Verb / Other

verb

1 of 240

Other / Sound

Url audio

amplify - To increase the strength, effect, or intensity of something.

Social media can amplify both positive and negative messages.

verb

2 of 240

Other / Stop

Url audio

deter - To prevent (or aim to prevent) the occurrence of something through fear of consequences.

A barking dog can deter burglars from breaking into a home.

verb

3 of 240

Other / Move

Url audio

penetrate - To enter something and move through it.

It's seems that no matter how hard I studiy, the information about this course just doesn't seem to penetrate my brain.

verb

4 of 240

Other / Body

audio

swaddle - To wrap someone, especially a baby, in garments or cloth

Pam swaddled her baby in cloth to keep him warm.

verb

5 of 240

Other / Shape

Url audio

warp - To become bent and twisted out of shape.

Sometimes the enemy bombards the media with propaganda and lies to warp public opinion in the direction that they want.

verb

6 of 240

Other / Up+Down

Url audio

bounce - To spring back after hitting a surface.

The basketball bounced three times before going into the hoop.

verb

7 of 240

Other / Up+Down

audio

stomp - To step on something with force.

Andy stomped on the small fire that started in the woods when someone dropped a lit cigarette by mistake in the campsite next to his.

verb

8 of 240

Other / Body

Url audio

sip - To drink very slowly only a very small amount at a time.

He loved this brand of wine, and he sipped it slowly to savor its delicious taste.

verb

9 of 240

Other / Move

Url audio

circumvent - To find a way around and overcome a problem or difficulty.

Because of the large traffic jam, I new a side road that could circumvent the mess and get home the same time I normally do.

verb

10 of 240

Other / Body

audio

shrug - To raise one's shoulders slightly and momentarily to express doubt, ignorance, or indifference

When Bruce's self-published book only sold 10 copies, he shrugged his shoulders and said, 'Mayber I'll do better with my next book.'

verb

11 of 240

Other / Move

Url audio

bandy - To mention something a lot, usually without taking care or thinking too much about what is being said

Since Charlene started posting regularly on Facebook and Twitter, she found that people she didn't know would bandy her name all over the Internet without any relation to what she actually said in her posts.

verb

12 of 240

Other / Move

Url audio

depart - To leave a place, especially to start a journey.

Our flight departs at 8:30 a.m., so we need to get to the airport early in the morning.