Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept IntentionalProcess

More specialized WordNet synsets

action

something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

course

a mode of action; "if you persist in that course you will surely fail"

performance

any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"

fait accompli, accomplished fact

an irreversible accomplishment

arrival, reaching

accomplishment of an objective

penetration

the act of forcing a way into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women"

completion

the act of becoming or making complete: "her work is still far from completion"

consummation

the act of bringing to completion or fruition

realization, realisation, fruition

something that is realized; "the victory was the realization of a whole year's work"

fulfillment, fulfilment

the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc)

self-fulfillment, self-realization, self-realisation

the fulfillment of your capacities

attainment

the act of achieving an aim; "the attainment of independence"

nonaccomplishment, nonachievement

an act that does not achieve its intended goal

failure

an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"

shot

an informal word for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"

implementation, effectuation

the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something)

performance, execution, doing, carrying out, carrying into action

the act of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "experience generally improves performance"

specific performance

the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms

encore

an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand

dramatic production, dramatic performance

a performance of a drama

extemporization, extemporisation, improvisation

a performance given without planning or preparation

swan song

a final appearance or performance before retirement

neutralization, neutralisation, counteraction

action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action

undoing

an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

domesticity

domestic activities or life: "making a hobby of domesticity"

operation

a planned activity involving many people performing various actions: "the biggest police operation in French history"; "running a restaurant is quite an operation"; "consolidate the companies various operations"

practice, pattern

a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"

habit, use, wont

a pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"

round, daily round

the usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds"

ritual

stereotyped behavior

habitude

habitual mode of behavior

way, path, way of life

a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path"

parade

a visible display; "she made a parade of her sorrows"

work

activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"

job

the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"

operation, procedure

a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work: "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"

service

work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services"

utility

the service provided by a utility company; "the cost of utilities never decreases"

service

(common law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

piecework

work paid for according to the quantity produced

nightwork

work to be done at night

paperwork

work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc.

services

performance of duties helpful to others; "the mayor tried to maintain city services" or "the medical services are excellent"

labor, labour, toil

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

labor of love, labour of love

productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation

corvee

unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes

effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat

use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

drudgery, plodding, grind, donkeywork

hard monotonous routine work

struggle

strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"

hackwork

professional work done according to formula

manual labor, manual labour

labor done with the hands

exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout

the activity of exerting you muscles in various was to keep fit; "the doctor recommended regular exercise"; "he did some exercising"; "the physical exertion required by his work kept him fit"

function, office, part, role

the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group: "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part" or "play its role" or "do its duty"

hat

an informal term for a person's role; "he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly"

stead, position, place, lieu

the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another: "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"

role

normal or customary activity; "what is your role on the team?"

venture

any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

enterprise, endeavor, endeavour

a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"

experiment

a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard"

bid, play

an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"

attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something: "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"

essay

a tentative attempt

crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer

a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

foray

an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics"

striving, nisus, pains, strain

an effortful attempt to attain a goal

struggle, battle

an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"

scramble, scuffle

an unceremonious and disorganized struggle

spadework

dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking

timework

work paid for at a rate per unit of time

undertaking, project, task, labor

any piece of work

mission, military mission

an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; "the planes were on a bombing mission"

naval campaign

an operation conducted primarily by naval forces in order to gain or extend or maintain control of the sea

amphibious operation

a military operation by both land and sea forces

tune-up

adjustments made to an engine to improve its performance

alignment

the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other

synchronization, synchronisation, synchronizing, synchronising

an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison

continuance, continuation

the act of continuing or resuming an activity

repetition, repeating

the act of repeating

iteration, reiteration

doing or saying again

ceremony

any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony"

ceremony

the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"

groundbreaking, groundbreaking ceremony

the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project

ritual, rite

any customary observance or practice

transvestism, transvestitism, cross dressing

the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex

mask

activity that tries to conceal something; "no mask could conceal his ignorance"; "they moved in under a mask of friendship"

money laundering

concealing the source of illegally gotten money

group action

action taken by a group of people

treatment, handling

the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners" or "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"

dealing

method or manner of conduct in relation to others: "honest dealing"

administration, disposal

a method of tending to (especially business) matters

conducting

the way of administering a business

preparation, readying

the activity of preparing

makeready

final preparation and adjustments

priming

the act of making something ready

reimposition

imposition again

restriction

the act of restricting by restraint

gesture

something done as an indication of intention; "a political gesture" or "a gesture of defiance"

return, paying back, getting even

a reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got"

answer

a nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me"

requital

an act of requiting; returning in kind

reciprocation

the act of reciprocating

engagement, participation, involvement

sharing the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

non-engagement, nonparticipation, non-involvement

withdrawing from the activities of a group

group participation

participation by all members of a group

neutrality

nonparticipation in a dispute or war

solo

any activity that is performed alone without assistance

acting out

(psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words); considered to be healthy and therapeutic

flaunt, flaunting

the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his behavior was an outrageous flaunt"

Second Coming, Second Advent, Advent

(Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment

affect

act physically on; have an effect upon

attack

begin to injure; "The cancer cells are attacking his liver"; "Rust is attacking the metal"

ulcerate

affect with an ulcer; "Her stomach was ulcerated"

revitalize

give new life or vigor to

vitalize, vitalise

make vital

consolidate

make firm or secure; strengthen: "consolidate one's gains"; "consolidate one's hold on first place"

revive

be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived"

update

bring to the latest state of technology; in computer technology

modulate

adjust the pitch, tone, or volume of

develop

change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"

redevelop

change the plans for the use of (land)

round out, fill out

make bigger or better or more complete

optimize

make optimal; get the most out of; use best

inject

to introduce (a new aspect or element); "He injected new life into the performance"

activate

make active or more active; "activate an old file"

reactivate

activate anew; as of an old file

correct, right

make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"

rectify, remedy, amend

set straight or right

pervert, misuse, abuse

change the inherent purpose or function of something

iron out, straighten out, put right

settle or put right; of difficulties or problems

restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot"

tie

limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports"

mark off, mark out

set boundaries to; "mark out the territory"

rule, harness, rein

keep in check; "rule one's temper"

baffle, regulate

check the emission of (sound)

limit, circumscribe, confine

restrict or confine, as to area, extent, time, etc.

hamper, halter, cramp

prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"

number, keep down

place a limit on the number of

cap

restrict the number or amount of

restrict, curtail, curb, cut back

place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"

concentrate

make dense or denser; of the solvent of a solution

unite, unify, merge

join or combine; "We merged our resources"

rejuvenate

make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him"

derive, educe

cause to develop or evolve, esp. from a latent or potential state

reform

make reforms in; change for the better; "reform a political system"

paralyze

make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

unblock, unfreeze, free, release

make available, as of assets; or free for sale or publication

freeze, block, immobilize

prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"

mobilize, circulate

cause to move around; "circulate a rumor"

mobilize, marshal, summon

make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"

destabilize

make unstable; "Terrorism destabilized the government"

ballast

make steady with a ballast

guy

steady with a guy

sensitize, sensify, sensibilize

make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"

desensitize

make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"

habituate, accustom

make used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"

inure, harden

cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"

callous

make insensitive or callous

steel oneself against, steel onself for, brace oneself for, prepare for

prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant

tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away

put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"

make, make up

put in order or neaten: "make the bed"; "make up a room"

mess, mess up

make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"

perturb, derange, throw out of kilter

throw into great confusion or disorder; "Fundamental Islamicists theaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt"

disorder, disarray

bring disorder to

order

place in a certain order; "order these files"

predate, antedate, foredate

establish something as being earlier relative to something else

postdate

establish something as being later relative to something else

chronologize

establish the order in time of something

route

send by a particular route, as of mail for postal delivery

order

bring order to or into; "Order these files"

rearrange

put into a new order; "Please rearrange these files"

disarrange

disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers"

reshuffle

reorganize and assign posts to different people; "The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet"

randomize

arrange in random order; "Randomize the order of the numbers"

serialize

arrange serially; "Serialize the numbers"

alphabetize

arrange in alphabetical order; "Alphabetize the list"

uglify

make ugly

dress up, window-dress

make something appear superficially attractive

spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up

make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"

season, harden

make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"

temper, season

make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

attune

adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with

adjust

make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness"

gear, pitch

set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"

pitch

cause to be at a particular level; "She pitched her aspirations too high"

adapt, accommodate

make fit or tailor something to something; "Words accommodate their meanings to other words in the same sentence"

regulate, modulate

fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch"

fit

insert or adjust several objects or people; "Can you fit the toy into the box?"; "This man can't fit himself into our work environment"

capacitate

make capable; "This instruction capacitates us to understand the problem"

shoehorn, tailor

make fit for a specific purpose

domesticate

make (animals) fit for cultivation; "The cow was domesticated a long time ago"

explode, burst forth, break loose

be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise, as of an emotion or an expression of emotion; "His anger exploded"

blind, dim

make dim by comparison or conceal

clarify

make clear or clearer; "Clarify your ideas, please"

revalue

value anew, as of a currency or an asset

write off

reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"

size

make to a size; bring to a suitable size

rescale

establish on a new scale

attack

set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"

break in

start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role

plunge, launch

begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

embark, enter

set out on (an enterprise, subject of study, etc.); "she embarked upon a new career"

take up

pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"

get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving, get weaving, get started, get rolling

start to be active; "Get cracking, please!"

begin, lead off, start, commence

set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraquis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

inaugurate, usher in, introduce

be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"

set off

set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start"

resume, restart

take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations"

ask for it, ask for trouble

persist with actions or an attitude despite the probability that it will cause trouble; "He is asking for trouble with his behavior"

persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on

be persistent, refuse to stop; "he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"

plug, plug away

persist in working hard; "Students must plug away at this problem"

end, terminate, cease

bring to a conclusion or cause to come to an end; "We terminated our relation with the company"; "It is unclear whether the bombing of Hiroshima ended the war"; "Cease doing what you are doing!"

stick to, stick with, follow

keep to: "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet"

leave off

stop or cease; "leave off where you started"

halt

cause to stop or halt; "Halt the engine"

pass away

go out of existence; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away"

close out

terminate; "We closed out our account"

abort

terminate before completion, as of a computer process, a mission, etc.

ax, axe

terminate, as of a project or a program; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"

kill

cause to cease operating; "kill the engine"

stamp out, kill

end or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

break, break off, discontinue, stop

prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence"

break, hold on, stop

stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"; "We broke at noon"

cut short, break short, break off

interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"

drop, knock off

stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"

hang up

interrupt a telephone conversation

freeze, suspend

stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

bog down, bog

get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"

interrupt, break

end prematurely; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"

adjourn, recess, break up

close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"

punctuate

interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"

metricize

convert to the metric system

sorcerize

transform or change by means of sorcery

reclaim

make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"

translate, transform

change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil"

personalize, individualise, individualize

make personal or more personal; "personalized service"

phase

adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"

synchronize, sync

make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts"

blend, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge

mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"; "fuse the clutter of detail into a rich narrative"--A. Schlesinger

desynchronize

cause to become desynchronized

absorb

cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"

melt

lose its distinct outline or shape; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"

oversimplify

make too simple; "Don't oversimplify the instructions"

simplify

make simpler or easier; "We had to simplify the instructions"

complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate

make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"

involve

make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"

complexify

make complex; "he unnecessarily complexified every problem"

refine

make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation"

snarl, snarl up, embrangle

make more complicated or confused through entanglements

sophisticate

make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"

complicate, perplex

make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

interlock, mesh

coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively

centralize, concentrate

make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"

decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise

make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized"

prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set

make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"

precondition

put into the required condition beforehand

set up, lay out

get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"

prime

insert a primer into (a gun, mine, charge, etc.) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"

Frenchify

become French in appearance or character; "This restaurant has Frenchified"

Frenchify

make French in appearance or character; "let's Frenchify the restaurant and charge more money"

naturalize

make more natural or lifelike

denaturalize

make less natural or unnatural

settle, take root, steady down, settle down

become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"

roost

settle down or stay, as if on a roost

equal, equalize

make equal or uniform; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"

even, even out

make even or more even

even, even out

become even or more even; "even out the surface"

homologize

make homologous

stiffen

make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"

rigidify

make rigid; "rigidify the training schedule"

stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain

restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"

get on, be on

appear in a show, on T.V., radio, etc.; "The news won't be on tonight"

diversify, branch out, broaden

vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"

vary, variegate, motley

make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"

specialize

suit to a special purpose; "specialize one's research"

diversify

make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study"

specialize, narrow, narrow down

become more special; "We specialize in dried flowers"

overspecialize

become overly specialized; "She overspecialized when she concentrated on verbs in Fijian"

fill, fill up, make full

make full; "fill a container," "fill the child with pride"

match, fit

make match or correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater"

buy time

act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage

stall

deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesnt' want to write the report, so she is stalling"

stay, detain, delay

stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!"

inhibit

limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

hush

become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my babay!"

hush, silence, quieten, still, shut up, hush up

cause to be quiet or not talk; "This threat ought to shut them up!"

suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb

to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising", "stamp down on littering" "conquer one's desires"

squelch, quell

suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"

burke, silence

get rid of, silence, or suppress; "burke an issue"

true, true up

make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine"

plumb

adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical

normalize, renormalize

make normal or conform to a standard; "normalize relations with China"

integrate, incorporate

make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal"

standardize, normalize

make standard or the norm; "The weights and measures were standardized"

commercialize, market

make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"

drown

get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"

perfect, hone

make perfect or complete; "perfect yur French in Paris!"

polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up

bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners"

polish, refine, fine-tune, down

improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing"

purge

rid of impurities; "purge your mind"

stamp

destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot; "Stamp fascism into submission"; "stamp out tyranny"

kill, obliterate, wipe out

mark for deletion or rule out; "kill these lines in the President's speech"

finalize, settle, nail down

make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"

key

harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude"

harmonize, reconcile

bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities"

accommodate, reconcile, conciliate

make compatible with; "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"

proportion

give pleasant proportions to; "harmonzie a building with those surrounding it"

harmonize

bring into consonance or relate harmoniously; "harmonize the different interests"

key

regulate the musical pitch of

get through, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up

finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment"

round out, finish out

fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research"

cap off, top off

finish or complete, esp. with some decisive action; "he capped off the meeting with a radical proposal"

follow through, carry out, implement, put through, go through

pursue to a conclusion; "Did he go through with the treatment?"

adhere

follow through or carry out a plan without deviation; "They adhered to their plan"

vent, ventilate, air out, air

expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms"

air

expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry; "Air linen"

glorify

bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"

glorify

cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"

justify

adjust the spaces between words; in printing; "justify the margins"

background, play down

move into the background; "he played down his royal ancestry"

foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up

move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

wave off

dismiss as insignificant; "He waved off suggestions of impropriety"

tender, tenderize

make tender or more tender; "tenderize meat"

process, treat

subject to a process or treatment, often with the aim of readying for some purpose; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "process water"

run

cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process"

rerun

cause to perform again; "We have to rerun the subjects--they misunderstood the instructions"

mystify

make mysterious; "mystify the story"

demystify

make less mysterious or remove the mystery from; "let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about"

cut in

interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner; "Jim always cuts in!"

orientalize

make oriental in character; "orientalize your garden"

occidentalize, Westernize, westernize

make western in character; "The country was Westernized after it opened up"

parallel, collimate

make or place parallel to something; " They paralleled the ditch to the highway."

camp

give a camp quality to

classicize

make classic or classical

conventionalize, conventionalise

make conventional or adapt to conventions; "conventionalized behavior"

cure

prepare by chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"

honeycomb

make full of cavities, like a honeycomb

introvert

turn inside; "He introverted his feelings"

laicize

reduce to lay status; of institutions and buildings

romanticize

make romantic in style: "The designer romanticized the little black dress"

rusticate

lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country"

unsex

remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed herself"

animize, animate

give life-like qualities to; "animated cartoons"

turn on, turn upon

become hostile towards; "The dog suddenly turned on the mailman"

run

change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue", "run riot"

shift

"shift the date"

clear

make clear, bright, light, or translucent; "The water had to be cleared through filtering"

turn to

direct one's interest or attention towards; go into; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "People turn to mysticism at the turn of a millenium"

surf, channel-surf

switch channels, on television

dynamize

make more dynamic

uniformize

make uniform

symmetrize

make symmetric

immortalize, eternize, eternalize

make famous for ever

verbify

make into a verb; "`mouse'" has been verbified" by computer users"

spice, spice up, zest

make more interesting or flavorful, either in the literal or in a metaphorical sense; "Spice the soup"; "Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer"

format, initialize

divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"

lie low

to try to avoid detection esp. by police; "After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while."

leave

leave behind; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"

neglect, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap

leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out

prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"

slack

be inattentive to, or neglect, as of duties: "He slacks his attention"

neglect

fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"

jump, pass over, skip, skip over

bypass; "He skippped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

prove oneself

show one's ability or courage

lay down, establish, make

institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"

document

support with evidence; "Can you document your claims?"

stand for, hold still for

tolerate or bear; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!"

endure, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, brook, abide, suffer, put up

put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"

accept, swallow

tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"

bear up

endure cheerfully; "She bore up under the enormous strain

take lying down

suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won't take this insult lying down"

take a joke

listen to a joke at one's one expense; Can't you take a joke?"

test

undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"

sit out

endure to the end

dedicate

set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church

detail

assign to a specific task: "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station"

choose

see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"

subject

make liable: "This action may subject you to certain penalties"

bias, predetermine

cause to be biased

slant, angle, weight

present with a bias

dispose, incline

make receptive or willing

indispose, disincline

make unwilling

censor

subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

recuse

challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law

reject

refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

repudiate

refuse to acknowledge or recognize; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement"

receive

accept as true or valid; "He received Christ"

accept

consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

discredit

cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary"

lean

rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"

float

allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"

review, go over, survey

hold a review (of troops)

will

determine by choice; "This action was willed and intended"

design

intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the world of business"

charge

set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for lunch?" "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"

determine, shape, influence, regulate

shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"

pace

regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts"

predestine, predestinate, foreordain

in theology

scheme, intrigue, connive

form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

conclude

bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"

insist, assert

assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"

premise, premiss

take something as preexisting

react, respond

show a response or a reaction to something

stool

react to a decoy, of wildfowl

allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve

give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"

find out, catch out

trap; esp. in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"

pay

bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"

place

to arrange for; "place a phone call", "place a bet"

clear

settle, as of a debt; "clear a debt"

lead

cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks"

let

actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested"

prompt, inspire, instigate

serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"

give

guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion: "You gave me to think that you agreed with me"

hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx

cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

voodoo

bewitch by or as if by a voodoo

put away

turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily; "She turned away from her painting"

pause, intermit, break

cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

rest

give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment"

blow

allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"

take five

take a five-minute break; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal"

take ten

take a ten minute break; "The players took ten during the long rehearsal"

go ahead, plow ahead

continue; "He went ahead with the project"

stool

lure with a stool, as of wild fowl

hang on, hold the line, hold on

hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get yoour folder"

dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore

bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"

cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark

remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"

pass off

disregard; "She passed off the insult"

dismiss, throw out

cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration: "This case is dismissed!"

scoff, flout

treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"

turn a blind eye

refuse to acknowledge; "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office"

permit, allow, let, countenance

give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

allow, permit

allow the presence of; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"

yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under

consent reluctantly

concede, yield, grant

be willing to concede; "I grant you this much..."

disapprove, reject

refuse to approve; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

demur, except

take exception to

bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around, keep off

avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"

get off, get away, get by, get out, escape

escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!" "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

avoid

stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"

ware, shirk

avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"

shy away from

avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task"

shun, eschew

avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

confront, face up, face

come to grips with face (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"

wrestle

engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"

admit, acknowledge

declare or acknowledge to be true; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"

deny

refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"

deny

refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"

sustain

admit as valid; "The court sustained the motion"

concede, profess, confess

make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money"

stand pat, stand firm, hold firm, stand fast

refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief

disavow

refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

color, gloss

gloss or excuse; "color a lie"

brazen

face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"

submit, bow, defer, accede, give in

submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"

submit

refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"

give, dedicate, commit, devote

furnish or contribute; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"

excuse, condone

excuse or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"

forgive

stop blaming or grant forgiveness

deter, discourage

try to prevent; show opposition to: "We should discourage this practice among our youth"

reset

set anew; "They re-set the date"

ditto

repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument"

recur, go back

return in thought or speech to something

sow, sough

introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"

dot

make a dot or dots

file, file away

place in a file

backspace

hit the backspace key on a computer or typewriter keyboard; "To erase, you must backspace"

remit

release from (claims and debts)

arrange, fix up

make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"

call up, bring forward

bring forward for consideration: "The case was called up in court"

apply

refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; "He applied this racial slur to me!"

slip in, stick in, sneak in, insert

insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work"

name, identify

give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"

style

designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"

name, call

assign a specified name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"; "Call me Boris"

rename

assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990"

go by, go under

be called; go by a certain name; "She goes by her maiden name again"

label

assign a label to; designate with a label

tag

provide with a name or nickname

jam, block

interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"

set, mark

establish as the highest level or best performance: "set a record"

spell

place under a spell

unspell

release from a spell

front, breast

confront bodily; "breast the storm"

take the bull by the horns

face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it

drop out, give up, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, leave, chuck up the sponge

give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"

jump

enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"

carry

be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"

break down, crush

make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

get the jump

be there first; "They had gotten the jump on their competitors"

out-herod, out-Herod

surpass someone in cruelty or evil

outfox

outdo someone in trickery

overcome, defeat

win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"

swim, overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master

get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

keep up

maintain a required pace or level; "He could not keep up and dropped out of the race"

conquer

overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"

keep step

maintain the same pace

equalize, get even

compensate; make the score equal

yield

cease opposition; stop fighting

subject

make accountable for: "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"

look out

to protect someone's interests; "A man's gotta look out for his family."

guard, ward

watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away"

charm

protect through supernatural powers or charms

wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround

surround with a wall in order to fortify

stockade

surround with a stockade in order to fortify

circumvallate

surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification

check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of; "Arrest the downward trend"; "Check the growth of communism in SE Asia"; "Contain the rebel movement"

trigger

pull the trigger on; "Trigger a weapon"

safeguard

make safe

strive, reach, strain

to exert much effort or energy: "straining our ears to hear."

kill oneself, overexert oneself

strain oneself more than is healthy

overstrain

overstrain oneself

extend oneself

strain to the utmost

foul

commit a foul; break the rules

target, aim, place, direct, point

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

tackle, take on

set about dealing with; "I'll try to tackle this difficult task"

aim, take, train, take aim, direct

aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!" "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"

hold

aim, point, or direct: "Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames"

charge, level, point

direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"

hit

hit the target or goal, as intended

level

aim at; "level criticism or charges at somebody"

mothproof

protect from moths, as of woollens

rise

exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"

consume, squander, waste, ware

spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"

use, expend

use up, consume fully; " The legislature expended its time on school questions."

spare

use frugally or carefully

put, assign

put something on or into (abstractly) assign; ; "She put much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"

use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ

put into service; make work; make use of of employ for a particular purpose: "use your head!" "I can't make use of this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"

repose

put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosphers reposed the law in the people"

address

address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question

ply

use diligently; "ply your wits!"

waste

use inefficiently or inappropriately; "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"

avail

use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources"

misapply, misuse

apply badly or incorrectly

overuse, overdrive

make use of to often or too extensively

work through, run through, go through

apply thoroughly; think through; "We worked through an example"

recycle, reprocess, reuse

use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes"

exploit

use to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"

play

use to one's advantage; "She plays on her clients' emotions"

harness

exploit the power of; "harness natural forces and resources"

optimize

exploit fully; get the maximum use out of

exploit, tap

draw from; make good use of (resources)

milk

exploit as much as possible; "I am milking this for all it's worth"

overstrain, overextend

strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment"

strain, extend

use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"

tax, task

use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience"

exert, exercise

put to use; "exert one's power or influence"

feed, feast

gratify; "feed one's eye on a gorgeous view"

gratify, pander, indulge

yield (to); give satisfaction to

spree

go on a spree and indulge, e.g., a shopping spree

wean

deprive (infants) of mother's milk

fast

abstain from eating; "Before the medical exam, you must fast"

diet

follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons

fast

abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons; "Catholics sometimes fast during Lent"

keep off, avoid

refrain from certain foods of beverages; "I keep off drugs"; "During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day"

live it up

enjoy oneself; "it's your birthday, so let's live it up!"

indulge, luxuriate

enjoy to excess

surfeit

indulge to satiety, as of one's appetite

wallow

devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"

sow one's oats, sow one's wild oats

live promiscuously and self-indulgently

enjoy

have benefit from; "enjoy privileges"

afford

be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person"

cloy, pall

cause surfeit through excess, of something that was initially pleasing: "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"

satiate, sate, replete, fill

fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"

quell, stay, appease

overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"

content

satisfy in a limited way; "He limited himself to three glasses of beer last night"

forgo, give up

refrain from consuming; "You will ahve to forgo alcohol"

abstain, refrain, desist

choose to refrain; "i abstain from alcohol"

kick

stop consuming; "kick a habit"

stomach

bear to eat; "He cannot stomach raw fish"

light up, fire up, light

begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"

feed on, feed upon

be sustained by; "He fed on the great ideas of her mentor"

seize

take by force; "The enemy seized the city"

brail

take in a sail with a brail

shoulder

carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"

goad

urge with or as if with a goad

scarify

break up, of soil

mismatch

match badly; match two objects or people that do not go together

match, mate, couple, pair, twin

bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"

force

do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!"

hook up

as of telephone lines; also of people

muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up

gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"

gather, garner, collect, pull together

get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"

round up

seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"

corral

collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"

batch

batch together; assemble or process as a batch

insert, infix, enter, introduce

put or introduce into the body of something; "insert a picture into the text"

scarf

masturbate while strangling oneself

masturbate, wank, she-bop, jack off, jerk off

get sexual gratification through self-stimulation

send, send out

to cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place: "He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept."

bring

cause to come into a particular state or condition: "Long hard years of on the job training had brought them to their competence"; "bring water to the boiling point"

cut off, cut out

cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"

intercept, stop

seize on its way, such as a letter; "intercept a messenger"

tug

pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"

tug

pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"

cascade

arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible

putter, mess around, potter, tinker, monkey, monkey around, muck around

do random, unplanned work or activities

puddle

mess around, as in a liquid or paste; "The children are having fun puddling in paint"

unleash

release or vent, as of emotions and reactions

uncork

release, as of emotions

unleash

release from a leash, as of dogs

repose

to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"

stick, put forward

cause to protrude; "stick one's hand out of the window"; "stick one's nose into other people's business"

struggle

to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

throw, flip, switch

cause to go on or to be engaged; set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever"

lounge

sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa"

ramp

stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing

sever, break up

set or keep apart; "sever a reatlionship"

syllabify, syllabicate, syllabize

divide into syllables; "syllabify the words"

smother, stifle, muffle

conceal, suppress, or hide; "smother a yawn"

strain, tense

stretch or force to the limit; "strain the rope"

toy, fiddle, diddle, play

manipulate manually with no purpose or aim; often without being conscious of doing so; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"

tamper, monkey

fool or play around with; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"

storm, force

take by force; "Storm the fort"

vamp, vamp up

piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech

stake, post

mark with a stake; "stake out the path"

hold, carry, bear

support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

poise, balance

hold or carry in equilibrium

poise

cause to be balanced or suspended

clap

put quickly or forcibly; "The judge clapped him in jail"

make, create

make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

do, make

create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"

introduce

bring in or establish; "introduce a new rule"

unmake, undo

deprive of certain characteristics

re-create

create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale"

remake, refashion, redo, make over

make anew

put out

put out considerable effort: "He put out the same for seven managers"

elaborate

produce by labor

compose, compile

put together out of existing material; "compile a list"

come up

bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"

develop

generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers"

originate, initiate, start

bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"

set

apply or start; "set fire to a building"

extort, wring from

get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

regenerate, renew

re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"

give birth

create or produce an idea; "Marx and Engels gave birth to communism"

introduce, innovate

bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced"

carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, fulfill, fulfil

carry out a task

get over

to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end; "Let's get this job over with"; "It's a question of getting over an unpleasant task"

run

carry out; "run an errand"

perfect, consummate

make perfect; bring to perfection

initiate, pioneer

take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"

effect, effectuate, bring about, set up

cause to happen or occur; "The scientists set up a shockwave"

phase in

introduce gradually

phase out

terminate gradually

realize, actualize

make real or concrete; give reality to

pioneer, open up

open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"

incarnate

make concrete and real

drive

compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment; "She finally drove him to change jobs"

establish, found, plant, constitute, institute

set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"

stage, bring about, arrange

plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

mount, put on

prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack'; "mount a play"

rerun

rerun a performance of a play, for example

undertake, set about, attempt

enter upon an activity or enterprise

organize, prepare, devise, get up

arrange by systematic planning and united effort

lay

prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"

build, establish

build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"

jumble, confuse, mix up

assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence"

recast, reforge, remodel

cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state"

set up

begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election"

uproot, eradicate, extirpate, exterminate

destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"

style

make stylish; in fashion or hairdressing

rework, make over, retread

use again in altered form; "retread an old plot"

create

pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating"

capture

succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"

recapture

capture anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here"

cut corners

do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product"

perform, execute, do

to act or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"

cut

perform or carry out; "cut a caper"

blaze away

perform brilliantly and rapidly, as of the actor: "Mr. Jones blazed away in one passage after another"

scamp

perform hastily and carelessly

churn out

perform in a mechanical way

perform

give a performance; "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"

give

perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York"

play

perform on a certain location: "He played the casinos in Las Vegas"

concertize

give concerts; perform in concerts; "My wife is off concertizing in Europe"

play

be performed; "What's playing in the local movie theater?"

play, run

cause to be played: "They ran the tapes over and over again"

debut

appear for the first time in public; "The new ballet that debuts next months at Covent Garden, is already sold out"

debut

make one's debut; "This young soprano debuts next months at the Metropolitan Opera"

debut

present for the first time to the public; "The and debuts a new song or two each month"

premier, premiere

be performed for the first time; of a play, ballet, or composition

premier, premiere

perform a work for the first time

audition, try out

perform in order to get a role; "She auditioned for a role on Broadway"

computerize

cause a function to be carried out by a computer; "They computerized the car industry"

turn in

carry out, as a performance; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game"

duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate

make or do or perform again

reproduce

make a copy of

build

give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"

fudge together, throw together

produce shoddily, without much attention to detail

overcrop, overcultivate

to exhaust by excessive cultivation, of land

cultivate

foster the growth of

scale

pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard

prove

take a trial impression of

make

perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"

cut

stop filming; "cut a movie scene"

stop, halt

come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"

check

stop in a chase esp. when scent is lost; "The dog checked"

check

stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; "She checked for an instant and missed a step"

rein, rein in

stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office"

stall

cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"

stop, stop over

interrupt a trip; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"

send, direct

cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"

turn

to send or let go; "The crowd was turned away at the gate of the governor's mansion"

space

place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"

catch up

reach a the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework"

transgress, trespass, overstep

pass beyond; of limits and boundaries

intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon

to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate : "This does not allow the mystery to invade us."

get through, come through

succeed in reaching a real or abstract destination after overcoming problems; "We finally got through the bureaucracy and could talk to the Minister"

reach, make, get to, progress to

reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!" "She may not make the grade"

rope off

separate with a rope

separate, divide

make a division or separation

curtain off

separate by means of a curtain

tune in

of a radio or television set, in order to receive a certain station or program

go, proceed, move

follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"

venture, embark

proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers; "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"

work

work one's way through a problem or task; "Start from the bottom and work towards the top"

work

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work

work at, work on

to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something: she worked at it until she had it down cold.

busy, occupy

keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

volunteer, offer

agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"

get around to

do something despite obstacles such as lack of time: "He finally got around to painting the windows"

dispose of

deal with or settle; "He disposed of these cases quickly"

take care, mind

be in charge of or deal with; "She takes care of all the necessary arrangements"

juggle

deal with simultaneously: "She had to juggle her job and her children"

process

deal with in a routine way: "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"

expedite

process fast and efficiently; "I will try to expedite the matter"

set about, go about, approach

begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "appraoch a new project"

tend

keep watch on; "tend a fire"

stoke

stir up or tend; of a fire

trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself

take the trouble to do something; concern oneself; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please"

nurse

treat carefully; "He nursed his injured back by lyng in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly"

behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry

behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

walk

behave in a specified manner; "walk in sadness"

make up, catch up with

make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point; "I have to make up with exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"

come to, strike

attain; "The horse finally struck a pace"

culminate

reach the highest or most decisive point

compass

bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass"

average

achieve or reach on average; "He averaged a C"

try, seek, attempt, essay, assay

make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

endeavor, endeavour, strive

attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

take pains, be at pains

try very hard to do something

buck

to strive with determination; "John is bucking for a promotion."

make a point, make sure

make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally

ply

apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade"

attend

apply oneself to: "We will attend to this matter as soon as possible"

apply

apply oneself to; "Please apply yourself to your homework"

play

behave in a certain way; "play safe," "play it safe"; "Play into the hands of"

take to

develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation; "She took to drink"; "Men take to the military trades"

do, fare, make out, come, get along

proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?" "How are you making out in graduate school?" "He's come a long way"

hesitate, pause

interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, dilly-dally

postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

wait, hold off, hold back

wait before acting

hold out

wait uncompromisingly for something desirable; "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses"

delay

act later than planned or scheduled

postpone, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off

hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"

hold

stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting"

call

stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game"

imitate, copy, ape

imitate in behavior or appearance; "She is imitating the comedian very well!"; "Her little brother apes her behavior"

follow suit

do what someone else is doing

emulate, copy

strive to equal or match

break

cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"

continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep on, keep

continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!" "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"

yield, relent, soften

give in, as to influence or pressure

cared-for

having needed care and attention; "well-cared-for children"

attended, tended to(p)

having a caretaker or other watcher

groping, hesitant

acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence; "a groping effort to understand"

single-handed

without help from others; "a single-handed accomplishment"

extinguished

(psychology) of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement

conscious, witting

intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"

intended

intentional or planned; "your intended trip abroud"; "an intended insult"

deliberate, intentional, knowing, willful, wilful

by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"

studied, deliberate

produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; "a studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied insult"- V.L.Parrington

playing

occupied in play or playful activities; "heard the laughter of playing children"

uncoerced, unforced, willing

not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was uncoerced"

self-imposed

voluntarily assumed or endured; "self-imposed exile"

voluntary

(physiology) controlled by individual volition; "voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles"

incendiary

involving deliberate burning of property; "an incendiary fire"

behavioral, behavioural

of or relating to behavior; "behavioral sciences"

operational

pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result; "operational difficulties"; "they assumed their operational positions"

ritualistic

of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism; "a feudal or ritualistic society"; "the ritualistic killing of a sheep"

jokingly, jestingly

in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express"

measuredly, deliberately

in a deliberate unhurried manner; "she was working deliberately"

natural phenomenon, nature (opposite)

all non-artificial phenomena

luck, fortune, chance, hazard (opposite)

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "it was a chance meeting"

geological phenomenon (opposite)

a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth

luck, fortune (opposite)

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"

physical phenomenon (opposite)

a natural phenomenon involving the physics of matter and energy

happen (opposite)

chance to be or do something, without intention or causation: "I happen to have just what you need!"

chance (opposite)

be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"

neglected, unattended (opposite)

lacking a caretaker; "a neglected child"; "many casualties were lying unattended"

uncared-for (opposite)

lacking needed care and attention

untended (opposite)

lacking care and attention; "untended garden was soon overgrown with weeds"; "untended children"

accidental, inadvertent (opposite)

without intention; especially resulting from heedless action; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning";"an accidental shooting"

unintentional, unplanned, unwitting (opposite)

not intentional; "an unintended slight"; "an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional"; "an unwitting mistake may be overlooked"

designed, intentional (opposite)

done or made or performed with purpose and intent; "style...is more than the deliberate and designed creation"- Havelock Ellis; "games designed for all ages"; "well-designed houses"

undesigned, unintentional (opposite)

not done or made or performed with purpose or intent

involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary (opposite)

not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy

driven, goaded (opposite)

compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred"

forced (opposite)

forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor"

unconscious (opposite)

without conscious volition

unwilled (opposite)

without deliberate volition

unwilling (opposite)

in spite of contrary volition

involuntary (opposite)

(physiology) controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start"

automatic, reflex(a), reflexive (opposite)

(physiology) without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"

autonomic (opposite)

(physiology) relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system; "autonomic reflexes"

vegetative (opposite)

(physiology) used of involuntary bodily functions; "vegetative functions such as digestion or growth or circulation"

unintentionally, accidentally (opposite)

without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him unintentionally"