v
Obsolete form of abraid. [(transitive, obsolete) To wrench (something) out.]
v
(transitive, rare, obsolete) To touch.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To tear; tear around the sides of; tatter.
v
(transitive, archaic) To thrust forth or about; thrust forward, toward, or out.
v
(transitive) To trample over; affect by much trampling; trample excessively.
v
(intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
adj
(entertainment industry) Enjoying rapid popular success.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To give in; to react suddenly or adversely to stress or pressure (of a person).
v
(idiomatic) To put forth the needed effort; to focus; become serious; apply oneself (e.g. to work or study).
v
To push into a heap, as a bulldozer does.
v
Alternative form of call a spade a spade. [(idiomatic) To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to say things as they really are.]
v
(transitive) To drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately.
v
(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.
v
(transitive, management) To accelerate a project or a task or its schedule by devoting more resources to it.
v
(transitive) To force to move, usually with a crowbar; to prise.
v
(figuratively) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
v
(chiefly US, figuratively, idiomatic) To behave in an expansive, flagrantly showy, or pushy manner, especially in public venues; to exert sweeping influence.
v
(idiomatic, UK) To achieve something at the last possible moment, or with no margin for error.
v
Alternative form of darken someone's door [(idiomatic) To arrive at someone's residence or location, especially as an unexpected visitor.]
n
A sudden or fast movement.
v
(transitive, usually with down or off) To complete hastily.
n
(figuratively, by extension) An effort made under discouraging conditions.
v
(UK, dialectal, transitive) To press; squeeze; crowd; push.
v
(intransitive, biology) (Of birds, insects, etc.) To suddenly appear in a certain region in large numbers.
v
(reflexive) To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To tread down; tread underfoot; trample upon; crush; destroy by trampling.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) Used in a phrasal verb: gloss over (“to cover up a mistake or crime, to treat something with less care than it deserves”).
v
(transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.
n
(informal) An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition; a complex.
v
To press down on a gas pedal hard, so as to speed quickly.
v
(intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something.
n
A well-directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part.
v
(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task
adj
Driving very fast; pushing hard on a vehicle accelerator.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To press down hard (on).
n
(idiomatic) Time to exert maximum effort, for example, due to an approaching deadline or a looming competitive situation.
v
To superficially hide a problem, without to deal with it.
n
A general thrusting motion of the pelvic region, such as in human sexual intercourse.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To criticize someone or something in a concerted effort.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To sit or lie down heavily and inelegantly.
v
To crash into something.
v
(transitive) To remove (something) by poking (often creating a hole in the process).
v
(intransitive, of the ears) To undergo equalization of pressure when the Eustachian tubes open.
n
An injury resulting from a forceful pull on a limb, etc.; a strain.
adj
Capable of being punched out of its original place, typically with little physical effort.
v
(transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
v
(obsolete) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.
v
To use one's strength to force oneself through a crowded area.
v
(idiomatic) To apply pressure.
v
(slang, transitive) To bury (someone).
v
(transitive) To remove (something from something) in a sweeping motion.
v
(obsolete, intransitive) To stand in a rampant position.
v
(transitive, US) (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
n
The situation where something rubs off, either physically or figuratively.
v
(intransitive) To fall; to tumble.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To put on some clothes rapidly.
v
(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
v
(transitive) To go into (a cramped space); to barely fit into.
v
to get past an obstruction by going underneath, although with difficulty:
n
Alternative spelling of sticking-place [(idiomatic, dated) The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking point.]
v
(transitive) To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
v
(transitive, sometimes with "up") To compress, to cram.
v
To extinguish something by stomping or stepping forcefully on it; used with intangible objects.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
v
(colloquial) To suffer a stroke (interruption of blood supply to the brain).
v
(transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
v
(transitive) To check or hinder the growth or development of.
v
(idiomatic) To conceal a problem expediently, rather than remedy it thoroughly.
v
(dialectal, chiefly Midlands) To move quickly; to dash.
v
(obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
v
(transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
n
(figuratively) The primary effort; the goal.
n
An ambitious, driven person; a go-getter.
adv
So as to thrust or insert.
n
Alternative form of thruster [One who thrusts, who pushes or stabs.]
v
(rare or dialectal) To push; press.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To scatter, disperse.
n
The act by which something is trumped, topped or capped.
n
The action of something that tugs; a pull.
v
(poetic, intransitive) To steal or creep upward.
v
(transitive) To swallow (something) with a strong effort.
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