belong

belong (canonical)
belongs (third-person singular)
belonged (past)
belonged (past participle)
belonging (present participle)

The umbrella belongs to John; it's his.

If someone belongs to something like a club, they are a member.

Mary belongs to Greenpeace.

What does it cost to belong to the library?

English belongs to the Indo-European language family.

If something belongs, it is in the right place.

That dog doesn't belong in the kitchen.

Where does this book belong?

I'm a simple girl; I don't belong in this rich house.


page

page (canonical)
pages (third-person singular)
paged (past)
paged (past participle)
paging (present participle)

If you page forward, back, through, etc. something with pages, you move from one page to another.

I paged through the magazine, just looking at the pictures.

Use the mouse to page down to the next screen.


duck

duck (canonical)
ducks (third-person singular)
ducked (past)
ducked (past participle)
ducking (present participle)

If you duck, you lower your head so that you do not get hit by something.

Remember to duck when the boat goes under the bridge.


black

black (canonical)
blacks (third-person singular)
blacked (past)
blacked (past participle)
blacking (present participle)

If you black out, you quit seeing and hearing anything around you and you fall down.

After his tenth beer, he blacked out and we couldn't wake him up.


taste

taste (canonical)
tastes (third-person singular)
tasted (past)
tasted (past participle)
tasting (present participle)

The way something tastes is the sense you get when you put it in your mouth.

This milk tastes strange. I think it's bad.

This meat tastes like chicken. What is it?


act

act (canonical)
acts (third-person singular)
acted (past)
acted (past participle)
acting (present participle)

If you act in some way, you do something that makes people think you are that way.

When he must do something, he acts quickly.

Don't do anything strange. Just act normal.

She acted the fool when she saw him.


water

water (canonical)
waters (third-person singular)
watered (past)
watered (past participle)
watering (present participle)

If something waters, it fills with water; it secretes water.

His eyes watered as he cut up the onion.


talk

talk (canonical)
talks (third-person singular)
talked (past)
talked (past participle)
talking (present participle)

to speak; any sound from a person's mouth.

He talks with him daily.


sound

sound (canonical)
sounds (third-person singular)
sounded (past)
sounded (past participle)
sounding (present participle)

If something sounds a particular way, you think it is that way when you hear or read about it.

The restaurant sounds great.


keep

keep (canonical)
keeps (third-person singular)
kept (past)
kept (past participle)
keeping (present participle)

When you keep safe, happy, quiet, etc, you stay that way.

Keep quiet.


sail

sail (canonical)
sails (third-person singular)
sailed (past)
sailed (past participle)
sailing (present participle)

If you sail, you move by catching the wind, usually by ship on water.

They sail around the world every year in their boat.


journey

journey (canonical)
journeys (third-person singular)
journeyed (past)
journeyed (past participle)
journeying (present participle)

If you journey to somewhere, you travel there.

We journeyed from town to town.


jump

jump (canonical)
jumps (third-person singular)
jumped (past)
jumped (past participle)
jumping (present participle)

If you jump, you leave the ground completely.

He jumped for joy.

She jumped to her death from the bridge.

If you jump, you move suddenly because you are surprised.

I scared her and she jumped.


verb

A verb is a kind of word that usually tells about an action or a state and is the head of a sentence. In English, verbs are the only kind of word that changes to show past or present tense. See verb examples.

In the sentence My father works on a farm, the verb is works.


sneeze

sneeze (canonical)
sneezes (third-person singular)
sneezed (past)
sneezed (past participle)
sneezing (present participle)

If you sneeze, a feeling in your nose makes you suddenly blow air out of your nose and mouth.

He sneezed until his nose was red.

You'll give everyone your cold coughing and sneezing like that.


lie

lie (canonical)
lies (third-person singular)
lay (past)
lain (past participle)
lying (present participle)

If you lie down, your head and whole body are at the same level. You lie down when you want to rest or sleep.

She lay on the bed and went to sleep.


lie

lie (canonical)
lies (third-person singular)
lied (past)
lied (past participle)
lying (present participle)

If you lie, you say or write something that you know is not true.

"How old are you?" he asked. "Twenty-one," she lied. She was actually eighteen years old. Examples given in the old Webster dictionary says, why do you lie to me vs why do you just lie there. In past tense the word "lier" perceived in the new dictionary does not exist. It has been deleted from context to be depicted as "liar" when in fact they are two different existing words that have two different meanings all together. In example, to be a "lier" is to be a noun in context and to be a "liar" would be as a verb form. One depicts a person or being while the other depicts an action.


identify

identify (canonical)
identifies (third-person singular)
identified (past)
identified (past participle)
identifying (present participle)

If you identify with someone else, you understand and share their feelings.

If x is identified with y, it is closely connected to it.


object

object (canonical)
objects (third-person singular)
objected (past)
objected (past participle)
objecting (present participle)

If you object to something, you don't agree with it.

Most people will object to being asked to work too much.


freeze

freeze (canonical)
freezes (third-person singular)
froze (past)
frozen (past participle)
freezing (present participle)

I was freezing because I had forgotten my coat.


snake

snake (canonical)
snakes (third-person singular)
snaked (past)
snaked (past participle)
snaking (present participle)

If you snake, you move in a winding path.

The river snakes through the valley.


smoke

smoke (canonical)
smokes (third-person singular)
smoked (past)
smoked (past participle)
smoking (present participle)

If something is smoking, it is making smoke.

The fire's still smoking. You'd better put some more water on it.


complain

complain (canonical)
complains (third-person singular)
complained (past)
complained (past participle)
complaining (present participle)

If you complain about someone or something, you say or write that you are not happy about it.

We complained to the manager about the service after waiting one hour for our food.


will

will (present)
would (past)
won't (negative)

You use will to say that you strongly expect something to happen in the future.

Don't worry. The sun will come up again tomorrow.

If you will do something, you make a plan to do it.

I will go to the store.


flower

flower (canonical)
flowers (third-person singular)
flowered (past)
flowered (past participle)
flowering (present participle)

When something flowers, it starts to bloom.

Cherry blossoms are going to flower this week.


camp

camp (canonical)
camps (third-person singular)
camped (past)
camped (past participle)
camping (present participle)

If you camp, you stay in a place, usually outside of the city for a short time.

I hope we can go camping in the mountains this summer.


clock

clock (canonical)
clocks (third-person singular)
clocked (past)
clocked (past participle)
clocking (present participle)

If you clock in or out at work, school, etc., you record the time they arrive or leave.

He clocked in at four a.m. for a twelve-hour shift.

If you clock up a number of things, you reach that total after some time.

Because I drive one hour to work, I'm clocking up a lot of miles.


slave

slave (canonical)
slaves (third-person singular)
slaved (past)
slaved (past participle)
slaving (present participle)

I've been slaving in the kitchen all day cooking food for Christmas dinner.


couple

couple (canonical)
couples (third-person singular)
coupled (past)
coupled (past participle)
coupling (present participle)


place

place (canonical)
places (third-person singular)
placed (past)
placed (past participle)
placing (present participle)

If you place, you earn a given spot in a competition.

She finished the poker tournament in fifth place.


consist

consist (canonical)
consists (third-person singular)
consisted (past)
consisted (past participle)
consisting (present participle)

If A consists of B, then B is the thing or things that, together, make A.

His letter consisted of only three words.

Preparation for the party consisted of inviting guests, buying food, cleaning, and hoping that the weather would be nice.


blade

blade (canonical)
blades (third-person singular)
bladed (past)
bladed (past participle)
blading (present participle)

If a person blades, they skate on rollerblades.


blow

blow (canonical)
blows (third-person singular)
blew (past)
blown (past participle)
blowing (present participle)

His hat blew off.

I could see some grass where the snow had blown away.

Her gray hair blew across her face in the wind.

Last fall, a storm blew through this town tearing up trees.

I dropped the cake and she totally blew up on me.


decline

decline (canonical)
declines (third-person singular)
declined (past)
declined (past participle)
declining (present participle)

If something declines, it goes down in number, quality, slope, or value.

The Australian dollar has declined 3% against the Euro.

The number of students studying foreign languages continues to decline.


luck

luck (canonical)
lucks (third-person singular)
lucked (past)
lucked (past participle)
lucking (present participle)

He lucked into a great job.


work

work (canonical)
works (third-person singular)
worked (past)
worked (past participle)
working (present participle)

If you work, you do a job, usually for money.

My father works at Microsoft.

I got to work at 7:30 each morning.

If you work you are doing something that needs effort.

I worked on my school paper all night long.

If somethings works it has done what it was supposed to do.

If my computer didn't work I couldn't type this.

I'm glad our plan worked.

How something works is how it does what it does.

I would like to know more about how cars work.

The rules here just do not work that way.


joke

joke (canonical)
jokes (third-person singular)
joked (past)
joked (past participle)
joking (present participle)

When you joke about something, you say something funny that you don't really mean.

Everyone joked about how bad his tennis was.

I wasn't joking about burning my shoes.

Because I have a dog, I joke with my friends about their boring cats.

The coach joked that he would fire his whole team.

You say "you must be joking" when somebody tells you something that's very hard to believe.

"She's forty three." "Forty three?! You must be joking. She looks like she's sixteen."


contract

contract (canonical)
contracts (third-person singular)
contracted (past)
contracted (past participle)
contracting (present participle)

If something contracts, it gets smaller.

As the wood dries out, it contracts.


to

To has no meaning. It is used with a bare infinitival clause.

It's important for you to understand.

She told them to be quiet.

You want me to do it, but I don't have to.

To finish quickly, we must work fast.

To continue like this would be foolish.

I don't know how to get there.

He got the keys to open the door.

It's too small to see.

You are all to be here at 7:30 tomorrow morning. Do you understand?

He arrived only to find that everyone had gone home.


labour

labour (canonical)
labours (third-person singular)
laboured (past)
laboured (past participle)
labouring (present participle)

He laboured over the food all afternoon to get ready for dinner.


occur

occur (canonical)
occurs (third-person singular)
occurred (past)
occurred (past participle)
occurring (present participle)

Over the summer a change occurred in my friend’s behaviour.

If something occurs to you, you suddenly think of it.

It occurred to me that I was in trouble.


function

function (canonical)
functions (third-person singular)
functioned (past)
functioned (past participle)
functioning (present participle)

If something is functioning, it is working and is not completely broken.

Her heart stopped, but her brain continued to function.

If something functions as X, it does the job of X.

In this sentence, "sentence" functions as the subject.


range

range (canonical)
ranges (third-person singular)
ranged (past)
ranged (past participle)
ranging (present participle)

If something ranges from X to Y, it includes a number of different things and X and Y are different examples of those.

The police had stopped him for a variety of things ranging from stealing a book to having a gun.


account

account (canonical)
accounts (third-person singular)
accounted (past)
accounted (past participle)
accounting (present participle)

If x accounts for some part of y, x makes up that part of y.

Payments to employees account for 73% of our budget.

If x accounts for y, it explains why y happens or exists.

Oh, she was sick. Well, that accounts for her poor test score.


amount

amount (canonical)
amounts (third-person singular)
amounted (past)
amounted (past participle)
amounting (present participle)


number

number (canonical)
numbers (third-person singular)
numbered (past)
numbered (past participle)
numbering (present participle)

I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.


board

board (canonical)
boards (third-person singular)
boarded (past)
boarded (past participle)
boarding (present participle)

If a boat, plane, train, or other vehicle is boarding, passengers are allowed to get on it.

Flight AC002 is now boarding at gate two.

If you board in a school or in someone's house, you pay to live there.

In Paris, I boarded with a nice family in Le Alle.


land

land (canonical)
lands (third-person singular)
landed (past)
landed (past participle)
landing (present participle)

When you land, you fall onto the ground.

He jumped off the wall and landed on his feet.

When an airplane lands, it comes down from the air onto the ground.

The plane landed in Chicago.


calm

calm (canonical)
calms (third-person singular)
calmed (past)
calmed (past participle)
calming (present participle)

The lake calmed after the storm.


care

care (canonical)
cares (third-person singular)
cared (past)
cared (past participle)
caring (present participle)

If you don't care about something, you don't think about it often or have a concern for it; it doesn't matter.

I don't care what happens to my car.

If you care about something, you think it is important.

He only cares about his car.

Young children can learn to care for a pet.


flow

flow (canonical)
flows (third-person singular)
flowed (past)
flowed (past participle)
flowing (present participle)

If something flows, it moves in a smooth and regular way.

The river flows gently to the sea.


walk

walk (canonical)
walks (third-person singular)
walked (past)
walked (past participle)
walking (present participle)

If you walk, you go on foot, step by step. Walking is slower than running.

No train goes to that town, so people need to walk to go there.

If an object walks, it goes missing or is stolen.


get

got (past participle)
get (canonical)
gets (third-person singular)
got (past)
gotten (past participle)
getting (present participle)

The problem got worse.

He got hit by a car.


dress

dress (canonical)
dresses (third-person singular)
dressed (past)
dressed (past participle)
dressing (present participle)

I just need to dress and then we can go.


wheel

wheel (canonical)
wheels (third-person singular)
wheeled (past)
wheeled (past participle)
wheeling (present participle)

If something is wheeling, it is travelling in circles.

The eagle wheeled and dived towards the ground to catch its prey.


well

well (canonical)
wells (third-person singular)
welled (past)
welled (past participle)
welling (present participle)

If a liquid, feeling, or idea wells up, it rises gradually to the surface.

The tears welled up in her eyes.

Blood welled in the cut.

She'd been trying so hard to contain the emotion welling up inside her.


obtain

obtain (canonical)
obtains (third-person singular)
obtained (past)
obtained (past participle)
obtaining (present participle)

If something obtains, it is true or it exists.

His argument is therefore compatible only in cases where class difference does not obtain.


turn

turn (canonical)
turns (third-person singular)
turned (past)
turned (past participle)
turning (present participle)

If something turns a certain way, it becomes that way.

The sky turned dark and cloudy.

The game turned into a fight.


become

become (canonical)
becomes (third-person singular)
became (past)
become (past participle)
becoming (present participle)

If x becomes y, it changes into y or changes to be more y.

The boy has become a man.

After she explained the ideas, they became clear.


bottom

bottom (canonical)
bottoms (third-person singular)
bottomed (past)
bottomed (past participle)
bottoming (present participle)

If something bottoms (out), it stops going down.

When do you think the housing problems are going to bottom out?

Home prices have yet to bottom out.


tie

tie (canonical)
ties (third-person singular)
tied (past)
tied (past participle)
tying (present participle)

If two teams or players tie, they have the same score in a game.

Naples and Rome tied the game two all.


stop

stop (canonical)
stops (third-person singular)
stopped (past)
stopped (past participle)
stopping (present participle)

He stopped after running 2 miles.

If you stop, you come to the end of the time when one is doing something. You start doing a different thing or start doing nothing.


spring

spring (canonical)
springs (third-person singular)
sprang (past)
sprung (past participle)
springing (present participle)

If something springs, it jumps quickly and far.


space

space (canonical)
spaces (third-person singular)
spaced (past)
spaced (past participle)
spacing (present participle)

If you space (out), you stop paying attention or thinking.


tube

tube (canonical)
tubes (third-person singular)
tubed (past)
tubed (past participle)
tubing (present participle)

If you tube, you float on an inner tube.

We went white-water tubing on the Yukon River.


long

long (canonical)
longs (third-person singular)
longed (past)
longed (past participle)
longing (present participle)

If you long for something, you wish for or really want it.

Carol still longs for David to come back to her even though she knows he has a new wife.


sock

sock (canonical)
socks (third-person singular)
socked (past)
socked (past participle)
socking (present participle)

To deliver a hard hit to someone or something.

They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you—James Jones


trend

trend (canonical)
trends (third-person singular)
trended (past)
trended (past participle)
trending (present participle)

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If something trends in one direction, it generally moves or changes in that direction.

While most fuel prices are trending higher, natural gas prices should go down in 2006.


appreciate

appreciate (canonical)
appreciates (third-person singular)
appreciated (past)
appreciated (past participle)
appreciating (present participle)

If something appreciates, its value increases.

It is amazing how much the value of my house has appreciated. Hopefully, it will continue to increase, as I am thinking of selling it in five to ten years.


reside

reside (canonical)
resides (third-person singular)
resided (past)
resided (past participle)
residing (present participle)

If something or someone resides somewhere, it lives there or is located there.

Real political power still resides with the militia leaders.

Miha Pogacnik was born in Slovenia but now resides in Germany and the USA.


sleep

sleep (canonical)
sleeps (third-person singular)
slept (past)
slept (past participle)
sleeping (present participle)

If you sleep, you rest quietly with eyes shut, usually in bed for many hours at night.

I need to sleep now because I'm tired.


respond

respond (canonical)
responds (third-person singular)
responded (past)
responded (past participle)
responding (present participle)

If you respond to something or someone, you do something in reaction to it.

I try to respond to emails as soon as I get them.

We sent a message to them two weeks ago, but nobody has responded so far.

The police responded forcefully to the problems.


check

check (canonical)
checks (third-person singular)
checked (past)
checked (past participle)
checking (present participle)

If you check out of a hotel, you pay your bill and leave.

I called the hotel, but they said you had already checked out.

If you check in to a hotel, you go to the front desk to tell them you've arrived and you get your key.

After we checked in, we went to our room and unpacked our bags.


extend

extend (canonical)
extends (third-person singular)
extended (past)
extended (past participle)
extending (present participle)

If something extends from x to y, it covers all the time or space in between.

The Alps extend from France to Austria.

The middle ages extended from ancient to modern times.


revolt

revolt (canonical)
revolts (third-person singular)
revolted (past)
revolted (past participle)
revolting (present participle)

If a person revolts, they act against an authority.

The farmers had to revolt against the government to get what they deserve.


list

list (canonical)
lists (third-person singular)
listed (past)
listed (past participle)
listing (present participle)


moderate

moderate (canonical)
moderates (third-person singular)
moderated (past)
moderated (past participle)
moderating (present participle)

If something moderates, it becomes more moderate.

As he grew older, his ideas began to moderate.


beam

beam (canonical)
beams (third-person singular)
beamed (past)
beamed (past participle)
beaming (present participle)

If you beam, you smile and look very happy.


club

club (canonical)
clubs (third-person singular)
clubbed (past)
clubbed (past participle)
clubbing (present participle)

usually clubbing) If you go clubbing, you go to a club to dance, drink, and meet people.

She enjoys going clubbing with friends in Oxford every Friday.


consent

consent (canonical)
consents (third-person singular)
consented (past)
consented (past participle)
consenting (present participle)

If you consent to something, you agree to it.

Dr. Briant has kindly consented to give us some of his valuable time.


demonstrate

demonstrate (canonical)
demonstrates (third-person singular)
demonstrated (past)
demonstrated (past participle)
demonstrating (present participle)

If a group of people demonstrate, they protest something publicly.

The workers began demonstrating for safer conditions outside the factory.


correspond

correspond (canonical)
corresponds (third-person singular)
corresponded (past)
corresponded (past participle)
corresponding (present participle)

If x corresponds to y, there is a close relationship between x and y.

The current situation in Sri Lanka corresponds closely to the situation in Thailand in 1982.

Check that this number corresponds with the one on the document.

If two people correspond, they write letters to each other.

She corresponded with him for three years before they finally met in 1917.


emerge

emerge (canonical)
emerges (third-person singular)
emerged (past)
emerged (past participle)
emerging (present participle)

If you emerge, you come out of something.

Black, who was wanted by police, emerged from hiding yesterday.

If a pattern or picture emerges, it becomes clear.

It was only many months afterwards that a complete picture began to emerge of what had happened.

Details of the operation to remove the boat people are now emerging.


whale

whale (canonical)
whales (third-person singular)
whaled (past)
whaled (past participle)
whaling (present participle)


project

project (canonical)
projects (third-person singular)
projected (past)
projected (past participle)
projecting (present participle)

If something projects out or beyond something else, it stands out.

During flight, the legs of this bird project beyond the tail.


impose

impose (canonical)
imposes (third-person singular)
imposed (past)
imposed (past participle)
imposing (present participle)

If you impose on someone, you ask or expect them to do something for you that is difficult or inconvenient.

Could we impose on you to explain that again more slowly?

I'd like to visit her, but I don't want to impose.


float

float (canonical)
floats (third-person singular)
floated (past)
floated (past participle)
floating (present participle)

When you float, it means that your density is lower than the density of the liquid you are in, which makes you be at the surface of the liquid.

As I have a light body, I always float when I go swimming.


live

live (canonical)
lives (third-person singular)
lived (past)
lived (past participle)
living (present participle)

He's not expected to live for more than a few months.

I live at 256 Oak Avenue.

Her memory lives in that song.


total

totaled (past)
totaled (past participle)
totaling (present participle)
total (canonical)
totals (third-person singular)
totalled (past)
totalled (past participle)
totalling (present participle)

If something totals something, it adds up to that; it amounts to.

The total of your purchase comes to $53.


slow

slow (canonical)
slows (third-person singular)
slowed (past)
slowed (past participle)
slowing (present participle)

If you slow, you do not progress as quickly as you did before.


slip

slip (canonical)
slips (third-person singular)
slipped (past)
slipped (past participle)
slipping (present participle)

When something slides, or moves a small distance while touching what it's on, we say it slips.

The hat slipped down until it covered her eyes.

When someone or something moves without wanting to move, we say it slips.

My foot slipped when I stepped on some ice, and I almost fell.

When someone moves quickly and quietly so that other people won't see them move, we say the person slips.

I slipped into the kitchen to start washing dishes while people were talking.


shoe

shod (past participle)
shod (past)
shodden (past participle)
shoe (canonical)
shoes (third-person singular)
shoed (past)
shoed (past participle)
shoeing (present participle)

If you shoe, you put shoes on your feet. We usually use this verb as a past participle: We say say someone is shod if they have shoes on their feet.

He was dressed and shod, ready to go out.


shade

shade (canonical)
shades (third-person singular)
shaded (past)
shaded (past participle)
shading (present participle)

If something is shading, it is approaching something slightly.

The grassland was green, shading towards brown in the drier areas.


network

network (canonical)
networks (third-person singular)
networked (past)
networked (past participle)
networking (present participle)

If you network, you make or use social connections, usually for business purposes.

I spent most of my time at the conferences networking with other sales people.


predicate

predicate (canonical)
predicates (third-person singular)
predicated (past)
predicated (past participle)
predicating (present participle)

If you predicate that something is true, you state that it is true.

The article predicates that the market collapse was caused by weakness of the dollar.


seem

seem (canonical)
seems (third-person singular)
seemed (past)
seemed (past participle)
seeming (present participle)

The way something seems to be is the way you think it is when you look at it, hear about it, think about it, etc.

It seems unlikely that they will remember your name after meeting you once.

As odd as it may seem, the girl's best friend is an eighty year old man.

It was a terrible night, but somehow it doesn't seem so bad this morning.

It is still raining on him, but he doesn't seem to notice.

The bad smells did not seem to bother them.

The young man seemed to have forgotten all his promises.

They really seemed to be enjoying what they were doing.

The changes seem to suggest that the police have new information.

It seems to me that we ought to try again.

It seemed like forever, but I think it got there in about 12 to 15 minutes.

It seemed like a crazy idea; it had never been done before.

You seem like a very nice guy.

The very air he was breathing seemed as if it were on fire.


conflict

conflict (canonical)
conflicts (third-person singular)
conflicted (past)
conflicted (past participle)
conflicting (present participle)

If two goals, plans, meetings, etc. conflict, they both cannot be achieved, work or be true.

The goal of hiring more workers conflicts with the plan to cut costs.

Sorry, the meeting conflicts with my prior plans.


root

root (canonical)
roots (third-person singular)
rooted (past)
rooted (past participle)
rooting (present participle)

Dandelions took root in my flowerbeds.

The love of money has its roots in greed.


rail

rail (canonical)
rails (third-person singular)
railed (past)
railed (past participle)
railing (present participle)


bond

bond (canonical)
bonds (third-person singular)
bonded (past)
bonded (past participle)
bonding (present participle)

If you bond with someone, you form a special relationship.

Breastfeeding helps the baby bond with its mother.


look

look (canonical)
looks (third-person singular)
looked (past)
looked (past participle)
looking (present participle)

Someone looks at something when they move their head or move their eyes so that they can see the thing.

Look at this picture! Isn't it beautiful?

The way that something looks is the way that it appears.

A new car looks very nice until it gets dirty.

That doughnut looks delicious.


last

last (canonical)
lasts (third-person singular)
lasted (past)
lasted (past participle)
lasting (present participle)

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Summer seems to last longer each year.

To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.

I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements.


hope

hope (canonical)
hopes (third-person singular)
hoped (past)
hoped (past participle)
hoping (present participle)

When someone hopes that something will happen, it means that they want it to happen and they think it may happen.

We hope that more women will decide to join the course.

It was hoped that the job would be filled by a local person.


harbor

harbor (canonical)
harbors (third-person singular)
harbored (past)
harbored (past participle)
harboring (present participle)

The ships harbor in the bay during the winter months.


garden

garden (canonical)
gardens (third-person singular)
gardened (past)
gardened (past participle)
gardening (present participle)

If you garden, you work in a garden, especially your own garden around your house.

He joined his mother when she gardened and talked to her flowers.


clear

clear (canonical)
clears (third-person singular)
cleared (past)
cleared (past participle)
clearing (present participle)

After the fire, it took some time for the air to clear.

Above her, the black sky cleared, until she could see the thousands of stars all across it.

The window fogged and cleared as she breathed on it.

If something clears, it goes away, leaving the place it was clear.

After the fire, it took some time for the smoke to clear.

He couldn't see well as car drove up the dirt road, but after the dust had cleared, he could see it was his father.


harbour

harbour (canonical)
harbours (third-person singular)
harboured (past)
harboured (past participle)
harbouring (present participle)

The ships harbour in the bay during the winter months.


abstract

abstract (canonical)
abstracts (third-person singular)
abstracted (past)
abstracted (past participle)
abstracting (present participle)

If you abstract something, you go through the process or abstraction.


have

have (canonical)
has (third-person singular)
had (past)
had (past participle)
having (present participle)

If you have to do something, you must do it.

I have to go.

John had to pay a fine.


flame

flame (canonical)
flames (third-person singular)
flamed (past)
flamed (past participle)
flaming (present participle)

The pot in the kitchen started to flame when it was left to cook for too long.


fan

fan (canonical)
fans (third-person singular)
fanned (past)
fanned (past participle)
fanning (present participle)

usually to fan out) To move or spread in many directions from one point, similar to the shape of a hand-held fan.


close

close (canonical)
closes (third-person singular)
closed (past)
closed (past participle)
closing (present participle)

If a stock, bond, or currency closes at a certain price, it is at the price at the end of the trading day.

The EAP Emerging Growth Fund lost half a dollar, closing at just over $38.

Again today, cigarette company stocks closed up.

If you close up, you stop talking about something.

Every time I asked about the cost everybody would close right up.


agree

agree (canonical)
agrees (third-person singular)
agreed (past)
agreed (past participle)
agreeing (present participle)

When two people agree about something, they have the same ideas. They both think the same things are true.

We agree that it will probably rain this afternoon.

When two people agree to do some things, they say something like "if you do this, then I will do that." After they agree, then they must do the things they said.

We agreed to pay him $100 to paint the walls.


set

set (canonical)
sets (third-person singular)
set (past)
set (past participle)
setting (present participle)

When the sun or moon sets, it moves toward the horizon.

The sun sets every evening.

If something sets, it dries and becomes solid.

The concrete needs to set before a car can drive on it.

This glue needs two hours to set.


conceive

conceive (canonical)
conceives (third-person singular)
conceived (past)
conceived (past participle)
conceiving (present participle)

Someone conceives of an idea when they think of the idea for the first time, and it's their idea: they thought of it themselves, no one told them.

The planners first conceived of the idea of making a large, curved building here in 1998.

I can't conceive of any way of getting there before 5:00.


break

break (canonical)
breaks (third-person singular)
broke (past)
broken (past participle)
breaking (present participle)

If you break free or out of something, you could not leave but now you leave.

The police are looking for some prisoners who broke out of the jail.

One of the dogs broke loose and ran at her.

When she closed the door, everyone broke into laughter.

If you break, you stop for a short time to rest.

We break for coffee at 10:00 every morning.

The day was breaking as they packed up the tent.

Dawn was just breaking when Helga Schneider climbed out of bed.

If your voice breaks, it changes because you are almost crying.

"I wanted to say goodbye before he died", she said, her voice breaking.


think

think (canonical)
thinks (third-person singular)
thought (past)
thought (past participle)
thinking (present participle)

If you think about something, you use your mind to give it your attention.

"What's the best way?" "I'm not sure. Let me think."

All day I was thinking about my sister in Lisbon.

I don't want to think about that right now.

Just think how nice it will be when we're finished.

You use think when you have words or ideas in your mind without saying them out loud.

"It's no good," she thought.

You use think in suggestions and requests.

I was thinking we could go out tonight.

Do you think you could help me here?

If you don't think to do something, you don't remember to do it.

I didn't think to ask her.

I can't think where my keys are.


coincide

coincide (canonical)
coincides (third-person singular)
coincided (past)
coincided (past participle)
coinciding (present participle)

Two things coincide with each other if they're both in the same place or at the same time.

The time of your party coincides with my niece's wedding, so I can't come.

The end of one side of a triangle coincides with the end of another side, making a corner.


mature

mature (canonical)
matures (third-person singular)
matured (past)
matured (past participle)
maturing (present participle)

If something matures, it becomes fully developed.

Along the way she has also matured into a beautiful young woman.

These problems have been solved as the technology has matured.


enter

enter (canonical)
enters (third-person singular)
entered (past)
entered (past participle)
entering (present participle)

Please pay the fare before you enter.


chart

chart (canonical)
charts (third-person singular)
charted (past)
charted (past participle)
charting (present participle)

If something charts, it is on a list of most popular things.


labor

labor (canonical)
labors (third-person singular)
labored (past)
labored (past participle)
laboring (present participle)

He labored over the food all afternoon to get ready for dinner.


exercise

exercise (canonical)
exercises (third-person singular)
exercised (past)
exercised (past participle)
exercising (present participle)

If you exercise, you do physical activity to make your body stronger.

We exercised in the gym.

I've been exercising my back regularly and it doesn't hurt anymore.

She exercised the horses in the yard all morning.


meet

meet (canonical)
meets (third-person singular)
met (past)
met (past participle)
meeting (present participle)

When people meet, they get together with one another.

You and I have met.

She and her friends meet every day.

You and he met last week at school.


feel

feel (canonical)
feels (third-person singular)
felt (past)
felt (past participle)
feeling (present participle)

If you feel that something is the case, you have a strong idea in your mind that it is the case.

I feel that not enough is being done to protect the local animal life.

If you feel happy, sad, angry, etc., you have that emotion.

He feels happy when someone makes him laugh.


grow

grow (canonical)
grows (third-person singular)
grew (past)
grown (past participle)
growing (present participle)

When things grow they get bigger or change in other ways over time.

In time, the boy grew into a man.

Every day I grow better and better.

The little seed has grown into a big tree.

I am a grown man, I can make my own choices in my life now


tell

tell (canonical)
tells (third-person singular)
told (past)
told (past participle)
telling (present participle)

If you tell, you let a parent, teacher, police officer, etc. know that somebody did something bad.

I'm sorry I hit you. I'll give you a dollar if you don't tell.

If you're lying, your eyes will tell on you.


hold

hold (canonical)
holds (third-person singular)
held (past)
held (past participle)
holding (present participle)

If something holds true/good, it is or continues to be true.

The drug extends life for mice. If this holds true in humans as well, it will be a great advance.

He might be able to do it, but I don't think that holds for most men.


rise

rise (canonical)
rises (third-person singular)
rose (past)
risen (past participle)
rising (present participle)

When you rise, you get up from where you are sitting or lying down.

I rise from bed in the morning.

He rose from his seat very quickly.

The airplane rose off the ground.


stand

stand (canonical)
stands (third-person singular)
stood (past)
stood (past participle)
standing (present participle)

When you stand, your body is at rest and supported only by your feet.

I stand in the bus when there are no seats.

He stood in line at the store for a long time.


win

win (canonical)
wins (third-person singular)
won (past)
won (past participle)
winning (present participle)

Will Germany win the war?


stay

stay (canonical)
stays (third-person singular)
stayed (past)
stayed (past participle)
staying (present participle)

When you stay somewhere, you do not move from there.

Whenever I am tired I stay in bed.

He stayed at our house for two weeks.


fit

fit (canonical)
fits (third-person singular)
fitted (past)
fitted (past participle)
fitting (present participle)

When a thing fits, it is a good match for something.

These shoes fit me very well.


believe

believe (canonical)
believes (third-person singular)
believed (past)
believed (past participle)
believing (present participle)

When you believe, you have faith in something.

He believes in one God.


divide

divide (canonical)
divides (third-person singular)
divided (past)
divided (past participle)
dividing (present participle)

When you divide one number into another, you are computing into how many equal parts one number can be separated from the other.

2 divides into 6 exactly 3 times.

Six divided by two is three.

When a thing divides, it changes from one to more than one.

The river divided into two.


fast

fast (canonical)
fasts (third-person singular)
fasted (past)
fasted (past participle)
fasting (present participle)

You fast when you don't eat for a long time.

In many religions people fast for a day or more.


happen

happen (canonical)
happens (third-person singular)
happened (past)
happened (past participle)
happening (present participle)

if something happens, it starts or changes without a plan.

Did anything happen at school today?

It may happen to rain today.


want

want (canonical)
wants (third-person singular)
wanted (past)
wanted (past participle)
wanting (present participle)

If you tell somebody "you might want to" do something, you mean they should do it.

You might want to study more for your tests.

If you want up, down, in, out, etc., you want to go there or your want somebody to help you go there.

Can you open the door? I think the dog wants out.


appear

appear (canonical)
appears (third-person singular)
appeared (past)
appeared (past participle)
appearing (present participle)

If something appears a certain way, it looks or seems that way.

At first glance, this would appear to be true.

The problems appear likely to continue.

School size and class size do not appear to be important factors affecting progress on test scores.

If something appears, it comes into sight.

She was studying when her mother appeared in the doorway.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Lars appeared next to her.

If something appears in a book, movie, TV program, etc., it is in it.

He has appeared in over 100 movies.

The word appears nowhere in this book.

His articles have appeared in the New York Times.


surface

surface (canonical)
surfaces (third-person singular)
surfaced (past)
surfaced (past participle)
surfacing (present participle)

When a thing surfaces, it comes to the top of liquid.

The fish surfaced to get food.

The swimmer surfaced for air.

If information or facts surface, they are revealed or become known.

Reports surfaced that claimed the company was under investigation.


double

double (canonical)
doubles (third-person singular)
doubled (past)
doubled (past participle)
doubling (present participle)

If something doubles as something else, it has both roles.

The kitchen doubles as our dining room.

If something doubles up/over, it folds in half.

If two people double up, they stay or work together.


pound

pound (canonical)
pounds (third-person singular)
pounded (past)
pounded (past participle)
pounding (present participle)

If your head or heart is pounding, you can feel the blood moving through it.

I ran and ran until my heart was pounding in my chest.

After the party, my head was pounding and I had to lie down.


feed

feed (canonical)
feeds (third-person singular)
fed (past)
fed (past participle)
feeding (present participle)

Farm-raised chickens feed on grain.


carry

carry (canonical)
carries (third-person singular)
carried (past)
carried (past participle)
carrying (present participle)

If a sound carries, it can be heard a long distance away.

The sound of the bells carried for miles.

If you carry on, you continue doing what you were doing.

We want to carry on doing this for the next five years.

I'm not sure that was, but let's just carry on as usual.

She's carrying on long conversations with people who aren't there.

Come on, lets carry on with the game.

She carried on down the road without stopping until he came to the edge of the village.

If you carry on about something, you talk about it in an annoying way.

Cindy was always carrying on about how cute her dog was.

If you carry out something requiring planning, you do it.

They weren't able to carry out the attack because of the weather.

If something carries or is carried over into a new situation, it continues to happen or be useful in the new situation.

Was there anything you learned from that experience that you have carried over into your current job?


travel

traveled (past)
traveled (past participle)
traveling (present participle)
travel (canonical)
travels (third-person singular)
travelled (past)
travelled (past participle)
travelling (present participle)

When you travel, you visit some place; you go on a journey or adventure.

I traveled to Mexico for a vacation and to visit my cousin.


weigh

weigh (canonical)
weighs (third-person singular)
weighed (past)
weighed (past participle)
weighing (present participle)

My dog weighs 30 pounds.


converse

converse (canonical)
converses (third-person singular)
conversed (past)
conversed (past participle)
conversing (present participle)

When you converse, you take part in a conversation; you talk.


cross

cross (canonical)
crosses (third-person singular)
crossed (past)
crossed (past participle)
crossing (present participle)

If you cross, you go in a path that will intersect with someone else's path.

Boats crossing from starboard have right-of-way.


party

party (canonical)
parties (third-person singular)
partied (past)
partied (past participle)
partying (present participle)

When you party, you go to a party and enjoy yourself.

We partied until the early hours.


speed

speed (canonical)
speeds (third-person singular)
sped (past)
sped (past participle)
speeding (present participle)

When you speed, you move or do something very fast.

The child speeds through his studies so he can go out and play.

The plane sped through the air.


dive

dove (past)
dive (canonical)
dives (third-person singular)
dived (past)
dived (past participle)
diving (present participle)

When you dive, you go under the water, usually jumping head first.

She dived under the water and came up blowing air.

He dove into the pool and started swimming.

When you dive into action, you do something with great interest.

They dove into the work when they liked it.


charge

charge (canonical)
charges (third-person singular)
charged (past)
charged (past participle)
charging (present participle)

If you charge that something is wrong, you say it is.

Many critics charge that our schools are not doing a good job.


exist

exist (canonical)
exists (third-person singular)
existed (past)
existed (past participle)
existing (present participle)

If something exist, it is real and has some kind of being.

Dinosaurs used to exist.

She thinks that aliens do not exist.

Your ideas only exist in your mind.

There exists a possibility that we will win.


develop

develop (canonical)
develops (third-person singular)
developed (past)
developed (past participle)
developing (present participle)

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When plants and animals grow, they develop.

As children grow their minds and bodies develop.


piss

piss (canonical)
pisses (third-person singular)
pissed (past)
pissed (past participle)
pissing (present participle)

If a person or animal pisses, it passes waste liquid from its body.

He always pisses so loudly you can hear it from outside the bathroom door.


apply

apply (canonical)
applies (third-person singular)
applied (past)
applied (past participle)
applying (present participle)

If a rule, a principle, a law, etc. applies, it has some effect on the situation.

The new anti-smoking law applies only to public buildings.

I understand the idea, but I don't think it applies here.

If you apply for something, you formally say that you want it or you want to do it.

After high school, he applied to three universities and was accepted by all of them.

You have to go to the government office to apply for a passport.

If a word applies, it is used to mean a particular thing.

The word resident applies to anyone living there.


associate

associate (canonical)
associates (third-person singular)
associated (past)
associated (past participle)
associating (present participle)

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If you associate with someone else, you spend time with them.

Parents are often afraid of their children associating with the wrong group of friends.


organize

organize (canonical)
organizes (third-person singular)
organized (past)
organized (past participle)
organizing (present participle)

When you organize, you bring together many people for a united action.

The dads organized to help their children in school.


organise

organise (canonical)
organises (third-person singular)
organised (past)
organised (past participle)
organising (present participle)

When you organise, you bring together many people for a united action.

The dads organised to help their children in school.


deal

deal (canonical)
deals (third-person singular)
dealt (past)
dealt (past participle)
dealing (present participle)

If you deal with something, such as a problem, you solve it.


confer

confer (canonical)
confers (third-person singular)
conferred (past)
conferred (past participle)
conferring (present participle)

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If two or more people confer, they find out each other's opinion.

The referees conferred before awarding the goal to Chelsea.

We'd like a few days to confer with out coworkers before deciding.


count

count (canonical)
counts (third-person singular)
counted (past)
counted (past participle)
counting (present participle)

If something counts, it's important or useful.

If you're trying to lose weight, the kind of food you eat really does count.

The way you dress can count for a lot when you're looking for a job.

If you count on somebody or something, you depend on them.

If you have any problems, you can count on me to help out.


date

date (canonical)
dates (third-person singular)
dated (past)
dated (past participle)
dating (present participle)

If something dates, it goes out of style and looks old fashioned.

Unfortunately, this jacket has dated rather more quickly than I had hoped.

If something dates from a particular time, it first existed at that time.

The earliest electronic computers date from the mid-20th century (around 1940–1945).


die

die (canonical)
dies (third-person singular)
died (past)
died (past participle)
dying (present participle)

If a person or animal dies, it stops living.

My father died last year in a car crash, I really miss him.

The song is about her brother who died young at the age of ten.

Many more people die of heart attacks than from violence.

She died from illness.

The idea died once the money was all gone.

Rock and roll will never die.

The car died suddenly on the highway.

My computer died on me over the weekend.

If you're dying for something, you want it very much.

I'm dying for a chance to meet him.


divorce

divorce (canonical)
divorces (third-person singular)
divorced (past)
divorced (past participle)
divorcing (present participle)

Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she got the business.


presume

presume (canonical)
presumes (third-person singular)
presumed (past)
presumed (past participle)
presuming (present participle)

If you presume to do something, you do it though it is rude or wrong.

I wouldn't presume to go to the party without an invitation.


figure

figure (canonical)
figures (third-person singular)
figured (past)
figured (past participle)
figuring (present participle)

If x figures in something that happens, x is part of that happening.

The weather figured prominently in their plans.

The fact that he wouldn't be there didn't figure among her worries.

If you figure that something is true, you think that it is true.

Few people figured that he would win.


provide

provide (canonical)
provides (third-person singular)
provided (past)
provided (past participle)
providing (present participle)

When you provide, you give means of support.

Parents try to provide for their children.


fill

fill (canonical)
fills (third-person singular)
filled (past)
filled (past participle)
filling (present participle)

If you fill out, your body reaches its adult shape, especially women's breasts and men's shoulders.


pass

pass (canonical)
passes (third-person singular)
passed (past)
passed (past participle)
passing (present participle)

What has passed today must remain a secret.


listen

listen (canonical)
listens (third-person singular)
listened (past)
listened (past participle)
listening (present participle)

If you listen to something, you try to hear and understand it.

Shhh! Listen! Did you hear that?

She listened carefully to what he said, but it was hard to understand.

OK, listen up. Here's what we'll do...

If you listen to someone, you agree with them, believe them, or do what they tell you.

Don't listen to him. He doesn't know what he's talking about.

If you listen to your mother, you won't go wrong.


lord

lord (canonical)
lords (third-person singular)
lorded (past)
lorded (past participle)
lording (present participle)


matter

matter (canonical)
matters (third-person singular)
mattered (past)
mattered (past participle)
mattering (present participle)

If something doesn't matter, it is not important.

"Should I put it up there?" "Oh, it doesn't matter. Put it anywhere."

Anyone can play. It doesn't matter if you're seven or 70.

It doesn't matter what you do as long as it's fun.

Many people don't like me, but that doesn't really matter to me.

This should help a lot of people and that's what matters.

"Sorry about that!" "Oh, it doesn't matter."

It's not your money, so what does it matter?


minister

minister (canonical)
ministers (third-person singular)
ministered (past)
ministered (past participle)
ministering (present participle)

If you minister, you give help, especially through your words or by nursing.

To minister, a church must be sensitive to what is hurting its community.

Mother Theresa spent her life ministering to the sick and poor in India.


operate

operate (canonical)
operates (third-person singular)
operated (past)
operated (past participle)
operating (present participle)

Does the device operate independently or does it need to connect to other devices?

If a doctor operates, he cuts into a client's body to fix it.


pick

pick (canonical)
picks (third-person singular)
picked (past)
picked (past participle)
picking (present participle)

If you pick at something, you touch it many times without doing anything.

He was too sick to eat and just picked at his food.

She picked nervously at her dress.

If you pick on someone, you are not nice to them in particular.

He was picked on by his brothers for his small size.


press

press (canonical)
presses (third-person singular)
pressed (past)
pressed (past participle)
pressing (present participle)

If you press on or forward, you keep going even though it's difficult.


proceed

proceed (canonical)
proceeds (third-person singular)
proceeded (past)
proceeded (past participle)
proceeding (present participle)

When you proceed, you go forward with something.

The reporter proceeded with the interview.

They proceeded down the road.

After finding the money, he proceeded to put it in his pocket.


propose

propose (canonical)
proposes (third-person singular)
proposed (past)
proposed (past participle)
proposing (present participle)

If you propose to somebody, you ask them to marry you.

He proposed to his girlfriend outside her house.


reckon

reckon (canonical)
reckons (third-person singular)
reckoned (past)
reckoned (past participle)
reckoning (present participle)

If you reckon on something, you expect it.

Oh dear, we didn't reckon on so many people.

If you reckon with somebody or something powerful or difficult person, you deal with them.

In today's race, the Ethiopians will be a force to be reckoned with.


refer

refer (canonical)
refers (third-person singular)
referred (past)
referred (past participle)
referring (present participle)

If you refer to a book or other source of information, you check it.

You should refer to the dictionary to find the meaning.

The numbers refer to last year's sales.


remember

remember (canonical)
remembers (third-person singular)
remembered (past)
remembered (past participle)
remembering (present participle)

If you remember to do something that you are supposed to do, you do it because you think about it.

Please remember to ask before you take it.

Did you remember to get the milk?


report

report (canonical)
reports (third-person singular)
reported (past)
reported (past participle)
reporting (present participle)

If you report somewhere, you go there and give your name.

Visitors to the school should report to the office.


return

return (canonical)
returns (third-person singular)
returned (past)
returned (past participle)
returning (present participle)

When you return to something or somewhere, you go/come back to it.

He returned to China after his trip to Germany.

The main theme of the symphony's first movement returns in the last movement.

I've just returned from class, but I'll be leaving again soon.

If a feeling, problem, thought, etc. returns, it comes back.

I thought I was better, but the pain in my back has returned.

If you return to an activity, you start it again.


switch

switch (canonical)
switches (third-person singular)
switched (past)
switched (past participle)
switching (present participle)

If you switch over to something, you change to it, often with no plan to change back to the first thing.

We used to watch CNN, but we've switched over to BBC World News.

It was difficult when I switched over from writing to acting.

If you switch with somebody, you do something that they usually do and they do the thing that you usually do.

Sibyl couldn't work on Tuesday, so I switched with her.


succeed

succeed (canonical)
succeeds (third-person singular)
succeeded (past)
succeeded (past participle)
succeeding (present participle)

If something succeeds, it has happened the way somebody wants it to happen.

He succeeded in getting everyone to like him.

If you succeed, people recognize that you are good at what you do.

It's more difficult for women to succeed in business.

The new king succeeded his father.

DVDs succeeded VHS as the main way to watch movies.


single

single (canonical)
singles (third-person singular)
singled (past)
singled (past participle)
singling (present participle)

In baseball if you single, you hit the ball and are able to run to first base.

The batter singled to right field.

If you single something out, you identify it, often to give it special attention.

She was singled out as the best student in the class.


settle

settle (canonical)
settles (third-person singular)
settled (past)
settled (past participle)
settling (present participle)

If you settle for something, you accept it even though it is not as good as you wanted.

This year, she would have to settle for third place.


wee

wee (canonical)
wees (third-person singular)
weed (past)
weed (past participle)
weeing (present participle)

If an animal wees, it passes waste liquid from its body.


wonder

wonder (canonical)
wonders (third-person singular)
wondered (past)
wondered (past participle)
wondering (present participle)

You use "wonder if/whether" to ask for or suggest something.

I wonder if you could give me a hand with the door.

I was wondering whether you would mind making room for a third person at your table.


repeat

repeat (canonical)
repeats (third-person singular)
repeated (past)
repeated (past participle)
repeating (present participle)

If something repeats or is repeated it is done more than once, or there is more than one of it.

The flashing light just keeps repeating.

The war was very bad, I hope history doesn't repeat with another like it.

The words "No show hello" repeat through the whole song.


chip

chip (canonical)
chips (third-person singular)
chipped (past)
chipped (past participle)
chipping (present participle)

This varnish chips easily.


pelt

pelt (canonical)
pelts (third-person singular)
pelted (past)
pelted (past participle)
pelting (present participle)

If you pelt someone, you hit them over and over again.

The smaller boy tried to fight the bully, but he got pelted.

The bully was still pelting the smaller boy when the police arrived. The bully went to jail for hurting the smaller boy so badly that he had to go to the hospital.


wouldn't

My hands were full but she wouldn't open the door for me.


lawyer

lawyer (canonical)
lawyers (third-person singular)
lawyered (past)
lawyered (past participle)
lawyering (present participle)

If someone lawyers, they work as a lawyer or practice law.

If someone lawyers, they make arguments that are related to the law.


take up

Let's take up where we left off.


mate

mate (canonical)
mates (third-person singular)
mated (past)
mated (past participle)
mating (present participle)

The monkeys were going to mate.

The female shows she's ready to mate by showing her red bottom to the male.


hum

hum (canonical)
hums (third-person singular)
hummed (past)
hummed (past participle)
humming (present participle)

To make a sound you can make in your throat with your mouth closed. Often, this is done to make music without singing words.

I used to hum the music from the Indiana Jones movies when I was a child.

A similar sound, such as one from a machine.

The engine hummed as he started drove the car.


adjust

adjust (canonical)
adjusts (third-person singular)
adjusted (past)
adjusted (past participle)
adjusting (present participle)

If you adjust, you change the way you behave or think to suit a new situation.

I had to adjust to the way of living here.

They found it hard adjusting to life in a new country.


bang

bang (canonical)
bangs (third-person singular)
banged (past)
banged (past participle)
banging (present participle)

If something bangs, it makes repeated sudden loud noises.


wank

wank (canonical)
wanks (third-person singular)
wanked (past)
wanked (past participle)
wanking (present participle)

If you wank, you have sex alone, and touch your penis or vagina or breasts; you masturbate.


zinc

zinc (canonical)
zincs (third-person singular)
zinced (past)
zinced (past participle)
zincing (present participle)

If you zinc something, you cover it with zinc.


mouse

mouse (canonical)
mouses (third-person singular)
moused (past)
moused (past participle)
mousing (present participle)

If you mouse, you move around with caution; you move like a mouse.

If you mouse, you hunt for mice; you try to catch mice.


qualify

qualify (canonical)
qualifies (third-person singular)
qualified (past)
qualified (past participle)
qualifying (present participle)

If you qualify for something, you have what is needed to be allowed to get or do it.

Children must be under the age of six in order to qualify for a free meal.

The government needs to help people who don't qualify for health insurance.

If x qualifies as y, it has what is needed to be considered y.

Today's game certainly qualifies as one of the best in history.


swear

swear (canonical)
swears (third-person singular)
swore (past)
sworn (past participle)
swearing (present participle)

When you swear, you make a promise or an oath.


fumble

fumble (canonical)
fumbles (third-person singular)
fumbled (past)
fumbled (past participle)
fumbling (present participle)

He fumbled through his prepared speech.


trespass

trespass (canonical)
trespasses (third-person singular)
trespassed (past)
trespassed (past participle)
trespassing (present participle)

When you trespass, you are going to a place that you are not allowed to.

Do not trespass that area restricted to visitors. You will be fined.


aim

aim (canonical)
aims (third-person singular)
aimed (past)
aimed (past participle)
aiming (present participle)

If you aim at doing something, you plan or try to do it.

The new rules for cars are aimed at reducing speeds and improving driver safety.

Many cities have a variety of programs aimed at helping the homeless.


appeal

appeal (canonical)
appeals (third-person singular)
appealed (past)
appealed (past participle)
appealing (present participle)

If you appeal for something, you ask for it, often strongly or officially.

The people appealed for help as huge fires advanced towards their homes.

If you something appeals to you, you have good feelings about it, like it, or want it.

Adventure, money, sex, and violence appeal to large numbers of people.

You've got a product that you think will appeal to an audience that's under 21 years old,


approve

approve (canonical)
approves (third-person singular)
approved (past)
approved (past participle)
approving (present participle)

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If you approve of something, you think it is good.

The latest survey shows that only 32 percent approve of the way the president is handling his job.


bullet

bullet (canonical)
bullets (third-person singular)
bulleted (past)
bulleted (past participle)
bulleting (present participle)

If something bullets somewhere, it moves at high speed, like a bullet from a gun.

He bulleted around the race track!


arrive

arrive (canonical)
arrives (third-person singular)
arrived (past)
arrived (past participle)
arriving (present participle)

If you arrive somewhere, you come to that place, usually the place that you planned to go to.

Is everything ready? I expect the guests to arrive soon.

Please arrive at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight.

We arrive in New York at 10:52.

They asked us to arrive early to help get ready for the party.

Different people thinking about the same question often arrive at the same answer.

If something arrives somewhere, it comes to that place, usually the place that it was supposed to go to.

Five days later a letter arrived by Federal Express.

If a time or event arrives, it moves from the future into the present.

Finally the day arrived for him to come home.


swarm

swarm (canonical)
swarms (third-person singular)
swarmed (past)
swarmed (past participle)
swarming (present participle)

I felt disgusted when I saw all these flies swarming on this dead body.

When there are to many insects in a place.

Fire ants swarm in the Southern United States since man accidentally brought some with him by ship.


mess

mess (canonical)
messes (third-person singular)
messed (past)
messed (past participle)
messing (present participle)

If you mess, you take meals with a mess.


experiment

experiment (canonical)
experiments (third-person singular)
experimented (past)
experimented (past participle)
experimenting (present participle)


inch

inch (canonical)
inches (third-person singular)
inched (past)
inched (past participle)
inching (present participle)

Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.


wake

wake (canonical)
wakes (third-person singular)
woke (past)
woken (past participle)
waking (present participle)

I woke up early to catch the bus.

I woke up at four o'clock this morning.


creep

crept (past)
crept (past participle)
creep (canonical)
creeps (third-person singular)
creeped (past)
creeped (past participle)
creeping (present participle)

An animal creeps when it moves with its belly close to the ground.

Snakes and lizards creep.

A plant creeps when it grows close to the ground or stuck to a wall, instead of growing upwards.

To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction, like a snake can move.

When prices creep, some people do not immediately notice the changes.


weekend

weekend (canonical)
weekends (third-person singular)
weekended (past)
weekended (past participle)
weekending (present participle)

If you weekend somewhere, you stay there just for the weekend.

We'll weekend at the beach.


bloom

bloom (canonical)
blooms (third-person singular)
bloomed (past)
bloomed (past participle)
blooming (present participle)

If something such as a flower blooms, it opens, or is reaching a state of fullness.

The blue sky was the color of the sea, and flowers were blooming in the fields.

She had a wide circle of friends and her life was in full bloom.

Business is blooming on this busy street.


bomb

bomb (canonical)
bombs (third-person singular)
bombed (past)
bombed (past participle)
bombing (present participle)

If you bomb somewhere, you go there at high speed.

They walked up the mountain with their bikes and then bombed down as fast as they could go.

If something, often a movie or a concert, bombs, it is very unsuccessful.

The show bombed in London as well as flopping on Broadway.


bowl

bowl (canonical)
bowls (third-person singular)
bowled (past)
bowled (past participle)
bowling (present participle)

If you are bowling along, down, etc., you are moving very fast.

We were bowling down the hill when we hit a tree.


bugger

bugger (canonical)
buggers (third-person singular)
buggered (past)
buggered (past participle)
buggering (present participle)

You say "bugger off" you want someone to leave you alone.


calculate

calculate (canonical)
calculates (third-person singular)
calculated (past)
calculated (past participle)
calculating (present participle)

If you calculate on something, you plan on it or expect it.

He hadn't calculated on her being late.


chat

chat (canonical)
chats (third-person singular)
chatted (past)
chatted (past participle)
chatting (present participle)

If two or more people chat, they talk with each other in a casual way, sometimes by typing on a computer or cell phone.

His friends dropped by frequently just to chat.

The band was taking a break and chatting with the guests.


cooperate

cooperate (canonical)
cooperates (third-person singular)
cooperated (past)
cooperated (past participle)
cooperating (present participle)

If people cooperate, they help each other and work together towards the same goal.


render

render (canonical)
renders (third-person singular)
rendered (past)
rendered (past participle)
rendering (present participle)

If the fat of a piece of meat renders, the fat drips off the meat when cooking.

Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.


climb

climb (canonical)
climbs (third-person singular)
climbed (past)
climbed (past participle)
climbing (present participle)

If you climb into, out of, through something, etc., you move with difficulty, often using your hands and knees.

The old man climbed into the back seat of her small car.

They got changed, said good night, and climbed into bed.

They climbed out of the pool and walked toward the changing room.

If prices, profits, temperatures, etc. climb or if a road, a path, or a piece of land climbs, it goes up.

This year, gas prices have climbed steadily from a low of 75 cents to a peak of almost $1.30 in August.

Narrow steps climb to the door of a small temple.

It became very warm as the sun began to climb.


coast

coast (canonical)
coasts (third-person singular)
coasted (past)
coasted (past participle)
coasting (present participle)

If a vehicle coasts, it continues to move forward without needing new energy.

The car gradually coasted to a stop.

He rested as the bike coasted down the hill.


react

react (canonical)
reacts (third-person singular)
reacted (past)
reacted (past participle)
reacting (present participle)

If you react to a person or event, you do something because of the person or event.

When someone shouts at you, you usually react by shouting back.

If you react to a medicine or other substance, something happens in your body because of it.

She reacts badly to asprin. Her skin becomes red all over her body.

When two or more chemicals react, they combine to form new chemical compounds.

Acids and alkalis normally react to form salt and water.


sketch

sketch (canonical)
sketches (third-person singular)
sketched (past)
sketched (past participle)
sketching (present participle)

If you sketch something, you describe it without many details.

The policeman asked me to sketch the accident while he took notes of what I said.


thump

thump (canonical)
thumps (third-person singular)
thumped (past)
thumped (past participle)
thumping (present participle)

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If your heart thumps, it beats so strongly and quickly that you can easily notice it.


compete

compete (canonical)
competes (third-person singular)
competed (past)
competed (past participle)
competing (present participle)

If you compete for something, you are working against other people to get it.

He competed but failed to win a medal in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.

Is it a good idea to allow female athletes to compete in male high school athletic events?

East Asian countries are successfully competing against Japanese goods around the world.

The better teams compete against good teams while poorer teams compete with each other.

Health insurance companies have started competing to offer plans for both individuals and families.

Their specific products differ and do not directly compete with each other.

The Prime Minister said, "this change doesn't have any big impact on our ability to compete with Germany or Japan."


concentrate

concentrate (canonical)
concentrates (third-person singular)
concentrated (past)
concentrated (past participle)
concentrating (present participle)

If you concentrate on something, you use most of your time and work there.

We concentrated our rebuilding efforts on villages in the North of the city, where most of the damage had been done.

If you concentrate on something, you think about it and not about other things.

I went to a quiet room so I could concentrate.

It's better to look at the big picture instead of concentrating on the details.

If something is concentrated somewhere, there is a lot of it in that place.

The fighting was concentrated in a few small areas.


contribute

contribute (canonical)
contributes (third-person singular)
contributed (past)
contributed (past participle)
contributing (present participle)

If x contributes to y, x is one of a number of things that together make or cause y.

Unusually warm temperatures may have significantly contributed to the amount of rain we've had.

There are a lot of factors that are contributing to the strong economy.

Staff writer Karlyn Barker contributed to this report.

This information contributes to our understanding of the problem.

Reduced rainfall may have contributed to the decline of the Mayan civilization.


cope

cope (canonical)
copes (third-person singular)
coped (past)
coped (past participle)
coping (present participle)

If you cope with a problem, you do things so that the problem does not stop you.

She went to a special school and learned the skills needed to cope with her learning differences.

My friends have had a great impact on my ability to cope with this illness.

At work, some people are better at coping with change than other people.

Our phone system can't cope with all the calls we're receiving.


crisp

crisp (canonical)
crisps (third-person singular)
crisped (past)
crisped (past participle)
crisping (present participle)

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gangbang

gangbang (canonical)
gangbangs (third-person singular)
gangbanged (past)
gangbanged (past participle)
gangbanging (present participle)

If you gangbang, you do crimes as part of a gang. Most often, this means doing violence (hurting people). Also, it can mean just being part of a criminal gang.

If you keep gangbanging you will die young.


waterfall

waterfall (canonical)
waterfalls (third-person singular)
waterfalled (past)
waterfalled (past participle)
waterfalling (present participle)

/ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/

If something waterfalls, it falls like a waterfall.


tune

tune (canonical)
tunes (third-person singular)
tuned (past)
tuned (past participle)
tuning (present participle)

If you tune-in to a show, you watch it or listen to it.


diet

diet (canonical)
diets (third-person singular)
dieted (past)
dieted (past participle)
dieting (present participle)

If you diet, you limit the food you eat to lose weight.

Weight lost by dieting alone almost never stays off.


dig

dig (canonical)
digs (third-person singular)
dug (past)
dug (past participle)
digging (present participle)

If you dig up dirt on someone, you find hidden information that can hurt them.

Before the trial, they dug up a bunch of dirt on her.


disappear

disappear (canonical)
disappears (third-person singular)
disappeared (past)
disappeared (past participle)
disappearing (present participle)

If something disappears, it becomes impossible to see.

For a moment the tiny redness of his cigarette was visible; then he disappeared into the darkness.

She watches her two grandchildren until they disappear from sight.

The boat disappeared beneath the waves.

If something disappears, it doesn't exist anymore.

I can't say that my negative attitude toward life has entirely disappeared.

A lot of management jobs are disappearing forever.

If something has disappeared, you can't find it.

Have you seen my keys? They've disappeared again.


blaze

blaze (canonical)
blazes (third-person singular)
blazed (past)
blazed (past participle)
blazing (present participle)

To be on fire or making a lot of flames and light.

The fire blazed out of control.


captain

captain (canonical)
captains (third-person singular)
captained (past)
captained (past participle)
captaining (present participle)


dream

dreamed (past)
dreamed (past participle)
dream (canonical)
dreams (third-person singular)
dreamt (past)
dreamt (past participle)
dreaming (present participle)

If you dream about something, you wish for it.

She dreamed of becoming a concert pianist.

If we go to sleep, we'll dream that we're awake.


engage

engage (canonical)
engages (third-person singular)
engaged (past)
engaged (past participle)
engaging (present participle)

If you engage in an activity, you do it.

My broken foot left me with few athletic activities that I could engage in.

Most of the men did not engage in casual sex.

Both employees engaged in behavior that didn't belong in the workplace.

Should United States forces engage in fighting in these situations?


fence

fence (canonical)
fences (third-person singular)
fenced (past)
fenced (past participle)
fencing (present participle)

When someone fences, they fight with swords as a sport.

I can hear the sound of the swords hitting each other, from people fencing in the gym.


enquire

enquire (canonical)
enquires (third-person singular)
enquired (past)
enquired (past participle)
enquiring (present participle)

If you enquire about something, you ask about it.

Please enquire whether the patient will require hospital transport home.

She had enquired of Mr Browning how things were at the moment.


suffer

suffer (canonical)
suffers (third-person singular)
suffered (past)
suffered (past participle)
suffering (present participle)

When you suffer, you have pain or sadness, or otherwise feel very bad.

The wound caused him to suffer greatly.

Hunger can make you suffer a lot.

If you suffer from a sickness or problem, you have that sickness or problem.

She suffered from mental illness for years.

We're suffering from a lack of money right now.


vent

vent (canonical)
vents (third-person singular)
vented (past)
vented (past participle)
venting (present participle)

If you vent, you let your emotions out by showing them.


sicken

sicken (canonical)
sickens (third-person singular)
sickened (past)
sickened (past participle)
sickening (present participle)

If you sicken you become sick, or you become more sick.

He will sicken if he doesn't get medicine soon.


err

err (canonical)
errs (third-person singular)
erred (past)
erred (past participle)
erring (present participle)

If you err, you make a mistake; you do something wrong.

When I was adding information into the database, I erred in keying in the values for the wrong column.


pad

pad (canonical)
pads (third-person singular)
padded (past)
padded (past participle)
padding (present participle)

If you pad, you walk quietly, usually without any shoes on.


arc

arc (canonical)
arcs (third-person singular)
arced (past)
arced (past participle)
arcing (present participle)

If something arcs, it makes an electrical curve.

If something arcs, it goes along a curved path.


thieve

thieve (canonical)
thieves (third-person singular)
thieved (past)
thieved (past participle)
thieving (present participle)

If you thieve, you rob something; you make a theft.


tent

tent (canonical)
tents (third-person singular)
tented (past)
tented (past participle)
tenting (present participle)


string

string (canonical)
strings (third-person singular)
strung (past)
strung (past participle)
stringing (present participle)

To string is to form into a string, like when a substance stretches or when a group of people form a line.

In billiards and other similar cue sports, when two players string, they each shoot a ball to the opposite end of the table. The balls then hit the opposite edge (or "rail") and go back to the starting one. The player with the ball that is the nearest to the starting rail makes the first move in the game.


barrel

barrel (canonical)
barrels (third-person singular)
barrelled (past)
barrelled (past participle)
barrelling (present participle)


lack

lack (canonical)
lacks (third-person singular)
lacked (past)
lacked (past participle)
lacking (present participle)

If you lack for something, you don't have it, or you don't have enough of it.

She had never lacked for anything in her life.


troll

troll (canonical)
trolls (third-person singular)
trolled (past)
trolled (past participle)
trolling (present participle)

To disrupt the operation of an online community.


muck

muck (canonical)
mucks (third-person singular)
mucked (past)
mucked (past participle)
mucking (present participle)

If you muck around, you play, or you are not serious.


multiply

multiply (canonical)
multiplies (third-person singular)
multiplied (past)
multiplied (past participle)
multiplying (present participle)

If living things multiply, the have babies, or they make more of themselves.

The bugs seem to be multiplying.


blog

blog (canonical)
blogs (third-person singular)
blogged (past)
blogged (past participle)
blogging (present participle)

My friend Mary blogs daily, but I only blog once or twice a week.


pile

pile (canonical)
piles (third-person singular)
piled (past)
piled (past participle)
piling (present participle)

If something piles (up), there is more an more of it.

I listen to the snow piling on the roof.

When I was away the work kept piling up.

If something piles on top of something else, it is added to it.

The changes, piled on top of the problems at home were too much.

If people pile on, they attack somebody who is already being attacked.

If people pile in(to) a car, or some other small space, they get in quickly.

If people pile out of a car, or some other small space, they get out quickly.


cheer up

Cheer up everyone; it can only get better from here.


pray

pray (canonical)
prays (third-person singular)
prayed (past)
prayed (past participle)
praying (present participle)

If you pray, you wish for something very strongly.

I was hoping and praying she would get in touch with me.


reach

reach (canonical)
reaches (third-person singular)
reached (past)
reached (past participle)
reaching (present participle)

If you reach for something, you put your hand out to touch it.

He reached in his pocket and he came out with an envelope.

I stood up, reached for my wallet, and counted out my cash.

I reached to touch her arm but she pulled away.


reflect

reflect (canonical)
reflects (third-person singular)
reflected (past)
reflected (past participle)
reflecting (present participle)

If light or sound reflects off something, it hits it and goes in a different direction.

Sunlight was reflecting off the glass.

If you reflect about something, you think about it carefully.

In jail he's had time to reflect upon what he did and how many lives he touched through his actions.


retire

retire (canonical)
retires (third-person singular)
retired (past)
retired (past participle)
retiring (present participle)

If you retire, you stop working, usually because of your age.

She recently retired after 25 years with the company.

With me is Colonel David Hunt, military analyst and retired U.S. Army commander.

Horner retired at age 63 and has been painting full time ever since.

If you retire, you go to a quiet place, often to bed.

After dinner she retired to her bedroom with a head cold.


sin

sin (canonical)
sins (third-person singular)
sinned (past)
sinned (past participle)
sinning (present participle)

If you sin, you do something bad that breaks laws or rules, especially religious ones.

I wanted him to say,' Yes, I have sinned. I'm sorry.

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.


slide

slide (canonical)
slides (third-person singular)
slid (past)
slid (past participle)
sliding (present participle)

If prices, numbers, rates, etc. slide, they go down.

Oil prices are expected to slide in the near future.


split

split (canonical)
splits (third-person singular)
split (past)
split (past participle)
splitting (present participle)


struggle

struggle (canonical)
struggles (third-person singular)
struggled (past)
struggled (past participle)
struggling (present participle)

If you struggle to do something difficult, you work very hard to do it.

They struggled to survive in New York City on $25,000 a year.

She struggled to her feet after being hit by the bicycle.

The company is struggling to maintain the same level of profits.

She wrote about struggling to balance motherhood, work and love.

The fishermen struggled against the powerful winds and high waves that had come in with a late-night storm.


tank

tank (canonical)
tanks (third-person singular)
tanked (past)
tanked (past participle)
tanking (present participle)

If something tanks, it gets worse quickly.


bulge

bulge (canonical)
bulges (third-person singular)
bulged (past)
bulged (past participle)
bulging (present participle)

If something bulges, it sticks out of a surface.

The rock face has many rocks that bulge out from it.


unadapted

Man is unadapted to extremely cold climate.


bound

bound (canonical)
bounds (third-person singular)
bounded (past)
bounded (past participle)
bounding (present participle)

If a person bounds, they move by jumping.


canvass

canvass (canonical)
canvasses (third-person singular)
canvassed (past)
canvassed (past participle)
canvassing (present participle)

If you canvass, you run a survey; you get the opinion of the public.


smolder

smolder (canonical)
smolders (third-person singular)
smoldered (past)
smoldered (past participle)
smoldering (present participle)

If something smolders, it burns slowly without a flame and with little smoke.

The fire is almost out; it's just smoldering.


whirl

whirl (canonical)
whirls (third-person singular)
whirled (past)
whirled (past participle)
whirling (present participle)

If you whirl something, then you move it around in circles or spin it.

He whirled the slingshot round and round before releasing it.


scream

scream (canonical)
screams (third-person singular)
screamed (past)
screamed (past participle)
screaming (present participle)

If you scream, you move quickly; you race.

Police cars screamed down the street.


moss

moss (canonical)
mosses (third-person singular)
mossed (past)
mossed (past participle)
mossing (present participle)

If something is mossed, it becomes covered in moss.

The oak tree was mossed because of how old it was.


limp

limp (canonical)
limps (third-person singular)
limped (past)
limped (past participle)
limping (present participle)

If someone limps, they walk with a lamely gait.

This man limps.


skateboard

skateboard (canonical)
skateboards (third-person singular)
skateboarded (past)
skateboarded (past participle)
skateboarding (present participle)

If someone skateboards, they use a skateboard for fun or to go to a place.

She skateboards so often I'm worried she'll forget how to walk.


fog

fog (canonical)
fogs (third-person singular)
fogged (past)
fogged (past participle)
fogging (present participle)

If something becomes fogged, it becomes covered in fog.

If something gets fogged, it becomes covered with condensation or drops of water, preventing you from being able to see the object.

As he breathed on the mirror, it fogged up.


remix

remix (canonical)
remixes (third-person singular)
remixed (past)
remixed (past participle)
remixing (present participle)

If you remix a song, you create a remix of it.

The music producer remixed a popular song.


cop

cop (canonical)
cops (third-person singular)
copped (past)
copped (past participle)
copping (present participle)

If someone cops to a crime, they admit to doing it; they confess.


goon

goon (canonical)
goons (third-person singular)
gooned (past)
gooned (past participle)
gooning (present participle)

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If a guy goons, he masturbates without orgasming.

All he ever does is goon in his free time.


landscape

landscape (canonical)
landscapes (third-person singular)
landscaped (past)
landscaped (past participle)
landscaping (present participle)

If you landscape, you work on or maintain the grounds of a building or other place.

Many people who enjoy the outdoors like to landscape for themselves, and not hire a landscaper.


strengthen

strengthen (canonical)
strengthens (third-person singular)
strengthened (past)
strengthened (past participle)
strengthening (present participle)

If something strengthens, it grows strong or stronger.


vacation

vacation (canonical)
vacations (third-person singular)
vacationed (past)
vacationed (past participle)
vacationing (present participle)

If you vacation, you take a vacation; you take some time off.

My husband and I vacationed to the Bahamas over the weekend.

We will be vacationing in the Adirondacks this summer.

Tom vacations at the seashore every year.


swing

swang (past)
swing (canonical)
swings (third-person singular)
swung (past)
swung (past participle)
swinging (present participle)

If someone or something swings, they move forward and backward.

The plant swung in the breeze.

If someone swings, they ride on a swingset.

If someone swings, they hang from the gallows.

If something swings, it changes quickly; it fluctuates.


relate

relate (canonical)
relates (third-person singular)
related (past)
related (past participle)
relating (present participle)

If you relate with someone, you have a connection with them.

If you relate with someone, you interact with them.

I related with my teacher by handing him the test.

If you relate, you respond through reaction.


shine

shone (past)
shone (past participle)
shine (canonical)
shines (third-person singular)
shined (past)
shined (past participle)
shining (present participle)

If something shines, light comes from it, or it reflects light.

I love the way the stars shine.

The polished metal shines brightly in the sunlight.

If you shine, other people can see the good things about you.


trap

trap (canonical)
traps (third-person singular)
trapped (past)
trapped (past participle)
trapping (present participle)

To trap id to set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game.

To trap is to capture something such as a mistake so someone can fix it.


maneuver

maneuver (canonical)
maneuvers (third-person singular)
maneuvered (past)
maneuvered (past participle)
maneuvering (present participle)

She is manoeuvring.


manoeuvre

manoeuvre (canonical)
manoeuvres (third-person singular)
manoeuvred (past)
manoeuvred (past participle)
manoeuvring (present participle)

She is manoeuvring.


dim

dim (canonical)
dims (third-person singular)
dimmed (past)
dimmed (past participle)
dimming (present participle)

As time went by the fire dimmed.


halt

halt (canonical)
halts (third-person singular)
halted (past)
halted (past participle)
halting (present participle)

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I spilled my drink when the train suddenly halted.


bargain

bargain (canonical)
bargains (third-person singular)
bargained (past)
bargained (past participle)
bargaining (present participle)

We had to bargain for three hours to make an agreement.


bog

bog (canonical)
bogs (third-person singular)
bogged (past)
bogged (past participle)
bogging (present participle)

To become bogged is to become slowed down or stuck.

Too many people on the bus made it bog down and then stop.


cheat

cheat (canonical)
cheats (third-person singular)
cheated (past)
cheated (past participle)
cheating (present participle)

Don't play cards with her, she cheats.

To have a relationship with someone not one's spouse or partner or someone who is married to someone else.

He is cheating on his wife with his secretary.


bow

bow (canonical)
bows (third-person singular)
bowed (past)
bowed (past participle)
bowing (present participle)

The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.


fake

fake (canonical)
fakes (third-person singular)
faked (past)
faked (past participle)
faking (present participle)

If you fake, you cheat, swindle, steal, or rob.


essay

essay (canonical)
essays (third-person singular)
essayed (past)
essayed (past participle)
essaying (present participle)


wake up

You wake up when you stop sleeping and become awake.


flap

flap (canonical)
flaps (third-person singular)
flapped (past)
flapped (past participle)
flapping (present participle)

If you flap, you move loosely back and forward.

The bird flapped its wings.

The flag flapped in the wind.


fuss

fuss (canonical)
fusses (third-person singular)
fussed (past)
fussed (past participle)
fussing (present participle)

To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.

His grandmother will never quit fussing over his cigarette smoking.

To fiddle; to move about, or adjust; to worry something

Quit fussing with your hair. It looks fine.


parade

parade (canonical)
parades (third-person singular)
paraded (past)
paraded (past participle)
parading (present participle)


inhale

inhale (canonical)
inhales (third-person singular)
inhaled (past)
inhaled (past participle)
inhaling (present participle)

If you inhale, you pull air in through your mouth.


hail

hail (canonical)
hails (third-person singular)
hailed (past)
hailed (past participle)
hailing (present participle)

If it hails, pieces of ice fall from the sky.


adhere

adhere (canonical)
adheres (third-person singular)
adhered (past)
adhered (past participle)
adhering (present participle)

If one thing adheres to another, they stick to each other.

If you adhere to an idea, you believe in it and follow it.


rotate

rotate (canonical)
rotates (third-person singular)
rotated (past)
rotated (past participle)
rotating (present participle)

If something rotates, it turns around its centre.

The wheels continued to rotate slowly after the bicycle fell down.


smirk

smirk (canonical)
smirks (third-person singular)
smirked (past)
smirked (past participle)
smirking (present participle)

If you smirk, you smile in a way that is not nice, often because you think you are better than somebody else.


disunite

disunite (canonical)
disunites (third-person singular)
disunited (past)
disunited (past participle)
disuniting (present participle)

If something is disunited, it comes apart.


weep

weep (canonical)
weeps (third-person singular)
wept (past)
wept (past participle)
weeping (present participle)


rap

rap (canonical)
raps (third-person singular)
rapped (past)
rapped (past participle)
rapping (present participle)

If you rap, you strike it something sharply with your knuckles.


discourse

discourse (canonical)
discourses (third-person singular)
discoursed (past)
discoursed (past participle)
discoursing (present participle)

If someone discourses, they talk or converse with someone else; they make conversation.

If someone discourses, they write or talk formally and for a good length of time.


bump

bump (canonical)
bumps (third-person singular)
bumped (past)
bumped (past participle)
bumping (present participle)

If something bumps, it knocks gently against something else, usually making a small noise.

I could hear the open door bumping in the breeze.


buzz

buzz (canonical)
buzzes (third-person singular)
buzzed (past)
buzzed (past participle)
buzzing (present participle)

If something buzzes, it makes a sound like a bee flying.

When the oven timer buzzes, you know the cake is ready.


balloon

balloon (canonical)
balloons (third-person singular)
ballooned (past)
ballooned (past participle)
ballooning (present participle)

If something balloons, that means it grows very fast.

The price of oil has ballooned.


dash

dash (canonical)
dashes (third-person singular)
dashed (past)
dashed (past participle)
dashing (present participle)

To dash is to run fast for a short distance

When he heard there was ice cream he dashed off towards it.


hop

hop (canonical)
hops (third-person singular)
hopped (past)
hopped (past participle)
hopping (present participle)

If you hop, that means you make a small jump; often on one foot.

It's good exercise to hop on one foot.


blast

blast (canonical)
blasts (third-person singular)
blasted (past)
blasted (past participle)
blasting (present participle)

His car radio blasted music. The whole neighborhood could hear it.


castle

castle (canonical)
castles (third-person singular)
castled (past)
castled (past participle)
castling (present participle)

In chess, to castle is to take a turn that involves both the rook and the king moving at once.

I was going to win if he hadn't decided to castle.


feast

feast (canonical)
feasts (third-person singular)
feasted (past)
feasted (past participle)
feasting (present participle)

The family feasted on all the meat and vegetables on the table.


choke

choke (canonical)
chokes (third-person singular)
choked (past)
choked (past participle)
choking (present participle)

Not being able to breathe because something stops your windpipe.

To perform badly at an important part of a contest because you are fearful, especially when you are winning.


triumph

triumph (canonical)
triumphs (third-person singular)
triumphed (past)
triumphed (past participle)
triumphing (present participle)

To triumph is to gain a victory or be successful.

He triumphed over adversity.