Regular Verbs

Regular Verbs

Andrew Ernest Ritz

May 8, 2011

Andrew Ernest Ritz () Regular Verbs May 8, 2011 1 / 627

accept

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


add

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


admire

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


admit

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


advise

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


afford

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


agree

verb –1. (62) 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”)


alert

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


allow

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


amuse

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


analyse

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


announce

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


annoy

verb –. (5) annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark,
nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil – (cause annoyance in; disturb,
especially by minor irritations; ”Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really
bothers me”; ”It irritates me that she never closes the door after she
leaves”)


answer

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


apologise

verb –1. apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise –
(defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning;
”rationalize the child’s seemingly crazy behavior”; ”he rationalized his
lack of success”)


appear

verb –1. (121) look, appear, seem – (give a certain impression or have
a certain outward aspect; ”She seems to be sleeping”; ”This appears
to be a very diﬃcult problem”; ”This project looks ﬁshy”; ”They
appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time”)


applaud

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


appreciate

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


approve

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


argue

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


arrange

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


arrest

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


arrive

verb –1. (52) arrive, get, come – (reach a destination; arrive by
movement or progress; ”She arrived home at 7 o’clock”; ”She didn’t
get to Chicago until after midnight”)


ask

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


attach

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


attack

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


attempt

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


attend

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


attract

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


avoid

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


back

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


bake

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


balance

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


ban

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


bang

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


bare

verb –1. (1) bare – (lay bare; ”bare your breasts”; ”bare your
feelings”)


bat

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


bathe

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


battle

verb –. (6) battle, combat – (battle or contend against in or as if in a
battle; ”The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq”; ”We
must combat the prejudices against other races”; ”they battled over
the budget”)


beam

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


beg

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


behave

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


belong

verb –1. (10) belong – (be owned by; be in the possession of; ”This
book belongs to me”)


bleach

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


bless

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


blind

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


blink

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


blot

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


blush

verb –1. (9) blush, crimson, ﬂush, redden – (turn red, as if in
embarrassment or shame; ”The girl blushed when a young man
whistled as she walked by”)


boast

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


boil

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


bolt

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


bomb

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


book

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


bore

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


borrow

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


bounce

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


bow

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


box

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


brake

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


branch

verb –1. ramify, branch – (grow and send out branches or branch-like
structures; ”these plants ramify early and get to be very large”)


breathe

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


bruise

verb –1. (2) bruise, contuse – (injure the underlying soft tissue or
bone of; ”I bruised my knee”)


brush

verb –1. (11) brush – (rub with a brush, or as if with a brush;
”Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket”)


bubble

verb –1. (3) bubble – (form, produce, or emit bubbles; ”The soup
was bubbling”)


bump

verb –1. (2) bump, knock – (knock against with force or violence ;
”My car bumped into the tree”)


burn

verb –1. (11) burn, ﬁre, burn down – (destroy by ﬁre; ”They burned
the house and his diaries”)


bury

verb –1. (7) bury – (cover from sight; ”Afghani women buried under
their burkas”)


buzz

verb –1. (4) buzz, bombinate, bombilate – (make a buzzing sound;
”bees were buzzing around the hive”)


calculate

verb –1. (21) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon,
ﬁgure – (make a mathematical calculation or computation)


call

verb –1. (91) 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”)


camp

verb –1. (7) camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent – (live in or as
if in a tent; ”Can we go camping again this summer?”; ”The circus
tented near the town”; ”The houseguests had to camp in the living
room”)


care

verb –1. (64) care – (feel concern or interest; ”I really care about my
work”; ”I don’t care”)


carry

verb –1. (72) transport, carry – (move while supporting, either in a
vehicle or in one’s hands or on one’s body; ”You must carry your
camping gear”; ”carry the suitcases to the car”; ”This train is carrying
nuclear waste”; ”These pipes carry waste water into the river”)


carve

verb –1. (9) carve – (form by carving; ”Carve a ﬂower from the ice”)


cause

verb –1. (110) cause, do, make – (give rise to; cause to happen or
occur, not always intentionally; ”cause a commotion”; ”make a stir”;
”cause an accident”)


challenge

verb –1. (12) challenge, dispute, gainsay – (take exception to; ”She
challenged his claims”)


change

verb –1. (57) change, alter, modify – (cause to change; make
diﬀerent; cause a transformation; ”The advent of the automobile may
have altered the growth pattern of the city”; ”The discussion has
changed my thinking about the issue”)


charge

verb –1. (16) charge, bear down – (to make a rush at or sudden
attack upon, as in battle; ”he saw Jess charging at him with a
pitchfork”)


chase

verb –1. (10) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go
after, track – (go after with the intent to catch; ”The policeman
chased the mugger down the alley”; ”the dog chased the rabbit”)


check

verb –1. (27) 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”)


cheer

verb –1. (1) cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden – (give encourag
ement to)


chew

verb –. (10) chew, masticate, manducate, jaw – (chew (food); to bite
and grind with the teeth; ”He jawed his bubble gum”; ”Chew your
food and don’t swallow it!”; ”The cows were masticating the grass”)


choke

verb –1. (8) choke – (breathe with great diﬃculty, as when
experiencing a strong emotion; ”She choked with emotion when she
spoke about her deceased husband”)


chop

verb –1. (2) chop, chop up – (cut into pieces; ”Chop wood”; ”chop
meat”)


claim

verb –1. (34) claim – (assert or aﬃrm strongly; state to be true or
existing; ”He claimed that he killed the burglar”)


clap

verb –1. (2) clap – (put quickly or forcibly; ”The judge clapped him
in jail”)


clean

verb –1. (16) clean, make clean – (make clean by removing dirt, ﬁlth,
or unwanted substances from; ”Clean the stove!”; ”The dentist
cleaned my teeth”)


clear

verb –1. (16) unclutter, clear – (rid of obstructions; ”Clear your
desk”)


clip

verb –1. (2) nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off – (sever or remove by
pinching or snipping; ”nip off the flowers”)


close

verb –1. (32) close, shut – (move so that an opening or passage is
obstructed; make shut; ”Close the door”; ”shut the window”)


coach

verb –1. (2) coach, train – (teach and supervise (someone); act as a
trainer or coach (to), as in sports; ”He is training our Olympic team”;
”She is coaching the crew”)


coil

verb –1. (2) gyrate, spiral, coil – (to wind or move in a spiral course;
”the muscles and nerves of his ﬁne drawn body were coiling for
action”; ”black smoke coiling up into the sky”; ”the young people
gyrated on the dance ﬂoor”)


collect

verb –1. (16) roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile,
hoard – (get or gather together; ”I am accumulating evidence for the
man’s unfaithfulness to his wife”; ”She is amassing a lot of data for
her thesis”; ”She rolled up a small fortune”)


comb

verb –1. (1) comb – (straighten with a comb; ”comb your hair”)


command

verb –1. (10) command – (be in command of; ”The general
commande d a huge army”)


communicate

verb –1. (9) communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across –
(transmit information ; ”Please communicate this message to all
employees”; ”pass along the good news”)


compare

verb –1. (57) compare – (examine and note the similarities or
diﬀerences of; ”John compared his haircut to his friend’s”; ”We
compared notes after we had both seen the movie”)


compete

verb –. (24) compete, vie, contend – (compete for something;
engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)


complain

verb –1. (29) complain, kick, plain, sound oﬀ, quetch, kvetch –
(express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; ”My
mother complains all day”; ”She has a lot to kick about”)


complete

verb –1. (52) complete, finish – (come or bring to a finish or an end;
”He finished the dishes”; ”She completed the requirements for her
Master’s Degree”; ”The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2
hours; others finished in over 4 hours”)


concentrate

verb –1. (8) concentrate – (make denser, stronger, or purer;
”concentrate juice”)


concern

verb –1. (56) 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”)


confess

verb –1. (10) confess, squeal, ﬁnk – (confess to a punishable or
reprehensible deed, usually under pressure)


confuse

verb –1. (10) confuse, confound – (mistake one thing for another;
”you are confusing me with the other candidate”; ”I mistook her for
the secretary”)


connect

verb –1. (8) connect, link, tie, link up – (connect, fasten, or put
together two or more pieces; ”Can you connect the two loudspeak
ers?”; ”Tie the ropes together”; ”Link arms”)


consider

verb –1. (107) see, consider, reckon, view, regard – (deem to be;
”She views this quite diﬀerently from me”; ”I consider her to be
shallow”; ”I don’t see the situation quite as negatively as you do”)


consist

verb –1. (4) dwell, consist, lie, lie in – (originate (in); ”The problems
dwell in the social injustices in this country”)


contain

verb –1. (111) incorporate, contain, comprise – (include or contain;
have as a component; ”A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”;
”The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”)


continue

verb –1. (146) 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”)


copy

verb –1. (3) copy – (copy down as is; ”The students were made to
copy the alphabet over and over”)


correct

verb –1. (13) correct, rectify, right – (make right or correct; ”Correct
the mistakes”; ”rectify the calculation”)


cough

verb –. (6) cough – (exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or
congestion; ”The smoker coughs all day”)


count

verb –1. (23) count, number, enumerate, numerate – (determine the
number or amount of; ”Can you count the books on your shelf?”;
”Count your change”)


cover

verb –1. (35) cover – (provide with a covering or cause to be
covered; ”cover her face with a handkerchief”; ”cover the child with a
blanket”; ”cover the grave with ﬂowers”)


crack

verb –1. (6) crack, check, break – (become fractured; break or crack
on the surface only; ”The glass cracked when it was heated”)


crash

verb –1. (9) crash – (fall or come down violently; ”The branch
crashed down on my car”; ”The plane crashed in the sea”)


crawl

verb –1. (32) crawl, creep – (move slowly; in the case of people or
animals with the body near the ground; ”The crocodile was crawling
along the riverbed”)


cross

verb –1. (47) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get
across, cut through, cut across – (travel across or pass over; ”The
caravan covered almost 100 miles each day”)


crush

verb –1. (4) oppress, suppress, crush – (come down on or keep down
by unjust use of one’s authority; ”The government oppresses political
activists”)


cry

verb –1. (17) 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”)


cure

verb –1. (12) bring around, cure, heal – (provide a cure for, make
healthy again; ”The treatment cured the boy’s acne”; ”The quack
pretended to heal patients but never managed to”)


curl

verb –1. (3) curl, curve, kink – (form a curl, curve, or kink; ”the
cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling”)


curve

verb –1. (2) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut – (turn
sharply; change direction abruptly; ”The car cut to the left at the
intersection”; ”The motorbike veered to the right”)


cycle

verb –1. (1) cycle – (cause to go through a recurring sequence;
”cycle the laundry in this washing program”)


dam

verb –. (1) dam, dam up – (obstruct with, or as if with, a dam;
”dam the gorges of the Yangtse River”)


damage

verb –1. (12) damage – (inﬂict damage upon; ”The snow damaged
the roof”; ”She damaged the car when she hit the tree”)


dance

verb –1. (17) dance – (move in a graceful and rhythmical way; ”The
young girl danced into the room”)


dare

verb –1. (11) make bold, dare, presume – (take upon oneself; act
presumptuously, without permission; ”How dare you call my lawyer?”
)


decay

verb –1. (3) disintegrate, decay, decompose – (lose a stored charge,
magnetic ﬂux, or current; ”the particles disintegrated during the
nuclear ﬁssion process”)


deceive

verb –1. (5) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen – (be false to; be
dishonest with)


decide

verb –1. (123) decide, make up one’s mind, determine – (reach,
make, or come to a decision about something; ”We ﬁnally decided
after lengthy deliberations”)


decorate

verb –1. (6) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify –
(make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; ”Decorate
the room for the party”; ”beautify yourself for the special day”)


delay

verb –1. (8) delay, detain, hold up – (cause to be slowed down or
delayed; ”Traﬃc was delayed by the bad weather”; ”she delayed the
work that she didn’t want to perform”)


delight

verb –1. (5) please, delight – (give pleasure to or be pleasing to;
”These colors please the senses”; ”a pleasing sensation”)


deliver

verb –1. (21) deliver, present – (deliver (a speech, oration, or idea);
”The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that
impressed the students”)


depend

verb –1. (10) depend – (be contingent upon (something that is
elided); ”That depends”)


describe

verb –1. (77) describe, depict, draw – (give a description of; ”He
drew an elaborate plan of attack”)


desert

verb –1. (7) abandon, forsake, desolate, desert – (leave someone who
needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; ”The mother deserted her
children”)


deserve

verb –. (29) deserve, merit – (be worthy or deserving; ”You deserve a
promotion after all the hard work you have done”)


destroy

verb –1. (42) destroy, destruct – (do away with, cause the
destruction or undoing of; ”The ﬁre destroyed the house”)


detect

verb –. (21) 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”)


develop

verb –1. (44) 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”)


disagree

verb –1. (10) disagree, differ, dissent, take issue – (be of different
opinions; ”I beg to differ!”; ”She disagrees with her husband on many
questions”)


disappear

verb –1. (40) disappear, vanish, go away – (get lost, as without
warning or explanation; ”He disappeared without a trace”)


disapprove

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


disarm

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


discover

verb –1. (21) detect, observe, ﬁnd, discover, notice – (discove r or


dislike

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


divide

verb –1. (20) 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”)


double

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


doubt

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


drag

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


drain

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


dream

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


dress

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


drip

verb –1. (11) drip – (fall in drops; ”Water is dripping from the
faucet”)


drop

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


drown

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


drum

verb –1. (1) drum, beat, thrum – (make a rhythmic sound; ”Rain
drummed against the windshield”; ”The drums beat all night”)


dry

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


dust

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


educate

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


embarrass

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


employ

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


empty

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


encourage

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


end

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


enjoy

verb –1. (52) 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”)


enter

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


entertain

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


escape

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


examine

verb –1. (17) 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”)


excite

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


excuse

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


exercise

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


exist

verb –1. (100) exist, be – (have an existence, be extant; ”Is there a
God?”)


expand

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


expect

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


explain

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


explode

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


extend

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


face

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


fade

verb –1. (6) fade, melt – (become less clearly visible or
distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; ”The scene begins
to fade”; ”The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk”)


fail

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


fancy

verb –1. (3) 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”)


fasten

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


fax

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


fear

verb –1. (23) fear – (be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about
a possible or probable situation or event; ”I fear she might get
aggressive”)


fence

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


fetch

verb –1. (3) 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”)


file

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


fill

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


film

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


fire

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


ﬁt

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


ﬁx

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


ﬂap

verb –1. (4) 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”)


flash

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


ﬂoat

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


flood

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


flow

verb –1. (13) flow, flux – (move or progress freely as if in a stream;
”The crowd flowed out of the stadium”)


flower

verb –. (1) bloom, blossom, flower – (produce or yield flowers; ”The
cherry tree bloomed”)


fold

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


follow

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


fool

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


force

verb –1. (48) 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”)


form

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


found

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


frame

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


frighten

verb –1. (10) frighten, fright, scare, aﬀright – (cause fear in; ”The
stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”; ”Ghosts could
never aﬀright her”)


fry

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


gather

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


gaze

verb –. (25) gaze, stare – (look at with ﬁxed eyes; ”The students
stared at the teacher with amazement”)


glow

verb –1. (5) glow – (emit a steady even light without flames; ”The
fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden”)


glue

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


grab

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


grate

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


grease

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


greet

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


grin

verb –. (18) grin – (to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a
smile, grimace, or snarl)


grip

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


groan

verb –. (7) groan, moan – (indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure;
”The students groaned when the professor got out the exam
booklets”; ”The ancient door soughed when opened”)


guarantee

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


guard

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


guess

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


guide

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


hammer

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


hand

verb –1. (25) 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”)


handle

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


hang

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


happen

verb –1. (149) happen, hap, go on, pass oﬀ, occur, pass, fall out,
come about, take place – (come to pass; ”What is happening? ”;
”The meeting took place oﬀ without an incidence”; ”Nothing
occurred that seemed important”)


harass

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


harm

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


hate

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


haunt

verb –1. (3) haunt, stalk – (follow stealthily or recur constant ly and
spontaneously to; ”her ex-boyfriend stalked her”; ”the ghost of her
mother haunted her”)


head

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


heal

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


heap

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


heat

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


help

verb –1. (183) 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”)


hook

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


hop

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


hope

verb –1. (60) hope, trust, desire – (expect and wish; ”I trust you will
behave better from now on”; ”I hope she understands that she cannot
expect a raise”)


hover

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


hug

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


hum

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


hunt

verb –1. (4) 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”)


hurry

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


identify

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


ignore

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


imagine

verb –1. (66) 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?”)


impress

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


improve

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


include

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


increase

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


influence

verb –1. (19) 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”)


inform

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


inject

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


injure

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


instruct

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


intend

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


interest

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


interfere

verb –1. (11) interfere – (come between so as to be hindrance or
obstacle; ”Your talking interferes with my work!”)


interrupt

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


introduce

verb –1. (21) introduce, present, acquaint – (cause to come to know
personally; ”permit me to acquaint you with my son”; ”introduc e the
new neighbors to the community”)


invent

verb –1. (14) 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”)


invite

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


irritate

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


itch

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


jail

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


jam

verb –1. (1) throng, mob, pack, pile, jam – (press tightly together or
cram; ”The crowd packed the auditorium”)


jog

verb –1. (1) ramble on, ramble, jog – (continue talking or writing in
a desultory manner; ”This novel rambles on and jogs”)


join

verb –1. (75) join, fall in, get together – (become part of; become a
member of a group or organization; ”He joined the Communist Party
as a young man”)


joke

verb –1. (2) joke, jest – (tell a joke; speak humorously; ”He often
jokes even when he appears serious”)


judge

verb –1. (11) judge – (determine the result of (a competition))


juggle

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


jump

verb –1. (19) jump, leap, bound, spring – (move forward by leaps
and bounds; ”The horse bounded across the meadow”; ”The child
leapt across the puddle”; ”Can you jump over the fence?”)


kick

verb –1. (11) kick – (drive or propel with the foot)


kill

verb –1. (103) kill – (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally
or knowingly; ”This man killed several people when he tried to rob a
bank”; ”The farmer killed a pig for the holidays”)


kiss

verb –1. (18) snog, kiss, buss, osculate – (touch with the lips or press
the lips (against someone’s mouth or other body part) as an
expression of love, greeting, etc.; ”The newly married couple kissed”;
”She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the
room”)


kneel

verb –. (9) kneel – (rest one’s weight on one’s knees; ”In church you
have to kneel during parts of the service”)


knit

verb –1. (2) knit – (make (textiles) by knitting; ”knit a scarf”)


knock

verb –1. (7) knock, strike hard – (deliver a sharp blow or push :”He
knocked the glass clear across the room”)


knot

verb –1. (1) knot – (make into knots; make knots out of; ”She
knotted her ﬁngers”)


label

verb –1. (8) label – (assign a label to; designate with a label; ”These
students were labelled ‘learning disabled’”)


land

verb –1. (16) land, set down – (reach or come to rest; ”The bird
landed on the highest branch”; ”The plane landed in Istanbul”)


last

verb –1. (19) last, endure – (persist for a speciﬁed period of time;
”The bad weather lasted for three days”)


laugh

verb –. (64) laugh, express joy, express mirth – (produce laughter)


launch

verb –1. (10) establish, set up, found, launch – (set up or found;
”She set up a literacy program”)


learn

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


level

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


license

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


lick

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


lie

verb –1. (88) lie – (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a
certain position)


lighten

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


like

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


list

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


listen

verb –1. (60) listen – (hear with intention; ”Listen to the sound of
this cello”)


live

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


load

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


lock

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


long

verb –. (6) hanker, long, yearn – (desire strongly or persistent ly)


look

verb –1. (274) 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!”)


love

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


man

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


manage

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


march

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


mark

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


marry

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


match

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


mate

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


matter

verb –. (21) count, matter, weigh – (have weight; have import, carry
weight; ”It does not matter much”)


measure

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


meddle

verb –. (1) meddle, tamper – (intrude in other people’s aﬀairs or
business; interfere unwantedly; ”Don’t meddle in my aﬀairs!”)


melt

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


memorise

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


mend

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


mess

verb –1. mess – (eat in a mess hall)


up

verb –. (2) up – (raise; ”up the ante”)


milk

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


mine

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


miss

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


mix

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


moan

verb –. (3) groan, moan – (indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure;
”The students groaned when the professor got out the exam
booklets”; ”The ancient door soughed when opened”)


moor

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


mourn

verb –1. (6) mourn – (feel sadness; ”She is mourning her dead child”)


move

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


muddle

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


mug

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


multiply

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


murder

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


nail

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


name

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


need

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


nest

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


nod

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


note

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


notice



obey

verb –. (14) obey – (be obedient to)


object

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


observe



obtain

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


occur

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


offend

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


offer

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


open

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


order

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


overflow

verb –1. (2) overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over – (flow
or run over (a limit or brim))


owe

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


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