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Verbs (22)

v. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"

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

train

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"

devise, get up, organize

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

train, groom

v. prepare (someone) 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, educate, make prepared

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

fix, make, cook, ready

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

set, ready, set up, make ready, gear up, get ready

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 (116)

forge, devise, formulate, invent, contrive, excogitate

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

draft, draught, blueprint

v. make a blueprint of

design, plan, make a design of

v. make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"

embalm

v. preserve a dead body

map

v. make a map of; show or establish the features of details of; "map the surface of Venus"

sketch, outline, chalk out

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

plan, devise, think up

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, make arrangements for

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

stage, arrange, bring about

v. plan, organize, and carry out (an event); "the neighboring tribe staged an invasion"

set, arrange

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

design

v. design something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work"

map, chart, map out

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

practice, practise, rehearse

v. engage in a rehearsal (of)

cause, make, do, give rise to

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

build, establish

v. build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"

cause, create, originate

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

prime, fill with primer

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

brief, give a briefing to

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

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

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"

familiarize, familiarise, acquaint

v. make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"

instruct, apprise, apprize

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

infuse, instill, inculcate, implant gradually

v. teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions; "inculcate values into the young generation"

propagandize, subject to propaganda

v. subject to propaganda

temper, season, dilate

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

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

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

draft, outline, rough

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

draft, draught, blueprint

v. make a blueprint of

form, organize

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

steel, nerve

v. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

arrange, set up

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

systematize, systemize, make systematic

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

plow, plough

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, process, work on

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"

collect, collate

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

fit, make fit

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

supply, ply, provide, cater

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

format, arrange

v. set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

arm

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

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Antonyms (4)

blunt, make blunt, dull, make dull

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

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