Verbocean I (abandon - devote)

Verb Ocean I

Andrew Ernest Ritz

Langtech

May 31, 2011

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abandon

verb –1. (10) abandon – (forsake, leave behind; ”We abandoned the
old car in the empty parking lot”)


abate

verb –1. slake, abate, slack – (make less active or intense)


abduct

verb –1. kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch – (take away to an
undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a
ransom; ”The industrialist’s son was kidnapped”)


abhor

verb –. (1) abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate – (ﬁnd repugnant; ”I
loathe that man”; ”She abhors cats”)


abide

verb –1. (2) bide, abide, stay – (dwell; ”You can stay with me while
you are in town”; ”stay a bit longer–the day is still young”)


abolish

verb –. (9) abolish, get rid of – (do away with; ”Slavery was
abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia”)


abort

verb –1. abort – (terminate before completion; ”abort the mission”;
”abort the process running on my computer”)


abridge

verb –1. (1) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract,
reduce – (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; ”The
manuscript must be shortened”)


abrogate

verb –. (1) abrogate – (revoke formally)

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absent

verb –. (2) absent, remove – (go away or leave; ”He absented
himself”)


absolve

verb –1. shrive, absolve – (grant remission of a sin to; ”The priest
absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary’s”)


absorb

verb –1. (8) absorb – (become imbued; ”The liquids, light, and gases
absorb”)


abstract

verb –1. (5) abstract – (consider a concept without thinking of a
speciﬁc example; consider abstractly or theoretically)


abuse

verb –1. (3) mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treat – (treat
badly; ”This boss abuses his workers”; ”She is always stepping on
others to get ahead”)


abut

verb –. border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
– (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; ”Canada adjoins the
U.S.”; ”England marches with Scotland”)


accelerate

verb –1. (11) accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken – (move faster;
”The car accelerated”)


accentuate

verb –1. (2) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent,
accentuate – (to stress, single out as important; ”Dr. Jones
emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet”)


accept

verb –1. (34) accept – (consider or hold as true; ”I cannot accept the
dogma of this church”; ”accept an argument”)


access

verb –1. access – (obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of
information on a computer)


accession

verb –. accession – (make a record of additions to a collection, such
as a library)


accommodate

verb –1. (5) suit, accommodate, ﬁt – (be agreeable or acceptable to;
”This suits my needs”)


accompany

verb –1. (20) attach to, accompany, come with, go with – (be
present or associated with an event or entity; ”French fries come with
the hamburger”; ”heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of
heart tissue”; ”ﬁsh usually goes with white wine”; ”this kind of vein
accompanies certain arteries”)


accomplish

verb –1. (29) carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action,
fulfill, fulfil – (put in effect; ”carry out a task”; ”execute the decision
of the people”; ”He actioned the operation”)


accost

verb –1. (4) address, accost, come up to – (speak to someone)


accredit

verb –1. (2) accredit, recognize, recognise – (grant credentials to;
”The Regents oﬃcially recognized the new educational institution”;
”recognize an academic degree”)


accumulate

verb –1. (4) roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile,
hoard – (get or gather together; ”I am accumulating evidence for the
man’s unfaithfulness to his wife”; ”She is amassing a lot of data for
her thesis”; ”She rolled up a small fortune”)


accuse

verb –1. (22) accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate – (bring an
accusation against; level a charge against; ”The neighbors accused
the man of spousal abuse”)


ace

verb –1. breeze through, ace, pass with ﬂying colors, sweep through,
sail through, nail – (succeed at easily; ”She sailed through her
exams”; ”You will pass with ﬂying colors”; ”She nailed her
astrophysics course”)


achieve

verb –. (100) achieve, accomplish, attain, reach – (to gain with
eﬀort; ”she achieved her goal despite setbacks”)


acknowledge

verb –1. (5) admit, acknowledge – (declare to be true or admit the
existence or reality or truth of; ”He admitted his errors”; ”She
acknowledged that she might have forgotten”)


acquaint

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


acquire

verb –1. (34) get, acquire – (come into the possession of something
concrete or abstract; ”She got a lot of paintings from her uncle”;
”They acquired a new pet”; ”Get your results the next day”; ”Get
permission to take a few days oﬀ from work”)


acquit

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


act

verb –1. (35) act, move – (perform an action, or work out or perform
(an action); ”think before you act”; ”We must move quickly”; ”The
governor should act on the new energy bill”; ”The nanny acted
quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel”)


activate

verb –1. (3) trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark,
trigger off, touch off – (put in motion or move to act; ”trigger a
reaction”; ”actuate the circuits”)


actualize

verb –1. realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate – (make
real or concrete; give reality or substance to; ”our ideas must be
substantiated into actions”)


ad-lib

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


adapt

verb –1. (7) adapt, accommodate – (make ﬁt for, or change to suit a
new purpose; ”Adapt our native cuisine to the available food
resources of the new country”)


add

verb –1. (116) add – (make an addition (to); join or combine or
unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; ”We
added two students to that dorm room”; ”She added a personal note
to her letter”; ”Add insult to injury”; ”Add some extra plates to the
dinner table”)


address

verb –1. (16) address, turn to – (speak to; ”He addressed the crowd
outside the window”)


adhere

verb –1. (5) adhere – (be compatible or in accordance with; ”You
must adhere to the rules”)


adjoin

verb –1. (3) border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against,
butt on – (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; ”Canada
adjoins the U.S.”; ”England marches with Scotland”)


adjourn

verb –1. (4) adjourn, recess, break up – (close at the end of a
session; ”The court adjourned”)


adjudicate

verb –1. judge, adjudicate, try – (put on trial or hear a case and sit as
the judge at the trial of; ”The football star was tried for the murder
of his wife”; ”The judge tried both father and son in separate trials”)


adjust

verb –1. (19) adjust, set, correct – (alter or regulate so as to achieve
accuracy or conform to a standard; ”Adjust the clock, please”;
”correct the alignment of the front wheels”)


administer

verb –1. (9) administer, administrate – (work in an administrative
capacity; supervise or be in charge of; ”administer a program”; ”she
administers the funds”)


administrate

verb –. administer, administrate – (work in an administrative
capacity; supervise or be in charge of; ”administer a program”; ”she
administers the funds”)


admire

verb –1. (13) admire, look up to – (feel admiration for)


admit

verb –1. (64) admit, acknowledge – (declare to be true or admit the
existence or reality or truth of; ”He admitted his errors”; ”She
acknowledged that she might have forgotten”)


admonish

verb –1. (1) warn, discourage, admonish, monish – (admonish or
counsel in terms of someone’s behavior; ”I warned him not to go too
far”; ”I warn you against false assumptions”; ”She warned him to be
quiet”)


adopt

verb –1. (34) adopt, follow, espouse – (choose and follow; as of
theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; ”She followed the feminist
movement”; ”The candidate espouses Republican ideals”)


adore

verb –. (1) adore – (love intensely; ”he just adored his wife”)


adorn

verb –1. (3) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify –
(make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; ”Decorate
the room for the party”; ”beautify yourself for the special day”)


advance

verb –1. (7) advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on –
(move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; ”Time marches on”)


advertise

verb –1. (7) advertise, publicize, advertize, publicise – (call attention
to; ”Please don’t advertise the fact that he has AIDS”)


advertize

verb –1. advertise, advertize, promote, push – (make publicity for; try
to sell (a product); ”The salesman is aggressively pushing the new
computer model”; ”The company is heavily advertizing their new
laptops”)


advise

verb –1. (11) rede, advise, counsel – (give advice to; ”The teacher
counsels troubled students”; ”The lawyer counselled me when I was
accused of tax fraud”)


advocate

verb –1. (9) recommend, urge, advocate – (push for something;
”The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on
Thanksgiving Day”)


affect

verb –1. (43) affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch –
(have an effect upon; ”Will the new rules affect me?”)


affirm

verb –1. (9) confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support,
affirm – (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; ”his
story confirmed my doubts”; ”The evidence supports the defendant”)


affix

verb –1. (7) affix, stick on – (attach to; ”affix the seal here”)


afflict

verb –1. afflict – (cause great unhappiness for; distress; ”she was
afflicted by the death of her parents”)


afford

verb –1. (24) afford – (be able to spare or give up; ”I can’t afford to
spend two hours with this person”)


afforest

verb –. afforest, forest – (establish a forest on previously unforested
land; ”afforest the mountains”)


age

verb –1. (1) age – (begin to seem older; get older; ”The death of his
wife caused him to age fast”)


aggravate

verb –1. (3) worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate – (make
worse; ”This drug aggravates the pain”)


agonize

verb –1. agonize, agonise – (cause to agonize)


aid

verb –1. (36) help, assist, aid – (give help or assistance; be of service;
”Everyone helped out during the earthquake”; ”Can you help me
carry this table?”; ”She never helps around the house”)


ail

verb –1. ail – (be ill or unwell)


aim

verb –1. (8) aim, take, train, take aim, direct – (point or cause to go
(blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment)
towards; ”Please don’t aim at your little brother!”; ”He trained his
gun on the burglar”; ”Don’t train your camera on the women”; ”Take
a swipe at one’s opponent”)


air

verb –1. (1) air out, air, aerate – (expose to fresh air; ”aerate your
old sneakers”)


air-drop

verb –. air-drop – (drop (an object) from the air; unload from a
plane or helicopter)


airlift

verb –. airlift, lift – (ﬂy people or goods to or from places not
accessible by other means; ”Food is airlifted into Bosnia”)


alarm

verb –1. (2) dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify – (fill with
apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; ”I was
horrified at the thought of being late for my interview”; ”The news of
the executions horrified us”)


alert

verb –. (9) alarm, alert – (warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call
to a state of preparedness; ”The empty house alarmed him”; ”We
alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries”)


alienate

verb –1. (3) estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect – (arouse hostility or
indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or
friendliness; ”She alienated her friends when she became fanatically
religious”)


align

verb –1. (2) align, aline, line up, adjust – (place in a line or arrange
so as to be parallel or straight; ”align the car with the curb”; ”align
the sheets of paper on the table”)


allay

verb –1. still, allay, relieve, ease – (lessen the intensity of or calm;
”The news eased my conscience”; ”still the fears”)


allege

verb –. (5) allege, aver, say – (report or maintain; ”He alleged that
he was the victim of a crime”; ”He said it was too late to intervene in
the war”; ”The registrar says that I owe the school money”)


alleviate

verb –1. (2) relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage – (provide physical
relief, as from pain; ”This pill will relieve your headaches”)


allocate

verb –. (6) allocate, apportion – (distribute according to a plan or set
apart for a special purpose; ”I am allocating a loaf of bread to
everyone on a daily basis”; ”I’m allocating the rations for the camping
trip”)


allot

verb –1. (6) assign, allot, portion – (give out; ”We were assigned
new uniforms”)


allow

verb –1. (65) let, allow, permit – (make it possible through a speciﬁc
action or lack of action for something to happen; ”This permits the
water to rush in”; ”This sealed door won’t allow the water come into
the basement”; ”This will permit the rain to run oﬀ”)


alloy

verb –1. debase, alloy – (lower in value by increasing the base-metal
content)


allure

verb –. tempt, allure – (dispose or incline or entice to; ”We were
tempted by the delicious-looking food”)


ally

verb –. ally – (become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or
marriage; ”He allied himself with the Communists”)


alter

verb –1. (26) change, alter, modify – (cause to change; make
diﬀerent; cause a transformation; ”The advent of the automobile may
have altered the growth pattern of the city”; ”The discussion has
changed my thinking about the issue”)


amass

verb –1. (1) accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather,
amass – (collect or gather; ”Journals are accumulating in my oﬃce”;
”The work keeps piling up”)


amaze

verb –1. (4) amaze, astonish, astound – (aﬀect with wonder; ”Your
ability to speak six languages amazes me!”)


ambush

verb –1. (2) ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade,
lie in wait – (wait in hiding to attack)


ameliorate

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


amend

verb –1. (9) amend – (make amendments to; ”amend the
document”)


amplify

verb –1. (4) magnify, amplify – (increase in size, volume or
signiﬁcance; ”Her terror was magniﬁed in her mind”)


amputate

verb –. (2) amputate, cut oﬀ – (remove surgically; ”amputate limbs”)


amuse

verb –1. (6) amuse, divert, disport – (occupy in an agreeable,
entertaining or pleasant fashion; ”The play amused the ladies”)


analyse

verb –1. (2) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas –
(consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover
essential features or meaning; ”analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare”;
”analyze the evidence in a criminal trial”; ”analyze your real motives”)


analyze

verb –1. (21) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas –
(consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover
essential features or meaning; ”analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare”;
”analyze the evidence in a criminal trial”; ”analyze your real motives”)


anesthetize

verb –. anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put
under, put out – (administer an anesthetic drug to; ”The patient
must be anesthetized before the operation”; ”anesthetize the gum
before extracting the teeth”)


anger

verb –1. (1) anger – (make angry; ”The news angered him”)


anguish

verb –1. anguish – (suﬀer great pains or distress)


animate

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


annex

verb –1. annex – (take (territory) as if by conquest; ”Hitler annexed
Lithuania”)


annihilate

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


annotate

verb –1. annotate, footnote – (add explanatory notes to or supply
with critical comments; ”The scholar annotated the early edition of a
famous novel”)


announce

verb –1. (74) announce, denote – (make known; make an
announcement; ”She denoted her feelings clearly”)


annoy

verb –. (5) 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 really
bothers me”; ”It irritates me that she never closes the door after she
leaves”)


annul

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


anoint

verb –1. anoint – (choose by or as if by divine intervention; ”She was
anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group”)


answer

verb –1. (63) answer, reply, respond – (react verbally; ”She didn’t
want to answer”; ”answer the question”; ”We answered that we
would accept the invitation”)


antagonize

verb –1. (2) antagonize, antagonise – (provoke the hostility of;
”Don’t antagonize your boss”)


anticipate

verb –1. (8) expect, anticipate – (regard something as probable or
likely; ”The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow”)


apologize

verb –1. (3) apologize, apologise – (acknowledge faults or
shortcomings or failing; ”I apologized for being late”; ”He apologized
for the many typoes”)


appal

verb –1. shock, oﬀend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
– (strike with disgust or revulsion; ”The scandalous behavior of this
married woman shocked her friends”)


appall

verb –1. shock, oﬀend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage
– (strike with disgust or revulsion; ”The scandalous behavior of this
married woman shocked her friends”)


appeal

verb –1. (4) appeal – (take a court case to a higher court for review;
”He was found guilty but appealed immediately”)


appease

verb –1. (2) pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify,
placate, gentle, gruntle – (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain
the good will of; ”She managed to mollify the angry customer”)


append

verb –1. (1) append, add on, supplement, aﬃx – (add to the very
end; ”He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented
language”)


applaud

verb –1. (5) applaud, clap, spat, acclaim – (clap one’s hands or shout
after performances to indicate approval)


apply

verb –1. (45) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ – (put into service;
make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or
natural purpose; ”use your head!”; ”we only use Spanish at home”; ”I
can’t use this tool”; ”Apply a magnetic ﬁeld here”; ”This thinking
was applied to many projects”; ”How do you utilize this tool?”; ”I
apply this rule to get good results”; ”use the plastic bags to store the
food”; ”He doesn’t know how to use a computer”)


appoint

verb –1. (13) appoint, name, nominate, constitute – (create and
charge with a task or function; ”nominate a committee”)


apportion

verb –1. (3) allocate, apportion – (distribute according to a plan or
set apart for a special purpose; ”I am allocating a loaf of bread to
everyone on a daily basis”; ”I’m allocating the rations for the camping
trip”)


appraise

verb –1. (2) measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value –
(evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or
signiﬁcance of; ”I will have the family jewels appraised by a
professional”; ”access all the factors when taking a risk”)


appreciate

verb –1. (12) appreciate – (recognize with gratitude; be grateful for)


apprehend

verb –1. (2) grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp,
compass, apprehend – (get the meaning of something; ”Do you
comprehend the meaning of this letter?”)


apprentice

verb –. (1) apprentice – (be or work as an apprentice; ”She
apprenticed with the great master”)


apprise

verb –1. advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize –
(inform (somebody) of something; ”I advised him that the rent was
due”)


approach

verb –1. (46) approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close,
come near – (move towards; ”We were approaching our destination”;
”They are drawing near”; ”The enemy army came nearer and nearer”)


appropriate

verb –1. (11) allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve – (give
or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; ”I will earmark
this money for your research”; ”She sets aside time for meditation
every day”)


approve

verb –1. (27) approve, O.K., okay, sanction – (give sanction to; ”I
approve of his educational policies”)


approximate

verb –1. (5) approximate, come close – (be close or similar; ”Her
results approximate my own”)


arbitrate

verb –. (1) intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate – (act
between parties with a view to reconciling diﬀerences; ”He interceded
in the family dispute”; ”He mediated a settlement”)


arc

verb –. arch, curve, arc – (form an arch or curve; ”her back arches”;
”her hips curve nicely”)


arch

verb –. (3) arch, curve, arc – (form an arch or curve; ”her back
arches”; ”her hips curve nicely”)


archive

verb –. archive, ﬁle away – (put into an archive)


argue

verb –1. (34) argue, reason – (present reasons and arguments)


arm

verb –1. (4) arm, build up, fortify, gird – (prepare oneself for a
military confrontation; ”The U.S. is girding for a conﬂict in the
Middle East”; ”troops are building up on the Iraqi border”)


arouse

verb –1. (14) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, ﬁre, raise,
provoke – (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); ”arouse
pity”; ”raise a smile”; ”evoke sympathy”)


arraign

verb –1. (1) arraign – (call before a court to answer an indictment)


arrange

verb –1. (13) arrange, set up – (put into a proper or systematic
order; ”arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order”)


arrest

verb –1. (20) collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop – (take
into custody; ”the police nabbed the suspected criminals”)


articulate

verb –1. (1) joint, articulate – (provide with a joint; ”the carpenter
jointed two pieces of wood”)


ascertain

verb –1. (4) determine, find, find out, ascertain – (establish after a
calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; ”find the
product of two numbers”; ”The physicist who found the elusive
particle won the Nobel Prize”)


ascribe

verb –. (3) impute, ascribe, assign, attribute – (attribute or credit to;
”We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”; ”People impute great
cleverness to cats”)


ask

verb –1. (244) ask, inquire, enquire – (inquire about; ”I asked about
their special today”; ”He had to ask directions several times”)


aspire

verb –. (2) draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for – (have an
ambitious plan or a lofty goal)


assail

verb –1. (6) assail, assault, set on, attack – (attack someone
physically or emotionally; ”The mugger assaulted the woman”;
”Nightmares assailed him regularly”)


assassinate

verb –1. assassinate – (murder; especially of socially prominent
persons; ”Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not
like his peace politics with Israel”)


assault

verb –1. (7) assail, assault, set on, attack – (attack someone
physically or emotionally; ”The mugger assaulted the woman”;
”Nightmares assailed him regularly”)


assemble

verb –1. (15) assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack
together – (create by putting components or members together; ”She
pieced a quilt”; ”He tacked together some verses”; ”They set up a
committee”)


assert

verb –1. (22) assert, asseverate, maintain – (state categorically)


assess

verb –1. (14) measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value –
(evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or
signiﬁcance of; ”I will have the family jewels appraised by a
professional”; ”access all the factors when taking a risk”)


assign

verb –1. (15) delegate, designate, depute, assign – (give an
assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))


assimilate

verb –1. (2) absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in – (take up mentally;
”he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe”)


assist

verb –1. (21) help, assist, aid – (give help or assistance; be of service;
”Everyone helped out during the earthquake”; ”Can you help me
carry this table?”; ”She never helps around the house”)


associate

verb –1. (25) associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
– (make a logical or causal connection; ”I cannot connect these two
pieces of evidence in my mind”; ”colligate these facts”; ”I cannot
relate these events at all”)


assort

verb –1. consort, associate, aﬃliate, assort – (keep company with;
hang out with; ”He associates with strange people”; ”She aﬃliates
with her colleagues”)


assuage

verb –1. pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate,
gentle, gruntle – (cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good
will of; ”She managed to mollify the angry customer”)


assume

verb –1. (68) assume, presume, take for granted – (take to be the
case or to be true; accept without veriﬁcation or proof; ”I assume his
train was late”)


assure

verb –1. (20) guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure – (make
certain of; ”This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us”;
”Preparation will guarantee success!”)


astonish

verb –. (1) amaze, astonish, astound – (aﬀect with wonder; ”Your


astound

verb –. (3) amaze, astonish, astound – (aﬀect with wonder; ”Your


attach

verb –1. (22) attach – (cause to be attached)


attack

verb –1. (22) attack, assail – (launch an attack or assault on; begin
hostilities or start warfare with; ”Hitler attacked Poland on September
1, 1939 and started World War II”; ”Serbian forces assailed Bosnian
towns all week”)


attain

verb –1. (16) achieve, accomplish, attain, reach – (to gain with
eﬀort; ”she achieved her goal despite setbacks”)


attempt

verb –1. (50) try, seek, attempt, essay, assay – (make an eﬀort or
attempt; ”He tried to shake oﬀ his fears”; ”The infant had essayed a
few wobbly steps”; ”The police attempted to stop the thief”; ”He
sought to improve himself”; ”She always seeks to do good in the
world”)


attend

verb –1. (84) attend, go to – (be present at (meetings, church
services, university), etc.; ”She attends class regularly”; ”I rarely
attend services at my church”; ”did you go to the meeting?”)


attract

verb –1. (23) attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in – (direct toward
itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical
attributes; ”Her good looks attract the stares of many men”; ”The ad
pulled in many potential customers”; ”This pianist pulls huge
crowds”; ”The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new
customers”)


attribute

verb –1. (16) impute, ascribe, assign, attribute – (attribute or credit
to; ”We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”; ”People impute
great cleverness to cats”)


attune

verb –. (1) attune – (adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with)


auction

verb –. auction, auction oﬀ, auctioneer – (sell at an auction)


audit

verb –1. (1) audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect – (examine carefully
for accuracy with the intent of veriﬁcation; ”audit accounts and tax
returns”)


augment

verb –1. (8) augment – (enlarge or increase; ”The recent speech of
the president augmented tensions in the Near East”)


augur

verb –1. (1) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,
betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, preﬁgure, forecast, predict –
(indicate by signs; ”These signs bode bad news”)


authenticate

verb –. (1) authenticate – (establish the authenticity of something)


author

verb –. author – (be the author of; ”She authored this play”)


authorise

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


authorize

verb –1. (32) authorize, authorise, pass, clear – (grant authorization
or clearance for; ”Clear the manuscript for publication”; ”The rock
star never authorized this slanderous biography”)


automate

verb –. (1) automatize, automatise, automate – (make automatic or
control or operate automatically; ”automatize the production”;
”automate the movement of the robot”)


avail

verb –1. (3) avail – (use to one’s advantage; ”He availed himself of
the available resources”)


avenge

verb –. (1) revenge, avenge, retaliate – (take revenge for a perceived
wrong; ”He wants to avenge the murder of his brother”)


average

verb –1. (15) average, average out – (amount to or come to an
average, without loss or gain; ”The number of hours I work per work
averages out to 40”)


avert

verb –1. (5) debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off,
stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off – (prevent the occurrence of;
prevent from happening; ”Let’s avoid a confrontation”; ”head off a
confrontation”; ”avert a strike”)


avoid

verb –1. (24) avoid – (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of
the way of someone or something; ”Her former friends now avoid
her”)


await

verb –. (25) expect, look, await, wait – (look forward to the probable
occurrence of; ”We were expecting a visit from our relatives”; ”She is
looking to a promotion”; ”he is waiting to be drafted”)


awaken

verb –1. (8) awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse – (cause
to become awake or conscious; ”He was roused by the drunken men
in the street”; ”Please wake me at 6 AM.”)


award

verb –1. (6) award, present – (give, especially as an honor or reward;
”bestow honors and prizes at graduation”)


axe

verb –1. axe, ax – (chop or split with an ax; ”axe wood”)


baby-sit

verb –1. baby-sit – (take watchful responsibility for; ”I baby-sit the
neighbor’s plants when she is out of town”)


back

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


backhand

verb –. backhand – (hit a tennis ball backhand)


badge

verb –. badge – (put a badge on; ”The workers here must be
badged”)


badger

verb –1. (2) tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer – (annoy
persistently; ”The children teased the boy because of his stammer”)


badmouth

verb –. badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud – (speak
unfavorably about; ”She badmouths her husband everywhere”)


baffle

verb –1. (1) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat,
pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
– (be a mystery or bewildering to; ”This beats me!”; ”Got me–I don’t
know the answer!”; ”a vexing problem”; ”This question really stuck
me”)


bag

verb –1. (1) bag – (capture or kill, as in hunting; ”bag a few
pheasants”)


bail

verb –1. bail – (release after a security has been paid)


bait

verb –1. (1) tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt,
twit, rally, ride – (harass with persistent criticism or carping; ”The
children teased the new teacher”; ”Don’t ride me so hard over my
failure”; ”His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and
tie”)


bake

verb –1. (6) bake – (cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven;
”bake the potatoes”)


balance

verb –1. (6) balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise – (bring into
balance or equilibrium; ”She has to balance work and her domestic
duties”; ”balance the two weights”)


ban

verb –1. (2) ban, censor – (forbid the public distribution of ( a movie
or a newspaper))


bandage

verb –1. bind, bandage – (wrap around with something so as to cover
or enclose)


bang

verb –1. (3) slam, bang – (strike violently; ”slam the ball”)


banish

verb –1. (3) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out,
blackball – (expel from a community or group)


bank

verb –1. (2) bank – (tip laterally; ”the pilot had to bank the
aircraft”)


bankroll

verb –. bankroll – (provide with suﬃcient funds; ﬁnance; ”Who will
bankroll the restoration of the former East German economy?”)


bankrupt

verb –. (1) bankrupt, ruin, break, smash – (reduce to bankruptcy;
”My daughter’s fancy wedding is going to break me!”; ”The slump in
the ﬁnancial markets smashed him”)


baptize

verb –. (8) baptize, baptise, christen – (administer baptism to; ”The
parents had the child baptized”)


bar

verb –1. (9) bar, debar, exclude – (prevent from entering; keep out;
”He was barred from membership in the club”)


barbecue

verb –. (2) barbeque, barbecue, cook out – (cook outdoors on a
barbecue grill; ”let’s barbecue that meat”; ”We cooked out in the
forest”)


barge

verb –1. (2) barge, thrust ahead, push forward – (push one’s way;
”she barged into the meeting room”)


bark

verb –1. (1) bark – (speak in an unfriendly tone; ”She barked into
the dictaphone”)


barrage

verb –. bombard, barrage – (address with continuously or
persistently, as if with a barrage; ”The speaker was barraged by an
angry audience”; ”The governor was bombarded with requests to
grant a pardon to the convicted killer”)


barrel

verb –. barrel – (put in barrels)


barricade

verb –1. (1) barricade, block, blockade, stop, block oﬀ, block up, bar
– (render unsuitable for passage; ”block the way”; ”barricade the
streets”; ”stop the busy road”)


base

verb –1. (75) establish, base, ground, found – (use as a basis for;
found on; ”base a claim on some observation”)


bash

verb –. sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash – (hit hard)


bat

verb –1. (11) bat – (strike with, or as if with a baseball bat; ”bat the
ball”)


bath

verb –. bathe, bath – (clean one’s body by immersion into water;
”The child should bathe every day”)


bathe

verb –1. (5) bathe – (cleanse the entire body; ”bathe daily”)


batter

verb –1. (3) buﬀet, knock about, batter – (strike against forcefully;
”Winds buﬀeted the tent”)


bawl

verb –1. (8) bawl, bellow – (shout loudly and without restraint)


bead

verb –1. bead – (form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example)


beam

verb –1. (5) beam – (smile radiantly; express joy through one’s facial
expression)


bear

verb –1. (23) bear – (have; ”bear a resemblance”; ”bear a
signature”)


beat

verb –1. (18) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish – (come
out better in a competition, race, or conﬂict; ”Agassi beat Becker in
the tennis championship”; ”We beat the competition”; ”Harvard
defeated Yale in the last football game”)


beatify

verb –1. exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify – (ﬁll
with sublime emotion; ”The children were thrilled at the prospect of
going to the movies”; ”He was inebriated by his phenomenal success”)


beautify

verb –1. (1) fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify – (make more
beautiful)


become

verb –1. (327) become, go, get – (enter or assume a certain state or
condition; ”He became annoyed when he heard the bad news”; ”It
must be getting more serious”; ”her face went red with anger”; ”She
went into ecstasy”; ”Get going!”)


bedevil

verb –1. torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate – (treat cruelly;
”The children tormented the stuttering teacher”)


beep

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


beﬁt

verb –. (2) beﬁt, suit, beseem – (accord or comport with; ”This kind
of behavior does not suit a young woman!”)


befriend

verb –. (1) befriend – (become friends with; ”John and Eric soon
became friends”; ”Have you made friends yet in your new
environment?”)


befuddle

verb –1. (1) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound,
discombobulate – (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable
to think clearly; ”These questions confuse even the experts”; ”This
question completely threw me”; ”This question befuddled even the
teacher”)


beg

verb –1. (11) beg, implore, pray – (call upon in supplication; entreat;
”I beg you to stop!”)


begin

verb –1. (375) get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set
out, commence – (take the ﬁrst step or steps in carrying out an
action; ”We began working at dawn”; ”Who will start?”; ”Get
working as soon as the sun rises!”; ”The ﬁrst tourists began to arrive
in Cambodia”; ”He began early in the day”; ”Let’s get down to work
now”)


begrudge

verb –1. envy, begrudge – (be envious of; set one’s heart on)


behave

verb –1. (18) act, behave, do – (behave in a certain manner; show a
certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; ”You should act like an
adult”; ”Don’t behave like a fool”; ”What makes her do this way?”;
”The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people”)


behead

verb –. (1) decapitate, behead, decollate – (cut the head of; ”the
French King was beheaded during the Revolution”)


beleaguer

verb –1. tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer – (annoy persistently;
”The children teased the boy because of his stammer”)


belie

verb –1. (3) contradict, belie, negate – (be in contradiction with)


believe

verb –1. (118) believe – (accept as true; take to be true; ”I believed
his report”; ”We didn’t believe his stories from the War”; ”She
believes in spirits”)


belittle

verb –1. minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate – (cause to seem less
serious; play down; ”Don’t belittle his inﬂuence”)


bellow

verb –1. (10) bawl, bellow – (shout loudly and without restraint)


belt

verb –1. (1) belt out, belt – (sing loudly and forcefully)


bemoan

verb –. (2) deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan – (regret strongly; ”I
deplore this hostile action”; ”we lamented the loss of beneﬁts”)


bench

verb –1. (3) bench – (take out of a game; of players)


bend

verb –1. (23) bend, ﬂex – (form a curve; ”The stick does not bend”)


benefit

verb –1. (15) profit, gain, benefit – (derive a benefit from; ”She
profited from his vast experience”)


bequeath

verb –. bequeath, will, leave – (leave or give by will after one’s death;
”My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry”; ”My grandfather left me
his entire estate”)


berate

verb –. (2) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce,
reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide,
berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words,
lambaste, lambast – (censure severely or angrily; ”The mother
scolded the child for entering a stranger’s car”; ”The deputy ragged
the Prime Minister”; ”The customer dressed down the waiter for
bringing cold soup”)


berth

verb –1. berth – (provide with a berth)


beseech

verb –. (2) bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure – (ask for or
request earnestly; ”The prophet bid all people to become good
persons”)


beset

verb –1. (5) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset,
plague, molest, provoke – (annoy continually or chronically; ”He is
known to harry his staﬀ when he is overworked”; ”This man harasses
his female co-workers”)


besiege

verb –1. (2) besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent –
(surround so as to force to give up; ”The Turks besieged Vienna”)


besmirch

verb –1. (2) defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate,
smear, sully, besmirch – (charge falsely or with malicious intent;
attack the good name and reputation of someone; ”The journalists
have defamed me!” ”The article in the paper sullied my reputation”)


bespeak

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


best

verb –. (1) outdo, outﬂank, trump, best, scoop – (get the better of;
”the goal was to best the competition”)


bestow

verb –1. (4) confer, bestow – (present; ”The university conferred a
degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated”;
”bestow an honor on someone”)


bet

verb –1. (19) bet, wager – (maintain with or as if with a bet; ”I bet
she will be there!”)


betray

verb –1. (8) betray, bewray – (reveal unintentionally; ”Her smile
betrayed her true feelings”)


better

verb –1. (1) better, break – (surpass in excellence; ”She bettered her
own record”; ”break a record”)


bewilder

verb –1. (2) perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baﬄe, beat,
pose, bewilder, ﬂummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
– (be a mystery or bewildering to; ”This beats me!”; ”Got me–I don’t
know the answer!”; ”a vexing problem”; ”This question really stuck
me”)


bewitch

verb –1. (1) capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor,
captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant –
(attract; cause to be enamored; ”She captured all the men’s hearts”)


bid

verb –1. (6) oﬀer, bid, tender – (propose a payment; ”The Swiss
dealer oﬀered 2 million for the painting”)


bilk

verb –1. (1) bilk – (cheat somebody out of what is due, especially
money)


bill

verb –1. (2) charge, bill – (demand payment; ”Will I get charged for
this service?”; ”We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we
stayed only 3 nights”)


bind

verb –1. (8) adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to – (stick to
ﬁrmly; ”Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?”)


bisect

verb –. bisect – (cut in half or cut in two; ”bisect a line”)


bite

verb –1. (12) bite, seize with teeth – (to grip, cut oﬀ, or tear with or
as if with the teeth or jaws; ”Gunny invariably tried to bite her”)


black

verb –. blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black – (make or become
black; ”The smoke blackened the ceiling”; ”The ceiling blackened”)


blacken

verb –1. (2) blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black – (make or
become black; ”The smoke blackened the ceiling”; ”The ceiling
blackened”)


blackmail

verb –1. blackmail, blackjack, pressure – (exert pressure on someone
through threats)


blame

verb –1. (12) blame, fault – (put or pin the blame on)


blanch

verb –1. (1) pale, blanch, blench – (turn pale, as if in fear)


blank

verb –. blank – (keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning)


blanket

verb –1. (1) blanket – (cover as if with a blanket; ”snow blanketed
the ﬁelds”)


blare

verb –1. (1) blast, blare – (make a strident sound; ”She tended to
blast when speaking into a microphone”)


blast

verb –1. (3) blast, blare – (make a strident sound; ”She tended to
blast when speaking into a microphone”)


bleach

verb –1. (1) bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize,
decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise,
discolorise – (remove color from; ”The sun bleached the red shirt”)


bleed

verb –1. (10) shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage – (lose blood from one’s
body)


blend

verb –1. (7) blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle – (combine into
one; ”blend the nuts and raisins together”; ”he blends in with the
crowd”; ”We don’t intermingle much”)


bless

verb –1. (4) bless – (give a benediction to; ”The dying man blessed
his son”)


blight

verb –. (1) blight, plague – (cause to suﬀer a blight; ”Too much rain
may blight the garden with mold”)


blind

verb –1. (2) blind – (render unable to see)


blindfold

verb –. blindfold – (cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from
seeing; ”the hostage was blindfolded and driven away”)


blink

verb –1. (11) blink, wink, nictitate, nictate – (brieﬂy shut the eyes;
”The TV announcer never seems to blink”)


blister

verb –1. (2) blister, vesicate – (get blistered; ”Her feet blistered
during the long hike”)


blitz

verb –. blitz – (attack suddenly and without warning; ”Hitler blitzed
Poland”)


bloat

verb –1. (1) bloat – (become bloated or swollen or puﬀ up; ”The
dead man’s stomach was bloated”)


block

verb –1. (7) barricade, block, blockade, stop, block oﬀ, block up, bar
– (render unsuitable for passage; ”block the way”; ”barricade the
streets”; ”stop the busy road”)


blockade

verb –1. obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass
– (hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; ”His brother
blocked him at every turn”)


blot

verb –1. blot – (dry (ink) with blotting paper)


blow

verb –1. (6) blow – (exhale hard; ”blow on the soup to cool it down”)


bludgeon

verb –1. bludgeon – (overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club;
”The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math
formulas”)


blue

verb –. blue – (turn blue)


bluff

verb –1. bluff, bluff out – (deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an
inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning
hand)


blunt

verb –1. (1) blunt – (make less intense; ”blunted emotions”)


blur

verb –1. (2) ﬁlm over, glaze over, blur – (become glassy; lose clear
vision; ”Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep”)


blurt

verb –. (1) blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate – (utter
impulsively; ”He blurted out the secret”; ”He blundered his stupid
ideas”)


board

verb –1. (5) board, get on – (get on board of (trains, buses, ships,
aircraft, etc.))


boast

verb –1. (7) boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster,
vaunt, gasconade – (show oﬀ)


bob

verb –1. (6) bob – (move up and down repeatedly; ”her rucksack
bobbed gently on her back”)


bobble

verb –. 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 and
we had to eat out”; ”the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in
the second movement”)


bode

verb –. (1) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,
betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, preﬁgure, forecast, predict –
(indicate by signs; ”These signs bode bad news”)


boil

verb –1. (4) boil – (come to the boiling point and change from a
liquid to vapor; ”Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius”)


bolster

verb –1. (3) bolster, bolster up – (support and strengthen; ”bolster
morale”)


bolt

verb –1. (2) bolt – (move or jump suddenly; ”She bolted from her
seat”)


bomb

verb –1. (3) bombard, bomb – (throw bombs at or attack with
bombs; ”The Americans bombed Dresden”)


bombard

verb –1. pelt, bombard – (cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some
missile; ”They pelted each other with snowballs”)


bond

verb –1. (1) adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to – (stick to
ﬁrmly; ”Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?”)


bone

verb –1. cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up,
swot up, bone – (study intensively, as before an exam; ”I had to bone
up on my Latin verbs before the ﬁnal exam”)


boo

verb –. (1) boo, hiss – (show displeasure, as after a performance or
speech)


book

verb –1. (3) book – (engage for a performance; ”Her agent had
booked her for several concerts in Tokyo”)


boom

verb –1. (5) boom, din – (make a resonant sound, like artillery; ”His
deep voice boomed through the hall”)


boost

verb –1. (3) hike, hike up, boost – (increase; ”The landlord hiked up
the rents”)


boot

verb –1. boot – (kick; give a boot to)


border

verb –1. (3) surround, environ, ring, skirt, border – (extend on all
sides of simultaneously; encircle; ”The forest surrounds my property”)


bore

verb –1. (7) bore, tire – (cause to be bored)


borrow

verb –1. (16) borrow – (get temporarily; ”May I borrow your lawn
mower?”)


botch

verb –. 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 and
we had to eat out”; ”the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in
the second movement”)


bother

verb –1. (18) trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself –
(take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; ”He did not
trouble to call his mother on her birthday”; ”Don’t bother, please”)


bottle

verb –1. bottle – (store (liquids or gases) in bottles)


bottom

verb –1. bottom – (provide with a bottom or a seat; ”bottom the
chairs”)


bounce

verb –1. (13) bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound,
recoil, reverberate, ricochet – (spring back; spring away from an
impact; ”The rubber ball bounced”; ”These particles do not resile but
they unite after they collide”)


bound

verb –1. (4) jump, leap, bound, spring – (move forward by leaps and
bounds; ”The horse bounded across the meadow”; ”The child leapt
across the puddle”; ”Can you jump over the fence?”)


bow

verb –1. (11) bow, bow down – (bend one’s knee or body, or lower
one’s head; ”He bowed before the King”; ”She bowed her head in
shame”)


box

verb –1. (1) box, package – (put into a box; ”box the gift, please”)


boycott

verb –. (2) boycott – (refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with)


brace

verb –1. (2) brace, poise – (prepare (oneself) for something
unpleasant or diﬃcult)


braid

verb –1. (1) braid, lace, plait – (make by braiding or interlacing;
”lace a tablecloth”)


brainwash

verb –1. brainwash – (persuade completely, often through coercion;
”The propaganda brainwashed many people”)


braise

verb –. braise – (cook in liquid; ”braise beef”)


brake

verb –1. brake – (stop travelling by applying a brake; ”We had to
brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road”)


brand

verb –1. (1) brand – (burn with a branding iron to indicate
ownership; of animals)


brandish

verb –1. (2) brandish, ﬂourish, wave – (move or swing back and
forth; ”She waved her gun”)


brave

verb –. (1) weather, endure, brave, brave out – (face and withstand
with courage; ”She braved the elements”)


breach

verb –1. (1) transgress, oﬀend, infract, violate, go against, breach,
break – (act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
”oﬀend all laws of humanity”; ”violate the basic laws or human
civilization”; ”break a law”; ”break a promise”)


bread

verb –. bread – (cover with bread crumbs; ”bread the pork chops
before frying them”)


break

verb –1. (15) interrupt, break – (terminate; ”She interrupted her
pregnancy”; ”break a lucky streak”; ”break the cycle of poverty”)


breastfeed

verb –. breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck –
(give suck to; ”The wetnurse suckled the infant”; ”You cannot nurse
your baby in public in some places”)


breathe

verb –1. (22) breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire – (draw air into,
and expel out of, the lungs; ”I can breathe better when the air is
clean”; ”The patient is respiring”)


breed

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


brew

verb –1. brew – (prepare by brewing; ”people have been brewing beer
for thousands of years”)


bribe

verb –. (1) bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one’s palms – (make illegal
payments to in exchange for favors or inﬂuence; ”This judge can be
bought”)


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