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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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397 words · showing 61–120

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  • caper/ˈkeɪpɚ/verbC22 meaningsTo skip and leap about playfully.
  • careen/kəˈɹiːn/verbC22 meaningsTo rush along, tilting and out of control.
  • castigate/ˈkæs.tɪ.ɡeɪt/verbC2To criticise somebody severely.
  • castrate/kæsˈtɹeɪt/verbC12 meaningsTo remove the male reproductive organs.
  • chasten/ˈt͡ʃeɪ.sən/verbC2To make someone more humble by correction or setback.
  • chevy/ˈt͡ʃɛvi/
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British informal: to keep at somebody to hurry up, chasing and nagging them along.
  • chide/ t͡ʃaɪd/verbC2To tell somebody off mildly.
  • chirrup/ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/verbC2To make a short repeated chirping sound.
  • chitter/ˈtʃɪtə/verbC2To make a rapid high chattering sound.
  • churn/tʃɜːn/verbC16 meaningsTo stir or move something violently in circles.
  • circumnavigate/ˌsə.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/verbC2To sail or fly all the way round something.
  • cleave/ˈkliːv/verbC2To split apart, or to cling faithfully to.
  • clink/klɪŋk/verbB2+2 meaningsTo make a light ringing sound of glass or metal.
  • clobber/ˈklɒb.ə(ɹ)/verbC12 meaningsTo hit somebody very hard.
  • cloy/klɔɪ/verbC2To become sickening through being too sweet.
  • comprehend/kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnd/verbB22 meaningsTo take in the full meaning of something.
  • condone/kənˈdoʊn/verbC2To accept behaviour that ought to be condemned.
  • confound/kənˈfaʊnd/verbC12 meaningsTo puzzle somebody, or to prove them wrong.
  • connive/kəˈnaɪv/verbC2To scheme quietly, or to shut your eyes to wrongdoing.
  • connote/kəˈnəʊt/verbC2To suggest a feeling beyond the plain meaning.
  • consign/kənˈsaɪn/verbC22 meaningsTo hand something over, often for good.
  • consort/ˈkɒnsɔːt/nounC12 meaningsThe husband or wife of a ruler.
  • contrive/kənˈtɹaɪv/verbC2To manage to do something by clever planning.
  • countenance/ˈkaʊn.tə.nəns/verbC2To allow or approve of something.
  • countermand/ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːnd/verbC2To cancel an order already given.
  • countersinkverbC2To widen a hole's mouth so a screw sits flush.
  • cozen/ˈkəʊzən/verbC2To cheat somebody by clever persuasion.
  • crenellate/ˈkɹɛnɛleɪt/verbC2To build notches into the top of a wall.
  • cull/kʌl/verbC22 meaningsTo reduce a group by killing or removing some.
  • curate/ˈkjʊəɹət/verbC2To select and arrange works for an exhibition.
  • dampen/ˈdæmpən/verbC22 meaningsTo make slightly wet.
  • dandle/ˈdændəl/verbC2To bounce a small child gently on your knee.
  • deaden/ˈdɛdən/verbC2To take the life out of a sound or a feeling so that it is barely heard or felt.
  • decry/dɪˈkɹaɪ/verbC2To condemn something openly.
  • defile/dɪˈfaɪl/verbC12 meaningsTo make something sacred or clean unfit.
  • deflower/diˈflaʊ.ɚ/verbC2To take a woman's virginity, in old use.
  • defray/dɪˈfɹeɪ/verbC2To pay part or all of a cost.
  • deign/deɪn/verbC2To do something you consider beneath you.
  • deject/dɪˈdʒɛkt/verbC2To lower somebody's spirits.
  • delineate/dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/verbC2To describe or mark out the shape of something exactly.
  • demobiliseverbC2To release troops from service after a war.
  • demur/dɪˈmɜː/verbC2To raise an objection, mildly and politely.
  • demystify/diːˈmɪstɪfaɪ/verbC2To strip the mystery from a subject and make it plain.
  • denote/dɪˈnəʊt/verbC2To be the sign or name for something.
  • depose/dɪˈpəʊz/verbC12 meaningsTo remove a ruler or leader from power.
  • deprecate/ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/verbC2To express disapproval of something.
  • derange/dɪˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/verbC2To drive somebody out of their right mind.
  • descaleverbC2To remove the hard chalky deposit left by water.
  • descry/dɪˈskɹaɪ/verbC2To catch sight of something far off.
  • despoil/dɪˈspɔɪl/verbC2To strip a place of its goods by force.
  • detract/dɪˈtɹækt/verbC2To take away from the worth or effect of something.
  • devise/dɪˈvaɪz/verbC12 meaningsTo invent a clever plan or method.
  • diffuse/dɪˈfjuːz/verbC23 meaningsTo spread out in all directions and become less concentrated.
  • disabuse/dɪsəˈbjuːz/verbC2To rid somebody of a mistaken belief.
  • discomfit/dɪsˈkʌmfɪt/verbC2To make somebody uneasy and put out.
  • dismember/ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/verbC12 meaningsTo cut a body into pieces.
  • disparage/dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/verbC2To speak of somebody as if they were worth little.
  • dissemble/dɪˈsɛmbəl/verbC2To hide your true feelings behind a false show.
  • disseminate/dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/verbC2To spread information widely.
  • dissimulate/dɪˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt/verbC2To hide your real feelings by pretence.