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cultivate |
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to prepare for crops |
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cultivate |
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to foster the growth of |
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cultivate |
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to teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment |
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constrict |
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to become tight or as if tight |
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constrict |
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to squeeze or press together |
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constringe |
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to become tight or as if tight |
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cut short |
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to terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent |
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cut short |
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to make shorter as if by cutting off |
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cut short |
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to interrupt before its natural or planned end |
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cut short |
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to cause to end earlier than intended |
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chronologize |
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to establish the order in time of something |
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chronologise |
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to establish the order in time of something |
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crump |
Verb
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to explode heavily or with a loud dull noise |
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crump |
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to bombard with heavy shells |
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crump |
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to make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants |
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coddle |
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to cook in nearly boiling water |
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coddle |
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to treat with excessive indulgence |
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crispen |
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to make brown and crisp by heating |
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calibrate |
Verb
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to make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring |
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calibrate |
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to measure the caliber of |
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calibrate |
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to mark the scale of a measuring instrument so that it can be read in the desired units |
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capacitate |
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to make capable |
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capacitate |
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to cause spermatozoa to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg |
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capacitate |
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to make legally capable or qualify in law |
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come around |
Verb
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to happen regularly |
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come around |
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to change one's position or opinion |
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carbonize |
Verb
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to turn into carbon, as by burning |
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carbonize |
Verb
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to unite with carbon |
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carbonise |
Verb
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to turn into carbon, as by burning |
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carbonise |
Verb
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to unite with carbon |
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cool down |
Verb
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to loose heat |
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cool down |
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to lose intensity |
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cool down |
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to make cool or cooler |
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cool off |
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to lose intensity |
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cool off |
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to become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation |
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cool off |
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to feel less enamoured of something or somebody |
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concur |
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to happen simultaneously |
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concur |
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to be in accord |
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coincide |
Verb
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to happen simultaneously |
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coincide |
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to be the same |
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coincide |
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to go with, fall together |
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calcine |
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to heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces |
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comminute |
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to reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading |
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carburize |
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to unite with carbon |
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carburise |
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to unite with carbon |
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cash in one's chips |
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to pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
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commence |
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to take the first step or steps in carrying out an action |
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commence |
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to set in motion, cause to start |
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commence |
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to get off the ground |
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come apart |
Verb
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to become separated into pieces or fragments |