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furrow
verb –1. (1) furrow, rut, groove – (hollow out in the form of a furrowor groove; ”furrow soil”)
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further
verb –1. (7) foster, further – (promote the growth of; ”Foster ourchildren’s well-being and education”)
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fuse
verb –1. (3) blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse,coalesce, meld, combine, merge – (mix together different elements;”The colors blend well”)
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gag
verb –1. (1) gag, muzzle – (prevent from speaking out; ”The presswas gagged”)
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gain
verb –1. (27) derive, gain – (obtain; ”derive pleasure from one’sgarden”)
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gall
verb –1. chafe, gall, fret – (become or make sore by or as if byrubbing)
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gallop
verb –1. (8) gallop – (ride at a galloping pace; ”He was gallopingdown the road”)
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galvanize
verb –1. startle, galvanize, galvanise – (to stimulate to action ;”..startled him awake”; ”galvanized into action”)
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garble
verb –. falsify, distort, garble, warp – (make false by mutilation oraddition; as of a message or story)
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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”)
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garner
verb –1. (1) earn, garner – (acquire or deserve by one’s efforts oractions)
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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”)
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gather
verb –1. (23) gather, garner, collect, pull together – (assemble or gettogether; ”gather some stones”; ”pull your thoughts together”)
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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”)
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gazette
verb –. gazette – (publish in a gazette)
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gear
verb –. (3) gear, pitch – (set the level or character of; ”She pitchedher speech to the teenagers in the audience”)
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generalize
verb –1. (6) generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer – (draw fromspecific cases for more general cases)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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glamorize
verb –1. romanticize, romanticise, glamorize, glamourise – (interpretromantically; ”Don’t romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!”)
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glaze
verb –1. (6) glaze – (coat with a glaze; ”the potter glazed thedishes”; ”glaze the bread with eggwhite”)
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glean
verb –. (2) reap, harvest, glean – (gather, as of natural products;”harvest the grapes”)
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glide
verb –1. (3) glide – (move smoothly and effortlessly)
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glimpse
verb –. (5) glimpse – (catch a glimpse of or see briefly; ”We glimpsedthe Queen as she got into her limousine”)
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glorify
verb –1. (4) laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim – (praise, glorify, orhonor; ”extol the virtues of one’s children”; ”glorify one’s spouse’scooking”)
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gloss
verb –1. gloss – (give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing)
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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”)
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gnash
verb –. (2) gnash – (grind together, of teeth)
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gnaw
verb –1. (2) gnaw – (bite or chew on with the teeth; ”gnaw an oldcracker”)
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goad
verb –1. (1) spur, goad – (give heart or courage to)
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gobble
verb –1. (2) gobble, bolt – (eat hastily without proper chewing;”Don’t bolt your food!”)
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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”)
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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!”)
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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”)
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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”)
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graduate
verb –1. (7) graduate – (receive an academic degree uponcompletion of one’s studies; ”She graduated in 1990”)
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graft
verb –1. graft, engraft, ingraft – (cause to grow together parts fromdifferent plants; ”graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree”)
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grant
verb –1. (14) allow, grant – (let have; ”grant permission”; ”Mandelawas allowed few visitors in prison”)
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graph
verb –1. (1) graph, chart – (represent by means of a graph; ”chartthe data”)
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grasp
verb –1. (15) grasp, hold on – (hold firmly)
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grate
verb –1. grate – (furnish with a grate; ”a grated fireplace”)
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gratify
verb –1. (2) satisfy, gratify – (make happy or satisfied)
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gray
verb –1. grey, gray – (make grey; ”The painter decided to grey thesky”)
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graze
verb –1. (3) crop, browse, graze, range, pasture – (feed as in ameadow or pasture; ”the herd was grazing”)
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grease
verb –. (1) grease – (lubricate with grease; ”grease the wheels”)
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greet
verb –1. (12) greet, recognize, recognise – (express greetings uponmeeting someone)
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grieve
verb –1. (1) grieve, sorrow – (feel grief)
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grill
verb –1. (1) grill – (cook over a grill; ”grill the sausages”)
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grind
verb –1. (4) crunch, cranch, craunch, grind – (press or grind with acrushing noise)
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grip
verb –1. (10) grip – (hold fast or firmly; ”He gripped the steeringwheel”)
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groin
verb –. groin – (build with groins; ”The ceiling was groined”)
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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”)
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gross
verb –. gross – (earn before taxes, expenses, etc.)
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ground
verb –1. (2) anchor, ground – (fix firmly and stably; ”anchor thelamppost in concrete”)
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group
verb –1. (4) group – (arrange into a group or groups; ”Can yougroup these shapes together?”)
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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”)
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guarantee
verb –1. (8) guarantee, vouch – (give surety or assume responsibility;”I vouch for the quality of my products”)
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guard
verb –1. (6) guard – (to keep watch over; ”there would be menguarding the horses”)
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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”)
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guide
verb –1. (12) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point,head, guide, channelize, channelise – (direct the course; determine thedirection of travelling)
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gulp
verb –1. (5) gulp, quaff, swig – (to swallow hurriedly or greedily or inone draught; ”The men gulped down their beers”)
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gum
verb –1. gum – (cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; ”ifyou gum the tape it is stronger”)
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gut
verb –1. gut – (empty completely; destroy the inside of; ”Gut thebuilding”)
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guzzle
verb –. (1) guzzle – (drink greedily or as if with great thirst; ”Theboys guzzled the cheap vodka”)
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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”)
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hack
verb –1. (1) chop, hack – (cut with a hacking tool)
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hail
verb –1. (4) acclaim, hail, herald – (praise vociferously; ”The criticshailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”)
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halt
verb –1. (8) halt, hold, arrest – (cause to stop; ”Halt the engines”;”Arrest the progress”; ”halt the presses”)
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halve
verb –. halve – (divide by two; divide into halves; ”Halve the cake”)
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ham
verb –. overact, ham it up, ham, overplay – (exaggerate one’s acting)
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hammer
verb –1. (4) hammer – (beat with or as if with a hammer; ”hammerthe metal flat”)
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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”)
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hamstring
verb –1. hamstring – (make ineffective or powerless; ”The teacherswere hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules”)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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hang
verb –1. (35) hang – (be suspended or hanging; ”The flag hung onthe wall”)
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harangue
verb –. (4) harangue – (deliver a harangue to; address forcefully)
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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”)
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harbor
verb –1. (4) harbor, harbour, hold, entertain, nurse – (maintain (atheory, thoughts, or feelings); ”bear a grudge”; ”entertain interestingnotions”; ”harbor a resentment”)
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harbour
verb –1. harbor, harbour – (secretly shelter (as of fugitives orcriminals))
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harden
verb –1. (4) harden, indurate – (become hard or harder; ”The waxhardened”)
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harm
verb –. (3) harm – (cause or do harm to; ”These pills won’t harmyour system”)
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harmonize
verb –1. harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree– (go together; ”The colors don’t harmonize”; ”Their ideasconcorded”)
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harness
verb –1. (2) harness, tackle – (put a harness; ”harness the horse”)
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harrow
verb –. (2) harrow, disk – (draw a harrow over (land))
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harvest
verb –1. (3) reap, harvest, glean – (gather, as of natural products;”harvest the grapes”)
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hash
verb –. hash – (chop up; ”hash the potatoes”)
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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”)
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hasten
verb –1. (7) rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate – (act or moveat high speed; ”We have to rush!”; ”hurry–it’s late!”)
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hatch
verb –1. (2) hatch – (emerge from the eggs; ”young birds, fish, andreptiles hatch”)
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hate
verb –. (50) hate, detest – (dislike intensely; feel antipathy oraversion towards; ”I hate Mexican food”; ”She detests politicians”)
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haul
verb –1. (7) haul, hale, cart, drag – (draw slowly or heavily; ”haulstones”; ”haul nets”)
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haunt
verb –1. (3) haunt, stalk – (follow stealthily or recur constantly andspontaneously to; ”her ex-boyfriend stalked her”; ”the ghost of hermother haunted her”)
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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”)
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hawk
verb –1. (2) peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch – (sell oroffer for sale from place to place)
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haze
verb –1. haze – (become hazy, dull, or cloudy)
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head
verb –1. (29) head – (to go or travel towards; ”where is sheheading”; ”We were headed for the mountains”)
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headline
verb –1. (1) headline – (publicize widely or highly, as if with aheadline)
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heal
verb –1. (2) mend, heal – (heal or recover; ”My broken leg ismending”)
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heap
verb –1. (1) heap – (bestow in large quantities; ”He heaped him withwork”; ”She heaped scorn upon him”)
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hear
verb –1. (275) hear – (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense)
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hearten
verb –. cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden – (give encouragement to)
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heat
verb –1. (11) heat, heat up – (make hot or hotter; ”the sun heatsthe oceans”; ”heat the water on the stove”)
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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”)
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heckle
verb –1. heckle, hackle, hatchel – (comb with a heckle; ”heckle hempor flax”)
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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”)
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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”)
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heed
verb –. (7) heed, mind, listen – (pay close attention to; give heed to;”Heed the advice of the old men”)
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heel
verb –1. list, heel – (tilt to one side; ”The balloon heeled over”; ”thewind made the vessel heel”; ”The ship listed to starboard”)
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heighten
verb –1. (1) heighten, rise – (become more extreme; ”The tensionheightened”)
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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”)
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herald
verb –1. (1) announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald –(foreshadow or presage)
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herd
verb –1. (1) herd, crowd – (cause to herd, drive, or crowd together;”We herded the children into a spare classroom”)
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hide
verb –1. (28) hide, conceal – (prevent from being seen or discovered;”Muslim women hide their faces”; ”hide the money”)
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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”)
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hijack
verb –1. (2) commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate – (take arbitrarilyor by force; ”The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it toMiami”)
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hike
verb –1. (1) hike, hike up, boost – (increase; ”The landlord hiked upthe rents”)
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hinder
verb –1. (3) impede, hinder – (be a hindrance or obstacle to; ”She isimpeding the progress of our project”)
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hint
verb –. (7) hint, suggest – (drop a hint; intimate by a hint)
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hire
verb –1. (33) hire, engage, employ – (engage or hire for work; ”Theyhired two new secretaries in the department”; ”How many people hasshe employed?”)
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hit
verb –1. (25) hit – (cause to move by striking; ”hit a ball”)
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hoard
verb –1. hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away – (saveup as for future use)
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hobble
verb –1. (2) limp, gimp, hobble, hitch – (walk impeded by somephysical limitation or injury; ”The old woman hobbles down to thestore every day”)
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hoe
verb –. hoe – (dig with a hoe; ”He is hoeing the flower beds”)
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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”)
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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”)
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hole
verb –1. hole, hole out – (hit the ball into the hole)
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hollow
verb –1. excavate, dig, hollow – (remove the inner part or the coreof; ”the mining company wants to excavate the hillside”)
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hone
verb –1. hone – (sharpen with a hone; ”hone a knife”)
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honey
verb –. honey – (sweeten with honey)
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honk
verb –1. honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot – (make a loud noise; ”Thehorns of the taxis blared”)
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honor
verb –1. (28) honor, honour, reward – (bestow honor or rewardsupon; ”Today we honor our soldiers”; ”The scout was rewarded forcourageous action”)
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honour
verb –1. (1) honor, honour, reward – (bestow honor or rewards upon;”Today we honor our soldiers”; ”The scout was rewarded forcourageous action”)
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hood
verb –. hood – (cover with a hood; ”The bandits were hooded”)
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hoodwink
verb –1. juggle, beguile, hoodwink – (influence by slyness)
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hook
verb –1. (2) hook – (fasten with a hook)
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hoop
verb –. hoop – (bind or fasten with a hoop; ”hoop vats”)
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hop
verb –1. (7) hop, skip, hop-skip – (jump lightly)
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horn
verb –. horn, tusk – (stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; ”the rhinohorned the explorer”)
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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”)
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hose
verb –. hose, hose down – (water with a hose; ”hose the lawn”)
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hospitalize
verb –. hospitalize, hospitalise – (admit into a hospital; ”Mother hadto be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high”)
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host
verb –. host – (be the host of or for; ”We hosted 4 couples lastnight”)
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hound
verb –. hound, hunt, trace – (pursue or chase relentlessly; ”Thehunters traced the deer into the woods”; ”the detectives hounded thesuspect until they found him”)
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house
verb –1. (13) house – (contain or cover; ”This box houses the gears”)
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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”)
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huff
verb –1. huff, snort – (inhale recreational drugs; ”The addict wassnorting cocaine almost every day”; ”the kids were huffing glue”)
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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”)
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hum
verb –1. (4) hum – (sing with closed lips; ”She hummed a melody”)
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humanize
verb –. (1) humanize, humanise – (make more humane; ”The mayortried to humanize life in the big city”)
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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”)
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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”)
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hurdle
verb –. (2) hurdle – (jump a hurdle)
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hurl
verb –1. (9) hurl, hurtle, cast – (throw forcefully)
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hurry
verb –1. (30) travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip – (move very fast; ”Therunner zipped past us at breakneck speed”)
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hurt
verb –1. (8) ache, smart, hurt – (be the source of pain)
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hurtle
verb –1. (3) hurtle – (move with or as if with a rushing sound; ”Thecars hurtled by”)
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hush
verb –1. (2) hush – (become quiet or still; fall silent; ”hush mybaby!”)
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hustle
verb –1. (2) hustle – (cause to move furtively and hurriedly; ”Thesecret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater”)
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hydrate
verb –1. hydrate – (supply water or liquid to in order to maintain ahealthy balance; ”the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently”)
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idealize
verb –1. idealize, idealise – (consider or render as ideal; ”Sheidealized her husband after his death”)
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identify
verb –1. (32) identify, place – (recognize as being; establish theidentity of someone or something; ”She identified the man on the’wanted’ poster”)
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idolize
verb –. (1) idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship, revere – (loveunquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol;”Many teenagers idolized the Beatles”)
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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”)
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ignore
verb –1. (17) ignore, disregard, snub, cut – (refuse to acknowledge;”She cut him dead at the meeting”)
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illuminate
verb –1. (9) light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate – (makelighter or brighter; ”This lamp lightens the room a bit”)
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illustrate
verb –1. (33) exemplify, illustrate, instance – (clarify by giving anexample of)
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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?”)
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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”)
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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”)
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immerse
verb –1. (1) immerse, plunge – (thrust or throw into; ”Immerseyourself in hot water”)
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immolate
verb –. immolate – (offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up todestruction; ”The Aztecs immolated human victims”; ”immolate thevaluables at the temple”)
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immunize
verb –1. immunize, immunise – (law: grant immunity fromprosecution)
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impact
verb –1. impact – (press or wedge together; pack together)
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impair
verb –1. (4) impair – (make worse or less effective; ”His vision wasimpaired”)
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impale
verb –1. (2) transfix, impale, empale, spike – (pierce with a sharpstake or point; ”impale a shrimp on a skewer”)
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impanel
verb –1. empanel, impanel – (enter into a list of prospective jurors)
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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”)
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impeach
verb –1. impeach – (challenge the honesty or veracity of; ”thelawyers tried to impeach the credibility of the witnesses”)
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impede
verb –1. (2) impede, hinder – (be a hindrance or obstacle to; ”She isimpeding the progress of our project”)
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imperil
verb –. (1) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten,imperil, peril – (pose a threat to; present a danger to; ”The pollutionis endangering the crops”)
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impersonate
verb –1. (2) impersonate, portray – (assume or act the character of;”She impersonates Madonna”; ”The actor portrays an elderly, lonelyman”)
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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”)
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implement
verb –1. (3) implement – (apply in a manner consistent with itspurpose or design; ”implement a procedure”)
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implicate
verb –1. implicate – (bring into intimate and incriminatingconnection; ”He is implicated in the scheme to defraud thegovernment”)
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imply
verb –1. (17) imply, connote – (express or state indirectly)
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import
verb –1. (4) import – (bring in from abroad)
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impose
verb –1. (12) enforce, impose – (compel to behave in a certain way;”Social relations impose courtesy”)
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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”)
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impoverish
verb –1. impoverish – (make poor)
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impregnate
verb –1. impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture – (fill, as with a certainquality; ”The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide”)
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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”)
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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”)
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improve
verb –1. (66) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate – (tomake better; ”The editor improved the manuscript with his changes”)
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improvise
verb –1. (3) improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise –(perform without preparation; ”he extemporized a speech at thewedding”)
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impugn
verb –. impugn – (attack as false or wrong)
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inactivate
verb –1. demobilize, inactivate, demobilise – (release from militaryservice or remove from the active list of military service)
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inaugurate
verb –1. (3) inaugurate, kick off – (commence officially)
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incapacitate
verb –1. (1) disable, disenable, incapacitate – (make unable toperform a certain action; ”disable this command on your computer”)
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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”)
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incense
verb –1. cense, incense, thurify – (perfume especially with a censer)
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incinerate
verb –1. incinerate – (become reduced to ashes; ”The paperincinerated quickly”)
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incite
verb –1. (2) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite – (givean incentive for action; ”This moved me to sacrifice my career”)
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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”)
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include
verb –1. (234) include – (have as a part, be made up out of; ”Thelist includes the names of many famous writers”)
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inconvenience
verb –. trouble, put out, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode,incommode, bother – (to cause inconvenience or discomfort to;”Sorry to trouble you, but...”)
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incorporate
verb –1. (6) integrate, incorporate – (make into a whole or make partof a whole; ”She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal”)
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increase
verb –1. (86) increase – (become bigger or greater in amount; ”Theamount of work increased”)
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incriminate
verb –1. incriminate, imply, inculpate – (suggest that someone isguilty)
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incubate
verb –1. (1) incubate – (grow under conditions that promotedevelopment)
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inculcate
verb –. (1) inculcate, instill, infuse – (teach and impress by frequentrepetitions or admonitions; ”inculcate values into the younggeneration”)
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incur
verb –1. (11) incur – (make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself;become liable to; ”People who smoke incur a great danger to theirhealth”)
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indemnify
verb –1. indemnify – (secure against future loss, damage, or liability;give security for; ”This plan indemnifies workers against wages lostthrough illness”)
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index
verb –1. (1) index – (list in an index)
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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”)
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indict
verb –. (2) indict – (accuse formally of a crime)
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individualize
verb –1. individualize, individualise – (make or mark or treat asindividual; ”The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone”)
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indoctrinate
verb –. (1) indoctrinate – (teach doctrines to; teach uncritically;”The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples”)
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induce
verb –1. (11) induce, bring on – (cause to arise; ”induce a crisis”)
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indulge
verb –1. (2) indulge – (give free rein to; ”The writer indulged inmetaphorical language”)
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industrialize
verb –1. industrialize, industrialise – (organize (the production ofsomething) into an industry; ”The Chinese industrialized textileproduction”)
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infect
verb –1. (2) infect – (communicate a disease to; ”Your children haveinfected you with this head cold”)
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infer
verb –1. (3) deduce, infer, deduct, derive – (reason by deduction;establish by deduction)
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infest
verb –1. (2) infest, overrun – (invade in great numbers; ”the roachesinfested our kitchen”)
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infiltrate
verb –1. (2) infiltrate – (cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating theinterstices)
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inflame
verb –1. (2) inflame – (cause inflammation in; ”The repetitivemotion inflamed her joint”)
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inflate
verb –1. (1) inflate, blow up, expand, amplify – (exaggerate or makebigger; ”The charges were inflated”)
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inflict
verb –. (9) inflict, bring down, visit, impose – (impose somethingunpleasant; ”The principal visited his rage on the students”)
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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”)
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inform
verb –1. (46) inform – (impart knowledge of some fact, state oraffairs, or event to; ”I informed him of his rights”)
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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”)
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infuriate
verb –. (3) infuriate, exasperate, incense – (make furious)
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infuse
verb –1. inculcate, instill, infuse – (teach and impress by frequentrepetitions or admonitions; ”inculcate values into the younggeneration”)
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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”)
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ingratiate
verb –. ingratiate – (gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts)
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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”)
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inhale
verb –1. inhale – (draw deep into the lungs in by breathing; ”Clintonsmoked marijuana but never inhaled”)
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inherit
verb –1. (14) inherit – (obtain from someone after their death; ”Iinherited a castle from my French grandparents”)
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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”)
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initiate
verb –1. (9) originate, initiate, start – (bring into being; ”He initiateda new program”; ”Start a foundation”)
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inject
verb –1. (4) inject, shoot – (give an injection to; ”We injected theglucose into the patient’s vein”)
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injure
verb –1. (12) injure, wound – (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
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ink
verb –1. ink – (append one’s signature to; ”They inked the contract”)
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inlay
verb –. (1) inlay – (decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone,and metal)
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innovate
verb –. (1) introduce, innovate – (bring something new to anenvironment; ”A new word processor was introduced”)
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inoculate
verb –1. inoculate – (introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of;”My teachers inoculated me with their beliefs”)
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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”)
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insert
verb –1. (12) insert, infix, enter, introduce – (put or introduce intosomething; ”insert a picture into the text”)
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insist
verb –1. (59) insist, take a firm stand – (be emphatic or resolute andrefuse to budge; ”I must insist!”)
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inspect
verb –1. (13) inspect – (look over carefully; ”Please inspect yourfather’s will carefully”)
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inspire
verb –1. (9) inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt – (heighten orintensify; ”These paintings exalt the imagination”)
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install
verb –1. (28) install, instal, put in, set up – (set up for use; ”installthe washer and dryer”; ”We put in a new sink”)
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instigate
verb –1. (2) incite, instigate, set off, stir up – (provoke or stir up;”incite a riot”; ”set off great unrest among the people”)
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instil
verb –. instill, instil – (enter drop by drop; ”instill medication into myeye”)
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instill
verb –1. instill, transfuse – (impart gradually; ”Her presence instilledfaith into the children”; ”transfuse love of music into the students”)
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institute
verb –1. (9) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute – (set up orlay the groundwork for; ”establish a new department”)
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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”)
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instruct
verb –1. (9) teach, learn, instruct – (impart skills or knowledge to; ”Itaught them French”; ”He instructed me in building a boat”)
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insulate
verb –1. (2) insulate – (protect from heat, cold, or noise bysurrounding with insulating material; ”We had his bedroom insulatedbefore winter came”)
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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”)
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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”)
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integrate
verb –1. (6) integrate, incorporate – (make into a whole or make partof a whole; ”She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal”)
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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”)
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intensify
verb –1. (3) escalate, intensify, step up – (increase in extent orintensity; ”The Allies escalated the bombing”)
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intercept
verb –1. (5) intercept, stop – (seize on its way; ”The fighter planewas ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country’sairspace”)
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interconnect
verb –1. (1) complect, interconnect, interlink – (be interwoven orinterconnected; ”The bones are interconnected via the muscle”)
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interdict
verb –1. interdict – (destroy by firepower, such as an enemy’s line ofcommunication)
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interest
verb –1. (5) interest – (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of)
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interject
verb –. (2) interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject – (toinsert between other elements; ”She interjected clever remarks”)
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interlock
verb –1. (1) interlock, mesh – (coordinate in such a way that allparts work together effectively)
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internalize
verb –. (2) internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise –(incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal; ”internalizea belief”)
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internationalize
verb –1. internationalize, internationalise – (put under internationalcontrol; ”internationalize trade of certain drugs”)
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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?”)
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interrogate
verb –1. interrogate – (transmit (a signal) for setting off anappropriate response, as in telecommunication)
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interrupt
verb –1. (14) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off – (make a break in;”We interrupt the program for the following messages”)
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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”)
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interview
verb –1. (8) interview, question – (conduct an interview in television,newspaper, and radio reporting)
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interweave
verb –. (2) weave, interweave – (interlace by or as if by weaving)
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intimidate
verb –1. (2) intimidate – (make timid or fearful; ”Her bossintimidates her”)
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intone
verb –1. (2) tone, chant, intone – (utter monotonously andrepetitively and rhythmically; ”The students chanted the same sloganover and over again”)
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intrigue
verb –1. (1) intrigue, fascinate – (cause to be interested or curious)
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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”)
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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”)
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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”)
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invalidate
verb –1. (1) invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify – (declareinvalid; ”The contract was annulled”; ”void a plea”)
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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”)
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invest
verb –1. (7) invest, put, commit, place – (make an investment; ”Putmoney into bonds”)
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investigate
verb –1. (17) investigate, look into – (investigate scientifically; ”Let’sinvestigate the syntax of Chinese”)
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invigorate
verb –1. inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt – (heighten orintensify; ”These paintings exalt the imagination”)
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invite
verb –1. (7) invite, ask for – (increase the likelihood of; ”ask fortrouble”; ”invite criticism”)
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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”)
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involve
verb –1. (56) involve, affect, regard – (connect closely and oftenincriminatingly; ”This new ruling affects your business”)
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iodize
verb –1. iodize, iodise – (treat with iodine; ”iodize salt”)
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irk
verb –. gall, irk – (irritate or vex; ”It galls me that we lost the suit”)
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iron
verb –. (2) iron, iron out, press – (press and smooth with a heatediron; ”press your shirts”; ”she stood there ironing”)
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irradiate
verb –1. enlighten, irradiate – (give spiritual insight to; in religion)
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irrigate
verb –1. (2) water, irrigate – (supply with water, as with channels orditches or streams; ”Water the fields”)
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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”)
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isolate
verb –1. (12) isolate, insulate – (place or set apart; ”They isolatedthe political prisoners from the other inmates”)
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issue
verb –1. (21) publish, bring out, put out, issue, release – (prepareand issue for public distribution or sale; ”publish a magazine ornewspaper”)
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itch
verb –1. (3) rub, scratch, itch – (scrape or rub as if to relieve itching;”Don’t scratch your insect bites!”)
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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”)
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jab
verb –1. (2) jab, prod, stab, poke, dig – (poke or thrust abruptly; ”hejabbed his finger into her ribs”)
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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”)
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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”)
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jam
verb –1. (1) throng, mob, pack, pile, jam – (press tightly together orcram; ”The crowd packed the auditorium”)
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jar
verb –1. (1) clash, jar, collide – (be incompatible; be or come intoconflict; ”These colors clash”)
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jeopardize
verb –1. (2) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten,imperil, peril – (pose a threat to; present a danger to; ”The pollutionis endangering the crops”)
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jerk
verb –1. (15) yank, jerk – (pull, or move with a sudden movement;”He turned the handle and jerked the door open”)
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jiggle
verb –. jiggle, joggle, wiggle – (move to and fro; ”Don’t jiggle yourfinger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!”)
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jilt
verb –. (2) jilt – (cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; ”jilt a lover ora bride”)
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jinx
verb –1. hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx – (cast a spellover someone or something; put a hex on someone or something)
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jockey
verb –1. (1) cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey – (defeatsomeone through trickery or deceit)
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jog
verb –1. (1) ramble on, ramble, jog – (continue talking or writing ina desultory manner; ”This novel rambles on and jogs”)
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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”)
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jolt
verb –1. (1) jolt, jar – (move or cause to move with a sudden jerkymotion)
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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”)
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jot
verb –. jot down, jot – (write briefly or hurriedly; write a short noteof)
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journey
verb –1. (1) travel, journey – (undertake a journey or trip)
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judge
verb –1. (11) judge – (determine the result of (a competition))
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juggle
verb –1. juggle, beguile, hoodwink – (influence by slyness)
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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?”)
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jumpstart
verb –1. jumpstart, jump-start, jump – (start (a car engine whosebattery is dead) by connecting it to another car’s battery)
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junk
verb –. (1) trash, junk, scrap – (dispose of (something useless orold); ”trash these old chairs”; ”junk an old car”; ”scrap your oldcomputer”)
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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”)
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juxtapose
verb –. (2) juxtapose – (place side by side; ”The fauvists juxtaposedstrong colors”)
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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”)
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key
verb –1. (1) identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe,name – (identify as in botany or biology, for example)
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kick
verb –1. (11) kick – (drive or propel with the foot)
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kid
verb –1. (5) pull the leg of, kid – (tell false information to for fun;”Are you pulling my leg?”)
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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”)
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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”)
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kindle
verb –1. kindle, inflame – (catch fire; ”The dried grass of the prairiekindled, spreading the flames for miles”)
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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”)
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knead
verb –1. (1) knead, work – (make uniform; ”knead dough”; ”workthe clay until it is soft”)
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knit
verb –1. (2) knit – (make (textiles) by knitting; ”knit a scarf”)
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knock
verb –1. (7) knock, strike hard – (deliver a sharp blow or push :”Heknocked the glass clear across the room”)
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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”)
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label
verb –1. (8) label – (assign a label to; designate with a label; ”Thesestudents were labelled ‘learning disabled’”)
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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”)
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lack
verb –. (31) miss, lack – (be without; ”This soup lacks salt”; ”Thereis something missing in my jewelry box!”)
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ladle
verb –1. ladle – (put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle;”ladle soup into the bowl”)
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lag
verb –1. (7) lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind – (hang (back) or fall(behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.)
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lambast
verb –1. cane, flog, lambaste, lambast – (beat with a cane)
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lambaste
verb –1. cane, flog, lambaste, lambast – (beat with a cane)
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lame
verb –. cripple, lame – (deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg;”The accident has crippled her for life”)
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lament
verb –1. (1) lament, keen – (express grief verbally; ”we lamented thedeath of the child”)
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lampoon
verb –. (1) satirize, satirise, lampoon – (ridicule with satire; ”Thewriter satirized the politician’s proposal”)
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land
verb –1. (16) land, set down – (reach or come to rest; ”The birdlanded on the highest branch”; ”The plane landed in Istanbul”)
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lap
verb –1. (3) lap – (lie partly over or alongside of something or of oneanother)
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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”)
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last
verb –1. (19) last, endure – (persist for a specified period of time;”The bad weather lasted for three days”)
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laud
verb –. laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim – (praise, glorify, or honor;”extol the virtues of one’s children”; ”glorify one’s spouse’s cooking”)
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laugh
verb –. (64) laugh, express joy, express mirth – (produce laughter)
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launch
verb –1. (10) establish, set up, found, launch – (set up or found;”She set up a literacy program”)
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launder
verb –1. wash, launder – (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such assoap, and water; ”Wash the towels, please!”)
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lavish
verb –. (2) lavish, shower – (expend profusely; also used withabstract nouns; ”He was showered with praise”)
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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”)
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layer
verb –. (3) layer – (make or form a layer; ”layer the different coloredsands”)
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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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