S: (v) make, do (engage in) "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution"
S: (v) make, get (give certain properties to something) "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear"
S: (v) make, create (make or cause to be or to become) "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
S: (v) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
S: (v) cause, do, make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally) "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
S: (v) produce, make, create (create or manufacture a man-made product) "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"
S: (v) draw, make (make, formulate, or derive in the mind) "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?"
S: (v) make (compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way) "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat"
S: (v) create, make (create by artistic means) "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
S: (v) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages) "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
S: (v) do, make (create or design, often in a certain way) "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest"
S: (v) form, constitute, make (to compose or represent) "This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
S: (v) reach, make, get to, progress to (reach a goal) "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"
S: (v) make (be or be capable of being changed or made into) "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father"
S: (v) make (make by shaping or bringing together constituents) "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
S: (v) make (perform or carry out) "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"
S: (v) construct, build, make (make by combining materials and parts) "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
S: (v) make (change from one form into another) "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks"
S: (v) make (act in a certain way so as to acquire) "make friends"; "make enemies"
S: (v) name, nominate, make (charge with a function; charge to be) "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
S: (v) have, get, make (achieve a point or goal) "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
S: (v) reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain (reach a destination, either real or abstract) "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
S: (v) dress, get dressed (put on clothes) "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"
S: (v) grow, develop, produce, get, acquire (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)) "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
S: (v) change by reversal, turn, reverse (change to the contrary) "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
S: (v) form (assume a form or shape) "the water formed little beads"
S: (v) change state, turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action) "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
S: (v) rise, jump, climb up (rise in rank or status) "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
S: (v) assimilate (become similar in sound) "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"
S: (v) dissimilate (become dissimilar or less similar) "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"
S: (v) dissimilate (become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities) "These consonants dissimilate"
S: (v) modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme) "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
S: (v) deaden (become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor)
S: (v) break (be broken in) "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
S: (v) deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce (to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons)
S: (v) crack (break into simpler molecules by means of heat) "The petroleum cracked"
S: (v) warm up (become more friendly or open) "She warmed up after we had lunch together"
S: (v) warm, warm up (get warm or warmer) "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"
S: (v) transform, transmute, metamorphose (change in outward structure or looks) "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
S: (v) convert (change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief) "She converted to Buddhism"
S: (v) dull (become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness) "the varnished table top dulled with time"
S: (v) get used to (get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience) "I finally got used to my husband's odd habits"
S: (v) complexify, ramify (have or develop complicating consequences) "These actions will ramify"
S: (v) modernize, modernise, develop (become technologically advanced) "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
S: (v) stiffen (become stiff or stiffer) "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
S: (v) tighten (become tight or tighter) "The rope tightened"
S: (v) fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down (stop operating or functioning) "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
S: (v) give way, yield (end resistance, as under pressure or force) "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
S: (v) industrialize, industrialise (develop industry; become industrial) "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West"
S: (v) receive, get, find, obtain, incur (receive a specified treatment (abstract)) "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
S: (v) assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take (take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect) "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
S: (v) prim (assume a prim appearance) "They mince and prim"
S: (v) capacitate (cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg)
S: (v) saponify (become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali) "the oil saponified"
S: (v) move, go, run (progress by being changed) "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
S: (v) come (reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position) "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"
S: (v) catch (be struck or affected by) "catch fire"; "catch the mood"
S: (v) catch on (become popular) "This fashion caught on in Paris"
S: (v) develop, grow (grow emotionally or mature) "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
S: (v) fly (change quickly from one emotional state to another) "fly into a rage"
S: (v) develop, acquire, evolve (gain through experience) "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
S: (v) assibilate (change into a sibilant) "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese"
S: (v) turn on (become hostile towards) "The dog suddenly turned on the mailman"
S: (v) drop (change from one level to another) "She dropped into army jargon"
S: (v) break into (change pace) "The dancers broke into a cha-cha"; "The horse broke into a gallop"
S: (v) deepen, change (become deeper in tone) "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
S: (v) opacify (become opaque) "the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind"
S: (v) mature (become due for repayment) "These bonds mature in 2005"
S: (v) rejuvenate (develop youthful topographical features) "the land rejuvenated"
S: (v) sequester (undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion) "The cations were sequestered"
S: (v) transaminate (undergo transfer from one compound to another) "amino groups can transaminate"
S: (v) vesiculate (become vesicular or full of air cells) "The organs vesiculated"
S: (v) undulate (increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves) "The singer's voice undulated"
S: (v) vascularize, vascularise (become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids) "The egg yolk vascularized"
S: (v) crash (undergo a sudden and severe downturn) "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
S: (v) professionalize, professionalise (become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood)
S: (v) shift (change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change) "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
S: (v) flip, flip out (go mad, go crazy) "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
S: (v) settle (become clear by the sinking of particles) "the liquid gradually settled"
S: (v) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder (break down, literally or metaphorically) "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
S: (v) undergo (pass through) "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
S: (v) occult (become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished) "The beam of light occults every so often"
S: (v) pass (transfer to another; of rights or property) "Our house passed under his official control"
S: (v) leave, depart, pull up stakes (remove oneself from an association with or participation in) "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
S: (v) go out (go out of fashion; become unfashionable)
S: (v) stagnate (cause to stagnate) "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
S: (v) make (undergo fabrication or creation) "This wool makes into a nice sweater"
S: (v) ice up, frost over, ice over (become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window) "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane"
S: (v) make (constitute the essence of) "Clothes make the man"
S: (v) make (appear to begin an activity) "He made to speak but said nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us"
S: (v) make, work (proceed along a path) "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest"
S: (v) make (reach in time) "We barely made the plane"
S: (v) make (gather and light the materials for) "make a fire"
S: (v) cook, fix, ready, make, prepare (prepare for eating by applying heat) "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
S: (v) seduce, score, make (induce to have sex) "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally"
S: (v) make (assure the success of) "A good review by this critic will make your play!"
S: (v) make, pretend, make believe (represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like) "She makes like an actress"
S: (v) make (consider as being) "It wasn't the problem some people made it"
S: (v) make (calculate as being) "I make the height about 100 feet"
S: (v) make (cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable) "make my day"
S: (v) make (favor the development of) "Practice makes the winner"
S: (v) make (develop into) "He will make a splendid father!"
S: (v) make (behave in a certain way) "make merry"