| feasible | | |
| adj. | 1. executable, feasible, practicable, viable, workable | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are. |
| ~ possible | capable of happening or existing.; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences" |
| possible | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. possible | something that can be done.; "politics is the art of the possible" |
| ~ possible action, possibility, opening | a possible alternative.; "bankruptcy is always a possibility" |
| n. (person) | 2. possible | an applicant who might be suitable. |
| ~ applicant, applier | a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission. |
| adj. | 3. possible | capable of happening or existing.; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences" |
| ~ likely | has a good chance of being the case or of coming about.; "these services are likely to be available to us all before long"; "she is likely to forget"; "a likely place for a restaurant"; "the broken limb is likely to fall"; "rain is likely"; "a likely topic for investigation"; "likely candidates for the job" |
| ~ accomplishable, achievable, doable, manageable, realizable | capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do. |
| ~ affirmable, assertable | capable of being affirmed or asserted.; "a quality affirmable of every member of the family" |
| ~ attainable, come-at-able | capable of being attained or accomplished.; "choose an attainable goal"; "art is not something that is come-at-able by dint of study" |
| ~ contingent | possible but not certain to occur.; "they had to plan for contingent expenses" |
| ~ executable, feasible, viable, workable, practicable | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are. |
| ~ mathematical | statistically possible though highly improbable.; "have a mathematical chance of making the playoffs" |
| ~ practical | concerned with actual use or practice.; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art" |
| ~ realistic | aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are.; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans" |
| ~ thinkable | capable of being conceived or imagined or considered. |
| adj. | 4. possible, potential | existing in possibility.; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear power" |
| ~ latent | potentially existing but not presently evident or realized.; "a latent fingerprint"; "latent talent" |
| potential | | |
| n. (state) | 1. potency, potential, potentiality | the inherent capacity for coming into being. |
| ~ possibleness, possibility | capability of existing or happening or being true.; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired" |
| ~ latency | the state of being not yet evident or active. |
| ~ prospect, chance | the possibility of future success.; "his prospects as a writer are excellent" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. electric potential, potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts. |
| ~ electrical phenomenon | a physical phenomenon involving electricity. |
| ~ evoked potential | the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus.; "he measured evoked potentials with an electroencephalogram" |
| ~ resting potential | the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse. |
| adj. | 3. likely, potential | expected to become or be; in prospect.; "potential clients" |
| ~ prospective | of or concerned with or related to the future.; "prospective earnings"; "a prospective mother"; "a prospective bride"; "the statute is solely prospective in operation" |
| probable | | |
| n. (person) | 1. probable | an applicant likely to be chosen. |
| ~ applicant, applier | a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission. |
| adj. | 2. likely, probable | likely but not certain to be or become true or real.; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss" |
| ~ equiprobable | equally probable. |
| ~ presumptive | having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance.; "the presumptive heir (or heir apparent)" |
| ~ verisimilar | appearing to be true or real.; "a verisimilar tale" |
| adj. | 3. probable | apparently destined.; "the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme" |
| ~ likely | has a good chance of being the case or of coming about.; "these services are likely to be available to us all before long"; "she is likely to forget"; "a likely place for a restaurant"; "the broken limb is likely to fall"; "rain is likely"; "a likely topic for investigation"; "likely candidates for the job" |
| possibly | | |
| adv. | 1. maybe, mayhap, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, possibly | by chance.; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time" |
| adv. | 2. possibly | to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means.; "they can't possibly get here in time for the funeral?" |
| can | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. can, tin, tin can | airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.. |
| ~ beer can | a can that holds beer. |
| ~ caddy, tea caddy | a can for storing tea. |
| ~ cannikin | a small can. |
| ~ coffee can | a can for storing ground coffee. |
| ~ container | any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another). |
| ~ milk can | large can for transporting milk. |
| ~ oilcan | a can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery. |
| ~ soda can | a can for holding soft drinks. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. can, canful | the quantity contained in a can. |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| n. (communication) | 3. can, can buoy | a buoy with a round bottom and conical top. |
| ~ buoy | bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards. |
| n. (body) | 4. arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| ~ torso, trunk, body | the body excluding the head and neck and limbs.; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet | a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. |
| ~ bathroom, bath | a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet. |
| ~ flushless toilet | a toilet that relies on bacteria to break down waste matter (instead of using water). |
| ~ flush toilet, lavatory | a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it. |
| ~ plumbing fixture | a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building. |
| ~ potty chair, potty seat | toilet consisting of a small seat used by young children. |
| ~ john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet, bathroom, can | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets. |
| ~ toilet bowl | the bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water. |
| ~ toilet seat | the hinged seat on a toilet. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. bathroom, can, john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets. |
| ~ head | (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship. |
| ~ comfort station, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash room, convenience | a toilet that is available to the public. |
| ~ room | an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" |
| ~ commode, crapper, potty, pot, throne, toilet, stool, can | a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination. |
| ~ washroom | a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place). |
| ~ loo, w.c., water closet, closet | a toilet in Britain. |
| v. (change) | 7. can, put up, tin | preserve in a can or tin.; "tinned foods are not very tasty" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting.; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" |
| v. (social) | 8. can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate | terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" |
| ~ retire | make (someone) retire.; "The director was retired after the scandal" |
| ~ pension off | let go from employment with an attractive pension.; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" |
| ~ clean out | force out.; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers" |
| ~ furlough, lay off | dismiss, usually for economic reasons.; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" |
| ~ squeeze out | force out.; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" |
| ~ remove | remove from a position or an office. |
| ~ send away, send packing, dismiss, drop | stop associating with.; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" |
| become | | |
| v. (change) | 1. become, get, go | enter or assume a certain state or condition.; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ sober up, sober | become sober after excessive alcohol consumption.; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up" |
| ~ sober, sober up | become more realistic.; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up" |
| ~ work | arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion.; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" |
| ~ take effect | go into effect or become effective or operative.; "The new law will take effect next month" |
| ~ run | change from one state to another.; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot" |
| ~ take | be seized or affected in a specified way.; "take sick"; "be taken drunk" |
| ~ break | come into being.; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air" |
| ~ settle | become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet.; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy" |
| v. (stative) | 2. become, turn | undergo a change or development.; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ boil down, come down, reduce | be the essential element.; "The proposal boils down to a compromise" |
| ~ transmute, metamorphose, transform | change in outward structure or looks.; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" |
| ~ suffocate, choke | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled.; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" |
| ~ nucleate | form into a nucleus.; "Some cells had nucleated" |
| ~ turn | cause to change or turn into something different;assume new characteristics.; "The princess turned the frog into a prince by kissing him"; "The alchemists tried to turn lead into gold" |
| ~ add up, amount, come | develop into.; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" |
| v. (stative) | 3. become | come into existence.; "What becomes has duration" |
| ~ occur, come | come to one's mind; suggest itself.; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" |
| ~ root | come into existence, originate.; "The problem roots in her depression" |
| ~ take form, take shape, spring, form | develop into a distinctive entity.; "our plans began to take shape" |
| ~ arise, originate, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise | come into existence; take on form or shape.; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" |
| ~ bob up, arise, come up | originate or come into being.; "a question arose" |
| ~ make | be or be capable of being changed or made into.; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father" |
| v. (stative) | 4. become, suit | enhance the appearance of.; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!" |
| ~ beautify, fancify, prettify, embellish | make more beautiful. |
| do | | |
| n. (event) | 1. bash, brawl, do | an uproarious party. |
| ~ party | an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment.; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day" |
| n. (communication) | 2. do, doh, ut | the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization. |
| ~ solfa syllable | one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization. |
| n. (communication) | 3. do, doctor of osteopathy | doctor's degree in osteopathy. |
| ~ doctor's degree, doctorate | one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university. |
| v. (social) | 4. do, make | engage in.; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" |
| ~ make | perform or carry out.; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" |
| ~ overdo, exaggerate | do something to an excessive degree.; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups" |
| v. (creation) | 5. do, execute, perform | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| ~ click off | perform or finish an action rapidly.; "The game was clicked off in 1:48" |
| ~ carry | sing or play against other voices or parts.; "He cannot carry a tune" |
| ~ pipe up | begin to play or sing. |
| ~ declaim, recite | recite in elocution. |
| ~ serenade | sing and play for somebody.; "She was serenaded by her admirers" |
| ~ cut corners | do something the cheapest or easiest way.; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product" |
| ~ stunt | perform a stunt or stunts. |
| ~ cut | perform or carry out.; "cut a caper" |
| ~ blaze away | perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly.; "Mr. Jones blazed away in one passage after another to loud applause" |
| ~ scamp | perform hastily and carelessly. |
| ~ churn out | perform in a mechanical way. |
| ~ premier, premiere | perform a work for the first time. |
| ~ star | be the star in a performance. |
| ~ appear | appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc..; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage" |
| ~ practise, rehearse, practice | engage in a rehearsal (of). |
| ~ ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvize, extemporize | perform without preparation.; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" |
| ~ interpret, render | give an interpretation or rendition of.; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" |
| ~ conduct, direct, lead | lead, as in the performance of a composition.; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" |
| ~ make | perform or carry out.; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" |
| v. (social) | 6. do, perform | get (something) done.; "I did my job" |
| ~ accomplish, carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill, action, execute | put in effect.; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" |
| ~ overachieve | perform better or achieve a greater degree of success than expected.; "His daughter always overachieves" |
| ~ turn | accomplish by rotating.; "turn a somersault"; "turn cartwheels" |
| ~ underachieve, underperform | perform less well or with less success than expected.; "John consistently underachieves, although he is very able"; "My stocks underperformed last year" |
| ~ misdo | do wrongly or improperly.; "misdo one's job" |
| ~ do one's best, give full measure, give one's best, go all out | perform a task as well as possible.; "The cast gives full measure every night" |
| ~ ply | apply oneself diligently.; "Ply one's trade" |
| v. (stative) | 7. come, do, fare, get along, make out | proceed or get along.; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" |
| ~ proceed, go | follow a certain course.; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" |
| v. (creation) | 8. cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| ~ shape, determine, influence, regulate, mold | shape or influence; give direction to.; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ initiate, pioneer | take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of.; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" |
| ~ effect, effectuate, set up | produce.; "The scientists set up a shock wave" |
| ~ make | compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way.; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat" |
| ~ occasion | give occasion to. |
| ~ call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke | evoke or provoke to appear or occur.; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" |
| ~ breed, engender, spawn | call forth. |
| ~ incite, motivate, prompt, actuate, propel, move | give an incentive for action.; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" |
| ~ impel, force | urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate. |
| ~ facilitate | increase the likelihood of (a response).; "The stimulus facilitates a delayed impulse" |
| v. (social) | 9. do, exercise, practice, practise | carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions.; "practice law" |
| ~ do work, work | be employed.; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college" |
| ~ shamanise, shamanize | practice shamanism. |
| v. (stative) | 10. answer, do, serve, suffice | be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity.; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve" |
| ~ bridge over, tide over, keep going | suffice for a period between two points.; "This money will keep us going for another year" |
| ~ go a long way | suffice or be adequate for a while or to a certain extent. |
| ~ serve, function | serve a purpose, role, or function.; "The tree stump serves as a table"; "The female students served as a control group"; "This table would serve very well"; "His freedom served him well"; "The table functions as a desk" |
| ~ live up to, satisfy, fulfill, fulfil | meet the requirements or expectations of. |
| ~ measure up, qualify | prove capable or fit; meet requirements. |
| ~ go around | be sufficient.; "There's not enough to go around" |
| v. (creation) | 11. do, make | create or design, often in a certain way.; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" |
| ~ create, make | create by artistic means.; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" |
| v. (body) | 12. act, behave, do | behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" |
| ~ act involuntarily, act reflexively | act in an uncontrolled manner. |
| ~ bend over backwards, fall over backwards | try very hard to please someone.; "She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law" |
| ~ presume | take liberties or act with too much confidence. |
| ~ vulgarise, vulgarize | act in a vulgar manner.; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" |
| ~ optimise, optimize | act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world. |
| ~ quack | act as a medical quack or a charlatan. |
| ~ menace | act in a threatening manner.; "A menacing person" |
| ~ make | act in a certain way so as to acquire.; "make friends"; "make enemies" |
| ~ bluster, swagger, swash | act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner. |
| ~ freeze | suddenly behave coldly and formally.; "She froze when she saw her ex-husband" |
| ~ wanton | behave extremely cruelly and brutally. |
| ~ romanticize | act in a romantic way. |
| ~ sentimentise, sentimentize, sentimentalise, sentimentalize | act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression. |
| ~ bungle | spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly.; "I bungled it!" |
| ~ toy, play | engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously.; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" |
| ~ act as, act, play | pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind.; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad" |
| ~ act as, act, play | pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind.; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad" |
| ~ stooge | act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner.; "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator" |
| ~ jest, joke | act in a funny or teasing way. |
| ~ piffle | act in a trivial or ineffective way. |
| ~ make | behave in a certain way.; "make merry" |
| ~ make as if | begin or appear to begin an action.; "He made as if to shake my hand" |
| ~ pretend, dissemble, act | behave unnaturally or affectedly.; "She's just acting" |
| ~ lose it, break down, snap | lose control of one's emotions.; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped" |
| ~ dally, dawdle | waste time.; "Get busy--don't dally!" |
| ~ backslap | display excessive cordiality (towards).; "he is always backslapping his colleagues at staff meetings" |
| ~ hugger mugger | act stealthily or secretively. |
| ~ sauce | behave saucily or impudently towards. |
| ~ footle | act foolishly, as by talking nonsense. |
| ~ frivol, trifle | act frivolously. |
| ~ swell, puff up | become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger.; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son" |
| ~ follow | accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of.; "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years" |
| ~ loosen up, relax | become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner.; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group" |
| ~ rage, ramp, storm | behave violently, as if in state of a great anger. |
| v. (stative) | 13. do, serve | spend time in prison or in a labor camp.; "He did six years for embezzlement" |
| ~ admit | serve as a means of entrance.; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show" |
| ~ spend, pass | pass time in a specific way.; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" |
| v. (social) | 14. do, manage | carry on or function.; "We could do with a little more help around here" |
| v. (body) | 15. arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set | arrange attractively.; "dress my hair for the wedding" |
| ~ bob | cut hair in the style of a bob.; "Bernice bobs her hair these days!" |
| ~ wave | set waves in.; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair" |
| ~ neaten, groom | care for one's external appearance.; "He is always well-groomed" |
| ~ groom, curry, dress | give a neat appearance to.; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses" |
| v. (motion) | 16. do | travel or traverse (a distance).; "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| make | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. brand, make | a recognizable kind.; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" |
| ~ kind, sort, form, variety | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" |
| n. (act) | 2. make, shuffle, shuffling | the act of mixing cards haphazardly. |
| ~ reordering | a rearrangement in a different order. |
| ~ reshuffling, reshuffle | shuffling again.; "the gambler demanded a reshuffle" |
| ~ riffle | shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| v. (change) | 3. get, make | give certain properties to something.; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" |
| ~ render | cause to become.; "The shot rendered her immobile" |
| ~ get, let, have | cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition.; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ leave | act or be so as to become in a specified state.; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless" |
| v. (creation) | 4. create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ beget, father, sire, engender, mother, bring forth, generate, get | make children.; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" |
| ~ procreate, reproduce, multiply | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant.; "The Bible tells people to procreate" |
| ~ regenerate | form or produce anew.; "regenerate hatred" |
| ~ clear | make a way or path by removing objects.; "Clear a path through the dense forest" |
| ~ distil, distill, extract | extract by the process of distillation.; "distill the essence of this compound" |
| ~ educe, derive | develop or evolve from a latent or potential state. |
| ~ spume, froth, suds | make froth or foam and become bubbly.; "The river foamed" |
| ~ lay down, establish, make | institute, enact, or establish.; "make laws" |
| ~ puncture | make by piercing.; "puncture a hole" |
| ~ twine | make by twisting together or intertwining.; "twine a rope" |
| ~ cleave | make by cutting into.; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock" |
| ~ track | make tracks upon. |
| ~ institute, bring | advance or set forth in court.; "bring charges"; "institute proceedings" |
| ~ short, short-circuit | create a short circuit in. |
| ~ re-create | create anew.; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
| ~ grind | created by grinding.; "grind designs into the glass bowl" |
| ~ bring forth, generate | bring into existence.; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" |
| ~ initiate, originate, start | bring into being.; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation" |
| ~ yield, give | cause to happen or be responsible for.; "His two singles gave the team the victory" |
| ~ make for, wreak, bring, work, play | cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" |
| ~ bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, arouse, put forward, evoke, stir, raise | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| ~ create, make | create by artistic means.; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" |
| ~ actualise, actualize, realize, substantiate, realise | make real or concrete; give reality or substance to.; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" |
| ~ cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| ~ establish, give | bring about.; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" |
| ~ turn in, put on | carry out (performances).; "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game" |
| ~ bear, turn out | bring forth,.; "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
| ~ build, establish | build or establish something abstract.; "build a reputation" |
| ~ assemble, put together, tack together, piece, set up, tack | create by putting components or members together.; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee" |
| ~ style | make consistent with a certain fashion or style.; "Style my hair"; "style the dress" |
| ~ strike | produce by ignition or a blow.; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match" |
| ~ re-create, copy | make a replica of.; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" |
| ~ create verbally | create with or from words. |
| ~ compose, write | write music.; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" |
| ~ choreograph | compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music.; "Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music" |
| ~ direct | guide the actors in (plays and films). |
| ~ film | record in film.; "The coronation was filmed" |
| ~ film-make | make films; be a film maker. |
| ~ recreate | create anew.; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting" |
| ~ offset | create an offset in.; "offset a wall" |
| ~ scrape | make by scraping.; "They scraped a letter into the stone" |
| ~ produce, bring forth | bring forth or yield.; "The tree would not produce fruit" |
| ~ give rise, bring about, produce | cause to happen, occur or exist.; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" |
| ~ press | create by pressing.; "Press little holes into the soft clay" |
| ~ prepare | to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery.; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" |
| ~ cut | form or shape by cutting or incising.; "cut paper dolls" |
| ~ cut | form by probing, penetrating, or digging.; "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face" |
| ~ raise | create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise.; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" |
| ~ beat | make by pounding or trampling.; "beat a path through the forest" |
| ~ chop | form or shape by chopping.; "chop a hole in the ground" |
| ~ manufacture | create or produce in a mechanical way.; "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success" |
| ~ shell, blast | create by using explosives.; "blast a passage through the mountain" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ incorporate | form a corporation. |
| ~ form, organize, organise | create (as an entity).; "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company" |
| v. (communication) | 5. cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
| ~ decide | cause to decide.; "This new development finally decided me!" |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
| ~ bring | induce or persuade.; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" |
| ~ solicit | incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination.; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" |
| ~ encourage | spur on.; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife" |
| ~ let | actively cause something to happen.; "I let it be known that I was not interested" |
| ~ lead | cause to undertake a certain action.; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" |
| ~ instigate, prompt, inspire | serve as the inciting cause of.; "She prompted me to call my relatives" |
| ~ suborn | induce to commit perjury or give false testimony.; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses" |
| ~ compel, obligate, oblige | force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
| v. (creation) | 6. create, make, produce | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ breed | cause to procreate (animals).; "She breeds dogs" |
| ~ redo, refashion, remake, make over | make new.; "She is remaking her image" |
| ~ prefabricate | produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally. |
| ~ underproduce | produce below capacity or demand.; "The East German factories were underproducing for many years" |
| ~ output | to create or manufacture a specific amount.; "the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running" |
| ~ pulse, pulsate | produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses.; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an electronic tube" |
| ~ clap together, clap up, slap together | make hastily and carelessly. |
| ~ custom-make, customise, customize, tailor-make | make to specifications.; "I had this desk custom-made for me" |
| ~ dummy, dummy up | make a dummy of.; "dummy up the books that are to be published" |
| ~ turn out | produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery.; "This factory turns out saws" |
| ~ machine | make by machinery.; "The Americans were machining while others still hand-made cars" |
| ~ churn out | produce something at a fast rate.; "He churns out papers, but they are all about the same topic" |
| ~ overproduce | produce in excess.; "The country overproduces cars" |
| ~ elaborate | produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product.; "The bee elaborates honey" |
| ~ put out | put out considerable effort.; "He put out the same for seven managers" |
| ~ laminate | create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material. |
| ~ bootleg | produce or distribute illegally.; "bootleg tapes of the diva's singing" |
| ~ generate | produce (energy).; "We can't generate enough power for the entire city"; "The hydroelectric plant needs to generate more electricity" |
| ~ generate, yield, render, give, return | give or supply.; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" |
| ~ create, make | create by artistic means.; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" |
| ~ extrude, squeeze out | form or shape by forcing through an opening.; "extrude steel" |
| ~ smelt | extract (metals) by heating. |
| ~ reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of.; "reproduce the painting" |
| ~ preassemble, prefabricate | to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings. |
| ~ fudge together, throw together | produce shoddily, without much attention to detail. |
| ~ print, publish | put into print.; "The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed" |
| ~ confect | make or construct. |
| ~ proof | make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset. |
| ~ burn, cut | create by duplicating data.; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. draw, make | make, formulate, or derive in the mind.; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?" |
| ~ make | calculate as being.; "I make the height about 100 feet" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| v. (creation) | 8. make | compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way.; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat" |
| ~ cause, do, make | give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally.; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" |
| ~ drive | compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment.; "She finally drove him to change jobs" |
| v. (creation) | 9. create, make | create by artistic means.; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ do, make | create or design, often in a certain way.; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ design | create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner.; "Chanel designed the famous suit" |
| ~ design | create designs.; "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel" |
| v. (possession) | 10. bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" |
| ~ make | act in a certain way so as to acquire.; "make friends"; "make enemies" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| ~ squeeze out, eke out | make by laborious and precarious means.; "He eked out a living as a painter" |
| ~ turn a profit, profit | make a profit; gain money or materially.; "The company has not profited from the merger" |
| ~ rake off | take money from an illegal transaction. |
| ~ take home, bring home | earn as a salary or wage.; "How much does your wife take home after taxes and other deductions?" |
| ~ rake in, shovel in | earn large sums of money.; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in" |
| ~ net, sack up, sack, clear | make as a net profit.; "The company cleared $1 million" |
| ~ gross | earn before taxes, expenses, etc.. |
| ~ pay, bear, yield | bring in.; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" |
| v. (stative) | 11. constitute, form, make | to compose or represent:.; "This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" |
| ~ constitute, make up, comprise, be, represent | form or compose.; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" |
| ~ chelate | form a chelate, in chemistry. |
| ~ add | constitute an addition.; "This paper will add to her reputation" |
| v. (motion) | 12. get to, make, progress to, reach | reach a goal, e.g.,.; "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade" |
| ~ achieve, attain, accomplish, reach | to gain with effort.; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" |
| v. (stative) | 13. make | be or be capable of being changed or made into.; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father" |
| ~ become | come into existence.; "What becomes has duration" |
| v. (creation) | 14. make | make by shaping or bringing together constituents.; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" |
| ~ compile, compose | put together out of existing material.; "compile a list" |
| ~ compile | use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed. |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ fabricate, manufacture, construct | put together out of artificial or natural components or parts.; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; "He manufactured a popular cereal" |
| ~ fashion, forge | make out of components (often in an improvising manner).; "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks" |
| ~ cooper | make barrels and casks. |
| v. (creation) | 15. make | perform or carry out.; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" |
| ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| ~ pay | render.; "pay a visit"; "pay a call" |
| ~ do, make | engage in.; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" |
| v. (creation) | 16. build, construct, make | make by combining materials and parts.; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" |
| ~ customise, customize | make according to requirements.; "customize a car" |
| ~ revet | construct a revetment. |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ dry-wall | construct with drywall.; "dry-wall the basement of the house" |
| ~ lock | build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels. |
| ~ wattle | build of or with wattle. |
| ~ frame up, frame | construct by fitting or uniting parts together. |
| ~ rebuild, reconstruct | build again.; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" |
| ~ groin | build with groins.; "The ceiling was groined" |
| ~ cantilever | construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed.; "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings" |
| ~ erect, put up, set up, rear, raise | construct, build, or erect.; "Raise a barn" |
| ~ build | be engaged in building.; "These architects build in interesting and new styles" |
| ~ corduroy | build (a road) from logs laid side by side. |
| ~ channelise, channelize | make a channel for; provide with a channel.; "channelize the country for better transportation" |
| v. (change) | 17. make | change from one form into another.; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (body) | 18. make | act in a certain way so as to acquire.; "make friends"; "make enemies" |
| ~ behave, act, do | behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" |
| ~ earn, realise, bring in, pull in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" |
| ~ get, have, make | achieve a point or goal.; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" |
| v. (social) | 19. make, name, nominate | charge with a function; charge to be.; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" |
| ~ rename | name again or anew.; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior" |
| ~ appoint, charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
| v. (possession) | 20. get, have, make | achieve a point or goal.; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" |
| ~ make | act in a certain way so as to acquire.; "make friends"; "make enemies" |
| ~ rack up, score, tally, hit | gain points in a game.; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" |
| v. (motion) | 21. arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach | reach a destination, either real or abstract.; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ catch up | reach the point where one should be after a delay.; "I caught up on my homework" |
| ~ surmount, scale | reach the highest point of.; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" |
| ~ get at, access | reach or gain access to.; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof" |
| ~ bottom out | reach the low point.; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while" |
| ~ peak, top out | to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity.; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929"; "Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" |
| ~ summit, breast | reach the summit (of a mountain).; "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit" |
| ~ top | reach or ascend the top of.; "The hikers topped the mountain just before noon" |
| ~ make | reach in time.; "We barely made the plane" |
| ~ make | reach in time.; "We barely made the plane" |
| ~ find | succeed in reaching; arrive at.; "The arrow found its mark" |
| ~ culminate | reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body. |
| ~ come through, get through | succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems.; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister" |
| ~ run aground, ground | hit or reach the ground. |
| v. (cognition) | 22. establish, lay down, make | institute, enact, or establish.; "make laws" |
| ~ set, mark | establish as the highest level or best performance.; "set a record" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (social) | 23. make | carry out or commit.; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas" |
| ~ commit, perpetrate, pull | perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" |
| v. (social) | 24. make | form by assembling individuals or constituents.; "Make a quorum" |
| ~ get together, assemble, gather | get people together.; "assemble your colleagues"; "get together all those who are interested in the project"; "gather the close family members" |
| ~ make | add up to.; "four and four make eight" |
| v. (creation) | 25. give, have, hold, make, throw | organize or be responsible for.; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" |
| ~ direct | be in charge of. |
| v. (change) | 26. make, make up | put in order or neaten.; "make the bed"; "make up a room" |
| ~ clean up, neaten, square away, tidy, tidy up, straighten, straighten out | put (things or places) in order.; "Tidy up your room!" |
| ~ make | gather and light the materials for.; "make a fire" |
| v. (motion) | 27. make, take | head into a specified direction.; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" |
| ~ head | to go or travel towards.; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" |
| v. (body) | 28. ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit | have a bowel movement.; "The dog had made in the flower beds" |
| ~ make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piss, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, piddle, urinate, puddle, make | eliminate urine.; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ dung | defecate; used of animals. |
| v. (stative) | 29. make | undergo fabrication or creation.; "This wool makes into a nice sweater" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (stative) | 30. make | be suitable for.; "Wood makes good furniture" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 31. make | add up to.; "four and four make eight" |
| ~ arithmetic | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. |
| ~ make | form by assembling individuals or constituents.; "Make a quorum" |
| ~ number, total, amount, add up, come | add up in number or quantity.; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" |
| ~ make | amount to.; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" |
| v. (stative) | 32. make | amount to.; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" |
| ~ amount | be tantamount or equivalent to.; "Her action amounted to a rebellion" |
| ~ make | add up to.; "four and four make eight" |
| v. (stative) | 33. make | constitute the essence of.; "Clothes make the man" |
| ~ constitute, make up, comprise, be, represent | form or compose.; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" |
| v. (perception) | 34. make | appear to begin an activity.; "He made to speak but said nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us" |
| ~ appear, seem, look | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" |
| v. (motion) | 35. make, work | proceed along a path.; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" |
| ~ claw | move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging.; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain" |
| ~ jostle | make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving.; "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform" |
| ~ go across, pass, go through | go across or through.; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind" |
| ~ bushwhack | cut one's way through the woods or bush. |
| ~ work | proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity.; "work your way through every problem or task"; "She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top" |
| v. (motion) | 36. make | reach in time.; "We barely made the plane" |
| ~ arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make | reach a destination, either real or abstract.; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
| ~ arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make | reach a destination, either real or abstract.; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
| v. (creation) | 37. make | gather and light the materials for.; "make a fire" |
| ~ make up, make | put in order or neaten.; "make the bed"; "make up a room" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ ready, cook, prepare, fix, make | prepare for eating by applying heat.; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
| v. (creation) | 38. cook, fix, make, prepare, ready | prepare for eating by applying heat.; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
| ~ preserve, keep | prevent (food) from rotting.; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh" |
| ~ dress out, dress | kill and prepare for market or consumption.; "dress a turkey" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| ~ deglaze | dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring. |
| ~ escallop, scallop | bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top. |
| ~ flambe | pour liquor over and ignite (a dish). |
| ~ put on | put on the stove or ready for cooking.; "put on the tea, please!" |
| ~ devil | coat or stuff with a spicy paste.; "devilled eggs" |
| ~ precook | cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long.; "precook the rice" |
| ~ whip up, whomp up | prepare or cook quickly or hastily. |
| ~ cook up, concoct | prepare or cook by mixing ingredients.; "concoct a strange mixture" |
| ~ lard | prepare or cook with lard.; "lard meat" |
| ~ make | gather and light the materials for.; "make a fire" |
| v. (contact) | 39. make, score, seduce | induce to have sex.; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
| ~ seduce | lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct.; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor" |
| ~ be intimate, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, lie with, make love, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, hump, jazz, bed, love, bang, make out, know | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| v. (communication) | 40. make | assure the success of.; "A good review by this critic will make your play!" |
| ~ assure, ensure, guarantee, insure, secure | make certain of.; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" |
| v. (communication) | 41. make, make believe, pretend | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.; "She makes like an actress" |
| ~ dissemble, feign, pretend, sham, affect | make believe with the intent to deceive.; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" |
| ~ go through the motions | pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it.; "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions" |
| ~ act, play, represent | play a role or part.; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" |
| v. (cognition) | 42. make | consider as being.; "It wasn't the problem some people made it" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ make | calculate as being.; "I make the height about 100 feet" |
| v. (cognition) | 43. make | calculate as being.; "I make the height about 100 feet" |
| ~ estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time).; "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" |
| ~ make | consider as being.; "It wasn't the problem some people made it" |
| ~ draw, make | make, formulate, or derive in the mind.; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?" |
| v. (change) | 44. make | cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable.; "make my day" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 45. make | favor the development of.; "Practice makes the winner" |
| ~ develop | generate gradually.; "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone" |
| v. (change) | 46. make | develop into.; "He will make a splendid father!" |
| ~ grow, develop | grow emotionally or mature.; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior" |
| v. (body) | 47. make | behave in a certain way.; "make merry" |
| ~ behave, act, do | behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" |
| v. (body) | 48. make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee | eliminate urine.; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" |
| ~ urinate | pass after the manner of urine.; "The sick men urinated blood" |
| ~ wet | make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating.; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed" |
| ~ stale | urinate, of cattle and horses. |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make | have a bowel movement.; "The dog had made in the flower beds" |
| produce | | |
| n. (food) | 1. garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce | fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market. |
| ~ solid food, food | any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment.; "food and drink" |
| ~ edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh. |
| ~ veg, vegetable, veggie | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant. |
| ~ eater | any green goods that are good to eat.; "these apples are good eaters" |
| v. (creation) | 2. bring forth, produce | bring forth or yield.; "The tree would not produce fruit" |
| ~ birth, give birth, bear, deliver, have | cause to be born.; "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ sporulate | produce spores.; "plants sporulate" |
| ~ crank out, grind out | produce in a routine or monotonous manner.; "We have to crank out publications in order to receive funding" |
| ~ manufacture | produce naturally.; "this gland manufactures a specific substance only" |
| v. (creation) | 3. bring about, give rise, produce | cause to happen, occur or exist.; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ induct, induce | produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes. |
| ~ lead, result, leave | have as a result or residue.; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" |
| v. (perception) | 4. bring forth, produce | bring out for display.; "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him" |
| ~ display, exhibit, expose | to show, make visible or apparent.; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" |
| ~ turn on | produce suddenly or automatically.; "Turn on the charm"; "turn on the waterworks" |
| v. (creation) | 5. farm, grow, produce, raise | cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques.; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" |
| ~ farming, husbandry, agriculture | the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock. |
| ~ carry | bear (a crop).; "this land does not carry olives" |
| ~ overproduce | produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted. |
| ~ cultivate | foster the growth of. |
| ~ keep | raise.; "She keeps a few chickens in the yard"; "he keeps bees" |
| v. (perception) | 6. bring on, bring out, produce | bring onto the market or release.; "produce a movie"; "bring out a book"; "produce a new play" |
| ~ appear | come into sight or view.; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" |
| ~ offer | produce or introduce on the stage.; "The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month" |
| v. (body) | 7. acquire, develop, get, grow, produce | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).; "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" |
| ~ fledge, feather | grow feathers.; "The young sparrows are fledging already" |
| ~ regrow | grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption.; "parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow"; "some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury" |
| ~ spring | develop suddenly.; "The tire sprang a leak" |
| ~ sprout, stock | put forth and grow sprouts or shoots.; "the plant sprouted early this year" |
| ~ tiller, stool | grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers. |
| ~ leaf | produce leaves, of plants. |
| ~ pod | produce pods, of plants. |
| ~ teethe | grow teeth; cut the baby teeth.; "The little one is teething now" |
| ~ pupate | develop into a pupa.; "the insect larva pupate" |
| ~ work up, get up | develop.; "we worked up an as of an appetite" |
| ~ cut | have grow through the gums.; "The baby cut a tooth" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ develop, evolve, acquire | gain through experience.; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting" |
| render | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. render | a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls. |
| ~ stucco | a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces. |
| v. (change) | 2. render | cause to become.; "The shot rendered her immobile" |
| ~ make, get | give certain properties to something.; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" |
| v. (possession) | 3. furnish, provide, render, supply | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ hydrate | supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance.; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently" |
| ~ charge | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.; "I need to charge my car battery" |
| ~ date | provide with a dateline; mark with a date.; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated" |
| ~ feed | feed into; supply.; "Her success feeds her vanity" |
| ~ calk | provide with calks.; "calk horse shoes" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ fund | provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest. |
| ~ stint, scant, skimp | supply sparingly and with restricted quantities.; "sting with the allowance" |
| ~ terrace, terrasse | provide (a house) with a terrace.; "We terrassed the country house" |
| ~ dado | provide with a dado.; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room" |
| ~ innervate | supply nerves to (some organ or body part). |
| ~ offer | make available or accessible, provide or furnish.; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms" |
| ~ signalise, signalize | provide with traffic signals.; "signalize a busy intersection" |
| ~ extend, offer | make available; provide.; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" |
| ~ stock | provide or furnish with a stock of something.; "stock the larder with meat" |
| ~ buy in, stock up, stock | amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use.; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" |
| ~ caption | provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing. |
| ~ tube | provide with a tube or insert a tube into. |
| ~ ticket | provide with a ticket for passage or admission.; "Ticketed passengers can board now" |
| ~ stock | supply with livestock.; "stock a farm" |
| ~ stock | supply with fish.; "stock a lake" |
| ~ rim | furnish with a rim.; "rim a hat" |
| ~ fret | provide (a musical instrument) with frets.; "fret a guitar" |
| ~ step | furnish with steps.; "The architect wants to step the terrace" |
| ~ rail | provide with rails.; "The yard was railed" |
| ~ grate | furnish with a grate.; "a grated fireplace" |
| ~ capitalise, capitalize | supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders. |
| ~ alphabetize | provide with an alphabet.; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages" |
| ~ wharf | provide with a wharf.; "Wharf the mouth of the river" |
| ~ air-cool, air-condition | equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature.; "Our house is not air-conditioned" |
| ~ uniform | provide with uniforms.; "The guards were uniformed" |
| ~ railroad | supply with railroad lines.; "railroad the West" |
| ~ partner | provide with a partner. |
| ~ bewhisker, whisker | furnish with whiskers.; "a whiskered jersey" |
| ~ subtitle | supply (a movie) with subtitles. |
| ~ headline | provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline. |
| ~ match | provide funds complementary to.; "The company matched the employees' contributions" |
| ~ hobnail | supply with hobnails. |
| ~ wive | provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife. |
| ~ victual | supply with food.; "The population was victualed during the war" |
| ~ cloy, surfeit | supply or feed to surfeit. |
| ~ heat | provide with heat.; "heat the house" |
| ~ seat | provide with seats.; "seat a concert hall" |
| ~ seat | put a seat on a chair. |
| ~ ramp | furnish with a ramp.; "The ramped auditorium" |
| ~ arm | supply with arms.; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan" |
| ~ interleave | provide (books) with blank leaves. |
| ~ glass, glaze | furnish with glass.; "glass the windows" |
| ~ crenel, crenelate, crenellate | supply with battlements. |
| ~ causeway | provide with a causeway.; "A causewayed swamp" |
| ~ canal, canalise, canalize | provide (a city) with a canal. |
| ~ bush | provide with a bushing. |
| ~ brattice | supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines. |
| ~ furnish | provide or equip with furniture.; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" |
| ~ slat | equip or bar with slats.; "Slat the windows" |
| ~ berth | provide with a berth. |
| ~ bed | furnish with a bed.; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals" |
| ~ computerise, computerize | provide with computers.; "Our office is fully computerized now" |
| ~ costume | furnish with costumes; as for a film or play. |
| ~ bottom | provide with a bottom or a seat.; "bottom the chairs" |
| ~ rafter | provide (a ceiling) with rafters. |
| ~ tool | furnish with tools. |
| ~ key | provide with a key.; "We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building" |
| ~ fuel | provide with a combustible substance that provides energy.; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars" |
| ~ provision, purvey | supply with provisions. |
| ~ yield, afford, give | be the cause or source of.; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" |
| ~ equip, fit out, outfit, fit | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" |
| ~ transistorise, transistorize | equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors. |
| ~ upholster | provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers. |
| ~ cleat | provide with cleats.; "cleat running shoes for better traction" |
| ~ coal | supply with coal. |
| ~ corbel | furnish with a corbel. |
| ~ cornice | furnish with a cornice. |
| ~ constitutionalize | provide with a constitution, as of a country.; "The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century" |
| ~ copper-bottom | provide with a copper bottom.; "copper-bottom a frying pan" |
| ~ curtain | provide with drapery.; "curtain the bedrooms" |
| ~ gate | supply with a gate.; "The house was gated" |
| ~ index | provide with an index.; "index the book" |
| ~ articulate, joint | provide with a joint.; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" |
| ~ pour | supply in large amounts or quantities.; "We poured money into the education of our children" |
| ~ pump | supply in great quantities.; "Pump money into a project" |
| ~ fuel, fire | provide with fuel.; "Oil fires the furnace" |
| ~ oversupply, glut, flood | supply with an excess of.; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" |
| ~ toggle | provide with a toggle or toggles. |
| ~ patch | provide with a patch; also used metaphorically.; "The field was patched with snow" |
| ~ water | provide with water.; "We watered the buffalo" |
| ~ leverage | provide with leverage.; "We need to leverage this company" |
| ~ tap | furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it.; "tap a cask of wine" |
| ~ top out, top | provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure).; "the towers were topped with conical roofs" |
| ~ reflectorise, reflectorize | provide with reflectors, such as chemicals.; "the driveway was reflectorized for safety reasons" |
| ~ retrofit | provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture.; "They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors" |
| ~ edge, border | provide with a border or edge.; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery" |
| ~ machicolate | supply with projecting galleries.; "machicolate the castle walls" |
| ~ sanitate | provide with sanitary facilities or appliances. |
| ~ hat | furnish with a hat. |
| ~ theme | provide with a particular theme or motive.; "the restaurant often themes its menus" |
| ~ kern | furnish with a kern. |
| ~ headquarter | provide with headquarters.; "the compnay is headquartered in New Jersey" |
| ~ shelter | provide shelter for.; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people" |
| v. (creation) | 4. interpret, render | give an interpretation or rendition of.; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" |
| ~ performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance. |
| ~ perform, do, execute | carry out or perform an action.; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
| ~ sing | deliver by singing.; "Sing Christmas carols" |
| v. (creation) | 5. generate, give, render, return, yield | give or supply.; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ yield, give | cause to happen or be responsible for.; "His two singles gave the team the victory" |
| ~ establish, give | bring about.; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" |
| v. (communication) | 6. deliver, render, return | pass down.; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" |
| ~ communicate, pass along, put across, pass on, pass | transmit information.; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news" |
| v. (possession) | 7. render, submit | make over as a return.; "They had to render the estate" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| v. (possession) | 8. render, return | give back.; "render money" |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| ~ feed back, resubmit | submit (information) again to a program or automatic system. |
| v. (possession) | 9. deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in | to surrender someone or something to another.; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ bail | deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period. |
| ~ give away | formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father. |
| v. (creation) | 10. depict, picture, render, show | show in, or as in, a picture.; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ interpret, represent | create an image or likeness of.; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" |
| ~ illustrate | depict with an illustration. |
| ~ map | depict as if on a map.; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face" |
| v. (contact) | 11. render | coat with plastic or cement.; "render the brick walls in the den" |
| ~ masonry | the craft of a mason. |
| ~ coat, surface | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.; "coat the cake with chocolate" |
| v. (communication) | 12. give, render | bestow.; "give homage"; "render thanks" |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| ~ dedicate | inscribe or address by way of compliment.; "She dedicated her book to her parents" |
| ~ give | accord by verdict.; "give a decision for the plaintiff" |
| v. (communication) | 13. interpret, render, translate | restate (words) from one language into another language.; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." |
| ~ ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell | to say, state, or perform again.; "She kept reiterating her request" |
| ~ retranslate | translate again. |
| ~ mistranslate | translate incorrectly. |
| ~ gloss | provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase. |
| ~ latinize | translate into Latin. |
| ~ translate | be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way.; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English" |
| v. (change) | 14. render, try | melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities.; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ melt, melt down, run | reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" |
| transact | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. transact | conduct business.; "transact with foreign governments" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ sell, trade, deal | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
| ~ turn over | do business worth a certain amount of money.; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year" |
| ~ bank | do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank.; "Where do you bank in this town?" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
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