to put (something) in a liquid for a period of time (+ object) Steep the tea for three minutes. (no object) The tea steeped for five minutes. steep in (phrasal verb) 1 steep (someone) in (something) : to make (someone) Read More …
Verb > Steep
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Verb > Skylark
A lark, or a skylark, is a kind of high-flying songbird. Figuratively, a lark is a spree, a silly game, or a playful adventure. And to lark, or to skylark, is to play around, often in a loud, silly, or Read More …
Verb > Plummet
(no object) 1 always followed by an adverb or preposition : to fall suddenly straight down especially from a very high place The acrobat plummeted into the net. The car plummeted to the bottom of the canyon. The satellite plummeted Read More …
Verb > Refurbish
Verb > Kindle
To kindle a fire is to get it started, to light it. (And if we’re talking about rabbits, they kindle their young, meaning they give birth to them. Either way, the idea is about creating something, bringing something into being.) Read More …
Verb > Pose
1 (+ object) : to be or create (a possible threat, danger, problem, etc.) Smog poses a threat to our health. (=smog threatens our health) His careless behavior poses a hazard to others. (=his careless behavior is dangerous to others) Read More …
Verb > Howl
1 [no object] of a dog, wolf, etc. : to make a long, loud cry that sounds sad The dogs were howling at the moon. 2 [no object] of the wind : to make a long, loud sound The wind Read More …
Verb > Disperse
This word has Latin roots that literally mean “to scatter apart.” (It’s a cousin of the word “sparse,” meaning “few, thin, scattered,” as well as “intersperse,” meaning “to scatter in between.”) When things or people are clumped all together, and Read More …
Verb > Huddle
[no object] 1 always followed by an adverb or preposition : to come close together in a group People were huddling (together) in doorways to get out of the rain. We huddled around the campfire. The sheep huddled together for Read More …
Verb > Taper
[no object] to become gradually smaller toward one end leaves that taper to a point Her slacks taper [=become narrower] at the ankle. taper off [phrasal verb] to become gradually less and less : to decrease slowly Production has been Read More …