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Synonyms of the word 
CRACK → ACE - ALTER - ATTEMPT - BLEMISH - BREAK - BREAKAGE - BREAKING - CHANCE - CHANGE - CHAP - CHECK - CLEFT - COCAIN - COCAINE - COLLAPSE - COMMENT - CRACK - CRACKING - CRANNY - CREVICE - DECOMPOSE - DEFECT - DEPRESSION - EFFORT - ENDEAVOR - ENDEAVOUR - FANTASTIC - FIRST-RATE - FISSURE - FLING - FRACTURE - GAP - GET - GO - HAVE - HIT - IMPRESSION - IMPRINT - MAR - MODIFY - NARRATE - NOISE - OFFER - OPENING - OPPORTUNITY - PASS - QUIP - RECITE - RECOUNT - REMARK - SALLY - SCISSURE - SEPARATE - SHOT - SNAP - SOUND - SUFFER - SUPER - SUPERIOR - SUSTAIN - TELL - TIPTOP - TOPNOTCH - TOPS - TORNADO - TRY - WHIRL - WISECRACKcrack- 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.
ace- n. (card games, dice games) A single point or spot on a playing card or die.
- n. (card games, dice games) A card or die face so marked.
- n. A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
- n. (tennis) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
- n. (sports) A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
- n. (US) (baseball) The best pitcher on the team.
- n. (US) (baseball, dated, 19th century) A run.
- n. (US) (golf) A hole in one.
- n. An expert at something.
- n. A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
- n. (US) A perfect score on a school exam.
- v. (US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.
- v. (tennis) To win a point by an ace.
- v. (golf) To make an ace (hole in one).
- adj. (Britain, slang) Excellent.
- adj. (slang) Asexual. (not experiencing sexual attraction).
- n. (slang) A person who is asexual.
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.
attempt- v. To try.
- v. (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
- v. (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
- v. (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
- n. The action of trying at something.
- n. An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
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.
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…
breakage- n. The act of breaking.
- n. Something that has been broken.
- n. The left-over money in a parimutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the…
breaking- v. present participle of break.
- n. The act by which something is broken.
- n. (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
- n. (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
- n. breakdancing.
chance- n. (countable) An opportunity or possibility.
- n. (uncountable) Random occurrence; luck.
- n. (countable) The probability of something happening.
- n. (countable, archaic) What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.
- v. (archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.
- v. (archaic, transitive) To befall; to happen to.
- v. To try or risk.
- v. To discover something by chance.
- v. (Belize) To rob, cheat or swindle someone.
- adj. (rare) Happening by chance, casual.
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.
chap- n. (dated outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.
- n. (Britain, dialectal) A customer, a buyer.
- n. (Southern US) A child.
- v. (intransitive) Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
- v. (transitive) To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
- v. (Scotland, Northern England) To strike, knock.
- n. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
- n. (obsolete) A division; a breach, as in a party.
- n. (Scotland) A blow; a rap.
- n. (archaic) The jaw (often in plural).
- n. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
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…
cleft- n. An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
- n. A piece made by splitting.
- n. A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of cleave.
cocain- n. Dated form of cocaine.
cocaine- n. (uncountable) A stimulant narcotic, derived from cultivated plants of the genus Erythroxylum, in the form…
- n. (countable) Any derivative of cocaine.
collapse- v. (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
- v. (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
- v. (intransitive) To fold compactly.
- v. (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession.
- v. (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
- v. (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
- n. The act of collapsing.
- n. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
comment- n. A spoken remark.
- n. (programming) A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.
- v. (transitive) To remark.
- v. (intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.
- v. (transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).
- v. (transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.
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.
cracking- n. (chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce…
- n. The formation of cracks on a surface.
- n. The production of a crack sound.
- adj. (colloquial) Great.
- adj. (colloquial) Enjoyable.
- adv. (Britain) Very, usually associated with praise.
- v. present participle of crack.
cranny- n. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
- n. A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
- v. (intransitive) To break into, or become full of, crannies.
- v. (intransitive) To haunt or enter by crannies.
- adj. (Britain, dialect) quick; giddy; thoughtless.
crevice- n. A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.
- v. To crack; to flaw.
decompose- v. (transitive) to separate or break down something into its components; to disintegrate or fragment.
- v. (intransitive) to rot, decay or putrefy.
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.
depression- n. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of…
- n. (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
- n. (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer…
- n. (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting…
- n. (economics) A period of major economic contraction.
- n. (economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
- n. (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the…
effort- n. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
- n. An endeavour.
- n. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
- v. (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To stimulate.
endeavor- n. A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal.
- n. Enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity.
- v. (obsolete) To exert oneself.
- v. (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To attempt (something).
- v. To work with purpose.
endeavour- n. British standard spelling of endeavor.
- v. British standard spelling of endeavor.
fantastic- adj. Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
- adj. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
- adj. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
- adj. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
first-rate- n. (military, nautical, historical) A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three…
- adj. (military, nautical, historical) Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns…
- adj. (by extension) Exceptionally good.
fissure- n. A crack or opening, as in a rock.
- n. (anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft, or tear; a sulcus.
- v. To split, forming fissures.
fling- n. An act of throwing, often violently.
- n. An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- n. An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.
- n. A short, often sexual, relationship.
- n. (figuratively) An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling").
- n. (obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm.
- n. A kind of dance.
- n. (obsolete) A trifing matter; an object of contempt.
- v. (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To throw oneself in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence…
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To throw; to wince; to flounce.
- v. (intransitive, archaic) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
fracture- n. the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage.
- n. (geology) a fault or crack in a rock.
- v. to break, or cause something to break.
gap- n. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- n. An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- n. An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- n. A vacant space or time.
- n. A hiatus.
- n. A mountain or hill pass.
- n. (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- n. (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- n. (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will…
- n. (Australia) (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities…
- n. (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
- v. (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- v. (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
- v. (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
- n. Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan).
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.
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…
have- v. (transitive) To possess, own, hold.
- v. (transitive) To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
- v. (transitive) To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
- v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
- v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) must.
- v. (transitive) To give birth to.
- v. (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
- v. (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
- v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
- v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
- v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is…
- v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
- v. Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion,…
- v. (Britain, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
- v. (Ireland) To be able to speak a language.
- v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
- v. To be afflicted with, to suffer from, to experience something negative.
- v. To trick, to deceive.
- v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow.
- v. (transitive) To host someone.
hit- v. (heading, physical) To strike.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
- v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
- v. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
- v. (transitive) To affect negatively.
- v. (heading, games) To make a play.
- v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
- v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
- v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches…
- n. (music) A recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success, mainly through radio airplay.
- n. An attack on a location, person or people.
- n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine.
- n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s…
- n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
- n. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
- adj. Designating of a popular song.
- pron. (dialectal) It.
impression- n. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
- n. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
- n. A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
- n. An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
- n. An outward appearance.
- n. (advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad. is shown…
- n. (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
- n. (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
imprint- n. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
- n. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
- n. A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
- v. To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
- v. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
- v. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
mar- v. To spoil, to damage.
- n. A blemish.
- n. A small lake.
modify- v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
- v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.
narrate- v. (transitive) To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
- v. To give an account.
noise- n. Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
- n. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
- n. (technology) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio).
- n. (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within…
- n. Rumour or complaint.
- n. (obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
- n. (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock.
- v. (intransitive) To make a noise; to sound.
- v. (transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
offer- n. A proposal that has been made.
- n. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- n. (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms…
- v. (transitive) To present (something) to God as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
- v. (transitive) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- v. (intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).
- v. (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- v. (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- v. (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- v. (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
- v. (obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at.
- v. (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
- n. (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off.
opening- v. present participle of open.
- n. An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- n. Something that is open.
- n. An act or instance of beginning.
- n. Something that is a beginning.
- n. A vacant position, especially in an array.
- n. An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- adj. (cricket) describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing…
opportunity- n. A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
- n. A favorable circumstance or occasion.
- n. (nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness.
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).
quip- n. A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
- v. (intransitive) To make a quip.
- v. (transitive) To taunt; to treat with quips.
recite- v. (transitive) To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience.
- v. (transitive) To list or enumerate something.
- v. (intransitive) To deliver a recitation.
recount- n. Retelling, narration, rendering.
- v. To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of.
- v. (dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.
- n. A counting again, as of votes.
- v. To count or reckon again.
remark- n. Act of pointing out or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
- n. The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something worth attention…
- n. A casual observation, comment, or statement.
- n. (engraving) Alternative form of remarque.
- v. (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
- v. (transitive) To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to…
- v. (transitive) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally.
- v. (transitive) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a…
- n. Alternative spelling of re-mark.
- v. Alternative spelling of re-mark.
sally- n. A willow.
- n. Any tree that looks like a willow.
- n. An object made from the above trees' wood.
- n. A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
- n. A sudden rushing forth.
- n. (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
- n. An excursion or side trip.
- n. A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
- v. (intransitive) To make a sudden attack on an enemy from a defended position.
- v. (intransitive) To set out on an excursion; venture; depart (often followed by "forth.").
- v. (intransitive) To venture off the beaten path.
- n. (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
scissure- n. A longitudinal opening made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
separate- adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
- adj. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
- v. (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
- v. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
- v. (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
- v. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
- v. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
- n. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.
shot- adj. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.
- adj. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an…
- adj. Tired, weary.
- adj. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
- n. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
- n. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
- n. (athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
- n. (uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
- n. (uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
- n. (referring to one's skill at firing a gun) Someone who shoots (a gun) regularly.
- n. An opportunity or attempt.
- n. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
- n. (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
- n. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle,…
- n. A single serving of espresso.
- n. (photography, film) A single unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent;…
- n. A vaccination or injection.
- n. (US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is…
- n. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
- n. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
- n. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
- n. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of shoot.
- v. (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
- n. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
- interj. (colloquial, South Africa) Thank you.
snap- n. A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
- n. A sudden break.
- n. An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
- n. The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and a opposing finger of the same hand together…
- n. A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
- n. A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot).
- n. The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
- n. A thin circular cookie or similar good.
- n. A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
- n. A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be…
- n. A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
- n. (American football) The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.
- n. (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
- n. (Britain, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
- n. (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching…
- n. (obsolete) A greedy fellow.
- n. That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement;…
- n. briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
- n. (slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily…
- n. (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
- n. A snapper, or snap beetle.
- n. (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed…
- n. A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
- n. (colloquial) Something of no value.
- n. A visual message sent on the application Snapchat.
- v. (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
- v. (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
- v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
- v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
- v. (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
- v. (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
- v. (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
- v. (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
- v. (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
- v. (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
- v. (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
- v. (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
- v. (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
- v. (transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
- v. (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound.
- v. (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
- v. (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing…
- v. (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
- v. (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
- v. (transitive, American football) To put the ball in play by passing it from the center to a back; to hike…
- v. To misfire.
- v. (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
- interj. The winning cry at a game of snap.
- interj. (Britain) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similar.
- interj. (Britain) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
- interj. (Canada, US) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement…
- interj. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly…
- adj. (informal) Done, performed, made, etc. quickly and without deliberation.
sound- adj. Healthy.
- adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
- adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
- adj. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
- adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
- adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
- adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
- adv. Soundly.
- interj. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
- n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
- n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
- n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
- n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
- v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
- v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
- v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
- v. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area…
- v. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
- v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
- n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting…
- n. The air bladder of a fish.
- n. A cuttlefish.
- v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
- v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;…
- v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
- v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
- n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
- n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.
suffer- v. (intransitive) To undergo hardship.
- v. (intransitive) To feel pain.
- v. (intransitive) To become worse.
- v. (transitive) To endure, undergo.
- v. (transitive, archaic) To allow.
super- adj. Of excellent quality, superfine.
- adj. better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
- adv. (informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
- n. (informal, US) Abbreviation of superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes…
- n. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Short form of superannuation, the Australian/New Zealand retirement…
- n. (beekeeping) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony…
- v. (beekeeping) To add or to place a super atop the existing boxes of the beehive.
- n. (comics, slang) superhero.
- n. (theater) Someone outside the normal company, but appearing on stage with no lines to speak.
- n. A person who has supernatural beliefs, distinguished from a bright.
superior- adj. Higher in quality.
- adj. Higher in rank.
- adj. More comprehensive, as a term in classification.
- adj. Located above.
- adj. Greater or better than average; extraordinary.
- adj. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to.
- n. A person of higher rank or quality.
- n. The senior person in a monastic community.
sustain- n. (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
- v. (transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
- v. (transitive) To provide for or nourish.
- v. (transitive) To encourage (something).
- v. (transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To confirm, prove, or corroborate.
- v. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
- v. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
tell- v. (transitive) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
- v. (transitive) To narrate.
- v. (transitive) To convey by speech; to say.
- v. (transitive) To instruct or inform.
- v. (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- v. (intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
- v. (transitive) To reveal.
- v. (intransitive) To be revealed.
- v. (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- v. (transitive) To use beads or similar objects as an aid to prayer.
- v. (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- n. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts…
- n. (archaic) That which is told; a tale or account.
- n. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- n. (archaeology) A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
tiptop- n. The very topmost point.
- n. (figuratively) The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.
topnotch- adj. Of the highest level.
tops- adv. (informal) At the very most; as a maximum.
- adj. (slang, dated) Great; excellent.
- n. plural of top.
- n. (darts) The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of top.
tornado- n. (meteorology) A violent windstorm characterized by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.
try- v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
- v. To test, to work out.
- v. To experiment, to strive.
- v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- v. (slang, chiefly African American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want.
- n. An attempt.
- n. An act of tasting or sampling.
- n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- n. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
- n. (American football) a field goal or extra point.
- adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.
whirl- v. (intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
- v. (intransitive) To have a sensation of spinning or reeling.
- v. (transitive) To make something or someone whirl.
- v. (transitive) To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch.
- n. An act of whirling.
- n. Something that whirls.
- n. A confused tumult.
- n. A rapid series of events.
- n. Dizziness or giddiness.
- n. (usually following “give”) A brief experiment or trial.
wisecrack- n. A witty or sarcastic comment or quip.
- v. To make a sarcastic, flippant, or sardonic comment.
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