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Verb

S: (v) run down (run_down%2:40:00::), exhaust (exhaust%2:40:00::), play out (play_out%2:40:00::), sap (sap%2:40:00::), tire (tire%2:40:00::) (deplete) "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
S: (v) play out (play_out%2:36:00::) (perform or be performed to the end) "How will the election drama be played out?"
S: (v) play out (play_out%2:33:00::) (play to a finish) "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"

verb group

S: (v) play out (play_out%2:36:00::) (perform or be performed to the end) "How will the election drama be played out?"

domain category
direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) play (play%2:33:00::) (participate in games or sport) "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"

S: (v) compete (compete%2:33:00::), vie (vie%2:33:00::), contend (contend%2:33:00::) (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)

sentence frame

S: (v) play out (play_out%2:30:00::) (become spent or exhausted) "The champion's strength played out fast"

verb group
direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) change (change%2:30:00::) (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) freshen (freshen%2:29:02::), refresh (refresh%2:29:02::), refreshen (refreshen%2:29:00::), freshen up (freshen_up%2:29:02::) (become or make oneself fresh again) "She freshened up after the tennis game"
S: (v) dress (dress%2:29:00::), get dressed (get_dressed%2:29:00::) (put on clothes) "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"
S: (v) grow (grow%2:29:00::), develop (develop%2:29:00::), produce (produce%2:29:00::), get (get%2:29:01::), acquire (acquire%2:29:00::) (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) regenerate (regenerate%2:29:01::) (undergo regeneration)
S: (v) shade (shade%2:30:00::) (pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree) "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
S: (v) gel (gel%2:30:00::) (become a gel) "The solid, when heated, gelled"
S: (v) brutalize (brutalize%2:30:00::), brutalise (brutalise%2:30:00::), animalize (animalize%2:30:00::), animalise (animalise%2:30:00::) (become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling)
S: (v) convert (convert%2:30:04::) (change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change) "The substance converts to an acid"
S: (v) creolize (creolize%2:30:00::) (develop into a creole) "pidgins often creolize"
S: (v) mutate (mutate%2:30:00::) (undergo mutation) "cells mutate"
S: (v) have (have%2:30:01::), experience (experience%2:30:00::) (undergo) "The stocks had a fast run-up"
S: (v) decrepitate (decrepitate%2:30:01::) (undergo decrepitation and crackle) "The salt decrepitated"
S: (v) suburbanize (suburbanize%2:30:01::), suburbanise (suburbanise%2:30:01::) (take on suburban character) "the city suburbanized"
S: (v) roll (roll%2:30:07::), roll up (roll_up%2:30:02::) (show certain properties when being rolled) "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
S: (v) glaze (glaze%2:30:00::), glass (glass%2:30:00::), glass over (glass_over%2:30:00::), glaze over (glaze_over%2:30:00::) (become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance) "Her eyes glaze over when she is bored"
S: (v) turn (turn%2:30:03::), grow (grow%2:30:03::) (pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become) "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"
S: (v) barbarize (barbarize%2:30:01::), barbarise (barbarise%2:30:01::) (become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language)
S: (v) alkalinize (alkalinize%2:30:01::), alkalinise (alkalinise%2:30:01::) (become alkaline)
S: (v) change by reversal (change_by_reversal%2:30:00::), turn (turn%2:30:00::), reverse (reverse%2:30:00::) (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) change integrity (change_integrity%2:30:00::) (change in physical make-up)
S: (v) change shape (change_shape%2:30:00::), change form (change_form%2:30:00::), deform (deform%2:30:02::) (assume a different shape or form)
S: (v) form (form%2:30:05::) (assume a form or shape) "the water formed little beads"
S: (v) change state (change_state%2:30:00::), turn (turn%2:30:04::) (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 (rise%2:30:09::), jump (jump%2:30:01::), climb up (climb_up%2:30:02::) (rise in rank or status) "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
S: (v) assimilate (assimilate%2:30:02::) (become similar in sound) "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"
S: (v) dissimilate (dissimilate%2:30:00::) (become dissimilar or less similar) "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"
S: (v) dissimilate (dissimilate%2:30:02::) (become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities) "These consonants dissimilate"
S: (v) change magnitude (change_magnitude%2:30:00::) (change in size or magnitude)
S: (v) modify (modify%2:30:00::) (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 (deaden%2:30:00::) (become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor)
S: (v) break (break%2:30:12::) (be broken in) "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
S: (v) decay (decay%2:30:00::), crumble (crumble%2:30:13::), dilapidate (dilapidate%2:30:00::) (fall into decay or ruin) "The unoccupied house started to decay"
S: (v) mold (mold%2:30:00::), mildew (mildew%2:30:00::) (become moldy; spoil due to humidity) "The furniture molded in the old house"
S: (v) hydrate (hydrate%2:30:02::) (become hydrated and combine with water)
S: (v) dry (dry%2:30:00::), dry out (dry_out%2:30:00::) (become dry or drier) "The laundry dries in the sun"
S: (v) strengthen (strengthen%2:30:00::) (gain strength) "His body strengthened"
S: (v) distill (distill%2:30:01::), distil (distil%2:30:01::) (undergo the process of distillation)
S: (v) deoxidize (deoxidize%2:30:00::), deoxidise (deoxidise%2:30:00::), reduce (reduce%2:30:03::) (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 (crack%2:30:08::) (break into simpler molecules by means of heat) "The petroleum cracked"
S: (v) oxidize (oxidize%2:30:00::), oxidise (oxidise%2:30:00::), oxidate (oxidate%2:30:00::) (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)
S: (v) oxidise (oxidise%2:30:01::), oxidize (oxidize%2:30:01::), oxidate (oxidate%2:30:01::) (enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide) "This metal oxidizes easily"
S: (v) grow (grow%2:30:14::) (become attached by or as if by the process of growth) "The tree trunks had grown together"
S: (v) mellow (mellow%2:30:03::), melt (melt%2:30:04::), mellow out (mellow_out%2:30:00::) (become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial) "With age, he mellowed"
S: (v) soften (soften%2:30:00::) (become soft or softer) "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
S: (v) ionize (ionize%2:30:01::), ionise (ionise%2:30:01::) (become converted into ions)
S: (v) stabilize (stabilize%2:30:00::), stabilise (stabilise%2:30:00::) (become stable or more stable) "The economy stabilized"
S: (v) destabilize (destabilize%2:30:01::), destabilise (destabilise%2:30:01::) (become unstable) "The economy destabilized rapidly"
S: (v) lighten (lighten%2:30:02::), lighten up (lighten_up%2:30:01::) (become lighter) "The room lightened up"
S: (v) discolor (discolor%2:30:00::), discolour (discolour%2:30:00::), colour (colour%2:30:00::), color (color%2:30:01::) (change color, often in an undesired manner) "The shirts discolored"
S: (v) discolor (discolor%2:30:01::) (lose color or turn colorless) "The painting discolored"
S: (v) narrow (narrow%2:30:00::), contract (contract%2:30:00::) (make or become more narrow or restricted) "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
S: (v) darken (darken%2:30:00::) (become dark or darker) "The sky darkened"
S: (v) dim (dim%2:30:01::) (become dim or lusterless) "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
S: (v) boil (boil%2:30:00::) (immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes) "boil potatoes"; "boil wool"
S: (v) crack (crack%2:30:01::), check (check%2:30:03::), break (break%2:30:15::) (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only) "The glass cracked when it was heated"
S: (v) transpire (transpire%2:30:01::) (come to light; become known) "It transpired that she had worked as spy in East Germany"
S: (v) resume (resume%2:30:01::), take up (take_up%2:30:01::) (return to a previous location or condition) "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
S: (v) change surface (change_surface%2:30:00::) (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)
S: (v) sublime (sublime%2:30:00::), sublimate (sublimate%2:30:00::) (vaporize and then condense right back again)
S: (v) cool (cool%2:30:02::), cool off (cool_off%2:30:00::), cool down (cool_down%2:30:02::) (lose intensity) "His enthusiasm cooled considerably"
S: (v) warm up (warm_up%2:30:01::) (become more friendly or open) "She warmed up after we had lunch together"
S: (v) warm (warm%2:30:00::), warm up (warm_up%2:30:00::) (get warm or warmer) "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"
S: (v) transform (transform%2:30:03::), transmute (transmute%2:30:00::), metamorphose (metamorphose%2:30:02::) (change in outward structure or looks) "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
S: (v) convert (convert%2:30:01::) (change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief) "She converted to Buddhism"
S: (v) dull (dull%2:30:00::) (become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness) "the varnished table top dulled with time"
S: (v) get used to (get_used_to%2:30:00::) (get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience) "I finally got used to my husband's odd habits"
S: (v) complexify (complexify%2:30:01::), ramify (ramify%2:30:04::) (have or develop complicating consequences) "These actions will ramify"
S: (v) Americanize (americanize%2:30:00::), Americanise (americanise%2:30:00::) (become American in character) "After a year in Iowa, he has totally Americanized"
S: (v) modernize (modernize%2:30:02::), modernise (modernise%2:30:02::), develop (develop%2:30:09::) (become technologically advanced) "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
S: (v) stiffen (stiffen%2:30:00::) (become stiff or stiffer) "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
S: (v) tighten (tighten%2:30:00::) (become tight or tighter) "The rope tightened"
S: (v) fail (fail%2:30:00::), go bad (go_bad%2:30:01::), give way (give_way%2:30:00::), die (die%2:30:04::), give out (give_out%2:30:00::), conk out (conk_out%2:30:00::), go (go%2:30:03::), break (break%2:30:05::), break down (break_down%2:30:00::) (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 (give_way%2:30:01::), yield (yield%2:30:00::) (end resistance, as under pressure or force) "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
S: (v) harden (harden%2:30:00::), indurate (indurate%2:30:00::) (become hard or harder) "The wax hardened"
S: (v) harden (harden%2:30:01::), indurate (indurate%2:30:01::) (make hard or harder) "The cold hardened the butter"
S: (v) suffuse (suffuse%2:30:00::) (to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light) "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew"
S: (v) hush (hush%2:30:00::) (become quiet or still; fall silent) "hush my baby!"
S: (v) normalize (normalize%2:30:06::), normalise (normalise%2:30:03::) (become normal or return to its normal state) "Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon"
S: (v) reorient (reorient%2:30:00::) (set or arrange in a new or different determinate position) "Orient the house towards the South"
S: (v) purify (purify%2:30:02::) (become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin) "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"
S: (v) digest (digest%2:30:02::) (become assimilated into the body) "Protein digests in a few hours"
S: (v) regress (regress%2:30:06::) (go back to a statistical means)
S: (v) foul (foul%2:30:00::) (become soiled and dirty)
S: (v) decalcify (decalcify%2:30:01::) (lose calcium or calcium compounds)
S: (v) industrialize (industrialize%2:30:00::), industrialise (industrialise%2:30:00::) (develop industry; become industrial) "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West"
S: (v) decarboxylate (decarboxylate%2:30:00::) (lose a carboxyl group) "the compound decarboxylated"
S: (v) spot (spot%2:30:01::) (become spotted) "This dress spots quickly"
S: (v) receive (receive%2:30:01::), get (get%2:30:03::), find (find%2:30:00::), obtain (obtain%2:30:00::), incur (incur%2:30:00::) (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) acetylate (acetylate%2:30:00::), acetylize (acetylize%2:30:00::), acetylise (acetylise%2:30:00::) (receive substitution of an acetyl group) "the compounds acetylated"
S: (v) assume (assume%2:30:00::), acquire (acquire%2:30:00::), adopt (adopt%2:30:01::), take on (take_on%2:30:00::), take (take%2:30:01::) (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 (prim%2:30:01::) (assume a prim appearance) "They mince and prim"
S: (v) capacitate (capacitate%2:30:02::) (cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg)
S: (v) caseate (caseate%2:30:00::) (become cheeselike) "necrotic tissue caseates"
S: (v) caseate (caseate%2:30:01::) (turn into cheese) "The milk caseated"
S: (v) clinker (clinker%2:30:00::) (turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning)
S: (v) cure (cure%2:30:01::) (be or become preserved) "the apricots cure in the sun"
S: (v) dawn (dawn%2:30:00::) (become light) "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
S: (v) salinate (salinate%2:30:00::) (add salt to) "salinated solution"
S: (v) desalinate (desalinate%2:30:00::), desalt (desalt%2:30:00::), desalinize (desalinize%2:30:00::), desalinise (desalinise%2:30:00::) (remove salt from) "desalinate water"
S: (v) shallow (shallow%2:30:00::), shoal (shoal%2:30:00::) (become shallow) "the lake shallowed over time"
S: (v) steepen (steepen%2:30:01::) (become steeper) "The mountain side has steepened"
S: (v) superannuate (superannuate%2:30:01::) (become obsolete)
S: (v) ulcerate (ulcerate%2:30:00::) (undergo ulceration) "Her stomach ulcerated"
S: (v) vitrify (vitrify%2:30:00::) (undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like)
S: (v) vulcanize (vulcanize%2:30:00::), vulcanise (vulcanise%2:30:00::) (undergo vulcanization) "vulcanize rubber"
S: (v) pall (pall%2:30:01::), dull (dull%2:30:02::) (become less interesting or attractive)
S: (v) die (die%2:30:05::), pall (pall%2:30:02::), become flat (become_flat%2:30:01::) (lose sparkle or bouquet) "wine and beer can pall"
S: (v) saponify (saponify%2:30:01::) (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 (move%2:30:01::), go (go%2:30:02::), run (run%2:30:02::) (progress by being changed) "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
S: (v) come (come%2:30:03::) (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 (catch%2:30:00::) (be struck or affected by) "catch fire"; "catch the mood"
S: (v) catch on (catch_on%2:30:00::) (become popular) "This fashion caught on in Paris"
S: (v) develop (develop%2:30:10::), grow (grow%2:30:10::) (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 (fly%2:30:01::) (change quickly from one emotional state to another) "fly into a rage"
S: (v) develop (develop%2:30:06::), acquire (acquire%2:30:05::), evolve (evolve%2:30:03::) (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 (assibilate%2:30:00::) (change into a sibilant) "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese"
S: (v) smoothen (smoothen%2:30:00::) (become smooth)
S: (v) turn on (turn_on%2:30:00::) (become hostile towards) "The dog suddenly turned on the mailman"
S: (v) drop (drop%2:30:02::) (change from one level to another) "She dropped into army jargon"
S: (v) break into (break_into%2:30:00::) (change pace) "The dancers broke into a cha-cha"; "The horse broke into a gallop"
S: (v) deepen (deepen%2:30:02::), change (change%2:30:08::) (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) concretize (concretize%2:30:00::), concretise (concretise%2:30:00::) (become specific) "the idea concretized in her mind"
S: (v) decay (decay%2:30:02::) (undergo decay or decomposition) "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
S: (v) commute (commute%2:30:04::), transpose (transpose%2:30:03::) (exchange positions without a change in value) "These operators commute with each other"
S: (v) introject (introject%2:30:00::) (incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one's personality unconsciously)
S: (v) shift (shift%2:30:04::) (change in quality) "His tone shifted"
S: (v) swing (swing%2:30:08::) (alternate dramatically between high and low values) "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down"
S: (v) fall (fall%2:30:14::) (be cast down) "his eyes fell"
S: (v) fall (fall%2:30:11::) (assume a disappointed or sad expression) "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
S: (v) reflate (reflate%2:30:05::) (economics: experience reflation) "The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures"
S: (v) hydrolyze (hydrolyze%2:30:00::), hydrolyse (hydrolyse%2:30:00::) (undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water)
S: (v) fold (fold%2:30:10::), fold up (fold_up%2:30:10::) (become folded or folded up) "The bed folds in a jiffy"
S: (v) gelatinize (gelatinize%2:30:00::), gelatinise (gelatinise%2:30:00::) (become gelatinous or change into a jelly) "the starch gelatinized when it was heated"
S: (v) felt (felt%2:30:00::), felt up (felt_up%2:30:00::), mat up (mat_up%2:30:00::), matt-up (matt-up%2:30:00::), matte up (matte_up%2:30:00::), matte (matte%2:30:00::), mat (mat%2:30:00::) (change texture so as to become matted and felt-like) "The fabric felted up after several washes"
S: (v) recombine (recombine%2:30:00::) (undergo genetic recombination) "The DNA can recombine"
S: (v) feminize (feminize%2:30:01::), feminise (feminise%2:30:01::) (assume (more) feminine characteristics) "feminized language"; "feminized frogs"
S: (v) obsolesce (obsolesce%2:30:00::) (become obsolete, fall into disuse) "This word has not obsolesced, although it is rarely used"
S: (v) plasticize (plasticize%2:30:01::), plasticise (plasticise%2:30:01::) (become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added)
S: (v) recede (recede%2:30:00::) (become faint or more distant) "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"
S: (v) defervesce (defervesce%2:30:00::) (experience an abatement of a fever)
S: (v) incandesce (incandesce%2:30:00::) (become incandescent or glow with heat) "an incandescing body"
S: (v) calcify (calcify%2:30:04::) (become inflexible and unchanging) "Old folks can calcify"
S: (v) drift (drift%2:30:10::) (be subject to fluctuation) "The stock market drifted upward"
S: (v) play out (play_out%2:30:00::) (become spent or exhausted) "The champion's strength played out fast"
S: (v) conjugate (conjugate%2:30:04::) (undergo conjugation)
S: (v) isomerize (isomerize%2:30:00::), isomerise (isomerise%2:30:00::) (change into an isomer)
S: (v) evaporate (evaporate%2:30:01::), vaporise (vaporise%2:30:04::) (change into a vapor) "The water evaporated in front of our eyes"
S: (v) indurate (indurate%2:30:02::) (become fixed or established) "indurated customs"
S: (v) gradate (gradate%2:30:00::) (pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another) "The paint on these walls gradates but you don't see it"
S: (v) keratinize (keratinize%2:30:00::), keratinise (keratinise%2:30:00::) (become horny and impregnated with keratin)
S: (v) opacify (opacify%2:30:00::) (become opaque) "the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind"
S: (v) mature (mature%2:30:03::) (become due for repayment) "These bonds mature in 2005"
S: (v) rejuvenate (rejuvenate%2:30:03::) (develop youthful topographical features) "the land rejuvenated"
S: (v) sequester (sequester%2:30:06::) (undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion) "The cations were sequestered"
S: (v) transaminate (transaminate%2:30:00::) (undergo transfer from one compound to another) "amino groups can transaminate"
S: (v) vesiculate (vesiculate%2:30:01::) (become vesicular or full of air cells) "The organs vesiculated"
S: (v) undulate (undulate%2:30:00::) (increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves) "The singer's voice undulated"
S: (v) vascularize (vascularize%2:30:01::), vascularise (vascularise%2:30:01::) (become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids) "The egg yolk vascularized"
S: (v) crash (crash%2:30:11::) (undergo a sudden and severe downturn) "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
S: (v) professionalize (professionalize%2:30:01::), professionalise (professionalise%2:30:01::) (become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood)
S: (v) shift (shift%2:30:12::) (change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change) "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
S: (v) flip (flip%2:30:13::), flip out (flip_out%2:30:00::) (go mad, go crazy) "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
S: (v) gum (gum%2:30:00::) (become sticky)
S: (v) repress (repress%2:30:00::) (block the action of) "the process of repressing gene transcription";
S: (v) shear (shear%2:30:02::) (become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain)
S: (v) damage (damage%2:30:01::) (suffer or be susceptible to damage) "These fine china cups damage easily"
S: (v) synthesize (synthesize%2:31:01::) (combine and form a synthesis) "Vitamin D only synthesizes when sunlight is available"
S: (v) come round (come_round%2:31:00::), come around (come_around%2:31:00::) (change one's position or opinion) "He came around to our point of view"
S: (v) promote (promote%2:33:01::) (be changed for a superior chess or checker piece)
S: (v) separate (separate%2:35:00::), divide (divide%2:35:00::), part (part%2:35:00::) (come apart) "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
S: (v) format (format%2:36:00::), arrange (arrange%2:36:02::) (set (printed matter) into a specific format) "Format this letter so it can be printed out"
S: (v) fall for (fall_for%2:37:00::) (fall in love with; become infatuated with) "She fell for the man from Brazil"
S: (v) ascend (ascend%2:38:05::), move up (move_up%2:38:01::), rise (rise%2:38:06::) (move to a better position in life or to a better job) "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown"
S: (v) change posture (change_posture%2:38:00::) (undergo a change in bodily posture)
S: (v) settle (settle%2:38:09::) (become clear by the sinking of particles) "the liquid gradually settled"
S: (v) collapse (collapse%2:38:00::), fall in (fall_in%2:38:00::), cave in (cave_in%2:38:00::), give (give%2:38:13::), give way (give_way%2:38:01::), break (break%2:38:11::), founder (founder%2:38:00::) (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 (undergo%2:39:04::) (pass through) "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
S: (v) solarize (solarize%2:39:02::), solarise (solarise%2:39:02::) (become overexposed) "The film solarized"
S: (v) occult (occult%2:39:02::) (become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished) "The beam of light occults every so often"
S: (v) pass (pass%2:40:02::) (transfer to another; of rights or property) "Our house passed under his official control"
S: (v) leave (leave%2:41:00::), depart (depart%2:41:00::), pull up stakes (pull_up_stakes%2:41:00::) (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) liberalize (liberalize%2:41:01::), liberalise (liberalise%2:41:01::) (become more liberal) "The laws liberalized after Prohibition"
S: (v) stratify (stratify%2:41:01::) (develop different social levels, classes, or castes) "Society stratifies when the income gap widens"
S: (v) democratize (democratize%2:41:00::), democratise (democratise%2:41:00::) (become (more) democratic; of nations)
S: (v) relax (relax%2:41:00::), loosen (loosen%2:41:00::) (become less severe or strict) "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
S: (v) reticulate (reticulate%2:42:00::) (form a net or a network)
S: (v) flocculate (flocculate%2:42:00::) (form into an aggregated lumpy or fluffy mass) "the protoplasms flocculated"
S: (v) carbonate (carbonate%2:42:00::) (turn into a carbonate)
S: (v) come in (come_in%2:42:00::) (come into fashion; become fashionable)
S: (v) go out (go_out%2:42:00::) (go out of fashion; become unfashionable)
S: (v) stagnate (stagnate%2:42:02::) (cause to stagnate) "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
S: (v) make (make%2:42:09::) (undergo fabrication or creation) "This wool makes into a nice sweater"
S: (v) ice up (ice_up%2:43:00::), frost over (frost_over%2:43:00::), ice over (ice_over%2:43:00::) (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"

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