insist

insist (canonical)
insists (third-person singular)
insisted (past)
insisted (past participle)
insisting (present participle)

To insist means to get your own way without listening to other people's comments.

He insisted on eating out. His wife, therefore, had no choice but to also do so.


drip

drip (canonical)
drips (third-person singular)
dripped (past)
dripped (past participle)
dripping (present participle)

If something is dripping, it is falling one drop at a time.

My pen has been dripping throughout the day.


huddle

huddle (canonical)
huddles (third-person singular)
huddled (past)
huddled (past participle)
huddling (present participle)

to crowd together, usually when unhappy or afraid

The girls huddled together to get warm.

to bend your legs to your chest and lean over, getting into a position like an embryo in a womb


contest

contest (canonical)
contests (third-person singular)
contested (past)
contested (past participle)
contesting (present participle)

If you contest a position, you engage in a competition for a position of power.


faint

faint (canonical)
faints (third-person singular)
fainted (past)
fainted (past participle)
fainting (present participle)

When someone faints, they suddenly become unconscious and cannot be woken up easily.

Get help quick! Someone has fainted here!

Under a hot sun, humans faint easily.


leap

leaped (past)
leaped (past participle)
leap (canonical)
leaps (third-person singular)
leapt (past)
leapt (past participle)
leaping (present participle)

When you leap, you jump from one place to another.

The frog leaped from one end of the pond to the other.


melt

melt (canonical)
melts (third-person singular)
melted (past)
melted (past participle)
melting (present participle)

Melting is a process of an object changing from the solid state to the liquid state without a change in temperature.

The ice melted under the hot sun.


litter

litter (canonical)
litters (third-person singular)
littered (past)
littered (past participle)
littering (present participle)

To litter is the act of throwing litter on the floor.

Littering is an offence under the Public Health Act.


speculate

speculate (canonical)
speculates (third-person singular)
speculated (past)
speculated (past participle)
speculating (present participle)

When you speculate, you guess about the truth when you don't have all the important information.

I speculated that Tom and Jerry's marriage would not last a year.

It was speculated that the artist had been murdered.

If you speculate, you make risky investments with the hope of making a large profit.

He lost a lot of money by speculating in stocks.


gasp

gasp (canonical)
gasps (third-person singular)
gasped (past)
gasped (past participle)
gasping (present participle)

To gasp is the act of drawing in the breath suddenly, as if surprised.

The audience gasped as the rabbit came out of the magician's hat.


glance

glance (canonical)
glances (third-person singular)
glanced (past)
glanced (past participle)
glancing (present participle)

To look for a short moment (at something).

She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.


curl

curl (canonical)
curls (third-person singular)
curled (past)
curled (past participle)
curling (present participle)

If you curl, you do a sport called curling.

I curl at my local club every weekend.


flare

flare (canonical)
flares (third-person singular)
flared (past)
flared (past participle)
flaring (present participle)

If you flare, you get very angry about something.

Don't get flared up about such a small matter.


defect

defect (canonical)
defects (third-person singular)
defected (past)
defected (past participle)
defecting (present participle)

If you defect from a group or country, you leave it and join a different side.

In 1961, Rudolf Nureyev defected from Russia.


zip

zip (canonical)
zips (third-person singular)
zipped (past)
zipped (past participle)
zipping (present participle)

If something zips somewhere, it move there quickly.

The birds zip from tree to tree.


yip

yip (canonical)
yips (third-person singular)
yipped (past)
yipped (past participle)
yipping (present participle)

To yip is to bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice.

The dog yipped with joy.


welch

welch (canonical)
welches (third-person singular)
welched (past)
welched (past participle)
welching (present participle)


pale

pale (canonical)
pales (third-person singular)
paled (past)
paled (past participle)
paling (present participle)

If something or someone pales, then they become pale, that is, their color becomes whitish

If something pales in comparison to something else, then its importance becomes lower.


clash

clash (canonical)
clashes (third-person singular)
clashed (past)
clashed (past participle)
clashing (present participle)

If two individuals or groups clash, they get into a fight.

The Reds clashed with the police during the riot.


poop

poop (canonical)
poops (third-person singular)
pooped (past)
pooped (past participle)
pooping (present participle)

When you poop, you push feces out of your anus.

He is pooping in the toilet.


spray

spray (canonical)
sprays (third-person singular)
sprayed (past)
sprayed (past participle)
spraying (present participle)

When you spray something, you target at something and give out mist of liquid at that thing.

The firemen got the hose and sprayed at the burning house.


pillage

pillage (canonical)
pillages (third-person singular)
pillaged (past)
pillaged (past participle)
pillaging (present participle)

When you pillage something, you steal or loot money/goods, especially during a war.

The barbarians pillaged every city.


backspace

backspace (canonical)
backspaces (third-person singular)
backspaced (past)
backspaced (past participle)
backspacing (present participle)

When you backspace, you erase the letter before the cursor.

No, that's wrong. Backspace here, and delete this word too.


reciprocate

reciprocate (canonical)
reciprocates (third-person singular)
reciprocated (past)
reciprocated (past participle)
reciprocating (present participle)

To go with alternating forward and backward motion.

A reciprocating engine is so called because its pistons reciprocate: they go forward and backward.


starve

starve (canonical)
starves (third-person singular)
starved (past)
starved (past participle)
starving (present participle)

When you are starving, you are very hungry.

I didn't eat my breakfast and now I'm starving.


excel

excel (canonical)
excels (third-person singular)
excelled (past)
excelled (past participle)
excelling (present participle)

If you excel at something, you do it very well.

I excel at long-distance running.

The professor excels in his field of study.


roost

roost (canonical)
roosts (third-person singular)
roosted (past)
roosted (past participle)
roosting (present participle)

When a bird roosts, it means that it sleeps, usually on a high perch like the branch of a tree.


quest

quest (canonical)
quests (third-person singular)
quested (past)
quested (past participle)
questing (present participle)

If you quest for (or after) something, you pursue it.


cramp

cramp (canonical)
cramps (third-person singular)
cramped (past)
cramped (past participle)
cramping (present participle)

If a muscle cramps, it contracts in a painful way.

My legs cramped in the middle of my run.


incline

incline (canonical)
inclines (third-person singular)
inclined (past)
inclined (past participle)
inclining (present participle)

If you are inclined to do something, it means that you tend to do or believe it.

I am more inclined to sleep now instead of going with you for basketball.


veer

veer (canonical)
veers (third-person singular)
veered (past)
veered (past participle)
veering (present participle)

When you veer, it means that you change your direction suddenly.

The bus veered off the mountain track and went down the steep slope.


discriminate

discriminate (canonical)
discriminates (third-person singular)
discriminated (past)
discriminated (past participle)
discriminating (present participle)

When you discriminate against someone, you make decisions based on prejudice.

The law makes it illegal for people to discriminate against others based on their skin colour.

If you discriminate, you make a distinction.

John is colorblind and cannot discriminate between red and green.


blot

blot (canonical)
blots (third-person singular)
blotted (past)
blotted (past participle)
blotting (present participle)

I tried to blot the spill as quickly as possibly, but it still left a stain.


flutter

flutter (canonical)
flutters (third-person singular)
fluttered (past)
fluttered (past participle)
fluttering (present participle)

If something flutters, it moves unsteadily quickly right and left or up and down, often because of wind.

She was very sleepy, but from time to time, her eyes fluttered open.

The leaves fluttered down from the trees and around the house.

Three bright flags fluttered in the wind.

The wind set the leaves of the tree fluttering.

Leaves flutter when the wind blows.

A candle flame will flutter if the wind blows.


rebel

rebel (canonical)
rebels (third-person singular)
rebelled (past)
rebelled (past participle)
rebelling (present participle)

If you rebel against something that has power over you, you fight against it.

Teachers need to balance many things so their students don't rebel against them.


molt

molt (canonical)
molts (third-person singular)
molted (past)
molted (past participle)
molting (present participle)

If an insect or animal molts, it sheds its hair, fur, feathers, skin or horns, and replace it with a new one.


quake

quaked (past)
quaked (past participle)
quoke (past)
quoke (past participle)
quake (canonical)
quakes (third-person singular)
quook (past)
quook (past participle)
quaking (present participle)

When something quakes, it trembles and shakes.

Be careful! The ground was quaking a little bit just now.


quarrel

quarreled (past)
quarreled (past participle)
quarreling (present participle)
quarrel (canonical)
quarrels (third-person singular)
quarrelled (past)
quarrelled (past participle)
quarrelling (present participle)

If you quarrel, you have an argument or disagreement.


dart

dart (canonical)
darts (third-person singular)
darted (past)
darted (past participle)
darting (present participle)

If a person is darting across the room, they are moving suddenly and quickly.


dawn

dawn (canonical)
dawns (third-person singular)
dawned (past)
dawned (past participle)
dawning (present participle)

If something dawns upon a person or thing, they realise it.

It dawned upon him that his answer to the question was wrong.


eject

eject (canonical)
ejects (third-person singular)
ejected (past)
ejected (past participle)
ejecting (present participle)

To eject can also mean to exit an aircraft when it is flying.

The pilot could not control the plane and had to eject.

To eject can mean to come out of a machine.


strive

strived (past)
strived (past participle)
strive (canonical)
strives (third-person singular)
strove (past)
striven (past participle)
striving (present participle)

If you strive, you struggle or try something very hard.

India had strived for independence.


tryst

tryst (canonical)
trysts (third-person singular)
trysted (past)
trysted (past participle)
trysting (present participle)

The lovers will tryst in a place far from town.

The two trysted in a dark place far out of town.


bubble

bubble (canonical)
bubbles (third-person singular)
bubbled (past)
bubbled (past participle)
bubbling (present participle)

If something bubbles, it makes bubbles or begins to turn into a bubble.

Wait until the water bubbles before turning off the stove.

If something bubbles, it begins forming or is created.

Rage bubbled inside of him.


suffocate

suffocate (canonical)
suffocates (third-person singular)
suffocated (past)
suffocated (past participle)
suffocating (present participle)

To suffocate is the action of dying from lack of air.

The fish suffocated for lack of oxygen.


preside

preside (canonical)
presides (third-person singular)
presided (past)
presided (past participle)
presiding (present participle)

Preside means to sit as an authority over, to control or to rule.

John Smith will preside over the meeting.

Jane Doe refused to preside over the dance committee meeting.


jingle

jingle (canonical)
jingles (third-person singular)
jingled (past)
jingled (past participle)
jingling (present participle)

/ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡ(ə)l/

To jingle is when metal or glass clashes together and causes a tinkling sound.

I heard the keys on his ring jingle as he approached the door.


spam

spam (canonical)
spams (third-person singular)
spammed (past)
spammed (past participle)
spamming (present participle)

I don't like the guy who spams people every day.


therapy

therapy (canonical)
therapies (third-person singular)
therapied (past)
therapied (past participle)
therapying (present participle)


audition

audition (canonical)
auditions (third-person singular)
auditioned (past)
auditioned (past participle)
auditioning (present participle)

To audition is to take part in an audition.

Many singers auditioned for the part in our new show.


abound

abound (canonical)
abounds (third-person singular)
abounded (past)
abounded (past participle)
abounding (present participle)

If things abound, or if a place abounds with things, there are very large numbers of them.

The book abounds with close-up images from space.

Fish abound in the ocean.


loaf

loaf (canonical)
loafs (third-person singular)
loafed (past)
loafed (past participle)
loafing (present participle)

loaf about, loaf around.


jaunt

jaunt (canonical)
jaunts (third-person singular)
jaunted (past)
jaunted (past participle)
jaunting (present participle)

If you jaunt, you take a short trip, usually for pleasure.


repent

repent (canonical)
repents (third-person singular)
repented (past)
repented (past participle)
repenting (present participle)

In religion, repent means to be sorry for one's sins and to seek forgiveness; to regret one's sins and to start a better life based on religious principles.

I repent my sins and ask forgiveness.

He repented his wicked ways and started a new life.


grin

grin (canonical)
grins (third-person singular)
grinned (past)
grinned (past participle)
grinning (present participle)

If you grin, you smile a little bit, or with your teeth visible.


cower

cower (canonical)
cowers (third-person singular)
cowered (past)
cowered (past participle)
cowering (present participle)

If you cower, you show fear by moving your body down and away from what scares you.

The cats cower when the dog walks by.


gaze

gaze (canonical)
gazes (third-person singular)
gazed (past)
gazed (past participle)
gazing (present participle)

When someone gazes at someone, they stare at that person for a long time.

Why does Anthony keep gazing at me?


abscond

abscond (canonical)
absconds (third-person singular)
absconded (past)
absconded (past participle)
absconding (present participle)

When you abscond, you are running away from somewhere, something or someone. It often means that someone else is with you too.


fasten

fasten (canonical)
fastens (third-person singular)
fastened (past)
fastened (past participle)
fastening (present participle)

If something won't fasten, its buttons or hooks won't join.

The shirt was so small that the buttons wouldn't fasten.


cascade

cascade (canonical)
cascades (third-person singular)
cascaded (past)
cascaded (past participle)
cascading (present participle)

If something cascades, if falls as a waterfall.

Whenever it rains, water will cascade down the roof.

If something is cascading, it occurs as a random sequence.


pertain

pertain (canonical)
pertains (third-person singular)
pertained (past)
pertained (past participle)
pertaining (present participle)


intervene

intervene (canonical)
intervenes (third-person singular)
intervened (past)
intervened (past participle)
intervening (present participle)

When you intervene, you get involved in a quarrel or fight to stop or resolve it.

The mother intervened in her children's quarrel in order to stop them from arguing.


decompress

decompress (canonical)
decompresses (third-person singular)
decompressed (past)
decompressed (past participle)
decompressing (present participle)

If something decompresses it returns to its usual pressure or size after pressure is removed.

If someone decompresses, they relax after dealing with a lot of stress.


tempest

tempest (canonical)
tempests (third-person singular)
tempested (past)
tempested (past participle)
tempesting (present participle)


hug

hug (canonical)
hugs (third-person singular)
hugged (past)
hugged (past participle)
hugging (present participle)

If two people hug, they put their arms around each other to show love or friendship.


curse

curse (canonical)
curses (third-person singular)
cursed (past)
cursed (past participle)
cursing (present participle)


circulate

circulate (canonical)
circulates (third-person singular)
circulated (past)
circulated (past participle)
circulating (present participle)

If something circulates, it moves without stopping through a space or system.

The lungs move air in and out, and the heart beats to circulate the blood.

A large fan kept the air circulating in the room.

If information, disease, etc. circulates, it spreads from one person to another.

The letter was widely circulated in American prisons.


sparkle

sparkle (canonical)
sparkles (third-person singular)
sparkled (past)
sparkled (past participle)
sparkling (present participle)

If something sparkles, then it shines and gives off sparks.

If something sparkles, it shows itself by giving off sparks.


rust

rust (canonical)
rusts (third-person singular)
rusted (past)
rusted (past participle)
rusting (present participle)

If metal rusts, it gets covered in rust.

She painted the metal pole to stop it from rusting.


immigrate

immigrate (canonical)
immigrates (third-person singular)
immigrated (past)
immigrated (past participle)
immigrating (present participle)

If you immigrate to a country, you move to there to live.

He couldn't find a job in his country, so he immigrated here a few years ago.


thaw

thaw (canonical)
thaws (third-person singular)
thawed (past)
thawed (past participle)
thawing (present participle)

She took the meat out of the freezer to thaw.

The ice on the roads thawed as the temperatures rose.


wisecrack

wisecrack (canonical)
wisecracks (third-person singular)
wisecracked (past)
wisecracked (past participle)
wisecracking (present participle)

If you wisecrack, you make a clever reply.

My brother never stops wisecracking.


commute

commute (canonical)
commutes (third-person singular)
commuted (past)
commuted (past participle)
commuting (present participle)

When you commute, you regularly travel to work or to school.

Many people prefer to commute to work via public transport as it is cheaper than having a car.


cruise

cruise (canonical)
cruises (third-person singular)
cruised (past)
cruised (past participle)
cruising (present participle)

I cruised the Pacific Ocean during my holidays.

When you cruise, you travel at a constant speed at the highest power.

The police car cruised by while chasing after the robbers.


plateau

plateau (canonical)
plateaus (third-person singular)
plateaued (past)
plateaued (past participle)
plateauing (present participle)

To reach a state of little or no change after a time of activity or progress.

The industry's problems have plateaued out.


conserve

conserve (canonical)
conserves (third-person singular)
conserved (past)
conserved (past participle)
conserving (present participle)

When something is conserved, it is not changed after a process.

In physics, energy is always conserved. It can never be created nor destroyed.


enlarge

enlarge (canonical)
enlarges (third-person singular)
enlarged (past)
enlarged (past participle)
enlarging (present participle)

To talk a lot about a certain subject and to elaborate about it.

The speaker enlarged about the topic on politics.


frown

frown (canonical)
frowns (third-person singular)
frowned (past)
frowned (past participle)
frowning (present participle)

When you frown, you have a frown on your face, usually due to sadness or anger.

The teacher frowned when he saw his student sleeping in his class.

When you frown about something, you are not happy about something and do not like it.

Making a lot of noise in a library is frowned upon.


pedal

pedaled (past)
pedaled (past participle)
pedaling (present participle)
pedal (canonical)
pedals (third-person singular)
pedalled (past)
pedalled (past participle)
pedalling (present participle)

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When you pedal, you are trying to control and operate a bicycle.

He tried to pedal across the countryside but became breathless halfway through.


jack off

jack off (canonical)
jacks off (third-person singular)
jacked off (past)
jacked off (past participle)
jacking off (present participle)

When you jack off, you touch your penis to masturbate.

I jacked off for some time before I came.


champagne

champagne (canonical)
champagnes (third-person singular)
champagned (past)
champagned (past participle)
champagning (present participle)

When you champagne, you are drinking champagne.


retry

retry (canonical)
retries (third-person singular)
retried (past)
retried (past participle)
retrying (present participle)

If you retry at something, you try it again.

I did not do this right the first time, but I am going to retry.

I did not succeed in editing Wiktionary the first time, but I will retry.


perish

perish (canonical)
perishes (third-person singular)
perished (past)
perished (past participle)
perishing (present participle)

The fire destroyed the building, but luckily nobody inside perished.

After new laws were created, slavery finally perished in the country.

Her decision not to date anybody she worked with perished as soon as she met Patrick.

When something perishes, it decays and breaks apart.

The apples perished after being left in the hot car for three days. By that time they were brown and rotten.


ramble

ramble (canonical)
rambles (third-person singular)
rambled (past)
rambled (past participle)
rambling (present participle)

If you ramble, you talk aimlessly and repetitively.


misfire

misfire (canonical)
misfires (third-person singular)
misfired (past)
misfired (past participle)
misfiring (present participle)

When something misfires, it does not fire correctly.


exhale

exhale (canonical)
exhales (third-person singular)
exhaled (past)
exhaled (past participle)
exhaling (present participle)

If you exhale, you push air out of your mouth.


covet

covet (canonical)
covets (third-person singular)
coveted (past)
coveted (past participle)
coveting (present participle)

If you covet, you wrongfully or unreasonably want a thing that belongs to another person.

We should not covet, but be grateful for what we already have.


flip

flip (canonical)
flips (third-person singular)
flipped (past)
flipped (past participle)
flipping (present participle)

When something flips, it turns over, usually quickly.

Her car flipped over in the accident, but she wasn't hurt badly.

The dolphin was taught to flip in the water when his trainer whistled.


verge

verge (canonical)
verges (third-person singular)
verged (past)
verged (past participle)
verging (present participle)

When a thing verges on something else, the two things are on the edge of being the same.

The judge told the teenager, "Your behavior verged on a serious crime, but I will give you one more chance because I think you really just acted like a stupid teenager."

Your plan verges on the insane. There's no way it will work.


leer

leer (canonical)
leers (third-person singular)
leered (past)
leered (past participle)
leering (present participle)

When you leer at someone, you look at them in a rude, sometimes threatening way. The word leer usually describes men looking at women in a sexual way that is not respectful.

She stopped using the public pool because of the way people leered at her when she was in her swimsuit.

Their bosses warned the female prison guards that they would have to deal with the male prisoners leering at them.


grate

grate (canonical)
grates (third-person singular)
grated (past)
grated (past participle)
grating (present participle)

When someone or someone grates on you, it makes you annoyed. It is hard to deal with or listen to.

She means well, but she has a loud, high, perky voice that just grates on me.

The constant sound of construction outside my house grated on my nerves until I had to leave.


renege

renege (canonical)
reneges (third-person singular)
reneged (past)
reneged (past participle)
reneging (present participle)

If you renege on a promise, you do not do what you said you would do. You break your promise.

My friend promised to help me study after school, but then she reneged because she wanted to go to a party instead.

The company offered me a job, so I quit the job I had. Then the company decided to renege on their job offer. Now I have no job.


gape

gape (canonical)
gapes (third-person singular)
gaped (past)
gaped (past participle)
gaping (present participle)

when you gape something, you open it wide.

when you gape, you open your mouth as if you are surprised.


caw

caw (canonical)
caws (third-person singular)
cawed (past)
cawed (past participle)
cawing (present participle)

If a crow, a raven or a rook cry, they caw.

The crow cawed as it flew overhead.


lapse

lapse (canonical)
lapses (third-person singular)
lapsed (past)
lapsed (past participle)
lapsing (present participle)

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If you lapse, you make one or more mistakes because of a carelessness.

If you lapse, you start to make your bad habits that you avoided before.


gel

gel (canonical)
gels (third-person singular)
gelled (past)
gelled (past participle)
gelling (present participle)


shouldn't

shall (present)
should (past)
shouldn't (negative)

The negative form of should; should not.

I shouldn't leave my pencil lying on the floor.


'll

I'll go later.


retaliate

retaliate (canonical)
retaliates (third-person singular)
retaliated (past)
retaliated (past participle)
retaliating (present participle)

To retaliate is to do something negative as an answer to someone who has hurt you.


lurk

lurk (canonical)
lurks (third-person singular)
lurked (past)
lurked (past participle)
lurking (present participle)

To lurk is to hide in a secret place to wait and to do bad or crime things then.


calm down

To calm down is to go from bad feelings (anger, frustration, anxiety, or fear) to neutral or good feelings.

The little boy began crying when the airplane started flying, but he calmed down after a few minutes.


thicken

thicken (canonical)
thickens (third-person singular)
thickened (past)
thickened (past participle)
thickening (present participle)

If something thickens, it becomes wider or thicker.

After stirring the soup for several minutes, it started to thicken.


tire out

If someone tires out, they become tired or exhausted.

I can't stay in the basketball game, I'm tiring out.


triple

triple (canonical)
triples (third-person singular)
tripled (past)
tripled (past participle)
tripling (present participle)

Julia's income tripled when she became the manager.


download

download (canonical)
downloads (third-person singular)
downloaded (past)
downloaded (past participle)
downloading (present participle)

If something is downloading, it is transferring from one computer to another using an internet connection.

"This huge file is downloading too slowly" Mark complained.


lengthen

lengthen (canonical)
lengthens (third-person singular)
lengthened (past)
lengthened (past participle)
lengthening (present participle)

If something lengthens, it becomes longer in length or duration.


upload

upload (canonical)
uploads (third-person singular)
uploaded (past)
uploaded (past participle)
uploading (present participle)

If something is uploading, it is transferring from one computer to another using an internet connection.

Seth got some coffee while his file was uploading.


collaborate

collaborate (canonical)
collaborates (third-person singular)
collaborated (past)
collaborated (past participle)
collaborating (present participle)

They collaborated on the project.


glitch

A glitch can refer to any type of problem in a computer program or game.

There is a glitch in this program where the enemy characters can pass through walls in the maze.


groove

groove (canonical)
grooves (third-person singular)
grooved (past)
grooved (past participle)
grooving (present participle)

To groove is to enjoy doing something because you like doing it.


arouse

arouse (canonical)
arouses (third-person singular)
aroused (past)
aroused (past participle)
arousing (present participle)

If something arouses you, it makes you feel alert and pay attention.

I was aroused by a noise outside.


flourish

flourish (canonical)
flourishes (third-person singular)
flourished (past)
flourished (past participle)
flourishing (present participle)

If something flourishes, it thrives or grows well or successfully.

The plants flourished in the greenhouse.

Under the new government, the agricultural industry flourished.


scramble

scramble (canonical)
scrambles (third-person singular)
scrambled (past)
scrambled (past participle)
scrambling (present participle)

If you scramble, you climb quickly and with difficulty, often using your hands to help you.

They scrambled like spiders up the rocks.

If you scramble to do something, you do quickly and with difficulty.

She scrambled out of her car.

He scrambled to get to his next class.

New Yorkers scrambled to find other routes to work when the subway broke down.

If you scramble for something, you compete or fight with others to get it.

When the new show was announced everyone scrambled for tickets.


blossom

blossom (canonical)
blossoms (third-person singular)
blossomed (past)
blossomed (past participle)
blossoming (present participle)

When something blossoms, it makes flowers.

The cherry trees have blossomed again.

When something blossoms, it progresses in a good way.

Their love blossomed that summer.


capsize

capsize (canonical)
capsizes (third-person singular)
capsized (past)
capsized (past participle)
capsizing (present participle)

If a boat capsizes, it turns upside down in the water.

The canoe capsized.


enclose

enclose (canonical)
encloses (third-person singular)
enclosed (past)
enclosed (past participle)
enclosing (present participle)

When you enclose something, you force it into a certain area and keep it there.

The sheep flock was enclosed by the fence.


holler

holler (canonical)
hollers (third-person singular)
hollered (past)
hollered (past participle)
hollering (present participle)

If you holler, you yell or scream as loud as you can.

Hollering at your enemy will not help you.


stiffen

stiffen (canonical)
stiffens (third-person singular)
stiffened (past)
stiffened (past participle)
stiffening (present participle)

If you stiffen, you stop moving and make your muscles hard.

The mouse stiffened when the shadow went by.

If your muscles or joints stiffen, they become painful to move.

By the morning after the accident, my hand had stiffened so much that I couldn't move it.


topple

topple (canonical)
topples (third-person singular)
toppled (past)
toppled (past participle)
toppling (present participle)

If something topples, it falls over or it looks like it might fall over.

The pile of pennies began to topple


churn

churn (canonical)
churns (third-person singular)
churned (past)
churned (past participle)
churning (present participle)

If something churns, it moves around a lot.

I was so nervous my stomach was churning.


darken

darken (canonical)
darkens (third-person singular)
darkened (past)
darkened (past participle)
darkening (present participle)

If your mood, face, or eyes darkens, you become less happy.

As he told her the story, he could see her face darken.


loosen

loosen (canonical)
loosens (third-person singular)
loosened (past)
loosened (past participle)
loosening (present participle)

If somebody loosens up, they become more relaxed.

She loosened up after she'd had a glass of wine.


discord

discord (canonical)
discords (third-person singular)
discorded (past)
discorded (past participle)
discording (present participle)

If you discord, you disagree with someone.


rejoice

rejoice (canonical)
rejoices (third-person singular)
rejoiced (past)
rejoiced (past participle)
rejoicing (present participle)

If you rejoice, you act in a way that shows that you feel very happy about something.

An event like this gives everyone an great opportunity and reason to rejoice and celebrate.


conform

conform (canonical)
conforms (third-person singular)
conformed (past)
conformed (past participle)
conforming (present participle)

If you conform to something, you behave in that manner, especially as a result of social pressure.

He changed his clothes to conform to local tastes.


cut out

cut out (canonical)
cuts out (third-person singular)
cut out (past)
cut out (past participle)
cutting out (present participle)

If something cuts out, it suddenly stops working.

The engine of the plane suddenly cut out.


brighten

brighten (canonical)
brightens (third-person singular)
brightened (past)
brightened (past participle)
brightening (present participle)

If someone brightens, they become happier.

She brightened when she thought about the holiday plans.


blunder

blunder (canonical)
blunders (third-person singular)
blundered (past)
blundered (past participle)
blundering (present participle)

A blunder means to make a clumsy or stupid mistake.

She made a blunder while preparing the customer's order.


clam

clam (canonical)
clams (third-person singular)
clammed (past)
clammed (past participle)
clamming (present participle)


conspire

conspire (canonical)
conspires (third-person singular)
conspired (past)
conspired (past participle)
conspiring (present participle)

If people are conspiring, they are making secret plans together, usually to cause harm.

The group was caught conspiring to overthrow the leader.

The senators conspired to kill Caesar, an act they accomplished.


tamper

tamper (canonical)
tampers (third-person singular)
tampered (past)
tampered (past participle)
tampering (present participle)

If something is tampered with, it is changed or altered without permission.

The evidence for this case was tampered with.

There have been allegations that the police tampered with the crime scene.


lawyer up

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

If a person, company, etc. lawyers up, they get a lawyer to represent them when doing something, usually in court.

The oil companies lawyered up and sued the government.


interweave

interweave (canonical)
interweaves (third-person singular)
interwove (past)
interwoven (past participle)
interweaving (present participle)

If two or more things are interwoven, they are connected closely.

The courts are interwoven with the police.


flee

flee (canonical)
flees (third-person singular)
fled (past)
fled (past participle)
fleeing (present participle)

The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.


pine

pine (canonical)
pines (third-person singular)
pined (past)
pined (past participle)
pining (present participle)

If you pine for a person or thing, you long for them so much that it causes suffering.

Laura was pining for Bill all the time he was gone.


originate

originate (canonical)
originates (third-person singular)
originated (past)
originated (past participle)
originating (present participle)

If a person or thing originates from something, they come from or are created by that thing.

Most scientists believe modern humans originated in Africa about 200,000 years ago.

The flight, which originated in Newark, ran into trouble about one hour after takeoff.

The term "cap in hand" originated in England, during the Crimean War.

Over 60% of the US company's revenues originate elsewhere.


skid

skid (canonical)
skids (third-person singular)
skidded (past)
skidded (past participle)
skidding (present participle)

If a vehicle skids, it slides sideways along a slippery surface, usually in an uncontrollable way.

The truck skidded out of control on the ice.

The car skidded on a patch of ice.


sprout

sprout (canonical)
sprouts (third-person singular)
sprouted (past)
sprouted (past participle)
sprouting (present participle)

If something sprouts, it is emerging randomly from a surface.

Skyscrapers are sprouting up at the city center.


unfasten

unfasten (canonical)
unfastens (third-person singular)
unfastened (past)
unfastened (past participle)
unfastening (present participle)

If you are unfastening a rope, it means that you are loosening or untying it.


unclog

unclog (canonical)
unclogs (third-person singular)
unclogged (past)
unclogged (past participle)
unclogging (present participle)

If something is unclogged, the blockage in it has been removed.


yearn

yearn (canonical)
yearns (third-person singular)
yearned (past)
yearned (past participle)
yearning (present participle)

If you yearn for something, you have a strong desire for it.

All I yearn for is a simple life.


froth

froth (canonical)
froths (third-person singular)
frothed (past)
frothed (past participle)
frothing (present participle)


foam

foam (canonical)
foams (third-person singular)
foamed (past)
foamed (past participle)
foaming (present participle)

If someone is foaming, he is spewing saliva from his mouth as foam.

If something foams, it form or gives off foam.

Add the butter to a large sauce pan and swirl until it begins to foam.


mellow

mellow (canonical)
mellows (third-person singular)
mellowed (past)
mellowed (past participle)
mellowing (present participle)

If something mellows, it becomes softer and more developed in a pleasant way.

The bright colour of the fresh paint mellowed over the years.


collide

collide (canonical)
collides (third-person singular)
collided (past)
collided (past participle)
colliding (present participle)

If something collides with something else, it hits it.

She collided with someone.

If two people or ideas collide, they each are different and against each other.

China collided with the modern world.


converge

converge (canonical)
converges (third-person singular)
converged (past)
converged (past participle)
converging (present participle)

If two or more objects approach each other, they are converging.

The mountains converge into a single ridge.


diverge

diverge (canonical)
diverges (third-person singular)
diverged (past)
diverged (past participle)
diverging (present participle)

If two or more objects move away from each other, they are diverging.

The flight path diverged from the original flight plan.


vibrate

vibrate (canonical)
vibrates (third-person singular)
vibrated (past)
vibrated (past participle)
vibrating (present participle)

If something is vibrating, it is moving repeatedly with small, rapid movements.

The train vibrated when it switched tracks at a railroad crossing.


buckle

buckle (canonical)
buckles (third-person singular)
buckled (past)
buckled (past participle)
buckling (present participle)

If something buckles, it becomes distorted and collapses under physical pressure.


blacksmith

blacksmith (canonical)
blacksmiths (third-person singular)
blacksmithed (past)
blacksmithed (past participle)
blacksmithing (present participle)


blush

blush (canonical)
blushes (third-person singular)
blushed (past)
blushed (past participle)
blushing (present participle)

If you blush, your face becomes red, especially when you are shy, excited, or embarrassed.

The kissing scene made the kids blush.

If something blushes, it is becoming pink or light red.

The blossoms began to blush last week.


murmur

murmur (canonical)
murmurs (third-person singular)
murmured (past)
murmured (past participle)
murmuring (present participle)

If you murmur you speak in a low, indistinguishable voice.

I couldn't hear the words, he just murmured a lot.


bray

bray (canonical)
brays (third-person singular)
brayed (past)
brayed (past participle)
braying (present participle)

If an animal brays, it is making its cry.

Whenever I walked by, that donkey brayed at me.


plunge

plunge (canonical)
plunges (third-person singular)
plunged (past)
plunged (past participle)
plunging (present participle)

If you plunge into something, you jump or dive quickly into it.

They happily plunged into the swimming pool.


din

din (canonical)
dins (third-person singular)
dinned (past)
dinned (past participle)
dinning (present participle)

If you are making a din, you are making a lot of noise.


crackle

crackle (canonical)
crackles (third-person singular)
crackled (past)
crackled (past participle)
crackling (present participle)

If something crackles it is making a fizzing and popping sound.

The sound of a crackling fire


fizz

fizz (canonical)
fizzes (third-person singular)
fizzed (past)
fizzed (past participle)
fizzing (present participle)

If something is fizzing, it is emitting bubbles.

If something is fizzing, it is making a rapid hissing or bubbling sound.

The soda fizzed when he poured in into the glass.


unload

unload (canonical)
unloads (third-person singular)
unloaded (past)
unloaded (past participle)
unloading (present participle)

If a vehicle is being unloaded, its cargo is being removed.

The alley was jammed with vans unloading.


freckle

freckle (canonical)
freckles (third-person singular)
freckled (past)
freckled (past participle)
freckling (present participle)


ruminate

ruminate (canonical)
ruminates (third-person singular)
ruminated (past)
ruminated (past participle)
ruminating (present participle)

The student was busy ruminating.


flirt

flirt (canonical)
flirts (third-person singular)
flirted (past)
flirted (past participle)
flirting (present participle)

If you flirt, you talk to a person with teasing affection, to hint sexual attraction in a playful way.


segue

segue (canonical)
segues (third-person singular)
segued (past)
segued (past participle)
segueing (present participle)

If you seque from one issue into another, you change smoothly between them.

She segued quickly from the conversation about school to the topic of marriage.


atrophy

atrophy (canonical)
atrophies (third-person singular)
atrophied (past)
atrophied (past participle)
atrophying (present participle)

If a part of your body atrophies, it gets smaller and weaker.

Her calf muscles began to atrophy when she started using the wheelchair.


sled

sled (canonical)
sleds (third-person singular)
sledded (past)
sledded (past participle)
sledding (present participle)


snowmobile

snowmobile (canonical)
snowmobiles (third-person singular)
snowmobiled (past)
snowmobiled (past participle)
snowmobiling (present participle)


ambulate

ambulate (canonical)
ambulates (third-person singular)
ambulated (past)
ambulated (past participle)
ambulating (present participle)

If you ambulate yourself, you relocate yourself under the power of your own legs.

Peter slowly ambulated to the bathroom, favoring his strained knee.


relocate

relocate (canonical)
relocates (third-person singular)
relocated (past)
relocated (past participle)
relocating (present participle)

If someone relocates', they change one's domicile or place of business.

Alfred relocated to Colorado Springs to take advantage of the boom in the defence industry.


impend

impend (canonical)
impends (third-person singular)
impended (past)
impended (past participle)
impending (present participle)

To threaten to, or be about to, happen or occur, especially of something which takes some time such as a process or procedure rather than just a short event.


squeal

squeal (canonical)
squeals (third-person singular)
squealed (past)
squealed (past participle)
squealing (present participle)

If you squeal, you give sensitive information about someone to others.

My colleague squeal on me, I hate him.


puff

puff (canonical)
puffs (third-person singular)
puffed (past)
puffed (past participle)
puffing (present participle)

If you puff, you breathe in repeated short breaths.


fountain

fountain (canonical)
fountains (third-person singular)
fountained (past)
fountained (past participle)
fountaining (present participle)

If something fountains, it flows like a fountain.


charioteer

charioteer (canonical)
charioteers (third-person singular)
charioteered (past)
charioteered (past participle)
charioteering (present participle)


boggle

boggle (canonical)
boggles (third-person singular)
boggled (past)
boggled (past participle)
boggling (present participle)

To be bewildered, dumbfounded, or confused.

He boggled at the surprising news.

The mind boggles.


expire

expire (canonical)
expires (third-person singular)
expired (past)
expired (past participle)
expiring (present participle)

The patient expired in hospital.

If something expires, it ends, usually becoming invalid.

My library card will expire next week.

The contract they signed expired already.

If food or medicine expires, it passes its expiration date, or the date it should not be eaten.

All the milk on the shelves has expired.


seep

seep (canonical)
seeps (third-person singular)
seeped (past)
seeped (past participle)
seeping (present participle)

If a liquid or gas seeps out of where it was held, or into where it doesn't belong, it moves slowly in small amounts.

She noticed blood seeping out of the bandage on his finger.

The chill of the air started to seep in under the thickness of his coat.

The truth only began to seep out weeks later, after the police had stopped looking.


agonise

agonise (canonical)
agonises (third-person singular)
agonised (past)
agonised (past participle)
agonising (present participle)

If you agonise over/about a difficult decision or choice, you find making it very difficult, almost painful.

I have been agonising over whether or not to say something to you.

Don't spend hours or days agonising about what to do.


agonize

agonize (canonical)
agonizes (third-person singular)
agonized (past)
agonized (past participle)
agonizing (present participle)

If you agonize over/about a difficult decision or choice, you find making it very difficult, almost painful.

I have been agonizing over whether or not to say something to you.

Don't spend hours or days agonizing about what to do.


sprinkle

sprinkle (canonical)
sprinkles (third-person singular)
sprinkled (past)
sprinkled (past participle)
sprinkling (present participle)

It sprinkled very early in the morning.


quadruple

quadruple (canonical)
quadruples (third-person singular)
quadrupled (past)
quadrupled (past participle)
quadrupling (present participle)

If something quadruples, it increases by a factor of four.

Our profits quadrupled when we made the improvements.


fidget

fidgeted (past)
fidgeted (past participle)
fidgeting (present participle)
fidget (canonical)
fidgets (third-person singular)
fidgetted (past)
fidgetted (past participle)
fidgetting (present participle)

If you fidget, you move about with small movements to show that you are nervous or impatient.


liquefy

liquefy (canonical)
liquefies (third-person singular)
liquefied (past)
liquefied (past participle)
liquefying (present participle)

If something is being liquefied, it is melting or turning into liquid.

The substance liquefied upon heating.


accede

accede (canonical)
accedes (third-person singular)
acceded (past)
acceded (past participle)
acceding (present participle)

If you accede, you agree to a request or demand.

If you accede, you assume a role in an office.


show off

If someone likes to show off, they do things to attract attention of others.

She loves to show off her shoe collection.


cohere

cohere (canonical)
coheres (third-person singular)
cohered (past)
cohered (past participle)
cohering (present participle)

If things cohere, they stick together by adhesion.

Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force.


pout

pout (canonical)
pouts (third-person singular)
pouted (past)
pouted (past participle)
pouting (present participle)

If a person pouts, they push out their lips to show that they are sad.


sulk

sulk (canonical)
sulks (third-person singular)
sulked (past)
sulked (past participle)
sulking (present participle)

If a person sulks, they are quiet and sad over something that happened.


egress

egress (canonical)
egresses (third-person singular)
egressed (past)
egressed (past participle)
egressing (present participle)

If you egress, you leave or exit a place.


grovel

groveled (past)
groveled (past participle)
groveling (present participle)
grovel (canonical)
grovels (third-person singular)
grovelled (past)
grovelled (past participle)
grovelling (present participle)

If a person grovels, they prone or crawl on the ground.


give up

give up (canonical)
gives up (third-person singular)
gave up (past)
given up (past participle)
giving up (present participle)

After fighting for ten days, one side waved a white flag--they gave up.


give in

give in (canonical)
gives in (third-person singular)
gave in (past)
given in (past participle)
giving in (present participle)

If something gives in, it falls down or collapses

The roof gave in during the snowstorm.


convulse

convulse (canonical)
convulses (third-person singular)
convulsed (past)
convulsed (past participle)
convulsing (present participle)

If you convulse, you have convulsions--unusual, unintentional and hard movements of your muscles.

This guy's convulsing; I think he's having a seizure!


twitch

twitch (canonical)
twitches (third-person singular)
twitched (past)
twitched (past participle)
twitching (present participle)

If something twitches, it is having a twitch--a small movement.

After I played basketball for three hours yesterday, my leg would not stop twitching!


broaden

broaden (canonical)
broadens (third-person singular)
broadened (past)
broadened (past participle)
broadening (present participle)

If something broadens, it becomes broad or broader.

The roads gradually broadened as we drove into the countryside.


prawn

prawn (canonical)
prawns (third-person singular)
prawned (past)
prawned (past participle)
prawning (present participle)

If you are prawning, you are fishing for prawns.


stale

stale (canonical)
stales (third-person singular)
staled (past)
staled (past participle)
staling (present participle)


stabilize

stabilize (canonical)
stabilizes (third-person singular)
stabilized (past)
stabilized (past participle)
stabilizing (present participle)

If something stabilizes, it becomes stable.

The country will stabilize after the next election ends.


stabilise

stabilise (canonical)
stabilises (third-person singular)
stabilised (past)
stabilised (past participle)
stabilising (present participle)

If something stabilises, it becomes stable.

The country will stabilise after the next election ends.


crystallize

crystallize (canonical)
crystallizes (third-person singular)
crystallized (past)
crystallized (past participle)
crystallizing (present participle)

If something crystallizes, it changes into a crystalline form.

The copper sulphate crystallized from solution.


crystallise

crystallise (canonical)
crystallises (third-person singular)
crystallised (past)
crystallised (past participle)
crystallising (present participle)

If something crystallises, it changes into a crystalline form.

The copper sulphate crystallised from solution.


commentate

commentate (canonical)
commentates (third-person singular)
commentated (past)
commentated (past participle)
commentating (present participle)

If you commentate on something, you report on a live event as it happens.

For the radio audience he will commentate on the match.


liquify

liquify (canonical)
liquifies (third-person singular)
liquified (past)
liquified (past participle)
liquifying (present participle)

If something is being liquefied, it is melting or turning into liquid.

The substance liquified upon heating.


protrude

protrude (canonical)
protrudes (third-person singular)
protruded (past)
protruded (past participle)
protruding (present participle)

If something is protruding, it is sticking out from a surface.


bifurcate

bifurcate (canonical)
bifurcates (third-person singular)
bifurcated (past)
bifurcated (past participle)
bifurcating (present participle)

If you bifurcate something, you divide it into two pieces.


accrue

accrue (canonical)
accrues (third-person singular)
accrued (past)
accrued (past participle)
accruing (present participle)

If your money in the bank accrues, it accumulates and increases over time.

The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses.


reminisce

reminisce (canonical)
reminisces (third-person singular)
reminisced (past)
reminisced (past participle)
reminiscing (present participle)

If you reminisce, you recall the enjoyable past.


shuttle

shuttle (canonical)
shuttles (third-person singular)
shuttled (past)
shuttled (past participle)
shuttling (present participle)

If you shuttle between two places, you go back and forth between these places.


convene

convene (canonical)
convenes (third-person singular)
convened (past)
convened (past participle)
convening (present participle)

If people convene, they come together to meet or unite.


sediment

sediment (canonical)
sediments (third-person singular)
sedimented (past)
sedimented (past participle)
sedimenting (present participle)

If something sediments, it is deposited as a sediment.


vacillate

vacillate (canonical)
vacillates (third-person singular)
vacillated (past)
vacillated (past participle)
vacillating (present participle)

If you vacillate between choices, you sway between the choices as you are undecided.


cipher

cipher (canonical)
ciphers (third-person singular)
ciphered (past)
ciphered (past participle)
ciphering (present participle)

If you cipher, you convert text into a code.


cypher

cypher (canonical)
cyphers (third-person singular)
cyphered (past)
cyphered (past participle)
cyphering (present participle)

If you cypher, you convert text into a code.


connive

connive (canonical)
connives (third-person singular)
connived (past)
connived (past participle)
conniving (present participle)

If you connive, you secretly cooperate with others to commit a crime.


slosh

slosh (canonical)
sloshes (third-person singular)
sloshed (past)
sloshed (past participle)
sloshing (present participle)

If a liquid sloshes, it moves and splashes noisily.

The water in his bottle sloshed back and forth as he ran.


assent

assent (canonical)
assents (third-person singular)
assented (past)
assented (past participle)
assenting (present participle)


toughen

toughen (canonical)
toughens (third-person singular)
toughened (past)
toughened (past participle)
toughening (present participle)

If something toughens, it becomes tough.


elope

elope (canonical)
elopes (third-person singular)
eloped (past)
eloped (past participle)
eloping (present participle)

If a person elopes, they run away secretly so as to get married.


culminate

culminate (canonical)
culminates (third-person singular)
culminated (past)
culminated (past participle)
culminating (present participle)

If something culminates, it is said that it is at the highest point or reached its greatest altitude.


bong

bong (canonical)
bongs (third-person singular)
bonged (past)
bonged (past participle)
bonging (present participle)

If a bell bongs, it emits a low-pitched sound after you hit it.


confide

confide (canonical)
confides (third-person singular)
confided (past)
confided (past participle)
confiding (present participle)

If you confide to someone, you tell them a secret and you trust them to not tell others.

I could no longer keep this secret alone; I decided to confide in my brother.


dabble

dabble (canonical)
dabbles (third-person singular)
dabbled (past)
dabbled (past participle)
dabbling (present participle)

If you dabble in an activity, you participate in it in a casual way.


dawdle

dawdle (canonical)
dawdles (third-person singular)
dawdled (past)
dawdled (past participle)
dawdling (present participle)


forage

forage (canonical)
forages (third-person singular)
foraged (past)
foraged (past participle)
foraging (present participle)

If animals or people forage for food, they walk about in search of it.


chime

chime (canonical)
chimes (third-person singular)
chimed (past)
chimed (past participle)
chiming (present participle)

If something chimes, it makes the sound of a chime.

The microwave chimed to indicate that it was done cooking.

I got up for lunch as soon as the wall clock began chiming noon.


detract

detract (canonical)
detracts (third-person singular)
detracted (past)
detracted (past participle)
detracting (present participle)

If you detract, you take something away from a person or reduce the value of it.


deviate

deviate (canonical)
deviates (third-person singular)
deviated (past)
deviated (past participle)
deviating (present participle)

If you deviate, you change course or plans.


flounder

flounder (canonical)
flounders (third-person singular)
floundered (past)
floundered (past participle)
floundering (present participle)

If you flounder, you make clumsy attempts to move or regain balance.

Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to flounder and eventually fall.


freshen

freshen (canonical)
freshens (third-person singular)
freshened (past)
freshened (past participle)
freshening (present participle)

If something freshens, it becomes fresh.


exult

exult (canonical)
exults (third-person singular)
exulted (past)
exulted (past participle)
exulting (present participle)

If you exult, you feel or show that you are very happy.


oversleep

oversleep (canonical)
oversleeps (third-person singular)
overslept (past)
overslept (past participle)
oversleeping (present participle)

If you oversleep, you sleep longer than what you wanted.

I overslept and was late for school.


gutter

gutter (canonical)
gutters (third-person singular)
guttered (past)
guttered (past participle)
guttering (present participle)

If a candle gutters, it burns more on one side and forms a channel in the wax.

In bowling, if you gutter, your ball goes into the side gutters, and does not hit any pins.


prevaricate

prevaricate (canonical)
prevaricates (third-person singular)
prevaricated (past)
prevaricated (past participle)
prevaricating (present participle)

If a person prevaricates, they deviate from the truth.


whiz

whiz (canonical)
whizzes (third-person singular)
whizzed (past)
whizzed (past participle)
whizzing (present participle)

If something whizzes somewhere, it moves there very quickly.

There were bats whizzing around overhead.

She looked out the train window as the trees whizzed by.


whizz

whizz (canonical)
whizzes (third-person singular)
whizzed (past)
whizzed (past participle)
whizzing (present participle)


trot

trot (canonical)
trots (third-person singular)
trotted (past)
trotted (past participle)
trotting (present participle)

I'll trot down to the store and buy some.


persevere

persevere (canonical)
perseveres (third-person singular)
persevered (past)
persevered (past participle)
persevering (present participle)

If a person perseveres, they continue to do something despite facing tough challenges.


lust

lust (canonical)
lusts (third-person singular)
lusted (past)
lusted (past participle)
lusting (present participle)

If you lust after someone, you have a strong sexual desire for them.

He was lusting after the woman in the tight leather miniskirt.


enlist

enlist (canonical)
enlists (third-person singular)
enlisted (past)
enlisted (past participle)
enlisting (present participle)

If you enlist, you enrol for military service.


reverberate

reverberate (canonical)
reverberates (third-person singular)
reverberated (past)
reverberated (past participle)
reverberating (present participle)

If a sound reverberates, it rings with many echos.


menstruate

menstruate (canonical)
menstruates (third-person singular)
menstruated (past)
menstruated (past participle)
menstruating (present participle)

If a female menstruates, they undergo menstruation, to have a period.


linger

linger (canonical)
lingers (third-person singular)
lingered (past)
lingered (past participle)
lingering (present participle)

If something lingers, it stays or remains in a place or situation.

The taste of spices lingered in my mouth.


brawl

brawl (canonical)
brawls (third-person singular)
brawled (past)
brawled (past participle)
brawling (present participle)

If a group of people brawls, they engage in a fight or quarrel.


fibrillate

fibrillate (canonical)
fibrillates (third-person singular)
fibrillated (past)
fibrillated (past participle)
fibrillating (present participle)

If a heart fibrillates, it makes quick and irregular movements.


micturate

micturate (canonical)
micturates (third-person singular)
micturated (past)
micturated (past participle)
micturating (present participle)

If a person micturates, they passes urine to empty their bladder.


equivocate

equivocate (canonical)
equivocates (third-person singular)
equivocated (past)
equivocated (past participle)
equivocating (present participle)

If a person equivocates, they speak using double meaning so as to confuse or mislead people.


shag

shag (canonical)
shags (third-person singular)
shagged (past)
shagged (past participle)
shagging (present participle)

If two (or more) people shag, they have sex

Tony and Martin shagged.


wince

wince (canonical)
winces (third-person singular)
winced (past)
winced (past participle)
wincing (present participle)

If a person winces, they make a slight sudden movement due to pain or distress.


flinch

flinch (canonical)
flinches (third-person singular)
flinched (past)
flinched (past participle)
flinching (present participle)

If a person flinches, they make a sudden involuntary movement in response to a stimulus.


gambol

gamboled (past)
gamboled (past participle)
gamboling (present participle)
gambol (canonical)
gambols (third-person singular)
gambolled (past)
gambolled (past participle)
gambolling (present participle)

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If a person gambols, they move about in a playful way.


putter

putter (canonical)
putters (third-person singular)
puttered (past)
puttered (past participle)
puttering (present participle)

If an engine putters, it produces bursts of sound intermittent when it is operating.


emanate

emanate (canonical)
emanates (third-person singular)
emanated (past)
emanated (past participle)
emanating (present participle)

If a smell is emanating from a room, the smell is coming from the room.


carouse

carouse (canonical)
carouses (third-person singular)
caroused (past)
caroused (past participle)
carousing (present participle)

If people carouse, they drink alcohol and participate in a noisy social gathering.

We are all going to carouse at Brian's tonight.


picket

picket (canonical)
pickets (third-person singular)
picketed (past)
picketed (past participle)
picketing (present participle)

If people picket, they protest in front a building.


broach

broach (canonical)
broaches (third-person singular)
broached (past)
broached (past participle)
broaching (present participle)

If a ship broaches, it turns sideways to oncoming waves.


contend

contend (canonical)
contends (third-person singular)
contended (past)
contended (past participle)
contending (present participle)

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If you contend that something is true, you state or argue that it is true.

The government contends that he is fundamentalist.

If you contend with someone for something such as power, you compete with them to try to get it.


dampen

dampen (canonical)
dampens (third-person singular)
dampened (past)
dampened (past participle)
dampening (present participle)

If something dampens, it becomes damp or moist.


doody

doody (canonical)
doodies (third-person singular)
doodied (past)
doodied (past participle)
doodying (present participle)


trifurcate

trifurcate (canonical)
trifurcates (third-person singular)
trifurcated (past)
trifurcated (past participle)
trifurcating (present participle)

If you trifurcate something, you divide it into three pieces.


feud

feud (canonical)
feuds (third-person singular)
feuded (past)
feuded (past participle)
feuding (present participle)


twitter

twitter (canonical)
twitters (third-person singular)
twittered (past)
twittered (past participle)
twittering (present participle)


overact

overact (canonical)
overacts (third-person singular)
overacted (past)
overacted (past participle)
overacting (present participle)

/ˌəʊvərˈækt/

When acting (for example, in a play or a movie), overacting is when an actor exaggerates their performance, putting too much emotion into it.


overwork

overwork (canonical)
overworks (third-person singular)
overworked (past)
overworked (past participle)
overworking (present participle)

/ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/


bob

bob (canonical)
bobs (third-person singular)
bobbing (past)
bobbed (past participle)
bobbed (present participle)

If something bobs, it moves up and down at a steady speed.

The buoy in the sea was bobbing in the waves.


yeet

yeet (canonical)
yeets (third-person singular)
yeeted (past)
yeeted (past participle)
yeeting (present participle)


breastfeed

breastfeed (canonical)
breastfeeds (third-person singular)
breastfed (past)
breastfed (past participle)
breastfeeding (present participle)

If a baby breastfeeds, it drinks milk directly from a mother's breasts.


burgeon

burgeon (canonical)
burgeons (third-person singular)
burgeoned (past)
burgeoned (past participle)
burgeoning (present participle)

/ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/

/ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/

If something burgeons, it grows or expands.

Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.


umpire

umpire (canonical)
umpires (third-person singular)
umpired (past)
umpired (past participle)
umpiring (present participle)

If you umpire, you act as an umpire in a game.


flashback

flashback (canonical)
flashbacks (third-person singular)
flashbacked (past)
flashbacked (past participle)
flashbacking (present participle)

If something is being flashbacked, it is undergoing a flashback.


throb

throb (canonical)
throbs (third-person singular)
throbbed (past)
throbbed (past participle)
throbbing (present participle)

If part of your body throbs, it has a pain that gets stronger and weaker in a regular rhythm.

If something throbs, it vibrates with a steady rhythm.


worsen

worsen (canonical)
worsens (third-person singular)
worsened (past)
worsened (past participle)
worsening (present participle)

The weather has worsened.


regress

regress (canonical)
regresses (third-person singular)
regressed (past)
regressed (past participle)
regressing (present participle)

If something regresses, it moves backwards to an earlier stage.


scintillate

scintillate (canonical)
scintillates (third-person singular)
scintillated (past)
scintillated (past participle)
scintillating (present participle)

If something scintillates, it gives off sparks.


blanch

blanch (canonical)
blanches (third-person singular)
blanched (past)
blanched (past participle)
blanching (present participle)

If you blanch something, you make it become white.


untwist

untwist (canonical)
untwists (third-person singular)
untwisted (past)
untwisted (past participle)
untwisting (present participle)

If something untwists, it opens from a twisted position.


blow up

If something blows up, it becomes popular very quickly.


gush

gush (canonical)
gushes (third-person singular)
gushed (past)
gushed (past participle)
gushing (present participle)

If a liquid gushes, it flows rapidly and suddenly in great volume.


dwindle

dwindle (canonical)
dwindles (third-person singular)
dwindled (past)
dwindled (past participle)
dwindling (present participle)

If something dwindles, it decreases in size or intensity.


manoeuver

manoeuver (canonical)
manoeuvers (third-person singular)
manoeuvered (past)
manoeuvered (past participle)
manoeuvering (present participle)

She is manoeuvring.


diffuse

diffuse (canonical)
diffuses (third-person singular)
diffused (past)
diffused (past participle)
diffusing (present participle)

If something diffuses, it spreads across a wide area especially by a fluid motion or passive means.


ensue

ensue (canonical)
ensues (third-person singular)
ensued (past)
ensued (past participle)
ensuing (present participle)

If something ensues, it happens after or is the result of something.


overheat

overheat (canonical)
overheats (third-person singular)
overheated (past)
overheated (past participle)
overheating (present participle)

/ˌəʊvəˈhiːt/

If something overheats, it becomes excessively hot.


telemarket

telemarket (canonical)
telemarkets (third-person singular)
telemarketed (past)
telemarketed (past participle)
telemarketing (present participle)

When a person telemarkets, they engage in telemarketing.


telecommute

telecommute (canonical)
telecommutes (third-person singular)
telecommuted (past)
telecommuted (past participle)
telecommuting (present participle)

When a person telecommutes, they work from home using a computer that is connected to the internet.


haemorrhage

haemorrhage (canonical)
haemorrhages (third-person singular)
haemorrhaged (past)
haemorrhaged (past participle)
haemorrhaging (present participle)

/ˈhɛmərɪd͡ʒ/

When a person haemorrhages, they bleed a lot


hemorrhage

hemorrhage (canonical)
hemorrhages (third-person singular)
hemorrhaged (past)
hemorrhaged (past participle)
hemorrhaging (present participle)

/ˈhɛmərɪd͡ʒ/

When a person hemorrhages, they bleed a lot


digress

digress (canonical)
digresses (third-person singular)
digressed (past)
digressed (past participle)
digressing (present participle)

If a conversation digresses, it moves off topic.


decamp

decamp (canonical)
decamps (third-person singular)
decamped (past)
decamped (past participle)
decamping (present participle)

If a person decamps, they leave a military camp and move on.

If a person decamps, they disappear suddenly and secretly.


destabilize

destabilize (canonical)
destabilizes (third-person singular)
destabilized (past)
destabilized (past participle)
destabilizing (present participle)

If something is destabilized, it becomes unstable.


destabilise

destabilise (canonical)
destabilises (third-person singular)
destabilised (past)
destabilised (past participle)
destabilising (present participle)

If something is destabilised, it becomes unstable.


demur

demur (canonical)
demurs (third-person singular)
demurred (past)
demurred (past participle)
demurring (present participle)

If you demur, you object against something.


croft

croft (canonical)
crofts (third-person singular)
crofted (past)
crofted (past participle)
crofting (present participle)

If a person crofts, they do agricultural work on one or more crofts.


flop

flop (canonical)
flops (third-person singular)
flopped (past)
flopped (past participle)
flopping (present participle)

If you flops down, you sit or lie down by relaxing and falling into the position.

He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.

If an idea, presentation, show, etc. flops, it does not gain much attention.


trudge

trudge (canonical)
trudges (third-person singular)
trudged (past)
trudged (past participle)
trudging (present participle)

If you trudge, you walk slowly with heavy steps.


foreplay

foreplay (canonical)
foreplays (third-person singular)
foreplayed (past)
foreplayed (past participle)
foreplaying (present participle)

If a couple foreplays, they engage in foreplay.


grouch

grouch (canonical)
grouches (third-person singular)
grouched (past)
grouched (past participle)
grouching (present participle)

If a person grouches, they get grumpy or irritable.


grump

grump (canonical)
grumps (third-person singular)
grumped (past)
grumped (past participle)
grumping (present participle)

If a person grumps, they sulk and complain.


masquerade

masquerade (canonical)
masquerades (third-person singular)
masqueraded (past)
masqueraded (past participle)
masquerading (present participle)

If you masquerade, you pretend to be someone that you are not.


muse

muse (canonical)
muses (third-person singular)
mused (past)
mused (past participle)
musing (present participle)

If a person muses about something, they become lost in thought about it.


sightsee

sightsee (canonical)
sightsees (third-person singular)
sightseeing (past)
sightseen (past participle)
sightsaw (present participle)

When a person sightsees, they visit places of interest in a city or town.


brood

brood (canonical)
broods (third-person singular)
brooded (past)
brooded (past participle)
brooding (present participle)

If a person broods, they think about something moodily.


preschool

preschool (canonical)
preschools (third-person singular)
preschooled (past)
preschooled (past participle)
preschooling (present participle)

If a child preschools, they undergo nursery school education.


dither

dither (canonical)
dithers (third-person singular)
dithered (past)
dithered (past participle)
dithering (present participle)

If a person dithers, they are unable to decide on something.


amble

amble (canonical)
ambles (third-person singular)
ambled (past)
ambled (past participle)
ambling (present participle)

If a person ambles, they stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.


lament

lament (canonical)
laments (third-person singular)
lamented (past)
lamented (past participle)
lamenting (present participle)

If a person laments, they express grief, suffering or regret.


remount

remount (canonical)
remounts (third-person singular)
remounted (past)
remounted (past participle)
remounting (present participle)

If you remount, you go up something again.


flicker

flicker (canonical)
flickers (third-person singular)
flickered (past)
flickered (past participle)
flickering (present participle)

If a light flickers, it shines in an unsteady way.


intercede

intercede (canonical)
intercedes (third-person singular)
interceded (past)
interceded (past participle)
interceding (present participle)

If a person intercedes, they act as a mediator in a dispute.


ebb

ebb (canonical)
ebbs (third-person singular)
ebbed (past)
ebbed (past participle)
ebbing (present participle)

If a tide ebbs, it flows back out to sea.

If something ebbs, it decreases gradually.


snort

snort (canonical)
snorts (third-person singular)
snorted (past)
snorted (past participle)
snorting (present participle)

If a person snorts, they inhale or exhale roughly through the nose.


prickle

prickle (canonical)
prickles (third-person singular)
prickled (past)
prickled (past participle)
prickling (present participle)

If a person prickles, they feel a tingling sensation.


tingle

tingle (canonical)
tingles (third-person singular)
tingled (past)
tingled (past participle)
tingling (present participle)

If a person tingles, they feel a slight prickling sensation.


overbudget

overbudget (canonical)
overbudgets (third-person singular)
overbudgeted (past)
overbudgeted (past participle)
overbudgeting (present participle)

When a person overbudgets, they budget over the intended amount.


coexist

coexist (canonical)
coexists (third-person singular)
coexisted (past)
coexisted (past participle)
coexisting (present participle)

If two or more things coexist, they exist together or at the same time.

At a certain temperature and pressure, liquid water, solid ice, and water vapor can coexist.

If two or more groups of people coexist, they live together without fighting.

Neighbors who had previously coexisted peacefully turned against each other.


slacken

slacken (canonical)
slackens (third-person singular)
slackened (past)
slackened (past participle)
slackening (present participle)

If something slackens, it decreases in intensity gradually.


subside

subside (canonical)
subsides (third-person singular)
subsided (past)
subsided (past participle)
subsiding (present participle)

If something subsides, it sinks to the bottom.

If something subsides, it falls downward.

If something subsides, it becomes calm again.


resurface

resurface (canonical)
resurfaces (third-person singular)
resurfaced (past)
resurfaced (past participle)
resurfacing (present participle)

If something resurfaces, it appears on the surface again.

His body finally resurfaced after three years underwater.


backpack

backpack (canonical)
backpacks (third-person singular)
backpacked (past)
backpacked (past participle)
backpacking (present participle)

If a person backpacks, they hike and camp overnight with minimal luggage and cheap accommodation.


roam

roam (canonical)
roams (third-person singular)
roamed (past)
roamed (past participle)
roaming (present participle)

If a person roams around, they wander or travel freely and they do not have a specific destination.


abseil

abseil (canonical)
abseils (third-person singular)
abseiled (past)
abseiled (past participle)
abseiling (present participle)

If a person abseils, they descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device.


herniate

herniate (canonical)
herniates (third-person singular)
herniated (past)
herniated (past participle)
herniating (present participle)

If a tissue or a part of an organ herniates, it protrudes through the muscular tissue or the membrane.


hie

hie (canonical)
hies (third-person singular)
hied (past)
hied (past participle)
hying (present participle)

If you hie yourself somewhere, you go there quickly.

You'd better hie yourself home. Your mama's looking for you.


grandstand

grandstand (canonical)
grandstands (third-person singular)
grandstanded (past)
grandstanded (past participle)
grandstanding (present participle)

If people grandstand, they behave dramatically to impress an audience.


quip

quip (canonical)
quips (third-person singular)
quipped (past)
quipped (past participle)
quipping (present participle)


alliterate

alliterate (canonical)
alliterates (third-person singular)
alliterated (past)
alliterated (past participle)
alliterating (present participle)

If you alliterate, you show alliteration.


blaspheme

blaspheme (canonical)
blasphemes (third-person singular)
blasphemed (past)
blasphemed (past participle)
blaspheming (present participle)

If you blaspheme, you speak against God or any religious teachings.


busk

busk (canonical)
busks (third-person singular)
busked (past)
busked (past participle)
busking (present participle)

If a person busks, they solicit money by entertaining people in public.


fumfer

fumfer (canonical)
fumfers (third-person singular)
fumfered (past)
fumfered (past participle)
fumfering (present participle)

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If a person fumfers, they speak in an awkward or evasive way.


womanise

womanise (canonical)
womanises (third-person singular)
womanised (past)
womanised (past participle)
womanising (present participle)

If a man womanises, he flirts with and/or seduces women in a lecherous way.


womanize

womanize (canonical)
womanizes (third-person singular)
womanized (past)
womanized (past participle)
womanizing (present participle)

If a man womanizes, he flirts with and/or seduces women in a lecherous way.


philander

philander (canonical)
philanders (third-person singular)
philandered (past)
philandered (past participle)
philandering (present participle)


gnar

gnar (canonical)
gnars (third-person singular)
gnarred (past)
gnarred (past participle)
gnarring (present participle)


snarl

snarl (canonical)
snarls (third-person singular)
snarled (past)
snarled (past participle)
snarling (present participle)

If a dog snarls, it growls angrily by showing its teeth.


gag

gag (canonical)
gags (third-person singular)
gagged (past)
gagged (past participle)
gagging (present participle)

If a person gags, the experience the vomiting reflex.


harlotize

harlotize (canonical)
harlotizes (third-person singular)
harlotized (past)
harlotized (past participle)
harlotizing (present participle)

If a person harlotize, they act like a harlot


harlotise

harlotise (canonical)
harlotises (third-person singular)
harlotised (past)
harlotised (past participle)
harlotising (present participle)

If a person harlotise, they act like a harlot


teeter

teeter (canonical)
teeters (third-person singular)
teetered (past)
teetered (past participle)
teetering (present participle)

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If a person teeters, they tilt back and forth on an edge.


recoil

recoil (canonical)
recoils (third-person singular)
recoiled (past)
recoiled (past participle)
recoiling (present participle)

If a person recoils, they pull back in disgust or horror.


conflagrate

conflagrate (canonical)
conflagrates (third-person singular)
conflagrated (past)
conflagrated (past participle)
conflagrating (present participle)

If something conflagrates, it catches fire.


relapse

relapse (canonical)
relapses (third-person singular)
relapsed (past)
relapsed (past participle)
relapsing (present participle)

If a person relapses, they fall back into a former state or practice.

If a medical condition relapses, it recurr or worsens after a period of improvement.


cinch

cinch (canonical)
cinches (third-person singular)
cinched (past)
cinched (past participle)
cinching (present participle)

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booby

booby (canonical)
boobies (third-person singular)
boobied (past)
boobied (past participle)
boobying (present participle)

If a person boobies, they behave stupidly.


tattle

tattle (canonical)
tattles (third-person singular)
tattled (past)
tattled (past participle)
tattling (present participle)

If people tattle, they To chatter or gossip.

If a child tattles, they report the wrongdoings of another person.


queef

queef (canonical)
queefs (third-person singular)
queefed (past)
queefed (past participle)
queefing (present participle)

If a woman queefs, she emits air from her vagina.


fossilize

fossilize (canonical)
fossilizes (third-person singular)
fossilized (past)
fossilized (past participle)
fossilizing (present participle)

If something fossilizes, it becomes a fossil.


fossilise

fossilise (canonical)
fossilises (third-person singular)
fossilised (past)
fossilised (past participle)
fossilising (present participle)

If something fossilises, it becomes a fossil.


scowl

scowl (canonical)
scowls (third-person singular)
scowled (past)
scowled (past participle)
scowling (present participle)

If a person scowls, they wrinkle the their brows to show displeasure or discontent.


fraternize

fraternize (canonical)
fraternizes (third-person singular)
fraternized (past)
fraternized (past participle)
fraternizing (present participle)

If you fraternize, you become friends with people that you are not supposed to.


fraternise

fraternise (canonical)
fraternises (third-person singular)
fraternised (past)
fraternised (past participle)
fraternising (present participle)

If you fraternise, you become friends with people that you are not supposed to.


overwinter

overwinter (canonical)
overwinters (third-person singular)
overwintered (past)
overwintered (past participle)
overwintering (present participle)

If you overwinter, you spend the winter in a particular place.


requeue

requeue (canonical)
requeues (third-person singular)
requeued (past)
requeued (past participle)
requeuing (present participle)


huff

huff (canonical)
huffs (third-person singular)
huffed (past)
huffed (past participle)
huffing (present participle)

If a person huffs, they breathe heavily.

If a person huffs, they say something in a huffy manner.


deadlock

deadlock (canonical)
deadlocks (third-person singular)
deadlocked (past)
deadlocked (past participle)
deadlocking (present participle)

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If something is deadlocked, it is in a state where no progress can be made.


zing

zing (canonical)
zings (third-person singular)
zinged (past)
zinged (past participle)
zinging (present participle)

If something zings, it moves very quickly.


gnarl

gnarl (canonical)
gnarls (third-person singular)
gnarled (past)
gnarled (past participle)
gnarling (present participle)

If a person gnarls, they snarl or growl.


parasail

parasail (canonical)
parasails (third-person singular)
parasailed (past)
parasailed (past participle)
parasailing (present participle)

If a person parasails, they take part in the recreational activity of parasailing.


chute

chute (canonical)
chutes (third-person singular)
chuted (past)
chuted (past participle)
chuting (present participle)


bridle

bridle (canonical)
bridles (third-person singular)
bridled (past)
bridled (past participle)
bridling (present participle)

If a person bridles, they show their anger or resentment.


desquamate

desquamate (canonical)
desquamates (third-person singular)
desquamated (past)
desquamated (past participle)
desquamating (present participle)

If something desquamates, it sheds or peels.


toil

toil (canonical)
toils (third-person singular)
toiled (past)
toiled (past participle)
toiling (present participle)

He spent every day toiling in the fields and in the barn.

So, are you still toiling away at the hotel?


dragnet

dragnet (canonical)
dragnets (third-person singular)
dragnetted (past)
dragnetted (past participle)
dragnetting (present participle)

If you dragnet, you drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.

If the police dragnets, they make heightened efforts to catch a suspect.


disrobe

disrobe (canonical)
disrobes (third-person singular)
disrobed (past)
disrobed (past participle)
disrobing (present participle)


guzzle

guzzle (canonical)
guzzles (third-person singular)
guzzled (past)
guzzled (past participle)
guzzling (present participle)

If a person guzzles, they eat or drink quickly or greedily.


glitter

glitter (canonical)
glitters (third-person singular)
glittered (past)
glittered (past participle)
glittering (present participle)

If something glitters, it sparkles with light.


nightclub

nightclub (canonical)
nightclubs (third-person singular)
nightclubbed (past)
nightclubbed (past participle)
nightclubbing (present participle)

If a person nightclubs, they visit a nightclub (or nightclubs).


stickle

stickle (canonical)
stickles (third-person singular)
stickled (past)
stickled (past participle)
stickling (present participle)

If a person stickles, they argue or raise objections over minor or trivial matters.


bellhop

bellhop (canonical)
bellhops (third-person singular)
bellhopped (past)
bellhopped (past participle)
bellhopping (present participle)

If a person bellhops, they work as a bellhop.


carhop

carhop (canonical)
carhops (third-person singular)
carhopped (past)
carhopped (past participle)
carhopping (present participle)

If a person carhops, they work as a carhop.


crouch

crouch (canonical)
crouches (third-person singular)
crouched (past)
crouched (past participle)
crouching (present participle)

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When a person crouches, they bend down to stand close to the ground with legs bent.


transpire

transpire (canonical)
transpires (third-person singular)
transpired (past)
transpired (past participle)
transpiring (present participle)

If a secret is transpired, it has been made known.

If a plant transpires, it gives off water and waste products through the stomata.


pod

pod (canonical)
pods (third-person singular)
podded (past)
podded (past participle)
podding (present participle)

If a plant pods, it bears or produce a seed.


tinkle

tinkle (canonical)
tinkles (third-person singular)
tinkled (past)
tinkled (past participle)
tinkling (present participle)

If something tinkles, it makes a light metallic sounds like a small bell.


materialize

materialize (canonical)
materializes (third-person singular)
materialized (past)
materialized (past participle)
materializing (present participle)

If a plan or idea materializes, it becomes real.


materialise

materialise (canonical)
materialises (third-person singular)
materialised (past)
materialised (past participle)
materialising (present participle)

If a plan or idea materialises, it becomes real.


snipe

snipe (canonical)
snipes (third-person singular)
sniped (past)
sniped (past participle)
sniping (present participle)

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If you snipe at someone, you criticize them in an unpleasant way.

If you snipe at someone, you shoot them from a hidden place.


swipe

swipe (canonical)
swipes (third-person singular)
swiped (past)
swiped (past participle)
swiping (present participle)

If you swipe, you grab or bat something quickly.


succumb

succumb (canonical)
succumbs (third-person singular)
succumbed (past)
succumbed (past participle)
succumbing (present participle)

If you succumb to something, you fail to resist the desire or temptation.

If a person succumbs to their injuries, they die.


kamikaze

kamikaze (canonical)
kamikazes (third-person singular)
kamikazed (past)
kamikazed (past participle)
kamikazeing (present participle)

If you kamikaze, you carry out a suicide attack by crashing an aircraft.


frisk

frisk (canonical)
frisks (third-person singular)
frisked (past)
frisked (past participle)
frisking (present participle)

If you frisk, you skip or leap in a playful way.


jack-knife

jack-knife (canonical)
jack-knifes (third-person singular)
jack-knifed (past)
jack-knifed (past participle)
jack-knifing (present participle)

If something jack-knifes, it folds in the middle like a jack-knife.

If a a semi-trailer truck jack-knifes, it folds like a jack-knife in a traffic accident.


jackknife

jackknife (canonical)
jackknifes (third-person singular)
jackknifed (past)
jackknifed (past participle)
jackknifing (present participle)

If something jackknifes, it folds in the middle like a jackknife.

If a a semi-trailer truck jackknifes, it folds like a jackknife in a traffic accident.


pike

pike (canonical)
pikes (third-person singular)
piked (past)
piked (past participle)
piking (present participle)

If you pike on a person, you quit or withdraw of a promise.


gravitate

gravitate (canonical)
gravitates (third-person singular)
gravitated (past)
gravitated (past participle)
gravitating (present participle)

If something gravitates, it moves under the force of gravity.

If you gravitate, you tend to drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.


skimp

skimp (canonical)
skimps (third-person singular)
skimped (past)
skimped (past participle)
skimping (present participle)

If you skimp on something, you spend or use less time or money on it than is necessary in an attempt to save.


collocate

collocate (canonical)
collocates (third-person singular)
collocated (past)
collocated (past participle)
collocating (present participle)

If words collocate, they are used together to form a collocation

for example strong collocates with tea.


jitter

jitter (canonical)
jitters (third-person singular)
jittered (past)
jittered (past participle)
jittering (present participle)

If a computer jitters, it suffers from jitter.


glean

glean (canonical)
gleans (third-person singular)
gleaned (past)
gleaned (past participle)
gleaning (present participle)

If you glean, you gather small amounts of information from multiple sources, usually with difficulty.


trench

trench (canonical)
trenches (third-person singular)
trenched (past)
trenched (past participle)
trenching (present participle)

If a person trenches, they dig a trench.


moult

moult (canonical)
moults (third-person singular)
moulted (past)
moulted (past participle)
moulting (present participle)

If an insect or animal moults, it sheds its hair, fur, feathers, skin or horns, and replace it with a new one.


clank

clank (canonical)
clanks (third-person singular)
clanked (past)
clanked (past participle)
clanking (present participle)

If something clanks, it makes a clanking sound


encamp

encamp (canonical)
encamps (third-person singular)
encamped (past)
encamped (past participle)
encamping (present participle)

If a person encamps, they establish a camp or temporary shelter.


entrench

entrench (canonical)
entrenches (third-person singular)
entrenched (past)
entrenched (past participle)
entrenching (present participle)

If a person entrenches, they dig or excavate a trench.


fester

fester (canonical)
festers (third-person singular)
festered (past)
festered (past participle)
festering (present participle)

If a wound festers, it becomes septic and is starting to rot.


gargle

gargle (canonical)
gargles (third-person singular)
gargled (past)
gargled (past participle)
gargling (present participle)

When you gargle, you clean your mouth by holding water or some other liquid in the back of the mouth and breathing through it


glimmer

glimmer (canonical)
glimmers (third-person singular)
glimmered (past)
glimmered (past participle)
glimmering (present participle)

If something glimmers, it shines with a faint, dim light or glow.


economize

economize (canonical)
economizes (third-person singular)
economized (past)
economized (past participle)
economizing (present participle)

If a person economizes, they practice to be economical, reduce their expenses.


economise

economise (canonical)
economises (third-person singular)
economised (past)
economised (past participle)
economising (present participle)

If a person economises, they practice to be economical, reduce their expenses.


eventuate

eventuate (canonical)
eventuates (third-person singular)
eventuated (past)
eventuated (past participle)
eventuating (present participle)

If something eventuates, it becomes the result of.


glower

glower (canonical)
glowers (third-person singular)
glowered (past)
glowered (past participle)
glowering (present participle)

If a person glowers, they look or stare at something or someone with anger.


scoot

scoot (canonical)
scoots (third-person singular)
scooted (past)
scooted (past participle)
scooting (present participle)

If a person scoots, they walk or travel quickly.

If a person scoots, they slide on the floor in a sitting position.


relent

relent (canonical)
relents (third-person singular)
relented (past)
relented (past participle)
relenting (present participle)

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If you relent, you give in to become less harsh or cruel.


quibble

quibble (canonical)
quibbles (third-person singular)
quibbled (past)
quibbled (past participle)
quibbling (present participle)

If you quibble about small, unimportant things, you argue or complain about them.

She always quibbles over minor details.


crest

crest (canonical)
crests (third-person singular)
crested (past)
crested (past participle)
cresting (present participle)

A river or other rising water crests when it reaches its highest point before going down.

The river crested an hour after the heavy rainstorm.


avail

avail (canonical)
avails (third-person singular)
availed (past)
availed (past participle)
availing (present participle)

If something avails, it is useful or helpful.

All their efforts did not avail against the storm.


make out

If you make out, you kiss, engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse with someone.

We found a secluded spot where we could make out in private.


gallivant

gallivant (canonical)
gallivants (third-person singular)
gallivanted (past)
gallivanted (past participle)
gallivanting (present participle)

If you gallivant, you do not have a plan and you roam about for pleasure.


surmise

surmise (canonical)
surmises (third-person singular)
surmised (past)
surmised (past participle)
surmising (present participle)

If you surmise, you suppose that something is true without having any evidence to confirm it.


dodder

dodder (canonical)
dodders (third-person singular)
doddered (past)
doddered (past participle)
doddering (present participle)

If a person dodders, they shake or tremble as they move.


totter

totter (canonical)
totters (third-person singular)
tottered (past)
tottered (past participle)
tottering (present participle)

If a person totters, they move or stand in an unsteady way.


puddle

puddle (canonical)
puddles (third-person singular)
puddled (past)
puddled (past participle)
puddling (present participle)

If something puddles, it forms a puddle.


revote

revote (canonical)
revotes (third-person singular)
revoted (past)
revoted (past participle)
revoting (present participle)


suffice

suffice (canonical)
suffices (third-person singular)
sufficed (past)
sufficed (past participle)
sufficing (present participle)

If something is suffice, it is enough or sufficient to meet the requirements of anything.


hydroplane

hydroplane (canonical)
hydroplanes (third-person singular)
hydroplaned (past)
hydroplaned (past participle)
hydroplaning (present participle)

When a car hydroplanes, it slides along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres.


romanticize

romanticize (canonical)
romanticizes (third-person singular)
romanticized (past)
romanticized (past participle)
romanticizing (present participle)

If you romanticize, you act in a romantic way.


romanticise

romanticise (canonical)
romanticises (third-person singular)
romanticised (past)
romanticised (past participle)
romanticising (present participle)

If you romanticise, you act in a romantic way.


scrapbook

scrapbook (canonical)
scrapbooks (third-person singular)
scrapbooked (past)
scrapbooked (past participle)
scrapbooking (present participle)

If a person scrapbooks, they create scrapbooks.


refocus

refocus (canonical)
refocuses (third-person singular)
refocused (past)
refocused (past participle)
refocusing (present participle)

If you refocus, you focus or change the focus to another thing.


resettle

resettle (canonical)
resettles (third-person singular)
resettled (past)
resettled (past participle)
resettling (present participle)

If you resettle, you settle at a different place.


abut

abut (canonical)
abuts (third-person singular)
abutted (past)
abutted (past participle)
abutting (present participle)

If A abuts B, A and B share a mutual border or edge.


osmoregulate

osmoregulate (canonical)
osmoregulates (third-person singular)
osmoregulated (past)
osmoregulated (past participle)
osmoregulating (present participle)

If something osmoregulates, it regulates osmotic pressure via osmoregulation in order to maintain a certain water content.


sashay

sashay (canonical)
sashays (third-person singular)
sashayed (past)
sashayed (past participle)
sashaying (present participle)

If a person sashays, they walk casually or in a showy way.


swagger

swagger (canonical)
swaggers (third-person singular)
swaggered (past)
swaggered (past participle)
swaggering (present participle)

If a person swaggers, they behave in a confident and arrogant way.


slake

slake (canonical)
slakes (third-person singular)
slaked (past)
slaked (past participle)
slaking (present participle)

If something slakes, it becomes mixed with water so that a chemical combination takes place.


grog

grog (canonical)
grogs (third-person singular)
grogged (past)
grogged (past participle)
grogging (present participle)