S: (n) carving, cutting (removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape)
S: (n) cut, cutting (the division of a deck of cards before dealing) "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"
S: (n) cut, cutting (the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge) "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
S: (n) cutting, thinning (the act of diluting something) "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"
S: (n) cut, cutting, cutting off (the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends) "the barber gave him a good cut"
S: (v) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut (turn sharply; change direction abruptly) "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
S: (v) cut (make an incision or separation) "cut along the dotted line"
S: (v) cut (discharge from a group) "The coach cut two players from the team"
S: (v) cut (form by probing, penetrating, or digging) "cut a hole"; "cut trenches"; "The sweat cut little rivulets into her face"
S: (v) cut, tailor (style and tailor in a certain fashion) "cut a dress"
S: (v) drop back (take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football) "The defender dropped back behind his teammate"
S: (v) hit the dirt, hit the deck (fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger) "The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire"
S: (v) gravitate (move due to the pull of gravitation) "The stars gravitate towards each other"
S: (v) fly (move quickly or suddenly) "He flew about the place"
S: (v) move over, give way, give, ease up, yield (move in order to make room for someone for something) "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
S: (v) cut to (move to another scene when filming) "The camera cut to the sky"
S: (v) writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist (to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)) "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"
S: (v) wobble, coggle (move unsteadily) "His knees wobbled"; "The old cart wobbled down the street"
S: (v) sidle (move unobtrusively or furtively) "The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log"
S: (v) sweep, sail (move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions) "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"
S: (v) brush, sweep (sweep across or over) "Her long skirt brushed the floor"; "A gasp swept cross the audience"
S: (v) roll, undulate, flap, wave (move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion) "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
S: (v) turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense) "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
S: (v) startle, jump, start (move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm) "She startled when I walked into the room"
S: (v) strike out (make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body)
S: (v) jump, leap, bound, spring (move forward by leaps and bounds) "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
S: (v) bolt (move or jump suddenly) "She bolted from her seat"
S: (v) get down (lower (one's body) as by kneeling) "Get down on your knees!"
S: (v) assume, take, strike, take up (occupy or take on) "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
S: (v) close, come together (come together, as if in an embrace) "Her arms closed around her long lost relative"
S: (v) bustle, bustle about, hustle (move or cause to move energetically or busily) "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
S: (v) fidget (move restlessly) "The child is always fidgeting in his seat"
S: (v) close (change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact)
S: (v) jump, leap, jump off (jump down from an elevated point) "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
S: (v) slip (move easily) "slip into something comfortable"
S: (v) be well (be healthy; feel good) "She has not been well lately"
S: (v) suffer (feel unwell or uncomfortable) "She is suffering from the hot weather"
S: (v) feel (be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state) "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss"
S: (v) stay, remain, rest (stay the same; remain in a certain state) "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
S: (v) continue (exist over a prolonged period of time) "The bad weather continued for two more weeks"
S: (v) sparkle, scintillate, coruscate (be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity) "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
S: (v) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly) "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
S: (v) rank (take or have a position relative to others) "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
S: (v) point (be positionable in a specified manner) "The gun points with ease"
S: (v) want, need, require (have need of) "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"
S: (v) compact, pack (have the property of being packable or of compacting easily) "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well"
S: (v) look, appear, seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect) "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
S: (v) appear, seem (seem to be true, probable, or apparent) "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
S: (v) owe (be in debt) "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser"
S: (v) belong (be owned by; be in the possession of) "This book belongs to me"
S: (v) cover (be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of) "Is this enough to cover the check?"
S: (v) represent (be representative or typical for) "This period is represented by Beethoven"
S: (v) account (be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something) "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam"
S: (v) cut across (be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations) "Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines"
S: (v) begin, start (have a beginning characterized in some specified way) "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony"
S: (v) begin (have a beginning, of a temporal event) "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month"
S: (v) stand (be in some specified state or condition) "I stand corrected"
S: (v) consist, comprise (be composed of) "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?"
S: (v) prove, turn out, turn up (be shown or be found to be) "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive"
S: (v) account for (be the reason or explanation for) "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"
S: (v) remain (be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.) "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
S: (v) stand by, stick by, stick, adhere (be loyal to) "She stood by her husband in times of trouble"; "The friends stuck together through the war"
S: (v) incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate (represent in bodily form) "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist"
S: (v) contain, take, hold (be capable of holding or containing) "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
S: (v) tend, be given, lean, incline, run (have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined) "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
S: (v) run, go (have a particular form) "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."
S: (v) figure, enter (be or play a part of or in) "Elections figure prominently in every government program"; "How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?"
S: (v) press (be urgent) "This is a pressing problem"
S: (v) squat (be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide) "The building squatted low"
S: (v) hoodoo (bring bad luck; be a source of misfortune)
S: (v) impend (be imminent or about to happen) "Changes are impending"
S: (v) range, run (change or be different within limits) "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull"
S: (v) stay, stay on, continue, remain (continue in a place, position, or situation) "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
S: (v) sell (be sold at a certain price or in a certain way) "These books sell like hot cakes"
S: (v) translate (be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way) "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
S: (v) head, head up (be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel) "This student heads the class"
S: (v) come in for (be subject to or the object of) "The governor came in for a lot of criticism"
S: (v) compare (be comparable) "This car does not compare with our line of Mercedes"
S: (v) fall, come (come under, be classified or included) "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
S: (v) gravitate (be attracted to) "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"
S: (v) pay (be worth it) "It pays to go through the trouble"
S: (v) diverge (have no limits as a mathematical series)
S: (v) shine (be distinguished or eminent) "His talent shines"
S: (v) iridesce (be iridescent) "The corals iridesced under the surface of the clear water"
S: (v) lie (be and remain in a particular state or condition) "lie dormant"
S: (v) stand (occupy a place or location, also metaphorically) "We stand on common ground"
S: (v) hang (be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive) "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"
S: (v) litter (strew) "Cigar butts littered the ground"
S: (v) suit (be agreeable or acceptable) "This time suits me"
S: (v) end, terminate (be the end of; be the last or concluding part of) "This sad scene ended the movie"
S: (v) fit (conform to some shape or size) "How does this shirt fit?"
S: (v) lend (have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to) "This story would lend itself well to serialization on television"; "The current system lends itself to great abuse"
S: (v) let go (be relaxed) "Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!"
S: (v) belong (be rightly classified in a class or category) "The whales belong among the mammals"
S: (v) connect (be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation) "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours"
S: (v) sell (be responsible for the sale of) "All her publicity sold the products"
S: (v) sell (be approved of or gain acceptance) "The new idea sold well in certain circles"
S: (v) consist (have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in) "The payment consists in food"; "What does love consist in?"
S: (v) work (behave in a certain way when handled) "This dough does not work easily"; "The soft metal works well"
S: (v) lubricate (have lubricating properties) "the liquid in this can lubricates well"
S: (v) breathe (allow the passage of air through) "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"
S: (v) trim (be in equilibrium during a flight) "The airplane trimmed"
S: (v) swing (have a certain musical rhythm) "The music has to swing"
S: (v) osculate (be intermediate between two taxonomic groups) "These species osculate"
S: (v) cut (divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult) "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time"
S: (v) switch off, cut, turn off, turn out (cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch) "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"