Synonyms of the word

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.).

absolved

• v. simple past tense and past participle of absolve.

acquire

• v. (transitive) To get.
• v. (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
• v. (medicine) To contract.
• v. (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.

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.

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.

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.

area

• n. (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.
• n. A particular geographic region.
• n. Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.
• n. The extent, scope, or range of an object or concept.
• n. (Britain) An open space, below ground level, between the front of a house and the pavement.
• n. (soccer) Penalty box; penalty area.
• n. (slang) Genitals.

assoil

• v. (transitive, archaic) To absolve, acquit; to release from blame or sin.
• v. (archaic) To set free, release.
• v. To solve; to clear up.
• v. To expiate; to atone for.
• v. To remove; to put off.

authorise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.

authorize

• v. (transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
• v. (transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).

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”).

benefit

• n. An advantage, help, sake or aid from something.
• n. A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
• n. An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
• n. (obsolete) beneficence; liberality.
• v. (transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.
• v. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

bright

• adj. Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
• adj. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
• adj. Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
• adj. Happy, in good.
• adj. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.
• adj. Illustrious; glorious.
• adj. Clear; transparent.
• adj. (archaic) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
• n. An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle…
• n. (obsolete) splendour; brightness.
• n. (neologism) A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.
• n. (US, in the plural) The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.

brighten

• v. (transitive) To make bright or brighter in color.
• v. (transitive) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven.
• v. (intransitive) To grow bright, or more bright in color; to clear up.
• v. (intransitive) To become brighter or more cheerful in mood.
• v. To make acute or witty; to enliven.

broad

• adj. Wide in extent or scope.
• adj. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
• adj. Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained.
• adj. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
• adj. Plain; evident.
• adj. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
• adj. (dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
• adj. (of an accent) Strongly regional.
• adj. (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
• n. (dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
• n. (US) A woman or girl.
• n. (Britain) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
• n. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
• n. (Britain, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in…

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.

clarify

• v. To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as…
• v. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
• v. (ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or…
• v. (ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
• v. (obsolete) To glorify.

clean

• adj. (heading, physical) Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances.
• adj. (heading, behavioural) Free of immorality or criminality.
• adj. Smooth, exact, and performed well.
• adj. (obsolete) Total; utter.
• adj. (informal) Cool or neat.
• adj. (health) Being free of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
• adj. That does not damage the environment.
• adj. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects.
• adj. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
• adj. Well-proportioned; shapely.
• adj. (climbing, of a route) Ascended without falling.
• n. Removal of dirt.
• n. (weightlifting) The first part of the event clean and jerk in which the weight is brought from the ground…
• v. (transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.
• v. (transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.
• v. (transitive, climbing) To remove equipment from a climbing route after it was previously lead climbed.
• v. (intransitive) To make things clean in general.
• v. (transitive, computing) To remove unnecessary files, etc. from (a directory, etc.).
• v. (intransitive, curling) To brush the ice lightly in front of a moving rock to remove any debris and ensure…
• v. (manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting…
• v. To remove guts and/or scales of a butchered animal.
• adv. Fully and completely.

clean-cut

• adj. Having a neat, smart appearance.

clean-handed

• adj. (chiefly Britain) Innocent and candid; free from corruption.

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.).

clear-cut

• adj. Alternative spelling of clear cut.

cleared

• v. simple past tense and past participle of clear.

clearheaded

• adj. Having the ability to think clearly and act appropriately.

clearly

• adv. (manner) In a clear manner.
• adv. (modal) Without a doubt; obviously.
• adv. (degree) To a degree clearly discernible.

cloudless

• adj. Without any clouds.

comprehendible

• adj. (rare) comprehensible, understandable; able to be comprehended.

comprehensible

• adj. Able to be comprehended.

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.

country

• n. (archaic) An area of land; a district, region.
• n. A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members…
• n. The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political…
• n. (usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.
• n. Country music.
• n. (mining) The rock through which a vein runs.
• adj. From or in the countryside or connected with it.
• adj. Of or connected to country music.

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.

crystalise

• v. Non-Oxford British English spelling of crystallize.

crystalize

• v. (rare) Alternative spelling of crystallize.

crystalline

• adj. Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
• adj. (chemistry) Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
• adj. Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent.
• n. (obsolete) Any crystalline substance.
• n. (obsolete) aniline.

crystallise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of crystallize.

crystallize

• v. (transitive, chemistry, physics) to make something form into crystals.
• v. (intransitive) to assume a crystalline form.
• v. (transitive) to give something a definite or precise form.
• v. (intransitive) to take a definite form.
• v. (transitive) to coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.

decipherable

• adj. That can be deciphered, understood or comprehended.

definite

• adj. Having distinct limits.
• adj. Free from any doubt.
• adj. Determined; resolved.
• adj. (linguistics) Designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing, or group of persons…
• n. (obsolete) Anything that is defined or determined.

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.

disappear

• v. (intransitive) To vanish.
• v. (transitive) To make vanish.
• v. (intransitive) To go away; to become lost.

discerning

• v. present participle of discern.
• adj. Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.
• n. discernment.

discharge

• v. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
• v. To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
• v. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
• v. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
• v. To expel or let go.
• v. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
• v. (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
• v. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
• v. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
• v. To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
• v. To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the…
• v. To unload a ship or another means of transport.
• v. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or…
• v. To give forth; to emit or send out.
• v. To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
• v. (transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
• v. (obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
• n. (medicine, uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection…
• n. the act of accomplishing (an obligation); performance.
• n. the act of expelling or letting go.
• n. (electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge.
• n. (medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
• n. (military) the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
• n. (hydrology) the volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of…

disembarrass

• v. (transitive) to get (someone) out of an embarrassing situation; to free from embarrassment.

distinct

• adj. Capable of being perceived very clearly.
• adj. Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
• adj. Noticeably different from others; distinctive.
• adj. Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from.
• adj. (obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
• adj. (obsolete) Marked; variegated.

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.

elucidate

• v. (transitive) To make clear; to clarify; to shed light upon.

empty

• adj. Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
• adj. (computing, programming) Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having…
• adj. (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
• adj. Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
• adj. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
• adj. Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
• adj. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
• adj. (obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
• adj. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
• v. (intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
• n. A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

enlighten

• v. (transitive) To supply with light; to illuminate.
• v. (transitive) To make clear to someone; to give knowledge to.

exculpate

• v. To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.

exculpated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of exculpate.

exonerate

• v. (transitive, now rare) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
• v. (transitive) To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.
• v. (transitive) To free from accusation or blame.
• adj. (archaic) Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.

exonerated

• adj. Freed from any question of guilt, acquitted.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of exonerate.

fair

• adj. (literary or archaic) Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
• adj. Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent.
• adj. Light in color, pale, particularly as regards skin tone but also referring to blond hair.
• adj. Just, equitable.
• adj. Adequate, reasonable, or decent.
• adj. (nautical, of a wind) Favorable to a ship's course.
• adj. Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.
• adj. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unencumbered; open; direct; said of a road, passage,…
• adj. (shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; flowing; said of the figure of…
• adj. (baseball) Between the baselines.
• n. Something which is fair (in various senses of the adjective).
• n. (obsolete) A woman, a member of the ‘fair sex’; also as a collective singular, women.
• n. (obsolete) Fairness, beauty.
• n. A fair woman; a sweetheart.
• n. (obsolete) Good fortune; good luck.
• v. To smoothen or even a surface (especially a connection or junction on a surface).
• v. To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
• v. To construct or design a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline or reduce air…
• v. (obsolete) To make fair or beautiful.
• adv. clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly, favorably, auspiciously, agreeably.
• n. A community gathering to celebrate and exhibit local achievements.
• n. An event for public entertainment and trade, a market.
• n. An event for professionals in a trade to learn of new products and do business, a trade fair.
• n. A funfair, an amusement park.

free

• adj. (social) Unconstrained.
• adj. Obtainable without any payment.
• adj. (abstract) Unconstrained.
• adj. (physical) Unconstrained.
• adj. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
• adj. (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
• adj. (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted…
• adj. (Britain, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
• adj. (law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
• adv. Without needing to pay.
• adv. (obsolete) Freely; willingly.
• v. (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or…
• n. (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
• n. free transfer.
• n. (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts…

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…

get

• v. (transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
• v. (transitive) To receive.
• v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
• v. (copulative) To become.
• v. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
• v. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
• v. (transitive) To cause to do.
• v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses…
• v. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
• v. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
• v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
• v. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
• v. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
• v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity…
• v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it).
• v. (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
• v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
• v. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
• v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
• v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
• v. (transitive) To find as an answer.
• v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
• v. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
• v. (transitive) To getter.
• v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
• v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
• v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
• v. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.
• v. (euphemistic) To kill.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
• n. Offspring.
• n. Lineage.
• n. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
• n. Something gained.
• n. (Britain, regional) A git.
• n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

guiltless

• adj. Free from guilt; innocent.
• adj. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).

hyaline

• adj. Glassy, transparent; amorphous.
• n. Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
• n. (zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
• n. (biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition,…

hyaloid

• adj. transparent or glossy.

illuminate

• v. (transitive) To shine light on something.
• v. (transitive) To decorate something with lights.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To clarify or make something understandable.
• v. (transitive) To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To make spectacular.
• v. (intransitive) To glow; to light up.
• v. (intransitive) To be exposed to light.
• v. (transitive, military) To direct a radar beam toward.
• n. Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment.
• adj. (obsolete) enlightened.

innocence

• n. Absence of responsibility for a crime.
• n. Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
• n. Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.

innocent

• adj. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
• adj. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
• adj. Naive; artless.
• adj. (obsolete) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless.
• adj. (with of) Having no knowledge (of something).
• adj. (with of) Lacking (something).
• adj. Lawful; permitted.
• adj. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
• n. Those who are innocent; young children.

judge

• n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
• n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
• n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
• n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
• v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
• v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
• v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
• v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

label

• n. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• n. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
• n. (music) A company that sells records.
• n. (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
• n. (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
• n. (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
• n. (obsolete) A tassel.
• n. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
• n. A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
• n. (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
• n. In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
• v. (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
• v. (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
• v. (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of…
• v. (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance…

legible

• adj. Being clear enough to be read, readable, particularly for handwriting.

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.

light

• n. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation…
• n. A source of illumination.
• n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
• n. (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
• n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
• n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those…
• n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
• n. A flame or something used to create fire.
• n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
• n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
• n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
• n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
• n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
• n. The power of perception by vision.
• n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
• n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler…
• v. (transitive) To start (a fire).
• v. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
• v. (transitive) To illuminate.
• v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
• v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
• adj. Having light.
• adj. Pale in colour.
• adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
• adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
• adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
• adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
• adj. Easy to endure or perform.
• adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
• adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
• adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
• adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
• adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
• adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
• adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
• adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
• adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
• adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
• adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
• adv. Carrying little.
• n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
• v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
• v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
• v. To find by chance.
• v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
• v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.

limpid

• adj. Clear, transparent or bright.

liquid

• n. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules,…
• n. (phonetics) A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
• adj. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among…
• adj. (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
• adj. (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
• adj. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
• adj. (phonology) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.
• adj. Fluid and transparent.

lucid

• adj. clear; easily understood.
• adj. mentally rational; sane.
• adj. bright, luminous, translucent or transparent.
• n. A lucid dream.

luculent

• adj. (now rare) Shining, brilliant.
• adj. (obsolete) Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly clear.

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.

modify

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

net

• n. A mesh of string, cord or rope.
• n. A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
• n. A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something.
• n. Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
• n. (by extension) A trap.
• n. (geometry) Of a polyhedron, any set of polygons joined edge to edge that, when folded along the edges…
• n. A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between…
• n. (sports) A framework backed by a mesh, serving as the goal in hockey, soccer, lacrosse, etc.
• n. (sports, tennis) A mesh stretched to divide the court in tennis, badminton, volleyball, etc.
• n. (tennis, by extension) The area of the court close to the net (mesh stretched to divide the court).
• v. (transitive) To catch by means of a net.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To catch in a trap, or by stratagem.
• v. To enclose or cover with a net.
• v. (transitive, soccer) To score (a goal).
• v. (tennis) To hit the ball into the net.
• v. To form network or netting; to knit.
• adj. (obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.
• adj. Free from extraneous substances; pure; unadulterated; neat.
• adj. Remaining after expenses or deductions.
• adj. Final; end.
• adv. After expenses or deductions.
• n. The amount remaining after expenses are deducted; profit.
• v. (transitive) To receive as profit.
• v. (transitive) To yield as profit for.
• v. To fully hedge a position.

nett

• adj. (dated) Alternative spelling of net (remaining after expenses or deductions).
• n. Obsolete form of net.

open

• adj. (not comparable) not closed; accessible; unimpeded.
• adj. Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded.
• adj. (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
• adj. (comparable) Receptive.
• adj. (not comparable) Public.
• adj. (not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
• adj. (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
• adj. (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.
• adj. (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.
• adj. (business) Not fulfilled.
• adj. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
• adj. (music, stringed instruments) Without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard.
• adj. Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty…
• adj. (phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
• adj. (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
• adj. (phonetics, of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
• adj. (computing) Made public, usable with a free licence.
• adj. (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects…
• v. (transitive) To make something accessible or remove an obstacle to its being accessible.
• v. (transitive) To bring up (a topic).
• v. (transitive) To make accessible to customers or clients.
• v. (transitive) To start (a campaign).
• v. (intransitive) To become open.
• v. (intransitive) To begin conducting business.
• v. To enter upon; to begin.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
• v. (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
• v. (computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
• v. To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
• v. (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
• n. A sports event in which anybody can compete; as, the Australian Open.
• n. (electronics) a wire that is broken midway.
• n. (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
• n. (with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.

overhaul

• n. A major repair, remake, renovation, or revision.
• n. (firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure…
• v. To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
• v. To pass, overtake, or travel past.
• v. (nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.

overtake

• v. To pass a more slowly moving object.
• v. (economics) To become greater than something else.
• v. To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.

pass

• v. (heading) Physical movement.
• v. (heading) To change in state or status, to advance.
• v. (heading) To move through time.
• v. (heading) To be accepted.
• v. (intransitive) In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
• v. (heading) To do or be better.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take heed.
• n. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise…
• n. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
• n. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over, or along anything.
• n. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
• n. An attempt.
• n. (fencing) A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
• n. (figuratively) A thrust; a sally of wit.
• n. A sexual advance.
• n. (sports) The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
• n. (rail transport) A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into…
• n. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
• n. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit…
• n. (baseball) An intentional walk.
• n. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
• n. (obsolete) Estimation; character.
• n. (obsolete, Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
• n. (cooking) The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the…
• n. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
• n. (computing) A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
• n. (computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

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…

pellucid

• adj. Allowing the passage of light; transparent.
• adj. Easily understood; clear.

percipient

• adj. Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.
• adj. (psychology, education, dated) Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, as a very young…
• n. (philosophy, psychology) One who perceives something.
• n. (parapsychology) One who has perceived a paranormal event.

perfect

• adj. Fitting its definition precisely.
• adj. Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
• adj. Without fault or mistake; thoroughly skilled or talented.
• adj. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
• adj. (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
• adj. (biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
• adj. (botany) Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
• adj. (analysis) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
• adj. (music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that…
• adj. (of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
• adj. (obsolete) Well informed; certain; sure.
• n. (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
• v. (transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.
• v. (law) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.

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.

perspicuous

• adj. Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid.
• adj. (logic) Of a language or notation, such as that of formal propositional calculus: where the process of…
• adj. (rare) Transparent; translucent.

profit

• n. Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization…
• n. (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
• n. (law) In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land…
• v. (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
• v. (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
• v. (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.

pronounce

• v. (transitive) To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
• v. (intransitive) To pass judgment.
• v. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
• v. (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
• v. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
• v. (transitive) To read aloud.

pure

• adj. Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
• adj. Free of foreign material or pollutants.
• adj. Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
• adj. (of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
• adj. (phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
• adj. (of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
• adv. (Liverpudlian) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
• v. (golf) to hit (the ball) completely cleanly and accurately.
• n. Alternative form of puer.

readable

• adj. (of handwriting, print, etc) legible, possible to read or at least decipher.
• adj. which can be read, i.e. accessed or played, by a certain technical type of device.
• adj. (of a book) enjoyable to read, of an acceptable stylistic quality or at least functionally composed.

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.

remove

• v. (transitive) To move something from one place to another, especially to take away.
• v. (transitive) To murder.
• v. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.
• v. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
• v. (intransitive, now rare) To depart, leave.
• v. (intransitive) To change one's residence; to move.
• v. To dismiss or discharge from office.
• n. The act of removing something.
• n. (archaic) Removing a dish at a meal in order to replace it with the next course, a dish thus replaced,…
• n. (Britain) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last.
• n. A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove").
• n. Distance in time or space; interval.
• n. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.
• n. The act of resetting a horse's shoe.

rid

• adj. released from an obligation, problem, etc. (usually followed by "of").
• v. To free from something.
• v. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of ride.

sack

• n. A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities,…
• n. The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity…
• n. (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
• n. (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
• n. (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense⁴ below.
• n. (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
• n. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack…
• n. (colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
• n. (dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders,…
• n. (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
• n. (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.
• v. To put in a sack or sacks.
• v. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
• v. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
• v. (American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage…
• v. (informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
• v. (colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.
• n. (dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine…
• v. Alternative spelling of sac.
• n. Alternative spelling of sac.

sell

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
• v. (ergative) To be sold.
• v. To promote a product or service.
• v. To promote a particular viewpoint.
• v. (slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
• v. (professional wrestling, slang) To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate…
• n. An act of selling.
• n. An easy task.
• n. (colloquial, dated) An imposition, a cheat; a hoax.
• n. (obsolete) A seat or stool.
• n. (archaic) A saddle.
• n. (regional, obsolete) A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).

semitransparent

• adj. Translucent. Allowing some visibility but clouded or obscured.

serene

• adj. Peaceful, calm, unruffled.
• adj. Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
• adj. (archaic) fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
• adj. Used as part of certain titles.
• v. (transitive) To make serene.
• n. (poetic) Serenity; clearness; calmness.
• n. Evening air; night chill.
• n. A fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset.

settle

• v. (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively;…
• v. (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
• v. (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or…
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
• v. (transitive) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous…
• v. (Britain, dialectal) To silence, especially by force; by extension, to kill.
• v. (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
• v. (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired state, or make final disposition of (something).
• v. (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to…
• v. (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
• v. (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
• v. (transitive) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
• v. (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take…
• v. (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
• v. (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (as dregs, sediment, etc).
• v. (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
• v. (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit properly.
• v. (transitive, of an animal) To impregnate.
• v. (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare…
• v. (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (intransitive)…
• v. (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed;…
• v. (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have…
• v. (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively…
• v. (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
• v. (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house,…
• v. (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
• v. (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
• v. (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a jointure for a spouse.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (intransitive,…
• n. (archaic) A seat of any kind.
• n. (now rare) A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
• n. (obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare…

shining

• adj. Emitting light.
• adj. Reflecting light.
• adj. Having a high polish or sheen.
• adj. Having exceptional merit.
• v. present participle of shine.
• n. A bright emission of light; a gleam.

shiny

• adj. Reflecting light.
• adj. Emitting light.
• adj. (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
• adj. (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
• n. (informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
• n. (slang) Contraction of disparaging term "shiny arses", originating during World War Two, to describe a…

solve

• v. To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
• v. (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
• v. (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen…
• n. (obsolete) A solution; an explanation.

succeed

• v. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of.
• v. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue…
• v. (obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.
• v. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
• v. To support; to prosper; to promote.
• v. To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed…
• v. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
• v. To go under cover.

sunny

• adj. (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
• adj. (of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
• adj. (figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) Cheerful.
• adj. Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; brilliant; radiant.
• adv. (US, regional) sunny side up.
• n. A sunfish.

sunshiny

• adj. Sunny, full of sunshine.
• adj. Bright, as though with sunshine; shining.
• adj. Cheerful, happy.

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.

top

• n. The highest part or component of an object.
• n. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
• n. (heading) Someone who is eminent.
• n. (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
• n. (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
• n. (physics) A top quark.
• n. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
• n. (ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the…
• n. (sound) Highest pitch or loudest.
• n. (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been…
• n. (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.
• n. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
• n. (in the plural, slang, dated) Topboots.
• n. (golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.
• n. (golf) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
• n. (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group…
• v. To cover on the top or with a top.
• v. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree).
• v. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
• v. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
• v. (Britain, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
• v. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
• v. (slang, gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
• v. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
• v. (archaic) To predominate.
• v. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
• v. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
• v. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
• v. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
• v. (slang, dated) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
• v. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
• v. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior…
• v. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
• v. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this…
• adj. Situated on the top of something.
• adj. (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
• adj. (informal) Very good, of high quality.
• adv. Rated first.

translucent

• adj. Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.
• adj. Clear, lucid, or transparent.

transparent

• adj. (of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost…
• adj. (of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly…
• adj. Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
• adj. (signal processing) Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed…

trenchant

• adj. (obsolete) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
• adj. (figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously effective and articulate; severe.

unambiguous

• adj. clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity.

unblemished

• adj. faultless or lacking blemishes.
• adj. Free from evil or corruption.

unclouded

• adj. Not cloudy; clear.

unclutter

• v. (transitive) To eliminate clutter from.
• v. (intransitive) To eliminate clutter.

unencumbered

• adj. Not burdened with worries, cares or responsibilities.
• adj. Free of encumbrance.
• adj. (of property) Not subject to any claims.

unfrosted

• adj. Not frosted.

unmistakable

• adj. unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.

unmortgaged

• v. simple past tense and past participle of unmortgage.
• adj. Not subject to a mortgage.

unobstructed

• adj. Not obstructed.

unqualified

• adj. Not qualified, ineligible, unfit for a position or task.
• adj. Not elaborated upon, undescribed.

unsubtle

• adj. not subtle; obvious.

untroubled

• adj. Without worries; free from care.

vanish

• v. To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
• v. (mathematics) To become equal to zero.
• n. (phonetics) The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from…
• n. A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.

vindicated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of vindicate.
• adj. justified, avenged or cleared of blame.

vivid

• n. (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker, genericised from the brand.
• adj. (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
• adj. (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
• adj. Full of life, strikingly alive.

well-defined

• adj. Having a clean and distinct outline.
• adj. Accurately and precisely described or specified.
• adj. (mathematics) Defined in an unambiguous and consistent way: specifically, such that any two objects implied…

win

• n. (Scotland) Pleasure; joy; delight.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer, defeat.
• v. (intransitive) To reach some destination despite difficulties (generally with a preposition or locative…
• v. (transitive) To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.
• v. (transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing.
• v. (intransitive) To achieve victory.
• v. (transitive) To obtain (something desired).
• v. (transitive) To cause a victory for someone.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
• v. (transitive, mining) To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
• n. gain; profit; income.
• n. wealth; owndom; goods.
• n. an individual victory (opposite of a loss).
• n. (slang) a feat, an (extraordinary) achievement (opposite of a fail).

withdraw

• v. (transitive) To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
• v. (transitive) To take back (a comment, etc).
• v. (transitive) To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc).
• v. (transitive) To extract (money from an account).
• v. (intransitive) To retreat.
• v. (intransitive) To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc.

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.