Verb

• S: (v) thrive (thrive%2:40:00::), prosper (prosper%2:40:00::), fly high (fly_high%2:40:00::), flourish (flourish%2:40:00::) (make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance) "The new student is thriving"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• 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) wake up (wake_up%2:29:00::), awake (awake%2:29:00::), arouse (arouse%2:29:05::), awaken (awaken%2:29:01::), wake (wake%2:29:01::), come alive (come_alive%2:29:00::), waken (waken%2:29:00::) (stop sleeping) "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
• S: (v) zonk out (zonk_out%2:29:01::), pass out (pass_out%2:29:01::), black out (black_out%2:29:00::) (lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example)
• S: (v) come to (come_to%2:29:00::), revive (revive%2:29:02::), resuscitate (resuscitate%2:29:01::) (return to consciousness) "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"
• S: (v) tense (tense%2:29:01::), tense up (tense_up%2:29:01::) (become tense, nervous, or uneasy) "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"
• S: (v) relax (relax%2:29:00::), loosen up (loosen_up%2:29:00::), unbend (unbend%2:29:01::), unwind (unwind%2:29:00::), decompress (decompress%2:29:00::), slow down (slow_down%2:29:00::) (become less tense, rest, or take one's ease) "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
• S: (v) reduce (reduce%2:29:00::), melt off (melt_off%2:29:00::), slim (slim%2:29:00::), slenderize (slenderize%2:29:00::), thin (thin%2:29:00::), slim down (slim_down%2:29:00::) (take off weight)
• S: (v) gain (gain%2:29:00::), put on (put_on%2:29:03::) (increase (one's body weight)) "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
• S: (v) dress (dress%2:29:01::), clothe (clothe%2:29:00::), enclothe (enclothe%2:29:00::), garb (garb%2:29:00::), raiment (raiment%2:29:00::), tog (tog%2:29:00::), garment (garment%2:29:00::), habilitate (habilitate%2:29:00::), fit out (fit_out%2:29:00::), apparel (apparel%2:29:00::) (provide with clothes or put clothes on) "Parents must feed and dress their child"
• S: (v) cross-fertilize (cross-fertilize%2:29:01::), cross-fertilise (cross-fertilise%2:29:01::) (undergo cross-fertilization; become fertile)
• S: (v) conceive (conceive%2:29:00::) (become pregnant; undergo conception) "She cannot conceive"; "My daughter was conceived in Christmas Day"
• S: (v) secularize (secularize%2:30:00::), secularise (secularise%2:30:00::) (make secular and draw away from a religious orientation) "Ataturk secularized Turkey"
• S: (v) citrate (citrate%2:30:00::) (cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid)
• S: (v) equilibrate (equilibrate%2:30:00::) (bring to a chemical stasis or equilibrium)
• S: (v) fall (fall%2:30:08::) (pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind) "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
• S: (v) become (become%2:30:00::), go (go%2:30:04::), get (get%2:30:00::) (enter or assume a certain state or condition) "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
• S: (v) worsen (worsen%2:30:00::), decline (decline%2:30:01::) (grow worse) "Conditions in the slum worsened"
• S: (v) better (better%2:30:00::), improve (improve%2:30:00::), ameliorate (ameliorate%2:30:00::), meliorate (meliorate%2:30:00::) (get better) "The weather improved toward evening"
• S: (v) disengage (disengage%2:30:00::) (become free) "in neutral, the gears disengage"
• S: (v) overgrow (overgrow%2:30:02::) (become overgrown) "The patio overgrew with ivy"
• S: (v) concentrate (concentrate%2:30:01::) (make denser, stronger, or purer) "concentrate juice"
• S: (v) break (break%2:30:07::) (crack; of the male voice in puberty) "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"
• S: (v) acidify (acidify%2:30:00::), acetify (acetify%2:30:00::) (turn acidic) "the solution acetified"
• S: (v) alkalize (alkalize%2:30:00::), alkalise (alkalise%2:30:00::), alkalify (alkalify%2:30:00::), basify (basify%2:30:00::) (turn basic and less acidic) "the solution alkalized"
• S: (v) ionize (ionize%2:30:00::), ionise (ionise%2:30:00::) (convert into ions)
• S: (v) ossify (ossify%2:30:00::) (become bony) "The tissue ossified"
• S: (v) catalyze (catalyze%2:30:00::), catalyse (catalyse%2:30:00::) (change by catalysis or cause to catalyze)
• S: (v) get worse (get_worse%2:30:00::), relapse (relapse%2:30:00::) (deteriorate in health) "he relapsed"
• S: (v) fluctuate (fluctuate%2:30:00::) (be unstable) "The stock market fluctuates"
• S: (v) explode (explode%2:30:03::), burst forth (burst_forth%2:30:00::), break loose (break_loose%2:30:00::) (be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise) "His anger exploded"
• S: (v) die (die%2:30:00::), decease (decease%2:30:00::), perish (perish%2:30:00::), go (go%2:30:00::), exit (exit%2:30:00::), pass away (pass_away%2:30:00::), expire (expire%2:30:00::), pass (pass%2:30:11::), kick the bucket (kick_the_bucket%2:30:00::), cash in one's chips (cash_in_one's_chips%2:30:00::), buy the farm (buy_the_farm%2:30:00::), conk (conk%2:30:00::), give-up the ghost (give-up_the_ghost%2:30:00::), drop dead (drop_dead%2:30:00::), pop off (pop_off%2:30:00::), choke (choke%2:30:01::), croak (croak%2:30:00::), snuff it (snuff_it%2:30:00::) (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life) "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
• S: (v) be born (be_born%2:30:00::) (come into existence through birth) "She was born on a farm"
• S: (v) cloud over (cloud_over%2:30:00::) (become overcast) "the sky clouded over"
• S: (v) carbonize (carbonize%2:30:00::), carbonise (carbonise%2:30:00::) (turn into carbon, as by burning) "carbonize coal"
• S: (v) cool (cool%2:30:00::), chill (chill%2:30:00::), cool down (cool_down%2:30:01::) (loose heat) "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
• S: (v) heat (heat%2:30:00::), hot up (hot_up%2:30:02::), heat up (heat_up%2:30:01::) (gain heat or get hot) "The room heated up quickly"
• S: (v) carbonize (carbonize%2:30:01::), carbonise (carbonise%2:30:01::), carburize (carburize%2:30:00::), carburise (carburise%2:30:00::) (unite with carbon) "carburize metal"
• S: (v) freeze (freeze%2:30:00::) (change to ice) "The water in the bowl froze"
• S: (v) boil (boil%2:30:01::) (come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor) "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"
• S: (v) burn (burn%2:30:00::), combust (combust%2:30:00::) (undergo combustion) "Maple wood burns well"
• S: (v) emaciate (emaciate%2:30:00::) (grow weak and thin or waste away physically) "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"
• S: (v) Frenchify (frenchify%2:30:00::) (become French in appearance or character) "This restaurant has Frenchified"
• S: (v) thin (thin%2:30:00::) (lose thickness; become thin or thinner)
• S: (v) thicken (thicken%2:30:00::), inspissate (inspissate%2:30:00::) (become thick or thicker) "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk will inspissate"
• S: (v) solvate (solvate%2:30:00::) (undergo solvation or convert into a solvate)
• S: (v) react (react%2:30:00::) (undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions) "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"
• S: (v) dissolve (dissolve%2:30:03::), fade out (fade_out%2:30:00::), fade away (fade_away%2:30:00::) (become weaker) "The sound faded out"
• S: (v) empty (empty%2:30:00::), discharge (discharge%2:30:00::) (become empty or void of its content) "The room emptied"
• S: (v) fill (fill%2:30:00::), fill up (fill_up%2:30:01::) (become full) "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"
• S: (v) homogenize (homogenize%2:30:00::), homogenise (homogenise%2:30:00::) (become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing) "The two liquids homogenized in the blender"
• S: (v) homogenize (homogenize%2:30:02::), homogenise (homogenise%2:30:02::) (break up the fat globules of) "homogenized milk"
• S: (v) curdle (curdle%2:30:00::), clabber (clabber%2:30:00::), clot (clot%2:30:00::) (turn into curds) "curdled milk"
• S: (v) clot (clot%2:30:01::), coagulate (coagulate%2:30:00::) (change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state) "coagulated blood"
• S: (v) sour (sour%2:30:01::), turn (turn%2:30:01::), ferment (ferment%2:30:00::), work (work%2:30:13::) (go sour or spoil) "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"
• S: (v) integrate (integrate%2:30:01::) (become one; become integrated) "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds"
• S: (v) precipitate (precipitate%2:30:00::) (separate as a fine suspension of solid particles)
• S: (v) calcify (calcify%2:30:00::) (turn into lime; become calcified) "The rock calcified over the centuries"
• S: (v) coke (coke%2:30:00::) (become coke) "petroleum oils coke after distillation"
• S: (v) carnify (carnify%2:30:00::) (become muscular or fleshy)
• S: (v) chondrify (chondrify%2:30:00::) (turn into cartilage) "The tissue chondrifies"
• S: (v) emulsify (emulsify%2:30:00::) (form into or become an emulsion) "The solution emulsified"
• S: (v) denitrify (denitrify%2:30:00::) (remove nitrogen from) "Denitrify the soil"
• S: (v) esterify (esterify%2:30:00::) (change (a compound) into an ester)
• S: (v) etherify (etherify%2:30:00::) (change into an ether) "etherify an alcohol"
• S: (v) thrombose (thrombose%2:30:00::) (become blocked by a thrombus) "the blood vessel thrombosed"
• S: (v) open (open%2:35:06::), open up (open_up%2:35:06::) (become open) "The door opened"
• S: (v) close (close%2:35:06::), shut (shut%2:35:06::) (become closed) "The windows closed with a loud bang"
• S: (v) sorb (sorb%2:35:00::), take up (take_up%2:35:04::) (take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption)
• S: (v) calm (calm%2:37:01::), calm down (calm_down%2:37:01::), cool off (cool_off%2:37:00::), chill out (chill_out%2:37:00::), simmer down (simmer_down%2:37:00::), settle down (settle_down%2:37:00::), cool it (cool_it%2:37:00::) (become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation) "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
• S: (v) thrive (thrive%2:40:00::), prosper (prosper%2:40:00::), fly high (fly_high%2:40:00::), flourish (flourish%2:40:00::) (make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance) "The new student is thriving"
• S: (v) emancipate (emancipate%2:41:01::), liberate (liberate%2:41:01::) (give equal rights to; of women and minorities)
• S: (v) get into (get_into%2:42:00::), tangle with (tangle_with%2:42:00::) (get involved in or with)
• S: (v) liquefy (liquefy%2:43:00::) (become liquid) "The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew"
• S: (v) erupt (erupt%2:43:00::), ignite (ignite%2:43:01::), catch fire (catch_fire%2:43:00::), take fire (take_fire%2:43:00::), combust (combust%2:43:00::), conflagrate (conflagrate%2:43:00::) (start to burn or burst into flames) "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
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