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Verbs (29)

v. lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord; "prepare the discord in bar 139"

prepare, make suitable

v. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

train, prepare

v. undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid"

prepare, groom, train

v. educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"

train, develop, prepare, educate

v. create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

cook, fix, ready, make, prepare

v. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate

v. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set

v. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

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Fuzzynyms (99)

invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

blueprint, draft, draught

v. make a blueprint of

design

v. conceive or fashion in the mind; invent; "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"

embalm

v. preserve a dead body

map

v. depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"

sketch, chalk out

v. make a sketch of; "sketch the building"

plan

v. make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

arrange, fix up

v. make arrangements for; "Can you arrange a meeting with the President?"

bring about

v. cause to move into the opposite direction; "they brought about the boat when they saw a storm approaching"

arrange, set

v. adapt for performance in a different way; "set this poem to music"

design

v. intend or have as a purpose; "She designed to go far in the world of business"

map, chart, map out

v. plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"

rehearse, practise, practice

v. engage in a rehearsal (of)

prime

v. fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"

brief

v. give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"

advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize

v. inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due"

explain, explicate

v. make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"

acquaint

v. inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move"

instruct, apprise, apprize

v. make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"

infuse

v. introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"

propagandize, propagandise

v. subject to propaganda

temper, season, mollify

v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge

v. mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"

draft, outline

v. draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"

blueprint, draft, draught

v. make a blueprint of

form, organize, organise

v. create (as an entity); "social groups form everywhere"; "They formed a company"

cause, do, make

v. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

build

v. found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"

make, create

v. make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

steel

v. cover, plate, or edge with steel

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise

v. arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

plow, plough, turn

v. to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"

work, work on, process

v. shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"

process, treat

v. subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"

collate

v. to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"

fit

v. make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"

provide, supply, ply, cater

v. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

format, initialize, initialise

v. divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"

arm

v. supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"

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Antonyms (2)

dull, blunt

v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

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