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Synonyms of the word 
BEAR → ABIDE - ACCEPT - ACQUIT - ACT - ALLOW - ASSUME - BEAR - BEHAVE - BIRTH - BROOK - CARNIVORE - CARRY - CLEAR - COMPORT - CONDUCT - CONTAIN - COUNTENANCE - CREATE - DELIVER - DEPORT - DIGEST - EARN - ENDURE - EXPECT - FEATURE - GAIN - GESTATE - HAVE - HOLD - INCLUDE - INVESTOR - LET - MAKE - MOVE - PAY - PERMIT - PRODUCE - REALISE - REALIZE - STAND - STOMACH - SUFFER - SUPPORT - TAKE - TOLERATE - TRANSPORT - WEAR - YIELDbear- n. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and…
- n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- n. (slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
- n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
- n. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
- n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices…
- v. (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
- v. (transitive) To carry something.
- v. (transitive) To be equipped with (something).
- v. (transitive) To wear or display.
- v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
- v. (transitive) To put up with something.
- v. (transitive) To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
- v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
- v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
- v. (trasitive, intransitive) To take effect; to have influence or force.
- v. (intransitive, usually with on or upon) To relate or refer.
- v. (transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
- v. (transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
- v. (transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
- v. (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- v. (transitive) To admit or be capable of; to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- v. (transitive) To manage, wield, or direct; to behave or conduct (oneself).
- v. (transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
- n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- n. Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
abide- v. Accept, comply or act in accordance.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
- v. (intransitive) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition;…
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.
- v. (intransitive) To endure; to remain; to last.
- v. (transitive) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
- v. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
- v. (transitive) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
- v. (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.
- v. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
- v. A component in at least one phrasal verb: abide by.
accept- v. (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
- v. (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
- v. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
- v. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
- v. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
- v. (transitive) To endure patiently.
- v. (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
- v. (transitive) To receive officially.
- v. (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
- adj. (obsolete) Accepted.
acquit- v. To declare or find not guilty; innocent.
- v. (followed by “of”, formerly by “from”) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability,…
- v. (obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
- v. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite, to fulfill.
- v. (reflexive) To clear oneself.
- v. (reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one’s part.
- v. (obsolete) To release, set free, rescue.
- v. (archaic) past participle of acquit.
act- n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
- n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
- n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- n. The process of doing something.
- n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
- n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- n. (countable) Any organized activity.
- n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
- n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
- n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- v. (intransitive) To do something.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
- v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
- v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- v. (transitive) To play (a role).
- v. (transitive) To feign.
- v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
allow- v. (transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
- v. (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
- v. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
- v. (transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
- v. To not bar or obstruct.
- v. (intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.
- v. (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
- v. (transitive) To render physically possible.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
- v. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
assume- v. To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
- v. To take on a position, duty or form.
- v. To adopt a feigned quality or manner.
- v. To receive or adopt.
- v. To adopt an idea or cause.
bear- n. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and…
- n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- n. (slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
- n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
- n. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
- n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices…
- v. (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
- v. (transitive) To carry something.
- v. (transitive) To be equipped with (something).
- v. (transitive) To wear or display.
- v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
- v. (transitive) To put up with something.
- v. (transitive) To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
- v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
- v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
- v. (trasitive, intransitive) To take effect; to have influence or force.
- v. (intransitive, usually with on or upon) To relate or refer.
- v. (transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
- v. (transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
- v. (transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
- v. (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- v. (transitive) To admit or be capable of; to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- v. (transitive) To manage, wield, or direct; to behave or conduct (oneself).
- v. (transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
- n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- n. Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
behave- v. (reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.
- v. (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
- v. (intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.
birth- n. (uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
- n. (countable) An instance of childbirth.
- n. (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
- n. (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
- n. That which is born.
- n. Misspelling of berth.
- adj. A familial relationship established by childbirth.
- v. (dated or regional) To bear or give birth to (a child).
- v. (figuratively) To produce, give rise to.
brook- v. (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To use; enjoy; have the full employment of.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To earn; deserve.
- v. (transitive) To bear; endure; support; put up with; tolerate (usually used in the negative, with an abstract…
- n. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
- n. (Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.
- n. (Sussex, Kent, in the plural) Low, marshy ground.
carnivore- n. Any animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.
- n. (zoology) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
- n. (informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.
carry- v. (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- v. To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- v. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
- v. (transitive) To stock or supply (something).
- v. (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- v. (transitive) To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly.
- v. (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the…
- v. (transitive) To have or maintain (something).
- v. (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- v. (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- v. (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- v. (transitive) To have on one's person.
- v. To be pregnant (with).
- v. To have propulsive power; to propel.
- v. To hold the head; said of a horse.
- v. (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- v. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in…
- v. (obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.
- v. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply.
- v. (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- v. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- n. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- n. A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- n. (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
clear- adj. Transparent in colour.
- adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
- adj. Free of obstacles.
- adj. Without clouds.
- adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
- adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
- adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
- adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
- adv. All the way; entirely.
- adv. Not near something or touching it.
- adv. free (or separate) from others.
- adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
- v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
- v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
- v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
- v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- v. (intransitive) To become clear.
- v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
- v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- v. To obtain a clearance.
- v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
- v. To fell all trees of a forest.
- v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
- n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
- n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).
comport- v. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with).
- v. (intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord.
- v. (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner).
- n. (obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; deportment.
conduct- n. The act or method of controlling or directing.
- n. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
- n. The manner of guiding or carrying oneself; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.
- n. (of a literary work) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.
- n. (obsolete) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
- n. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.
- v. (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
- v. (transitive) To lead; to direct; to manage.
- v. (transitive) (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.
- v. (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.).
- v. (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- v. (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
- v. (transitive) To carry out (something organized).
contain- v. (transitive) To hold inside.
- v. (transitive) To include as a part.
- v. (transitive) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
- v. (mathematics, of a set etc., transitive) To have as an element or subset.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
countenance- n. Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
- n. Favour; support; encouragement.
- n. (obsolete) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
- n. calm facial expression, composure, self-control.
- v. (transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
create- v. (transitive) To bring into existence.
- v. (transitive) To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
- v. (intransitive) To be creative, imaginative.
- v. (transitive) To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
- v. (transitive) To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or…
- v. (transitive) To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
- adj. (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.
deliver- v. To set free.
- v. (process) To do with birth.
- v. To free from or disburden of anything.
- v. To bring or transport something to its destination.
- v. To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
- v. To express in words, declare, or utter.
- v. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
- v. To discover; to show.
- v. (obsolete) To admit; to allow to pass.
- v. (medicine) To administer a drug.
deport- v. (reflexive, now rare) To comport (oneself); to behave.
- v. (transitive) To evict, especially from a country.
digest- v. (transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for…
- v. (transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and…
- v. (transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive…
- v. To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
- v. (transitive, chemistry) To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical…
- v. (intransitive) To undergo digestion.
- v. (medicine, obsolete, intransitive) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.
- v. (medicine, obsolete, transitive) To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To ripen; to mature.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief).
- n. That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads…
- n. A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.
- n. Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list "digest" including a week's postings, or a magazine…
- n. (cryptography) The result of applying a hash function to a message.
earn- v. (transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- v. (transitive) To receive payment for work.
- v. (intransitive) To receive payment for work.
- v. (transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
- v. (transitive) To be worthy of.
- v. (Britain, dialect, dated) To curdle, as milk.
- v. (obsolete) To long; to yearn.
- v. (obsolete) To grieve.
- n. Alternative form of erne.
endure- v. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
- v. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
- v. (intransitive) To last.
- v. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under…
- v. (transitive) To suffer patiently.
- v. (obsolete) To indurate.
expect- v. To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or…
- v. To consider obligatory or required.
- v. To consider reasonably due.
- v. (continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To wait; to stay.
feature- n. (obsolete) One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.
- n. An important or main item.
- n. (media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently…
- n. Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
- n. (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
- n. The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty,…
- n. (archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and…
- n. (engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer,…
- v. (transitive) To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
- v. (transitive) To star, to contain.
- v. (intransitive) To appear, to make an appearance.
gain- prep. (obsolete) Against.
- adj. (obsolete) Straight, direct; near; short.
- adj. (obsolete) Suitable; convenient; ready.
- adj. (dialectal) Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
- adj. (dialectal) Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
- adv. (obsolete) Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
- adv. (dialectal) Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
- adv. (dialectal) Tolerably; fairly.
- n. The act of gaining; acquisition.
- n. What is gained.
- n. (electronics) The factor by which a signal is multiplied.
- v. (transitive) To acquire possession of.
- v. (intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest,…
- v. (transitive, dated) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition.
- v. (transitive) To increase.
- v. (intransitive) To be more likely to catch or overtake an individual.
- v. (transitive) To reach.
- v. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
- v. (intransitive) To put on weight.
- v. (of a clock or watch) To run fast.
- n. (architecture) A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports…
gestate- v. To carry offspring in the uterus from conception to delivery.
- v. (by analogy) To develop an idea.
have- v. (transitive) To possess, own, hold.
- v. (transitive) To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
- v. (transitive) To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
- v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
- v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) must.
- v. (transitive) To give birth to.
- v. (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- v. (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
- v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is…
- v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- v. Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion,…
- v. (Britain, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
- v. (Ireland) To be able to speak a language.
- v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- v. To be afflicted with, to suffer from, to experience something negative.
- v. To trick, to deceive.
- v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow.
- v. (transitive) To host someone.
hold- adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
- v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- v. (transitive) To contain or store.
- v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
- v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
- v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
- v. To take place, to occur.
- v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
- n. A grasp or grip.
- n. A place where animals are held for safety.
- n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- n. Something reserved or kept.
- n. Power over someone or something.
- n. The ability to persist.
- n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
- n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
- n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
- n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).
include- v. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
- v. To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
- v. (obsolete) To enclose, confine.
- v. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
- v. (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
- n. (programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another…
investor- n. A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
let- v. (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
- v. (transitive) To leave.
- v. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).
- v. (transitive) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
- v. (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
- v. (transitive) Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person.
- v. (transitive, obsolete except with know) To cause (+ bare infinitive).
- n. The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
- v. (archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
- v. (obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
- v. (obsolete) To tarry or delay.
- n. An obstacle or hindrance.
- n. (tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
make- v. (transitive, heading) To create.
- v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- v. To constitute.
- v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- v. To appoint; to name.
- v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
- v. To enact; to establish.
- v. To develop into; to prove to be.
- v. To form or formulate in the mind.
- v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
- v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
- v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
- v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
- v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
- n. How a thing is made; construction.
- n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
- n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
- n. A person's character or disposition.
- n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
- n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
- n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
- n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
- n. (slang, military) A promotion.
- n. A home-made project.
- n. (basketball) A made basket.
- n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
- n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
move- v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
- v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
- v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
- v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
- v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
- v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
- v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
- v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
- v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- n. The act of moving; a movement.
- n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
- n. The event of changing one's residence.
- n. A change in strategy.
- n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…
pay- v. (transitive) To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due…
- v. (transitive) To be profitable for.
- v. (transitive) To give (something else than money).
- v. (intransitive) To be profitable or worth the effort.
- v. (intransitive) To discharge an obligation or debt.
- v. (intransitive) To suffer consequences.
- n. Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
- adj. Operable or accessible on deposit of coins.
- adj. Pertaining to or requiring payment.
- v. (nautical, transitive) To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a…
permit- v. (now archaic, rare) To hand over, resign (something to someone).
- v. (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
- v. (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
- v. (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
- v. (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
- v. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
- v. (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for…
- n. (obsolete) Formal permission.
- n. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
- n. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.
produce- v. (transitive) To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
- v. (transitive) To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection.
- v. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public.
- v. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line.
- v. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong.
- n. Items produced.
- n. Amount produced.
- n. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs,…
- n. Offspring.
- n. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies.
realise- v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of realize.
realize- v. (formal, transitive) To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring…
- v. (transitive) To become aware of a fact or situation.
- v. (transitive) To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to…
- v. (transitive, business) To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts;…
- v. (transitive, business, finance) To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing…
- v. (transitive, business, obsolete) To convert into real property; to make real estate of.
stand- v. (heading) To position or be positioned physically.
- v. (heading) To position or be positioned mentally.
- v. (heading) To position or be positioned socially.
- v. (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified…
- v. (intransitive) To remain without ruin or injury.
- v. (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
- n. The act of standing.
- n. A defensive position or effort.
- n. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
- n. A period of performance in a given location or venue.
- n. A device to hold something upright or aloft.
- n. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
- n. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
- n. (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and…
- n. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
- n. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
- n. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
- n. (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
- n. (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural).
- n. (cricket) A partnership.
- n. (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
- n. (obsolete) Rank; post; station; standing.
- n. (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
- n. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own…
- n. (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
stomach- n. An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
- n. (informal) The belly.
- n. (obsolete) Pride, haughtiness.
- n. (obsolete) Appetite.
- n. (figuratively) Desire, appetite (for something abstract).
- v. (transitive) To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be angry.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
suffer- v. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
- v. (intransitive) To feel pain.
- v. (intransitive) To become worse.
- v. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
- v. (transitive, archaic) To allow.
support- n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
- n. Financial or other help.
- n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
- n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
- n. Evidence.
- n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
- v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
- v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
- v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
- v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
- v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
- v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
- v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
- v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
take- v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- v. (transitive) To remove.
- v. (transitive) To have sex with.
- v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
- v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
- v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
- v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
- v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
- v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- v. (transitive) To consume.
- v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
- v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
- v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
- v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
- v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
- v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
- v. (transitive) To require.
- v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
- v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
- v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
- v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
- v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
- v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
- v. (transitive) To move into.
- v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
- v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
- v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
- v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
- v. (transitive) To deal with.
- v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
- v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
- v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
- v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
- v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
- n. The or an act of taking.
- n. Something that is taken; a haul.
- n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
- n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
- n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
- n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
tolerate- v. To allow (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) to exist or occur without interference.
transport- v. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
- v. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
- v. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
- n. An act of transporting; conveyance.
- n. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
- n. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.).
- n. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
- n. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
- n. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
- n. (historical) A deported convict.
wear- v. (now chiefly Britain dialectal, transitive) To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
- v. (now chiefly Britain dialectal, transitive) To defend; protect.
- v. (now chiefly Britain dialectal, transitive) To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off;…
- v. (now chiefly Britain dialectal, transitive) To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or…
- v. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
- v. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or…
- v. To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
- v. (colloquial, with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
- v. To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce…
- v. (intransitive) To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due…
- v. To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- v. (intransitive) To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or…
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue,…
- v. (intransitive, of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
- v. (nautical) To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed…
- n. (uncountable) (in combination) clothing.
- n. (uncountable) damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.
- n. (uncountable) fashion.
yield- v. (obsolete) To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
- v. To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
- v. To give way; to allow another to pass first.
- v. To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
- v. (intransitive) To give way; to succumb to a force.
- v. To produce as return, as from an investment.
- v. (mathematics) To produce as a result.
- v. (linguistics) To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
- v. (engineering, materials science, of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo…
- v. (rare) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
- n. (obsolete) Payment; tribute.
- n. A product; the quantity of something produced.
- n. (law) The current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond.
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