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List of more than 500 English
Irregular Verbs
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in this blog, you can find more than
500 English irregular verbs with meaning
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A
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Base Form
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Past Simple
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Past Participle
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Definition
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Abide
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Abode/Abided
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Abode/Abided/Abidden
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To continue To reside\live
(पालन करना
, रहना )
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Aby/Abey
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Abought
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Abought
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To make amends for something wrong (जुरमाना , Fine )
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Alight
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Alit/Alighted
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Alit/Alighted
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To get off a bus, train, etc. (वाहन से
उतरना, नीचे
आना)
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Arise
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Arose
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Arisen
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To originate
To get up from a horizontal position, out of bed To
come into existence (उठना)
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Awake
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Awoke
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Awoken
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To stop sleeping and become conscious
(जागना)
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B
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Base Form
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Past Simple
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Past Participle
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Definition
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Backbite
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Backbit
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Backbitten
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To speak badly about someone (पीठ पिछे
निंदा करना)
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Backfit
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Backfit
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Backfit
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To fit new parts into an older
machine that weren't available when the machine
was made पुरानी मशीन में नए हिस्से फिट करना
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Backlight
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Backlit
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Backlit
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To illuminate from behind
(photography)
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Backslide
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Backslid
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Backslid/Backslidden
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To stop making progress and start
regressing
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Be
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Was/Were
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Been
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To exist, live or occur.
To have as a quality or a state An
auxiliary verb
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Bear
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Bore
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Born/Borne
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To carry To tolerate
To give birth to
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Beat
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Beat
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Beaten
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To hit repeatedly
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Become
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Became
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Become
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To come into existence (बनना, हो जाना)
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Bedight
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Bedight/Bedighted
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Bedight/Bedighted
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To adorn, decorate (सजाना , सुसज्जित करना)
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Befall
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Befell
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Befallen
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To happen (घटित होना)
To happen to somebody or something
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Beget
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Begot/Begat
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Begotten
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To cause something to happen To procreate पैदा करना ,उत्पन्न करना
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Begin
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Began
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Begun
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To start something
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Begird
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Begirt/Begirded
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Begirt
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To encircle घेरना , (Lets begird MLA for our work)
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Behight
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Behight
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Behight/Behoten
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To promise or vow To order ( शपथ, प्रतिज्ञा)
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Behold
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Beheld
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Beheld
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To become conscious of by seeing (निहारना)
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Belay
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Belaid/Belayed
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Belaid/Belayed
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To secure a boat with a rope To tie up (रस्सी से बाँधना)
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Bend
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Bent
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Bent
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To curve something by distorting its
shape (झुकना)
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Bereave
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Bereft
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Bereft/Bereaved
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To lose a relative through their
death To deprive (वंचित करना)
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Beseech
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Besought/Beseeched
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Besought/Beseeched
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To ask someone very insistently to do something )प्रार्थना करना, बिनती करना)
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Beset
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Beset
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Beset
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To be restricted and occupied by
difficulties (घेर लेना)
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Bespeak
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Bespoke
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Bespoken
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To be a signal or symbol of something To set aside or reserve something
To ask for
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Bestrew
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Bestrewed
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Bestrewed/Bestrewn
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To cover a surface by throwing things
about randomly (खिंडाना)
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Bestride
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Bestrode
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Bestridden
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To sit or stand with one leg on
either side of something (सवारी करना)
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Bet
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Bet
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Bet
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To risk money against the result of a
future event
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Betake
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Betook
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Betaken
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To go to a place
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Bethink
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Bethought
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Bethought
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To think about something To remind yourself
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Beweep
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Bewept
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Bewept
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To cry for or over someone or
something
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Bid
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Bid
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Bid
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To make an offer of money or services
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Bid
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Bade
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Bidden
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To command or urge someone to do something
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Bide
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Bided/Bode
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Bided
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To wait for To tolerate To
withstand
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Bind
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Bound
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Bound
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To tie something with string, or
similar, to hold it
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Bite
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Bit
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Bitten
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To cut or hold with teeth
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Blaw
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Blawed
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Blawn
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To blow
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Bleed
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Bled
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Bled
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To lose blood through a cut in the
skin
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Blend
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Blended/Blent
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Blended/Blent
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To mix together
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Bless
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Blessed/Blest
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Blessed/Blest
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To wish or confer happiness To make holy
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Blow
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Blew
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Blown
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To move air, wind and gases
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Bottle-feed
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Bottle-fed
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Bottle-fed
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To feed a baby with a bottle
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Bowstring
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Bowstrung/Bowstringe d
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Bowstrung
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To strangle with the string from a
bow
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Break
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Broke
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Broken
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To cause something to separate into
at least two pieces
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Breast-feed
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Breast-fed
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Breast-fed
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To feed a baby with breast milk
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Breed
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Bred
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Bred
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To produce animals or plants by
controlling their reproduction
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Bring
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Brought
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Brought
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To carry or convey something to the
place where you are going
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Broadcast
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Broadcast/Broadcasted
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Broadcast/Broadcasted
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To transmit radio or TV signals
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Browbeat
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Browbeat
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Browbeat/Browbeaten
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To put pressure on someone or bully
them to do something
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Build
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Built
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Built
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To construct
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Burn
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Burnt/Burned
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Burnt/Burned
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To consume or be consumed by fire
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Burst
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Burst
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Burst
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To break something open, usually by
internal pressure, such as a balloon with too
much air in it
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Bust
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Bust
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Bust
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To break
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Buy
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Bought
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Bought
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To acquire something in exchange for
money
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C
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Base Form
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Past Simple
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Past Participle
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Definition
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Cast
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Cast
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Cast
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To throw or project something
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Catch
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Caught
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Caught
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To receive
To stop and hold a moving object, usually with
your hands
To make something unable to escape
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Cheerlead
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Cheerled
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Cheerled
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To cheer and support a team in an
organised group
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Chide
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Chid
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Chid/Chidden
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To tell somebody off when they have
done something wrong
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Choose
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Chose
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Chosen
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To select
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Clap
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Clapped/Clapt
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Clapped/Clapt
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To hit your hands together to make a
sound to show approval
To make a loud noise, like thunder
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Clear-cut
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Clear-cut
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Clear-cut
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To cut down all trees in an area
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Cleave
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Cleft/Cleaved/Clove
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Cleft/Cleaved/Cloven
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To separate or divide something,
often with force
To stick or hold together
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Cleek
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Claught/Claucht/Cleek ed
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Cleeked
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To grasp or take hold of
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Clepe
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Cleped
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Cleped/Ycleped/Yclept
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To call or name
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Cling
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Clung
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Clung
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To hold on to or to stick to
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Clothe
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Clad/Clothed
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Clad/Clothed
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To dress someone or provide them with clothes
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Colorbreed
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Colorbred
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Colorbred
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To breed an animal to be of a
particular color
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Colorcast
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Colorcast
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Colorcast
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To broadcast in color
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Come
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Came
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Come
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To move towards or to arrive at a
specified place, time or situation
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Cost
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Cost
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Cost
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The amount of money required to buy something; it costs five dollars.
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Cost-cut
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Cost-cut
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Cost-cut
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To redcuce costs or expenditure
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Counterdraw
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Counterdrew
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Counterdrawn
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To copy by tracing
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Counterlight
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Counterlit
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Counterlit
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To light something directly from
opposite sides
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Cowrite
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Cowrote
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Cowritten
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To write with someone
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Crash-dive
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Crash-dived/Crash- dove
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Crash-dived
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To go down very quickly
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Creep
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Crept
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Crept
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To move along the ground lying down
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Creep-feed
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Creep-fed
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Creep-fed
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To feed young animals in a special
area that adult animals can't get in
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Crib-bite
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Crib-bit
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Crib-bitten
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To bite its manger and swallow air
(of a horse)
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Cross-bite
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Cross-bit
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Cross-bitten
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To thwart or stop something happening
by deception
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Cross-string
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Cross-strung
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Cross-strung
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To place bass strings on a piano
across the treble strings
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Crossbreed
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Crossbred
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Crossbred
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To breed animals or plants of
different species, like a mule, which is a
crossbreed of a donkey and a horse
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Crosscut
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Crosscut
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Crosscut
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To move between scenes or stories in
a film or narrative
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Crosslight
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Crosslit
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Crosslit
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To illuminate from different sides,
but not directly opposite
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Crow
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Crowed/Crew
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Crowed
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To boast
To utter a sound indicating pleasure
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Cut
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Cut
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Cut
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To break the surface of something
with a knife or similar tool
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D
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Base Form
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Past Simple
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Past Participle
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Definition
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Dare
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Dared/Durst
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Dared
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To have sufficient courage
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Daydream
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Daydreamt/Daydream t
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Daydreamt/Daydreamt
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To have dream-like thoughts when a
wake To have a fantasy
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Deal
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Dealt
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Dealt
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To distribute, especially playing
cards in games
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Deep-freeze
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Deep-froze
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Deep-frozen
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To freeze or store frozen
To suspend progress or activity
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Dig
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Dug
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Dug
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To make a hole in the ground
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Dight
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Dight/Dighted
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Dight/Dighted
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To dictate orders
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Dispread
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Dispread
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Dispread
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To spread out
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Disprove
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Disproved
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Disproven/Disproved
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To prove that something is fale or
wrong
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Dive
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Dived/Dove
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Dived
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To jump head first into water To fall quickly
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Do
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Did
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Done
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To perform or carry out
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Dogfight
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Dogfought
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Dogfought
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To fight in aeroplanes
To arrange a fight between dogs for sport
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Dow
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Dought/Dowed
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Dought/Dowed
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To have the ability to do something To do well
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Draw
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Drew
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Drawn
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To make a picture using a pen or
pencil
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Dream
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Dreamt/Dreamed
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Dreamt/Dreamed
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To see visual images while sleeping
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Drink
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Drank
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Drunk
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To consume liquids
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Drip-feed
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Drip-fed
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Drip-fed
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To feed someone with fluids going
into the vein
To release information very slowly, bit by bit
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Drive
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Drove
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Driven
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To operate and control a car or other
vehicle
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Dwell
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Dwelt
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Dwelt
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To reside or live somewhere
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E
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Base Form
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Past Simple
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Past Participle
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Definition
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Eat
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Ate
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Eaten
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To consume solid food
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End-run
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End-ran
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End-run
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To avoid doing something by cheating
or deceit
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Engird
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Engirt
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Engirt
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To encircle, encompass
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Engrave
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Engraved
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Engraved/Engraven
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To carve letters or a pattern into
the surface of something
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Enwind
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Enwound
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Enwound
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To make into a coil
To wrap around something
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F
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Base Form
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Past Simple
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Past Participle
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Fall
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Fell
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Fallen
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To move downwards or to the ground
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Farebeat
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Farebeat
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Farebeaten
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To avoid paying fares when using
public transport
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Fast-cut
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Fast-cut
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Fast-cut
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To cut quickly from one scene to
another in a film
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Feed
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Fed
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Fed
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To give or supply food
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Feel
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Felt
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Felt
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To sense by touch
To experience an emotion, or sensation
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Fight
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Fought
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Fought
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To try to hurt or kill someone in
combat or war
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Find
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Found
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Found
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To discover something either by
chance or when looking for it
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Fit
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Fit/Fitted
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Fit/Fitted
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To be the correct size, for clothes,
etc. (fit/fit/fit)
To measure someone for size (fit fit/fitted/ fit/fitted)
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Flash-freeze
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Flash-froze
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Flash-frozen
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To freeze food very rapidly to
preserve taste and nutrients
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Flee
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Fled
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Fled
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To run away in order to find safety
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Fling
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Flung
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Flung
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To throw or move something suddenly
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Floodlight
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Floodlit
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Floodlit
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To use powerful lights to illuminate
something outside at night
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Fly
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Flew
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Flown
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To move through the air To travel by aeroplane
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Flyblow
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Flyblew
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Flyblown
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To contaminate by laying eggs, the
way a fly does
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Forbear
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Forbore
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Forborne/Forborn
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Not to use or talk about something
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Forbid
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Forbade/Forbad
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Forbidden
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To prohibit
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Force-feed
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Force-fed
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Force-fed
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To feed someone who refuses or
doesn't want to eat
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Fordo/Foredo
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Fordid
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Fordone
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To ruin or destroy
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Forecast
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Forecast/Forecasted
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Forecast/Forecasted
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To predict the future
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Forefeel
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Forefelt
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Forefelt
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To have a feeling before something
happens To have a premonition
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Forego
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Forewent
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Foregone
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To preceed something To go without something
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Foreknow
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Foreknew
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Foreknown
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To know something beforehand
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Forerun
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Foreran
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Forerun
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To go before something
To show that something is going to happen
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Foresee
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Foresaw
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Foreseen
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To predict or see the future
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Foreshow
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Foreshowed
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Forshowed/Foreshown
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To show something or make it known beforehand
To foretell
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Forespeak
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Forespoke
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Forespoken
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To predict
To speak of something beforehand
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Foretell
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Foretold
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Foretold
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To predict the future
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Forget
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Forgot
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Forgotten
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To be unable to remember something
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Forgive
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Forgave
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Forgiven
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To pardon or stop being angry with
someone who has offended you
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Forlese
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Forlore
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Forlorn
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To lose completely
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Forsake
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Forsook
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Forsaken
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To give something up To abandon
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Forswear
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Forswore
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Forsworn
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To make a false promise or oath
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Fraught
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Fraught/Fraughted
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Fraught/Fraughted
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To stock
To load a ship, etc To hire a ship, etc
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Free-fall
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Free-fell
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Free-fallen
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To drop or fall suddenly
To fall through the air without opening a parachute
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Freeze
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Froze
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Frozen
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To make liquids into solids by cold temperatures
To store food below zero degrees centigrade
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Frostbite
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Frostbit
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Frostbitten
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To injure or damage part of the body
through extreme cold
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G
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Base Form
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Past Simple
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Past Participle
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Definition
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Gainsay
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Gainsaid
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Gainsaid
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To contradict or deny
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Geld
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Gelded/Gelt
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Gelded/Gelt
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To castrate an animal
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Get
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Got
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Got/Gotten
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To obtain, catch or receive
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Ghostwrite
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Ghostwrote
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Ghostwritten
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To write for someone else, who will
put their name as the author
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Gild
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Gilt/Gilded
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Gilt/Gilded
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To cover something with a thin layer
of gold
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Gin
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Gan
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Gan
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To begin something
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Gird
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Girded/Girt
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Girded/Girt
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To secure or encirle something with a
belt or bend
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Give
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Gave
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Given
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To offer something as a present
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Gnaw
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Gnawed
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Gnawed/Gnawn
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To bite or chew
To cause worry
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Go
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Went
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Gone/Been
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To travel to a place
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Grave
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Graved
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Graven/Graved
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To dig To
carve
To fix in the memory
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Grind
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Ground
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Ground
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To break something into a powder
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Grow
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Grew
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Grown
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To increase in size
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H
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Base Form
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Past Simple
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Past Participle
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Definition
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Hagride
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Hagrode
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Hagridden
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To torment or cause nightmares
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Halterbreak
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Halterbroke
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Halterbroken
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To break a horse in, to get it used
to wearing a halter
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Hamstring
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Hamstrung/Hamstring ed
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Hamstrung/Hamstringed
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To make things difficult for someone
doing something
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Hand-feed
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Hand-fed
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Hand-fed
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To give food by hand
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Hand-ride
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Hand-rode
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Hand-ridden
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To control an animal by hand
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Handsew
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Handsewed
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Handsewn/Handsewed
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To sew by hand
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Handwrite
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Handwrote
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Handwritten
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To write with a pen or pencil rather
than a word processor
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Hang
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Hung/Hanged
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Hung/Hanged
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To suspend from a support
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Have
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Had
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Had
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To possess To do
An auxiliary verb
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Hear
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Heard
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Heard
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To detect or perceive sound
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Heave
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Heaved/Hove
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Heaved/Hove
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To lift something heavy To
throw something heavy
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Hew
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Hewed
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Hewn
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To cut things into pieces
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Hide
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Hid
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Hidden
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To conceal or put something where it
cannot be seen
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Hight
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Hote/Hight
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Hoten
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To name To
promise
To command
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Hit
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Hit
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Hit
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To touch somebody or something with
force
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Hoise
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Hoised/Hoist
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Hoised/Hoist
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To hoist or lift
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Hoist
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Hoist/Hoisted
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Hoist/Hoisted
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To raise or lift using ropes, etc
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Hold
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Held
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Held
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To secure something in your hand To contain
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House-sit
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House-sat
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House-sat
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To stay in someone's house to look
after it while they are away
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Housebreak
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Housebroke
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Housebroken
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To train an animal to live in a house
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Hurt
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Hurt
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Hurt
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To cause pain, injury or stress
To experience pain, injury or stress
|
|
I
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Inbreed
|
Inbred
|
Inbred
|
To produce babies with health
problems by sexual relations between close
relatives
|
|
Indwell
|
Indwelt
|
Indwelt
|
To inhabit
To exist as a guiding principle
|
|
Inhold
|
Inheld
|
Inheld
|
To have as an inherent characteristic
|
|
Inlay
|
Inlaid
|
Inlaid
|
To put a different material inside
another for decoration, with a flat surface
|
|
Input
|
Input/Inputted
|
Input/Inputted
|
To enter data into a computer
|
|
Inset
|
Inset
|
Inset
|
To put a picture or graphic inside a
lerger one
|
|
Interblend
|
Interblended/Interblent
|
Interblended/Interblent
|
To blend things together
|
|
Interbreed
|
Interbred
|
Interbred
|
To mix species or groups sexually
|
|
Intercut
|
Intercut
|
Intercut
|
To move between different scenes or
stories in a film or narrative
|
|
Intergrave
|
Intergraved
|
Intergraved/Intergraven
|
To carve or engrave in alternate
sections
|
|
Interlay
|
Interlaid
|
Interlaid
|
To place among or between things
|
|
Interset
|
Interset
|
Interset
|
To set among or between things
|
|
Interweave
|
Interwove
|
Interwoven
|
To join or mix together
|
|
Interwind
|
Interwound
|
Interwound
|
To wind together or intertwine
|
|
Inweave
|
Inwove/Inweaved
|
Inwoven/Inweaved
|
To weave things together
|
|
Inwind
|
Inwound
|
Inwound
|
To wrap or coil around
|
|
J
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Jerry-build
|
Jerry-built
|
Jerry-built
|
To build something cheaply and badly
|
|
K
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Keep
|
Kept
|
Kept
|
To have possession
To make somebody or something stay in a particular
place
|
|
Ken
|
Kent/Kenned
|
Kent/Kenned
|
To know
|
|
Kneel
|
Knelt/Kneeled
|
Knelt/Kneeled
|
To support yourself on your knees
|
|
Knit
|
Knit/Knitted
|
Knit/Knitted
|
To make clothes such as pullovers out
of wool
|
|
Know
|
Knew
|
Known
|
To be acquainted with
To have correctly in your memory
|
|
L
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Lade
|
Laded
|
Laden/Laded
|
To load (put goods onto) a ship
|
|
Landslide
|
Landslid/Landslided
|
Landslid/Landslided
|
To win a convincing and easy victory
in an election
|
|
Lay
|
Laid
|
Laid
|
To put something in a horizontal
position
|
|
Lead
|
Led
|
Led
|
To take someone somewhere or guide
them To be in command
|
|
Lean
|
Leant/Leaned
|
Leant/Leaned
|
To place something at an incline for
support against something
|
|
Leap
|
Leapt/Leaped
|
Leapt/Leaped
|
To jump
|
|
Learn
|
Learnt/Learned
|
Learnt/Learned
|
To acquire knowledge
|
|
Leave
|
Left
|
Left
|
To go out of a place
|
|
Lend
|
Lent
|
Lent
|
To give somebody money that must be returned
|
|
Lep
|
Lept
|
Lept
|
To leap
|
|
Let
|
Let
|
Let
|
To allow something to happen
To allow someone to do something
|
|
Lie
|
Lay
|
Lain
|
To get into or be in a horizontal
position
|
|
Light
|
Lit
|
Lit
|
To make something burn
|
|
Linebreed
|
Linebred
|
Linebred
|
Breed animals from a particular
family
|
|
Lip-Read
|
Lip-Read
|
Lip-Read
|
To work out what someone is saying
from the movements of their mouth
|
|
Lose
|
Lost
|
Lost
|
Not to have something because you do
not know where it is
|
|
M
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Make
|
Made
|
Made
|
To create or construct something
To cause somebody to do something To
perform an action
|
|
Mean
|
Meant
|
Meant
|
To signify To intend
|
|
Meet
|
Met
|
Met
|
To make somebody's acquaintance
|
|
|
|
|
To be in the same place as somebody
|
|
Melt
|
Melted
|
Molten/Melted
|
To change from solid into a liquid as
the temperature goes up
|
|
Misbecome
|
Misbecame
|
Misbecome
|
Not to suit
|
|
Miscast
|
Miscast
|
Miscast
|
To choose the wrong actor for a role
|
|
Mischoose
|
Mischose
|
Mischosen
|
To choose wrongly
|
|
Miscut
|
Miscut
|
Miscut
|
To cut something wrongly or badly
|
|
Misdeal
|
Misdealt
|
Misdealt
|
To distribute playing cards wrongly
in a game
|
|
Misdo
|
Misdid
|
Misdone
|
To harm or injure
|
|
Misfall
|
Misfell
|
Misfallen
|
To happen unluckily
|
|
Misfeed
|
Misfed
|
Misfed
|
To feed incorrectly
To jam printers, photocpiers, etc, by feeding the
paper incorrectly
|
|
Misgive
|
Misgave
|
Misgiven
|
To become suspicious or worried
|
|
Mishear
|
Misheard
|
Misheard
|
To hear something incorrectly
|
|
Mishit
|
Mishit
|
Mishit
|
To hit a ball badly or inaccurately
|
|
Misknow
|
Misknew
|
Misknown
|
To have the wrong idea about
something
|
|
Mislay
|
Mislaid
|
Mislaid
|
To lose or put something where you
cannot find it
|
|
Mislead
|
Misled
|
Misled
|
To make someone behave wrongly To deceive
|
|
Mislearn
|
Mislearnt/Mislearned
|
Mislearnt/Mislearned
|
To learn wrongly
|
|
Misread
|
Misread
|
Misread
|
To read something incorrectly
|
|
Missay
|
Missaid
|
Missaid
|
To say something incorrectly To talk badly about someone
|
|
Missend
|
Missent
|
Missent
|
To send to the wrong place or person
|
|
Misset
|
Misset
|
Misset
|
To set or place wrongly or
incorrectly
|
|
Misspeak
|
Misspoke
|
Misspoken
|
To say or pronounce something wrongly
To say something that is incorrect or inaccurate
|
|
Misspell
|
Misspelt/Misspelled
|
Misspelt/Misspelled
|
To write a word without using the
correct letters
|
|
Misspend
|
Misspent
|
Misspent
|
To waste time or money
|
|
Misswear
|
Misswore
|
Missworn
|
To swear or make an oath falsely
|
|
Mistake
|
Mistook
|
Mistaken
|
Not to understand
To confuse somebody with someone else
|
|
Misteach
|
Mistaught
|
Mistaught
|
To teach wrongly or incorrectly
|
|
Mistell
|
Mistold
|
Mistold
|
To tell something wrongly
|
|
Misthink
|
Misthought
|
Misthought
|
To have mistaken thoughts or ideas
|
|
Misunderstand
|
Misunderstood
|
Misunderstood
|
Not to understand
|
|
Miswear
|
Misswore
|
Misworn
|
To wear badly
|
|
Miswed
|
Miswed/Miswedded
|
Miswed/Miswedded
|
To marry wrongly
|
|
Miswrite
|
Miswrote
|
Miswritten
|
To write something incorrectly
|
|
Mow
|
Mowed
|
Mown
|
To cut grass or cereals
|
|
N
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Naysay
|
Naysaid
|
Naysaid
|
To oppose or criticise
|
|
Nose-dive
|
Nose-dived/Nose-dove
|
Nose-dived/Nose-dove
|
To dive or plunge nose first
(aircraft)
|
|
O
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Definition
|
|
Offset
|
Offset
|
To compenaste or counterbalance
|
|
Outbid
|
Outbid
|
To offer more money than someone in
an auction or sale
|
|
Outbreed
|
Outbred
|
To breed faster than others
|
|
Outdo
|
Outdid
|
To do better than someone
|
|
Outdraw
|
Outdrew
|
To pull out
To pull a gun faster than an opponent
|
|
Outdrink
|
Outdrank
|
To drink more than someone else,
usually alcohol
|
|
Outdrive
|
Outdrove
|
To drive faster or better
|
|
Outfight
|
Outfought
|
To fight better than someone
|
|
Outfly
|
Outflew
|
To fly faster or further
|
|
Outgrow
|
Outgrew
|
To grow faster than something or
someone To become too big or mature for something
|
|
Outlay
|
Outlaid
|
To spend money for a particular
purpose
|
|
Outleap
|
Outleapt/Outleaped
|
To jump or leap further or higher
|
|
Output
|
Output/Outputted
|
To put out or produce
|
|
Outride
|
Outrode
|
To ride faster than someone
|
|
Outrun
|
Outran
|
To run or go faster than someone
|
|
Outsee
|
Outsaw
|
To see further
To have greater foresight
|
|
Outsell
|
Outsold
|
To sell more than something or
someone
|
|
Outshine
|
Outshone
|
To be better than someone
|
|
Outshoot
|
Outshot
|
To shoot faster or better
|
|
Outsing
|
Outsang
|
To sing better or louder than someone
|
|
Outsit
|
Outsat
|
To sit for longer than someone
|
|
Outsleep
|
Outslept
|
To sleep for longer than someone
|
|
Outsmell
|
Outsmelt/Outsmelled
|
To have a better sense of smell
|
|
Outspeak
|
Outspoke
|
To speak better or more than someone
|
|
Outspeed
|
Outsped
|
To go faster than someone or
something
|
|
Outspend
|
Outspent
|
To spend more than someone
|
|
Outspin
|
Outspun
|
To finish or die
|
|
Outspring
|
Outsprang
|
To spring or jump out
|
|
Outstand
|
Outstood
|
To be clearly different or better
|
|
Outswear
|
Outswore
|
To exceed someone in swearing- oaths
or bad language
|
|
Outswim
|
Outswam
|
To swim faster or further than
someone
|
|
Outtell
|
Outtold
|
To be better or exceed in telling or
calculating
|
|
Outthink
|
Outthought
|
To think better ideas than someone
|
|
Outthrow
|
Outthrew
|
To throw further or more accurately
|
|
Outwear
|
Outwore
|
To last longer (of materials,
clothes, etc)
|
|
Outwind
|
Outwound
|
To unloose
|
|
Outwork
|
Outworked/Outwrought
|
To work harder or better
|
|
Outwrite
|
Outwrote
|
To be better at writing
|
|
Overbear
|
Overbore
|
To use force or authority to control
|
|
Overbid
|
Overbid
|
To bid more something is worth
To bid more than you can win in a card game
|
|
Overblow
|
Overblew
|
To become subdued To blow away
To force too much
|
|
Overbreed
|
Overbred
|
To breed too much so that features
become excessive
|
|
Overbuild
|
Overbuilt
|
To build too much, overdevelop
|
|
Overbuy
|
Overbought
|
To buy too much
To pay too much
|
|
Overcast
|
Overcast
|
To become cloudy
To sew with overcast stitiches (long slanting stitches)
|
|
Overcome
|
Overcame
|
To master a problem or difficult
situation To become helpless because of
excessive emotions or physical difficulties
|
|
Overcut
|
Overcut
|
To cut down more trees than permitted
|
|
Overdo
|
Overdid
|
To do something to excess To cook something too much
|
|
Overdraw
|
Overdrew
|
To take money out of an account so
that a negative balance results
|
|
Overdrink
|
Overdrank
|
To drink too much
|
|
Overdrive
|
Overdrove
|
To drive or work something too hard
|
|
Overeat
|
Overate
|
To eat too much
|
|
Overfeed
|
Overfed
|
To give too much food
|
|
Overfly
|
Overflew
|
To fly over a place
|
|
Overgrow
|
Overgrew
|
To grow too big or beyond a limit or
boundary
|
|
Overhang
|
Overhung
|
To be above something
|
|
Overhear
|
Overheard
|
To hear something accidently that was
not said to you
|
|
Overlay
|
Overlaid
|
To cover something with a layer
|
|
Overleap
|
Overleapt/Overleaped
|
To jump over
|
|
Overlearn
|
Overlearnt/Overlearned
|
To continue learning afer having
reached a basic proficiency
|
|
Overlie
|
Overlay
|
To lie on top of
To kill by lying on top of
|
|
Overpass
|
Overpast/Overpassed
|
To cross, pass over
|
|
Overpay
|
Overpaid
|
To pay too much
|
|
Override
|
Overrode
|
To ride through an enemy's country
|
|
Overrun
|
Overran
|
To flood
To invade and take control
|
|
Oversee
|
Oversaw
|
To observe people's work to make sure
that it is done properly
|
|
Oversell
|
Oversold
|
To sell too much
To publicise too much
|
|
Overset
|
Overset
|
To overpower
|
|
Oversew
|
Oversewed
|
To sew two edges together with
stitches overlapping both
|
|
Overshoot
|
Overshot
|
To go past a limit
|
|
Oversleep
|
Overslept
|
To sleep too late
|
|
Oversow
|
Oversowed
|
To sow on land that has already be
sown
|
|
Overspeak
|
Overspoke
|
To speak too long or use too many
words
|
|
Overspend
|
Overspent
|
To spend more than allowed or
budgeted
|
|
Overspill
|
Overspilt/Overspilled
|
To spill over
To have a population that exceeds the space available
|
|
Overspin
|
Overspun
|
To make something last too long
|
|
Overspread
|
Overspread
|
To cover something
|
|
Overspring
|
Oversprang
|
To jump over
|
|
Overstand
|
Overstood
|
Lose a sale of deal by sticking to a
price or conditions unacceptable to the other
party
|
|
Overstrew
|
Overstrewed
|
To sprinkle or strew something onto
another thing
|
|
Overstride
|
Overstrode
|
To walk across or over
To walk faster than someone To
dominate
|
|
Overstrike
|
Overstruck
|
To stamp a new value or inscription
on a old coin
|
|
Overstring
|
Overstrung
|
To tie a string too tightly
To string piano bass strings across treble strings
|
|
Overtake
|
Overtook
|
To pass a vehicle that is going more
slowly
|
|
Overthink
|
Overthought
|
To think or plan too much
|
|
Overthrow
|
Overthrew
|
To remove someone forcibly from
government or power
|
|
Overwear
|
Overwore
|
To wear something too much or often,
or wear it out
|
|
Overwind
|
Overwound
|
To wind a clock or something too much
so it strains the spring
|
|
Overwithhold
|
Overwithheld
|
To deduct too much tax from a payment
or salary
|
|
Overwrite
|
Overwrote
|
To record data on top of existing
data, erasing the original
|
|
P
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Partake
|
Partook
|
Partaken
|
To take part in something or a part
of something, usually food
|
|
Pay
|
Paid
|
Paid
|
To give somebody money in exchange
for things or services
|
|
Pen
|
Pent/Penned
|
Pent/Penned
|
To shut up or enclose in a cage, etc
|
|
Pinch-hit
|
Pinch-hit
|
Pinch-hit
|
To bat instead of a player in
baseball, especially when a hit is needed
|
|
Plead
|
Pled/Pleaded
|
Pled/Pleaded
|
To tell a court that you are guilty
or innocent To ask for special treatment by
authorities, etc.
|
|
Potshot
|
Potshot/Potshotted
|
Potshot
|
To shoot at random To criticise at random
|
|
Practice-teach
|
Practice-taught
|
Practice-taught
|
To teach as part of training
|
|
Prebind
|
Prebound
|
Prebound
|
To bind before
|
|
Prebuild
|
Prebuilt
|
Prebuilt
|
Prefabricate
|
|
Precut
|
Precut
|
Precut
|
To cut something before selling or
assembling it
|
|
Predo
|
Predid
|
Predone
|
To do something before a certain time
of stage
|
|
Premake
|
Premade
|
Premade
|
To make something before a time or
stage
|
|
Prepay
|
Prepaid
|
Prepaid
|
To pay for something using it
|
|
Presell
|
Presold
|
Presold
|
To sell before a certain time
|
|
Preset
|
Preset
|
Preset
|
To arrange something before it is
needed
|
|
Preshrink
|
Preshrank
|
Preshrunk
|
To shrink a fabric before selling it
so that it will not become smaller when washed
|
|
Presplit
|
Presplit
|
Presplit
|
To split or divide before a certain
time
|
|
Price-cut
|
Price-cut
|
Price-cut
|
To cut or reduce prices
|
|
Proofread
|
Proofread
|
Proofread
|
To read something checking carefully
for mistakes
|
|
Prove
|
Proved
|
Proven/Proved
|
To demonstrate that something is true
|
|
Put
|
Put
|
Put
|
To place something in a specific
position
|
|
Q
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Quick-freeze
|
Quick-froze
|
Quick-frozen
|
To freeze something rapidly
|
|
Quit
|
Quit
|
Quit
|
To stop doing something To resign from a job
|
|
R
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Rap
|
Rapped/Rapt
|
Rapped/Rapt
|
To be very affected by strong emotion
|
|
Re-prove
|
Re-proved
|
Re-proven/Re-proved
|
To prove again
|
|
Read
|
Read
|
Read
|
To look at written words and
understand them
|
|
Reave
|
Reft/Reaved
|
Reft/Reaved
|
To deprive
To take by force
|
|
Reawake
|
Reawoke
|
Reawoken/Reawaken
|
To wake up again
|
|
Rebid
|
Rebid
|
Rebid
|
To bid again
|
|
Rebind
|
Rebound
|
Rebound
|
To cover a book again
|
|
Rebroadcast
|
Rebroadcast
|
Rebroadcast
|
To transmit something on televison or
the radio again
|
|
Rebuild
|
Rebuilt
|
Rebuilt
|
To build something again
|
|
Recast
|
Recast
|
Recast
|
To replace an actor or actress
|
|
Recut
|
Recut
|
Recut
|
To cut again or differently
|
|
Redd
|
Redd/Redded
|
Redd/Redded
|
To save or rescue
|
|
Redeal
|
Redealt
|
Redealt
|
To deal playing cards again
|
|
Redo
|
Redid
|
Redone
|
To do something again
|
|
Redraw
|
Redrew
|
Redrawn
|
To draw again
|
|
|
|
|
To change boundaries, frontiers, etc
|
|
Reeve
|
Rove/Reeved
|
Rove/Reeved
|
To gather together
To thread something through a hole
|
|
Refit
|
Refit
|
Refit
|
To repair a ship, plane or vehicle
To fit something again
|
|
Regrind
|
Reground
|
Reground
|
To grind again
To smooth worn engine parts
|
|
Regrow
|
Regrew
|
Regrown
|
To grow again
|
|
Rehang
|
Rehung
|
Rehung
|
To hang again or in a different
position
|
|
Rehear
|
Reheard
|
Reheard
|
To hear something again
|
|
Reknit
|
Reknit/Reknitted
|
Reknit/Reknitted
|
To knit again
To join back together
|
|
Relay
|
Relaid
|
Relaid
|
To operate a system where things are replaced as they become used or tired
|
|
Relearn
|
Relearnt/Relearned
|
Relearnt/Relearned
|
To learn again
|
|
Relight
|
Relit/Relighted
|
Relit/Relighted
|
To light or start something burning
again
|
|
Remake
|
Remade
|
Remade
|
To make something again, such as a
new version of a film
|
|
Rend
|
Rent
|
Rent
|
To tear or rip
|
|
Repay
|
Repaid
|
Repaid
|
To pay somebody money owed
|
|
Reread
|
Reread
|
Reread
|
To read again
|
|
Rerun
|
Reran
|
Rerun
|
To show a film again
|
|
Resell
|
Resold
|
Resold
|
To sell something again
|
|
Resend
|
Resent
|
Resent
|
To send something again
|
|
Reset
|
Reset
|
Reset
|
To put something back to the original
way it was organised
|
|
Resew
|
Resewed
|
Resewn/Reswed
|
To sew again
|
|
Reshoot
|
Reshot
|
Reshot
|
To shoot a film scene again
|
|
Resit
|
Resat
|
Resat
|
To take an exam or test again
|
|
Resow
|
Resowed
|
Resown/Resowed
|
To sow again
|
|
Respell
|
Respelled/Respelt
|
Respelled/Respelt
|
To spell again
|
|
Restring
|
Restrung
|
Restrung
|
To fit new strings on a musical
instrument or a bow
|
|
Retake
|
Retook
|
Retaken
|
Take again, especially exams and
tests
|
|
Reteach
|
Retaught
|
Retaught
|
To teach again
|
|
Retear
|
Retore
|
Retorn
|
To tear again, usually of injuries
|
|
Retell
|
Retold
|
Retold
|
To tell something again
|
|
Rethink
|
Rethought
|
Rethought
|
To think again
|
|
Retread
|
Retrod
|
Retrodden
|
To tread again
To cut new tread in a tyre
|
|
Retrofit
|
Retrofit/Retrofitted
|
Retrofit/Retrofitted
|
To fit new parts into an older
machine that weren't available when the machine
was made
|
|
Rewake
|
Rewoke/Rewaked
|
Rewoken/Rewaked
|
To wake again
|
|
Rewear
|
Rewore
|
Reworn
|
To wear again
|
|
Reweave
|
Rewove/Reweaved
|
Rewoven/Reweaved
|
To weave again
|
|
Rewed
|
Rewed/Rewedded
|
Rewed/Rewedded
|
To marry again
|
|
Rewet
|
Rewet/Rewetted
|
Rewet/Rewetted
|
To wet again
|
|
Rewin
|
Rewon
|
Rewon
|
To win again
|
|
Rewind
|
Rewound
|
Rewound
|
To put a cassette or video back to
the beginning
|
|
Rewrite
|
Rewrote
|
Rewritten
|
To write something again, usually
with improvements
|
|
Rid
|
Rid/Ridded
|
Rid/Ridded
|
To dispose of
|
|
Ride
|
Rode
|
Ridden
|
To travel by horse, bike or motorbike
|
|
Ring
|
Rang
|
Rung
|
To telephone
To make sounds with a bell
|
|
Rise
|
Rose
|
Risen
|
To move upwards
|
|
Rive
|
Rived
|
Riven/Rived
|
To break apart ot split
|
|
Rough-hew
|
Rough-hewed
|
Rough-hewn
|
To make a rough version of something
|
|
Roughcast
|
Roughcast
|
Roughcast
|
To prepare a rough form of something
|
|
Run
|
Ran
|
Run
|
To move quickly, so that both legs
leave the ground
|
|
S
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Sand-cast
|
Sand-cast
|
Sand-cast
|
To make a cast by pouring metal into
a mold made of sand.
|
|
Saw
|
Sawed
|
Sawn/Sawed
|
To cut wood, etc, with a tool
|
|
Say
|
Said
|
Said
|
To speak words
|
|
See
|
Saw
|
Seen
|
To notice with your eyes
|
|
Seek
|
Sought
|
Sought
|
To try to find something
|
|
Self-feed
|
Self-fed
|
Self-fed
|
To feed itself without assistance
|
|
Self-sow
|
Self-sowed
|
Self-sown/Self-sowed
|
To sow itself without assistance
|
|
Sell
|
Sold
|
Sold
|
To receive money in exchange for
goods
|
|
Send
|
Sent
|
Sent
|
To cause something to be taken to a
specific destination, especially letters,
message, etc.
|
|
Set
|
Set
|
Set
|
To place something somewhere
To fix something in a particular position
|
|
Sew
|
Sewed
|
Sewn/Sewed
|
To join pieces of material together
using thread
|
|
Shake
|
Shook
|
Shaken
|
To vibrate
To make something vibrate
|
|
Shave
|
Shaved
|
Shaven/Shaved
|
To remove body hair
|
|
Shear
|
Shore/Sheared
|
Shorn/Sheared
|
To cut with scissors, especially wool
from sheep
|
|
Shed
|
Shed
|
Shed
|
To fall off or let something fall
off; snakes shed their skin
|
|
Shend
|
Shent
|
Shent
|
To shame or disgrace
|
|
Shew
|
Shewed
|
Shewn/Shewed
|
Show
|
|
Shine
|
Shone
|
Shone
|
To give off or reflect bright light
|
|
Shit
|
Shat/Shit
|
Shat/Shit
|
To get rid of solid body waste
|
|
Shoe
|
Shod
|
Shod
|
To provide with shoes, especially
horses
|
|
Shoot
|
Shot
|
Shot
|
To fire a bullet from a gun
To kill or hurt somebody with a gun
|
|
Shortcut
|
Shortcut
|
Shortcut
|
To use a shorter or quicker way of
going somehere or doing something
|
|
Show
|
Showed
|
Shown
|
To allow somebody to see something so
that they can become aware of it
|
|
Shrink
|
Shrank
|
Shrunk
|
To become smaller
To make something smaller
|
|
Shrive
|
Shrove
|
Shriven
|
To confess or listen to a confession,
a religious term
|
|
Shut
|
Shut
|
Shut
|
To close something
|
|
Sidewind
|
Sidewound
|
Sidewound
|
To move like the sidewinder snake
|
|
Sight-read
|
Sight-read
|
Sight-read
|
To read music
|
|
Sightsee
|
Sightsaw
|
Sightseen
|
To visit famous monuments, etc
|
|
Sing
|
Sang
|
Sung
|
To make music with your voice
|
|
Sink
|
Sank
|
Sunk
|
To move downwards in water
To make something move downwards in water
|
|
Sit
|
Sat
|
Sat
|
To support your body with your
buttocks not your feet, with the back in a
vertical position as on a chair
|
|
Skywrite
|
Skywrote
|
Skywritten
|
To write in the sky with smoke
|
|
Slay
|
Slew
|
Slain
|
To kill
|
|
Sleep
|
Slept
|
Slept
|
To be in a relaxed state with your
eyes closed
|
|
Slide
|
Slid
|
Slid/Slidden
|
To move on a smooth surface, such as
ice
|
|
Sling
|
Slung
|
Slung
|
To throw something somewhere
|
|
Slink
|
Slunk
|
Slunk
|
To move in a suspicious and guilty
way
|
|
Slit
|
Slit
|
Slit
|
To make a long thin cut in something
|
|
Smell
|
Smelt/Smelled
|
Smelt/Smelled
|
To detect odours with your nose To emit odours
|
|
Smite
|
Smote
|
Smitten
|
To hit
|
|
Snapshoot
|
Snapshot
|
Snapshot
|
Take a quick photograph
|
|
Sneak
|
Sneaked/Snuck
|
Sneaked/Snuck
|
To move around guiltily or to avoid
being noticed
|
|
Soothsay
|
Soothsaid
|
Soothsaid
|
To predict the future
|
|
Sow
|
Sowed
|
Sown
|
To plant seeds in the ground to
produce plants or cereals
|
|
Speak
|
Spoke
|
Spoken
|
To say words with your mouth To be able to use a language
|
|
Speed
|
Sped/Speeded
|
Sped/Speeded
|
To move quickly
To drive faster than legally permitted
|
|
Spell
|
Spelt/Spelled
|
Spelt/Spelled
|
To use the correct combination of
letters for a word
|
|
Spellbind
|
Spellbound
|
Spellbound
|
To put into a trance or captivate
|
|
Spend
|
Spent
|
Spent
|
To Use money to buy things
To use time or energy doimg something
|
|
Spill
|
Spilt/Spilled
|
Spilt/Spilled
|
To allow liquids out of their
containers accidentally
|
|
Spin
|
Span/Spun
|
Spun
|
To turn repeatedly in circles around
a fixed point
To make something turn repeatedly in circles
|
|
Spit
|
Spat/Spit
|
Spat/Spit
|
To eject saliva, liquid or food from
the mouth
|
|
Split
|
Split
|
Split
|
To divide
To break open
|
|
Spoil
|
Spoilt/Spoiled
|
Spoilt/Spoiled
|
To let something go bad To go bad
|
|
Spoonfeed
|
Spoonfed
|
Spoonfed
|
To give someone information in small
and very easy bits
|
|
Spread
|
Spread
|
Spread
|
To cover the surface of one thing
with
|
|
|
|
|
something else, like butter on bread
|
|
Spring
|
Sprang
|
Sprung
|
To jump
To become active
|
|
Stall-feed
|
Stall-fed
|
Stall-fed
|
To feed or fatten an animal in a
stall
|
|
Stand
|
Stood
|
Stood
|
To be in a vertical position with the
weight on the feet
To get into this position
|
|
Stave
|
Stove/Staved/Stoved
|
Stove/Staved/Stoved
|
To break a hole in something
|
|
Steal
|
Stole
|
Stolen
|
To take property or money that is not
yours
|
|
Stick
|
Stuck
|
Stuck
|
To attach things with glue
To insert a sharp object into something
|
|
Sting
|
Stung
|
Stung
|
To feel pain caused by an insect or
plant or in a particular part of the body
|
|
Stink
|
Stank
|
Stunk
|
To smell very badly
|
|
Straphang
|
Straphung
|
Straphung
|
To hold a strap for support
|
|
Strew
|
Strewed
|
Strewn/Strewed
|
To distribute things randomly over a
surface
|
|
Stride
|
Strode/Strided
|
Stridden
|
To walk confidently
|
|
Strike
|
Struck
|
Struck/Stricken
|
To stop working as a protest about
working conditions
To hit
|
|
String
|
Strung
|
Strung
|
To attach something using a cord
|
|
Strip
|
Stript/Stripped
|
Stript/Stripped
|
To undress
To remove the covering of something
|
|
Strive
|
Strove
|
Striven
|
To try very hard to do something
|
|
Sublet
|
Sublet
|
Sublet
|
To rent something you have rented
|
|
Sunburn
|
Sunburned/Sunburnt
|
Sunburned/Sunburnt
|
To get red skin from being in the sun
for too long
|
|
Swear
|
Swore
|
Sworn
|
To use words which are regarded as
offensive To promise
|
|
Sweat
|
Sweat/Sweated
|
Sweat/Sweated
|
To perspire
|
|
Sweep
|
Swept/Sweeped
|
Swept/Sweeped
|
To clean floors using a brush
|
|
Swell
|
Swelled
|
Swollen
|
To increase in size usually by
filling with liquids or gases
|
|
Swim
|
Swam
|
Swum
|
To travel in water by moving your
arms and legs
|
|
Swing
|
Swung
|
Swung
|
To move from side to side from a
fixed point
|
|
Swink
|
Swank/Swonk
|
Swonken
|
To work, toil or labour
|
|
Switch-hit
|
Switch-hit
|
Switch-hit
|
To bat right-handed against a
left-handed bowler, or vice versa, in baseball
|
|
T
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Take
|
Took
|
Taken
|
To perform an action To acquire
|
|
Teach
|
Taught
|
Taught
|
To instruct or train somebody
|
|
Team-teach
|
Team-taught
|
Team-taught
|
To teach with more than one teacher
for the class or group
|
|
Tear
|
Tore
|
Torn
|
To make a hole or divide material,
paper, etc.
|
|
Telecast
|
Telecast/Telecasted
|
Telecast/Telecasted
|
To broadcast on TV
|
|
Tell
|
Told
|
Told
|
To give somebody information
|
|
Test-drive
|
Test-drove
|
Test-driven
|
To drive a car to test it before
buying
|
|
Test-fly
|
Test-flew
|
Test-flown
|
To test a plane
|
|
Think
|
Thought
|
Thought
|
To have an opinion To use the brain
|
|
Thrive
|
Throve/Thrived
|
Thriven/Thrived
|
To do very well because the
circumstances or situation is right
|
|
Throw
|
Threw
|
Thrown
|
To cause an object to leave your hand
in such a way that it travels through the air
|
|
Thrust
|
Thrust
|
Thrust
|
To push with force
|
|
Thunderstrike
|
Thunderstruck
|
Thunderstruck/Thunders tricken
|
To strike with lightning To shock
|
|
Tine
|
Tint/Tined
|
Tint/Tined
|
To shut
|
|
Tread
|
Trod
|
Trodden
|
To put your foot down
|
|
Troubleshoot
|
Troubleshot
|
Troubleshot
|
To solve a problem
|
|
Typecast
|
Typecast
|
Typecast
|
To give an actor the same sort of
role repeatedly
|
|
Typeset
|
Typeset
|
Typeset
|
To compose type for printing
|
|
Typewrite
|
Typewrote
|
Typewritten
|
To write with a typewriter
|
|
U
|
|
Base Form
|
Past Simple
|
Past Participle
|
Definition
|
|
Unbear
|
Unbore
|
Unborn/Unborne
|
To remove a horse's rein and straps
|
|
Unbend
|
Unbent
|
Unbent
|
To retore something to its original
shape that has been distorted
|
|
Unbind
|
Unbound
|
Unbound
|
To set something free
To untie, remove ropes, chains, etc..
|
|
Unbuild
|
Unbuilt
|
Unbuilt
|
To demolish
|
|
Unclothe
|
Unclad/Unclothed
|
Unclad/Unclothed
|
To remove clothes
|
|
Underbid
|
Underbid
|
Underbid/Underbidden
|
To offer less money in an auction or
sale
|
|
Underbuy
|
Underbought
|
Underbought
|
To buy for less than the real value
|
|
Undercut
|
Undercut
|
Undercut
|
To sell at a cheaper price than a
competitor
|
|
Underdo
|
Underdid
|
Underdone
|
To do less than necessary Not to cook enough
|
|
Underfeed
|
Underfed
|
Underfed
|
To give too little food to someone or
an animal
|
|
Undergird
|
Undergirt/Undergirded
|
Undergirt/Undergirded
|
To make something secure underneath To give moral support
|
|
Undergo
|
Underwent
|
Undergone
|
To suffer or go through an unpleasant experience, such as surgery
|
|
Underlay
|
Underlaid
|
Underlaid
|
To put underneath something
|
|
Underlet
|
Underlet
|
Underlet
|
To rent for less than the real value
|
|
Underlie
|
Underlay
|
Underlain
|
To be the real reason, meaning or
idea behind something, usually hidden or not
clear
|
|
Underpay
|
Underpaid
|
Underpaid
|
To pay someone too little or pay less
than the price
|
|
Underrun
|
Underran
|
Underrun
|
To pass or flow underneath something
|
|
Undersell
|
Undersold
|
Undersold
|
To sell at a lower price than a
competitor
|
|
Undershoot
|
Undershot
|
Undershot
|
To shoot too short Not to reach a traget
|
|
Underspend
|
Underspent
|
Underspent
|
To sepnd less money than allocated in
the
|
|
|
|
|
department or company's budget
|
|
Understand
|
Understood
|
Understood
|
To know or come to know the meaning
of something
|
|
Undertake
|
Undertook
|
Undertaken
|
To accept responsibility for doing
something
|
|
Underthrust
|
Underthrust
|
Underthrust
|
To insert faulted rock under a
passive rock mass
|
|
Underwrite
|
Underwrote
|
Underwritten
|
To accept part or all of a financial
risk, especially insurance
|
|
Undo
|
Undid
|
Undone
|
To ruin somebody's reputation
To 'open' clothes or shoes before taking them off
|
|
Undraw
|
Undrew
|
Undrawn
|
To open a curtain To withdraw
|
|
Undraw
|
Undrew
|
Undrawn
|
To open, draw back (curtains, etc)
|
|
Unfreeze
|
Unfroze
|
Unfrozen
|
To make assets availably for use To thaw something
|
|
Unhang
|
Unhung
|
Unhung
|
To remove something that is hanging
|
|
Unhide
|
Unhid
|
Unhidden
|
To expose something that was hidden
|
|
Unhold
|
Unheld
|
Unheld
|
To stop holding or not to hold
|
|
Unknit
|
Unknit/Unknitted
|
Unknit/Unknitted
|
To untie
|
|
Unlade
|
Unladed
|
Unladen/Unladed
|
To remove cargo, unload
|
|
Unlay
|
Unlaid
|
Unlaid
|
To untwist a rope
|
|
Unlearn
|
Unlearnt/Unlearned
|
Unlearnt/Unlearned
|
To try to forget or change a habit or something that had been learned
|
|
Unmake
|
Unmade
|
Unmade
|
To remove a decision
|
|
Unreeve
|
Unrove/Unreeved
|
Unrove/Unreeved
|
To remove a rope from a hook
|
|
Unsay
|
Unsaid
|
Unsaid
|
Not to say something
To take back something that you said
|
|
Unsell
|
Unsold
|
Unsold
|
To convince someone that something is worthless or false
|
|
Unsew
|
Unsewed
|
Unsewn/Unsewed
|
To undo someone sewed, remove the
stitches
|
|
Unsling
|
Unslung
|
Unslung
|
To remove something held in a sling
|
|
Unspeak
|
Unspoke
|
Unspoken
|
To take back what has been said or
not to say something
|
|
Unspin
|
Unspun
|
Unspun
|
To untwist or unravel
|
|
Unstick
|
Unstuck
|
Unstuck
|
To seperate things that have been
stuck together
To take off
|
|
Unstring
|
Unstrung
|
Unstrung
|
To open something secured with string
|
|
Unswear
|
Unswore
|
Unsworn
|
To take back an oath
|
|
Unteach
|
Untaught
|
Untaught
|
To make someone forget something they have learned
|
|
Unthink
|
Unthought
|
Unthought
|
To remove something from your mind
|
|
Untread
|
Untrod
|
Untrodden
|
To tread back, retrace your steps
|
|
Unweave
|
Unwove
|
Unwoven
|
To undo things that have been woven together
|
|
Unwind
|
Unwound
|
Unwound
|
To relax
|
|
Unwrite
|
Unwrote
|
Unwritten
|
To delete writing or not to write
|
|
Upbuild
|
Upbuilt
|
Upbuilt
|
To build up, develop on a large scale
|
|
Uphold
|
Upheld
|
Upheld
|
To support or confirm a decision
|
|
Uppercut
|
Uppercut
|
Uppercut
|
To punch upwards towards someone's
chin
|
|
Uprise
|
Uprose
|
Uprisen
|
To get up, stand up, move up To return from the dead
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Upset
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Upset
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Upset
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To make somebody unhappy or disturbed
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Upspring
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Upsprang
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Upsprung
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To jump or spring up
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Upsweep
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Upswept
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Upswept
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To sweep or brush upwards
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Uptear
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Uptore
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Uptorn
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To tear into pieces
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V
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Base Form
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Past Simple
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Past Participle
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Definition
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Vex
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Vext/Vexed
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Vext/Vexed
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To trouble or annoy
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W
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Base Form
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Past Simple
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Past Participle
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Definition
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Wake
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Woke
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Woken
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To stop sleeping and become conscious To make somebody stop sleeping
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Waylay
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Waylaid
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Waylaid
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To wait for or to stop somebody to
rob them
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Wear
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Wore
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Worn
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To have clothes on your body
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Weave
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Wove
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Woven
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To make material
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Wed
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Wed/Wedded
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Wed/Wedded
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To marry
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Weep
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Wept
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Wept
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To cry heavily
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Wend
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Wended/Went
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Wended/Went
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To go, make your way
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Wet
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Wet/Wetted
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Wet/Wetted
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To make something wet by applying a
liquid to it
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Whipsaw
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Whipsawed
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Whipsawn/Whipsawed
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To cut with whipsaw (a saw for two
people) To victimise
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Win
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Won
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Won
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To be the best in a competition,
game, election, etc.
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Wind
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Wound
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Wound
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To turn something round to make a mechanical process operate
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Winterfeed
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Winterfed
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Winterfed
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To feed cattle in the winter when
they can't graze
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Wiredraw
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Wiredrew
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Wiredrawn
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To make wire
To make something last a long time, especially
speech
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Wit
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Wist
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Wist
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To know
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Withdraw
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Withdrew
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Withdrawn
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To remove money from a bank
To remove something from a place
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Withhold
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Withheld
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Withheld
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Not to let somebody have something
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Withstand
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Withstood
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Withstood
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To resist successfully
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Wont
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Wont
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Wont/Wonted
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To be accustomed
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Work
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Worked/Wrought
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Worked/Wrought
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To make physical or mental effort to
produce or achieve something
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Wrap
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Wrapped/Wrapt
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Wrapped/Wrapt
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To cover
To transport emotionally
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Wreak
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Wreaked
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Wreaked/Wroken
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To cause or make something happen
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Wring
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Wrung
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Wrung
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To put a lot of pressure on something
to remove liquids
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Write
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Wrote
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Written
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To put words onto paper using a pen
or pencil
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Z
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Base Form
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Past Simple
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Past Participle
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Definition
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Zinc
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Zinced/Zincked
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Zinced/Zincked
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To coat or cover something with a
layer of zinc
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