Verb – Tow (+ object) to pull (a vehicle) behind another vehicle with a rope or chain The car was towed to the nearest garage after the accident. The police towed my car because it was parked illegally.
Category: Verbs
Noun > Palaver
Noun – Palaver The word “palaver” came into English through Portuguese sailor slang, and it ultimately traces back to the Latin parabola, meaning “speech, or discourse, or a comparison–” or, if you break the Latin word down into its Greek Read More …
Verb > Halve
Verb – Halve (+ object) 1 : to divide (something) into two equal parts : to divide (something) into halves He halved the sandwich. 2 : to reduce (something) to one half of the original amount or size The store Read More …
Verb > Submerge
Verb – Submerge 1 (+ object) : to make (someone or something) go under the surface of water or some other liquid : to cover (someone or something) with a liquid After boiling the broccoli, submerge it in ice water Read More …
Verb > Warm up
Verb – Warm up 1 : to become warmer After being outside too long, I’m slowly warming up. The days are starting to warm up. 2 : warm up or warm (something) up or warm up (something) : to do Read More …
Verb > Frame
Verb – Frame 1 a : to put (something) inside an open structure that holds it : to put (something) in a frame frame a picture a framed photograph steel-framed spectacles 1 b : to be around the edge of Read More …
Verb > Deteriorate
Verb – Deteriorate 1 (no object) : to become worse as time passes The weather gradually deteriorated (=worsened) as the day went on. Her health continues to deteriorate. (=decline) efforts to save a deteriorating rain forest The disagreement deteriorated into Read More …
Verb > Shoehorn
Verb – Shoehorn (+ object) to force (something or someone) into a small space, a short period of time, etc. A parking garage has been shoehorned between the buildings. She’s trying to shoehorn a year’s worth of classes into a Read More …
Verb > Sass
Verb – Sass (+ object) chiefly US, informal to talk to (someone) in a rude way that does not show proper respect He got drunk and sassed a cop. — sass noun (noncount) Don’t give me any sass. (=back talk, Read More …
Verb > Include
Verb – Include (+ object) not used in progressive tenses : to have (someone or something) as part of a group or total : to contain (someone or something) in a group or as a part of something The speakers Read More …