Synonym of the word CHECK

check

n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
n. An inspection or examination.
n. A control; a limit or stop.
n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
n. A small chink or crack.
v. To inspect; to examine.
v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
v. To control, limit, or halt.
v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
v. To leave in safekeeping.
v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
v. To act as a curb or restraint.
v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

account

n. (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings…
n. (banking) A sum of money deposited at a bank and subject to withdrawal.
n. A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action…
n. A reason, grounds, consideration, motive.
n. (business) A business relationship involving the exchange of money and credit.
n. A record of events; recital of transactions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description.
n. An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
n. Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
n. An authorization to use a service.
n. (archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
n. Profit; advantage.
v. to provide explanation.
v. to count.

aggress

n. Aggression.
v. (transitive) To set upon; to attack.
v. (intransitive, construed with on) To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a…

agree

v. (intransitive) To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become…
v. (intransitive) To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to.
v. (transitive, Britain, Ireland) To yield assent to; to approve.
v. (intransitive) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange…
v. (intransitive) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond.
v. (intransitive, now always with with) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well.
v. (intransitive, grammar) To correspond to in gender, number, case, or person.
v. (intransitive, law) To consent to a contract or to an element of a contract.

alter

v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
v. (intransitive) To become different.
v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

analyse

v. British spelling standard spelling of analyze.

analyze

v. (transitive) To subject to analysis.
v. (transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
v. (transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
v. (transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined;…

appraisal

n. The act or process of developing an opinion of value.
n. A judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one.

arrest

n. A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
n. The condition of being stopped, standstill.
n. (law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
n. A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
n. A device to physically arrest motion.
n. (nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
n. (obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
n. (farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse.
v. (obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person or animal).
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To stay, remain.
v. (transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
v. (transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
v. (transitive) To catch the attention of.

ascertain

v. To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
v. (archaic) To make (someone) certain or confident.

assay

n. Trial, attempt, essay.
n. Examination and determination; test.
n. The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
n. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
n. Tested purity or value.
n. The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially,…
n. The alloy or metal to be assayed.
v. (transitive) To attempt (something).
v. (archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something).
v. (transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.).
v. (obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight.
v. To affect.
v. To try tasting, as food or drink.

assessment

n. The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
n. An appraisal or evaluation.

assure

v. (transitive) To make sure and secure.
v. (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
v. (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
v. To reassure.

attack

n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

balk

n. An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
n. (archaeology) the wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
n. beam, crossbeam.
n. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
n. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
n. (sports) deceptive motion; feint.
v. (archaic) To pass over or by.
v. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
v. (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
v. To stop, check, block.
v. To stop short and refuse to go on.
v. To refuse suddenly.
v. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to thwart.
v. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
v. To leave or make balks in.
v. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
v. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

baulk

n. (Britain) Alternative spelling of balk.
n. (Britain) In billiards, the area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially…
v. (Britain) Alternative spelling of balk.

be

v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from"…
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are…
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun…
v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate…
v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
v. (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
v. (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense,…
v. (African American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the…

bill

n. Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later…
n. A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
n. Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.
n. A pickaxe, or mattock.
n. (nautical) The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke (also called the peak).
v. (transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.
n. The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a turtle,…
n. A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.
n. (of a hat or cap) The peak or brim, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.
v. (obsolete) To peck.
v. To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness.
n. A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill…
n. A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain…
n. A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.
n. (obsolete, law) A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the…
n. (US) A piece of paper money; a banknote.
n. A written note of goods sold, services rendered, or work done, with the price or charge; an invoice.
n. A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play,…
n. A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without…
n. A set of items presented together.
v. (transitive) To advertise by a bill or public notice.
v. (transitive) To charge; to send a bill to.
n. The bell, or boom, of the bittern.

blemish

n. A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
n. A moral defect; a character flaw.
v. To spoil the appearance of.
v. To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.

block

n. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
n. A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
n. A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
n. A residential building consisting of flats.
n. The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
n. Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
n. (slang) The human head.
n. A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
n. A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
n. A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.
n. (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
n. (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
n. (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
n. (rigging) A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for…
n. (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present…
n. Something that prevents something from passing (see blockage).
n. (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball,…
n. (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum…
n. (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s…
n. (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
n. A section of split logs used as fuel.
n. (Britain) Solitary confinement.
n. A cellblock.
n. (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
n. (printing, dated) A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
n. (obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
n. A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
n. (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
n. (cricket) A blockhole.
n. (cricket) The popping crease.
n. Misspelling of bloc.
v. (transitive) To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
v. (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
v. (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
v. (transitive, sports) To impede an opponent.
v. (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors.
v. (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
v. (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
v. (transitive) To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone.
v. (computing, intransitive) To wait.
v. (transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.

blockade

n. The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic…
n. By extension, any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
n. (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
n. (chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it.
v. (transitive) To create a blockade against.

break

v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that…
v. (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
v. (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
v. (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
v. (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
v. (transitive) To ruin financially.
v. (transitive) To violate, to not adhere to.
v. (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, temperaturewise.
v. (intransitive, of a storm or spell of weather) To end.
v. (transitive, gaming slang) To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in…
v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
v. (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
v. (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
v. (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
v. (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
v. (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately)…
v. (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
v. (intransitive, of morning) To arrive.
v. (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
v. (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
v. (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
v. (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down;…
v. (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a…
v. (sports and games).
v. (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
v. (transitive) To end (a connection), to disconnect.
v. (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
v. (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
v. (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
v. (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
v. (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
v. (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
v. (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
v. (of a horse) To tame, to horsebreak.
n. An instance of breaking something into two pieces.
n. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
n. A rest or pause, usually from work. Often the mid-morning breaktime in the school day.
n. A short holiday.
n. A temporary split with a romantic partner.
n. An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast,…
n. A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
n. The beginning (of the morning).
n. An act of escaping.
n. (computing) The separation between lines or paragraphs of a written text.
n. (Britain, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
n. (sports and games).
n. (dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in…
n. (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
n. (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
n. (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is,…
n. (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as…

bridle

n. The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
n. (figuratively) A restraint; a curb; a check.
n. A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging…
n. A mooring hawser.
n. A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
v. (transitive) To put a bridle on.
v. (transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.
v. (intransitive) To show hostility or resentment.

canvas

n. A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
n. A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
n. A basis for creative work.
n. (computer graphics) A region on which graphics can be rendered.
n. (nautical) sails in general.
n. A tent.
n. A painting, or a picture on canvas.
n. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show…
n. Alternative spelling of canvass.
v. To cover an area or object with canvas.
v. Alternative spelling of canvass.

canvass

n. A solicitation of voters or public opinion.
n. A tally, audit and certification of votes.
v. To solicit voters, opinions, etc. from; to go through, with personal solicitation or public addresses.
v. To conduct a survey.
v. To campaign.
v. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize.
v. To examine by discussion; to debate.

change

v. (intransitive) To become something different.
v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
v. (transitive) To replace.
v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
v. (archaic) To exchange.
v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

charge

n. The scope of someone's responsibility.
n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
n. A load or burden; cargo.
n. The amount of money levied for a service.
n. An instruction.
n. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
n. An accusation.
n. An electric charge.
n. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
n. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
n. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
n. A forceful forward movement.
n. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
n. (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
n. (obsolete) Weight; import; value.
n. (historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds;…
n. (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
v. To assign a duty or responsibility to.
v. (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
v. (transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
v. (possibly archaic) To sell at a given price.
v. (law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
v. To impute or ascribe.
v. To call to account; to challenge.
v. (transitive) To place a burden or load on or in.
v. (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose…
v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
v. (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog…

checker

n. One who checks something.
n. The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
n. A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).
v. (transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
v. (intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
n. The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis.

checkout

n. the process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.
n. the process of checking out items at a supermarket or library.
n. the place in a supermarket where this is done.
n. a test to see if some device is functioning properly.
n. an inspection or investigation.

cheque

n. (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Britain) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person…

chequer

n. Alternative spelling of checker.
v. Alternative spelling of checker.

chink

n. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
n. A chip or dent (in something metallic).
n. (figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
v. (transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
v. (intransitive) To crack; to open.
v. (transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
n. A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other.
n. (colloquial, now rare) Ready money, especially in the form of coins.
v. (intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
v. (transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing…
n. Alternative form of Chink.

chip

n. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
n. A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
n. (games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.
n. (electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
n. (electronics) A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised…
n. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, especially in the plural) A fried strip of potato of square…
n. (US, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the plural) A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes…
n. (sports) A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to…
n. (curling) A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
n. A dried piece of dung used as fuel.
n. (New Zealand, northern) A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
n. (cooking) A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
n. A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent…
n. (nautical) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
n. (historical) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making…
n. (archaic, derogatory) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavour.
n. (golf) A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
v. (transitive) To break into small pieces.
v. (transitive) To break small pieces from.
v. (transitive, sports) To play a shot hitting the ball predominately upwards rather than forwards.
v. (transitive, sports) In association football, specifically, to play a shot on goal by kicking the ball…
v. (transitive, automotive) to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
v. (intransitive) To become chipped.
v. (intransitive, card games, often with "in") To ante (up).
v. (transitive, informal) To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
v. (Britain, transitive, often with "in") to contribute.

chit

n. A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
n. A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
n. The embryonic growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; a seedling.
n. (obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
v. (intransitive, Britain, dialect) To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
v. (transitive, Britain, dialect) To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist…
v. (transitive, Britain, dialect) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special…
n. (US and Britain dated) A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal…
n. A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system; scrip.
n. (pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
n. (gaming) A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another,…
n. (India, China) A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
n. (US, slang) A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
n. A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.
n. (US, slang, euphemistic) shit.
interj. (US, slang, euphemistic) shit.

condition

n. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
n. A requirement, term, or requisite.
n. (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal…
n. The health status of a medical patient.
n. The state or quality.
n. A particular state of being.
n. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
v. To subject to the process of acclimation.
v. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
v. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
v. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
v. (transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
v. (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
v. (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
v. (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up…
v. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged…

confirmation

n. An official indicator that things will happen as planned.
n. A verification that something has happened.
n. A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically…

consign

v. (transitive, business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
v. (transitive) To entrust to the care of another.
v. (transitive) To send to a final destination.
v. To assign; to devote; to set apart.
v. To stamp or impress; to affect.

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.

control

v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

correspond

v. (intransitive, constructed with to) to be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin,…
v. (intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period…

crack

v. (intransitive) To form cracks.
v. (intransitive) To break apart under pressure.
v. (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
v. (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
v. (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
v. (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
v. (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of…
v. (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
v. (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
v. (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
v. (transitive) To strike forcefully.
v. (transitive) To open slightly.
v. (transitive) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative).
v. (transitive) To solve a difficult problem. (Figurative, from cracking a nut.).
v. (transitive) To overcome a security system or a component.
v. (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
v. (transitive) To tell (a joke).
v. (transitive, chemistry, informal) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application…
v. (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
v. (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
v. (obsolete) To brag, boast.
v. (archaic, colloquial) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
n. A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
n. A narrow opening.
n. A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
n. A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
n. (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
n. (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
n. (informal) An attempt at something.
n. (vulgar, slang) vagina.
n. (informal) The space between the buttocks.
n. (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous…
n. (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business/events/news.
n. (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
n. (Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
n. (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
n. The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
n. (archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
n. (archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.
n. (obsolete) A boast; boasting.
n. (obsolete) Breach of chastity.
n. (obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
n. (slang, dated, Britain) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
adj. Highly trained and competent.
adj. Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.

curb

n. (Canada, US) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK).
n. A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
n. Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
n. A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by…
n. (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with…
n. A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint,…
v. (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
v. (transitive) To rein in.
v. (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
v. (transitive) To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
v. (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
v. (transitive) To bend or curve.
v. (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.

cut

adj. (participial adjective) Having been cut.
adj. Reduced.
adj. Omitted from a literary or musical work.
adj. (of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
adj. (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among…
adj. (informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
adj. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Emotionally hurt.
adj. Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.
adj. Removed from a team roster.
adj. (New Zealand) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
n. An opening resulting from cutting.
n. The act of cutting.
n. The result of cutting.
n. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
n. (specifically) An artificial navigation as distingished from a navigable river.
n. A share or portion.
n. (cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
n. (cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the…
n. (sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also,…
n. (golf) In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained…
n. (theater) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play.
n. (film) A particular version or edit of a film.
n. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
n. The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
n. A slab, especially of meat.
n. (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
n. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
n. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio…
n. (archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits…
n. A haircut.
n. (graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
n. A string of railway cars coupled together.
n. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
n. (obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
n. (slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
n. A skein of yarn.
v. (heading, transitive) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
v. (intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
v. (transitive, heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
v. (intransitive, film, audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.
v. (transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
v. (transitive, computing) To remove and place in memory for later use.
v. (intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
v. (intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
v. (transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball…
v. (transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
v. (intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
v. (transitive, slang) To write.
v. (transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
v. (transitive) To exhibit (a quality).
v. (transitive) To stop or disengage.
v. (sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball,…

defect

n. A fault or malfunction.
n. The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
n. (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
v. (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military…
v. (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
v. (military) To join the enemy army.
v. (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.

defend

v. (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
v. (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
v. (transitive) To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
v. (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
v. (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
v. (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing…
v. (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did…
v. (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.

delay

n. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
v. To put off until a later time; to defer.
v. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
v. (obsolete) To allay; to temper.
v. (obsolete) To dilute, temper.
v. (obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.

determine

v. To set the boundaries or limits of.
v. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
v. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
v. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
v. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence;…
v. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
v. (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
v. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

deterrent

adj. Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
n. Something that deters.

develop

v. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
v. (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
v. (transitive) To create.
v. (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
v. (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
v. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
v. (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving…
v. (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations…

difficulty

n. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
n. An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
n. Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning.

discipline

n. A controlled behaviour; self-control.
n. An enforced compliance or control.
n. A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
n. A state of order based on submission to authority.
n. A punishment to train or maintain control.
n. A whip used for self-flagellation.
n. A set of rules regulating behaviour.
n. A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
n. A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
n. A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
v. (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
v. (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
v. (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
v. (transitive) To impose order on someone.

draft

n. (possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something…
n. (possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
n. (possibly archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
n. An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing; a preliminary sketch or outline.
n. (nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's…
n. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
n. Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
n. An amount of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) that is drunk in one swallow.
n. Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
n. A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
n. Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
n. (politics) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
n. (sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
n. (rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
n. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the…
v. (transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
v. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
v. To write a law.
v. (transitive) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
v. To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
v. (transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
v. (intransitive) To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage…
v. To draw out; to call forth. See draft.
v. To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
adj. (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.

draw

v. (heading) To move or develop something.
v. (heading) To exert or experience force.
v. (heading, fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
v. (heading) To change in size or shape.
v. (heading) To attract or be attracted.
v. (Usually as draw on or draw upon): to rely on; utilize as a source.
v. To disembowel.
v. (transitive or intransitive) To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
v. A random selection process.
v. (curling) To make a shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
v. (cricket) To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect…
v. (golf) To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
v. (billiards) To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes…
n. The result of a contest in which neither side has won; a tie.
n. The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
n. Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
n. (cricket) The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings…
n. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice,…
n. (curling) A shot that lands in the house without hitting another stone.
n. (geography) A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
n. (colloquial) Cannabis.
n. In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
n. (poker) A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary…
n. (archery) The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
n. (sports) The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.

embarrass

v. (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely;…
v. (transitive) To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
v. (transitive) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with…

ensure

v. (transitive) To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.
v. (intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

equal

adj. (not comparable) The same in all respects.
adj. (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
adj. (obsolete) Fair, impartial.
adj. (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
adj. (obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
adj. (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
v. (mathematics) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
v. To be equivalent to; to match.
v. (informal) To have as its consequence.
n. A person or thing of equal status to others.
n. (obsolete) State of being equal; equality.

examine

v. To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
v. To check the health or condition of something or someone.
v. To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.
v. To interrogate.

fit

adj. Suitable, proper.
adj. Adapted to a purpose or environment.
adj. In good shape; physically well.
adj. (Britain, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
adj. Prepared; ready.
v. (transitive) To be suitable for.
v. (transitive) To conform to in size and shape.
v. (intransitive) To be of the right size and shape.
v. (transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape.
v. (transitive) To be in agreement with.
v. (transitive) To adjust.
v. (transitive) To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
v. (transitive) To equip or supply.
v. (transitive) To make ready.
v. (intransitive, archaic) To be seemly.
v. To be proper or becoming.
v. (intransitive) To be in harmony.
n. The degree to which something fits.
n. Conformity of elements one to another.
n. The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
n. (advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
n. (statistics) goodness of fit.
n. (archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
n. A seizure or convulsion.
n. (medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
n. A sudden outburst of emotion.
n. A sudden burst (of an activity).
v. (intransitive, medicine) To suffer a fit.

gibe

n. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer or taunt.
v. (intransitive) To perform a jibe (2, 3).
v. (intransitive) To agree.
v. (transitive) To cause to execute a gibe (2, 3).
v. (transitive, intransitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to mock.

go

v. To move.
v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
v. (intransitive) To attend.
v. To proceed.
v. To follow or travel along (a path).
v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
v. To pass, to be used up.
v. (intransitive) To die.
v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
v. To break down or apart.
v. (intransitive) To be sold.
v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
v. To say (something), to make a sound.
v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
v. To apply or subject oneself to.
v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
v. (intransitive) To date.
v. To attack.
v. To be in general; to be usually.
v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
n. (uncommon) The act of going.
n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
n. An attempt, a try.
n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
n. An act; the working or operation.
n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
n. A period of activity.
n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

halt

v. (intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait.
v. (intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay;…
v. (intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
v. (intransitive) To stop marching.
v. (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
v. (transitive) To bring to a stop.
v. (transitive) To cause to discontinue.
n. A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
n. (rail transport) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
adj. (archaic) Lame, limping.
v. To limp.
v. To waver.
v. To falter.
n. (dated) Lameness; a limp.

handicap

n. Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
n. An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest…
n. (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages…
n. A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage,…
n. (obsolete, card game) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
v. (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
v. (transitive, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
v. To estimate betting odds.

hinder

v. (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle.
v. (transitive) To keep back; to delay or impede; to prevent.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause harm.
adj. Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear or hind, or which follows.
adj. comparative form of hind: more hind.
n. (slang, euphemistic) The buttocks.

hinderance

n. Archaic spelling of hindrance.

hindrance

n. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
n. The state or act of hindering something.

hitch

n. A sudden pull.
n. Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope . See List of hitch knots…
n. A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
n. (informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
n. A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.
n. A period of time. Most often refers to time spent in the military.
v. (transitive) To pull with a jerk.
v. (transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.
v. (informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.
v. (informal, transitive) contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.
v. (intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
v. (intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.
v. (Britain) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

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).

impediment

n. A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
n. (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

inaction

n. Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.

inactiveness

n. The quality of being inactive.

inactivity

n. The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.

inspection

n. The act of examining something, often closely.
n. An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.

insure

v. (transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract)…
v. (intransitive) To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance.
v. (chiefly US, transitive) Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee.

invoice

n. A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed…
n. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received.
n. (generally of a vehicle) The price which a seller or dealer pays the manufacturer for goods to be sold.
v. (transitive) To bill; to issue an invoice.

issue

n. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly.
n. Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly.
n. The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly.
n. The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly.
n. The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly.
n. Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly.
n. The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly.
n. The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly.
n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.
n. (figuratively, now rare) The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.
n. (figuratively, originally WWI military slang, usually with definite article) All of something.
v. To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
v. To rush out, to sally forth.
v. To extend into, to open onto.
v. To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
v. (law) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
v. To send out; to put into circulation.
v. To deliver for use.
v. To deliver by authority.

jibe

n. (nautical) A maneuver in which the stern of a sailing boat or ship crosses the wind, typically resulting…
v. (intransitive, nautical) To perform a jibe.
v. (transitive, nautical) To cause to execute a jibe.
v. (intransitive) To agree.
n. A facetious or insulting remark, a jeer or taunt.
v. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks, jeer.
v. (transitive) To mock, taunt.
v. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner.

keep

v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
v. (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
n. (obsolete) Care, notice.
n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to, the…
n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

learn

v. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
v. To attend a course or other educational activity.
v. To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
v. To be studying.
v. To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
v. (now only in slang and dialects) To teach.

mar

v. To spoil, to damage.
n. A blemish.
n. A small lake.

mark

n. (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
n. (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
n. (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
n. (heading) Attention.
v. To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
v. To indicate in some way for later reference.
v. To take note of.
v. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
v. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
v. To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
v. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having…
v. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a…
v. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
v. (singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during…
n. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
n. (now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver),…
n. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and…
n. A mark coin.
v. (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command).

match

n. (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
n. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
n. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
n. A marriage.
n. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
n. Suitability.
n. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
n. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
n. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
n. An agreement or compact.
n. (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly…
v. (intransitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
v. (transitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
v. (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
v. (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
v. (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
v. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove…
n. A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being…

moderate

adj. Not excessive; acting in moderation.
adj. Mediocre.
adj. Average priced; standard-deal.
adj. Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
adj. (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
n. One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
v. (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
v. (intransitive) To become less excessive.
v. (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.
v. (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.

modify

v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

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…

obstruct

v. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
v. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
v. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

obstruction

n. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
n. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
n. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions;…

proof

n. (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act…
n. (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief;…
n. The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or…
n. (obsolete) Experience of something.
n. (uncountable, obsolete) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
n. (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
n. (countable, logic, mathematics) A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements…
n. (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove,…
n. (obsolete) Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
n. (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1%…
adj. Used in proving or testing.
adj. Firm or successful in resisting.
adj. (of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
v. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
v. (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
v. (transitive, cooking) To allow to rise (of yeast-containing dough).
v. (transitive, cooking) To test the activeness of (yeast).

restrain

v. (transitive) To control or keep in check.
v. (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
v. (transitive) To restrict or limit.

restraint

n. (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.
n. (uncountable) control or caution; reserve.

retard

n. Retardation; delay.
n. (slang, offensive, dated) A person with mental retardation.
n. (slang, offensive) A stupid person, or one who is slow to learn.
v. (transitive) To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in…
v. (transitive) To put off; to postpone.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To be slow or dilatory to perform (something).
v. (intransitive) To decelerate; to slow down.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To stay back.

review

n. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
n. An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
n. (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
n. A stage show made up of sketches etc.
n. A survey of the available items or material.
n. A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
n. A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
n. A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
v. To survey; to look broadly over.
v. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
v. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
v. (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
v. (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.

see

v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
v. To form a mental picture of.
v. (social) To meet, to visit.
v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
v. (used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.
v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric.
n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

stay

v. (transitive) To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
v. (transitive) To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
v. (transitive) To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
v. (transitive) To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
v. (transitive) To hold the attention of.
v. (transitive) To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
v. (transitive) To wait for; await.
v. (intransitive) To rest; depend; rely.
v. (intransitive) To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
v. (intransitive) To come to an end; cease.
v. (intransitive) To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
v. (intransitive) To make a stand; stand.
v. (intransitive) To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end.
v. (intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for an indefinite time; sojourn; abide.
v. (intransitive) To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
v. (intransitive, used with on or upon) To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
v. (intransitive) To continue to have a particular quality.
v. To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
v. (obsolete) To remain for the purpose of; to wait for.
v. To cause to cease; to put an end to.
v. To fasten or secure with stays.
n. A prop; a support.
n. (archaic) A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
n. That which holds or restrains; obstacle; check; hindrance; restraint.
n. A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
n. (archaic) A standstill; a state of rest; entire cessation of motion or progress.
n. A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
n. A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
n. Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time; sojourn.
n. (nautical) A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
n. Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
n. A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
n. (obsolete) Hindrance; let; check.
n. (nautical) A strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other…
n. A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole,…
n. (chain-cable) The transverse piece in a link.
v. (transitive, nautical) To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
v. (transitive, nautical) To tack; put on the other tack.
v. (intransitive, nautical) To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.
adj. (Britain dialectal) Steep; ascending.
adj. (Britain dialectal) (of a roof) Steeply pitched.
adj. (Britain dialectal) Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
adj. (Britain dialectal) Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
adv. (Britain dialectal) Steeply.

stop

v. (intransitive) To cease moving.
v. (intransitive) To not continue.
v. (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
v. (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
v. (transitive) To close or block an opening.
v. (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera…
v. (intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside temporarily.
v. (intransitive) To tarry.
v. (music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with…
v. (obsolete) To punctuate.
v. (nautical) To make fast; to stopper.
n. A (usually marked) place where line buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually…
n. An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
n. A device intended to block the path of a moving object.
n. (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by…
n. A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly…
n. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
n. A function that halts playback or recording in devices such as videocassette and DVD player.
n. (by extension) A button that activates the stop function.
n. (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
n. (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as…
n. (zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
n. (photography) An f-stop.
n. (engineering) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for…
n. (architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which…
n. The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing…
adv. Prone to halting or hesitation.
interj. halt! stop!
punct. Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram.
n. (Britain dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
adj. (physics) Being or relating to the squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.

stoppage

n. A pause or halt of some activity.
n. Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction.

study

v. (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them,…
v. (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.
v. To acquire knowledge on a subject.
v. To look at minutely.
v. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
v. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
n. (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
n. (archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.
n. Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
n. The act of studying or examining; examination.
n. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
n. A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of…
n. An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
n. (music) A piece for special practice; an étude.

stymie

n. An obstacle or obstruction.
n. (golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on…
v. To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
v. (golf) To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

stymy

n. Alternative spelling of stymie.
v. Alternative spelling of stymie.

substantiation

n. The act of substantiating.
n. Something which substantiates; evidence, proof.

suppress

v. To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
v. To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
v. (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
v. To prevent publication.
v. To stop a flow or stream.
v. (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
v. (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
v. (obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

tab

n. A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, etc.
n. (slang) An ear.
n. (by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching…
n. (informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
n. (British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.
v. To affix with tabs; to label.
n. (informal) A restaurant bill.
n. (slang) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate.
n. (computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
v. (computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor, or on a typewriter to advance the…
n. (Britain, regional, Geordie and Mackem) cigarette.
n. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed…
n. (British slang) A student of Cambridge University.
n. (colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.

tally

adj. (Britain) Used as a mild intensifier: very (almost exclusively used by the upper classes).
interj. (radio, aviation) Target sighted.
n. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number;.
n. Later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
n. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially…
n. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
n. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
n. A tally shop.
n. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
v. (transitive) To count something.
v. (transitive) To record something by making marks.
v. (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
v. (intransitive) To keep score.
v. (intransitive) To correspond or agree.
v. (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
adv. (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.

tick

n. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
n. A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
n. A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
n. (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
n. (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
n. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland) a mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement;…
n. (birdwatching, slang) A lifer (bird seen by a birdwatcher for the first time) that is uninteresting and…
n. The whinchat; so called from its note.
v. To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
v. To make a tick mark.
v. (informal) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
v. To strike gently; to pat.
n. (uncountable) Ticking.
n. A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
n. (Britain, colloquial) Credit, trust.
v. To go on trust, or credit.
v. To give tick; to trust.
n. (obsolete, place names) A goat.

train

n. Elongated portion.
n. Connected sequence of people or things.
v. (intransitive) To practice an ability.
v. (transitive) To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise with discipline.
v. (intransitive) To improve one's fitness.
v. To proceed in sequence.
v. (transitive) To move (a gun) laterally so that it points in a different direction.
v. (transitive, horticulture) To encourage (a plant or branch) to grow in a particular direction or shape,…
v. (mining) To trace (a lode or any mineral appearance) to its head.
v. (transitive, video games) To create a trainer for; to apply cheats to (a game).
v. (obsolete) To draw along; to trail; to drag.
v. (obsolete) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure.
n. (obsolete) Treachery; deceit.
n. (obsolete) A trick or stratagem.
n. (obsolete) A trap for animals; a snare.
n. (obsolete) A lure; a decoy.

verification

n. The act of verifying.
n. The state of being verified.
n. Confirmation; authentication.
n. (law) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
n. (mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the…

verify

v. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
v. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
v. (transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath.

watch

n. A portable or wearable timepiece.
n. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
n. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
n. A person or group of people who guard.
n. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
n. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty:…
n. (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the…
n. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
v. (transitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
v. (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
v. (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
v. (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
v. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
v. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
v. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
v. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
v. (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.

weave

v. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
v. To spin a cocoon or a web.
v. To unite by close connection or intermixture.
v. To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.
n. A type or way of weaving.
n. Human or artificial hair worn to alter one's appearance, either to supplement or to cover the natural…
v. (intransitive) To move by turning and twisting.
v. (transitive) To make (a path or way) by winding in and out or from side to side.

Synonyms of the word

check

account

aggress

agree

alter

analyse

analyze

appraisal

arrest

ascertain

assay

assessment

assure

attack

balk

baulk

be

bill

blemish

block

blockade

break

bridle

canvas

canvass

change

charge

checker

checkout

cheque

chequer

chink

chip

chit

condition

confirmation

consign

contain

control

correspond

crack

curb

cut

defect

defend

delay

determine

deterrent

develop

difficulty

discipline

draft

draw

embarrass

ensure

equal

examine

fit

gibe

go

halt

handicap

hinder

hinderance

hindrance

hitch

hold

impediment

inaction

inactiveness

inactivity

inspection

insure

invoice

issue

jibe

keep

learn

mar