Verbocean III (league - restock)

Verb Ocean III

Andrew Ernest Ritz

Langtech

May 31, 2011

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league

verb –. (1) league – (unite to form a league)


leak

verb –1. (1) leak – (tell anonymously; ”The news were leaked to the
paper”)


lean

verb –1. (24) lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle – (to incline or bend from a
vertical position; ”She leaned over the banister”)


learn

verb –1. (90) learn, larn, acquire – (gain knowledge or skills; ”She
learned dancing from her sister”; ”I learned Sanskrit”; ”Children
acquire language at an amazing rate”)


lease

verb –1. (2) rent, lease – (let for money; ”We rented our apartment
to friends while we were abroad”)


leave

verb –1. (146) leave, go forth, go away – (go away from a place; ”At
what time does your train leave?”; ”She didn’t leave until midnight”;
”The ship leaves at midnight”)


legalize

verb –. legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize,
legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise – (make legal;
”Marijuana should be legalized”)


legislate

verb –. (1) legislate, pass – (make laws, bills, etc. or bring into eﬀect
by legislation; ”They passed the amendment”; ”We cannot legislate
how people spend their free time”)


legitimate

verb –1. legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize,


legitimize

verb –. (1) legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize,


lend

verb –1. (7) lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring – (bestow a
quality on; ”Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company”;
”The music added a lot to the play”; ”She brings a special
atmosphere to our meetings”; ”This adds a light note to the
program”)


lengthen

verb –1. (1) lengthen – (make longer; ”Lengthen this skirt, please”)


lessen

verb –1. (5) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall – (decrease in size,
extent, or range; ”The amount of homework decreased towards the
end of the semester”; ”The cabin pressure fell dramatically”; ”her
weight fell to under a hundred pounds”; ”his voice fell to a whisper”)


let

verb –1. (219) 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”)


level

verb –1. (4) level – (aim at; ”level criticism or charges at somebody”)


leverage

verb –1. leverage – (supplement with leverage; ”leverage the money
that is already available”)


levitate

verb –1. levitate – (cause to rise in the air and ﬂoat, as if in deﬁance
of gravity; ”The magician levitated the woman”)


levy

verb –1. (4) levy, impose – (impose and collect; ”levy a ﬁne”)


libel

verb –. libel – (print slanderous statements against; ”The newspaper
was accused of libeling him”)


liberalise

verb –1. liberalize, liberalise – (become more liberal; ”The laws
liberalized after Prohibition”)


liberalize

verb –1. (1) liberalize, liberalise – (make liberal or more liberal, of
laws and rules)


liberate

verb –1. (2) emancipate, liberate – (give equal rights to; of women
and minorities)


license

verb –. (2) license, licence, certify – (authorize oﬃcially; ”I am
licensed to practice law in this state”)


lick

verb –1. (12) cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick – (beat
thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or ﬁght; ”We licked the
other team on Sunday!”)


lift

verb –1. (31) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up – (raise from a
lower to a higher position; ”Raise your hands”; ”Lift a load”)


light

verb –1. (12) light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate – (make
lighter or brighter; ”This lamp lightens the room a bit”)


lighten

verb –1. (1) lighten, lighten up, buoy up – (make more cheerful; ”the
conversation lightened me up a bit”)


like

verb –1. (76) wish, care, like – (prefer or wish to do something; ”Do
you care to try this dish?”; ”Would you like to come along to the
movies?”)


liken

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


lime

verb –1. birdlime, lime – (spread birdlime on branches to catch birds)


limit

verb –1. (23) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, conﬁne,
throttle – (place limits on (extent or access); ”restrict the use of this
parking lot”; ”limit the time you can spend with your friends”)


limn

verb –1. delineate, limn, outline – (trace the shape of)


line

verb –1. (7) line, run along – (be in line with; form a line along;
”trees line the riverbank”)


link

verb –1. (14) 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”)


lionize

verb –. (2) lionize, lionise, celebrate – (assign great social importance
to; ”The ﬁlm director was celebrated all over Hollywood”; ”The tenor
was lionized in Vienna”)


liquidate

verb –1. (2) neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock oﬀ, do in –
(get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; ”The maﬁa
liquidated the informer”; ”the double agent was neutralized”)


list

verb –1. (23) list, name – (give or make a list of; name individually;
give the names of; ”List the states west of the Mississippi”)


litigate

verb –1. litigate – (engage in legal proceedings)


litter

verb –1. (1) litter – (strew; ”Cigar butts littered the ground”)


live

verb –1. (129) populate, dwell, live, inhabit – (inhabit or live in; be
an inhabitant of; ”People lived in Africa millions of years ago”; ”The
people inhabited the islands that are now deserted”; ”this kind of ﬁsh
dwells near the bottom of the ocean”; ”deer are populating the
woods”)


liven

verb –. enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate – (make lively;
”let’s liven up this room a bit”)


load

verb –1. (8) load, lade, laden, load up – (ﬁll or place a load on; ”load
a car”; ”load the truck with hay”)


loan

verb –. (3) lend, loan – (give temporarily; let have for a limited time;
”I will lend you my car”; ”loan me some money”)


loathe

verb –. (3) abhor, loathe, abominate, execrate – (ﬁnd repugnant; ”I
loathe that man”; ”She abhors cats”)


lob

verb –. (1) lob – (propel in a high arc; ”lob the tennis ball”)


lobby

verb –. (1) lobby, buttonhole – (detain in conversation by or as if by
holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic
favors)


localize

verb –1. place, localize, localise – (identify the location or place of;
”We localized the source of the infection”)


locate

verb –1. (16) locate, turn up – (discover the location of; determine
the place of; ﬁnd by searching or examining; ”Can you locate your
cousins in the Midwest?”; ”My search turned up nothing”)


lock

verb –1. (8) lock – (fasten with a lock; ”lock the bike to the fence”)


lodge

verb –1. (3) lodge – (be a lodger; stay temporarily; ”Where are you
lodging in Paris?”)


loft

verb –1. loft – (store in a loft)


log

verb –1. (2) log – (enter into a log, as on ships and planes)


loop

verb –1. (1) loop – (move in loops; ”The bicycle looped around the
tree”)


loosen

verb –1. (5) loosen, loose – (make loose or looser; ”loosen the
tension on a rope”)


loot

verb –1. (1) loot, plunder – (take illegally; of intellectual property;
”This writer plundered from famous authors”)


lop

verb –1. discerp, sever, lop – (cut oﬀ from a whole; ”His head was
severed from his body”; ”The soul discerped from the body”)


lose

verb –1. (123) lose – (fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have,
either physically or in an abstract sense; ”She lost her purse when she
left it unattended on her seat”)


love

verb –1. (43) love – (have a great aﬀection or liking for; ”I love
French food”; ”She loves her boss and works hard for him”)


lowball

verb –. lowball, underestimate – (make a deliberately low estimate;
”The construction company wanted the contract badly and
lowballed”)


lower

verb –1. (15) lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down –
(move something or somebody to a lower position; ”take down the
vase from the shelf”)


lubricate

verb –1. lubricate – (have lubricating properties; ”the liquid in this
can lubricates well”)


lug

verb –1. (5) lug, tote, tug – (carry with diﬃculty; ”You’ll have to lug
this suitcase”)


lull

verb –1. (2) lull – (calm by deception; ”Don’t let yourself be lulled
into a false state of security”)


lump

verb –1. (2) lump, chunk – (put together indiscriminately; ”lump
together all the applicants”)


lure

verb –. (6) entice, lure, tempt – (provoke someone to do something
through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; ”He
lured me into temptation”)


lurk

verb –1. (8) lurk, skulk – (lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a
sneaky and secretive manner)


lust

verb –. crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust – (have a craving, appetite,
or great desire for)


lynch

verb –. lynch – (kill without legal sanction; ”The blood-thirsty mob
lynched the alleged killer of the child”)


madden

verb –1. madden, craze – (cause to go crazy; cause to lose one’s
mind)


magnify

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


mail

verb –1. (12) mail, get oﬀ – (send via the postal service; ”I’ll mail
you the check tomorrow”)


maim

verb –. maim – (injure or wound seriously and leave permanent
disﬁguration or mutilation; ”people were maimed by the explosion”)


maintain

verb –1. (41) keep, maintain, hold – (keep in a certain state,
position, or activity; e.g., ”keep clean”; ”hold in place”; ”She always
held herself as a lady”; ”The students keep me on my toes”)


make

verb –1. (508) make, do – (engage in; ”make love, not war”; ”make
an eﬀort”; ”do research”; ”do nothing”; ”make revolution”)


malign

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


man

verb –1. (2) man – (take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain
work place; ”Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning”)


manage

verb –1. (27) pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage – (be
successful; achieve a goal; ”She succeeded in persuading us all”; ”I
managed to carry the box upstairs”; ”She pulled it off, even though
we never thought her capable of it”; ”The pianist negociated the
difficult runs”)


maneuver

verb –1. (5) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point,
head, guide, channelize, channelise – (direct the course; determine the
direction of travelling)


mangle

verb –1. mangle – (press with a mangle; ”mangle the sheets”)


manhandle

verb –. manhandle – (handle roughly; ”I was manhandled by the
police”)


manicure

verb –1. manicure – (trim carefully and neatly; ”manicure
ﬁngernails”)


manifest

verb –1. (9) 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 his
illness”; ”The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural
sophistication”; ”This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness”)


manipulate

verb –1. (5) manipulate, pull strings, pull wires – (inﬂuence or control
shrewdly or deviously; ”He manipulated public opinion in his favor”)


manufacture

verb –1. (3) manufacture, fabricate, construct – (put together out of
artiﬁcial or natural components or parts; ”the company fabricates
plastic chairs”; ”They manufacture small toys”; He manufactured a
popular cereal”)


map

verb –1. (3) map – (make a map of; show or establish the features of
details of; ”map the surface of Venus”)


mar

verb –1. (6) mar, impair, spoil, deﬂower, vitiate – (make imperfect;
”nothing marred her beauty”)


march

verb –1. (24) march, process – (march in a procession; ”They
processed into the dining room”)


marinate

verb –. (2) marinade, marinate – (soak in marinade; ”marinade
herring”)


mark

verb –1. (13) tag, label, mark – (attach a tag or label to; ”label
these bottles”)


market

verb –1. (3) market – (engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or
distribution of; ”The company is marketing its new line of beauty
products”)


maroon

verb –1. (1) maroon, strand – (leave stranded or isolated with little
hope of rescue; ”the travellers were marooned”)


marry

verb –1. (44) marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get
hitched with, espouse – (take in marriage)


marshal

verb –1. (1) marshal – (place in proper rank; ”marshal the troops”)


martyr

verb –1. martyr – (kill as a martyr; ”Saint Sebastian was martyred”)


mash

verb –1. (1) squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze – (to compress
with violence, out of natural shape or condition; ”crush an aluminum
can”; ”squeeze a lemon”)


mask

verb –1. (1) dissemble, cloak, mask – (hide under a false appearance;
”He masked his disappointment”)


mass

verb –. (3) mass – (join together into a mass or collect or form a
mass; ”Crowds were massing outside the palace”)


mass-produce

verb –. mass-produce – (produce on a large scale)


massacre

verb –. (1) massacre, slaughter, mow down – (kill a large number of
people indiscriminately; ”The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in
Rwanda”)


massage

verb –1. (1) massage, rub down, knead – (manually manipulate
(someone’s body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; ”She
rubbed down her child with a sponge”)


master

verb –1. (4) master, get the hang – (be or become completely
proﬁcient or skilled in; ”She mastered Japanese in less than two
years”)


mastermind

verb –. (1) mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise,
orchestrate – (plan and direct (a complex undertaking); ”he
masterminded the robbery”)


match

verb –1. (16) match, ﬁt, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree –
(be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics;
”The two stories don’t agree in many details”; ”The handwriting
checks with the signature on the check”; ”The suspect’s ﬁngerprints
don’t match those on the gun”)


mate

verb –1. (7) copulate, mate, pair, couple – (engage in sexual
intercourse; ”Birds mate in the Spring”)


maul

verb –1. maul – (split (wood) with a maul and wedges)


maximize

verb –1. (2) maximize, maximise – (make as big or large as possible;
”Maximize your proﬁts!”)


mean

verb –1. (93) mean, intend – (mean or intend to express or convey;
”You never understand what I mean!”; ”what do his words intend?”)


measure

verb –1. (35) measure, mensurate, measure out – (determine the
measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of;
”Measure the length of the wall”)


medicate

verb –1. medicate – (impregnate with a medicinal substance)


meditate

verb –1. (4) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate,
contemplate, muse, reﬂect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate –
(reﬂect deeply on a subject; ”I mulled over the events of the
afternoon”; ”philosophers have speculated on the question of God for
thousands of years”; ”The scientist must stop to observe and start to
excogitate”)


meet

verb –1. (49) meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
– (come together; ”I’ll probably see you at the meeting”; ”How nice
to see you again!”)


meld

verb –1. meld – (announce for a score; of cards in a card game)


melt

verb –1. (3) melt, run, melt down – (reduce or cause to be reduced
from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; ”melt butter”; ”melt
down gold”; ”The wax melted in the sun”)


memorialize

verb –1. memorialize, memorialise – (address in a memorial; ”The
President memorialized the heroes of the battle”)


memorize

verb –. (6) memorize, memorise, con, learn – (commit to memory;
learn by heart; ”Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?”)


menace

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


mend

verb –1. (5) repair, mend, ﬁx, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore,
touch on – (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is
torn or broken; ”She repaired her TV set”; ”Repair my shoes please”)


mention

verb –1. (62) mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer – (make
reference to; ”His name was mentioned in connection with the
invention”)


merchandise

verb –. (1) trade, merchandise – (engage in the trade of; ”he is
merchandising telephone sets”)


merge

verb –1. (10) unify, unite, merge – (become one; ”Germany uniﬁed
oﬃcially in 1990”; ”the cells merge”)


merit

verb –. (6) deserve, merit – (be worthy or deserving; ”You deserve a
promotion after all the hard work you have done”)


mess

verb –1. mess – (eat in a mess hall)


metabolize

verb –. (1) metabolize, metabolise – (produce by metabolism)


meter

verb –1. (1) meter – (measure with a meter; ”meter the ﬂow of
water”)


militarize

verb –1. militarize, militarise – (lend a military character to (a
country), as by building up a military force; ”militarize Germany again
after the war”)


milk

verb –1. (3) milk – (take milk from female mammals; ”Cows need to
be milked every morning”)


mill

verb –1. (1) mill, mill about, mill around – (move about in a
confused manner)


mimic

verb –. mimic, mime – (imitate (a person or manner), especially for
satirical eﬀect; ”The actor mimicked the President very accurately”)


mince

verb –1. (2) mince, soften, moderate – (make less severe or harsh;
”He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears”)


mind

verb –1. (15) mind – (be oﬀended or bothered by; take oﬀense with,
be bothered by; ”I don’t mind your behavior”)


mine

verb –1. (3) mine – (get from the earth by excavation; ”mine ores
and metals”)


miniaturize

verb –. miniaturize, miniaturise – (design or construct on a smaller
scale)


minimise

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


minimize

verb –1. (12) minimize, minimise – (make small or insigniﬁcant;
”Let’s minimize the risk”)


mire

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


mirror

verb –1. (4) mirror – (reﬂect as if in a mirror; ”The smallest pond at
night mirrors the ﬁrmament above”)


misappropriate

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


miscalculate

verb –1. (1) miscalculate, misestimate – (judge incorrectly; ”I had
misestimated his determination”)


misconstrue

verb –. (2) misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand,
misapprehend, be amiss – (interpret in the wrong way; ”Don’t
misinterpret my comments as criticism”; ”She misconstrued my
remarks”)


misdirect

verb –1. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch,
debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect – (corrupt morally or by
intemperance or sensuality; ”debauch the young people with wine and
women”; ”Socrates was accused of corrupting young men”; ”Do
school counselors subvert young children?”; ”corrupt the morals”)


mishandle

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


misidentify

verb –. mistake, misidentify – (identify incorrectly; ”Don’t mistake
her for her twin sister”)


misinterpret

verb –1. (1) misinterpret – (interpret falsely)


misjudge

verb –. (2) misjudge – (judge incorrectly)


mislead

verb –1. (2) mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray – (lead
someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions;
”The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver”)


mismanage

verb –. (1) mismanage, mishandle, misconduct – (manage badly or
incompetently; ”The funds were mismanaged”)


misplay

verb –1. misplay – (play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note)


mispronounce

verb –. mispronounce, misspeak – (pronounce a word incorrectly;
”She mispronounces many Latinate words”)


misquote

verb –. (1) misquote – (quote incorrectly; ”He had misquoted the
politician”)


misread

verb –1. (1) misread – (read or interpret wrongly; ”He misread the
data”)


misrepresent

verb –1. (2) misrepresent, belie – (represent falsely; ”This statement
misrepresents my intentions”)


miss

verb –1. (16) miss, lose – (fail to perceive or to catch with the senses
or the mind; ”I missed that remark”; ”She missed his point”; ”We
lost part of what he said”)


misspell

verb –. misspell – (spell incorrectly)


misspend

verb –1. misspend – (spend time badly or unwisely; ”He misspent his
youth”)


misstate

verb –. misstate – (state something incorrectly; ”You misstated my
position”)


mist

verb –1. (1) mist, mist over – (become covered with mist; ”The
windshield misted over”)


mistake

verb –1. (7) mistake, misidentify – (identify incorrectly; ”Don’t
mistake her for her twin sister”)


mistreat

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


mistrust

verb –. (2) distrust, mistrust, suspect – (regard as untrustworthy;
regard with suspicion; have no faith or conﬁdence in)


misunderstand

verb –. (3) misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand,
misapprehend, be amiss – (interpret in the wrong way; ”Don’t
misinterpret my comments as criticism”; ”She misconstrued my
remarks”)


misuse

verb –1. (2) misapply, misuse – (apply to a wrong thing or person;
apply badly or incorrectly; ”The words are misapplied in this context”;
”You are misapplying the name of this religious group”)


mitigate

verb –1. (3) extenuate, palliate, mitigate – (lessen or to try to lessen
the seriousness or extent of; ”The circumstances extenuate the
crime”)


mix

verb –1. (7) blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse,
coalesce, meld, combine, merge – (mix together different elements;
”The colors blend well”)


mobilise

verb –1. call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally – (call to arms; of military
personnel)


mobilize

verb –1. (5) mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon – (make ready for
action or use; ”marshal resources”)


mock

verb –1. (4) mock, bemock – (treat with contempt; ”The new
constitution mocks all democratic principles”)


moderate

verb –1. (1) moderate, chair, lead – (preside over; ”John moderated
the discussion”)


modernize

verb –1. (3) overhaul, modernize, modernise – (make repairs,
renovations, revisions or adjustments to; ”You should overhaul your
car engine”; ”overhaul the health care system”)


modify

verb –1. (17) modify – (make less severe or harsh or extreme; ”please
modify this letter to make it more polite”; ”he modiﬁed his views on
same-gender marriage”)


moisten

verb –1. (3) moisten, wash, dampen – (make moist; ”The dew
moistened the meadows”)


molest

verb –1. (2) molest – (harass or assault sexually; make indecent
advances to)


mollify

verb –1. (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”)


monger

verb –. peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch – (sell or oﬀer
for sale from place to place)


monitor

verb –1. (9) monitor, supervise – (keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep
under surveillance; ”we are monitoring the air quality”; ”the police
monitor the suspect’s moves”)


monopolize

verb –1. (2) monopolize, monopolise – (have and control fully and
exclusively; ”He monopolizes the laser printer”)


moon

verb –1. daydream, moon – (have dreamlike musings or fantasies
while awake; ”She looked out the window, daydreaming”)


moor

verb –1. moor, berth, tie up – (secure in or as if in a berth or dock;
”tie up the boat”)


mop

verb –1. (2) wipe up, mop up, mop – (to wash or wipe with or as if
with a mop; ”Mop the hallway now”; ”He mopped her forehead with
a towel”)


mortgage

verb –. mortgage – (put up as security or collateral)


mothball

verb –. mothball – (put into long-term storage)


motivate

verb –. (6) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite – (give an
incentive for action; ”This moved me to sacriﬁce my career”)


motorize

verb –1. motorize – (equip with a motor vehicle; ”The police around
here are not motorized and patrol the streets on horseback”)


mound

verb –. mound – (form into a rounded elevation; ”mound earth”)


mount

verb –1. (10) mount – (attach to a support; ”They mounted the
aerator on a ﬂoating”)


move

verb –1. (110) travel, go, move, locomote – (change location; move,
travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; ”How fast does your new car
go?”; ”We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus”; ”The policemen
went from door to door looking for the suspect”; ”The soldiers moved
towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell”; ”news
travelled fast”)


mow

verb –1. (1) mow, cut down – (cut with a blade or mower; ”mow the
grass”)


muddle

verb –1. muddle, puddle – (make into a puddle; ”puddled mire”)


muddy

verb –1. muddy, muddy up – (dirty with mud)


muﬀ

verb –1. muﬀ – (fail to catch, as of a ball)


mug

verb –. mug – (rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence; ”I was
mugged in the streets of New York last night”)


mulch

verb –. mulch – (cover with mulch; ”mulch the ﬂowerbeds”)


mull

verb –1. (1) chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate,
contemplate, muse, reﬂect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate –
(reﬂect deeply on a subject; ”I mulled over the events of the
afternoon”; ”philosophers have speculated on the question of God for
thousands of years”; ”The scientist must stop to observe and start to
excogitate”)


multiply

verb –1. (18) multiply – (combine by multiplication; ”multiply 10 by
15”)


mumble

verb –1. (6) mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate – (talk indistinctly;
usually in a low voice)


munch

verb –. crunch, munch – (chew noisily; ”The children crunched the
celery sticks”)


murder

verb –1. (5) murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off,
remove – (kill intentionally and with premeditation; ”The mafia boss
ordered his enemies murdered”)


murmur

verb –1. (15) murmur – (speak softly or indistinctly; ”She murmured
softly to the baby in her arms”)


muster

verb –1. (4) muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up – (gather or
bring together; ”muster the courage to do something”; ”she rallied
her intellect”; ”Summon all your courage”)


mutate

verb –. mutate – (undergo mutation; ”cells mutate”)


mute

verb –. muﬄe, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down – (deaden (a
sound or noise), especially by wrapping)


mutilate

verb –1. (1) mutilate, mangle, cut up – (destroy or injure severely;
”The madman mutilates art work”)


mutter

verb –1. (19) mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate – (talk
indistinctly; usually in a low voice)


muzzle

verb –1. muzzle – (ﬁt with a muzzle; ”muzzle the dog to prevent it
from biting strangers”)


mystify

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”)


mythologize

verb –1. mythologize, mythologise – (construct a myth; ”The poet
mythologized that the King had three sons”)


nab

verb –1. (1) nab – (tag the base runner to get him out)


nag

verb –1. (2) nag, peck, hen-peck – (bother persistently with trivial
complaints; ”She nags her husband all day long”)


nail

verb –1. (8) nail – (attach something somewhere by means of nails;
”nail the board onto the wall”)


name

verb –1. (31) name, call – (assign a speciﬁed (usually proper) proper
name to; ”They named their son David”; ”The new school was
named after the famous Civil Rights leader”)


narrow

verb –1. (2) narrow, contract – (make or become more narrow or
restricted; ”The selection was narrowed”; ”The road narrowed”)


nationalize

verb –1. (2) nationalize, nationalise – (put under state control or
ownership; ”Mitterand nationalized the banks”)


naturalize

verb –1. (1) naturalize, naturalise – (make into a citizen; ”The
French family was naturalized last year”)


nauseate

verb –1. sicken, nauseate, turn one’s stomach – (upset and make
nauseated; ”The smell of the food turned the pregnant woman’s
stomach”; ”The mold on the food sickened the diners”)


navigate

verb –1. (2) voyage, sail, navigate – (travel on water propelled by
wind or by other means; ”The QE2 will sail to Southampton
tomorrow”)


near

verb –. (11) 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”)


necessitate

verb –1. (12) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve,
call for, demand – (require as useful, just, or proper; ”It takes nerve
to do what she did”; ”success usually requires hard work”; ”This job
asks a lot of patience and skill”; ”This position demands a lot of
personal sacriﬁce”; ”This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”;
”This intervention does not postulate a patient’s consent”)


need

verb –1. (110) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take,
involve, call for, demand – (require as useful, just, or proper; ”It takes
nerve to do what she did”; ”success usually requires hard work”;
”This job asks a lot of patience and skill”; ”This position demands a
lot of personal sacriﬁce”; ”This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”;
”This intervention does not postulate a patient’s consent”)


needle

verb –1. (1) needle, goad – (goad or provoke,as by constant
criticism; ”He needled her with his sarcastic remarks”)


negate

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


neglect

verb –1. (6) neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook,
overleap – (leave undone or leave out; ”How could I miss that typo?”;
”The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”)


negotiate

verb –1. (17) negociate, negotiate, talk terms – (discuss the terms of
an arrangement; ”They negotiated the sale of the house”)


neighbor

verb –1. neighbor, neighbour – (live or be located as a neighbor; ”the
neighboring house”)


neighbour

verb –1. neighbor, neighbour – (live or be located as a neighbor; ”the
neighboring house”)


nest

verb –1. (4) nest – (inhabit a nest, usually after building; ”birds are
nesting outside my window every Spring”)


nett

verb –. net, nett – (catch with a net; ”net a ﬁsh”)


network

verb –. network – (communicate with and within a group; ”You have
to network if you want to get a good job”)


neutralize

verb –1. (3) neutralize – (make politically neutral and thus
inoﬀensive; ”The treaty neutralized the small republic”)


nibble

verb –1. nibble – (bite oﬀ very small pieces; ”She nibbled on her
cracker”)


nick

verb –1. nick, snick – (cut slightly, with a razor; ”The barber’s knife
nicked his cheek”)


nip

verb –1. (1) pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch – (squeeze
tightly between the ﬁngers; ”He pinched her behind”; ”She squeezed
the bottle”)


nod

verb –1. (35) nod – (express or signify by nodding; ”He nodded his
approval”)


nominate

verb –1. (4) nominate, put up, put forward – (propose as a candidate
for some honor)


normalize

verb –1. normalize, normalise – (become normal or return to its
normal state; ”Let us hope that relations with this country will
normalize soon”)


notch

verb –1. (3) notch – (cut or make a notch into; ”notch the rope”)


note

verb –1. (41) note, observe, mention, remark – (make mention of;
”She observed that his presentation took up too much time”; ”They
noted that it was a ﬁne day to go sailing”)


notice

verb –1. (39) detect, observe, ﬁnd, discover, notice – (discover or
determine the existence, presence, or fact of; ”She detected high levels
of lead in her drinking water”; ”We found traces of lead in the paint”)


notify

verb –. (10) advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize –
(inform (somebody) of something; ”I advised him that the rent was
due”)


nourish

verb –1. (4) nourish, nurture, sustain – (provide with nourishment;
”We sustained ourselves on bread and water”; ”This kind of food is
not nourishing for young children”)


nudge

verb –1. (3) nudge, poke at, prod – (to push against gently; ”She
nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant”)


nuke

verb –1. nuke, atomize, atomise, zap – (strike at with ﬁrepower or
bombs; ”zap the enemy”)


nullify

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


numb

verb –. numb, benumb, blunt, dull – (make numb or insensitive;
”The shock numbed her senses”)


number

verb –1. (6) total, number, add up, come, amount – (add up in
number or quantity; ”The bills amounted to 2,000”; ”The bill came
to 2,000”)


nurse

verb –1. (2) nurse – (try to cure by special care of treatment, of an
illness or injury; ”He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs”)


nurture

verb –1. (1) foster, nurture – (help develop, help grow; ”nurture his
talents”)


nuzzle

verb –1. (1) cuddle, snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close – (move
or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; ”We cuddled
against each other to keep warm”; ”The children snuggled into their
sleeping bags”)


obey

verb –. (14) obey – (be obedient to)


object

verb –1. (19) object – (express or raise an objection or protest or
criticism or express dissent; ”She never objected to the amount of
work her boss charged her with”; ”When asked to drive the truck, she
objected that she did not have a driver’s license”)


obliterate

verb –1. (1) kill, obliterate, wipe out – (mark for deletion, rub oﬀ, or
erase; ”kill these lines in the President’s speech”)


obscure

verb –1. (3) obscure, befog, becloud, obnubilate, haze over, fog,
cloud, mist – (make less visible or unclear; ”The stars are obscured by
the clouds”; ”the big elm tree obscures our view of the valley”)


observe

verb –1. (39) detect, observe, ﬁnd, discover, notice – (discover or
determine the existence, presence, or fact of; ”She detected high levels
of lead in her drinking water”; ”We found traces of lead in the paint”)


obstruct

verb –1. (2) obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy,
embarrass – (hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;
”His brother blocked him at every turn”)


obtain

verb –1. (116) obtain – (come into possession of; ”How did you
obtain the visa?”)


obviate

verb –1. obviate, rid of, eliminate – (do away with)


occupy

verb –1. (8) busy, occupy – (keep busy with; ”She busies herself with
her butterﬂy collection”)


occur

verb –1. (81) happen, hap, go on, pass oﬀ, occur, pass, fall out,
come about, take place – (come to pass; ”What is happening?”;
”The meeting took place oﬀ without an incidence”; ”Nothing
occurred that seemed important”)


oﬀ-load

verb –1. oﬄoad – (transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data)


offend

verb –1. (2) pique, offend – (cause to feel resentment or indignation;
”Her tactless remark offended me”)


offer

verb –1. (95) offer – (make available or accessible, provide or furnish;
”The conference center offers a health spa”; ”The hotel offers private
meeting rooms”)


officiate

verb –1. (4) officiate – (act in an official capacity in a ceremony or
religious ritual, such as a wedding; ”Who officiated at your
wedding?”)


oﬄoad

verb –1. oﬄoad – (transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data)


offset

verb –1. (5) offset, countervail – (compensate for or counterbalance;
”offset deposits and withdrawals”)


ogle

verb –. (2) ogle – (look at with amorous intentions)


oil

verb –1. (1) oil – (cover with oil, as if by rubbing; ”oil the wooden
surface”)


okay

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


omit

verb –1. (10) exclude, except, leave out, leave oﬀ, omit, take out –
(prevent from being included or considered or accepted; ”The bad
results were excluded from the report”; ”Leave oﬀ the top piece”)


open

verb –1. (66) open, open up – (cause to open or to become open;
”Mary opened the car door”)


operate

verb –1. (34) operate, run – (direct or control; projects, businesses,
etc.; ”She is running a relief operation in the Sudan”)


oppose

verb –1. (24) oppose – (be against; express opposition to; ”We
oppose the ban on abortion”)


oppress

verb –1. (1) oppress, suppress, crush – (come down on or keep down
by unjust use of one’s authority; ”The government oppresses political
activists”)


optimize

verb –1. optimize, optimise – (make optimal; get the most out of;
use best; ”optimize your resources”)


orchestrate

verb –1. orchestrate – (write an orchestra score for)


ordain

verb –1. (3) ordain, enact – (order by virtue of superior authority;
decree; ”The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the
Jews”; ”the legislature enacted this law in 1985”)


order

verb –1. (28) order, tell, enjoin, say – (give instructions to or direct
somebody to do something with authority; ”I said to him to go
home”; ”She ordered him to do the shopping”; ”The mother told the
child to get dressed”)


organise

verb –1. (1) organize, organise, coordinate – (bring order and
organization to; ”Can you help me organize my ﬁles?”)


organize

verb –1. (11) form, organize, organise – (create (as an entity);
”social groups form everywhere”; ”They formed a company”)


orient

verb –1. (2) orient, point – (be oriented; ”The weather vane points
North”; ”the dancers toes pointed outward”)


ornament

verb –1. (1) 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”)


orphan

verb –. orphan – (deprive of parents)


ostracize

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


oust

verb –1. (4) oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel –
(remove from a position or oﬃce; ”The chairman was ousted after he
misappropriated funds”)


outclass

verb –. (1) outclass – (cause to appear in a lower class; ”The
Yankees outclassed Cincinnati”)


outdo

verb –1. (2) surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo,
surmount, outperform – (be or do something to a greater degree;
”her performance surpasses that of any other student I know”; ”She
outdoes all other athletes”; ”This exceeds all my expectations”; ”This
car outperforms all others in its class”)


outfit

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


outflank

verb –1. outflank, go around – (go around the flank of (an opposing
army))


outfox

verb –1. outfox – (outdo someone in trickery)


outgrow

verb –1. (1) outgrow – (grow too large or too mature for; ”I have
outgrown these clothes”; ”She outgrew her childish habits”)


outlast

verb –. outlive, outlast, survive – (live longer than; ”She outlived her
husband by many years”)


outlaw

verb –. (2) outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise –
(declare illegal; outlaw; ”Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S.”)


outline

verb –1. (12) sketch, outline, adumbrate – (describe roughly or
brieﬂy or give the main points or summary of; ”sketch the outline of
the book”; ”outline his ideas”)


outmaneuver

verb –. (1) outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart – (defeat by more
skillful maneuvering; ”The English troops outmaneuvered the
Germans”; ”My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss
in most situations”)


outnumber

verb –. (2) outnumber – (be larger in number)


outpace

verb –. outpace – (surpass in speed; ”Malthus believed that
population increase would outpace increases in the means of
subsistence”)


outperform

verb –. surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount,
outperform – (be or do something to a greater degree; ”her
performance surpasses that of any other student I know”; ”She


outplay

verb –. (1) outplay – (excel or defeat in a game; ”The Knicks
outplayed the Lakers”)


outpoint

verb –1. outpoint – (sail closer to the wind than)


outrage

verb –1. (2) shock, oﬀend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall,
outrage – (strike with disgust or revulsion; ”The scandalous behavior
of this married woman shocked her friends”)


outrun

verb –. (2) outrun – (run faster than; ”in this race, I managed to
outran everybody else”)


outscore

verb –. outpoint, outscore – (score more points than one’s
opponents)


outsmart

verb –1. (2) outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent –
(beat through cleverness and wit; ”I beat the traﬃc”; ”She outfoxed
her competitors”)


outsource

verb –. outsource – (obtain goods or services from an outside
supplier; to contract work out; ”Many companies outsource and hire
consultants in order to maintain a ﬂexible workforce”)


outstrip

verb –1. (1) surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo,
surmount, outperform – (be or do something to a greater degree;
”her performance surpasses that of any other student I know”; ”She


outweigh

verb –1. (3) outweigh – (be heavier than)


outwit

verb –. outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent – (beat
through cleverness and wit; ”I beat the traﬃc”; ”She outfoxed her
competitors”)


overarch

verb –1. overarch – (be central or dominant; ”This scene overarches
the entire ﬁrst act”)


overburden

verb –1. (1) overburden – (burden with too much work or
responsibility)


overcharge

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


overcome

verb –1. (14) get the better of, overcome, defeat – (win a victory
over; ”You must overcome all diﬃculties”; ”defeat your enemies”;
”He overcame his shyness”; ”He overcame his inﬁrmity”; ”Her anger
got the better of her and she blew up”)


overcook

verb –. overcook – (cook too long; ”The vegetables were completely
overcooked”)


overcrowd

verb –1. overcrowd – (cause to crowd together too much; ”The
students overcrowded the cafeteria”)


overdo

verb –. overdo, exaggerate – (do something to an excessive degree;
”He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups”)


overdrive

verb –1. (1) overdrive – (drive or work too hard; ”The teacher is
overworking his students”; ”Overdriving people often suﬀer stress”)


overemphasize

verb –. (2) overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress – (place special
or excessive emphasis on; ”I cannot overemphasize the importance of
this book”)


overestimate

verb –1. (1) overestimate, overrate – (make too high an estimate of;
”He overestimated his own powers”)


overfly

verb –. pass over, overfly – (fly over; ”The plane passed over
Damascus”)


overhaul

verb –1. (1) pass, overtake, overhaul – (travel past; ”The sports car
passed all the trucks”)


overhear

verb –. (8) catch, take in, overhear – (hear, usually without the
knowledge of the speakers; ”We overheard the conversation at the
next table”)


overheat

verb –1. (1) overheat – (get excessively and undesirably hot; ”The
car engines overheated”)


overload

verb –1. (1) overload – (become overloaded; ”The aerator
overloaded”)


overlook

verb –1. (6) overlook – (look past, fail to notice)


overpay

verb –. overpay – (pay too much)


overpower

verb –1. (2) overpower, overmaster, overwhelm – (overcome by
superior force)


overprice

verb –. overprice – (price excessively high)


overproduce

verb –1. (1) overproduce – (produce in excess; produce more than
needed or wanted)


overrate

verb –. overestimate, overrate – (make too high an estimate of; ”He
overestimated his own powers”)


overreach

verb –1. (3) overreach – (fail by aiming too high or trying too hard)


override

verb –1. (3) overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse – (rule
against; ”The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on
the bill”)


overrule

verb –. overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, reverse – (rule
against; ”The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on
the bill”)


overrun

verb –1. (3) infest, overrun – (invade in great numbers; ”the roaches
infested our kitchen”)


oversee

verb –. oversee, supervise, superintend, manage – (watch and direct;
”Who is overseeing this project?”)


overshadow

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


overshoot

verb –1. (1) overshoot – (shoot beyond or over (a target))


oversimplify

verb –1. oversimplify – (simplify to an excessive degree; ”Don’t
oversimplify the problem”)


overspend

verb –1. overspend – (spend more than available of (a budget))


overstate

verb –. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise,
magnify, amplify – (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; ”tended
to romanticize and exaggerate this ‘gracious Old South’ imagery”)


overstep

verb –1. (1) transgress, trespass, overstep – (pass beyond (limits or
boundaries))


oversupply

verb –. ﬂood, oversupply, glut – (supply with an excess of; ”ﬂood the
market with tennis shoes”; ”Glut the country with cheap imports
from the Orient”)


overtake

verb –1. (3) overtake, catch, catch up with – (catch up with and
possibly overtake; ”The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp”)


overthrow

verb –1. (4) overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down – (cause the
downfall of; of rulers; ”The Czar was overthrown”; ”subvert the ruling
class”)


overturn

verb –1. (2) overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over – (turn from an
upright or normal position; ”The big vase overturned”; ”The canoe
tumped over”)


overuse

verb –. overuse, overdrive – (make use of too often or too
extensively)


overvalue

verb –. overvalue, overestimate – (assign too high a value to; ”You
are overestimating the value of your old car”)


overwhelm

verb –1. (1) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome,
overtake – (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)


overwork

verb –1. (1) overwork – (use too much; ”This play has been
overworked”)


overwrite

verb –. overwrite – (write new data on top of existing data and thus
erase the previously existing data; ”overwrite that ﬁle”)


owe

verb –1. (11) owe – (be obliged to pay or repay)


own

verb –. (47) own, have, possess – (have ownership or possession of;
”He owns three houses in Florida”; ”How many cars does she have?”)


oxygenate

verb –. oxygenate, oxygenize, oxygenise, aerate – (impregnate,
combine, or supply with oxygen; ”oxygenate blood”)


pace

verb –1. (10) pace – (walk with slow or fast paces; ”He paced up and
down the hall”)


pacify

verb –1. (3) 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”)


pack

verb –1. (11) pack – (arrange in a container; ”pack the books into
the boxes”)


package

verb –. (2) box, package – (put into a box; ”box the gift, please”)


pad

verb –1. (1) embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise,
blow up, dramatize, dramatise – (add details to)


paddle

verb –1. (1) paddle – (propel with a paddle; ”paddle your own
canoe”)


padlock

verb –. (1) padlock – (fasten with a padlock)


page

verb –1. (1) page – (contact, as with a pager or by calling
somebody’s name over a P.A. system)


paint

verb –1. (17) paint – (make a painting; ”he painted all day in the
garden”; ”He painted a painting of the garden”)


pair

verb –1. (3) pair, pair off, partner off, couple – (form a pair or pairs;
”The two old friends paired off”)


pamper

verb –. (1) pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle,
mollycoddle, spoil, indulge – (treat with excessive indulgence;
”grandparents often pamper the children”; ”Let’s not mollycoddle our
students!”)


pan

verb –1. (1) pan – (make a sweeping movement; ”The camera
panned across the room”)


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