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02119874 -Effect rub,scratch,itch scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"
01129876 +Effect defend,guard,hold protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
00728617 Null recognize,recognise,realize,realise,agnize,agnise be fully aware or cognizant of
01411085 -Effect flog,welt,whip,lather,lash,slash,strap,trounce beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
01820302 +Effect enjoy,bask,relish,savor,savour derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
02342800 +Effect thrive,prosper,fly_high,flourish make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance; "The new student is thriving"
01773346 -Effect resent feel bitter or indignant about; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers"
00705517 Null draw_a_bead_on,aspire,aim,shoot_for have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
00306723 -Effect explode,detonate,blow_up,set_off cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
00911761 -Effect regret decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"
01218084 Null carry bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project"; "How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a very large mortgage"
02565911 -Effect fall yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"
01001857 Null file,register record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint"
02523521 -Effect fail,flunk,bomb,flush_it fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
00911350 -Effect deplore,lament,bewail,bemoan regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits"
01725051 Null play play on an instrument; "The band played all night long"
02484208 -Effect execute murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
01525177 -Effect jam get stuck and immobilized; "the mechanism jammed"
01493741 Null put cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"
00260311 -Effect devastate overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"
01722077 Null play pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians"
00927430 Null hint,suggest drop a hint; intimate by a hint
01839690 Null come cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"
01309478 -Effect skin,scrape bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
02233195 Null post,carry transfer (entries) from one account book to another
00895304 +Effect defend,support,fend_for argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
02214190 -Effect deny refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"
00771490 Null let actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested"
00286928 Null tint,tinct,tinge,touch color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November"
02403920 -Effect drop terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket"
01577966 -Effect dip plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container; "He dipped into his pocket"
01067995 Null call read aloud to check for omissions or absentees; "Call roll"
01792097 -Effect embarrass,abash cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
02726164 Null help_oneself,help abstain from doing; always used with a negative; "I can't help myself--I have to smoke"; "She could not help watching the sad spectacle"
02486232 Null go_steady,go_out,date,see date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!"
00423971 Null emerge come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office"
00823669 -Effect reprimand,censure,criminate rebuke formally
02722207 Null figure,enter be or play a part of or in; "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"
00100551 Null exercise,work,work_out give a workout to; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind"
01530273 Null set,countersink insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
01121719 -Effect charge,bear_down to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
00945853 Null list,name give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"
00774056 -Effect quibble,niggle,pettifog,bicker,squabble,brabble argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
02139544 Null show,show_up be or become visible or noticeable; "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show"
01012395 +Effect verify attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition)
00548616 -Effect drop change from one level to another; "She dropped into army jargon"
01325128 -Effect dispatch kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"
00815686 Null answer,reply,respond react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
02729023 +Effect head,head_up be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class"
02740745 Null have be confronted with; "What do we have here?"; "Now we have a fine mess"
02208265 Null get purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"
02512305 -Effect discriminate,separate,single_out treat differently on the basis of sex or race
01121320 -Effect pepper,pelt attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"
00095377 Null sprout,stock put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year"
00593852 Null understand,read,interpret,translate make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
00010435 Null 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"
00313987 -Effect obscure,blot_out,obliterate,veil,hide make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing; "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
00732224 +Effect give,pay,devote dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"
00903098 Null wish order politely; express a wish for
00805228 -Effect clash disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies"
00606093 Null drill,exercise,practice,practise learn by repetition; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales"
01186428 Null 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"
02646378 +Effect deserve,merit be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
02698319 Null define determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
02571067 -Effect crack gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"
00824292 -Effect chastise,castigate,objurgate,chasten,correct censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
02010864 -Effect scram,buzz_off,fuck_off,get,bugger_off leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!"
02675458 +Effect echo,recall call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
01327301 -Effect 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"
01422886 Null plug,stop_up,secure fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
01271936 Null face line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; "face the lapels of the jacket"
00687523 -Effect doubt lack confidence in or have doubts about; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother"
00687926 -Effect distrust,mistrust,suspect regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
02628832 Null draw require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches"
02467662 -Effect divide,split,split_up,separate,dissever,carve_up separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
01156568 Null see match or meet; "I saw the bet of one of my fellow players"
01787955 -Effect 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"
02633881 Null prove,turn_out,turn_up be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
01573515 -Effect tear,rupture,snap,bust separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
02322596 Null hustle,pluck,roll sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
01207527 Null touch,disturb tamper with; "Don't touch my CDs!"
01745141 Null format,arrange set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"
01586600 -Effect storm,force take by force; "Storm the fort"
00860620 +Effect laud,extol,exalt,glorify,proclaim praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
00154141 +Effect extend,stretch increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"
01927447 Null run run with the ball; in such sports as football
02213336 +Effect line_up,get_hold,come_up,find get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
02291135 +Effect agree be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"
00492706 -Effect pollute,foul,contaminate make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
01237901 -Effect miss fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"
00639849 Null get reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
02193974 Null savor,savour taste appreciatively; "savor the soup"
00149296 Null sober_up,sober become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"
00856578 -Effect condemn declare or judge unfit for use or habitation; "The building was condemned by the inspector"
00265386 +Effect reform make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"
02493030 Null visit,see go to see a place, as for entertainment; "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"
02292125 +Effect derive,gain obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"
01062739 Null call send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message; "Hawaii is calling!"; "A transmitter in Samoa was heard calling"
00819508 -Effect confess,squeal,fink confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
02729963 -Effect fall,come come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
00562182 Null make cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day"
00896803 +Effect justify,warrant show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"
02202928 Null keep look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"
01507407 -Effect crash,dash hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
00945499 Null say recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'"
00971650 Null pronounce,label,judge pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
01821423 +Effect interest excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
02108654 -Effect get,receive receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison"
01635432 Null visualize,visualise,envision,project,fancy,see,figure,picture,image imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
02264601 +Effect lavish,shower expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"
01983264 Null arise,rise,uprise,get_up,stand_up rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
02717102 Null carry,pack,take have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
02635189 Null entail,imply,mean have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
01814815 +Effect comfort,soothe,console,solace give moral or emotional strength to
00334186 -Effect break,separate,split_up,fall_apart,come_apart become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
01101913 -Effect 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"
01790020 -Effect upset,discompose,untune,disconcert,discomfit cause to lose one's composure
00621734 -Effect 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"
02678663 Null matter_to,interest be of importance or consequence; "This matters to me!"
01127795 +Effect defend be on the defensive; act against an attack
01910373 Null startle,jump,start move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
01903385 Null play move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; "The spotlights played on the politicians"
02594674 +Effect meet,match,cope_with satisfy or fulfill; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"
01100830 +Effect take obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
02261642 +Effect treat provide with a gift or entertainment; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed"
00074038 Null stool,defecate,shit,take_a_shit,take_a_crap,ca-ca,crap,make have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
01479333 -Effect stuff,lug,choke_up,block obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"
00698256 Null make consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it"
01020934 Null note,take_down make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"
01062253 Null render,deliver,return pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
02355596 +Effect have,get,make achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
01997512 Null back cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"
00344174 +Effect happen,materialize,materialise come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"
00806314 +Effect subscribe,support adopt as a belief; "I subscribe to your view on abortion"
01755816 Null make perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"
01738774 +Effect develop make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation; "Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather"; "They developed a new technique"
01968569 Null rise,lift,arise,move_up,go_up,come_up,uprise move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
02210855 +Effect 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"
01999423 Null lead,head travel in front of; go in advance of others; "The procession was headed by John"
00556855 Null make change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
00406963 Null provide take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
02244956 Null deal,sell,trade do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
02006709 Null come,come_in be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"
02329883 Null stock equip with a stock; "stock a rifle"
01193569 Null avail,help take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office supplies"
00339464 Null break,recrudesce,develop happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
02702368 Null stand be tall; have a height of; copula; "She stands 6 feet tall"
02188587 Null whizz,whiz,whirr,whir,birr,purr make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred"
00094460 Null grow,develop,produce,get,acquire come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
00930599 Null imply suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
01124535 -Effect chop hit sharply
02526085 +Effect achieve,accomplish,attain,reach to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
01065877 Null keep,maintain maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
00783523 Null call lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal; "Call ducks"
02627363 Null come,add_up,amount develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
00607114 Null study,hit_the_books learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
00635523 Null answer,resolve understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"
02516594 -Effect mistreat,maltreat,abuse,ill-use,step,ill-treat treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
02104161 -Effect hit,strike drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
02672187 Null equal,touch,rival,match be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
01184333 +Effect shower provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"
02465939 -Effect dismiss,send_packing,send_away,drop stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
01067512 Null smile express with a smile; "She smiled her thanks"
01901783 Null roll,undulate,flap,wave move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
00634472 Null reason,reason_out,conclude decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
01009821 Null say state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business"
02316304 Null release,relinquish,resign,free,give_up part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
01216004 Null grasp,hold_on hold firmly
01195804 -Effect fritter,frivol_away,dissipate,shoot,fritter_away,fool,fool_away spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
02130524 Null look perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"
02481819 +Effect trust allow without fear
01150559 Null target,aim,place,direct,point intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
02026086 Null see,escort accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door"
02283716 Null keep_open,hold_open,keep,save retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"
02212275 +Effect find obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"
00849332 -Effect mock imitate with mockery and derision; "The children mocked their handicapped classmate"
00417001 Null equal,match,equalize,equalise,equate make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
02498136 -Effect book record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
02406585 +Effect succeed,come_after,follow be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"
02078294 Null return,take_back,bring_back bring back to the point of departure
02248465 Null find,happen,chance,bump,encounter come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
01055978 Null roll pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's"
01795082 -Effect lose suffer the loss of a person through death or removal; "She lost her husband in the war"; "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her"
00548153 Null come_back,return be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
02423183 Null 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"
01800195 -Effect crush,smash,demolish humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
02718178 Null adhere be compatible or in accordance with; "You must adhere to the rules"
01362568 Null plaster apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
01080691 Null play shoot or hit in a particular manner; "She played a good backhand last night"
02444555 Null declare authorize payments of; "declare dividends"
02565090 -Effect purge oust politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was purged several times throughout his lifetime"
01494310 Null put,set,place,pose,position,lay put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
01812720 Null inspire,animate,invigorate,enliven,exalt heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
00046151 +Effect gain,put_on increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
01826498 +Effect prefer like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"
00728224 +Effect register enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"
00665476 +Effect lay_down,establish,make institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
01103336 -Effect down bring down or defeat (an opponent)
00672433 Null estimate,gauge,approximate,guess,judge judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
00842989 -Effect accuse,impeach,incriminate,criminate bring an accusation against; level a charge against; "The neighbors accused the man of spousal abuse"
00430999 -Effect thin lose thickness; become thin or thinner
02517202 -Effect misbehave,misconduct,misdemean behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning"
00542668 -Effect suspend,set_aside make inoperative or stop; "suspend payments on the loan"
01574766 -Effect press_down,depress press down; "Depress the space key"
00065370 -Effect have suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis"
00332672 Null run,unravel become undone; "the sweater unraveled"
00359511 -Effect suffocate,stifle,asphyxiate be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
02209745 Null subscribe,subscribe_to,take receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day"
01636397 Null imagine,conceive_of,ideate,envisage form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
00595935 Null know know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"
02504562 -Effect coerce,hale,squeeze,pressure,force to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
00902932 Null wish,bid invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"
02251743 Null pay give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"
00772189 Null argue,reason present reasons and arguments
02256109 +Effect prize,value,treasure,appreciate hold dear; "I prize these old photographs"
02546467 +Effect recognize,recognise show approval or appreciation of; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean"
01143838 Null hunt,run,hunt_down,track_down pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
02597601 Null play behave in a certain way; "play safe"; "play it safe"; "play fair"
00854904 -Effect gull,dupe,slang,befool,cod,fool,put_on,take_in,put_one_over,put_one_across fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
02373785 Null assert,put_forward insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"
02410175 Null retain,continue,keep,keep_on allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
01546768 Null stand,stand_up,place_upright put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
02472033 Null cross-file,register have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties
02563724 Null dispatch,discharge,complete complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"
00636574 Null deduce,infer,deduct,derive reason by deduction; establish by deduction
02236624 +Effect accept,admit,take,take_on admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
00393398 Null sharpen raise the pitch of (musical notes)
01757546 +Effect construct create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"
02572119 -Effect victimize,swindle,rook,goldbrick,nobble,diddle,bunco,defraud,scam,mulct,gyp,gip,hornswoggle,short-change,con deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
02238770 +Effect procure,secure get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"
00718308 Null answer react to a stimulus or command; "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"
00314272 Null focus,focalize,focalise,sharpen put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
00444629 Null 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"
00528990 Null issue,emerge,come_out,come_forth,go_forth,egress come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
01899017 Null call,call_off give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
01641545 +Effect run carry out; "run an errand"
02219442 Null provide,bring_home_the_bacon supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon"
00900376 +Effect hail,herald greet enthusiastically or joyfully
00701040 Null determine,shape,mold,influence,regulate shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"
00497061 +Effect boost,advance,supercharge increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
02471087 Null register enroll to vote; "register for an election"
01368863 Null extend open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"
01401955 -Effect crack hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
01758696 +Effect manufacture create or produce in a mechanical way; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"
02190188 Null quieten,hush,quiet,quiesce,quiet_down,pipe_down become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
01353405 Null seal close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with hot wax"
02020027 -Effect foray_into,raid enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
02427726 +Effect ordain invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
01105639 -Effect 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"
02561168 Null carry extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her ideas to the extreme"
00092293 -Effect devolve,deteriorate,drop,degenerate grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
01569181 -Effect smother,asphyxiate,suffocate deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
00610167 -Effect forget,bury dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
01359432 Null string,thread,draw thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
02748927 +Effect deck,adorn,decorate,grace,embellish,beautify be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
02596113 Null meet get to know; get acquainted with; "I met this really handsome guy at a bar last night!"; "we met in Singapore"
02137907 Null face turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card"
01821132 -Effect fascinate,transfix,grip,spellbind to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
02213074 -Effect deny,abnegate deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits"
01230555 -Effect jab strike or punch with quick and short blows
01793742 -Effect sting cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"
00802946 +Effect allow,permit,tolerate allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital"
01202651 Null bolt swallow hastily
00006697 -Effect wheeze breathe with difficulty
00616498 Null jump,pass_over,skip,skip_over bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
02394183 +Effect fill,take,occupy assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
00882220 +Effect rave,gush praise enthusiastically; "She raved about that new restaurant"
01917244 Null limp,gimp,hobble,hitch walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
02092309 Null run cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"
02720904 Null run be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a risk"
01733477 Null hold,throw,have,make,give organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
01561143 -Effect collide,clash crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"
00747418 -Effect force,thrust impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
01780941 -Effect terrify,terrorize,terrorise fill with terror; frighten greatly
00371717 Null scald heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk"
01760143 Null invite,ask_for increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"
00270561 +Effect mend,heal heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending"
00826509 -Effect knock,criticize,criticise,pick_apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
01182709 Null provide,supply,ply,cater give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
00670261 Null evaluate,pass_judgment,judge form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
00588221 Null grok,get_the_picture,comprehend,savvy,dig,grasp,compass,apprehend get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
01214265 Null take,get_hold_of get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
02657219 Null 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"
02343961 Null sacrifice sell at a loss
01960296 Null gallop,extend cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?"
00636279 Null answer give the correct answer or solution to; "answer a question"; "answer the riddle"
00849788 Null impersonate represent another person with comic intentions
00459296 -Effect rush,hurry urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!"
02219094 +Effect support support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
00982913 Null decline inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
02266148 -Effect blow spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
01182293 +Effect gratify,pander,indulge yield (to); give satisfaction to
00216216 Null drench,douse,dowse,soak,sop,souse cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
00507485 Null lapidify,petrify change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
02707125 Null stand remain inactive or immobile; "standing water"
02693319 Null front,look,face be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
02474239 +Effect endow,indue,gift,empower,invest,endue give qualities or abilities to
02453889 +Effect back,endorse,indorse,plump_for,plunk_for,support be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
00875806 +Effect advance,throw_out bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"
00492310 -Effect foul make unclean; "foul the water"
01066036 Null get communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"
01377239 Null play discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream; "play water from a hose"; "The fountains played all day"
00038365 Null comb,comb_out,disentangle smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
00635904 Null strike arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"
02576349 -Effect fool,gull,befool make a fool or dupe of
02737569 Null belong be rightly classified in a class or category; "The whales belong among the mammals"
01566705 -Effect bang_up,smash_up,smash damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
01776468 Null fancy,go_for,take_to have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
01798782 Null try give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students"
02681795 Null 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"
02271137 Null invest,put,commit,place make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
01611123 Null cut function as a cutting instrument; "This knife cuts well"
01637982 +Effect discover,find make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
01028748 Null 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"
01452546 Null pluck,plunk,pick pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"
00460900 -Effect stay,detain,delay stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"
02754463 Null head take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
02525447 +Effect work,act have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"
01308008 Null strickle,strike smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure"
00243900 -Effect abridge,foreshorten,abbreviate,shorten,cut,contract,reduce reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
02551602 +Effect deliver,redeem,save save from sins
01203074 +Effect carry be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
02415831 Null busy,occupy keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
01066433 -Effect confront,face,present present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
01723224 Null rehearse,practise,practice engage in a rehearsal (of)
00360678 +Effect fall be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
02728784 Null trade be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions; "The stock traded around $20 a share"
02536557 +Effect influence,act_upon,work have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
02412647 Null strike,walk_out stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met"
01996402 Null limp proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor"
02343595 Null sacrifice,give endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
01923909 Null climb move with difficulty, by grasping
02182479 Null blast,blare make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"
02396716 Null name,nominate,make charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
02100632 Null blow cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
00320681 Null farce,stuff fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"
00623151 Null interpret,construe,see make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
00928959 Null say communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"
02041877 -Effect crumble,crumple,tumble,break_down,collapse fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
01849746 Null approach,come_near come near in time; "Winter is approaching"; "approaching old age"
00729378 Null wonder,inquire,enquire have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
00399553 -Effect putrefy become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies"
01351170 -Effect extract,pull_out,pull,pull_up,take_out,draw_out remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
02378453 Null have have a personal or business relationship with someone; "have a postdoc"; "have an assistant"; "have a lover"
00886602 +Effect betroth,engage,affiance,plight give to in marriage
01200661 Null drop take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; "She dropped acid when she was a teenager"
00120796 Null get,let,have cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
00891038 Null make assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will make your play!"
00027268 Null stretch,extend extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
00691312 +Effect consider regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem; "Please consider your family"
00155143 +Effect rise,go_up,climb increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
02401296 Null reelect,return elect again
02641463 Null wait,hold_off,hold_back wait before acting; "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
02762468 -Effect burn,combust cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
00679389 Null choose,prefer,opt select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"
02428487 Null adjourn,withdraw,retire break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
01190948 +Effect delight,enjoy,revel take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter"
02150948 Null watch,view,see,catch,take_in see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"
01765908 -Effect worry,vex disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me"
00013615 Null act,play,act_as pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
01654628 +Effect construct,build,make make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
00429968 -Effect cut have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings"
01814396 -Effect depress,deject,cast_down,get_down,dismay,dispirit,demoralize,demoralise lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
02651853 Null keep supply with room and board; "He is keeping three women in the guest cottage"; "keep boarders"
02022804 Null meet meet by design; be present at the arrival of; "Can you meet me at the train station?"
02275152 Null raid take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
01527754 -Effect throw cause to fall off; "The horse threw its inexperienced rider"
01601234 Null hold,carry,bear support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"
01824736 Null 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?"
00192471 -Effect petrify cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
02253456 Null pay,pay_off,make_up,compensate do or give something to somebody in return; "Does she pay you for the work you are doing?"
02068745 Null blow spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"
00432683 -Effect drop go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"
01114764 Null check place into check; "He checked my kings"
01859050 Null jumpstart,jump-start,jump start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
02318165 -Effect 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"
02547586 +Effect 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"
01143498 Null seal hunt seals
00628491 Null think,cogitate,cerebrate use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"
00597385 Null master,control have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of; "Do you control these data?"
00989869 Null deliver utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy"
00700708 Null determine fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property"
02208903 Null lease,let,rent grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
00306298 -Effect detonate,explode,blow_up burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
00770437 Null induce,stimulate,cause,have,get,make cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
00838043 Null feign,sham,pretend,affect,dissemble make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
01745052 Null prove take a trial impression of
02483564 Null draw,quarter,draw_and_quarter pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
01826060 Null ambition have as one's ambition
00082929 Null poultice,plaster dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
01507914 -Effect pelt,bombard cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs"
02236124 +Effect accept,take,have receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
02621853 Null separate,divide act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"
01574292 Null grapple,grip to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
00749205 Null direct command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"
01251651 Null scour,abrade rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
00659984 Null come have a certain priority; "My family comes first"
01350025 Null attract exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away; "the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies"
00644583 Null 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"
00378664 -Effect burn,fire,burn_down destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
00851100 -Effect pull_the_leg_of,kid tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?"
02150510 Null watch look attentively; "watch a basketball game"
01734929 Null replicate,copy reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information"
01152396 Null hit hit the intended target or goal
00689344 Null think,believe,consider,conceive judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"
00750345 Null charge instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
01559473 -Effect worry lacerate by biting; "the dog worried his bone"
01753596 Null design create designs; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel"
01111816 +Effect score,hit,tally,rack_up gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
00097179 -Effect suppurate,mature cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
02643421 -Effect call stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game"
01542668 Null hang,fall,flow fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
01156115 Null play make bets; "Play the races"; "play the casinos in Trouville"
01720773 +Effect support play a subordinate role to (another performer); "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"
00758538 Null crave plead or ask for earnestly
01972298 Null fall descend in free fall under the influence of gravity; "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
02117170 Null fellate,suck,blow,go_down_on provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
01017826 Null demand,exact claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
00978549 Null pronounce,articulate,enounce,sound_out,enunciate,say speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
01090335 -Effect contend,fight,struggle be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
00665886 +Effect 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"
01205696 Null touch,adjoin,meet,contact be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point"
01771194 -Effect get,get_under_one's_skin irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"
01689169 +Effect commend present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence; "His paintings commend him to the artistic world"
01035530 +Effect agree achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"
01382083 Null pick,pluck,cull look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"
02194138 Null savor,savour give taste to
01524523 -Effect deluge,flood,inundate,swamp fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
01456771 Null pinch,squeeze,twinge,tweet,nip,twitch squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
00811375 -Effect avoid stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
01398919 Null beat hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
02746735 Null carry have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name"
02154508 +Effect 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"
01148710 +Effect pull,root_for take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"
01782432 -Effect apprehend,quail_at anticipate with dread or anxiety
00743344 Null reach,get_through,get_hold_of,contact be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia"
00203866 -Effect worsen,decline grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
01036319 -Effect queer,expose,scupper,endanger,peril put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
02054989 Null unfold,stretch,stretch_out,extend extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
00302763 +Effect fine-tune,tweak adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine"
02482425 -Effect murder,slay,hit,dispatch,bump_off,off,polish_off,remove kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
00718737 Null respond respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"
01773825 -Effect eat_into,fret,rankle,grate gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
02742107 Null draw allow a draft; "This chimney draws very well"
01360899 Null plaster,daub coat with plaster; "daub the wall"
00652346 Null identify,discover,key,key_out,distinguish,describe,name identify as in botany or biology, for example
01139756 Null check decline to initiate betting
00759657 Null bid,beseech,entreat,adjure,press,conjure ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
01112364 Null score get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"
02101789 Null drag use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu; "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen"
02349706 Null secure assure payment of
00905283 Null purge clear of a charge
02611976 Null fall,shine,strike touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
01560583 Null mince cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic"
00429060 -Effect reduce,cut_down,cut_back,trim,trim_down,trim_back,cut,bring_down cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
01078783 -Effect confront,face oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
01250908 -Effect rub,fray,fret,chafe,scratch cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
00884011 Null promise,assure make a promise or commitment
02676054 Null refer,pertain,relate,concern,come_to,bear_on,touch,touch_on,have-to_doe_with be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
01474550 Null let_go_of,let_go,release,relinquish release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
02734338 Null lie be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"
01984317 Null fall,fall_down lose an upright position suddenly; "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
00608670 Null know know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off"
02230772 Null pass,hand,reach,pass_on,turn_over,give place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
01448100 Null pull,draw,force cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
01191645 +Effect indulge,luxuriate enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream"
00589904 Null catch,get grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him"
00842429 -Effect denounce announce the termination of, as of treaties
00389406 -Effect waste,emaciate,macerate cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
00843959 -Effect charge make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
00769553 +Effect convert,win_over,convince make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"
01481154 Null suspend hang freely; "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"
00906735 Null sentence,condemn,doom pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
01796582 -Effect repent,regret,rue feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
00345761 Null 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"
02663340 +Effect corroborate,underpin,bear_out,support support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"
02285392 Null stock,carry,stockpile have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"
00171586 +Effect enrich make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"
00664788 +Effect prove,demonstrate,establish,show,shew establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
00779601 Null rest give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"
00620673 -Effect confuse,blur,obscure,obnubilate make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions"
02205098 Null have have left; "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire"
02290461 +Effect profit,gain,benefit derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"
00771961 Null prompt,inspire,instigate serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
02625016 Null come_forth,emerge happen or occur as a result of something
01806109 +Effect brace,poise prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
00033599 Null look have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery"
01614774 Null hitch connect to a vehicle: "hitch the trailer to the car"
01479874 -Effect bag capture or kill, as in hunting; "bag a few pheasants"
00298896 Null set put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire"
01445407 -Effect sting,bite,prick deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"
00817167 -Effect deny refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"
02397637 +Effect promote,upgrade,advance,kick_upstairs,raise,elevate give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
01817314 Null enchant,enrapture,transport,enthrall,ravish,enthral,delight hold spellbound
00047745 Null wear,bear have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
00820801 Null declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
02500775 -Effect scourge punish severely; excoriate
00250181 +Effect mature,maturate,grow develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
01861622 Null check stop in a chase especially when scent is lost; "The dog checked"
01469623 Null develop superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
00953923 Null crack tell spontaneously; "crack a joke"
00725046 +Effect dazzle amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill; "Her arguments dazzled everyone"; "The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps"
02293148 +Effect reap,draw get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"
00155727 +Effect jump increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight"
01091427 -Effect fight,oppose,fight_back,fight_down,defend fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
02684924 Null continue,go_on,proceed,go_along,keep continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
01189823 Null keep_off,avoid refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"
02129709 Null see see and understand, have a good eye; "The artist must first learn to see"
01793177 -Effect hurt,wound,injure,bruise,offend,spite hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
02162310 Null dim,dip switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
02310007 Null render,return give back; "render money"
00342980 +Effect develop be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly";
01287797 Null truss tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
02546075 +Effect honor,honour,reward bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"
00269682 Null unblock,unfreeze,free,release make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
02164694 +Effect admire look at with admiration
00120316 Null make,get give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
00336260 -Effect crack,check,break become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
02677097 Null involve,affect,regard connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
01806505 +Effect 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"
02565491 Null anticipate,foresee,forestall,counter act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
00257650 Null swell cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
02359228 Null carry have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"
01668603 Null work,work_on,process shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
01462928 -Effect entangle,tangle,mat,snarl twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
01915865 Null cut pass directly and often in haste; "We cut through the neighbor's yard to get home sooner"
00605310 +Effect revolutionize,revolutionise,inspire fill with revolutionary ideas
02513879 -Effect aggrieve infringe on the rights of
01659248 Null shape,form,work,mold,mould,forge make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
00781903 Null hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars"
01564144 -Effect destroy,ruin destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
02508245 -Effect stigmatize,stigmatise,brand,denounce,mark to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"
00494269 Null isolate,insulate place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
00435294 -Effect blow_out,burn_out,blow melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"
01042531 Null snivel,whine talk in a tearful manner
01791232 Null bewilder,bemuse,discombobulate,throw cause to be confused emotionally
01391280 Null roll_out,roll flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"
01095899 Null act discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?"
02289295 +Effect gain,take_in,clear,make,earn,realize,realise,pull_in,bring_in earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
00721437 Null discover,find make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
01183573 +Effect meet,satisfy,fill,fulfill,fulfil fill or meet a want or need
02745172 +Effect add constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation"
01196037 Null abstain,refrain,desist choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
00687295 -Effect doubt consider unlikely or have doubts about; "I doubt that she will accept his proposal of marriage"
02743921 Null issue_forth,come come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard"
00545557 +Effect develop,acquire,evolve gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
00548750 -Effect mangle,mutilate,murder alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"
02000547 Null usher,show take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats"
00881661 +Effect compliment,congratulate say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper"
00711932 Null dally,trifle,play consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
02583139 Null rebel,arise,rise,rise_up take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
02244603 Null realize,realise convert into cash; of goods and property
00764222 +Effect agree consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"
00108303 -Effect fracture become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
01176232 +Effect regale,treat provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"
02495038 -Effect confine,detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement
01060494 +Effect give,pay convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention"
02099829 Null run move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free"
00597915 +Effect learn,larn,acquire gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
02686625 Null run,lead cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet"
01069090 Null demand lay legal claim to
01926984 Null run travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there"
01754915 Null cut form by probing, penetrating, or digging; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"
00661824 Null check,check_up_on,look_into,check_out,suss_out,check_over,go_over,check_into examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"
00493052 +Effect decontaminate rid of contamination; "The soil around the housing development had to be decontaminated by the city"
01055661 Null explode cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
00269423 -Effect freeze,block,immobilize,immobilise prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
01481819 Null hang be placed in position as by a hinge; "This cabinet door doesn't hang right!"
02380009 Null retire,withdraw withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
00543410 Null develop,grow grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
02175578 Null tick,ticktock,ticktack,beat make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"
02501278 Null 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"
02754158 Null recognize exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate)
00816353 Null retort,come_back,repay,return,riposte,rejoin answer back
02193194 Null spot,recognize,recognise,distinguish,discern,pick_out,make_out,tell_apart detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
01457206 Null crimp,pinch make ridges into by pinching together
00561887 Null think bring into a given condition by mental preoccupation; "She thought herself into a state of panic over the final exam"
00611256 Null remember,think_back recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"
00918872 +Effect 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"
00035259 Null shower take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; "You should shower after vigorous exercise"
02203168 Null keep,maintain maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
01243148 Null draw move or pull so as to cover or uncover something; "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains"
00712556 Null reckon,count take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon"
01436518 Null turn,release let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"
00148763 Null suspend cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles"
00613393 -Effect abandon,give_up stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
00341917 Null come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
02288295 +Effect acquire,win,gain win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
01068380 -Effect traverse,deny deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
02166460 Null study,consider give careful consideration to; "consider the possibility of moving"
01010852 Null declare make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"
01827619 Null envy feel envious towards; admire enviously
00732394 +Effect resign,reconcile,submit accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
02320374 Null 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"
00555084 -Effect swell increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"
02325558 Null sacrifice make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
00076400 Null vomit,vomit_up,purge,cast,sick,cat,be_sick,disgorge,regorge,retch,puke,barf,spew,spue,chuck,upchuck,honk,regurgitate,throw_up eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
00363110 -Effect drop,knock_off stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"
00474017 +Effect polish,refine,fine-tune,down improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"
00436304 Null bolt make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric"
00719062 Null explode show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary"
01306425 Null batten,batten_down,secure furnish with battens; "batten ships"
01080064 Null play use or move; "I had to play my queen"
00328802 Null branch,ramify,fork,furcate,separate divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
00634906 +Effect solve,work_out,figure_out,puzzle_out,lick,work find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"
00948071 Null count,number,enumerate,numerate determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
01152214 Null charge,level,point direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
02206619 Null take take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
00662589 Null see,check,insure,see_to_it,ensure,control,ascertain,assure be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"
02155248 Null sense detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization"
02311387 Null withdraw,draw,take_out,draw_off remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
01288201 -Effect manacle,cuff,handcuff confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"
02171664 Null whine,squeak,screech,creak,screak,skreak make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
00034948 Null blow free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose"
00825975 -Effect reproach,upbraid express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior"
00067129 Null sob weep convulsively; "He was sobbing inconsolably"
00322151 Null crispen,toast,crisp make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
00455368 Null sluice,flush irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
01068793 Null call indicate a decision in regard to; "call balls and strikes behind the plate"
00608502 Null know be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"
02321046 Null charge enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15"
02272549 Null appropriate,capture,seize,conquer take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
01565472 -Effect rape,spoil,despoil,violate,plunder destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
01658762 Null craft make by hand and with much skill; "The artisan crafted a complicated tool"
02464725 +Effect favor,favour treat gently or carefully
01613239 Null set put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone"
02301825 Null bear,take_over,accept,assume take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
00475647 +Effect purge rid of impurities; "purge the water"; "purge your mind"
01398443 -Effect flagellate,scourge whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
01219993 Null brace,steady,stabilize,stabilise support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
02400037 +Effect prefer,favor,favour promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"
02020413 -Effect infest,overrun invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
00880102 Null volunteer tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information"
00783689 Null drag persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
00937208 -Effect spill_the_beans,let_the_cat_out_of_the_bag,talk,tattle,blab,peach,babble,sing,babble_out,blab_out divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
01628899 Null set apply or start; "set fire to a building"
01552519 Null cut separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
01117484 Null complete,nail complete a pass
01755504 Null make gather and light the materials for; "make a fire"
01724459 Null play,spiel replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"
02443849 Null operate,run direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
02110793 +Effect enjoy have for one's benefit; "The industry enjoyed a boom"
01547001 Null lie be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"
01931768 Null steer,maneuver,manoeuver,manoeuvre,direct,point,head,guide,channelize,channelise direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
01380366 Null catch spread or be communicated; "The fashion did not catch"
00805376 +Effect agree,hold,concur,concord be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"
00724150 Null 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"
00252990 Null build_up,work_up,build,progress form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
00562067 Null make favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner"
02743565 Null come exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France"
01157517 Null consume,eat_up,use_up,eat,deplete,exhaust,run_through,wipe_out use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
00599992 Null learn,study,read,take be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
02037989 Null climb slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
00296178 +Effect 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"
01973125 Null lower,take_down,let_down,get_down,bring_down move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
02425112 +Effect volunteer,offer agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"
00022316 Null sedate,calm,tranquilize,tranquillize,tranquillise cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
01764800 Null calm,calm_down,quiet,tranquilize,tranquillize,tranquillise,quieten,lull,still make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
01307142 Null flush,level,even_out,even make level or straight; "level the ground"
01612818 Null plaster affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
01787822 -Effect madden,craze cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
02588280 Null hack,cut be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
00917772 Null predict,foretell,prognosticate,call,forebode,anticipate,promise make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
01017643 Null maintain,defend state or assert; "He maintained his innocence"
01238358 Null bottom strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
00167934 +Effect reform,straighten_out,see_the_light change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
02492054 Null rave participate in an all-night techno dance party
01956955 Null hitchhike,hitch,thumb travel by getting free rides from motorists
01742886 Null imitate,copy,simulate reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
02653381 Null dwell,consist,lie,lie_in originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
00069295 Null secrete,release generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
02484957 -Effect electrocute,fry kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted"
02011040 Null run_off,run_out,bolt,bolt_out,beetle_off leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
01226875 Null probe,dig_into,poke_into examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill"
02108791 Null hit,strike,come_to cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"
02304507 -Effect fall be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"
01408760 Null dribble,carry propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"
02506361 -Effect terrorize,terrorise coerce by violence or with threats
00248026 Null senesce,age,get_on,mature,maturate grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
02189398 Null catch,get perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time"
02599004 +Effect escape,get_away remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"
01258091 Null chop,chop_up cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat"
00455750 Null complete bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements; "A child would complete the family"
00473322 -Effect cut,prune,rationalize,rationalise weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
02503803 -Effect banish,relegate,bar expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
01774799 -Effect contemn,despise,scorn,disdain look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
01414916 -Effect smack,thwack deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
02057337 Null pull steer into a certain direction; "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over"
01400044 -Effect hit deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
00845909 -Effect disparage,belittle,pick_at express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"
01592669 Null tweak pinch or squeeze sharply
00086320 Null inject,shoot give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
00862225 Null boo,hiss show displeasure, as after a performance or speech
02253154 Null pay discharge or settle; "pay a debt"; "pay an obligation"
01018352 Null claim ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount"
01156834 Null consume,ingest,take_in,take,have serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
01269008 Null varnish,seal cover with varnish
01239494 -Effect elbow shove one's elbow into another person's ribs
01470670 +Effect see receive as a specified guest; "the doctor will see you now"; "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon"
00556593 Null draw bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition; "She was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a close"
01770501 -Effect disturb,upset,trouble move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
02423650 Null give_up,allow allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
01433294 Null bring,get,convey,fetch go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat"
02526811 +Effect come_to,strike attain; "The horse finally struck a pace"
01184625 +Effect sustain,keep,maintain supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"
02030158 Null separate,part,split go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
00147815 Null fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
01760300 Null draw elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"
00017674 Null doss,doss_down,crash sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though it's not very comfortable"
01706129 Null arrange,set adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"
02488304 Null see go to see for professional or business reasons; "You should see a lawyer"; "We had to see a psychiatrist"
02661252 Null deviate,vary,diverge,depart be at variance with; be out of line with
01062395 +Effect set,mark establish as the highest level or best performance; "set a record"
00691516 Null call consider or regard as being; "I would not call her beautiful"
01020005 Null 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"
02503365 Null extradite,deliver,deport hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"
02407987 Null work,put_to_work cause to work; "he is working his servants hard"
00883112 Null commend give to in charge; "I commend my children to you"
02383440 Null leave,depart,pull_up_stakes remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
01133825 Null fire,discharge cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
02582921 Null make carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas"
01147060 -Effect parry,block,deflect impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"
01328012 Null catch cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled; "I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles"
00669762 Null take,submit accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
00709625 Null design plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work"
00492410 -Effect foul,befoul,defile,maculate spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
00728954 +Effect penetrate,fathom,bottom come to understand
02636325 Null carry be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
02268881 Null burn spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"
02183175 Null honk,blare,beep,claxon,toot make a loud noise; "The horns of the taxis blared"
00150096 Null work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"
01629589 Null bring,work,play,wreak,make_for cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"
00338071 -Effect break_up,fragment,fragmentize,fragmentise break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
01970646 Null set,go_down,go_under disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days"
01762528 Null agitate,rouse,turn_on,charge,commove,excite,charge_up cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
01972570 -Effect crash fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
01644522 Null induce,stimulate,rush,hasten cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
01575146 -Effect ram,ram_down,pound strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"
02112029 Null expose expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"
00607405 Null study be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
01784295 -Effect break_down,lose_it,snap lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"
00730758 Null draw,make make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"
00066025 Null wail,whimper,mewl,pule cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain"
02039679 Null dip,sink appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
00164658 +Effect revitalize,revitalise give new life or vigor to
01824339 Null wish hope for; have a wish; "I wish I could go home now"
00717358 Null react,respond show a response or a reaction to something
00392588 +Effect sharpen,heighten make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"
02687251 Null roll,undulate occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"
00740449 +Effect acknowledge accept as legally binding and valid; "acknowledge the deed"
02006834 Null reach,hit,attain reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
00869393 Null call challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that"
00912048 Null exclaim,cry,cry_out,outcry,call_out,shout utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost"
02051547 Null fumble,blunder make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"
00882395 +Effect commend express approval of
01239054 Null shoulder carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"
00929362 Null look convey by one's expression; "She looked her devotion to me"
02756359 Null belong be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place); "They belong to the same political party"
02549581 Null attend,take_care,look,see take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business"
00997794 Null endorse,indorse sign as evidence of legal transfer; "endorse cheques"
01908365 Null face turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now"
02058756 Null drag,trail,get_behind,hang_back,drop_behind,drop_back to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
02484570 Null shoot,pip kill by firing a missile
01394200 Null swipe strike with a swiping motion
00735571 +Effect arrange,set_up,put,order arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
01022420 Null generalize,generalise,extrapolate,infer draw from specific cases for more general cases
00223928 -Effect melt,disappear,evaporate become less intense and fade away gradually; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
02678438 Null concern,interest,occupy,worry be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
00699815 Null determine,set fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
00594337 Null know be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"
01481647 Null hang place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction; "hang a door"
01262936 Null skin,peel,pare strip the skin off; "pare apples"
01805384 Null grizzle,brood,stew be in a huff; be silent or sullen
00336718 -Effect crack cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
02011865 -Effect derail,jump run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
01206849 Null touch cause to be in brief contact with; "He touched his toes to the horse's flanks"
00590642 Null touch comprehend; "He could not touch the meaning of the poem"
02525312 Null run make without a miss
02284951 +Effect refund,return,repay,give_back pay back; "Please refund me my money"
02693691 Null face be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other"
02648639 Null occupy,reside,lodge_in live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"
01706375 Null put adapt; "put these words to music"
00267855 Null turn_down,lower,lour make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
00673448 Null place,put,set estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
02625339 Null come,follow to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"
01172701 Null partake,touch consume; "She didn't touch her food all night"
02545045 Null dare to be courageous enough to try or do something; "I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others"
00971999 Null rule,find decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
00486018 +Effect follow_through,follow_up,follow_out,carry_out,implement,put_through,go_through pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"
01013367 Null stress,emphasize,emphasise,punctuate,accent,accentuate to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
01407059 Null pull hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"
00148341 Null drop fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop"
00093775 Null waste,rot become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
01216331 Null cling,hang hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
02115430 Null stun,bedaze,daze overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"
00571596 -Effect pull take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"
02674340 -Effect suck be inadequate or objectionable; "this sucks!"
00813044 Null consider,debate,moot,turn_over,deliberate think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
02480448 -Effect retire withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
00256507 Null swell,swell_up,intumesce,tumefy,tumesce expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
01767163 -Effect worry be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; "I worry about my job"
00268968 -Effect stun,stupefy make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
00665335 -Effect explode show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
01242832 Null slam,bang close violently; "He slammed the door shut"
02507093 -Effect condemn compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"
00884540 +Effect pledge,plight promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that I will honor my wife"
02717472 Null dangle,swing,drop hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
00235368 -Effect limit,circumscribe,confine restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
01262564 Null pare,trim remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size; "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"
01158572 Null use,expend use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
00552815 -Effect decay undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
01058224 Null crunch,scranch,scraunch,crackle make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
01238640 Null knock,strike_hard deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"
02319050 -Effect overcharge,soak,surcharge,gazump,fleece,plume,pluck,rob,hook rip off; ask an unreasonable price
01490336 Null load,charge provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
00045817 Null reduce,melt_off,lose_weight,slim,slenderize,thin,slim_down take off weight
01921772 Null clamber,scramble,shin,shinny,skin,struggle,sputter climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
02019011 Null barge_in,crash,gate-crash enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"
01308160 -Effect scrape,grate scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
02770170 Null storm rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning; "If it storms, we'll need shelter"
02230056 Null accrue,fall come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
01197014 Null devour,down,consume,go_through eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
02212825 -Effect deny,refuse refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
01929927 Null mince walk daintily; "She minced down the street"
00842538 -Effect blame,fault put or pin the blame on
01303547 Null bind,bandage wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
00337065 -Effect snap,crack break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped"
01594978 Null crunch,cranch,craunch,grind press or grind with a crushing noise
00450997 -Effect exhaust use up the whole supply of; "We have exhausted the food supplies"
02566092 -Effect fall lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"
01499265 Null throw,thrust place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
01522052 Null wind,wind_up coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
02768259 Null shoot emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
01893771 Null snap,click move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward"
01991204 Null well,swell come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"
01995211 Null draw,pull,pull_out,get_out,take_out bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
00885217 Null oblige,bind,hold,obligate bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
01414626 Null thump,pound,poke hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
01666717 Null cut,tailor style and tailor in a certain fashion; "cut a dress"
00561375 Null fall assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
01401115 Null get,catch reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach"
00850192 -Effect jeer,scoff,flout,barrack,gibe laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
00531489 -Effect lower,lour set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"
01810933 -Effect despair abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"
02567519 -Effect rape,ravish,violate,assault,dishonor,dishonour,outrage force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"
01516534 Null force,drive,ram force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
00543016 Null catch be struck or affected by; "catch fire"; "catch the mood"
00068627 Null reek,fume be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
01100008 -Effect drop lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
00799383 -Effect retreat,pull_back,back_out,back_away,crawfish,crawfish_out,pull_in_one's_horns,withdraw make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
01797347 Null grieve,sorrow feel grief
00539770 Null break_through,crack pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"
00462092 -Effect suppress,stamp_down,inhibit,subdue,conquer,curb to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
02520997 Null control,verify check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard; "Are you controlling for the temperature?"
02194723 Null smack,reek,smell have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism"
00363493 -Effect freeze,suspend stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
01849054 Null shove_off,shove_along,blow leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"
01767612 Null seethe,boil be in an agitated emotional state; "The customer was seething with anger"
02145543 -Effect obstruct,block shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"
02643740 -Effect suspend render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended"
00430625 Null thin make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"
02545578 -Effect risk,put_on_the_line,lay_on_the_line expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"
01417868 Null whisk,whip whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs"
00716130 -Effect overrule,overturn,override,overthrow,reverse rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
01774005 Null stew,grudge bear a grudge; harbor ill feelings
00750172 Null charge instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
00426958 Null disappear,vanish,go_away get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"
02059462 Null race,rush cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze"
00934965 -Effect blow cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
01524298 Null jam,jampack,ram,chock_up,cram,wad crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked"
01766952 -Effect retire,withdraw lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
01326528 -Effect destroy,put_down put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"
00609100 -Effect forget,block,blank_out,draw_a_blank be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"
01561583 Null smash hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
01067664 -Effect hurl,throw utter with force; utter vehemently; "hurl insults"; "throw accusations at someone"
00663160 Null control verify by using a duplicate register for comparison; "control an account"
02567147 -Effect conflict,run_afoul,infringe,contravene go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
02028994 Null disperse,dissipate,scatter,spread_out move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
01399576 Null beat strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically"
00796392 -Effect ban prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
01322854 -Effect butcher,slaughter kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
01562209 -Effect crash cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"
00402831 -Effect snarl,snarl_up,embrangle make more complicated or confused through entanglements
01211019 Null fumble handle clumsily
00809654 -Effect hedge,fudge,evade,put_off,circumvent,parry,elude,skirt,dodge,duck,sidestep avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
00797430 -Effect refuse,decline show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
02563327 Null run,execute carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
02101216 Null blast apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"
00203739 -Effect fracture violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
02697120 -Effect endanger,jeopardize,jeopardise,menace,threaten,imperil,peril pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops"
00335923 -Effect smash,dash break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"
01419473 Null agitate,vex,disturb,commove,shake_up,stir_up,raise_up change the arrangement or position of
02093390 Null beat,flap move with a flapping motion; "The bird's wings were flapping"
00862683 -Effect attack,round,assail,lash_out,snipe,assault attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
01712704 Null perform,execute,do carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
01798452 Null try,strain,stress test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
00107943 -Effect fracture break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"
02620213 -Effect fall die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"
00823827 -Effect savage,blast,pillory,crucify criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
00913065 Null shout,shout_out,cry,call,yell,scream,holler,hollo,squall utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me"
00667424 -Effect disprove,confute prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
01398032 Null whip,lash strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
01660976 Null dip place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
00657728 Null grade,score,mark assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"
02347637 Null consign,charge give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"
01505058 Null struggle to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"
01802219 Null lament,keen express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
01640855 Null 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"
00276373 -Effect disorder,disarray bring disorder to
02690708 Null lie be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
02504017 -Effect banish,ban,ostracize,ostracise,shun,cast_out,blackball expel from a community or group
01505958 Null catch,arrest,get attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
02140033 Null expose,exhibit,display to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
02073065 Null fly,fell,vanish pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
02566528 -Effect 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"
02527651 -Effect 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"
01527508 -Effect dislodge,bump remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"
00776988 Null hex,bewitch,glamour,witch,enchant,jinx cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
01410079 -Effect sandbag,stun hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
02321391 -Effect rob take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money"
00447654 Null cut dissolve by breaking down the fat of; "soap cuts grease"
00817003 -Effect deny refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"
01915730 Null cut pass through or across; "The boat cut the water"
02223479 -Effect waste get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
02101649 Null cut move (one's fist); "his opponent cut upward toward his chin"
01859995 Null cut stop filming; "cut a movie scene"
01135922 -Effect blast,shell use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
02711114 Null enclose,hold_in,confine close in; darkness enclosed him"
02723016 -Effect ramp,rage,storm behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
02123424 -Effect prick,sting,twinge cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"
01663443 Null throw make on a potter's wheel; "she threw a beautiful teapot"
01244692 Null dredge,drag search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
02076676 Null vacate,empty,abandon leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
01597286 Null shoot throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
00498016 Null charge saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
02452885 -Effect prevent,forestall,foreclose,preclude,forbid keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
02613672 -Effect miss fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
01043231 -Effect grunt issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise; "He grunted his reluctant approval"
01455184 Null hoist,lift,wind raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
00837288 Null pose,impersonate,personate pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"
00810557 Null miss,escape fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
00871942 Null bode,portend,auspicate,prognosticate,omen,presage,betoken,foreshadow,augur,foretell,prefigure,forecast,predict indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
00434919 -Effect crash,go_down stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"
02626405 Null well_up,swell come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
00477528 Null block shape by using a block; "Block a hat"; "block a garment"
01109087 -Effect upset defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the local team"
00260470 -Effect hurt,injure cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"
02198423 -Effect block interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia; "block a nerve"; "block a muscle"
01634424 Null fabricate,manufacture,cook_up,make_up,invent make up something artificial or untrue
01480149 -Effect capture,catch capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
01513430 -Effect shed,cast,cast_off,shake_off,throw,throw_off,throw_away,drop get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
01619231 -Effect unmake,undo deprive of certain characteristics
01545208 Null blow lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"
00607780 Null remember,retrieve,recall,call_back,call_up,recollect,think recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
01985923 -Effect sink,drop,drop_down fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"
01120069 -Effect assail,assault,set_on,attack attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
00151689 -Effect 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"
00388635 -Effect lay_waste_to,waste,devastate,desolate,ravage,scourge cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
00911562 -Effect regret express with regret; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"
01561408 -Effect smash collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"
01787709 -Effect madden drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
02500144 -Effect castigate inflict severe punishment on
01063188 Null provide determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech"
01807882 Null attract,appeal be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
00717045 +Effect insist,assert assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"
00107739 -Effect fracture,break fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
01016002 Null 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"
02413480 Null work exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
01632411 +Effect invent,contrive,devise,excogitate,formulate,forge come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
00672277 Null judge determine the result of (a competition)
01168259 +Effect picnic eat alfresco, in the open air; "We picnicked near the lake on this gorgeous Sunday"
00522751 Null receive,get,find,obtain,incur receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
02551144 +Effect rescue,deliver free from harm or evil
00392426 +Effect sharpen make crisp or more crisp and precise; "We had to sharpen our arguments"
02717362 Null bag hang loosely, like an empty bag
02636921 -Effect incriminate,imply,inculpate suggest that someone is guilty
01119950 -Effect rush attack suddenly
00611802 Null remember exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others"
00613018 -Effect forget,leave leave behind unintentionally; "I forgot my umbrella in the restaurant"; "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"
01242391 -Effect slam,bang strike violently; "slam the ball"
02205272 +Effect take take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
01109259 Null outdo,outflank,trump,best,scoop get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
02119659 -Effect chafe,gall,fret become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
01652139 +Effect bear,turn_out bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"
02354287 Null joint,articulate provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood"
00306017 -Effect explode,burst burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"
01612487 Null drape cover or dress loosely with cloth; "drape the statue with a sheet"
01315613 +Effect search,seek,look_for try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
01753788 +Effect create bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting"
00317888 Null prolong,protract,extend,draw_out lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
00944924 Null deduce,infer conclude by reasoning; in logic
00989602 Null deliver,present deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
01251228 Null scrub,scour clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
02291708 Null yield,pay,bear bring in; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?"
01909978 -Effect overturn,tip_over,turn_over,upset,knock_over,bowl_over,tump_over cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
00539936 +Effect open,open_up make available; "This opens up new possibilities"
01138911 Null play bet or wager (money); "He played $20 on the new horse"; "She plays the races"
00384620 +Effect reform,reclaim,regenerate,rectify bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
00075421 -Effect exhaust,wash_up,beat,tucker,tucker_out wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
02554922 +Effect promote,advance,boost,further,encourage contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"